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From: jaroslav@artdata.win.net (Jay Jaroslav)
To: Multiple recipients of list
Dear Colleague:
Little more than one hundred years ago Thomas Edison put his first dynamos on line in New York City. The technology was primitive by current standards. Nevertheless, the Age of Electricity had begun. Telephone, phonograph, radio, film, television and computers are emblematic of the twentieth century and have effected changes in culture and consciousness of historic proportions.
While the debate as to the effects of electronic media continues, we find ourselves approaching another threshold. Digitalization and light-speed communications are among the technologies that put us in a position relative to the twenty-first century comparable to that which Edison and his peers occupy in relation to ours.
What is on the other side of this threshold, and what impact will current administration policy have on our cultural lives and those of our children and grand-children?
In order to address these issues, the Center for Art Research in Boston, Massachusetts is organizing a three-day symposium on the role of the arts and humanities in the development of policy for the National Information Infrastructure. The symposium, entitled TOWARDS A 21ST CENTURY CULTURAL ALLIANCE, An Arts and Humanities Agenda for the National Information Infrastructure, will be held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14-16, 1994. The symposium will bring together government officials, artists, writers, telecommunications policy experts, computer and social scientists, representatives of arts and cultural organizations and other concerned individuals, to discuss and debate many of the issues which will effect the cultural lives of all Americans during the coming decades.
The symposium is being structured to achieve several objectives. One primary objective is to assemble key representatives of core constituencies who would not ordinarily have a chance to meet. Presentation sessions, roundtable and panel-discussions and frequent informal meetings will provide opportunities for participants to exchange ideas and information. Professional facilitators will assist working groups to formulate long-term and short-term objectives and to propose counter-challenges to administration and legislative agendas. A final session will be devoted to the conclusions of participants and to specific plans of action which may be implemented in the months and years to come.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
This is a call for presentation, panel and performance proposals, approximately twenty of which will be selected by the Program Committee for development and presentation at the symposium. The Program Committee has chosen not to suggest any specific topics, but special consideration will be given to those efforts that take a critical perspective of the issues.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Proposals should be presented in abstracts of approximately 300-500 words. Illustrations, drawings, photographs or other graphic material may be submitted at this time. Persons or organizations proposing a panel or roundtable discussion should contact potential panelists or participants prior to submitting their proposals. All proposals are due in hard copy at the address below by April 15, 1994. Selected presenters will be notified by May 15. Presentations, demonstrations or performances will be alloted half an hour. Panels should not exceed one hour. Videotapes, recordings, etc. will be considered as part of panels or as a component of presentations or performances. Submitted videotape, optical disk, film, and other media will be returned. Brief biographical information should accompany submissions on a separate page. Submission of an abstract or proposal indicates your intention, obligation and capability to write, present, or demonstrate the corresponding full-length work if selected.
LOCATION AND FACILITIES
The symposium will be held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts on a secluded five-acre wooded estate. The House of the Academy offers superior conference facilities, including a 225-seat lecture hall; reception atrium and hearth; three separate dining rooms; a 28-seat board room, 40-seat council room and a library.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded during the American Revolution by individuals who contributed prominently to the philosophical foundations of the new nation and to the establishment of its government and institutions. Maintaining its initial concern with the development of knowledge as a means of promoting the public interest and social progress, the Academy has both grown and evolved since its founding. Today it is a learned society with a dual function - to honor achievement in science, scholarship, the arts and public affairs; and to conduct a varied program of projects and studies reflecting the interests of its members and responsive to the needs and problems of society.
MEALS AND ACCOMMODATIONS
Meals will be provided by the Academy and are included in the registration fee. Hotel reservations have been made for symposium participants, but reservations must be confirmed by August 10. A list of hotels with reserved rooms will be provided with registration information forms which will be available after April 15. Early registration is suggested as space is limited. Hotel accommodations are not included in the price of registration.
DEADLINES
The deadline for submission of proposals is April 15, 1994. The deadline for symposium registration and hotel reservations is August 10, 1994.
All materials should be sent to:
Program Committee, CENTER FOR ART RESEARCH 241 A Street, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02210-1302
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Jay Jaroslav, Director jaroslav@artdata.win.net CENTER FOR ART RESEARCH 241 A Street Boston, MA voice: (617) 451-8030 02210-1302 USA fax: (617) 451-1196
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