NTNU ARTEC SEMINAR SERIES: Mobilized Humanities, Technology, & the Arts

NTNU ARTEC SEMINAR SERIES
“Mobilized Humanities, Technology, & the Arts”
with Alex Gil (Columbia University), Roopika Risam (Salem State University), & Pablo DeSoto (Federal University of Paraíba & 2019 NTNU ARTEC AiR)

Day 1: Monday, Sept. 2, 12.00-14.00, Dragvoll, D2

Introduction by Andrew Perkis (IES/ IE, NTNU ARTEC) & Hanna Musiol (NTNU ARTEC, ISL/HF) “Reinventing the Digital Cultural Record: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory and Praxis,” Roopika Risam “On Hardening the Rims: Minimal Computing and Technological Disobedience on the Margins of History,” Alex Gil
“Digital Humanities Just in Time: Rapid Response Research and the Case of Torn Apart/Separados,” Alex Gil & Roopika Risam
Q&A

Day 2:Tuesday, Sept. 3, 13.00-16.30: EGGS Design, Nordre Berggate 2 / Entrance from Kirkegata

Introduction by NTNU ARTEC & EGGS Design
“hackitectura net: Radical Cartography and “Space of Flows” Experimental Architectures,” Pablo DeSoto
Lighting shorts, Roopika Risam, Alex Gil, Pablo DeSoto
Free lunch + Discussion
14.30: Workshops with Pablo DeSoto, Roopika Risam, & Alex Gil
Closing remarks

Events are free and open to the public
(Tuesday workshops require registration at vildebor@stud.ntnu.no)

The Seminar Series is organized by NTNU ARTEC and supported by ISL & MT, HF/NTNU, and EGGS Design, with assistance from Vilde Borgan and Shreejay Shrestha.

About Speakers
Roopika Risam, PhD, is Assistant Professor of English at Salem State University. She is the author of New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy (Northwestern University Press, 2018). http://roopikarisam.com/

Pablo DeSoto, PhD, a Visiting Professor at Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil, & 2019 NTNU ARTEC Artist in Residence is an award-winning experimental architect, multidisciplinary artist, radical cartographer, scholar and an educator with an iconoclastic experience across geographical and disciplinary borders. http://pablodesoto.org

Alex Gil, PhD, is the Digital Scholarship Librarian at Columbia University Libraries. He is also co-founder and co-moderator of the Group for Experimental Methods in Humanistic Inquiry and the Butler Studio. https://www.elotroalex.com/profile/