Thursday May 3, 2012
Kick-Off Performance by Christian Bök: “The Xenotext, So Far”
In conjunction with the Purple Blurb reading series.
Participants: Opening remarks by Amaranth Borsuk and Gretchen Henderson, Introduction by Nick Montfort, and opening poems by MIT undergraduate writers Alvin Mwijuka and Aimee Harrison.
Friday May 4, 2012
Panel 1: Unbinding the Book
(The video above is also available via MIT TechTV here.)(Clip begins with introductory remarks. Panel starts at 7:53)
Participants: Bonnie Mak (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), James Reid-Cunningham (Boston Athenaeum), Wyn Kelley (MIT Literature), Mary Fuller (MIT Literature)
Moderator: Gretchen Henderson (MIT Writing and Humanistic Studies)
Panel 2: Reshaping the Book
(The video above is also available via MIT TechTV here.)Participants: Christian Bök (University of Calgary), Bob Stein (SocialBook), Gita Manaktala (MIT Press)
Moderator: Amaranth Borsuk (MIT Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media Studies)
Panel 3: Electronic Literature and Future Books
In conjunction with The MIT Communications Forum
(The video above is also available via MIT TechTV here.)
Participants: N. Katherine Hayles (Duke University), Rita Raley (University of California Santa Barbara), Nick Montfort (Comparative Media Studies and Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, MIT)
Moderator: David Thorburn (MIT Literature and Comparative Media Studies)