On May 18, 2023, Ryan Milner, author of The World Made Meme (2016), answered questions from 24 participants from Dartmouth students and visitors to campus in a Q&A about memes and meme culture hosted by the MWG.

The Memetics Working Group

(AY 2023-2024)

The MWG is a Dartmouth student collective that meets weekly over pizza to think about memes and meme culture. The MWG is part of “Virtual Publics in the Memosphere” (VPM).

Current MWG Members

  • Eleanora Alloway

    ‘27

  • Ethan Demartinis

    ‘25

  • Christopher Eaton

    ‘27

  • Kennedy Hamblen

    ‘23

  • Jack Vawrinek

    ‘27

  • Xiaoyu Wei

    MA in Media Studies

Perks:

  1. MWG members get access to the Meme Scholars Lecture Series, a selection of presentations by meme scholars in the Spring 2023 FYS “Engaging Memes.” These will take place via Zoom during the 2A block and recordings will become accessible the week following each presentation.

  2. A free copy of The World Made Meme, the textbook used in the course “Engaging Memes" this quarter as a basis for classroom discussion

  3. A space to muse about memes over pizza with other meme-curious students who are not enrolled in “Engaging Memes.” The MWG will meet every two weeks to discuss the material (guest presentations and short readings) included in the last 2-week module. Professors Tanoukhi and Kruger, organizers of the Memetics Project, will mediate a relaxed conversation.