SOSS Seminar | Thinking Visually, Researching Visually, Teaching Visually: Ten Years of Visual International Politics at LSE
This seminar reflects upon a decade of continuous innovation and improvement on the award-winning IR318: Visual International Politics course. Co-taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science by Prof. William A. Callahan and Darren Moon, this unique International Relations course leveraged authentic assessment and experiential learning to provide students the opportunity, not just to explore the theory or analyse relevant case studies but, to actually ‘make’ and ‘do’ visual IR for themselves. With the entire learning journey informed by Prof. Callahan’s adoption of visual methods in his own research, students embraced fear, failure, film and new forms of and approaches to, writing, as they broadened their understanding of IR and developed their visual and media literacies.
Using IR318 as a case study, this session will explore, not only the pedagogy of the course specifically, but, also, introduce participants to visual research methods and how to effectively translate these approaches into…
Contact: socsc_seminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Speaker: , Darren Moon
Senior Learning Technologist
London School of Economics and Political Science
Darren Moon is a Senior Learning Technologist at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). With over fifteen years experience as a learning technologist and educational filmmaker, his commitment to developing innovative uses of media and technology to enhance student learning outcomes has been recognized with multiple sectoral awards. For ten years, he co-taught the award-winning IR31… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTUGH9G9u-WtAl9UVUOJ8iDJUNkpGNzUxMUNaSjlKTEtYUTFYTU1UTzAwWi4u&route=shorturl. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Public. Alumni. Current Student. SMU Faculty & Staff.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
SMU School of Social Sciences &
College of Integrative Studies
Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3
10 Canning Rise, Singapore 179873.
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