CAT Projects

These projects are large-scale collaborative new media projects completed by students in the Culture, Art, Technology Program under the guidance of CAT course instructors and Innovation Coordinator Heather Raikes.

Digital Literacy Pilot

project description


The Redefining Categories project is a collection of digital images created by students in the Culture, Art, Technology program. The students began by choosing a common cultural category, such as “man/woman,” “black/white,” “east/west,” “nature/technology,” “gay/straight,” “art/science.” They then created a multi-layered Photoshop composite that “redefines” the category through imagery that provides a truer representation of the complexity of the subject matter. In essence, it translates black and white thinking into shades of gray and more reflective consideration. Created by Steve Carlisle's CAT-1 course in Fall 2005 and Fall 2006.