{"604587":{"#nid":"604587","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Teaching with Optical Toys: Now and Then","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlease join C21U and Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Writing and Communication Program for a Brown Bag discussion of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;Teaching with Optical Toys: Now and Then\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;featuring Patrick Ellis of the School of Literature, Media and Communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wcprogram.lmc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/patrick-ellis\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPatrick Ellis\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Literature, Media and Communication\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMarion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWriting and Communication Program\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuesday, April 24\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E**Lunch will be provided for attendees.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_39N9H94uNIPJxU9\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERSVP Required.\u003C\/a\u003E**\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;Optical toys\u0026rdquo; is the name that we give to a class of visual devices and playthings including stereoscopes, zoetropes, and camera obscuras. At one time, these devices were routinely used in education. Such practice has fallen away. This talk explores the ongoing pedagogic potential of these devices, using as case study an exhibit of optical toys at retroTECH that was curated by the speaker, and a related assignment in which students produced their own, updated optical toys.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E**Toys will be provided.**\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPatrick Ellis received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 2017. His book project,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAeroscopics: Media Archaeology of the Bird\u0026rsquo;s-Eye\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EView\u003C\/em\u003E, provides a history of aerial vision in the era prior to commonplace flight. His interests beyond the history of film include the histories of cartography, medicine, science, and technology. He has work published or forthcoming in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe British Journal for the History of Science\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Cinema Journal\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEarly Popular Visual Culture\u003C\/em\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EImago Mundi\u003C\/em\u003E. He has also written essays and reviews for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Times Literary Supplement\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EN+1\u003C\/em\u003E, and\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Millennium Film Journal\u003C\/em\u003E, among others. Ellis has curated silent film programs for the Pacific Film Archive, the Wolfsonian Museum, and Cambridge University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_39N9H94uNIPJxU9\u0022\u003ERSVP for the Event\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQuestions about this event? 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