DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Fall 2020, Vol. 30, No.1 (October edition) *SLSA 2020 Special Event *Election Results *Committee Members and Appointments *Membership Renewal *Policies: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *Ombudspersons *AnthropoScene Book Series *SLSA Europe News SLSA 2020 SPECIAL EVENT: Registration now open: SLSA special online event! FREE registration is now open Continue Reading »
Thursday, October 8, 2020 – 7pm Eastern YouTube Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urasBH9k7-c Program (approximately 2 hours) Welcome: David Cecchetto, Incoming President Announcement of Lifetime Achievement Award & Remarks by 2020 recipient Richard Powers (approximately 7:25) Kate Hayles introduces lightning talks– Ed Finn,“How to Imagine AI: Cultural Frames for Thinking with Machines” Jennifer Rhee, “Histories of AI Futures” Continue Reading »
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts 2020 Special Event AI/IA: Promises and Perils of Augmented/ Artificial Intelligence Thursday, October 8, 2020 [4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern] Program (approximately 2 hours over Zoom; link TBA on litsci list & SLSA Facebook page) Welcome: David Cecchetto, Incoming President Announcement of Lifetime Achievement Award & Remarks by 2020 recipient Continue Reading »
I wanted to let you know that Open Humanities Press has just published my new book, the contents of which will hopefully be of interest to the readers of this list. Fittingly for our times, it discusses a world behind windows and screens in which we all become part of a vapour-like global labour force, Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Summer 2020, Vol. 29, No.3 (July edition) *SLSA 2020 Special Event *Committee Members and Appointments *Membership Renewal *Policies: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *Ombudspersons *AnthropoScene Book Series *SLSA Europe News SLSA 2020 Special Event–AI/IA: Promises and Perils of Augmented/ Artificial Intelligence Thursday, October 8, 2020 [tentative Continue Reading »
Not without some degree of apprehension, I thought I’d share this project titled Perception at the End of the World, or How Not to Play Video Games, which has just come out in the Flugschriften series. Engaging with post-apocalyptic landscapes, image-making and ways in which we see the world, it’s something I’ve been working on Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Spring 2020, Vol. 29, No.3 (May edition) *SLSA 2020, “Energy,” University of Michigan–UPDATE *Election Results *Committee Members and Appointments *Membership Renewal *Policies: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *Ombudspersons *AnthropoScene Book Series *SLSA Europe News SLSA 2020, “Energy,” University of Michigan–UPDATE Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 SLSA conference has Continue Reading »
Well, it’s with great happiness that I share with you the publication of my new book Critical Code Studies (MIT Press). SLSA has been so central to the development of this area of study. Much of the contents of this book has been presented at SLSA conferences, and your comments and questions have directed and inspired Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Spring 2020, Vol. 29, No.3 (April edition) *SLSA 2020, “Energy,” University of Michigan–UPDATE *Committee Requests *Policies: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *Ombudspersons *Election Results *AnthropoScene Book Series *SLSA Europe News SLSA 2020: ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 34th Annual Meeting in Ann Arbor, MI, USA Friday, October Continue Reading »
Electromagnetism and the Metonymic Imagination Kieran M. Murphy How does the imagination work? How can it lead to both reverie and scientific insight? In this book, Kieran M. Murphy sheds new light on these perennial questions by showing how they have been closely tied to the history of electromagnetism. The discovery in 1820 of a Continue Reading »
