Alzheimer's, Digital Media, and Global Business: Two exciting showcases next Tuesday, December 4th

[Fraser Easton]

Dear uWaterloo Community,

On Tuesday, December 4th, you are invited to attend two different  
showcases of exciting, new digital media projects created by  
uWaterloo Arts students in two graduate courses taught this Fall by  
English Professor Marcel O'Gorman:

1. Objects to Think With (Master's of Digital Experience Innovation)

MDEI 613 -  Digital Media Design Solutions 1: Design Principles and  
Practice
1pm - 3pm at the Communitech Hub
Located in The Tannery, 151 Charles Street West, Kitchener
Light refreshments will be served.
These projects engaged the students in design fundamentals and  
problem-solving skills as they worked to create an "object-to-think- 
with" that embodies the philosophical subjects covered in class. What  
you will see is a series of blue-sky product demonstrations that fit  
somewhere between "killer app" and science fiction.

2. Memory, Technology, and Alzheimer's Research (Master's of English-- 
Experimental Digital Media)

ENGL 794 - Memory and Techne
6pm - 9pm at the Critical Media Lab
Located at 158 King Street West, close to Kitchener City Hall
Refreshments will be served.

This term, the Critical Media Lab collaborated with the Murray  
Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP), in the Faculty of  
Applied Health Sciences, to develop digital projects on the topic of  
"memory and techne." Projects include a "dementia simulator" app; a  
sensor-based game about memory and cognition; a visualization of how  
to improve language used to describe dementia; and a digital art  
therapy app for people living with Alzheimer's and their caregivers.  
Special thanks to MAREP collaborators Lisa Loiselle, Jessica Luh, and  
David B. Night for their generous contributions.

Please come out to one or both of these events, lend your support the  
hard work of some outstanding Arts students, and catch a glimpse of  
how uWaterloo Arts contributes to the digital culture of our region.

For additional information, please contact Professor O'Gorman  
directly (marcel at uwaterloo.ca).

Sincerely,

Fraser Easton
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of English Language and Literature
University of Waterloo
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