Skepsi’s Fourth Annual Multi-disciplinary Conference

University of Kent (Keynes Lecture Theatre 2), Friday 27 May 2011

Read the CALL FOR PAPERS.

9am-9.50am  Welcome and Registration

9.50am-10am  Introduction (Skepsi Editorial Board)

10am-11am

Online Challenges: Facing and Thinking

Crispin Lee (University of Kent), ‘Merleau-Ponty and Serres: Twittering Demons?’

LISTEN TO THE INTRODUCTION AND THE FIRST PANEL*

11am-11.30am  Coffee Break

11.30am-12.30am

Online Identities: New Social Practices and Conceptions of the Self

Jake T. Lussier (University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.), ‘Informational Privacy in Online Social Networks: A Capability Approach-Based Analysis’

Matt Lee (University of Greenwich), ‘Finding a Voice: Opening a new Future for the Avatar’

LISTEN TO THE SECOND PANEL*

12.30am-2pm  Lunch

2pm-3pm

Online Activisms and (Self-)Assertions: the Lobbying Possibilities offered by Virtual Communities and the Web Interface

Ilaria Masenga (University of Exeter), ‘Between Readership and Fandom: Studying Readers’ Responses through Online Literary Appreciation Groups’

Maria Morelli (University of Kent), ‘Reshaping Feminism through the Net: Towards the Raise of Cyber-Feminism?’

LISTEN TO THE THIRD PANEL*

3pm-3.30pm  Coffee Break

3.30pm-4.30pm

Online Revolutions: New Forms of Social and Political Networking

Jacob T. Bradsher (University of Kent), ‘Commons and Enclosures: Genres of Revolutionary Narrative in Online Communities’

Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (Royal Holloway, University of London), ‘The Iranian Protest of 2009 and Social Media: The Intersection of Technology and Political Culture’

LISTEN TO THE FOURTH PANEL*

4.30pm Final Remarks and Wine Reception

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