Around the World Conference https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:51:01 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.3 Sustainability and the Public https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2018/06/sustainability-and-the-public/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:11:38 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=2654 0:00 – Introduction: Geoffrey Rockwell Panel: Academic Responsibility and Climate Activism 6:00 – Ken Hiltner, UC Santa Barbara 28:42 – Peter Kalmus, NASA climate scientist 44:06 – Andrew...

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0:00 – Introduction: Geoffrey Rockwell

Panel: Academic Responsibility and Climate Activism
6:00 – Ken Hiltner, UC Santa Barbara
28:42  Peter Kalmus, NASA climate scientist
44:06 – Andrew Glover, RMIT University, Melbourne
CHAIR: Olenka Bilash, University of Alberta

1:09:56 – Roundtable Discussion: Living Labs, Resilient Cities and Repair Culture: Environmental Sustainability at Western Sydney University Australia
– Maryella Hatfield, Lecturer and Documentary filmmaker (The Future Makers), Western Sydney University
– Abby Mellick Lopes, Design for Sustainability, Western Sydney University
– Alison Gill, Design for Sustainability, Western Sydney University
CHAIR: Hart Cohen, Western Sydney University
TECH: David Levy and Addy Fong

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Sustainability in Practice – Revolutionary Ideas to Change How we Live and Learn https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2018/06/sustainability-in-practice-revolutionary-ideas-to-change-how-we-live-and-learn/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 03:09:13 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=2644 0:00 – Opening Remarks: Geoffrey Rockwell 4:11 – Q&A: Erika Daley, Program Manager of My Green Lab  CHAIR: Naomi Krogman 24:01 – Q&A: Paul Palmer, founder of the...

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0:00 – Opening Remarks: Geoffrey Rockwell

4:11 – Q&A: Erika Daley, Program Manager of My Green Lab 
CHAIR: Naomi Krogman

24:01 – Q&A: Paul Palmer, founder of the Zero Waste Institute
CHAIR: William Shotyk

54:12 – Panel: Sustainable Research in the North
– Amy Amos, Exec-Director of the Gwich’in Renewable Resource Board
“Research Priority Process in the Gwich’in Settlement Area”
– Jean Polfus, Liber Ero Post-doctoral Fellow based in Tulit’a, NWT
“Ɂełexé Eghálets’eda (Learning Together): Advancing sustainable conservation strategies through cross-cultural collaboration”
CHAIR: Roger Epp

1:31:36 – Video Presentation: Research Unit for Indigenous Arts and Cultures
– Tiriki Onus (Yorta Yorta), University of Melbourne
– Sally Treloyn, University of Melbourne

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Art and/in the Anthropocene: A Debate on Sustainability and Ecology https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2018/06/art-and-in-the-anthropocene-a-debate-on-sustainability-and-ecology/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 02:31:24 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=2649 9:39 – Introductions: Geoffrey Rockwell and Panel Organizers Natalie Loveless and Jessie Beier 14:29 – Artist-researcher video bios 26:05 – Karin Bolender, artist-researcher 32:32 –...

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9:39 – Introductions: Geoffrey Rockwell and Panel Organizers Natalie Loveless and Jessie Beier

14:29 – Artist-researcher video bios

26:05Karin Bolender, artist-researcher

32:32Christa Donner, artist, writer, curator and educator, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

38:05Andrew Yang, interdisciplinary artist-researcher, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

49:49Mia Feuer, Winnipeg-based interdisciplinary sculptor

57:29Leanne Olson, Edmonton-based photo-artist and community arts facilitator

1:01:21Scott Smallwood, sound artist, composer and performer

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Green Philosophies: Re-Defining our Sustainable Past (and Future) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2018/06/green-philosophies-re-defining-our-sustainable-past-and-future/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 01:03:36 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=2652 0:00 – Introductions: Geoffrey Rockwell Panel: History and Philosophy of Sustainability 29:39 – Petra Dolata, University of Calgary, Canada Research Chair of the History of Energy,...

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0:00 – Introductions: Geoffrey Rockwell

Panel: History and Philosophy of Sustainability
29:39 – Petra Dolata, University of Calgary, Canada Research Chair of the History of Energy, Energy and Society Working Group
“Sustainability in the Anthropocene”
23:56 – Howard Nye, University of Alberta, practical ethics and political philosophy
“Why be Sustainable? Expected Consequences and the Ethics of Making an Indeterminate Difference”
CHAIR: Shannon Stunden-Bower

1:01:44 – Roundtable Discussion: L’accès libre: un devoir moral et scientifique
– Marcello Vitali, Montreal U
– Michael Sinatra, Montreal U
– Nicolas Sauret, Montreal U
– Jean-Claude Guédon, Montreal U
– Joana Casenave, Montreal U

1:34:53 – Keynote: Virtual Online Conferences: How good do they have to be to be good enough?
– Terry Anderson, distance research and education expert
This session looks at the characteristics, advantages and challenges of virtual conferences in academic contexts. The session gives examples of three such conferences organized by the presenter and notes the carbon costs and social benefits.

