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From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 06:11:41 +1000

HSS 2013 Annual Meeting: Call for Papers
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Isis
 
Boston, Massachusetts
21-24 November 2013
 
The History of Science Society will hold its 2013 Annual Meeting in the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The meeting will mark the 100th anniversary of the Society's journal Isis, one of the premiere international journals in the history of science.

Submissions on all topics are encouraged. All proposals must be submitted on the HSS Web site (http://www.hssonline.org) or on the annual meeting proposal forms that are available from the HSS Executive Office: info@hssonline.org. Participants do not need to be members of the HSS, but all participants must register for the meeting. Applicants are encouraged to propose sessions that include diverse participants: a mix of men and women, and/or a balance of professional ranks (i.e., mixing senior scholars with junior scholars and graduate students). Strong preference will be given to panels whose presenters have diverse institutional affiliations. Only one proposal per person may be submitted. An individual may only appear once on the HSS program -- workshops and other non-typical proposals are excluded from this restriction. Prior participation at the 2011 (Cleveland) or 2012 (San Diego) meetings will be taken into consideration.

All proposals (sessions, contributed papers, and posters) must be submitted by 1 April 2013 to the History of Science Society's Executive Office. Poster proposals must describe the visual material that will make up the poster. The HSS will work with organizers who wish to pre-circulate papers.


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Paul Brown - based in OZ Nov 2012 to April 2013
http://www.paul-brown.com == http://www.brown-and-son.com
OZ Landline +61 (0)7 3391 0094 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900
OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown
====
Synapse Artist-in-Residence - Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au/itri/cisr/projects/hear.php
Honorary Visiting Professor - Sussex University
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html
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HSS 2013 Annual Meeting: Call for Papers
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Isis
 
Boston, Massachusetts
21-24 November 2013
 
The History of Science Society will hold its 2013 Annual Meeting in the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The meeting will mark the 100th anniversary of the Society's journal Isis, one of the premiere international journals in the history of science.

Submissions on all topics are encouraged. All proposals must be submitted on the HSS Web site (http://www.hssonline.org) or on the annual meeting proposal forms that are available from the HSS Executive Office: info@hssonline.org. Participants do not need to be members of the HSS, but all participants must register for the meeting. Applicants are encouraged to propose sessions that include diverse participants: a mix of men and women, and/or a balance of professional ranks (i.e., mixing senior scholars with junior scholars and graduate students). Strong preference will be given to panels whose presenters have diverse institutional affiliations. Only one proposal per person may be submitted. An individual may only appear once on the HSS program -- workshops and other non-typical proposals are excluded from this restriction. Prior participation at the 2011 (Cleveland) or 2012 (San Diego) meetings will be taken into consideration.

All proposals (sessions, contributed papers, and posters) must be submitted by 1 April 2013 to the History of Science Society's Executive Office. Poster proposals must describe the visual material that will make up the poster. The HSS will work with organizers who wish to pre-circulate papers.

http://www.hssonline.org
info@hssonline.org


====
Paul Brown - based in OZ Nov 2012 to April 2013
http://www.paul-brown.com == http://www.brown-and-son.com
OZ Landline +61 (0)7 3391 0094 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900
OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown
====
Synapse Artist-in-Residence - Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au/itri/cisr/projects/hear.php
Honorary Visiting Professor - Sussex University
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html
====
The Moral Lessons of History - learning from difficult and traumatic pasts

From: Faye Taylor <FayeTaylor@CUMBERLANDLODGE.AC.UK>

Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:25:40 +0000

Dear colleagues,

 

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jonathan Glover will close proceedings at Teaching Difficult Histories (18 March 2013) speaking on The Moral Lessons of History. More information on the conference is below, and we hope many of you will join the debate. Please share with colleagues if appropriate to do so.

 

Best wishes,

 

Faye Taylor

 

Dr Faye Taylor
King George VI Fellow

Cumberland Lodge

A House for Ideas

Cumberland Lodge, The Great Park 
Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2HP 
T:  01784 497781 F: 01784 497799 
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk

 

 

---

 

Teaching Difficult Histories

Should post-conflict societies and ‘peaceful’ societies teach history in the same way?

 

Monday 18 March 2013 at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park

www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/difficulthistories

 

The study of history, according to David Willetts, is crucial to the operation of a ‘free society’. But what should be taught, and how? Which interpretations of contested histories should be given priority? And how should traumatic and upsetting histories be imparted constructively?

