[AMS-announce] CONF: Identities and Technoculture, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Apr 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

The University of Iowa Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts and the Mid-America American Studies Association will hold a conference on Identities and Technoculture, April 3-4 at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.

Events include:
Keynote Address: "From Consumption to Production to Ecology: Tracing Pasts and Futures of American Techno-Identities" by Carolyn De La Pena, Associate Professor and Director, Davis Humanities Institute, University of California, Davis.

Special Film Screening: "Copyright Criminals: This is a Sampling Sport" with filmmakers Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod

Sessions cover:
Hip Hop
Blogs, Facebook, Youtube
The Internet and Presidential Election of '08
Medical Technologies and Identity
Transportation Technologies
Photography and Video Art

Registration and Check-in begins at 8am on Friday, April 3 in the Big Ten Lobby of the Iowa Memorial Union. For a full program and registration information please visit our website: www.uiowa.edu/~cesa.