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You are invited to attend the April 2009 Mellon Seminar in Digital
Humanities: http://tinyurl.com/472nah <http://tinyurl.com/472nah>
 
Topic: Info-Triage and Sticky Media: Intersections of Design Theory & the
Digital Humanities 
Presenter:  Peter Lunenfeld
Date: Monday, April 6, 2009
Time: 2 pm ­ 5 pm SLT/PDT
Location: 
   Real Life (RL): UCLA Visualization Portal (5628 Math and Sciences Bldg.)
   Second Life (SL): Entropia, the Digital Library Federation¹s SL
   island‹rsvp needed
Second Life basic accounts are free: http://secondlife.com
<http://secondlife.com/>

NOTE to SL attendees: Please rsvp to Esther Grassian
[log in to unmask] to reserve a space and receive the SLURL (SL url),
as well as instructions for viewing the live video feed and adjusting the
audio in SL.
 
Contemporary theories of communication design, interaction design, and media
design are important to the overall project of the digital humanities. In
contrast to fine art, architecture, and film, design was slow to accrete
sophisticated aesthetic and social theories; historically, designers
themselves created a maker's discourse heavy on technical analysis.
Coincident with the rise of design as a cultural force since the beginning
of this decade, though, a more rigorous and informed theoretical attention
to design emerged. 21st century design theory offers powerful ways to think
about interactive technologies and creative practices. Combining strategies
from design theory with the deep resonance offered by the digital humanities
increases the potential for mindful downloading and meaningful uploading.
 
Peter Lunenfeld is a professor in the Design | Media Arts department at
UCLA. His books include The Digital Dialectic (MIT, 1999), Snap to Grid
(MIT, 2000) USER (MIT, 2005), and The Secret War Between Downloading and
Uploading (forthcoming). As creator and editorial director of the Mediawork
project, he produced a pamphlet series for the MIT Press that redefined the
relationship between serious academic discourse and graphic design.
http://www.peterlunenfeld.com <http://www.peterlunenfeld.com>
 
The reading for this seminar, an excerpt from Prof. Lunenfeld's upcoming
book The Secret War Between Downloading and Uploading: How the Computer
Became Our Culture Machine, will be emailed to the mailing list for the
seminar rather than posted to the website.
 
 

Esther Grassian
Information Literacy Librarian
UCLA College Library
Box 951450
L.A., CA 90095-1450
Phone: 310-206-4410
Fax: 310-206-9312
Email: [log in to unmask]
SL: Alexandria Knight
Skype: esthergrassian
There: Sefer