Cyber-Disciplinarity:
May Conference

May 13-14, 2005
Friday location: Loew Auditorium
Saturday location: Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
All events are free of charge, and open to the public.

Friday, May 13
1:00-4:00 pm
Loew Auditorium, Dartmouth College
1:00 pm Panel: Representation and Politics in the Digital Age. Introduction - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Joe Trippi, Political Advisor
    "The Revolution Will Not be Televised" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Lisa Nakamura, Communication Arts/Visual Culture Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    "Subjects and Objects of Interactivity: Digital Racial Formation and Media Convergence" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Michael Curry, Department of Geography, UCLA
    "The Promise of Provenance: Networks, Narratives, and the New Model of Object Management" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Question and Answer session - View video (Quicktime required)
3:30 pm Reception, Kim Gallery

Saturday, May 14
9:30am - 5:30pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall, Dartmouth College
9:30 am Coffee and pastries
10:00 am Panel: Freedom(s) and Access in the Digital Age. Introduction - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Jeffrey Rosen, George Washington University Law School
    "The Silver Bullet: Protecting Privacy and Security through Law & Technology" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Eszter Hargittai, Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
    "Digitally Connected Yet Worlds Apart" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • David Phillips, Department of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas
    "From Freedom to the Management of Personally Identified Information: Toward a Political Economy of Privacy and Identity" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Question and Answer session - View video (Quicktime required)
12:00 pm Lunch break
1:30 pm Panel: Challenges to the Academy in the Digital Age. Introduction - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Michael Heim, Freelance educator, Southern California
    "Adventures of the CyberForum: A Cautionary Tale about Cyber-Disciplinarity" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Alan Liu, Department of English, University of California at Santa Barbara
    "The Humanities: A Technical Profession" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Question and Answer session - View video (Quicktime required)
3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm Panel: Visual Culture/Critical Praxis in the Digital Age. Introduction - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Department of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University
    "Intrusive Reason, or Fiber Optics and the Limits of Rationality" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Geert Lovink, Amsterdam Polytechnic/University of Amsterdam
    "Mapping Critical Internet Culture: A Research Agenda" - View video (Quicktime required)
  • Question and Answer session - View video (Quicktime required)
5:00 pm Reception, Filene Lobby

Sponsored by The Fannie and Alan Leslie Center for the Humanities, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, The Institute for Security Technology Studies, The Hood Museum of Art, The Department of English, The Department of Sociology, The Rockefeller Center, The Department of Government, The Department of Geography, The MALS Program, The Department of Film and Television Studies.