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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