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Conference Organizing Committee: Ricard Grusin (C21 Directr),
Mary Mullen (C21 Deputy Directr), Jn Blum (C21 Assciate Directr),
and Rebeka Seldn (C21 Prvst Pstdctral Fellw)
Te Nnuman Turn cnference is spnsred by te Center fr 21st Century Studies,
Cllege f Letters and Science, wit supprt frm te Graduate Scl,
University f Wiscnsin-Milwaukee.
The NoNhUMAN TurnA Center fr 21st Century Studies Cnference at te University f Wiscnsin-Milwaukee
May 3-5, 2012
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Weather PatternsWeather Patterns
A prpsitin: Entertain te envirnment.
A tecnique: Sentimental cnstructin.
A prcess: Register te envirnmental
cnditins in a series f relatinal crss-
currents. Make felt w te simple presencef mvement in te space affects nt nly
te space itself, but te nature f te wrk.
Ruffle te presuppsitin tat te uman is
necessarily at te center f tis activatin.
Enfld te participant in an active eclgy
f te wrld, attuning t its difference. D
nt place te participant in te rle f direct
activatr f cange. Sense, cmpse, dress,
arcitect.
Artists: Erin Manning, Nataniel Stern, Brian
Massumi, Nicle Ridgway, Bryan Cera, C.
Mattew Luter, and Nirmal Raja
AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
Many tanks t te panel mderatrs, C21 fellws, and C21 prject assistants fr
teir supprt and participatin in te cnference. Wed als like t tank ur student
vlunteers: Benjamin Babb, Kalling heck, Sawna Liptn, Mlly McCurt, Kristin Prins,
Gestina Tiffany Sewell, and Ali Sperling. Lastly, we tank Jannes Britz, Prvst &
Vice Cancellr fr Academic Affairs; Rdney Swain, Dean f te Cllege f Letters and
Science; and Jennifer Watsn, Assciate Dean f te Cllege f Letters and Science fr
teir supprt f te cnference and te Center fr 21st Century Studies.
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Installations and Investigations Welcome and General InformationWelcome and General Information
Te Center fr 21st Century Studies is pleased t welcme yu t te Nnuman
Turn Cnference at te University f Wiscnsin-Milwaukee. Te plenary speakers and
breakut sessins take up te nnuman turn tat as been emerging in te arts,
umanities, and scial sciences ver te past few decades.
Registration
on Tursday, May 3, cnference registratin will be eld in Curtin hall 939, te Centerfr 21st Century Studies seminar rm, frm 1:00 2:30 p.m. During te rest f te
cnference, yu can register utside f Curtin 175.
Welcome ReceptionWe ave rganized a welcme receptin fr all cnference participants n Tursday,
May 4 at Sala da Pranz at 6:00 p.m. Tere will be cmplimentary rs duevres and
a cas bar. Sala da Pranz is lcated acrss te street frm Curtin hall, at 2613 E
hampsire St.
Event LocationsAll f te plenary talks will take place in Curtin hall 175. Te breakut sessins will
ccur in classrms n te first flr f Curtin hall. Please see te scedule fr specific
rm assignments. Since classes will be in sessin n Friday, we d cange rms
between sessins; rms will be marked clearly. Fr tse participants w ave
purcased lunc, lunc will take place in Greene hall, a srt walk frm Curtin hall.
Lunc tickets will be in yur cnference flder. Yu can als purcase lunc at Greene
hall if yu did nt pay in advance.
AV and Media NeedsEac breakut sessin will ave a vlunteer t elp assist wit tecnlgy. Please direct
questins t tem.
Shuttle Service and TransportationWe will prvide a suttle bus frm te Dubletree by hiltn htel in dwntwn
Milwaukee t te cnference nce per day, and a suttle bus returning t te Dubletree
after te cnference events nce per day. Te suttle will pick yu up in frnt f te tel,
and at te circle in frnt f Curtin hall ff Dwner Avenue.
Depart Doubletree Depart Campus
Tursday, May 3: 1:00 p.m. 7:45 p.m.
Friday, May 4: 8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 5: 8:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.
If yu miss te suttle bus, yu can take a taxi. A fairly gd resurce fr travel t and
arund Milwaukee can be fund n te website Getting arund Milwaukee witut a
Car at ttp://kiwinc.itg.cm/mwc/. If yu are driving, please cnsult te UWM Parkingand Transit website fr parking infrmatin at www4.uwm.edu/parking.
