Media and Pedagogy Theorist Gregory Ulmer Visiting UWM
From Jon McKenzie
Asst. Professor of English
Coordinator of Modern Studies:Media and pedagogy theorist Gregory Ulmer is visiting UWM this week.
On Thursday, 9/29, at 4:00 in Curtin 939, Prof. Ulmer will give an informal
colloquium hosted by the Modern Studies program. He will discuss the distinction between grammatology and deconstruction, creativity as supplement to critique, and how all of these inform his "emerAgency" consultancy project. In an open discussion, he will then apply his consultancy skills to the problematic, "w(h)ither modern studies?"
Everyone is welcome;
see pdf.Prof. Ulmer is visiting UWM as part of the Department of Film and Conceptual Studies Colloquia, Art in the Age of the Post-Medium Condition, where he will give a talk titled "Electracy: Flash Reason Against the Internet Accident" on Friday, 9/30, at 2:00 in Curtin 175. This talk is open to the public, but those interested in new media, Comp/Rhet, and cultural theory are especially encouraged to attend. A full schedule of this exciting colloquia series can be seen
here. More information and examples of Prof. Ulmer's research and teaching experiments, can be found
here.
DACSO Meeting Highlights
Here are the highlights from the last DACSO meeting:
-Elections were held, these are the results
-President -- Aaron Lunderville
-Vice President -- Sam Vanderhoof
-Secretary -- Bridget Gallagher
-Treasurer -- Leah Jee
-A DACSO page will be added to the DAC web site.
-We will have a design contest to "brand" DACSO with a visual image
-We are going to have a small exhibition late this fall, and a larger one in the spring
-We are going to apply for funding to travel to the IDMAA convention in April
-Bring ideas for workshops and guest speakers to the next meeting (3 Oct. 3:45 in G10)
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Call for papers: Crossings: A Counter-Disciplinary Journal
Call for papers: Crossings: A Counter-Disciplinary Journal
Issue # 9: The "Work" of Art
DEADLINE: December 1, 2005
The ninth issue of Crossings aims at addressing the ambiguous
relationship between the aesthetic and the ethical. The binary between
ethicism (the notion of art as a guide to morality) and aestheticism
(the notion that art and morality are autonomous spheres) has
historically framed the thinking about art and ethics, but what is at
stake in limiting our thinking to this framework? We invite people to
think beyond and across this gulf and to imagine other possibilities
of art's power.
Assuming that art exercises power in the realms of the social and the
ethical, we may ask the question: what should art do, or what is the
work of art? We know that art can instigate social change, but art's
power may reach further, actually determining the social and the
ethical in some way.
Philosophers have long discussed thought's dependence on the
construction of images, or what might be termed "the imagination".
Given this relationship between thinking and the imagination, are
moral and political philosophy, along with other forms of thinking,
forms of art or literature? What is the transformative power of
image-making in relation to thinking and the construction of a social
reality? Do aesthetics and the imagination hold the radical potential
to burst the solidity of the normative structures of "universal" modes
of perception and fundamentally change the way we construct and relate
to our world and one another? What are the implications of this
complex network that encompasses thinking, the imagination, the
aesthetic, and the political, social, and ethical?
All forms of art are open for discussion. We invite essays from
practicing artists in all mediums, in addition to scholars from
various fields.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Aestheticizing politics and politicizing art
Journalism
"Body Art": Piercing, Tattoos, Body Building
Happenings
Politically "committed" literature
Indigenous art
The instrumentalization of art
Art and violence
The institutionalization of art
Art and revolution
Ethics as art/Art as ethics
Art and pornography
Info-tainment
Fetishism
Testimonial
Art and authenticity
Exposure to alterity or the political through art
Myth
The art market
Photography
Grafitti
Performance art
Image-making and thinking
Religion and popular literature
The gesture of art's work in relation to language
Protest art forms
Pedagogical possibilities: Art and the ethical in the classroom
Submissions should be in MSWord or WordPerfect format, double-spaced,
and conform to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, endnote
citation format. Hard copy manuscripts should be submitted in duplicate
and should be accompanied by a disk version (IBM compatible 3 1/2"
disk). Manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by a
self-addressed, stamped envelope. A style sheet is available in Adobe
Acrobat format on-line at:
http://crossings.binghamton.edu/style.pdf. Additional information can be found at:
http://crossings.binghamton.edu Send all manuscripts and inquiries by December 1, 2005 to:
Amy Smith at xings[at]binghamton.edu
Or,
Crossings
Department of English
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton University
Binghamton, New York 13902-6000
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DACSO open meeting
All are invited to the upcoming meeting of the newly formed Digital Arts and Culture Student Organization on Monday, September 19 at 3:45 pm in
Johnston Hall, G24.
There will be
cookies, and items to be discussed will be upcoming exhibitions, travel to the
International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference, Elections, and Designing Publicity Posters.
If you are teaching a class related to Digital Arts and Culture, please announce to your classes. If you are a student, please ask the teacher if you could make this announcment. Or send this blog as an email to interested parties by clicking on that little envelope below this post.
DACSO approved
The Digital Arts and Culture Student Organization was officially approved by the Student Association Senate in July. Founding members Aaron Lunderville and Leah Jee were at the meeting where they spoke on behalf of the group whose purpose is to promote educational and professional advancement in the general fields related to Digital Arts and Culture. "I'm excited about the opportunity to bring creative students from all areas of the University together to create and share their work," said Bridget Gallagher, another founder.
"Now we have the possibility of bringing media professionals to UWM to share their expertise and experiences with the students," added Lunderville.
Anyone interested in DACSO should contact dacsoboard@uwm.edu.
