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Thursday 7 April, 4.30-6pm, University of Sydney<BR>
co-convened by Department of Media and Communications and Digital Cultures Program<BR>
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As part of his Australian visit, USyd will host a masterclass by the legendary Theodor Holm (‘Ted’) Nelson, especially focussed at PhD students and early-career researchers across the humanities, social sciences and sciences working on computers, texts, and their worlds.<BR>
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The topic will be:<BR>
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OUR UNSEEN PRISON<BR>
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The ancient conventions of the computer world control our lives, unexamined. (Why can't you annotate files and documents? Tradition!) Lump files and hierarchy imprison users and have stuck us with one-way hypertext. I will show possible alternatives as existence<BR>
proof.<BR>
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The masterclass will be held on Thursday 7 April, 4.30-6pm at the University of Sydney (venue to be advised).<BR>
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Spaces are limited, so if you wish to participate please email Gerard Goggin (<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="gerard.goggin@sydney.edu.au">gerard.goggin@sydney.edu.au</a></U></FONT>), indicating your interest in this event — and how your work intersects with that of Ted Nelson ( <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://ted.hyperland.com/">http://ted.hyperland.com/</a></U></FONT>)<BR>
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Ted Nelson will also be giving a public lecture on Wed 6 April:<BR>
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‘The Computer World Could be Completely Different ‘<BR>
Theodor Holm Nelson<BR>
Founding Designer, Project Xanadu<BR>
Wed 6 April 2011, 6pm-7.30pm, Law School Foyer, University of Sydney<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/ted_nelson.shtml">http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2011/ted_nelson.shtml</a><BR>
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Ted Nelson's visit to Australia has been supported by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney.<BR>
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Gerard Goggin<BR>
Professor of Media and Communications <BR>
Department of Media and Communications<BR>
University of Sydney <BR>
e: <a href="gerard.goggin@sydney.edu.au">gerard.goggin@sydney.edu.au</a><BR>
p: +61 2 9114 1218 <BR>
m: +61 428 66 88 24<BR>
w: <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/media_communications/staff/ggoggin">http://sydney.edu.au/arts/media_communications/staff/ggoggin</a><BR>
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Address: <BR>
Level 2, room 206<BR>
Holme Building (A09a) <BR>
Footbridge terrace entrance<BR>
University of Sydney NSW 2006<BR>
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