 

This conference takes stock of international debates on history education in a variety of social contexts. It brings together specialists in history, history education and conflict resolution to discuss common issues and further the debate on how and what to teach of our past.

 

More information including programme and registration at www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/difficulthistories

 

 

Speakers confirmed to date:

Professor Jackie Eales, President, Historical Association, on how contested histories should be taught in the UK

Sir John Elliott FBA, University of Oxford, on the uses and abuses of history

Professor Jonathan Glover, Professor of Ethics, King's College London, on the moral lessons of history

Dr Richard Harris, Lecturer in History Education, University of Reading on teaching a 'difficult' past through a disciplinary approach to history

Jim Kosem, Halfman Design, on using arts and new technology to teach old and divisive histories to new generations in Slovenia

Gareth Mann, Head of History, Westminster School, on teaching history in Lebanon, the West Bank and Afghanistan, and authoring a general secondary-school history textbook for Afghan schools

Dr Gary Mills, University of Nottingham, on genocide education in Rwanda and the UK

Canon David Porter, Coventry Cathedral, on history and reconciliation

Paul Schulte, Carnegie Europe and Department of War Studies, King's College London, on the role of memory in cycles of violence

 

Registration information:

Standard Rate: £65

Senior Rate: £45
Student Rate: £30

 

All rates include refreshments, lunch and dinner.

 

Please register via our website.

 






Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jonathan Glover will close proceedings at Teaching Difficult Histories (18 March 2013) speaking on The Moral Lessons of History. More information on the conference is below, and we hope many of you will join the debate. Please share with colleagues if appropriate to do so.

Best wishes,

Faye Taylor

Dr Faye Taylor
King George VI Fellow
Cumberland Lodge
A House for Ideas
Cumberland Lodge, The Great Park
Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2HP
T:  01784 497781 F: 01784 497799
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk


---

Teaching Difficult Histories
Should post-conflict societies and 'peaceful' societies teach history in the same way?

Monday 18 March 2013 at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park
www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/difficulthistories

The study of history, according to David Willetts, is crucial to the operation of a 'free society'. But what should be taught, and how? Which interpretations of contested histories should be given priority? And how should traumatic and upsetting histories be imparted constructively?

This conference takes stock of international debates on history education in a variety of social contexts. It brings together specialists in history, history education and conflict resolution to discuss common issues and further the debate on how and what to teach of our past.

More information including programme and registration at www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/difficulthistories


Speakers confirmed to date:

Professor Jackie Eales, President, Historical Association, on how contested histories should be taught in the UK

Sir John Elliott FBA, University of Oxford, on the uses and abuses of history

Professor Jonathan Glover, Professor of Ethics, King's College London, on the moral lessons of history

Dr Richard Harris, Lecturer in History Education, University of Reading on teaching a 'difficult' past through a disciplinary approach to history

Jim Kosem, Halfman Design, on using arts and new technology to teach old and divisive histories to new generations in Slovenia

Gareth Mann, Head of History, Westminster School, on teaching history in Lebanon, the West Bank and Afghanistan, and authoring a general secondary-school history textbook for Afghan schools

Dr Gary Mills, University of Nottingham, on genocide education in Rwanda and the UK

Canon David Porter, Coventry Cathedral, on history and reconciliation

Paul Schulte, Carnegie Europe and Department of War Studies, King's College London, on the role of memory in cycles of violence

Registration information:
Standard Rate: £65
Senior Rate: £45
Student Rate: £30

All rates include refreshments, lunch and dinner.

Please register via our website.
Call for Papers: ECLAP 2013 new deadline

From: Michela Paolucci <paolucci@DSI.UNIFI.IT>

Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:18:03 +0100

***Apologies for cross-posting, but feel free to forward! ***
*Please pass this announcement on to friends and colleagues who might 
find it of interest.*

----------------------------------------------------------------------
                    C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S
----------------------------------------------------------------------

ECLAP 2013
Conference on Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access 
and Entertainment
8-10 April 2013
ESMAE/Teatro Helena Sá e Costa - Porto (Portugal)
Rua da Alegria, 503 - 4000-045 Porto (Portugal)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Conference web page: http://www.eclap.eu/eclap2013
Call for Papers, Deadline EXTENDED: 22 February 2013

In response to great demand the deadline for submission of proposals for 
presentations at the ECLAP 2013 Conference has been extended to February 22
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Conference Opening with
- Luis Ferrão: European Commission - DG Communications Networks, Content 
and Technology - Creativity Unit.

