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Kursusnavn (dansk):Projektklynge: Køn og spil 
Kursusnavn (engelsk):Project Cluster: Gender and Games 
Semester:Efterår 2005 
Udbydes under:cand.it., medieteknologi og spil (mtg) 
Omfang i ECTS:0,00 
Kursussprog:Engelsk 
Kursushjemmeside:https://learnit.itu.dk 
Min. antal deltagere:0 
Forventet antal deltagere:12 
Maks. antal deltagere:12 
Formelle forudsætninger:This project is ideally suited to those doing work on computer games, technology and gender, or design. 
Læringsmål:Upon successful completion students will be able to:

1) Demonstrate an understanding of major theoretical issues surrounding gender, technology, and games.

2) Apply a variety of methodological approaches to analyzing the subject matter.

3) Depending on whether the final project is research or construction focused:

identify a question/problem in the analysis of gender and computer games, select an appropriate method for examination, and carry out an original research project

or

create a design document or undertake a construction project informed by scholarly research in the field.

In addition, the project could serve as excellent preparatory work for the thesis. 
Fagligt indhold:This project will center around the critical examination of the issue of gender and computer games. The group will be organized around some initial common readings, with smaller subgroups then working together on various subtopics. The project period will be broken down into several segments:

Phase 1 will consist of an initial literature review (see below). During this period (roughly five weeks) the entire project group will meet together, seminar-style, on Mondays from 15:00-17:00. In addition to some basic methodological issues, participants will explore existing research to address questions like:

-Do men & women think about and use technology differently?
-Do men & women have unique play styles?
-Do men & women want different things from games?
-How do social & structural factors influence who plays and how they play?
-How has the games industry dealt with the issue of gender?
-Should design focus on "pink games" as a way of enfranchising girls and women into not only gaming, but technology?
-How are perceived gender differences often incorporated into design?

Phase 2 will focus on smaller groupwork where participants explore a range of games with a critical eye toward the issues framed via the readings.

Phase 3 will involve a specific construction or research project. This is currently fairly openly defined and could range from producing a small game, a design document, a research project, or even game character models 
Læringsaktiviteter:

OBS! Du skal tilmelde dig denne projektklynge på samme måde som du normalt tilmelder dig et kursus, men bemærk:


  • Tilmeldingen udløser ikke bindende kursustilmelding (kun relevant for kandidatstuderende)
  • Du kan tilmelde dig projektklyngen som en fjerde aktivitet (foruden tre kurser).
  • Inden fristen for tilmelding til 12-, 16-, 4-ugers projekter eller specialer/afsluttende projekter skal du/gruppen oprette jeres selvstændige projekt i projektbasen. Se tilmeldingsfrister her http://www1.itu.dk/sw707.asp
  • Projektklyngen kommer ikke til at figurere på dit eksamensbevis. Det gør til gengæld det projekt som du – på baggrund af projektklyngen – opretter i projektbasen
  • Enkeltfagsstuderende på Åbent Universitet og gæstestuderende, der er interesseret i projektklyngen, bedes kontakte Studiekontorer på tlf. 72 18 52 05.
Første mødedag er August 29.

For nærmere indhold af mødedage, se fagligt indhold.

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English version:

Please notice! You sign up for this project cluster as if it was a ”normal” course. But please remark:

  • enrolment in a project cluster is not considered a binding course registration (only relevant to MSc students)
  • You can register for a project cluster as a fourth activity (besides of three courses).
  • You/your group have to register your project in the Project Base before the deadline for 12 week, 16 week, 4 week projects or theses/final projects. Please find the deadlines here http://www1.itu.dk/sw923.asp
  • The project and its title you register in the project base, will appear on the diploma, when you have passed the project. (Please be aware that the project cluster by itself is not registered on the diploma).
  • Single-subject students at Open University and guest students from other universities interested in the project cluster, please contact the Student Administration Office, phone +45 72 18 52 05.
First meeting is August 29.

 
Eksamensform og -beskrivelse:X. experimental examination form (7-scale; external exam), 13-skala, Ekstern censur

Students can undertake either a construction or research project. Both construction projects and research projects will submit a synopsis and construction projects will moreover submit a product. Both will be orally examined by an external examiner.  

Litteratur udover forskningsartikler:There will be a project compendium available in the ITU bookstore. Also see http://www.itu.dk/~tltaylor/teaching/gender.html for a listing of some of the work used in the past and likely to be included this time as well. 
 
Afholdelse (tid og sted)
Kurset afholdes på følgende tid og sted:
UgedagTidspunktForelæsning/ØvelserStedLokale
Mandag 15.00-17.00 Forelæsning ITU 2A14