As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Meanwhile, those in power use our lack of understanding to further their own interests. Despite the apparent accessibility of information, we\u2019re living in a new Dark Age.\u201d<\/p>\n
~ James Bridle,\u00a0The New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future<\/em><\/p>\n The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment will be hosting a panel at SLSA 2019. This ASLE panel will address the conference theme of \u201cExperimental Engagements\u201d by soliciting six, ten-minute papers on materialist critiques of technology and\/as ecological critique. Papers on any aspect of this broad topic are welcome. Please send 300-word abstracts and one-page cvs by April 28, 2019<\/strong> to Helena Feder,\u00a0federh@ecu.edu<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n Participants must be members of ASLE before November 7th<\/sup>.\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by … <\/p>\n