Carlin Wing
Associate Professor of Media Studies at Scripps College and author of Bounce: Balls, Walls, and Bodies in Games and Play (MIT Press, 2026), conducting interdisciplinary research on movement, materiality, and the cultural histories of games.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 44min
Carlin Wing, "Bounce: Balls, Walls, and Bodies in Games and Play" (MIT Press, 2026)
Carlin Wing, Associate Professor of Media Studies at Scripps College and author of Bounce, traces bouncing balls through sports, animation, and computing. She explores why bounce reframes game histories. Short, lively conversations hit tennis, Ulama, FIFA/EA Sports FC, ball visibility in broadcasts, and the textures of bounce that shape bodies and spectacle.
Mar 11, 2026 • 44min
Carlin Wing, "Bounce: Balls, Walls, and Bodies in Games and Play" (MIT Press, 2026)
Carlin Wing, Associate Professor of Media Studies at Scripps College and author of Bounce (MIT Press, 2026), links movement, materiality, and game history. She traces bounce through sports, animation, and videogames. Short takes explore rubber and tennis courts, virtual bounce in animation and computing, and contrasting spectacles from FIFA to the Mesoamerican game ulama.