Keynote Speakers (invited):
- David Giaretta,  Alliance Permanent Access
- Bertha Bermudez, Researcher, performer and project manager education 
at ICK Amsterdam
- Amanda Rigali, Arts Council England. Director, Combined arts and touring
- Susan Hazan, The Israel Museum (pending)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

The Information Technology age has facilitated many significant changes 
in the field of cultural heritage and continues to be a dynamic and 
exciting forum for the emergence of new possibilities. This wave of 
change has had particularly significant consequences in the field of the 
Performing Arts, where the vast potential for digital content and new 
information technology exploitation continues to reveal itself, opening 
the doors to new and as-yet-unexplored synergies. Many technological 
developments concerning digital libraries, media entertainment, and 
education are now fully developed and ready to be exported, applied, 
utilized, and cultivated by the public.
In the spirit of this vibrant environment, ECLAP is pleased to announce 
the 2013 Conference on Information Technologies for Performing Arts, 
Media Access and Entertainment. Established by co-funding from the 
European Commission (ICT-PSP), ECLAP is a Best Practice Network that 
aims to create a network of experts and media access service for 
performing arts institutions in Europe, along with an e-library for the 
performing arts.

The ECLAP 2013 conference is open to researchers, professionals, 
industries, institutions, technicians, and practitioners in the area of 
performing arts and information technologies, media entertainment, 
technology enhanced learning, intelligent media systems, acoustic 
systems, cultural heritage, open data, content management, semantic 
models, metadata standards, and many others. The ECLAP conference aims 
to create a forum in which progress-oriented individuals and 
institutions within the aforementioned professions can find a place to 
collaborate and present results. We cordially invite all interested 
groups and individuals to submit proposals for sessions within the 
event, sessions, papers, posters and exhibitions. Each exhibition 
session offers space (booths and tables) to host demonstrators. Demo and 
poster sessions will also be organized.

The ECLAP 2013 conference will confirm a keynote-speaker lineup 
consisting of some of the most salient voices in the field and is 
currently looking to put together a set of sessions and panels that will 
conform to a standard of excellence. The conference will comprise 
selected top-level papers, which will be published complete with ISBN 
and largely indexed via Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer 
Science (LNCS) series, and promoted in the most relevant indexing engines.

Topics of the General track on Performing Arts, Media Access and 
Entertainment include, but are not limited to:
-- Media Annotations and tagging, solutions and interfaces
-- Media grid processing and semantic computing
-- Social media technologies and solutions
-- Cross media and multimedia mining
-- Mobile solutions and tools
-- Multimodal interactive systems
-- Recommendations and suggestions, collective intelligence
-- Video analysis, indexing and summarization
-- Collaborative and cooperative systems
-- Multilingual and natural language processing
-- Content digitisation & preservation practices
-- Content production models and tools
-- Linked Open Data, aggregated media
-- Indexing and search, filtering, information retrieval, Emotion analysis
-- Metadata quality, mapping and ingestion models and tools
-- Cloud based solutions
-- Production, Consumption, Creative Reuse of digital content
-- Creative technologies for cultural Heritage
-- Live Performance technologies and solutions
-- Audio processing and tools for large events and installations
-- 3D and 4D technologies and tools
-- Augmented reality solutions
-- IPR management systems
-- Business models
-- Data and media protection

Submissions should be original and not submitted and/or published in 
other journals or conferences. The ECLAP Program Committee members will 
review the proposals (papers, posters, exhibitions) and select the ones 
for presentation. Only the papers selected by the Program Committee will 
be presented at the ECLAP 2013 conference and published in the 
conference proceedings. The papers and presentations have to be in 
English language.

The submission has to be performed by uploading the full paper in PDF 
format to the OCS Springer system [LINK: 
http://senldogo0039.springer-sbm.com/ocs/home/ECLAP2013 ]. REGISTRATION 
IS NEEDED.

Deadlines EXTENDED:
-- Submission of papers to the General Track: 22 February 2013
-- Submission of papers to the Workshops/Sessions: 22 February 2013
-- Conference: 8-10 April 2013

For info: info@eclap.eu or visit the ECLAP portal http://www.eclap.eu or 
main conference page: http://www.eclap.eu/eclap2013.

