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The James and Mary Wesley Center for New Media and the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture presents DWELLING MACHINES, a symposium.
This symposium asks whether and how technology might alter the way we perceive dwelling. Of particular interest are the aspects of experience that become impermanent or disrupted thanks to technology. To understand dwelling technology in the broadest historical and material senses, machines discussed range from the earliest tool to the modern computer, from the mundane job to the extravagant meal.
GEORGIA TECH
Jay Bolter
Ian Bogost
Ron Broglio
Hugh Crawford
Carl DiSalvo
Sabir Khan
Kenneth Knoespel
Ali Mazalek
SPECIAL GUEST
Drew Whitelegg
Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life
Author of Working the Skies
Admission if free. For more information, please contact Ian Bogost at ibogost@gatech.edu.
