Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Time: 5:15pm–6:15pm
Location: 14E-310
Speaker: Wayne Marshall
Description:
What can we learn about contemporary culture from watching dayglo-clad teenagers dancing geekily in front of their computers in such disparate sites as Brooklyn, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, and Mexico City? How has the embrace of ?new media? by so-called ?digital natives? facilitated the formation of transnational, digital publics? More important, what are the local effects of such practices, and why do they seem to generate such hostile responses and anxiety about the future?
Open to: General public
Sponsored by: Foreign Languages & Literatures
For more information:
Kristen Ferry
617-253-4771
kferry@mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/fll/www/news/events.shtml
Massachusetts Institute of Technology