-- 

Ph.D Dr. Eng. Michela Paolucci
DISIT-DSI
Department of Systems and Informatics
Distributed Systems and Internet Technology Lab
University of Florence
Via S. Marta 3
50139 Firenze
Italy

http://www.disit.dsi.unifi.it/
mailto:paolucci@dsi.unifi.it
Openings in New Media Research Project :: Stellenausschreibung, Forschungsprojekt Neue Medien :: Graduates and Students

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:09:02 +1000

(Please excuse cross-postings. Reposting in appropriate locations is
appreciated.)




:: Research Associate Position
:: Student Research Assistant Positions
:: Description of AT-MAR Research Project




:: Open Media Art Research Position - Research Associate (Scientific
Staff) ::

The AT-MAR project is accepting applications for upper level scientific
staff. A graduate degree e.g. a masters degree, its equivalent, or
higher is required. Previous experience in art historical or archiving
research projects is a plus. S/he will assist the principal
investigator, Chair Professor for Image Science, Prof. Dr. Oliver Grau,
and work on building of the meta- thesaurus together with the other team
members. S/he should be responsible, self-motivated, and have a strong
interest in media art, image science and/or art historian archives. In
addition to excellent writing and organization skills, s/he should be a
team player and have knowledge of database and archive work. Fluency in
English and German is expected. Understanding of information and
communication technologies will be an additional plus.

The position is part-time and will be based on a renewable, fixed-term,
1-year contract. (Employment according to the FWF-PEK terms
http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/projects/PDF/pek-2012.pdf) Residence in
commuting distance to Krems, Austria will be required if appointed.
Applications should include a cover letter, CV and copies of
certificates and diplomas. Please send your application documents
(copies only) by February 20, 2013 to Astrid Adam, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek Str.
30, 3500 Krems, Austria or per E-Mail: astrid.adam@donau-uni.ac.at 


:: Open Media Art Research Position - Student Research Assistants ::

The Center for Image Science is pleased to announce the opening of 7
research assistance positions on the AT.MAR and AMAH research projects
under the supervision of the Chair Professor for Image Science, Prof.
Dr. Oliver Grau. These assistantships are on a free-lance basis and made
available to augment half the tuition of the MediaArtHistories Master of
Arts program. The students will gain invaluable experience working on
internationally leading research projects in the field of Media Arts. 

Positions are available at averaged 5 or 10 hours per week and can be
completed alongside another part-time job and in conjunction with the
low-residency MediaArtHistories program. Austrian residence not
required. Application deadline for the first positions Feb, 30, 2013.
Applications will continue to be accepted throughout 2013.
www.donau-uni.ac.at/mah-scholar 



:: INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR MEDIA ART RESEARCH ::

New Project Funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Innovative tools for the image sciences are being developed by
“Interactive Archive and Meta-Thesaurus for Media Art Research
(AT-MAR),” a project led by Professor Oliver GRAU, Chair of Image
Science. It is the first large FWF project of this category at the
Danube University. A “Thesaurus Bridge” will be developed, which will
enable comparative study of image phenomena from the Renaissance to the
present day. www.donau-uni.ac.at/at-mar/en 

Goal of the FWF project, which commences in February 2013 at the
Department of Image Sciences, is to develop an interactive and globally
networked online tool to support theoretical analysis of the image
revolution that is underway and to improve the precarious situation of
Media Art Research. The project will develop an entirely new kind of
thesaurus, which will function as a bridge between Media Art and
historical image genres, from the Renaissance to contemporary art. By
linking the DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART (DVA) with the GRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG
GÖTTWEIG (GSSG) using this meta-thesaurus it will be possible to
analyse systematically the afterlife of art historical themes in
contemporary Media Art. Further, it will be possible to identify not
only developments, but also discontinuities.

www.virtualart.at
www.gssg.at
www.mediaarthistory.org/maharchive

Current reseaThe project is funded until 2016.

