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Salary Date Posted:
01/25/2024
Req ID: 35760
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: English & Drama
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Description: Despite its reputation as a diversion from the serious activities of life, play has been understood by philosophers and social theorists as essential to human development and as the foundation of freedom, self-understanding, civic identity, social justice, and artistic contemplation. This course surveys the ways and reasons we play in relationship to the objects we play with, including things that are more normally thought of as games—card and board games, sports, toys, video games—as well as other sites of playful thought and action, like paintings, novels, dramatic texts, fashion, and conflict management. Students in this course will encounter major scholars of play (Schiller, Huizinga, Caillois, Winnicott, Geertz, Flanagan, McGonigal, among others) and designers of rules (Emperor Yao, Magie and Darrow, Will Wright, Sid Meier, among others), key terms and concepts in the analysis of Play and Games, as well as games and ludic enterprises across a variety of cultures and media. Students will also consider problems in Play and Games like cheating, addiction, and gamification.
Section: LEC0101
Day(s) Time(s): Lectures on Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00-3:00pm; Tutorials on Mondays 3:00-4:00 and Monday 4:00-5:00,
Estimated Enrolment: 80
Est of TA hours: ~147
Salary Sessional Instructional Assistant:
-$52.26 per hour plus 4% vacation pay
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Minimum Qualifications: PhD in English, Media Studies, Information Studies, or a related field; experience teaching game studies or related subjects at the university level; strong academic record; demonstrated teaching ability.
Description of Duties:
• Holding up to 2 one-hour tutorials each week
• Preparation for tutorials and grading
• Grading
• Attending training sessions/meetings with the course instructor • Organizing and submitting grades
• Holding office hours
• Lecture attendance (as required)
• General teaching-related duties
Application Instructions:
Applicants must submit a cover letter, an updated curriculum vitae, and the CUPE 3902 application form, to Professor Jacob Gallagher-Ross, Chair, Department of English and Drama # Date: 01/26/2024, 11:59PM EDT
This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.
Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.
