Special Event: Distracted Reading: Acts of Attention in the Age of the Internet
Tuesday September 27, 2016: 6.00-7.30, followed by a reception.
NYU Center for the Humanities: 20, Cooper Square, fifth floor
All welcome! Register here: http://nyuhumanities.org/events/event-registration/?ee=105
Central to the humanities is the theorization and practice of modes of attention (to cultural artifacts, and to other aspects of the world). Indeed, many of us devote much time to finding ways to redirect our students’ attention away from the distractions of their electronic gadgets. But what if we consider how their distributed focus might model new acts of attention and new ways of reading: how might we rethink pedagogy and/or our own research methods in an era of hyper-connectivity? This event is cosponsored by the NYU FAS Office of Educational Technology.
Panel 1: Sound & Image
Jaime E. Oliver La Rosa
Assistant Professor of Music, NYU
Marina Hassapopoulou
Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies, NYU
Martha Hollander
Professor, Dept. of Fine Arts, Design, Art History, Hofstra University
Panel 2: Text
Suzanne England
Professor of Social Work, NYU
Ethna D. Lay
Assoc. Professor of Writing Studies, Assoc. Director of Digital Research Center, Hofstra University
Event Moderator:
Marion Thain
Associate Director of Digital Humanities, NYU
There will be a special issue of the journal Digital Humanities Quarterly on this topic; come along to the event to find out how you can get involved.
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