sexta-feira, 25 de março de 2011

SFRA 2011 - a kind reminder (1st of n)

Dear all,

there is still time but this would probably be an auspicious moment to whip out a short abstract and send it the organizer of the 2011 SFRA conference at sfra2011@gmail.com .

The details on the leaflet and/or online st http://sfra2011.pl

I'll be back.

Pawel

quinta-feira, 17 de março de 2011

Prêmios SFRA 2011

Lista de premiados pela Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) este ano:

* Pilgrim Award: Donna Haraway

* Pioneer Award: John Reider, "On Defining SF, or Not"

* Clareson Award: The Tiptree Motherboard (Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin, Ellen Klages, Jeanne Gomoll, Jeff Smith, Pat Murphy)

* Mary Kay Bray: Alfredo Suppia, "Southern Portable Panic: Federico Álvarez’s Ataque
de Pánico!"

* Student Paper: Bradley Fest, "Tales of Archival Crisis: Stephenson’s Reimagining of the Post-Apocalyptic Frontier"
Honorable Mention: Erin McQuiston, "Thank God It’s Friday: Threatened Frontier Masculinity in Robinson Crusoe on Mars"

sexta-feira, 4 de março de 2011

Remix Cinema

Welcome to Remix Cinema: the collaborative making, deconstruction and distribution of digital artefacts, a workshop exploring the role of audio-visual remix practices in contemporary digital culture.
Organised by the Oxford Internet Institute – OII (University of Oxford) in collaboration with UNIA Prácticas y Culturas Digitales (Universidad Internacional de Andalucía – UNIA) and funded by the Beyond Text programme of the Arts & Humanities Research Council – AHRC, this workshop will take place on 24th and 25th March 2011 in Oxford.

http://remixcinema.org/