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Our deepest thanks go out to all those who made the Dark Side of the Digital, held May 2-4, such an invigorating conference: plenary speakers Sandra Braman (UWM), Micha Cárdenas (USC), Julie Cohen (Georgetown), Greg Elmer (Ryerson), Lisa Nakamura (Michigan), Rita Raley (UC-Santa Barbara), McKenzie Wark (New School), and Andrew Norman Wilson (artist); the multitude of breakout session speakers; video artists Jochen Hartmann (Columbia), Jodie Mack (Dartmouth), Steve Wetzel (UWM), and Adam Trowbridge and Jessica Westbrook (Channel TWo); Google Streetview photographer Lucas Canino; DATAFIELD organizer Henry Warwick (Ryerson); the dancers from Micha Cárdenas's workshop and performance; the Historic Pabst Brewery; and all the UWM graduate student volunteers.
Moreover, we'd also like to acknowledge the support the conference received from Michael Zimmer (SOIS) and the Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR); UWM Provost Johannes Britz; Jennifer Watson, associate dean of UWM Letters & Science; and Rodney Swain, dean of UWM Letters & Science.
At least since the 1980s, the digital has been the occasion for enthusiastic, often utopian, dreams. In almost every area of human and nonhuman endeavor—finance, consumer culture, technoscience, education, medicine, communication, or the arts—digital technologies have been heralded as revolutionary if not redemptive. But there has always been a dark side to such digital enthusiasm—dark places that scholars of the digital tend to overlook as they illuminate new fields and paths; dark practices that intensify social inequalities and accelerate environmental destruction; and dark politics that often remain obscure to global media users. It was the goal of the Dark Side of the Digital conference to try to shed some light on some of these dangerous, yet overlooked, consequences of the 21st-century transformation from mechanical reproduction to digital remediation. We hope that at least a few conversations were started as a result of the conference.
Videos of plenary talks (C21 YouTube channel)
David Golumbia's review, Postcolonial Digital Humanities blog
Marc Perry's review, Chronicle of Higher Education
Moreover, we'd also like to acknowledge the support the conference received from Michael Zimmer (SOIS) and the Center for Information Policy Research (CIPR); UWM Provost Johannes Britz; Jennifer Watson, associate dean of UWM Letters & Science; and Rodney Swain, dean of UWM Letters & Science.
At least since the 1980s, the digital has been the occasion for enthusiastic, often utopian, dreams. In almost every area of human and nonhuman endeavor—finance, consumer culture, technoscience, education, medicine, communication, or the arts—digital technologies have been heralded as revolutionary if not redemptive. But there has always been a dark side to such digital enthusiasm—dark places that scholars of the digital tend to overlook as they illuminate new fields and paths; dark practices that intensify social inequalities and accelerate environmental destruction; and dark politics that often remain obscure to global media users. It was the goal of the Dark Side of the Digital conference to try to shed some light on some of these dangerous, yet overlooked, consequences of the 21st-century transformation from mechanical reproduction to digital remediation. We hope that at least a few conversations were started as a result of the conference.
Videos of plenary talks (C21 YouTube channel)
David Golumbia's review, Postcolonial Digital Humanities blog
Marc Perry's review, Chronicle of Higher Education
William Hogarth, Scholars at a Lecture
The Center for 21st Century Studies is pleased to announce the following UWM fellows for 2013-14: Marcus Filippello (History), Elena Gorfinkel (Art History), Tracey Heatherington (Anthropology), Jennifer Johung (Art History), Jenny Kehl (Center for Water Policy), Annie McClanahan (English), and Arijit Sen (SARUP).
Joining these UWM fellows will be UW System fellow Michael Oldani (Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, UW-Whitewater) and our post-doctoral Provost Fellow Dehlia Hannah (PhD, Philosophy, Columbia).
C21 fellows are chosen through a yearly competition and their work coincides with our annual theme; for 2013-14 our theme is Changing Climates. Fellows share their work with each other during bi-weekly seminars, present their work publicly, and are actively engaged with C21's public programming for the year. Additional information about C21 fellowships can be found on our Opportunities for Faculty page. We will post information about fellows' research projects during the summer. Congratulations to all!
Joining these UWM fellows will be UW System fellow Michael Oldani (Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, UW-Whitewater) and our post-doctoral Provost Fellow Dehlia Hannah (PhD, Philosophy, Columbia).
C21 fellows are chosen through a yearly competition and their work coincides with our annual theme; for 2013-14 our theme is Changing Climates. Fellows share their work with each other during bi-weekly seminars, present their work publicly, and are actively engaged with C21's public programming for the year. Additional information about C21 fellowships can be found on our Opportunities for Faculty page. We will post information about fellows' research projects during the summer. Congratulations to all!
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