B&G: Bolter & Grusin–Remediation)
In 1895, Lumiere brothers refashioned the medium of photography into a time-based medium, and presented one of their short films, “Train arrival in the station of La Ciotat” at their theater. The audience, immersed into the visual experience and unable to differentiate the “real” from what they saw [...]

Just as the arrival of photography did not put an end to the art of painting and television did not disperse film enthusiasts, in both “Paper or Me, You Know…” and “The Book to Come,” Derrida firmly states that despite the advancements of digital technologies, the death of the book in [...]

“2009 Iran Election: Women’s Revolution? Twitter Revolution?”
By campaigning and protesting Iranian women surprised onlookers through their sociopolitical participation during the 2009 Iranian election. What led to the sudden appearance of an invisible part of Iranian society, and what role did emerging media play? Our panel will discuss online political activity during and prior [...]

In this rapidly changing knowledge, what is the role of the university? And perhaps more importantly, what is the future of knowledge production, dissemination, and archivization?
The printing press revolutionized the ways knowledge was being transferred and consequently transformed the social space. As we are in the midst of another transformation from analog to digital, we [...]