The annual Data|Media|Digital Graduate Student Symposium returns to our traditional in-person day-long format this year! Join us for a full day of presentations on a wide range of topics related to data studies, media studies, and digital studies, showcasing the exciting multi-disciplinary work being produced across campus.
Program & Schedule · Click HERE for a PDF version.
Note: all in Knight Library DREAM Lab.
Click HERE for a PDF flyer for D|M|D 2022 · Visit the D|M|D Archives.
9:30 AM: Opening Remarks + Welcome by D|M|D Grad Symposium organizers: UO Faculty Maxwell Foxman (SOJC), Heidi Kaufman (English & DH@UO), and Colin Koopman (Philosophy & NMCC)
9:45-11:15 AM: PANEL A: INFRASTRUCTURES
Moderator: Gabriela Chitwood (History of Art & Architecture)
Shuxi Wu, Asian Studies: “Regional Internets: The Mobile Telecom-Led Model of Internet Development in Japan and China”
S. Hamid, SOJC: “An Automated Pig Is Still a Pig”
Paul Showler, Philosophy: “Consider the Robot: An Ecumenical Account of AI Rights”
11:15-12:00 PM: FACULTY RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
Helen Southworth, Professor, English: “Designing for the Diasporic Archive: Making the Modernist Archives Publishing Project”
Amanda Cote, Assistant Professor, SOJC: “The Digital Through the Material”
12:00-1:30 PM: Lunch Break
1:30-3:00 PM: PANEL B: PROCESSES
Moderator: Maxwell Foxman (Media Studies, SOJC)
Kathleen Gekiere, English: “Caught in the Middle: Foraging Relationships with Matsutake and Huckleberries”
Hannah Gershone, Environmental Studies: “Transracial Adoptees and Uncertain Futurities: An Adoptee Art Archive”
Jared Hansen, SOJC: “Packaging Video Game Nostalgia: How Clone Consoles Sell New Experiences for Old Games”
3:00-3:30 PM: Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 PM: PANEL C: COMMUNITIES
Moderator: Heidi Kaufman (English + DH)
Molly McBride, Anthropology: “Cyborg Lesbians: TikTok’s Algorithm and the Construction of Sexuality”
Samantha Lorenzo and Megan Denneny, SOJC: “Conformation or Conspiracy: Exploring the Infiltration of Pop Culture Ideologies Among Millenials”
Andrew Wilson, SOJC: “Isolation Play: Video Game Uses and Gratifications During the COVID-19 Pandemic”
5:00-5:15 PM: Closing Remarks
Data|Media|Digital is an annual collaboration between the following University of Oregon units: Digital Humanities (Department of English), New Media & Culture Certificate, School of Journalism & Communication, with Digital Scholarship Services, University Libraries. Please visit the following sites for further information on Data|Media|Digital classes, programs, & events at the University of Oregon:
New Media and Culture Certificate for Grads (NMCC)
DH Minor, Department of English
PhD in Communication and Media Studies, SOJC
MA in Multimedia Journalism, SOJC
Media Studies Major and Minor, SOJC
Digital Scholarship Services (DSS), UO Libraries