Hi all (apologies for cross-posting) Notice of an up-and-coming plenary / workshop day at AUT, the Friday before Labour Weekend. Please feel free to distribute. all the best, Geraldene
Technologies and Multimodal Discourse Plenary and Workshop Day - Friday, 23. October 2009 Session 1: Theo Van Leeuwen, University of Technology Sydney Plenary: The Critical Analysis of Semiotic Software Workshop 1: Automated Layout Design Increasingly, softwares we use to produce texts come with built-in ‘knowledges’ that control what can be ‘said’ and how. Theo Van Leeuwen argues the need for critical attention to these new developments and outlines a number of desirables for the critical analy-sis of linguistic and multimodal discourse technol- ogy with examples from key semiotic softwares such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Session 2: Rodney H. Jones, City University of Hong Kong Plenary: Body Electric - Technology and Bodily Display Workshop 2: Using Mediated Discourse Analysis to Explore Web Based Interaction Information technology has changed the ways we display our bodies and the practices for which bodily displays are utilized. Rodney H. Jones identifies and discusses new affordances of web-based technolo- gies that render bodily display more ‘discursive’, ‘negotiated’, and ‘reflective’. These new affordances not only change the ontological status of the body in social interaction, but also alter the kinds of inter- actions that occur. Plenary ttendance is free, no booking required. Workshop registration includes morning tea, afternoon tea, drinks & nibbles. Venue: Conference Centre WA224A/B, AUT University, City Campus, Wellesley St., Auckland Workshop For programme details and registration, please visit www.multimodalresearch.org.Contact/Info: Dr. Sigrid Norris, phone: +64 (0)9 921 9999 x 6262, email: [email protected]: www.multimodalresearch.org ( http://www.multimodalresearch.org/ )
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