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SUMMARY: Doctoral Oral Defence: Gerrit Krueper
DESCRIPTION: Join us for PhD candidate Gerrit Krueper's Final Oral Defence:
  "The Dialectical Stream: A New Media Theory of Live Streaming and its Poli
 tical and Social Potentials"
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Join us for PhD candidate Gerrit Krueper's
  Final Oral Defence. Gerrit is the first student to reach this milestone in
  the PhD program in Cinema and Media Studies\, established in 2019. This ev
 ent is free and open to the public.</p><h3>The Dialectical Stream: A New Me
 dia Theory of Live Streaming and its Political and Social Potentials</h3><p
 >[caption id="attachment_22915" align="aligncenter" width="715"]<img class=
 "wp-image-22915 size-full" src="https://thfl.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/upl
 oads/sites/21/2024/09/Hasan-Piker-Stream-defence.png" alt="" width="715" he
 ight="402" /> Hasan Piker\, online streamer\, YouTuber\, & political commen
 tator[/caption]</p><p>This dissertation explores the potential of live stre
 aming platforms like Twitch to promote political engagement and social chan
 ge. It argues that live streamers\, such as political commentator Hasan Pik
 er\, can create a space for interactive and participatory political discour
 se. This space allows for the exchange of ideas\, challenging mainstream na
 rratives\, and mobilizing support for progressive causes. The study draws o
 n philosophical concepts to understand how live streaming can shape politic
 al participation and class awareness. It also examines the dynamics of labo
 r\, gender\, and identity within the live streaming sphere. Ultimately\, th
 e research highlights the transformative power of live streaming in shaping
  contemporary political discourse and social activism.</p><h4>About Gerrit<
 /h4><p><img class="size-medium wp-image-22913 alignleft" src="https://thfl.
 cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/09/Gerrit-circle-headshot-
 300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" />Originally from Cologne\, Ge
 rmany\, Gerrit Krueper is a Ph.D. Candidate in Cinema and Media Studies at 
 UBC. Specializing in New Media Studies\, his research interrogates the soci
 o-political implications of live streaming platforms and media audiences\, 
 drawing upon Marxist frameworks to critique paradigms of audience engagemen
 t and agency. His work extends to the study of video games\, focusing on th
 emes of play\, leisure\, and anti-work as ideological constructs in capital
 ism.</p>
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