Hi all, This event will be running concurrently with the AoIR conference in Berlin next week--might be worth the train ride to Weimar for part of it, if you're interested in haptics/HCI. Siegfried Zielinski's kicking things off on Wednesday afternoon, and Mark Paterson's on tap to discuss haptics and disability on the Friday morning panel--see the full program below. Organized by Henning Schmigden and Rebekka Ladewig. If not in Weimar, hope to connect with folks from AoIR in Berlin on Saturday... David David Parisi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Communication Faculty Affiliate, Computer Science Department College of Charleston parisid@cofc.edu<mailto:parisid@cofc.edu> http://communication.cofc.edu/about/faculty-staff-listing/parisi-david.php Twitter: @Dave_Parisi<https://twitter.com/Dave_Parisi> === Symmetries of Touch International Workshop October 5-7, 2016 Bauhaus-University Weimar Main Building, Oberlichtsaal Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 99423 WeimarGermany Wednesday, October 5 15.00 Welcome and Introduction Session I (chair: Henning Schmidgen) 15.30-16.15 "There is no rewind button on the Betamax of your life!" On the Dialectics of Experience and Design of Time Siegfried Zielinski (Karlsruhe) 16.15-17.00 Force Feedback. Sensorical Economies of Machinic Touch David Parisi 17.00-17.30 Coffee break Session II (chair: Rebekka Ladewig) 17.30-18.15 "The Lightest of Touches." Aerosols Hanjo Berressem (Cologne) 18.15-19.00 Touch and "Taxis." Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette Lorenz Engell (Weimar) Thursday, October 6 Session III (chair: Angelika Seppi) 9.30-10.15 Protuberance. Tele Tactus and Remote Control in Body (and Language) Elisabeth von Samsonow (Vienna) 10.15-10.30 Coffee break 10.30-11.15 Machinic Junkies, Pathic Materials. Guattari and the Production of Subjectivity Today Andrew Goffey (Nottingham) 11.15-12.00 Scanning/Machines. With Guattari and Simondon Henning Schmidgen (Weimar) 12.00-14.30 Lunch break Session IV (chair: Julia Bee) 14.30-15.15 "Les mains, méprisées pour leur matérialisme." Materialism of Touch vs. Phenomenology of Embodiment Charles T. Wolfe (Ghent) 15.15 - 15.30 Coffee break 15.30-16.15

From Tactile to Tacit. Pathologies of Touch Rebekka Ladewig (Weimar)

16.15-17.00 Subtle Motors, Dextrous Hands. The Sciences of Touch ca. 1930 Max Stadler (Zürich) Friday, October 7 Session V (chair: Bernard Robben) 9.30-10.15 Images Made by Contagion. On Dermatological Wax Moulages Mechtild Fend (London) 10.15-10.30 Coffee break 10.30-11.15 For More Inclusive Interactivity. Haptics and Disability Mark Paterson (Pittsburgh) 11.15-12.00 How Bodies and World Meet in Tangible and Embodied Interactions. Tactile, Kinaesthetic, and Somatic Experience Eva Hornecker (Weimar) 12.00-14.30 Lunch break Session VI (chair: Henning Schmidgen) 14.30-15.15 Haptic Field. Touch as Atmosphere and Ambience Christopher Salter (Montreal) 15.15 - 15.30 Farewell