Events & Calendars Aesthetics of Information Conference

What are the aesthetics of information? Fifty years after “the society of the spectacle,” how does information entangle with spectacle—as news, entertainment, propaganda or style? How do ideologies of information inflect forms of sensing and knowing? What are the social, legal and technological consequences of prioritizing information over communication as societal infrastructure? How do characteristics of information direct our attention, dazzle and confuse us?

Session 1: "Affects of Assembly"
Francis Cody, Anthropology, University of Toronto
Kyle Parry, History of Art & Visual Culture, UC Santa Cruz
Miyako Inoue, Anthropology, Stanford University
Commentator: Jennifer Pranolo

Session 2: "Labors of Style"
Alison Hearn, Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
Viveca Greene, Communication and Media Studies, Hampshire College
Aileen Robinson, Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University
Commentator: Amy Johnson

Session 3: "Channels of Attention"
Alaina Lemon, Anthropology, University of Michigan
Emily Lordi, English, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Emily West, Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Commentator: Colleen Daniher