1. Researching skills

2. Opening questions
How confident are you in your academic researching skills?
What questions or obstacles do you run into when you try and find academic sources?

3. Researching post colonialism & Bioshock infinite
As a class we’re going to dive into researching Post Colonialism today, as if you were in a group with this presentation topic
Our goal is to find reputable and informative sources from academic databases that will help us with our four presentation questions: 1) Explain the lens 2) Apply the lens to Bioshock Infinite 4) Conclude if the lens helps us “see” the video game or characters in a new and unique light

4. Let’s start with the obvious…
Google it
Share your search terms and the quality of responses with the class

5. My search results
reddit, gaming websites, Wiki Guide, which are not academic sources.

6. How do we make our search better?
Search specific databases (Jstor, Academic OneFile, Google Scholar, etc.)
Change your search terms: “postcolonial theory” = “postcolonialism” “Bioshock Infinite city in the sky analysis”
“Bioshock Infinite colony”
Look also for key words in the questions:
-oppression
-resistance
-cultural differences (race, religion, class, gender, etc.)
Others?
Let’s try Google Search together:

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This is Mr. shulkins great idea to remind Ms. Döpke to switch her computer from power point to Firefox

8. With your partner…
Find a solid academic source that explains the postcolonial theory lens
Pull out a quote from the source that explains the lens and put it in your own words. Put all of this in a word document

9. With your partner…
Find a solid academic source that applies the postcolonial theory to Bioshock Infinite
Pull out a quote from the source that explains the lens and put it in your own words. Put all of this in a word document

10. With your partner…
Find a solid academic source that helps conclude whether or not the postcolonial theory lens should be applied to an analysis of Bioshock Infinite
Pull out a quote from the source that explains the lens and put it in your own words. Put all of this in a word document