In advance of the project a declaration was adopted in Liverpool, which
in the meantime has been signed by over 400 international scholars,
academics, gallery and museum people, and artists.
www.mediaarthistory.org/decalaration 

sent by:
Wendy Jo Coones, M.Ed.
Head of Center for Image Science ~ Leiterin Zentrum für
Bildwissenschaften
Department for Arts and Image Science ~ Department für Kunst- und
Bildwissenschaften 
Danube University Krems ~ Donau-Universität Krems
Telefon +43 (0)2732 893-2543 ~ Fax +43 (0)2732 893-4551
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria
wendy.coones@donau-uni.ac.at  ~ http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/cis
Is Art History Too Bookish?

From: Charlotte Frost <charlotte@DIGITALCRITIC.ORG>

Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:43:21 +0000

I've decided to put my digital thinking where my REFables should be. 


Indeed, rather unusually for academia – let alone art history! – I’ve created a journal article that is a combination of: writing and creativity, digital and print, theory and practice, research and publication….and asks readers to also be contributors. (You’re invited both to take part in the art project that demonstrates the concepts I’ve written about and to peer review the entire article/artwork.)

 

It’s a mash-up of learning in public, experimenting with academic publishing, and exploring the vectors of meaning in the digital realm. All of that and I’m really rather hoping it shows how much art history needs to examine it’s own media going forwards.

 

Want the whole thing? http://www.gylphi.co.uk/artsfuturebook/

Want just the art part? http://hasharthistory.net/

 

Want to tell me what you think???


Charlotte


Dr Charlotte Frost


Principal Investigator/Editor: Arts Future Book
Founder/Director: PhD2Published
Twitter: @charlottefrost 





I've decided to put my digital thinking where my REFables should be.


Indeed, rather unusually for academia ­ let alone art history! ­ I¹ve
created a journal article that is a combination of: writing and creativity,
digital and print, theory and practice, research and publicationŠ.and asks
readers to also be contributors. (You¹re invited both to take part in the
art project that demonstrates the concepts I¹ve written about and to peer
review the entire article/artwork.)
 
It¹s a mash-up of learning in public, experimenting with academic
publishing, and exploring the vectors of meaning in the digital realm. All
of that and I¹m really rather hoping it shows how much art history needs to
examine it¹s own media going forwards.
 
Want the whole thing? http://www.gylphi.co.uk/artsfuturebook/
Want just the art part? http://hasharthistory.net/
 
Want to tell me what you think???


Charlotte

Dr Charlotte Frost

Latest > > > Get the PhDometer, a writing productivity app for academics


Principal Investigator/Editor: Arts Future Book

Founder/Director: PhD2Published 
Website: http://www.digitalcritic.org 
Twitter: @charlottefrost
POST @ MOMA

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:17:29 +1000

Forwarded from e-flux:  http://www.e-flux.com

The Museum of Modern Art launches post, 
a participatory digital platform for global research

post.at.MoMA.org

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is pleased to announce the launch of post: notes on modern and contemporary art around the globe, an online initiative for collaborative research and artistic exchange.post grows out of C-MAP (Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives), a cross-departmental research program begun in 2009 to facilitate a museum-wide study that reflects the multiplicity of "modernities" and histories of contemporary and modern art.

post is a site for encounters between the established and the experimental, the historical and the emerging, the local and the global, the scholarly and the artistic, the formal and the informal. Adapting the attributes of an online journal, archive, exhibition space, and social-networking platform, post uses the non-hierarchical characteristics of the Web to spark in-depth explorations of the ways in which modernism is being redefined, and to link those topics to the ways in which artists and institutions are working today. 

post is an open forum for sharing research and circulating works in progress, offering a platform for critical response and an instrument for increasing expertise through exposure to ideas from around the globe. It is a place for conversation and debate, for building a nuanced understanding of the histories that shape our present. As a Web platform, post provides an alternative to the model of a unified art-historical narrative. post instead allows a malleable, layered understanding of multiple notions of modernity to emerge over time, as more people from more places participate.   

Emerging out of research undertaken at MoMA, post develops a network of partners and users whose complementary research and concerns will shape future approaches and content. Starting with a specific thematic focus, the site regularly releases essays, interviews, reports, reflections, archival materials, and artists' commissions, ensuring that new voices are constantly entering the discussion. The site is designed to encourage active participation; users and institutional partners are encouraged to upload their own findings and share their questions, together gaining broader exposure and expertise. In time, and depending upon the interest of the partners, post will broaden its focus. 