Installations and Investigations
Think Make Digital Group
Tis University f Wiscnsin-Milwaukee grup appraces te questin, Wat is te
nnuman turn? by explring internet cnversatins generated in anticipatin f and
respnse t te C21 Nnuman Turn cnference. Te grup will visualize and analyze
its findings after te cnference in a wite paper. hpefully, many f te grapics will be
included in te bk tat fllws frm te Nnuman Turn cnference as well as n teC21 website.
our tls fr gatering infrmatin invlve:
Backgroundresearchintothepresentersandtopicareaspriortothe
cnference
PromotingtheuseofTwitterandaconferencehashtagpriortoandduringthe
cnference
MonitoringtheTwitterback-channelfortheconferenceandcultivating
cnversatin n it arund certain temes and questins
Havingasmallspaceattheconferenceforattendeestorespondtoquestions
in writing
Katie Mrrissey (Englis)
Matt Trease (Digital Arts and Culture, Englis)
Eric herut (Englis)
Nick Prferes (Scl f Infrmatin Sciences)
Racael Sullivan (Englis)
Alyssa hundrf (Digital Arts and Culture)
Marc Tasman (Crdinatr f Digital Arts and Culture)
Matt Russell (Learning Tecnlgy Center, instigatr f Tink Make Digital)
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Conference Schedule
Thursday, May 3
Curtin hall 175, University f Wiscnsin-Milwaukee
3243 N Dwner Ave
1:00 - 2:30 REGISTRATION (Curtin hall 939)
2:30 - 6:00 REGISTRATION (outside Curtin hall 175)
3:00 3:15 WELCOME:Richard Grusin
(Directr, Center fr 21st Century Studies)
3:15 4:30 PLENARY:Brian Massumi, Animality and Abstractin
Intrduced by Rebeka Seldn, UW-Milwaukee, C21 Prvst Fellw
4:30 4:45 BREAK
4:45 6:00 PLENARY:Erin Manning, Anter Regard
Intrduced by Nataniel Stern, UW-Milwaukee, Art and Design
6:00 7:30 RECEPTION at Sala da Pranz, 2613 E hampsire St
Friday, May 4
Curtin hall 175, University f Wiscnsin-Milwaukee
3243 N Dwner Ave
8:30 9:00 COFFEE
9:00 9:30 CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION:Richard Grusin,
Wy Nnuman? Wy Nw?
9:30 10:45 PLENARY:Jane Bennett, Tinking abut Sympaty in an Age f
Pwerful Tings
Intrduced by Kennan Fergusn, UW-Milwaukee, Plitical Science
10:45 11:00 BREAK
11:00 12:15 BREAKOUT SESSION 1
Objects 1: Curtin Hall 175
Panel Mderatr: Jasn Puskar, UW-Milwaukee, Englis
Retrical Carpentry and Becming object James J. Brwn, Jr.,UW-Madisn, Englis
Mediation 2: Curtin 118
Panel Mderatr: Carltte Frst, UW-Milwaukee, C21 Prvst Fellw
iResearc: Using Smartpnes T D Materialist Media Tery
Mark Cte, Victria University, Media and Cmmunicatin Studies
Te Materiality f Mbile Media: An object-oriented Apprac t
Mbile Netwrks Jasn Farman, University f Maryland, American
Studies and Digital Cultures and Creativity
happy AccidentsFacebk and te Autnmy f Affect Ter
Karppi, University f Turku, Media Studies
Queer/Feminist/Gaga: Curtin 109
Panel Mderatr: Susan Bernstein, UW-Madisn, Englis
object-oriented Gaga: Terizing te Nnuman Mediatin f
Twenty-First Century Celebrity Sane Densn, Leibniz Universitt
hannver, Englis
Becming Queer/Queer Becming: Art, Affect, and te Disslutin f
Being (human) rene c. gland, Wayne State University, Englis
Relatinality and te Revitalizatin f Nature In Materialist
Feminisms Janet Wirt-Caucn, Drake University, Study f Culture
and Sciety
3:45 4:00 BREAK
4:00 5:15 PLENARY:Ian Bogost, Te Aestetics f Pilspical
Carpentry
Intrduced by Micael Newman, UW-Milwaukee, Jurnalism,
Advertising and Media Studies
5:15 5:30 CLOSING REMARKS: Richard Grusin
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Tinking wit Trees: Material-Imaginatin T. hug Crawfrd,
Gergia Institute f Tecnlgy, Literature, Cmmunicatin and
Culture
Te Ec-Petics f hyper-objects: Evelyn Reillys Styrofoam Lynn
Keller, UW-Madisn, Englis
Death: Curtin Hall 124
Panel Mderatr: Peter Paik, UW-Milwaukee, Cmparative Literature
Stretced Skulls: Anamrpic Games and te Memento Mortem
Mortis Stepanie Bluk, Vassar Cllege, Media Studies and Patrick
LeMieux, Duke University, Department f Art, Art histry, and Visual
Studies
Te Crpse and oter (Pst)human (Nn)objects Sara Juliet
Laur, UC-Davis, Englis
Te ontlgy f a Visceral-object: Ntes n Cmmercial (r
Csmercial) Practices in te Meat Industry Emma Re, University
f Sutamptn, Gegrapy and Envirnment
12:15 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 2:45 PLENARY:Steven Shaviro, Cnsequences f
Panpsycism
Intrduced by Elena Grfinkel, UW-Milwaukee, Art histry
2:45 3:00 BREAK
3:00 4:15 BREAKOUT SESSION 2
Ethics: Curtin Hall 175
Panel Mderatr: Stuart Multrp, UW-Milwaukee, Englis
Tektlgy Transfer McKenzie Wark, Te New Scl fr Scial
Researc, Culture and Media
Cmpaninable objects, Cmpaninable Cnscience: Etics and
te Predicaments f Dwelling wit Tings Kennet M. Gerge, UW-
Madisn, Antrplgy
Etlgy Becmes Etics: Explding Uexkll Arun Saldana,
University f Minnesta, Gegrapy
In te Dme f te Parliament f Tings: Media Arts Engagement
wit Brun Latur (wit Peter Slterdijk as Best Man) Marc Tuters,
University f Amsterdam, Media Studies
12:00 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 2:15 PLENARY: Mark Hansen, Against Clairvyance:
Te Future f 21st Century Media
Intrduced by Sandra Braman, UW-Milwaukee, Cmmunicatin
2:15 2:30 BREAK
2:30 3:45 BREAKOUT SESSION 4
Performance: Curtin 124
Panel Mderatr: heater Warren-Crw, UW-Milwaukee, Art and
Design
Eclgy witut Nature, Teatre witut Culture: Twards an object-
oriented ontlgy f Perfrmance J Flrnci, Gldsmits,
University f Lndn, Visual Cultures
Call Me Ismael and oter (New) Material Perfrma(c)tivities and
ontlgical Entanglements Lissa hllway-Attaway, Blekinge
Institute f Tecnlgy, Englis/Literature, Culture and Digital Media
Prgrams
DesignLab and Perfrmative Sclarsip: Te Revelatins f Dr.
