FWD: Ctheory update: PACTAC

Announcement:
PACIFIC CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE (PACTAC)

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We are pleased to announce the opening of the Pacific
Centre for
Technology and Culture.

Located at the University of Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada, the
Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture (PACTAC) is
conceived as a
unique interdisciplinary institute for researching
and teaching
issues related to the impact of technological change
on culture,
politics and society. Simultaneously a centre of
global intellectual
exchange and an innovative and collaborative site for
exploring the
digital future, PACTAC approaches the question of
technology from
perspectives which are interdisciplinary in scope,
critical in
sensibility, and creative, experimental and immersive
in method.

CTHEORY is an integral part of the intellectual
project of the
Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture.
"Electronic Theory:
Science, Terror and Nihilism," PACTAC's inaugural
lecture series
(listed below) will be streamed and archived on
CTHEORY's web site
<www.ctheory.net>.


The Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture has
been created
within the context of Dr. Arthur Kroker's Canada
Research Chair in
Technology, Culture and Theory, Department of
Political Science,
University of Victoria and is supported with
infrastructure funding
from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, British
Columbia
Knowledge Developmment Fund as well as the generous
support of the
University of Victoria.

kind regards,

Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
Editors, CTHEORY



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PACIFIC CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE
(PACTAC)

Lecture Series: Winter 2004
Electronic Theory: Science, Terror &
Nihilism

University of Victoria
British Columbia, Canada

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Thursday January 29. 4:00pm

Sound Unbound / Rhythm Science
Paul D. Miller a.k.a. Dj Spooky

New York based multimedia artist, theorist and remix
sound Dj.

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Thursday February 12. 2:30pm

The Cultural Politics of Bio-genetics
Dr. William Leiss, F.R.S.C.

NSERC/SSHRC/Industry Research Chair in Risk
Communication and Public
Policy, University of Calgary.
Past President: The Royal Society of Canada.

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Monday February 16. 2:30pm

Re-Reading the War on Terrrorr: Technology, Culture
and Security
Bradley Bryan, Benjamin Muller, Sara Pash, Geoff
Whitehall.

Symposium moderated by Dr. James Tully.
Department of Political Science, University of
Victoria.

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Wednesday March 10. 4:00pm

The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism
Dr. Arthur Kroker: Multimedia Book Launch & Lecture

Canada Research Chair in Technologyy, Culture and
Theory
Department of Political Science, University of
Victoria

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Sponsors:

Dr. Arthur Kroker, CRC in Technology, Culture and
Theory
University of Victoria.

CTHEORY. www.ctheory.net >> live stream on
ctheory.net


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PACTAC Location:
Technology Enterprise Facility (TEF), Room 170. 2300
MacKenzie.

Limited Seating for all Events: Reservations Required
Contact: [email protected] (250) 472-5285


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* CTHEORY is an international journal of theory,
technology and
* culture. Articles, interviews, and key book
reviews in
* contemporary discourse are published weekly as
well as
* theorisations of major "event-scenes" in the
mediascape.
*
* Editors: Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
*
* Editorial Board: Jean Baudrillard (Paris), Paul
Virilio (Paris),
* Bruce Sterling (Austin), R.U. Sirius (San
Francisco), Siegfried
* Zielinski (Koeln), Stelarc (Melbourne), Richard
Kadrey (San
* Francisco), DJ Spooky [Paul D. Miller] (NYC),
Timothy Murray
* (Ithaca/Cornell), Lynn Hershman Leeson (San
Francisco), Stephen
* Pfohl (Boston), Andrew Ross (NYC), David Cook
(Toronto), Ralph
* Melcher (Sante Fe), Shannon Bell (Toronto), Gad
Horowitz
* (Toronto), Andrew Wernick (Peterborough).
*
* In Memory: Kathy Acker
*
* Editorial Correspondents: Ken Hollings (UK),
* Maurice Charland (Canada) Steve Gibson
(Canada/Sweden).
*
* Editorial Assistant: Ted Hiebert
* WWW Design & Technical Advisor: Spencer Saunders
(CTHEORY.NET)
* WWW Engineer Emeritus: Carl Steadman


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To view CTHEORY online please visit:
http://www.ctheory.net/

To view CTHEORY MULTIMEDIA online please
visit:
http://ctheorymultimedia.cornell.edu/

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