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DAY #TopicsREADINGS
1Global Gaming and Global AgendaRequired

Amazon logo Bolter, Jay David, and Richard Grusin. Remediation: Understanding New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000, pp. 88-103. ISBN: 9780262522793.

Choucri, N., and C. Garcia. "Introduction & Overview." In Global Agenda: Fostering Political Edutainment in the 21st century." Faculty Working Paper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. May 2003.

Amazon logo Hughes, Barry. International Futures: Choices in the Creation of a New World Order. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, pp. 1-45. ISBN: 9780813316512.

Amazon logo Manovich, Lev. The Language of New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002, pp. 213-233, 244-259. ISBN: 9780262632553.

Rieber, L. P. "Seriously Considering Play: Designing Interactive Learning Environments Based on the Blending of Microworlds, Simulations, and Games." Educational Technology Research and Development 44, no. 2 (1996): 43-58.

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Amazon logo Baylis, John, and Steve Smith.The Globalization of World Politics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 13-133. ISBN: 9780198782636.

Amazon logo Csikszentmihalyi, M. Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1990. ISBN: 9780060162535.

Amazon logo Herz, Jessie Cameron. Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Co., 1997. ISBN: 9780316360074.

Amazon logo Jenkins, H., K. Squire, and P. Tan. "You Can't Bring That Game To School!: Designing Supercharged!" In Design Research. Edited by B. Laurel. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780262122634.

Amazon logo Papert, Seymour. Mindstorms: Children, Computer and Powerful Ideas. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1981. ISBN: 9780465046270

Squire, K. "Reframing the Cultural Space of Computer and Video Games." Faculty Working Paper, Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001.
2Visualization and International RelationsRequired

Boylan, Myles. "What Have We Learned From 15 Years of Supporting the Development of Innovative Teaching Technology?" Social Science Computer Review 22 (2004): 405-425.

Scott, Orford, Richard Harris, and Daniel Dorling. "Geography: Information Visualization in the Social Sciences-A State-of-the-Art Review." Social Science Computer Review 17 (1999): 289-304.

Amazon logo Tufte, Edward. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780961392147. Introduction; Chapters 1, 2, 3; Epilogue.

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Koch, Andreas. "Linking Multi Agent Systems and GIS - Modeling And Simulating Spatial Interactions." Department of Geography RWTH Aachen. (Forthcoming) (PDF)

Bainbridge, William Sims. "International Network for Integrated Social Science." Social Science Computer Review 17 (1999): 405-420.

Amazon logo Rouse, Richard. Computer Game Design: Theory and Practice. Plano, TX: Wordware Publishing, 2001. ISBN:  9781556229121.

Amazon logo Salen, K., and Zimmerman, E. Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780262240451.
3Enhancing Global Agenda and Visualization Strategies: Exploring Problems in International RelationsRecommended

Amazon logo Castells, Manuel. The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. Vol. 2, The Power of Identity. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 9781405107136.

Amazon logo Choucri, Nazli, ed. Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780262531344.

"Geographic Information Research at the Millennium." European Science Foundation Social Science Programme. Le Bischenberg, France: September 13-17, 1997.

"Geographic Information Science: Critical Issues in an Emerging Cross-Disciplinary Research Domain." National Science Foundation: January 14-15, 1999.

Amazon logo Hewitt, Christopher. Understanding Terrorism in America: From the Klan to Al Qaeda. New York, NY: Routledge, 2002. ISBN: 9780415277662.

Amazon logo Huntington, S. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. New York, NY: Touchstone Books, 1998. ISBN:  9780684844411.

Starr, H. "Opportunity, Willingness and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Reconceptualizing Borders in International Relations." Political Geography 21, no. 2 (2002): 243-261.

Amazon logo Stiglitz, Joseph. Globalization and its Discontents. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2002. ISBN: 9780393051247.

 








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