technophilia http://technophilia.wordpress.com researching philosophy and technology at the University of the West of England Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:02:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/11aaca9781775e81a22cf98ff7ff6aff?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png technophilia http://technophilia.wordpress.com Bad Games colloquium July 2009 http://technophilia.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/bad-games-colloquium-july-2009/ http://technophilia.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/bad-games-colloquium-july-2009/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:02:05 +0000 pcroga01 http://technophilia.wordpress.com/?p=18 ]]>

The Play Research Group at UWE is holding a one day colloquium on Saturday July 18 in Bristol.  Please see the call for proposals at the group’s website: http://www.playfulsubjects.org/

Technophiliacs will be there in force.

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Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher of technology, cultural arts programmer and activist, will be guest speaker at ‘Metadata in the Age of Ubiquitous Media,’ a one day symposium hosted by Goldsmiths College of the University of London. Date is Saturday 29 November. More details and to reserve a place at this free event, contact e.baumann-meurer@gold.ac.uk

]]> http://technophilia.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/bernard-stiegler-in-london-in-november/feed/ 0 pcroga01 Game engines and Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage http://technophilia.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/game-engines-and-australian-aboriginal-cultural-heritage/ http://technophilia.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/game-engines-and-australian-aboriginal-cultural-heritage/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:49:40 +0000 pcroga01 http://technophilia.wordpress.com/?p=12 ]]>

The Play Research Group at the University of the West of England and Bristol’s

Pervasive Media Studio will host a presentation by Theodor Wyeld of Swinburne

University of Technology in Melbourne entitled

 

‘Communicating Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage using a Game Engine’

 

All Welcome

7.00 pm

Monday July 7, 2008

Pervasive Media Studio

Leadworks

Anchor Square

Harbourside

Bristol

(entrance opposite main entrance to @Bristol)

]]> http://technophilia.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/game-engines-and-australian-aboriginal-cultural-heritage/feed/ 0 pcroga01 Film and Philosophy/Philosophy and Film conference http://technophilia.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/film-and-philosophyphilosophy-and-film-conference/ http://technophilia.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/film-and-philosophyphilosophy-and-film-conference/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:39:06 +0000 pcroga01 http://technophilia.wordpress.com/?p=11 ]]>

July 4 – July 6, 2008 at Arnolfini Arts Centre, Bristol (contact: Havi Carel). The conference is convened by Greg Tuck (Film Studies, UWE) and Havi Carel (Philosophy, UWE) and brings together researchers across film and philosophy disciplines in one of the first and largest gatherings in this emerging area of multidisciplinary work. Keynote speakers are Vivian Sobchack (UCLA) , Steven Mulhall (Oxford) and Robert Sinnerbrink (Macquarie, Sydney). A special film program will run at Arnolfini concurrent to the conference, including the award winning philosophical film, The Ister. For more details see http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/index.php

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Graham Harman (American University in Cairo), will present a paper titled ‘Weird Ontologies’ on Wednesday 13th February, 3.00-5.00 pm, Room PH82, St Matthias Campus.

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This is the new site for the cross-faculty Philosophy and Technology group at the University of the West of England.  Watch this space for news and events.

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