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Forum Thurs 7 Oct; Conference Fri-Sun 8-10 Oct
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Anderson)
Tue Oct 5 08:52:05 1999
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From: David Thorburn <<thorburn@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Forum Thurs 7 Oct; Conference Fri-Sun 8-10 Oct
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Dear Forum loyalists,
Big doings this week!
---A <bold>Forum</bold> this <bold>Thursday, Oct. 7, 5-7 pm, in Bartos
Theater</bold>, at which <bold>leading Australian scholars</bold> will
discuss new developments in cultural interpretation.
---An <bold>International Conference</bold>, the concluding event of
the<bold> Media in Transition </bold>Project, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 8-10,
at various locations on campus. The conference will involve more than
75 separate panel discussions and demonstrations or screenings by
scholars, writers and media creators; and three plenary "conversations"
on <bold>"Childhood and Adolescence in a Mediated Culture,"</bold>
<bold>"Democracy and New Media,"</bold> and <bold>"The Aesthetics of
Transition. "</bold> Featured speakers include: Phil Agre, Robert
Darnton, Elaine Kamarck, Paul Starr, Maria Tatar and such MIT
luminaries as Henry Jenkins, John Maeda, Mi tchel Resnick and Sherry
Turkle.
Details on our web site:
http://m<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FEFE</param>
edia-in-transition.mit.edu</color></underline>.
I hope many of you will attend these exciting events.
May I also invite you to take part in an on-line discussion about one
of the def ining subjects of the conference: <bold>"Is the Web
democratic?" </bold> We soli cit your responses to the following
questions:
<bold>The Internet and the World Wide Web are often celebrated as
instrument s of democracy and citizen's power. Have they in fact become
such instruments? W hat forces seem to threaten or undermine the
democratic promise of digital media ? What aspects of cyberspace seem
to you most promising for the future of democr acy?
</bold>A link to the discussion appears on the homepage cited above.
MIT users must obtain certificates to participate, but I understand
outside users do not. Instructions for posting responses appear on the
discussion page.
I hope many of you will find time to respond, and I welcome reports and
even com plaints from anyone who experiences technical or other
problems with this intera ctive experiment.
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Cordially,
--DT
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David Thorburn
Director, MIT Communications Forum
Professor of Literature
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