activism, participatory politics, harry potter alliance, hunger games, avatar, colonialism, international relations

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Carolyn Guertin
UOIT | EDUC 5199G
14 July 15
Henry Jenkins
argues for fan
activism as a
gateway activity
to more
traditional kinds
of political
activism (65).
Do you agree?

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Participatory politics are “a metaphor for making sense of
contemporary issues” (Jenkins 66). The skills they learn
include media production, research, and networking (67).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmVJaBuoEYA
Until The Odds Are In Everyone’s Favour…: HPA
The Harry Potter Alliance created a video called “The Hunger Games Are Real.”
Throughout the video (follow the link), the narrator refers to events which take place
in Suzanne Collins’ young adult trilogy and shares statistics concerning poverty,
hunger, and income equality within the United States. What do you think?
#MyHungerGames

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#MyHungerGames
1. Health, Healthcare, Ablism
2. Fight for 15/
#StrikeFastFood
3. Employment and Income
4. Housing
5. Capitol Corruption
6. Silence and Stigma
7. Gender and LGBTQ+
Issues
8. Race and Immigration
9. Education Accessibility
and Student Debt
10. Food Security
1. Does hashtag protest have
real impact?
2. Is this something we
should encourage
students to partake in?
3. Is the personal rhetoric of
the ‘MyHungerGames’
hashtag effective?
4. Where to from here?
What’s the next step?
https://storify.com/TheHPAlliance/odds-in-our-favor
Hunger Games salute becomes symbol of
resistance for protestors of military junta
in Thailand in 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/10872322/Hunger-Games-salute-becomes-symbol-of-Thai-resistance.html

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Andrew Slack on FB: And then there’s us: fan activists who
have proven that fantasy is not an escape from our world
but an invitation to go deeper into it. We are going to go
deeper into it and we are going to fight for 99% of this
country in our Districts to be granted equality.
This is not a small moment. This is THE moment when we
have a coalescence of an amazing campaign with an
original message AND the entire world talking about the
topic of that campaign. President Trumka of the ALF-CIO,
the biggest coalition of unions in the world, has our back.
I want every progressive organization in the country to use
the three finger salute as THEIR symbol.
The 3 finger salute is admitting that we have a problem and
that we are going to work on that problem together.
The problem is economic inequality.
Ferguson, MO
Children and
social justice

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The extreme right views
child activism as a product
of liberal brainwashing.
“As a genre ‘obsessed with
colonialism and imperial
adventure’, sf frequently inverts
the genuine threat that Euro-
American imperialism has
posed to the non-white peoples
of the world, presenting instead
an imaginary realm where
‘white people’ are threatened
with subjugation or annihilation
by a hostile alien force;
although it is important to note
that a significant portion of sf
can be read as anti-colonial in
nature (Berlatsky 2014).”
(Saunders in “Imperial
Imaginaries” 152).

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A.V.A.T.A.R.
(Anglos Valiantly Aiding Tragic Awe-inspiring Races)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWSiztP2Rp0
The Walking Dead, Season 1 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRNHAJAcYg

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Create a lesson plan in which you use one of the
following franchises to teach social justice,
civic engagement, self-governance,
or international relations.
Define your goals, your methodology, and one activity.
• Harry Potter – Catherine A., Cassidy, Sandy, Safi
• Hunger Games – Iyanuoluwa, Vikki, Jason,
Jeanette
• Star Trek – Maria, Rod, Kevin, Kathryn
• Star Wars – Nic, Amy, Ashley, Katie
• The Walking Dead – Derek, Swati, Stephen, Anna
• Avatar – Ashley, Justin, Alison, Lori
• District 9 - ?
Student Surveillance
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/day-life-data-mined-kid

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Tragedy of the Commons
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bal-umd-tragedy-of-the-commons-tweet-goes-viral-20150709-htmlstory.html