Convention Schedule Media Ecology Association Twelfth Annual Convention June 23-26, 2011 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada http://mea2011.org http://www.media-ecology.org The theme of this year's Convention is "Space, Place, and the McLuhan Legacy." The theme reflects the University of Alberta's celebrations in 2011 of the birth of the influential scholar and public figure Marshall McLuhan in Edmonton, Canada, on July 21, 1911. To register: please go to http://mea2011.oorg/registration/ Thursday, 23 June 2011 Registration 8:30 am - 4 pm Session 1: 9 am - 10:15 am 1A. Media and Place TEL 236 Moderator: Mary Beckie (University of Alberta) Keith N. Hampton, University of Pennsylvania. Pervasive Awareness and Network Diversity: How New Media Reinforces Place-Based Social Relationships Ernane Rabelo, Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Information Behavior and News Evocation: The Case of Mass Communication Students Antonio Almeida, University of São Paulo, and Juliana de Oliveira Vicentini, University of São Paulo. The Globo Reporter Discourse about the Amazonian Drought 1B. Media and the City TEL 238 Moderator: Andre Lucena (University of Alberta) Jack Barwind, Metropolitan State College of Denver. Civility: An Argument for Media Literacy Helia Fillipe Saraiva, Instalações Eléctricas Industriais. Porto Is Alive: Media and Creativity in the City of Porto Landscape Russell Stockard, California Lutheran University. Media Event Sequels: Katrina, Race, History, and Memory 1C. Gaming, Storytelling, and Environments TEL 217 Moderator: Adriana Braga (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro) Rob Shields, University of Alberta, and Sérgio C. Benício de Mello, Federal University of Pernambuco. The Magnetism of Xbox Live: The Allure of the Magnetic City and Its Citizens Nancy Bray, University of Alberta. The Garden of Forked Pasts: Internet Genealogy as Cybertextual Storytelling Sheila Nayar, Greensboro College. Primary Issues with Secondary Orality Iryna Dovganyuk, University of Alberta. Television as Art in the Digital Age 1D. City as Classroom TEL 219 Moderator: Gordon Gow (University of Alberta) Lewis Freeman, Fordham University. The City as Children's Classroom: What Children Have to Teach Us About Cities Per-Olof Erixon, Umea University, and Johan Elmfeldt, Umea University. School Writing in a Changing Media Ecology Ana Patricia Oliveira, University of Aveiro, and Maria Conceição Lopes, University of Aveiro. Scratch in Kindergarten: A Space and a Place of Communicational, Ludic and Creative Intermediations Session 2: 10:30 am - 11:45 am 2A. McLuhan the Man TEL 236 Moderator: Rob Shields (University of Alberta) Benjamin Robertson, Wheaton College. Marshall McLuhan: A Grammarian for Our Age William Buxton, Concordia University. The Neglect of Innis; the Rise of McLuhan, 1949-1956 Huimin Jin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Media as Relation and Relation as Truth: A Comparative Study of McLuhan and Confucius 2B. Photography, Space, Time, and Punctum TEL 238 Moderator: Almond Aguila (University of Alberta) Eric Jenkins, University of Cincinnati. Another Punctum Mickey Vallee, University of Alberta. The Machine in the Ghost: Poststructural Aesthetics, Kinetic Sound Sculptures, and the Ontological Relations of McLuhan's Theory of Extension/Amputation to Deleuze & Guattari's "Body Without Organs" 2C. Mobile Technologies TEL 217 Moderator: Yoni Van Den Eede (Free University of Brussels) James Morrison, Babson College. The Progress of the Pod People: Vehicular Multimedia Systems and the Brave New World of Exurbia Peggy Jubien, University of Alberta. Phenomenology of Mobile Technologies in Education Dong-Hoo Lee, University of Incheon. Mobile Snapshots in the Age of Tertiary Orality Minhao Zeng, University of Alberta, Gold McEwen, University of Alberta, and