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litsci-l-digest Tuesday, March 28 2006 Volume 01 : Number
147
In this issue:
Literature and Science: The Next Generation
Interesting site for SLSA members
another interesting site for SLSA members
SUB 06 "The Play of Memory's Shadow"
Symposium in Switzerland and Workshop with E.O. Wilson at SHARE
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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:40:55 -0600
From: "Clarke, Bruce"
Subject: Literature and Science: The Next Generation
The journal Intertexts announces a special number, featuring articles by
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Minsoo Kang, Sharon Lattig, John Bruni, Antje Pfannkuchen, and Colin =
Milburn:=20
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Literature and Science: The Next Generation
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For more information about this special number, please go to: =
http://www.faculty.english.ttu.edu/clarke/essays/Intertexts9.1.pdf
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Intertexts, a journal of comparative and theoretical reflection, invites
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submissions on literature and science as well as innovative approaches =
generally at the interface of world literatures, culture, and theory.
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For more information about the journal, including a subscription link, =
please go to: http://www.languages.ttu.edu/intertexts/INTERTEXTS.htm
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- --Professor Bruce Clarke
1st VP, Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA)
Program Chair, SLSA 2006
http://www.dactyl.org/SLSA.htm =20
nyc.slsa2006@gmail.com=20
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Department of English
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
http://www.faculty.english.ttu.edu/clarke/
bruce.clarke@ttu.edu
office: 806 742-2500 x274
fax: 806 742-0989
cell: 806 928-9486
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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:13:48 -0500
From: "Davis R. Douglas"
Subject: Interesting site for SLSA members
SLSA members,
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This isn't a paper proposal but rather an interesting site on literature
edited by a virologist that I recently learned about from the SFRA list.
Check it out. =20
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LabLit.com http://www.lablit.com/=20
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As described on the site: LabLit.com is dedicated to real laboratory
culture and to the portrayal and perceptions of that culture * science,
scientists and labs * in fiction, the media and across popular culture.
The site is intended for non-scientists as well as scientists, and the
goal is to inform, entertain and surprise.
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Doug Davis
Assistant Professor of English
Division of Humanities
Gordon College
419 College Drive
Barnesville, GA 30204
770 358 5817 (office)
770 358 5140 (fax)
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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:19:46 -0500
From: "benjamin r cohen"
Subject: another interesting site for SLSA members
I'd like to add that a site, The Science Creative Quarterly, is also a =
bonanza for SLSA members, for many of the reasons Doug suggests about =
lablit: http://bioteach.ubc.ca/quarterly/
I'm enchanted by the existence of such web and periodical endeavors.
Ben
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:34:05 +1200
From: Dave Ciccoricco
Subject: SUB 06 "The Play of Memory's Shadow"
"The Play of Memory's Shadow: episodic and procedural memory in video =
games"
As video games continue to occupy their place as a culturally =
dominant form of popular entertainment, it is clear that some forms of =
game design and production are growing in artistic =96 and, indeed, =
literary =96 sophistication and complexity. Critical approaches derived
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from narrative theory and the custom-built discipline of "game studies,"
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when not cast in strictly oppositional terms, have initiated a dialogue
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that has yielded some insight into the production and reception of these
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cultural artifacts.
This paper moves toward a further qualification of gaming experiences
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by applying the basic distinction of episodic and procedural memory from
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cognitive science, illustrating how participation in simulative digital
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environments not only draws on but also relies on both forms of memory.
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The fact that episodic memory is a narrative form of memory, situated in
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time and place, while procedural memory is acquired and manifested in =
performative and interactive contexts underscores the significance of =
accommodating frameworks from both narrative theory and game studies. To
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demonstrate this distinction in practice, I will use Fumito Ueda's =
_Shadow of the Colossus_ (2005), a game that combines a complexity of =
interaction (play and puzzle-solving) with a narrative complexity that =
necessitates an interpretative understanding of its characters and =
storyworld.=20
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March 25, 2006
Keywords: narrative theory, games studies, cognitive science, episodic =
and procedural memory
Dr. David Ciccoricco
English Programme
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
dave.cicoricco@canterbury.ac.nz
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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:31:52 +0200
From: Manuela.Rossini@unibas.ch
Subject: Symposium in Switzerland and Workshop with E.O. Wilson at SHARE
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[forwarded from STS-CH - with best regards, Manuela Rossini]
"Consilience", defined by EO Wilson as "the interlocking of causal
explanation
across disciplines", is the starting point for the World Knowledge
Dialogue, a
global initiative towards a modern humanism to bridge the gap between
the
natural and the human/social sciences. We are delighted to announce that
a
selected group of personalities holding major positions in the academic,
scientific and economic fields will join this first international
symposium
taking place in the splendid Alpine resort of Crans Montana, Switzerland
on
September 14-16, 2006.
World class scientists from one scientific culture will put their
discoveries
into the perspective of the other and set the stage for
transdisciplinary
discussions around two main topics: the study of complex systems and the
understanding of the migration of modern humans. Keynote speakers who
will talk
about the relation between molecular/cellular brain function and human
consciousness include:
- - Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate, Professor and Chairman of the
Department of
Neurobiology at The Scripps Research Institute
- Jean-Pierre Changeux, Balzan laureate, Professor & Chairman of the
Physiology of Truth and the Human Diversity, Department of Neurosciences
at the
Pasteur Institute.
A full program and registration information can be found at:
www.wkdialogue.org
. The participants will come from all corners of
the world. A group of 50 young scientists, recruited by
national/international
research agencies, will also be invited and given travel grants and
special
financial conditions for their participation. Members of the scientific
board
of the symposium include Werner Arber (University of Basel, Nobel Prize
Laureate), Dame Julia Higgins (Imperial College, London, Foreign
Secretary and
Vice President of the Royal Society), and Frank Wilczek (Professor of
Physics,
MIT, Nobel Prize Laureate).
A discussion with EO Wilson and Gerald Holton will jump-start the World
Knowledge Dialogue in the USA on April 3, 2006, at the Swiss House for
Advanced Research and Education SHARE in Cambridge MA.
If you are interested in participating in the World Knowledge Dialogue,
please
sign up for further updates on the web site www.wkdialogue.org
or contact us at wkd@shareboston.org. Please feel
free to forward this information to other leading personalities
interested in a
transdisciplinary science discourse who want to spearhead the World
Knowledge
Dialogue initiative!
Kind regards,
Pascal Marmier & Remo Steinmetz
World Knowledge Dialogue USA
SHARE Boston
420 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Fon +1 617 876 3076
Fax +1 617 876 3079
Email wkd@shareboston.org
www.shareboston.org
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