“Welcome to the Metaverse: Hacking Affect in Immersive Documentary to Increase Critical Big Data Literacy” presented by Hennessy and Gaylor
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Social Experiences (full papers)
Presentation Title:
Welcome to the Metaverse: Hacking Affect in Immersive Documentary to Increase Critical Big Data Literacy
Presentation Subtheme:
Symbiotic Imaginaries
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This essay describes the process and background of the augmented reality documentary Welcome To The Metaverse. The authors situate themselves as research-creation practitioners and ethnographers exploring immersive documentaries as a method for increasing critical data literacy, a public-facing discipline concerned with pedagogical approaches to understanding power structures embedded in artificial intelligence and big data systems.
