BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4444-9b9c840fd11e66190d9506cf0a752bea@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260525T204115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T133000 SUMMARY:“A Rhetorical Approach to Embodied Foundations of Code: Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing” DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the Center for Democratic Deliberation for a lecture by Lauren Beard\, CDD Fellow and doctoral candidate in English:\n\nAnnet te Vee asks rhetoric scholars to consider their role in countering the a nxiety surrounding humanity&rsquo\;s increasing dependence on technologi cal automation. She urges us to turn our critical attention towards code \, the writing that propagates said automations\, as a rhetorical proces s. Though on the surface code writing may seem like an arhetorical strea m of letters\, numbers\, and characters\, the decisions behind any progr am are made by rhetorical beings for rhetorical ends. Vee believes rheto ric scholars can conceptualize\, not just how code functions in everyday life\, but ways individuals can take on advocacy roles for their commun ities concerning how these technologies affect them\, ultimately &ldquo\ ;changing [code&rsquo\;s] course and making it more humane&rdquo\; (177) . My dissertation asks\, what rhetorical role could bodies play in this seemingly disembodied discipline of code writing? This presentation expl ores the bodied intelligence exercised by two pioneers of modern program ming: Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing. The centrality of embodied knowledge in their work provides essential insight into how current code writing (and the resulting technologies therein) both influence\, and are influe nced by\, bodies. I argue that a critical understanding of bodies in cod e is crucial for realizing code&rsquo\;s past\, present\, and potential socio-rhetorical impacts in terms of access and social justice.\n\nFor m ore details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cdd_lauren-beard/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the Cen ter for Democratic Deliberation for a lecture by Lauren Beard, CDD Fello w and doctoral candidate in English:

Annette Vee asks rhetoric scholars to consider their role in countering the anxiety surrounding h umanity’s increasing dependence on technological automation. She u rges us to turn our critical attention towards code, the writing that pr opagates said automations, as a rhetorical process. Though on the surfac e code writing may seem like an arhetorical stream of letters, numbers, and characters, the decisions behind any program are made by rhetorical beings for rhetorical ends. Vee believes rhetoric scholars can conceptua lize, not just how code functions in everyday life, but ways individuals can take on advocacy roles for their communities concerning how these t echnologies affect them, ultimately “changing [code’s] cours e and making it more humane” (177). My dissertation asks, what rhe torical role could bodies play in this seemingly disembodied discipline of code writing? This presentation explores the bodied intelligence exer cised by two pioneers of modern programming: Ada Lovelace and Alan Turin g. The centrality of embodied knowledge in their work provides essential insight into how current code writing (and the resulting technologies t herein) both influence, and are influenced by, bodies. I argue that a cr itical understanding of bodies in code is crucial for realizing code&rsq uo;s past, present, and potential socio-rhetorical impacts in terms of a ccess and social justice.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cd d_lauren-beard/

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