Committed to investigating artistic practices that have historically been overlooked in MoMA's collection and exhibitions, post initially explores sites of experimental practices in regions that are the focus of C-MAP research: East Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Upon its launch, post will present its first case study, in partnership with Keio University Art Center, featuring the archival materials of Sogetsu Art Center, an epicenter of avant-garde artistic experiments in Tokyo in the 1960s that hosted an exciting, rapid-fire series of programs in experimental music, jazz, and cinema. The initial presentation features essays, interviews, and works by artists related to Sogetsu Art Center—Shiomi Mieko, Yokoo Tadanori, Matsumoto Toshio, and Yamaguchi Katsuhiro—and artists who have been the subject of C-MAP research—Geta Brătescu, Chim↑Pom, and Jikken Kobo, among others.

About C-MAP 
C-MAP research questions the judgments that grow out of the assumption that artistic modernism is or was determined solely by Western European and North American narratives of early-20th-century avant-gardes. The aim of C-MAP is to understand more fully the historical imperatives and changing conditions of transnational networks of artistic practice, and to seek verbal and material accounts of histories that are little known outside their countries of origin. C-MAP forges new relationships and partnerships and undertakes collaborative research in order to develop new expertise, share what has been learned, and, ultimately, inform the development of exhibitions, publications, educational programs, and MoMA's collection for the benefit of scholars, curators, educators, students, critics, artists, and the general public.

The Museum of Modern Art's Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives in a Global Age Initiative (C-MAP) is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.

Additional funding is provided by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, and Marlene Hess.

post was designed and developed by TC Labs. Creative direction by Caleb Waldorf.


feb20_moma_logo.jpg


====
Paul Brown - based in OZ Nov 2012 to April 2013
http://www.paul-brown.com == http://www.brown-and-son.com
OZ Landline +61 (0)7 3391 0094 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900
OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown
====
Synapse Artist-in-Residence - Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au/itri/cisr/projects/hear.php
Honorary Visiting Professor - Sussex University
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html
====





































Forwarded from e-flux:  http://www.e-flux.com

The Museum of Modern Art launches post, 
a participatory digital platform for global research

post.at.MoMA.org

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is pleased to announce the launch of post: notes on modern and contemporary art around the globe, an online initiative for collaborative research and artistic exchange.post grows out of C-MAP (Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives), a cross-departmental research program begun in 2009 to facilitate a museum-wide study that reflects the multiplicity of "modernities" and histories of contemporary and modern art.

post is a site for encounters between the established and the experimental, the historical and the emerging, the local and the global, the scholarly and the artistic, the formal and the informal. Adapting the attributes of an online journal, archive, exhibition space, and social-networking platform, post uses the non-hierarchical characteristics of the Web to spark in-depth explorations of the ways in which modernism is being redefined, and to link those topics to the ways in which artists and institutions are working today. 

post is an open forum for sharing research and circulating works in progress, offering a platform for critical response and an instrument for increasing expertise through exposure to ideas from around the globe. It is a place for conversation and debate, for building a nuanced understanding of the histories that shape our present. As a Web platform, post provides an alternative to the model of a unified art-historical narrative. post instead allows a malleable, layered understanding of multiple notions of modernity to emerge over time, as more people from more places participate.   

Emerging out of research undertaken at MoMA, post develops a network of partners and users whose complementary research and concerns will shape future approaches and content. Starting with a specific thematic focus, the site regularly releases essays, interviews, reports, reflections, archival materials, and artists' commissions, ensuring that new voices are constantly entering the discussion. The site is designed to encourage active participation; users and institutional partners are encouraged to upload their own findings and share their questions, together gaining broader exposure and expertise. In time, and depending upon the interest of the partners, post will broaden its focus. 

Committed to investigating artistic practices that have historically been overlooked in MoMA's collection and exhibitions, post initially explores sites of experimental practices in regions that are the focus of C-MAP research: East Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Upon its launch, post will present its first case study, in partnership with Keio University Art Center, featuring the archival materials of Sogetsu Art Center, an epicenter of avant-garde artistic experiments in Tokyo in the 1960s that hosted an exciting, rapid-fire series of programs in experimental music, jazz, and cinema. The initial presentation features essays, interviews, and works by artists related to Sogetsu Art Center—Shiomi Mieko, Yokoo Tadanori, Matsumoto Toshio, and Yamaguchi Katsuhiro—and artists who have been the subject of C-MAP research—Geta Brătescu, Chim↑Pom, and Jikken Kobo, among others.

