Media Technology and Sexuality: A Symposium 

followed by a drinks reception and launch for the book
 ‘Queer Online’ 

15th June 2007 - 10.30am - 7.00pm

Hosted by the Centre for Research into Material Digital Culture, Department 
of Media and Film, University of Sussex
 
10.00am coffee and registration 

10.30am – 1.00pm Panel one: Chaired by Caroline Bassett 

Queer theories and cybersubjects: intersecting figures
Kate O’Riordan, Department of Media and Film, University of Sussex

Belonging through violence: Belonging, erase and performativity in queer 
migrant community 
Adi Kuntsman, Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster

Life outside the latex, HIV, Sex and the Online Barebacking Community 
Sharif Mowlabocus, Department of Media and Film, University of Sussex 


1.00pm-2.00pm lunch

2.00pm-4.30pm Panel two: Chaired by Sally Munt 

The techno-politics of everyday life: Queerying sexual and gender identities
Irmi Karl, Department of Computing Mathematical & Information Sciences, 
University of Sussex

Computer Cross-Dressing: Queering the Virtual Subject
Debra Ferreday, Institute for Cultural Research, University of Lancaster

No Fauxxx - New Queer Altporn 
Feona Attwood, Department of Sheffield Hallam University 



17.00-19.00 Reception and book launch – Queer Online, Peter Lang, 2007 

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All welcome but numbers are limited. To register a place, email Vanessa 
Sammut on: [log in to unmask]

Please note there will be a £15 registration fee.