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Sustaining Junba: a ten year review of long term research and dance-song revitalisation in the Kimberley, Australia https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2018/06/sustaining-junba-a-ten-year-review-of-long-term-research-and-dance-song-revitalisation-in-the-kimberley-australia/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:36:22 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=2667 Video Presentation: Sustaining Junba: a ten year review of long term research and dance-song revitalisation in the Kimberley, Australia – Sally Treloyn, University of Melbourne – Rona...

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Video Presentation: Sustaining Junba: a ten year review of long term research and dance-song revitalisation in the Kimberley, Australia
– Sally Treloyn, University of Melbourne
– Rona Googninda Charles(Ngarinyin, Nyikina), Winun Ngari Resource Centre
– John Ngunjuma Charles Divilli (Ngarinyin, Nyikina), Mowanjum Art and Culture Centre

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Conscious Computing: From Energy Consumption to the Ethics of Data Viz https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2018/06/conscious-computing-from-energy-consumption-to-the-ethics-of-data-viz/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:16:46 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=2658 0:00 – Introductions: Geoffrey Rockwell Panel: IT Energy Consumption 1:35 – Anders S.G. Andrae, Huawei Technologies, Sweden 26:26 – Douglas Barlage, University of Alberta “Impact of the...

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0:00 – Introductions: Geoffrey Rockwell

Panel: IT Energy Consumption
1:35 Anders S.G. Andrae, Huawei Technologies, Sweden
26:26 – Douglas Barlage, University of Alberta
“Impact of the Digital Revolution on World Wide Energy Consumption”
CHAIR: Ivan Fair

1:02:28 – Roundtable: Minimal Computing
– Roopika Risam, Salem State University
– Alex Gil, Columbia University
– John Simpson, Compute Canada’s Digital Humanities Specialist

1:31:32 – Closing Remarks from Geoffrey Rockwell

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LIVE Roundtable: Digital Media in a Post-Truth Era (Maynooth University, Ireland) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/06/live-roundtable-digital-media-in-a-post-truth-era-maynooth-university-ireland/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:58:26 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1968 Speakers: – Dr. Gavan Titley, senior lecturer and head of department of media studies at Maynooth University – Dr. Jane Suiter, Director of the institute...

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Speakers:
– Dr. Gavan Titley, senior lecturer and head of department of media studies at Maynooth University
– Dr. Jane Suiter, Director of the institute for Future Media and Journalism at Dublin City University
– Ms. Andrea Martin, partner at MediaLawyer solicitors
– Mr. Peter McGuire, news and features journalist for the Irish Times and Huffington Post
– Prof. Chris Brunsdon, Professor of Geocomputation, and Director of the National Center for Geocomputation at Maynooth University

Chairs:
– Mr. Neale Rooney, researcher based with the Letters of 1916 project
– Mr. John Chambers
– Dr. Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Humanities and Director of An Foras Feasa

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Around the World 2017 – Closing Remarks https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/05/around-the-world-2017-closing-remarks/ Thu, 18 May 2017 21:44:57 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1953 Closing remarks from the Geoffrey Rockwell, Kule Institute (Kias) Director and Organizer of Around the World 2017: Digital Media in a Post-Truth Era.

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Closing remarks from the Geoffrey Rockwell, Kule Institute (Kias) Director and Organizer of Around the World 2017: Digital Media in a Post-Truth Era.

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Jordan Kinder: Legitimation Through Circulation: Petroturfing and/as Fake News (UAlberta) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/05/jordan-kinder-legitimation-through-circulation-petroturfing-andas-fake-news-ualberta/ Thu, 18 May 2017 21:42:05 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1951 Jordan Kinder is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta.

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Jordan Kinder is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta.

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Luciana Molina Queiroz: Praxis and Media in Walter Benjamin: When Anyone Can Produce Truth (Brazil) https://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/2017/05/luciana-molina-queiroz-praxis-and-media-in-walter-benjamin-when-anyone-can-produce-truth-brazil/ Thu, 18 May 2017 21:40:53 +0000 http://aroundtheworld.ualberta.ca/?p=1949 Luciana Molina Queiroz is a PhD Candidate at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, and visiting researcher at the University of Alberta.

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Luciana Molina Queiroz is a PhD Candidate at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, and visiting researcher at the University of Alberta.

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