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  • 2/10 Event Rescheduled, Hyperlinking Flusser

    Event Rescheduled 

    German Colloquium Spring 2016

    Hyperlinking Flusser

     

    Britta Meredith, PhD Candidate

    Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages

    University of Connecticut

     

    Wednesday, February 10, 1.30-2.30pm

    Oak Hall 236

     

    Vilém Flusser (1920-1991) was a 20th century pioneer in Media Theory. His ideas, like Ted Nelson's and George Landow's, influenced scholars globally and paved the way for what we call now Digital Humanities. In her project (an annotated website focusing on Flusser’s 1989 essay, hyperlinks, and accessibility), Britta Meredith will illustrate similarities and differences between Flusser’s core ideas and concepts and present the potentials and problems of intermediality. What multiple readings of Flusser’s texts could arise if heterogeneous definitions were neglected? The integration of hyperlinks in Flusser’s work is vital for a deep understanding of his writing, and for illustrating his conceptual frameworks in their interconnectedness.

    Sponsored by LANGSA

     

     

    For questions, please contact: Britta.Meredith@uconn.edu

    or Niko.Tracksdorf@uconn.edu

    For more information, contact: Britta Meredith at britta.meredith@uconn.edu