About C-MAP 
C-MAP research questions the judgments that grow out of the assumption that artistic modernism is or was determined solely by Western European and North American narratives of early-20th-century avant-gardes. The aim of C-MAP is to understand more fully the historical imperatives and changing conditions of transnational networks of artistic practice, and to seek verbal and material accounts of histories that are little known outside their countries of origin. C-MAP forges new relationships and partnerships and undertakes collaborative research in order to develop new expertise, share what has been learned, and, ultimately, inform the development of exhibitions, publications, educational programs, and MoMA's collection for the benefit of scholars, curators, educators, students, critics, artists, and the general public.

The Museum of Modern Art's Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives in a Global Age Initiative (C-MAP) is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.

Additional funding is provided by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, and Marlene Hess.

post was designed and developed by TC Labs. Creative direction by Caleb Waldorf.




====
Paul Brown - based in OZ Nov 2012 to April 2013
http://www.paul-brown.com == http://www.brown-and-son.com
OZ Landline +61 (0)7 3391 0094 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900
OZ Mobile +61 (0)419 72 74 85 == Skype paul-g-brown
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Synapse Artist-in-Residence - Deakin University
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'Cybercultural' debates in 1964

From: Paul Brown <paul@PAUL-BROWN.COM>

Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:56:43 +1000

As part of the research seminar series at the Institute of North American Studies at King's College London, Caroline Bassett, Reader in Media and Film, Sussex University will be talking on:

‘The Philosopher, the Socialite, the Engineers, and the Spy: 'Cybercultural' debates in 1964’

Cyberculture is said to have been invented sometime in the 1980s, but in New York in 1964, an unlikely group of including computer scientists, engineers, philosophers, NAACP representatives, feminists, civil rights activists, government workers, Labor leaders, entrepreneurs, and at least one spy, assembled in New York City to debate 'cybercultural revolution' - and in particular the leisure society and the future of work. Amongst them was Hannah Arendt. This paper returns to the debate via interviews with the organizer and via Arendt's work on leisure. Exploring this nexus the intention is to supplement histories of digital culture focussing on the West Coast and Silicon Valley and the counter-culture by exploring the early responses of organized labour and critical thinkers to the prospect of a digital society.

Date: 5pm-6.30pm, 27th Feb.

Venue: K4U.12, Strand Campus, King's College London.

All welcome - no need to book.


Dr Clare Birchall
Senior Lecturer in the Institute for North American Studies, King's College, London.

www.kcl.ac.uk/instituteofnorthamericanstudies








As part of the research seminar series at the Institute of North American Studies at King's College London, Caroline Bassett, Reader in Media and Film, Sussex University will be talking on:
‘The Philosopher, the Socialite, the Engineers, and the Spy: 'Cybercultural' debates in 1964’
Cyberculture is said to have been invented sometime in the 1980s, but in New York in 1964, an unlikely group of including computer scientists, engineers, philosophers, NAACP representatives, feminists, civil rights activists, government workers, Labor leaders, entrepreneurs, and at least one spy, assembled in New York City to debate 'cybercultural revolution' - and in particular the leisure society and the future of work. Amongst them was Hannah Arendt. This paper returns to the debate via interviews with the organizer and via Arendt's work on leisure. Exploring this nexus the intention is to supplement histories of digital culture focussing on the West Coast and Silicon Valley and the counter-culture by exploring the early responses of organized labour and critical thinkers to the prospect of a digital society.
Date: 5pm-6.30pm, 27th Feb.
Venue: K4U.12, Strand Campus, King's College London.
All welcome - no need to book.

Dr Clare Birchall
Senior Lecturer in the Institute for North American Studies, King's College, London.

www.kcl.ac.uk/instituteofnorthamericanstudies
Call for Papers: ECLAP 2013 deadline extended

From: Michela Paolucci <paolucci@DSI.UNIFI.IT>

Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:43:55 +0100

***Apologies for cross-posting, but feel free to forward! ***
*Please pass this announcement on to friends and colleagues who might 
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ECLAP 2013
Conference on Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access 
and Entertainment
8-10 April 2013
ESMAE/Teatro Helena Sá e Costa - Porto (Portugal)
Rua da Alegria, 503 - 4000-045 Porto (Portugal)
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Conference web page: http://www.eclap.eu/eclap2013
Call for Papers, Deadline EXTENDED: 6 March 2013

