I Read Where I Am -- Exporing New Information Cultures
http://www.valiz.nl/en/IReadWhereIAm I Read Where I Am contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. We read anytime and anywhere. We read of screens, we read out on the streets, we read in the office but less and less we read a book at home on the couch. We are, or are becoming, a different type of reader. The question remains which shape will it take and what experience does one want? To answer all these (and other) questions we have asked people from different backgrounds, subject to the aforementioned changes, to think about these issues. I Read Where I Am collects 82 diverse observations, inspirations and critical notes by journalists, designers, researchers, politicians, philosophers and many others. • How will we grapple with compressed narratives and the fluid bombardment of text? • What are the dialectics between image and word? • How will our information machines generate new reading cultures? • Can reading become a live, mobile social experience? Text/authors: Arie Altena, Henk Blanken, Andrew Blauvelt, Erwin Blom, James Bridle, Max Bruinsma & 76 other authors Editors: Mieke Gerritzen, Geert Lovink, Minke Kampman isbn: 978-90-78088-55-4 17,50 euros All texts also online available here: http://www.ireadwhereiam.com/
Digital Culture: Innovative practices and critical theories. ECREA Digital Culture & Communication 3rd workshop Barcelona, Spain, November 24-25, 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS: This workshop seeks to explore innovative perspectives on digital culture and in the study of digital culture. Our concern is to focus on developing forms of theorizing, critiquing, understanding and researching digital culture, forms and practice. Our intention is to contribute to emerging work responding (1) to 'new' new media technologies, and (2) to respond to developments in media research on technology and innovation. We invite contributions of different theoretical and empirical approaches, but suggest proposals for papers may fall into three main areas. Each relates to theories, practices and methodologies of innovation. They are: 1) Digital Media and the senses. This may include work on or related to enhanced reality, locative media and virtual worlds. 2) Creative practices and participation in new media. Here we are particularly concerned with discussing concepts of participation, co-creativity, co-design or co-innovation in creative processes involving audiences and independent creators in a wide spectrum of activities including art, photography, video, videogames. 3) Digital research and education in digital culture.This would seek to explore innovative theoretical and methodological approaches in digital media studies as well as innovative teaching tools. Please submit an extended abstract (500 words max.) by the 6th of June 2011 (and clearly stating which topic section you would like to submit this to) to: ecreadigitalculture@gmail.com The workshop papers are submitted to a peer-review process. The reviewing process will finish the 7 of July. The workshop fee is 80 Euro, it includes participants documentation and coffee breaks. For more information: http://digitalcultureandcommunication.blogspot.com/ and http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/workshop_ecrea2011/index_eng.html
Call for Papers: Abstract submission deadline 19th August 2011, Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies and the Centre for Digital Material Culture present: Staging Illusion: Digital and Cultural Fantasy, November 4th 2011, University of Sussex Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Vanessa Toulmin (Director of the National Fairground archive) and Dr Sarah Kember (Goldsmiths). Other confirmed plenary speakers include Dr Astrid Ensslin (Bangor) and Dr Melanie Chan (Leeds Met).,
From magicians to immersive media and from the circus to cyborgs, the celebration and/or mistrust of illusion has been a central theme across a range of cultures. Notions of fakery and deception stand in opposition to fantasy and escape; our identities are performative and we learn to present ourselves as masked; and postmodern thinkers have criticised 'hyperreality' for its capacity to entice consumption. Yet whilst ideas pertaining to 'cultural dupes' have long since been dispelled in academia, the figure of the 'mark' of the fairground scam remains culturally ubiquitous, perhaps more so than ever, in an era of (post) mechanical reproduction. Is new technology a flight from the real or merely a continuation of older cultural forms? Is it necessary, or even possible, to define reality in relation to the illusory?, Seeking to place staged illusions across a spectrum of historical, geographical and cultural contexts, the conference invites topics that might include, but are not limited to:
(Virtual) Realities - video games, cyborgs, simulacrum, social media, new technologies, cosmetic surgery and body modification. Magic and Miracles - hauntings, fantasies, the supernatural, the paranormal, magicians, impersonators and illusionists. Spaces of Illusion - Theatres, fairgrounds, the circus, the music hall, virtual spaces/worlds, farms, zoos and theme parks. Identity 'Imposters' - Identity politics, authenticity, transvestites, cross dressers and drag, transphobia, legitimacy, pretensions and pretenders. 'The Camera Never Lies' - art history, frauds, celebrity, image manipulation, reality television, 3-d cinema, the magic of cinema. We are now inviting the submission of abstracts for 20 minute papers representing a variety of approaches to and interpretations of the theme Staging Illusion from a range of disciplines., Please email a Microsoft Word document containing your contact details, institution and position, along with a 400 word abstract to sccs-conf@sussex.ac.uk by 19th August 2011.
Reminder: CfP for BSSN Conference on 'Hard Science? Sex, Science and Technology', deadline July 20th 2011 The theme for the 5th Annual Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network Conference is "Hard Science? Sex, Science and Technology". This 1-day conference will take place on Thursday 15th September 2011, 9am-6pm in Brighton. The conference is also part of the 'Digital Brighton' festival. We are delighted to confirm the following keynote speakers: - Mary L Gray, Indiana University - Campbell Ex, Filmmaker - Stuart Lorimer and Christina Richards, Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic Conveners of this interdisciplinary conference now welcome proposals from activists, academics, scholars, members of the LGBT community and community groups, students, documentary and film-makers, writers and artists. Email proposals (up to 300 words) to: bssn@brighton.ac.uk The closing date for the submission of proposals is July 20th 2011. We encourage submissions that address a broad range of questions in research and practice on sex, sexuality, queer etc. Presentations might examine the following topics: - Old and new media - Hacking, hackers and techno activism - Online identities - Pornography - Sexuality and disabilities - LGBT - Sex work - Race - Scientists, technologists and engineers - Archives - Human-Computer Interactions - Drugs - Sex toys - Crafts - Health and care - Science fiction - Bodies - Digital humanities - Crip theory - Reproductive technologies - Design interactions - Queering science and technology - Technological determinism / Social constructivism - Virtuality - Cyber and conic - Medicalizations - Embodiment and biotechnology The conference organizers welcome proposals for (a) Individuals papers (b) Sessions (c) Round table discussions (d) workshops and (e) visual presentations or performances. Registration for the conference will open on July 31st 2011. For more information about the conference and BSSN, please see: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/bssn/conf2011/ The conference organizing committee is: Georgina Voss Kath Browne Shamira Meghani Nick McGlynn Irmi Karl Sharif Mowlabocus Olu Jensen Kate O'Riordan
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