What is Comm'Wild?
Studying communication is one thing; living it is another. As communication scholars, we are aware of the many forms of communication that escape the academic gaze – that cannot be parsed into individual research projects, articulated in journal articles, or discussed in seminars. We are always communicating beyond the bounds of the work we do, in our everyday expressions and also in more specific – but not necessarily academic – practices. Conversations. Gestures. Games. Body language. Music. Film. Photography. Poetry. Painting. Performances. This is 'communication in the wild.'
Comm’Wild has a rich history at the UCSD Department of Communication, where it has provided an alternative space for the exploration, experimentation, and articulation of modes of communication that push at the limits of academic expression. With an emphasis on collective, collaborative practices, creativity, performance, supra-textual communication, and interactivity – in short, on the lived experience of communication – Comm’Wild seeks to draw together a local community of artists and scholars around emerging questions, ideas, and forms of expression that challenge our accepted and normalized theories and practices, and thus propel us in new intellectual directions.
Comm'Wild Fall Forum
Friday, November 30, 2007
4 - 7 pm, MCC Room 201