Christy Gustavison, University of Alberta. Locating McLuhan through Geocaching: A Locative Media Experiment in Downtown Edmonton 2D. Media Literacy TEL 219 Moderator: Angela Keller (University of Alberta) Lance Strate Fordham University, and Lewis Freeman, Fordham University. The Future of Children's Television Programming: A Study of How Emerging Digital Technologies Can Facilitate Active and Engaged Participation and Contribute to Media Literacy Education Alex Kuskis, Gonzaga University. Marshall McLuhan as an Education Theorist Norm Friesen, Thompson Rivers University, and Shannon Lowe, Thompson Rivers University. The Lecture as Trans-Medial Pedagogical Form: An Historical/Ecological Analysis Dennis Cali, University of Texas at Tyler. Mapping McLuhan: How Media Ecology is Taught in College Curricula 11:45 am - 1 pm Lunch (on your own) Unveiling of The Wave, an art and media installation. Session 3: 1 pm - 2:15 pm 3A. Media Ecology I TEL 236 Moderator: Aura Quezada (Mount Royal University) Nicole Maggio, University of Maine. McLuhan's Messenger: The Role of the Artist in the Global Village Gerrit Verstraete, Masterpiece Fine Art Studio. The Tetrad: A Dialectical Model of Media Ecology Theory and Art, Design, and New Media 3B. Music and Listening Practices TEL 217 Moderator: Ilona Cardinal (University of Alberta) Phil Rose, York University. Radiohead and the Media Fallout of Ok Computer Sheena Hyndman, York University. Making the Familiar Strange: Verve Remixed, Media Ecology, and the Reshaping of Listening Practices Armond Towns, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Keeping it Mobile: Hip-Hop Spaces & Sneakers as Technology Karen Brown, Dominican University, and Mary Pat Fallon, Dominican University. Library as Place: New Media and New Designs for Creating Community 3C. Panel: Illusionary Freedom: False Promises of Cyberspace TEL 150 Moderator: Nancy Bray (University of Alberta) Anthony Wachs, Duquesne University, Brian Gilchrist, Duquesne University, John Jasso, University of Pittsburgh, and Beth Michalec, Duquesne University 3D. Panel: Phenomenology and the Project of Media Ecology TEL 219 Moderator: Brian Cogan (Molloy College) Ellen Rose, University of New Brunswick, Catherine Adams, University of Alberta, Corey Anton, Grand Valley State University, and Stacey Irwin, Millersville University Session 4: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm 4A. Media Ecology II TEL 236 Moderator: Sharmila Ferris (William Paterson University) Regiane Miranda de Oliveira Nakagawa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Communication Rhetoric Understood as Metalanguage Kevin Garrison, Angelo State University. Ellul's Alternative Narrative of Technology: Anticipating the Fourth Milieu of Virtuality Yoni Van Den Eede, Free University of Brussels. Home Is Where the Brain Wires: Technology, Fixity, and Adaptation Stuart Mackay, Independent. Infoese 4B. Time & Space TEL 238 Moderator: TBA James Scott, Saint Louis University. Space on the Edge: Marshall McLuhan's Marginalia and Annotations of Siegried Giedion, Erich Gombrich, Julian Jaynes, and Walter Ong Sang-Hee Kweon, Sungkyunkwan University, Kyung Ho Hwang, Sungkyunkwan University, and Eun-Mi Kim, Sungkyunkwan University. Time and Space Perception in Media Platform 4C. Surveillance and Seclusion TEL 217 Moderator: Yuping Mao (University of Alberta) Brent Strang, University of Alberta. A Red Dead Remedy for the Emasculating Anxieties of Digital Seclusion Darren Stevenson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Deploying Biometric Imaging on the In-Store Customer: A Slippery Slope towards Corporate Orwellianism Mogens Olesen, University of Copenhagen. "Epi-genetic Media": Digital Media as a Cultural Selection Mechanism Jan Buterman, University of Alberta. All Your < Data > Base Belong to Us: Identity & Recognition in an