The Politics of Presence: mixed-media colloquium
Presence - being there, witnessing; the presence of the past - from its effect upon political opinion to the cultural politics of heritage; the authenticity of media reports; surveillance tracking of the digital citizen; the politics of association in virtual online worlds; political representation in an age of digital media; documentation - making present what may become lost to history.
"Live" events centered around a discussion of such topics led by archaeologists Ian Russell (Trinity Dublin), Alfredo Ruibal (Madrid), and Chris Witmore (Brown) and by new media expert David Phillips (Austin, Texas).
"Absent" events - online, in a virtual world, and on a military base in Europe.
Chronicle of the colloquium and links to the absent events can be found at the Humanities Lab wiki.