I’ve just noticed an interesting and relatively new website: Figure/Ground. Originally a personal academic blog, it has now evolved into a student-led collaborative project. The site aims to bring ‘philosophers, historians and critics of media, literature and technology into a conversation’ and to be ‘a virtual salon or coffee house, creating a democratic space for … Continue Reading
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Thanks for the many abstracts
Since initially announcing the ICA preconference Conditions of Mediation, Tim Markham and I have been pleasantly surprised by the interest it has seemed to generate. Now that the deadline for abstract submissions has passed, this pleasant surprise has been matched by an overwhelming number of submitted paper proposals. A difficult task awaits, looking through all … Continue Reading
ICA preconference announcement: Conditions of Mediation
It’s been in the works for a while, but I’m now happy to announce that, in collaboration with my Birkbeck colleague Tim Markham, we will be holding Conditions of Mediation: Phenomenological Approaches to Media, Technology and Communication on 17 June 2012 at Birkbeck, University of London. The event is a preconference sponsored by the Philosophy, … Continue Reading