Online World 4D. Panel: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Reflections on Digital Technology and Cognition TEL 150 Moderator: Paul Soukup (Santa Clara University) Ellen Rose, University of New Brunswick, Paul Grosswiler, University of Maine, and Donna Flayhan, State University of New York at New Paltz 4 pm - 5:45 pm Highlands Walking Tour (including the McLuhan home), preregistration required 6 pm - 7:30 pm Welcoming remarks. Plenary presentation: Robert Logan (University of Toronto), "McLuhan Misunderstood: Setting the Record Straight" 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm Reception, cash bar, and hors d'oeuvres. Official opening of Spaces&Places: VisioningMcLuhan@100, Latitude 53 Gallery, 10248 - 106 Street Friday, 24 June 2011 8:30 am - 4 pm Registration, Book Exhibit open until 4 pm. Session 5, 9 am - 10:15 am 5A. Panel: The Man of Letters as Avant-Garde Artist: Marshall McLuhan and Wilfred Watson in Search of Common Ground TEL 150 Moderator: Yoni Van Den Eede (Free University of Brussels) Paul Hjartarson, University of Alberta, Kristine Smitka, University of Alberta, Gregory Betts, Brock University, Wayne DeFehr, University of Alberta, and Paul Tiessen, Wilfred Laurier University 5B. Cityscapes and Sound TEL 236 Moderator: Almond Aguila (University of Alberta) Peter Zhang, Grande Valley State University. The Cityscape and Sonicscape of Beijing: A McLuhanian Critique Jason Wilson, 0009.org. Audio Perfume Sonia Montano, University Unisinos, and Suzanne Kilpp, University Unisinos. The Methodology of Frames and the Audio-Visual Ecology Irene Machado, University of São Paulo. Acoustic Space and the Ecology of Cultural Extensions 5C. Panel: Mobilizing the City as Classroom: Locative and Mobile Media for Community Engagement TEL 217 Moderator: Andre Lucena (University of Alberta) Gordon Gow, University of Alberta, Daylin Breen, University of Alberta, Angela Keller, University of Alberta, and Lisa Prins, University of Alberta 5D. Media Ecology and Media Literacy TEL 219 Moderator: Ellen Rose (University of New Brunswick) Vinicius Andrade Pereira, Rio de Janeiro State University. Communication Technologies as Grammars: Medium, Content and Message in Marshall McLuhan's Work Sheldon Richmond, Independent. Can We Break the Monopolistic Tendency of Technology? Helma Sawatzky, Simon Fraser University. Anemone Theory: An Exploration of Digital Media as Phenomena 10:30 am - 11:45 am Plenary Panel Discussion: Elena Lamberti (University of Bologna), Rob Shields (University of Alberta), and Douglas Barbour (University of Alberta), "McLuhan and Artistic Vision in the Wireless City" 11:45 am - 1 pm Lunch (on your own) 1 pm - 2:15 pm Plenary presentation: Joshua Meyrowitz (University of New Hampshire), "Media Ecology and the Future of Theory" 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Break Session 6: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm 6A. Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll. TEL 236 Moderator: Peggy Jubien (University of Alberta) Phil Rose, York University, and Ainsley Moore, McMaster University. The Extended Pharmacist: Entering the Era of Remote Drug Dispensation and Pharmaceutical Counselling Niels van Doorn, Johns Hopkins University. The Intimate City: McLuhan's Medium Theory and the Political Ecology of Sexual Citizenship Read Schuchardt, Wheaton College. Was McLuhan's Biology The Medium That Begot the Message? 