[csaa-forum] 'Gamer Theory'/McKenzie Wark/UNSW Friday 25 July

[Gerard Goggin]

'Gamer Theory'
Public lecture by McKenzie Wark
UNSW 4pm Friday 25 July -- all welcome

How did the critical theory of media become hypocritical theory? On
the one hand, critical theory has become a mandarin exercise,
concerned only with the past. On the other, developments in new media
receive mostly enthusiastic endorsements and the talk is mostly tips
for how to use the 'tools'.

In this presentation McKenzie Wark tries to reconnect the broader critical
focus of media theory with everyday and contemporary questions. He will
discuss work he has published in three recent books, A Hacker Manifesto
(Harvard 2004), Gamer Theory (Harvard 2007) and 50 Years of Recuperation
(Princeton 2008). He will examine both the theory and the practice of
critical media studies.

Refreshments afterwards.

WHERE :   Robert Webster building, Room 327,
University of New South Wales

WHEN :  4pm Friday,  25 July

Associate Professor McKenzie Wark is a well-known Australian cultural
theorist, working at Eugene Lang College and the New School of Social
Research, New York.

Sponsored by the Journalism and Media Research Centre.
http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/

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Gerard Goggin
Professor of Digital Communication 
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Journalism and Media Research Centre
University of New South Wales
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