![]() ![]() Sousanis argues that comics as scholarship is not a new idea, but one we’ve suppressed. “Why is 12-point type, double-spaced, with 1-inch-by-1-inch-by-1.5-inch” margins called ‘scholarship’ and other forms not?” he said. His dissertation argues for the importance of visual thinking in teaching and learning and challenges the forms of learning traditionally found in academic settings-all within a comic book. Sousanis’ “Unflattening” challenges “how it is” in both subject and presentation. He explained “Unflattening” stemmed from “having a sadness or a worry about this idea of flatness,” something he described as limiting possibilities, lacking in critical dimension and “a place where we forget the wonder of what might be and replace it with how it is.” In his talk, Sousanis shared his experiences writing and drawing his doctoral dissertation entirely in comics form, which was published by Harvard University Press as “ Unflattening”. An Eisner-winning comics author and associate professor in comics studies, liberal studies and humanities (he draws his syllabi), Sousanis brought this idea to the Franklin & Marshall College community during an Oct. This is the mantra Nick Sousanis brings to his classes at San Francisco State University. “We will study and we will play and we will see that those activities aren’t so different.” ![]()
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