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SUMMARY:Information + Humanities Conference
DESCRIPTION:\nAll sessions take place at the Nittany Lion Inn on the Uni
versity Park campus.\n\nFRIDAY October 28\n9:00–9:30 a.m.: Coffee/breakf
ast\n9:30–10:30 a.m.: Welcome\n\nEric Hayot (Penn State)\, “Information
as a Humanistic Concept"\n\n10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Session 1\n\nChair: C
ory Geraths (Penn State )\nBernard Geoghegan (Yale University/Coventry U
niversity)\, “Information”\nWolf Kittler (University of California\, San
ta Barbara)\, “Information and/or Energy”\nAlan Liu (University of Calif
ornia\, Santa Barbara)\, “Infrastructure”\n\n12:45–2:00 p.m.: Buffet lun
ch\n2:00–3:45 p.m.: Session 2\n\nChair: Eric Novotny (Penn State)\nBonni
e Mak (University of Illinois)\, “Metadata”\nJeremy Braddock (Cornell Un
iversity)\, “Libraries\, 1939”\nLaura Helton (Penn State University)\, “
Classification”\nXiao Liu (McGill University/Penn State University)\, “I
nterface”\n\nCoffee break\n4:00–5:45 p.m.: Session 3\n\nChair: Jessamyn
Abel (Penn State)\nWendy Chun (Brown University)\, “Network Analysis and
Identity Politics”\nCatherine D'Ignazio (Emerson College)\, “Visualizat
ion”\nVictoria Salinger (Penn State)\, “Computer Art at Bell Labs”\n\n6:
00: Conference dinner\nSATURDAY October 29\n9:00–9:30 a.m.: Coffee/break
fast\n9:45–11:30 a.m.: Session 4\n\nChair: Leisha Jones (Penn State)\nSa
ra Grossman\, (Penn State)\, “Reduction”\nCaroline Levine (Cornell Unive
rsity)\, “Singular/general”\nMeredith McGill\, (Rutgers University)\, “F
ormat”\nDan Rosenberg\, (University of Oregon)\, “Keyword”\n\n11:45 a.m.
–1:00 p.m.: Buffet Lunch\n1:00-2:45 p.m.: Session 5\n\nChair: Michelle H
uang (Penn State)\nAnatoly Detwyler (Penn State)\, “Mosaic”\nLydia Liu (
Columbia University)\, “Psychic Life of Digital Media”\nTom Mullaney (St
anford University)\, “Design”\n\nCoffee break\n3:30–5:15 p.m.: Session 6
: Group Discussion\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/
information-humanities-conference/
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All session
s take place at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
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RIDAY October 28
9:00–9:30 a.m.: Coffee/breakfast
9:30–1
0:30 a.m.: Welcome
Eric Hayot (Penn State), “Information as
a Humanistic Concept"
10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Session 1
Chair: Cory Geraths (Penn State )
Bernard Geoghegan (Yal
e University/Coventry University), “Information”
Wolf Kittler (U
niversity of California, Santa Barbara), “Information and/or Energy”
Alan Liu (University of California, Santa Barbara), “Infrastructure
”
12:45–2:00 p.m.: Buffet lunch
2:00–3:45 p.m.: Ses
sion 2
Chair: Eric Novotny (Penn State)
Bonnie Mak (
University of Illinois), “Metadata”
Jeremy Braddock (Cornell Uni
versity), “Libraries, 1939”
Laura Helton (Penn State University)
, “Classification”
Xiao Liu (McGill University/Penn State Univer
sity), “Interface”
Coffee break
4:00–5:45 p.m.: Ses
sion 3
Chair: Jessamyn Abel (Penn State)
Wendy Chun
(Brown University), “Network Analysis and Identity Politics”