Dear empyre subscribers, I would like to warmly welcome our guest moderators for the month of June, Michael Deiter (N), Morgan Currie (N/US), and John Haltiwanger (US/N). They will be introducing the discussion, Publishing in Convergence shortly. This timely topic is sure to invite debates around new models for writing, collaborating, distributing, reading and interpreting knowledge. Within the last two weeks, Tim and I have been to a Digital Humanities Conference at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire as well as a daylong discussion on the same topic at the University of Toronto. At the center of these discussions was the influence of digital code, its translation into text/image, and how that information was distributed and thus interpreted. -empyre soft-skinned space looks forward to this international discussion. Michael, Morgan and John's biographies are below. They will be introducing the topic and their invited guests later today. Stay tuned. Renate
Morgan Currie was born in the United States and is studying for a Masters degree in New Media at the University of Amsterdam. Her thesis explores how batch digitization of print collections is changing (and challenging) the traditional role of institutional libraries. Her related topics of interest include digital archives, open access publishing, and sustainability of the commons. Currently she is researching for the Institute of Network Cultures and De Balie in Amsterdam and remains a frequent contributor to the Masters of Media blog. Prior to her current studies she worked for eight years as a researcher and producer of documentary films for American public television and GOOD Magazine. Michael Dieter is currently completing a PhD on critical media art and materialist philosophy at University of Melbourne, where he has lectured in the School of Culture and Communication on digital publishing and new media theory since 2007. His academic work has been published in M/C and Australian Humanities Review. He is an ongoing contributor to Neural Magazine, an assistant editor at the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam, and a member of the editorial committee for Fibreculture Journal and Digital Culture & Education. John Haltiwanger arrived in this world in the United States, where he has lived in many corners. Currently he attends the University of Amsterdam where he studies for a Masters degree in New Media. His thesis investigates generative design in the context of typesetting with open source software. Related interests include new futures for screening publishing, the potentials of new platforms for collaboration, and issues of freedom and control both on the Internet and in flesh life. Prior to his current studies he has worked as a librarian, lived as a media activist at an animal rights campaign, attended hippie schools, and spent his early years consulting as a Perl programmer. Renate Ferro URL: http://www.renateferro.net Email: <r...@cornell.edu> Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Cornell University Department of Art, Tjaden Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Co-moderator of _empyre soft skinned space http://www.subtle.net/empyre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyre Art Editor, diacritics http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/dia/ _______________________________________________ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre
