Remix as an Educational Activity

Remix as an Educational ActivityChristopher ShamburgTeachers College, Columbia UniversityJuly 7, 2014

Remix and MashupsRemix meansto take cultural artifacts and manipulate them into new kinds of creative blends (Lankshear and Knobel, 2008).

Mashups the combination of two or more traditionally unrelated subjects (Bertolone, 2009).

2Some Examples of Contemporary Remix and Mashup Practices http://www.archive.org/details/DjDangerMouse-TheGreyAlbum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtEH6wZXPA4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnhKPw2NXIw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic

http://youtu.be/q2peQUS6oLY

3The Grey album was named the best album of 2004 byEntertainment Weekly.The Village Voice'sannualPazz and Jopcritics poll ranked the album 10th for 2004.[3]For more information on types of remix see http://www.cmsimpact.org/sites/default/files/CSM_Recut_Reframe_Recycle_report.pdf

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Food

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Martial Arts

Remix as a Lens for Culture

7Thomas on Remixes, Globalization and EducationIf schools can actually produce people who are good synthesizers, theyre going to be more effective and innovative workers...

Kids get mashups. They do it naturally. And today, he who mashes best will remix most and be wealthiest

--Thomas Friedman From School Administrator Feb, 2008

YouOxford English DictionaryYou:A. pron. The objective case of the second person plural pronoun ye pron., representing the Old English accusative and dative. I. Used to address two or more persons, animals, or personified things. * As object. 1. a. As direct object of a verb (originally accusative). b. As indirect object (originally dative); to you. c. As the object of a preposition. 2. refl. As direct object: yourselves (arch. in later use). As indirect object: to or for yourselves (now colloq. (chiefly U.S. regional)).**As object or subject.3. Defined or made precise by a qualifying word or phrase. Cf. we pron. 1c, us pron. *** As subject, replacing ye pron. 4. a. As subject. b. As vocative, chiefly in apposition to a following noun or noun phrase.I. Used to address a single person, animal, or personified thing, originally as a mark of respect, deference, or formality but later in general use (see the etymological note at thou pron. and n.1). * As object, replacing thee pron. You, cont. Oxford English Dictionary

5. a. As indirect object; to you. b. As the object of a preposition. c. As direct object of a verb.d. As dative of interest; for you.e. Used expletively (the so-called ethic dative). Cf. me pron.1 2d, ye pron. 4c. Obs.6. refl. As direct object: yourself (arch. in later use). As indirect object: to or for yourself (now colloq. (chiefly U.S. regional)).** As subject, replacing thou n.2 7. a. As subject.b. As vocative, chiefly in apposition to a following noun or noun phrase. Also in contexts expressing reproach of or contempt for the person addressed often emphasized by being placed or repeated after the noun. Cf. thou pron. 2.*** As subject or object. 8. Used to address any hearer or reader; (hence as an indefinite personal pronoun) any person, one (one pron. 17a). 9. Premodified by an adjective, as poor, lucky, etc.1. As possessive adjective: = your adj. Now regional (chiefly Caribbean).In some instances, esp. in early quots., perh. an error for your.2. In predicative use: suited to or representative of your tastes, personality, etc.; appropriate for you. Cf. me adj. 1. (An instance of) the word you. 2. The person being addressed; the personality, or an aspect of the personality, of the one addressed.YouYouscaredYouhappyYouangryYouHe stole your spouse awayYouYour long lost love, finally.YouYour friend who won the lotteryContextcontext noun \kn-tekst\

the situation in which something happens : the group of conditions that exist where and when something happens.

Meriam-Webster Dictionary A new species would bless me as its creator and source.A new species would bless me as its creator and source.humbledA new species would bless me as its creator and source.arrogantNothing in human shape could have destroyed the fair child.Nothing in human shape could have destroyed the fair child.distraughtNothing in human shape could have destroyed the fair child.vengeful No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane.

Choral Performance: Victor, Before and After

Audio: Workshop of Filthy CreationI collected bones from charnel-houses and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame. In a solitary chamber, or rather cell, at the top of the house, and separated from all the other apartments by a gallery and staircase, I kept my workshop of filthy creation.

