PLAYBACK:
GENEALOGIES OF INTERACTIVITY
Wednesday, October 9
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4:00–4:15
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Welcome with Charles Acland (Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University) and Haidee Wasson (Professor, Film Studies, Concordia University) EV 11.705 |
4:15–5:45 | Opening Discussion – What was Interactivity? Reading: Aaron Smuts, “What is Interactivity?,” Journal of Aesthetic Education, 43.4 (Winter 2009): 53–73 Participants: Charles Acland, Haidee Wasson, Vinzenz Hediger (Professor, Film Studies, Co-Director Graduiertenkolleg “Configurations of Film," Goethe University), Mia Consalvo (Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University), Marie Sophie Beckmann (PhD Candidate, Goethe University), Antoine Prévost-Balga (PhD Candidate, Goethe University), Alexander Stark (PhD Candidate, Goethe University) |
5:45–7:00
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Opening Reception EV 11.725 |
Thursday, October 10
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9:00–10:45 | Foundations of Media Interactivity Chair: Hannah Spaulding (Postdoctoral Scholar, Communication Studies/Media History Research Centre, Concordia University)
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10:45–11:00 | Break |
11:00–12:30
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Moving Image Practice Chair: Elizabeth Miller (Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University)
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12:30–1:15 | Lunch |
1:15–2:30 | Tracking and Training Chair: Nicole Braida (PhD Candidate, Goethe University)
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3:00–3:15 | Break |
3:15–4:45 | Media Environments Chair: Zach Melzer (PhD Candidate, Film and Moving Image Studies, Concordia University)
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Friday, October 11
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9:00-10:45 |
Media Localization Chair: Owen Chapman (Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University)
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10:45-11:00 | Break |
11:00-12:15
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Closing Keynote Introduction: Charles Acland Bill Buxton (Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University), “Decoupling Innis and McLuhan: From Media Ecology to an Ecology of Mediation” Closing Remarks |

