RIMAD Seminars - forthcoming events: 31 Oct- 14 Nov 2012 Please find the events for the next 3 sessions.
All welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * RIMAD Seminars RIMAD, the University of Bedfordshire Research Institute for Media, Art, Design, Performance and English, holds seminars most wednesdays throughout the academic year. These are informal seminars which encourage discussion and debate. Speakers come from within and outside the University, from UK and abroad. This year we have an action packed programme with a wide range of fascinating and exciting talks from experts in their fields. * Address The seminars are held on Wednesdays lunchtime from 1pm - 2pm in Room A107, Park Square, Luton. How to get here: http://www.beds.ac.uk/contactus/directions The University in Luton is 30 minutes from London St Pancras International by fast train. * Wednesday 31 October Talk: "The Psychology of Cybercrime" Speaker: Dr. Gráinne Kirwan * Brief Bio Dr. Gráinne Kirwan is a lecturer in psychology in the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. She teaches on both a BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology and an MSc in Cyberpsychology. She lectures in topics including forensic psychology, cyberpsychology, computer-mediated communication and the psychology of virtual reality and artificial intelligence. She also holds an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology, a Postgraduate Certificate in Third Level Learning and Teaching, and an MLitt in Psychology by Research. Dr. Gráinne Kirwan Lecturer in Psychology Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies Institute of Art, Design and Technology Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Rep. of Ireland http://www.grainnekirwan.com * Seminar Forensic psychological theories can provide insights into online criminal behaviour, and this talk examines how such theories apply to crimes such as hacking, malware development, fraud and copyright infringement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Wednesday 7 November Talk: "Financial crisis/banks" Speaker: David Malone * Brief Bio http://www.golemxiv.co.uk http://www.debtgeneration.org/author.html David has a career spanning nearly twenty years producing and directing documentaries for both the BBC and Channel4. For the last three years David has focused considerable attention on the financial system. His BBC documentary High Anxieties- The Mathematics of Chaos, first broadcast in September 2008, was one of the first films to be made about the financial crisis accurately anticipating the problems that were to unfold in the economy. The Debt Generation was published in November 2010. His most recent film, The Secret Life of Waves, aired on BBC4 on 2nd Feb 2012. * Seminar Subject details to be confirmed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Wednesday 14 November Talk: "Smart Cinema" Speaker: Dr. Pat Brereton * Brief Bio http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=475928 PAT BRERETON is Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean of Research in the School of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland. His previous publications include Hollywood Utopia: Ecology in Contemporary American Cinema (2005), and A Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema (co-edited, 2007). His work has also been widely published in journals. * Seminar Smart movies broadly encapsulate what have been described as a reflexive and playful postmodern tendency and are augmented by the specific attributes of contemporary new digital media. These new attributes are drawn from video games and music videos in particular, as well as other new generational e-pleasures and tastes. Pat Brereton examines a broad range of post-1990s Indie and mainstream films that break many of the old classic linear narrative and generic rules which helped to define Hollywood and its alternative 'art' cinema. This work particularly explores how bonus features attached to smart DVDs are capable of speaking to new generational audiences. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have a suggestion for a speaker or would like to give a presentation on your latest work then please contact Dave Miller ([email protected]) who is curating the 2012/2013 RIMAD seminar series. Additional speakers are regularly added to the programme. For the latest listings please visit: http://rimad.wikidot.com/seminars-2012-13 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
