Very excited to be attending and presenting at #PAMLA19 in San Diego, CA in November. I’ll be presenting on how Nicola Barker’s dystopian novel H(A)PPY implicates algorithms in directing individuals towards particular ways of living.
“But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.”
With just over two weeks until #CommonGround2019, we’re delighted to announce the titles for our keynote talks.
On 20 June at 4:30 @KevPow3 will be speaking on ‘The Tree of Liberty and the Blood of Patriots: Gore Vidal, Timothy McVeigh, and the Culture Wars’.
We’re delighted to release the draft schedule for #CommonGround2019. Please register for free at Eventbrite below. We hope to see you there!
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Two weeks to go until we close the call for #CommonGround2019.
So far we’ve had submissions for papers ranging from Ancient Rome to Derry Girls. We can’t wait to see what else you have for us.
“The spiritual value of an object, as distinct from a message or an example, can only be explained in terms of magic or religion”
—John Berger, “Ways of Seeing”
#CommonGround2019
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