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We are currently witnessing one of the most toxic election cycles in recent history. Our media ecology is overwhelming, and awash with fake news and echo chambers; our social media ecology stalks us, always intruding into our lives, pushing itself in with notifications. We have not only moved from the world of nature and culture to the world of cyberture, we have also untethered what holds these worlds together. Truth is a game now - much like pinning a tail on the donkey! So how do we make sense of this unstable present? How do we protect ourselves, our sanity, and our community? Join us for Election Media Detox - a media literacy presentation, and a community forum on our current media ecology.
Associate Professor Margaret Kemp will lead a somatic media detox exercise and Anuj Vaidya (Associate Instructor in Theatre and Dance and PhD student in Performance Studies) will share their media literacy practice.