6B. On the Binding Biases of Time TEL 150 Moderator: Donna Flayhan (State University of New York at New Paltz) Lance Strate, Fordham University. Respondent: Corey Anton, Grand Valley State University 6C. New Medias TEL 217 Moderator: Mary Beckie (University of Alberta) Wade Nelson, University of Winnipeg. You(Tube)-surped: The Absorption of the Old BMX Freestyle Cycling Media by the New Almond Aguila, University of Alberta. Skype and the Global Filipino Family Holland Wilde, Cultural Farming. Extensions of McLuhan, Media is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects 6D. Panel: The Place of the Body in the Spaces of Technology TEL 219 Moderator: Paul Soukup (Santa Clara University) Paul Grosswiler, University of Maine, Steven Reagles, Bethany Lutheran College, and Robert MacDougall, Curry College 4 pm - 5:45 pm Plenary presentation: Gary Gumpert (City University of New York), "Repetitio ad infinitum: From Print to Scrawl" 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm Break 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Banquet, President's Address and MEA 2011 Awards Ceremony. President's Address: Janet Sternberg (Fordham University), "Space, Place, and the Media Ecology Association" Venue: Westin Hotel. 10135 - 100 Street 9 pm - 11 pm Film happening, "Being In The World" and Q & A following with Mark Wrathall (University of California, Riverside) Venue: Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW (Churchill LRT Station) Saturday, 25 June 2011 8:30 am – noon Registration, Book Exhibit open until 4 pm (not open on Sunday). 9 am – 3 pm Exhibition of City as Classroom: Deconstructing McLuhan, an interactive art and learning installation Session 7: 9 am - 10:15 am 7A. Panel: McLuhan in the Digital Age TEL 150 Moderator: Sharmila Ferris (William Paterson University) Octavio Islas, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Jorge Hidalgo, Universidad Anahuac, Claudia Benassini, Razón y Palabra, and Fernando Gutiérrez, Tecnológico de Monterrey 7B. The Urban Environment TEL 236 Moderator: Martin Guardado (University of Alberta) Alberto Carrera Portugal, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Global Cities and Global Media: The Urban Competitiveness Concept in City Rankings. Shaping the Local Policies and Global Perceptions? Yuping Mao, University of Alberta, and Claudia Hale, Ohio University. An Examination of Chinese Employees Use of Technologies in Relation to Intercultural Sensitivity, Organizational Conflict Management Styles, and Organizational Satisfaction in China Branches of Multinational Companies 7C. Religion, Church and Pastoral Landscapes TEL 217 Moderator: Rob Shields (University of Alberta) Richard Osicki, Canadian Mennonite University. Is the Internet the New Temple? McLuhan Looks at Religion Looks at McLuhan Grace Chiou, University of Denver. The Visual and Material Culture of the Urban Church: From Flanerie to Koinonia Silvia Maria Guerra Molina, University of São Paulo, Mariana Piva-Silva, University of São Paulo, Gabriel Henrique Lui, University of São Paulo, and Ana Paula Branco do Nascimento, Ninth of July University. Deagrarianisation: Dislocations of Technologies and Landscape Dislodgement Nicole M Glenn, University of Alberta, Julian Forrest, University of Alberta. We Can Live Our Misbehavior 7D. Heidegger on Resisting the Demands of Technology TEL 219 Moderator: Catherine Adams (University of Alberta) Mark Wrathall, University of California, Riverside 10:15 am - 10:30 am Break 10:30 am - 11:45 am Plenary presentation: Richard Cavell (University of British Columbia), "Marshall McLuhan as Ec[h]o-Critic" 11:45 am - 1 pm Lunch Session 8: 1 pm - 2:15 pm 8A. Global Village and Tribal Extensions TEL 236 Moderator: Brian Cogan (Molloy College) Gordon Titchener, Thompson Rivers University. The Design Is the Destination: The Media Ecology of Contemporary Tourist Experience Adriana Braga, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Microcelebrity, the Medium, and the Message Jonathan Slater, Plattsburgh State University of New York. Two Solitudes in the Global Village Marv Machura, NorQuest College. Tribal Extensions in New and Conflicting Media Environments 8B. Sound and Place TEL 238 Moderator: Aura Quezada (Mount Royal University) Cezary Gajewski, University of