In response to great demand the deadline for submission of proposals for 
presentations at the ECLAP 2013 Conference has been extended to February 22
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The Information Technology age has facilitated many significant changes 
in the field of cultural heritage and continues to be a dynamic and 
exciting forum for the emergence of new possibilities. This wave of 
change has had particularly significant consequences in the field of the 
Performing Arts, where the vast potential for digital content and new 
information technology exploitation continues to reveal itself, opening 
the doors to new and as-yet-unexplored synergies. Many technological 
developments concerning digital libraries, media entertainment, and 
education are now fully developed and ready to be exported, applied, 
utilized, and cultivated by the public.
In the spirit of this vibrant environment, ECLAP is pleased to announce 
the 2013 Conference on Information Technologies for Performing Arts, 
Media Access and Entertainment. Established by co-funding from the 
European Commission (ICT-PSP), ECLAP is a Best Practice Network that 
aims to create a network of experts and media access service for 
performing arts institutions in Europe, along with an e-library for the 
performing arts.

The ECLAP 2013 conference is open to researchers, professionals, 
industries, institutions, technicians, and practitioners in the area of 
performing arts and information technologies, media entertainment, 
technology enhanced learning, intelligent media systems, acoustic 
systems, cultural heritage, open data, content management, semantic 
models, metadata standards, and many others. The ECLAP conference aims 
to create a forum in which progress-oriented individuals and 
institutions within the aforementioned professions can find a place to 
collaborate and present results. We cordially invite all interested 
groups and individuals to submit proposals for sessions within the 
event, sessions, papers, posters and exhibitions. Each exhibition 
session offers space (booths and tables) to host demonstrators. Demo and 
poster sessions will also be organized.

The ECLAP 2013 conference will confirm a keynote-speaker lineup 
consisting of some of the most salient voices in the field and is 
currently looking to put together a set of sessions and panels that will 
conform to a standard of excellence. The conference will comprise 
selected top-level papers, which will be published complete with ISBN 
and largely indexed via Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer 
Science (LNCS) series, and promoted in the most relevant indexing engines.

Topics of the General track on Performing Arts, Media Access and 
Entertainment include, but are not limited to:
-- Media Annotations and tagging, solutions and interfaces
-- Media grid processing and semantic computing
-- Social media technologies and solutions
-- Cross media and multimedia mining
-- Mobile solutions and tools
-- Multimodal interactive systems
-- Recommendations and suggestions, collective intelligence
-- Video analysis, indexing and summarization
-- Collaborative and cooperative systems
-- Multilingual and natural language processing
-- Content digitisation & preservation practices
-- Content production models and tools
-- Linked Open Data, aggregated media
-- Indexing and search, filtering, information retrieval, Emotion analysis
-- Metadata quality, mapping and ingestion models and tools
-- Cloud based solutions
-- Production, Consumption, Creative Reuse of digital content
-- Creative technologies for cultural Heritage
-- Live Performance technologies and solutions
-- Audio processing and tools for large events and installations
-- 3D and 4D technologies and tools
-- Augmented reality solutions
-- IPR management systems
-- Business models
-- Data and media protection

Submissions should be original and not submitted and/or published in 
other journals or conferences. The ECLAP Program Committee members will 
review the proposals (papers, posters, exhibitions) and select the ones 
for presentation. Only the papers selected by the Program Committee will 
be presented at the ECLAP 2013 conference and published in the 
conference proceedings. The papers and presentations have to be in 
English language.

The submission has to be performed by uploading the full paper in PDF 
format to the OCS Springer system [LINK: 
http://senldogo0039.springer-sbm.com/ocs/home/ECLAP2013 ]. REGISTRATION 
IS NEEDED.

Deadlines EXTENDED:
-- Submission of papers to the General Track: 6 March 2013
-- Submission of papers to the Workshops/Sessions: 6 March 2013
-- Conference: 8-10 April 2013

For info: info@eclap.eu or visit the ECLAP portal http://www.eclap.eu or 
main conference page: http://www.eclap.eu/eclap2013.

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Ph.D Dr. Eng. Michela Paolucci
DISIT-DSI
Department of Systems and Informatics
Distributed Systems and Internet Technology Lab
University of Florence
Via S. Marta 3
50139 Firenze
Italy

http://www.disit.dsi.unifi.it/
mailto:paolucci@dsi.unifi.it