To Be Announced TBA

What Is Deformative Criticism?, or How to Make Weird Videos as Scholarly Inquiry

One of the interesting developments in digital humanities is the emergence of “deformative criticism,” an approach to creatively “breaking” an object of study to reveal hidden facets and create innovative new works. In a DLA Behind the Scenes lunchtime presentation, Jason Mittell, Professor of Film & Media Culture and American Studies, will demonstrate a number of “videographic deformations” that he made during his research leave last year.

To Be Announced

Closed to the Public

Unfracking the Future through Civic Technoscience


From flammable tap water and sick livestock to the onset of hundreds of earthquakes in Oklahoma, the impact of fracking in the United States is far-reaching and deeply felt. In this DLA-sponsored talk, Sara Wylie, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Health Science at Northeastern University, traces the history of fracking and the ways scientists and everyday people are coming together to hold accountable an industry that has managed to evade regulation.

To Be Announced

FREE
Closed to the Public

Ultimate Frisbee Practice

Sponsored by:
Men's Ultimate Frisbee
Practice with the Middlebury Pranksters Ultimate Frisbee team. Practices are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30-6:30. We will be on Battell Beach through September 12th and then will be on the grass field between the two soccer fields. All experience levels and identities welcome.

To Be Announced

Ultimate Frisbee Practice

Sponsored by:
Men's Ultimate Frisbee
Practice with the Middlebury Pranksters Ultimate Frisbee team. Practices are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30-6:30. We will be on Battell Beach through September 12th and then will be on the grass field between the two soccer fields. All experience levels and identities welcome.

To Be Announced