Other Foley TechniquesMarching army: boots on hard surface (repeated, echo, looped)Shovels: spoons in cups of sand or pebbles (change the pitch or speed)Airplane engine: fan starting and runningHelicopter: opening and closing an umbrella very fastBones breaking: cracking celery or carrotsWalking in snow: patting corn starchLarge person or animal eating: chewing watermelon or appleBoiling water: blowing bubbles in water with strawPlucking/ripping hair: tearing a piece of paper

http://podcourse.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaching-with-foley.html Representational and Abstract ArtRepresentational: Art that attempts to represent external reality

Abstract:Art that does not imitate or directly represent external reality but deeper themes and ideas

Examples of audio and of digital stories. Bring in ideas of connotation and denotation. Have two soliloquy things from Youtube.Abstract Audiohttp://youtu.be/5aHfO1zaahE

http://youtu.be/DQ6q9BYJBmg

Workshop of Filthy Creation: AbstractThink of a theme, key words or ideasSelected lines or phrasesChoose something non-fictionChoose something fictionalMix in an an interesting way

Abstract projectAnatomy of a RemixQuotes from Frankenstein

Walking Dead Theme

ABC News Broadcast

Twilight Zone Nick of Time

Fair Use FactorsQuotes from Frankenstein

Walking Dead Theme

ABC News Broadcast

Twilight Zone

The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.

The nature of the copyrighted work.

The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.

The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work.Caveats of RemixCopyright (legal)

Copyright begins at the moment an idea is in a fixed form.

It has a time limit.

It includes copies, performances, and derivative works.

Use fair use and transformation.

Plagiarism (ethical)

Taking credit for someone elses ideas is not necessarily illegal.

Offensive (cultural)

New meanings are created when you mix religious music, folk art, or sacred images.

Satire and parody are fine, but be aware that youre doing it.

Some Video Applications, Applying Fair Use

Remixing Text: Fanfiction

37Some Genres of Fiction: When the Lit Hits the Fan PrequelsSequelsMissing ScenesAlternate PerspectivesCross OversAlternate UniversesMary SuesDrabbles

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Remixing PoetryLondon by William Blake

I wander thro' each charter'd street,Near where the charter'd Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man,In every Infant's cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban,The mind-forg'd manacles I hear.

How the Chimney-sweeper's cryEvery black'ning Church appalls;And the hapless Soldier's sighRuns in blood down Palace walls.

But most thro' midnight streets I hearHow the youthful Harlot's curseBlasts the new born Infant's tear,And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.Remix Guidelines

Remix London with another song or poem.

It should be interesting.

Original work should be 12-14 lines, roughly half of each work.

London by William Blake

I wander thro' each charter'd street,Near where the charter'd Thames does flow,And mark in every face I meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man,In every Infant's cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban,The mind-forg'd manacles I hear.

How the Chimney-sweeper's cryEvery black'ning Church appalls;And the hapless Soldier's sighRuns in blood down Palace walls.

But most thro' midnight streets I hearHow the youthful Harlot's curseBlasts the new born Infant's tear,And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.I Walk Alone by Green Day

I walk a lonely roadThe only one that I have ever knownDon't know where it goesBut it's home to me and I walk aloneI walk this empty street

On the Boulevard of Broken DreamsWhen the city sleepsAnd I'm the only one and I walk alone

I walk aloneI walk aloneI walk alone

My shadow's the only one that walks beside meMy shallow heart's the only thing that's beatingSometimes I wish someone out there will find me'til then I walk alone

London's Boulevard of Broken DreamsI walk a lonely road,The only one that I have ever known,And mark in every face I meet,Marks of weakness, marks of woe.In every cry of every man,On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams,In every voice, in every ban,I walk this empty street.But most, through midnight streets I hearMy shallow heart's the only thing that's beating,Blasts the new-born infant's tear,Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me.

http://is.gd/remixpoetryAnalog to Digital Applications: Augmented Reality

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