Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture http://pactac.net Wed, 17 Jun 2015 21:16:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Rethinking Technology: Art and Design http://pactac.net/2015/04/rethinking-technology-art-and-design/ http://pactac.net/2015/04/rethinking-technology-art-and-design/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2015 23:13:57 +0000 admin http://pactac.net/?p=1216 Garnet Hertz, Emily Carr University of Art and Design

Garnet Hertz, Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Arts in the Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media at (Emily Carr University of Art and Design), gives a presentation titled “Rethinking Technology: Art and Design.”



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Lisa Nakamura, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in the Department of American Culture and the Department of Screen Arts and Cultures (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), gives a presentation titled “The Digital Afterlife of This Bridge Called My Back: Woman of Color Theory and Activism on Social Media.”



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]]> http://pactac.net/2015/03/the-digital-afterlife-of-this-bridge-called-my-back-woman-of-color-theory-and-activism-on-social-media/feed/ 0 Disaffective Voices and Posthuman Subjects http://pactac.net/2014/12/disaffective-voices-and-posthuman-subjects/ http://pactac.net/2014/12/disaffective-voices-and-posthuman-subjects/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:37:04 +0000 admin http://pactac.net/?p=1185 Frances Dyson, University of New South Wales

Frances Dyson, Emeritus Professor of Cinema and Technocultural Studies (UC Davis) and Visiting Professorial Fellow at the National Institute for Experimental Arts (University of New South Wales) presents her paper “Disaffective Voices and Posthuman Subjects.”



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Text and voices: Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
Video art and sound: Jackson 2bears



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]]> http://pactac.net/2014/10/after-the-drones/feed/ 0 The Right to the Human Condition: Arendt, Normativity, and Utopian Politics http://pactac.net/2014/06/the-right-to-the-human-condition-arendt-normativity-and-utopian-politics/ http://pactac.net/2014/06/the-right-to-the-human-condition-arendt-normativity-and-utopian-politics/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:59:20 +0000 admin http://pactac.net/?p=1006 Nikolas Kompridis, Australian Catholic University

Professor Nikolas Kompridis, Director of Australian Catholic University’s Institute for Social Justice, presents his paper “The Right to the Human Condition: Arendt, Normativity, and Utopian Politics.”



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]]> http://pactac.net/2014/06/the-right-to-the-human-condition-arendt-normativity-and-utopian-politics/feed/ 0 Is Non-Domination really Non-Interference? On Indigenous Conceptions and Practices of Freedom http://pactac.net/2014/06/is-non-domination-really-non-interference-on-indigenous-conceptions-and-practices-of-freedom/ http://pactac.net/2014/06/is-non-domination-really-non-interference-on-indigenous-conceptions-and-practices-of-freedom/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:58:18 +0000 admin http://pactac.net/?p=999 Allison Weir, Australian Catholic University

Professor Allison Weir, Research Professor at Australian Catholic University’s Institute for Social Justice, presents her paper “Is Non-Domination really Non-Interference? On Indigenous Conceptions and Practices of Freedom.”



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]]> http://pactac.net/2014/06/is-non-domination-really-non-interference-on-indigenous-conceptions-and-practices-of-freedom/feed/ 0 Vanishing Surveillance: Securityscapes and Ambient Government http://pactac.net/2014/03/vanishing-surveillance-securityscapes-and-ambient-government/ http://pactac.net/2014/03/vanishing-surveillance-securityscapes-and-ambient-government/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:34:17 +0000 admin http://pactac.net/?p=961 David Murakami Wood, Queen’s University

Professor David Murakami Wood, Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Surveillance Studies, discusses surveillance technologies in his PACTAC presentation, titled “Vanishing Surveillance: Securityscapes and Ambient Government.”



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]]> http://pactac.net/2014/03/vanishing-surveillance-securityscapes-and-ambient-government/feed/ 0 Wendy Brown—Governmentality in the Age of Neoliberalism http://pactac.net/2014/03/wendy-brown%e2%80%94governmentality-in-the-age-of-neoliberalism/ http://pactac.net/2014/03/wendy-brown%e2%80%94governmentality-in-the-age-of-neoliberalism/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:46:26 +0000 admin http://pactac.net/?p=949 Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Wendy Brown’s recent talk at PACTAC on governmentality in the age of neoliberalism.



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]]> http://pactac.net/2014/03/wendy-brown%e2%80%94governmentality-in-the-age-of-neoliberalism/feed/ 0 Wendy Brown and Arthur Kroker: A Conversation http://pactac.net/2014/02/wendy-brown-and-arthur-kroker-a-conversation/ http://pactac.net/2014/02/wendy-brown-and-arthur-kroker-a-conversation/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:15:40 +0000 admin http://pactac.net/?p=917 Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Wendy Brown theorizes the neoliberal politics and culture of 21st-century experience in her conversation with Arthur Kroker.



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]]> http://pactac.net/2014/02/wendy-brown-and-arthur-kroker-a-conversation/feed/ 0 Drone Warfare: Q&A Session http://pactac.net/2013/06/drone-warfare-qa-session/ http://pactac.net/2013/06/drone-warfare-qa-session/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:25:22 +0000 admin http://pactac.net/?p=895 Discussion after the presentations at the Drone Warfare Seminar, including Liam Mitchell, Anas Karzai, Michael Dartnell, Christopher Parsons, Adam Molnar, and Arthur Kroker.



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