Kx4l3ndj3r Jn McKenzie, UW-Madisn, DesignLab
Rhetoric: Curtin 119
Panel Mderatr: Rebeka Seldn, UW-Milwaukee, C21 Prvst
Fellw
Frm te Dustbin f histry: Retric and te Prblem f
Abundance Casey Byle, University f Uta, Englis
Metastablizing Metis: Tward a Transductive Retric f Influence
over Persuasin Kevin Cassell, Micigan Tecnlgical University,
humanities
Te Inventin f te Impssible object: Etical Techne in object-
oriented Media Studies Steve hlmes, Clemsn University,
Retrics, Cmmunicatin and Infrmatin Design
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Objects 2: Curtin Hall 119
Panel Mderatr: Sandra Braman, UW-Milwaukee, Cmmunicatin
Prcess-Relatinal Tery and te Ec-ontlgical Turn: Clearing
te Grund Between Witeead, Deleuze, and harman Adrian
Ivakiv, University f Vermnt, Envirnmental Studies
New Media ontlgy: Interacting wit object-oriented Pilspy
and Cmputatinal objects Brun Lessard, Ryersn University,
New Media
Against Deleuzes Jy: Vitalism beynd Affectinate Immanence
Ben Wdard, University f Western ontari, Tery and Criticism
Animals: Curtin Hall 118
Panel Mderatr: Nigel Rtfels, UW-Milwaukee, office f
Undergraduate Researc
Talking wit Animals Marilyn Cper, Micigan Tecnlgical
University, humanities
Cmpulsry Affectivity: Affect, Animality, and te Nnuman Turn Dnvan Scaefer, Syracuse University, Religin
Animals, Assemblage, and Abstractin: Twards a Dark Etics
James K. Stanescu, Mercer University, Pilspy and
Cmmunicatin Studies
4:15 4:30 BREAK
4:30 5:45 PLENARY: Tim Morton, Tey Are here
Intrduced by Peter Paik, UW-Milwaukee, Cmparative Literature
Saturday, May 5
Curtin hall, University f Wiscnsin-Milwaukee
3243 N Dwner Ave
8:30 9:00 COFFEE
9:00 10:15 PLENARY: Wendy Chun, Imagined Netwrks
Intrduced by Anne Frances Wyscki, UW-Milwaukee, Englis
10:15 10:30 BREAK
10:30 11:45 BREAKOUT SESSION 3
Mediation 1: Curtin 124
Panel Mderatr: Micael Newman, UW-Milwaukee, Jurnalism,
Advertising and Media Studies
Mediatin fr Nnuman Cgnitins James J. Pulizzi, UCLA,
Englis
Te Gd hyperlink Anne helmnd, University f Amsterdam,
Media Studies
Simple Slutins: Slasdt and te Articulatin f Web Culture as
Infrmatin System Micael Stevensn, University f Amsterdam,
Media Studies
[. . . ] Human: Curtin 119
Panel Mderatr: Annie McClanaan, UW-Milwaukee, Englis
Digital Extinctin Jsua Scuster, University f Western ontari
Twards a Supra-human Metapysics f Media Aarn Pedintti,
NYU, Media, Culture and Cmmunicatin
Pstuman: Next Steps Lucia Santaella, S Paul Catlic
University, Tecnlgies f Intelligence and Digital Design
Arts: Curtin 118
Panel Mderatr: Ryan hlifield, UW-Milwaukee, Gegrapy
Immediatin as Prcess and Practice f Digital Mattering Cristp
Brunner, Zuric University fr te Arts, Institute fr Critical Tery
Brimming wit Vitality: Experiencing Clur Beynd human
Perceptin in Seurats La Grande Jatte Try Rades, Cncrdia
University, SenseLab