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litsci-l-digest        Friday, October 7 2005        Volume 01 : Number
123



In this issue:

     Versing the Brain
     Adjunct Professor, Digital Technology and Culture  (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:57:52 +0200
From: "Annemarie Estor" 
Subject: Versing the Brain

Versing the Brain

Purkinje cells, dendrites, the medulla oblongata, Alzheimer??s Disease.
Food 
for brain researchers. But for poets as well. In April 2005, I started
my 
poet-in-lab project Versing the brain: a poetry project at the
Netherlands 
Institute for Brain Research (NIBR). The project is a work in progress. 
"People in the night" is a poem written after a meeting with dr. Jaap
van 
Pelt. For the occasion of this prepublication, the poem has been
translated 
into English (see below). Those who are interested in the project, or
who 
wish to answer the questions below, can mail me.

Do you have an opinion about scilit? Answer these pressing questions and

your reaction may be quoted in my essay on litsci in general and on this

project in particular. I am planning to present my findings at SLSA 
Amsterdam next June. I am especially interested in scientists' responses
to 
question nr. 3.

1
Is it useful to invite poets to work at a brain institute, or - in
general - 
to invite writers to work in a science lab?

2
Can literature benefit from interaction with science?

3
Can science benefit from an exchange of ideas with literary writers?


PEOPLE IN THE NIGHT

I wake up, suddenly,
and look into the absent light,
where the ceiling should have been.
I feel my way towards the table
where my experiment is resting.

I am peering at the surface
and the glass that shines
in the evening??s breath.
Then I record
an impulsive, scattered firing.
What is it that I see? My cornea,
the city??s lights reflected?
The neurons started firing.
An unimaginable spectacle
before my stammering body.
This shows that we??ve been able
to create a tiny bit of consciousness
in a Petri dish.
In disbelief I am staring at
a network-burst.

Then, the sparks are dying down.

I long for newer moments
when the many cells
start talking to each other.
Something deep inside of me
is terribly awake.
The signalling continues for a while.

Poem: Annemarie Estor
Translation into English: Alexander van der Wagt



Dr. A. Estor
http://annemarie.estor.nl 

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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 22:48:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michelle Kendrick 
Subject: Adjunct Professor, Digital Technology and Culture  (fwd)

Adjunct Professor, Digital Technology and
Culture

Washington State University, Vancouver
(near Portland, Oregon)

Looking for an adjunct Professor to teach two courses this spring in a
BA
program in Digital Technology and Culture. This is an interdisciplinary
program that marries liberal arts skills (critical thinking, history of
technology, writing) with digital tech skills (web authoring, code,
digital imaging,).  The courses we need covered are 1) Language, Text
and
Technology:  This course is a survey of the history of technologies of
communication.  Beginning with orality, the development of the alphabet,
writing, the printing press, on to electronic and digital medias.  2)
Digital Diversity: This course examines race, whiteness, sexuality,
religion, etc in online environments.

Adjuncts must have an MA or Phd in their respective fields (terminal
degree preferred).  Experience teaching, and knowledge of digital
technologies and issues of diversity are crucial.

Both courses have syllabi and course materials prepared.

Contact
Michelle Kendrick
Director, Digital Technology and Culture
Associate Professor of English
kendrick@vancouver.wsu.edu 
360-546-9645

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