Alberta. Physical Interactions: The McLuhan Centenary Wave Installation Andrew deWaard, University of British Columbia. Mise-en-Synergy and Soundscapes Ellen Moffat, University of Saskatchewan. Unmediating the City: The Soundwalk as Embodied Probe Lewis Kaye, Wilfred Laurier University. Through the Vanishing Point: Reanimating McLuhan Through Image, Sound, and Place 8C. Urban Studies TEL 217 Moderator: Marco Adria (University of Alberta) Mary Ann Allison, Hofstra University. Reintegrating the Virtual with the Physical in Rome and New York Greg Ott, Fontbonne University. City Stickers: The Euro Oval Decal and Urban Renewal/Gentrification 8D. Dis/Orientations TEL 219 Moderator: Minhao Zeng (University of Alberta) Antonio Almeida, University of São Paulo. Symbolic Environment and Nature Tom Bruneau, Radford University. Acoustic Space Revised: Holonomic and Connectionist Brain Theories 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Break 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Plenary presentation: Mark Poster (University of California, Irvine), "Theorizing Culture and Media: McLuhan and Foucault". Plenary presentation has been made possible in part by financial support from the Henry Marshall Tory Professor, University of Alberta, Rob Shields 4 pm - 4:45 pm Reflection on the life and work of Christine Nystrom 5 pm - 6:45 pm An urban virtual happening, QRcodes and Geocaching in downtown Edmonton, preregistration required. Meet in the Atrium, Enterprise Square; or Double-feature film screening of McLuhan's Wake (2002) and the NBC documentary The Medium is the Massage (1967), no registration required, Enterprise Square. 7:30 pm - 10 pm Evening on your own in the Alberta capital! Dinner at La Boheme in Highlands for those who wish to attend Sunday, 26 June 2011 Session 9: 9 am - 10:15 am 9A. Old News, New News TEL 236 Moderator: Sara van den Berg (Saint Louis University) Andre Lucena, University of Alberta. The Print Newspaper in the Information Age: An Analysis of Trends and Perspectives Christine Tracy, Eastern Michigan University. Perception in the Newssphere Matt Thomas, University of Iowa. Back to Paper, or: Everything Old Is New Again Zhiwei Yu, Peking University. The Consequence of Writing Systems on Human Perception in China and the West 9B. Panel: The Role of the Artist in the Local Landscape: Examining Marshall McLuhan and Sheila Watson's Relationship to Canadian Modernism TEL 150 Moderator: Angela Keller (University of Alberta) Paul Hjartarson, University of Alberta, Kristine Smitka, University of Alberta, Elena Lamberti, University of Bologna, Linda Morra, Bishop University, and Adam Hammond, University of Toronto 9C. GPS, Geocaching, and Locative Media TEL 217 Moderator: Peggy Jubien (University of Alberta) Minhao Zeng, University of Alberta. Examining Geocaching Practices Through a Mobilities Lens Marcelo Medeiros, Universidade Federal da Bahia. Locative Communication: Place as a Medium? Almond Aguila, University of Alberta, and Daylin Breen, University of Alberta. Unlocking Perspective with 2D codes: The Hunt for Media Literacy in the City 9D. Cities & the Politics of Space and Place TEL 219 Moderator: Gordon Gow (University of Alberta) Kellen Cristina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and Debora Duran, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Rio de Janeiro, Wonderful City: City as a Composite Technology, City as Classroom Anna Christie Torres, University of the Philippines Baguio. The City of Baguio and the Politics of Space Geo Takach, University of Calgary. Space, Place, and the Face of Empire: Lessons from Harold Innis on Alberta Tar Sands 10:15 am - 10:30 am Break 10:30 am - 12 noon MEA Business Meeting and Closing Remarks (all are welcome and encouraged to attend) More Convention Information and Contacts http://mea2011.org http://www.media-ecology.org