Fwd: [CTHEORY] Announcement

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> From: [email protected]
> Date: Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:03:32 PM US/Eastern
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [CTHEORY] Announcement
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> CTHEORY THEORY, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE VOL 27, NOS 1-2
> *** Visit CTHEORY Online: http://www.ctheory.net ***
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> Announcement 04/01/21 Editors: Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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>.
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> 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.
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> kind regards,
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> Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
> Editors, CTHEORY
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> PACIFIC CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE (PACTAC)
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> Lecture Series: Winter 2004
> Electronic Theory: Science, Terror & Nihilism
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> University of Victoria
> British Columbia, Canada
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> Thursday January 29. 4:00pm
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> Sound Unbound / Rhythm Science
> Paul D. Miller a.k.a. Dj Spooky
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> New York based multimedia artist, theorist and remix sound Dj.
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> Thursday February 12. 2:30pm
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> The Cultural Politics of Bio-genetics
> Dr. William Leiss, F.R.S.C.
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> 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
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> Re-Reading the War on Terrrorr: Technology, Culture and Security
> Bradley Bryan, Benjamin Muller, Sara Pash, Geoff Whitehall.
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> Symposium moderated by Dr. James Tully.
> Department of Political Science, University of Victoria.
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> Wednesday March 10. 4:00pm
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> The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism
> Dr. Arthur Kroker: Multimedia Book Launch & Lecture
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> Canada Research Chair in Technologyy, Culture and Theory
> Department of Political Science, University of Victoria
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> Sponsors:
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> Dr. Arthur Kroker, CRC in Technology, Culture and Theory
> University of Victoria.
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> CTHEORY. www.ctheory.net >> live stream on ctheory.net
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> PACTAC Location:
> Technology Enterprise Facility (TEF), Room 170. 2300 MacKenzie.
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> 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
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> * 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).
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> * In Memory: Kathy Acker
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> * Editorial Correspondents: Ken Hollings (UK),
> * Maurice Charland (Canada) Steve Gibson (Canada/Sweden).
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> * 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/
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> To view CTHEORY MULTIMEDIA online please visit:
> http://ctheorymultimedia.cornell.edu/
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> * CTHEORY includes:
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> * 1. Electronic reviews of key books in contemporary theory.
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> * 2. Electronic articles on theory, technology and culture.
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> * 3. Event-scenes in politics, culture and the mediascape.
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> * 4. Interviews with significant theorists, artists, and writers.
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> * 5. Multimedia theme issues and projects.
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> * The Editors would like the thank the University of Victoria for
> * financial and intellectual support of CTheory. In particular, the
> * Editors would like to thank the Dean of Social Sciences, Dr. John
> * Schofield, the Dean of Engineering, Dr. D. Michael Miller and Dr.
> * Jon Muzio, Department of Computer Science.
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> * No use of CTHEORY articles without permission. Works from the
> * CTHEORY archive may only be reprinted with permission of the
> * Editors. Email [email protected] for more information.
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> * Mailing address: CTHEORY, University of Victoria, PO Box 3050,
> * Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 3P5.
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> * Full text and microform versions are available from UMI, Ann Arbor,
> * Michigan; and Canadian Periodical Index/Gale Canada, Toronto.
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> * Indexed in: International Political Science Abstracts/
> * Documentation politique international; Sociological Abstract
> * Inc.; Advance Bibliography of Contents: Political Science and
> * Government; Canadian Periodical Index; Film and Literature Index.
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