[Air-l] Media technology and sexuality: a symposium 15 June sussex, UK

[Kathleen O'Riordan]

Media Technology and Sexuality: A Symposium

followed by a drinks reception and launch for the book
 'Queer Online'

15th June 2007 - 10.30am - 7.00pm

Hosted by the Centre for Research into Material Digital Culture, Department 
of Media and Film, University of Sussex

10.00am coffee and registration

10.30am - 1.00pm Panel one: Chaired by Caroline Bassett

Queer theories and cybersubjects: intersecting figures
Kate O'Riordan, Department of Media and Film, University of Sussex

Belonging through violence: Belonging, erase and performativity in queer 
migrant community
Adi Kuntsman, Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster

Life outside the latex, HIV, Sex and the Online Barebacking Community
Sharif Mowlabocus, Department of Media and Film, University of Sussex


1.00pm-2.00pm lunch

2.00pm-4.30pm Panel two: Chaired by Sally Munt

The techno-politics of everyday life: Queerying sexual and gender identities
Irmi Karl, Department of Computing Mathematical & Information Sciences, 
University of Sussex

Computer Cross-Dressing: Queering the Virtual Subject
Debra Ferreday, Institute for Cultural Research, University of Lancaster

No Fauxxx - New Queer Altporn
Feona Attwood, Department of Sheffield Hallam University


17.00-19.00 Reception and book launch - Queer Online, Peter Lang, 2007

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All welcome but numbers are limited. To register a place, email Vanessa 
Sammut on: V.A.Sammut at sussex.ac.uk

Please note there will be a £15 registration fee.