Recently, our team had the privilege of meting with activist and author Dr. Chris Hables Gray a visiting scholar at OISE. Dr. Gray is a lecturer at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and at California State University at Monterey Bay. He is also onminds the leading minds on cyborg culture, and author ofContinue reading “Dr. Chris Hables Gray visits our team, CBC’s Spark”
Monthly Archives: February 2013
forthcoming/upcoming talks and papers
Forthcoming publications: 3rd printing, Digital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times, ed. Megan Boler, MIT Press, 2013. Matt Ratto and Megan Boler, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media, MIT Press, 2014. Ian Reilly and Megan Boler, “The Rally to Restore Sanity, Pre-politicization, and the Future of Politics” Communication, Culture and Critique (forthcoming 2013) Megan Boler,Continue reading “forthcoming/upcoming talks and papers”
Event Summary: “Hacktivists, Cyberwarriors and International Relations”
In recent weeks, the International Relations Society hosted a conference on Hacktivism at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Given the event’s focus on social action via the Internet, a few members from the Boler Research Team attended. Here is a quick summary of some of the highlights. How secure are weContinue reading “Event Summary: “Hacktivists, Cyberwarriors and International Relations””
“To See or Not to See: Cyborgs, Veillance, and Materiality”
We hope to reschedule this Cyborg panel (cancelled by snowstorm). Meanwhile, please check out interview with Dr Chris Hables Gr”ay, “MyCyborg MySelf CBC Spark Feb 15 [@16:00] http://t.co/5oSy8uQ8 (OISE/UT visiting scholar February 2013) This is a quick note with information on an upcoming panel event organized by Dr. Boler which will take place at the OISE/UT this Friday FebruraryContinue reading ““To See or Not to See: Cyborgs, Veillance, and Materiality””