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A One day Conference exploring the issues of Language,
Identity and New Technologies.
At the University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1
Saturday 7th November 1998 10pm - 6pm
The day will be divided into three thematic areas with a choice of
two workshop discussions to accompany each theme
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Theme 1 - ON
INNERTEXTUALITIES - CYBERBODIES
AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
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* Talkingshop A
Tessa Adams
Goldsmith College
'Whose Reality is it Anyway'
Virtual reality, Psychosis, the Semiotic and the Real,
A Psychoanalytical Perspective
Alex Warwick
University of Westminster
'Technobody - Mythobody'
Representations, Redefinitions and Reconfigurations
The Role Played by the Body in Todays Technoculture
* Talkingshop B
Sarah Kember
Goldsmith College
'Get Alife.'
Cyberfeminism and the Politics of Artificial Life
Sandra Kemp
University of Westminster
'Technologies of the Face'
The Effects of new technologies on
the Psychology of Face Recognition and Portraiture
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Theme 2 - OFF
OUTERTEXTUALITIES - INTERNAL SITES
AND EXTERNAL EXPERIENCES
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* Keynote Speaker
Jos Boys
De Montfort University
'Windows on the World'
Architecture, technologies and identities
An exploration of how we use imaginary and material
spaces to articulate identity, through investigations
of specific places and technologies
* Talkingshop C
Angela Medhurst
University of Westminster
'Shop 'til you(r connection) drop(s)'
Producing and consuming e-commerce. Female identity
and the politics of the on-line supermarket
Sherry Milner
'We are all Wired for Violence'
The Booby Trap, Technology and Domestic Spaces
* Talkingshop D
Maren Hartman
University of Westminster
'The Cyberflaneuse' -
Strolling Freely through Virtual Worlds?'
The city, the flaneur and their relationship to the flaneuse-
how language and history shape new cultural spaces
Penny Harvey
University of Manchester
and Gaby Porter
The Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester
'Infocities' - From Information to Conversation'
Analysising how a group of men and women in Manchester
have worked with new technologies in a
pan-European project to create 'digital communities'.
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Theme 3 - ACROSS
INTERTEXTUALITIES - LANGUAGE, IDENTITY
AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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*Keynote Speaker
Diane Caney
University of Tasmania, Australia
'Inside\Outside Intertextuality'
Assembling web-sites, texts and identity:
new technologies and language
* Talkingshop E
Jackie Hatfield
University of Westminster
'Distressing the Surface'
How have women determined
representation of their identities?
Mary Ann Kennedy
Napier University
'Technological Snow'
Living with Snow and Nuclear Technology
in Modern America
* Talkingshop F - one presentation only
Lucia Grossberger-Morales (USA)
Independant Artist
'Multimedia that represents a Feminist, Personal Narrative'
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Then everyone is invited to:-
Helen Reddingtons'
'Voxpop Puella'
Six films and a live performance, exploring attitudes to the seven ages
of women, using predominantly digital film and music technology.
Contributing film-makers: Gina Birch, Joan Ashworth,
Charlotte Worthington, Gail Pearce, Jane Prophet, and Akiko Hada.
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YOU ARE ALSO ALL INVITED TO
THE CUTTING EDGE BOOK LAUNCH
'Desire by Design' Body, Territories and New Technologies
Publishers I.B.Tauris - in the University of Westminster
Fyvie Hall, 309 Regent Street, London W1 R 8AL
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BOOKING FORM
On/Off + Across Cutting Edge One Day Conference
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Delegate Fees
Tea and Coffee Refreshments included
Institutions 75 Individuals 50 Students 10
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Please make cheques payable to The University of Westminster
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Please send this form with payment to:
Erica Matlow, Coordinator for Cutting Edge The Womens Research Group
The University of Westminster, School of Communication, Design and Media
Watford Road, Northwick Park, Harrow HA1 3TP
Times of Conference
Saturday 7th November 1998
Registration - 9.30 Regent Street Foyer
Conference - 10 am - 6.30 pm
Book Launch for 'Desire by Design'
6.30pm - 8.30pm in the Fyvie Hall
309 Regent Street, London W1 R 8AL
Where we are
The Symposium will be held in the Lecture
Theatre 2 at the University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1
The nearest tube station is Oxford Street a five minute walk and an
underground National Car Park is nearby in Cavendish Square.
A Map and further information
will be available on receipt of payment.
Access
There is a ramp access available to the left of the Regent Street front
entrance.
Help will be available for anyone needing assistance to the Lecture Theatre2
If you would like further information about the
On/Off +Across Cutting Edge Conference please contact:-
Erica Matlow: 0171 911 5000 x 4007 (voice mail)
Email: [log in to unmask] or
Alex Warwick: 0171 911 5000 x 4332 (voice mail)
Email: [log in to unmask]
or visit our Web Site http://www.wmin.ac.uk/media/onoff/
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