[-empyre-] Welcome to the November discussion on -emppyre

[Renate Terese Ferro]

Welcome to our November discussion on -empyre soft-skinned space,
Transnational Environments and Locative Places.  The discussion will be
moderated by long-time -empyre friends
Patricia R. Zimmermann (United States), and Dale Hudson (United Arab
Emirates/United States).  We are thrilled that their recent book Thinking
Through Digital MediaTransnational Environments and Locative Places
http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/thinking-through-digital-media-dale-hud
son/?isb=9781137433619
has been the  catalyst for this month¹s topic which highlights conceptual
issues in global digital media practices. Thanks Patty, Dale and all of
your guests for joining us this month.  I have included the moderator¹s
biographies below. 

Moderator Biographies:
DALE HUDSON (UAE/USA) is a media theorist, critic, and curator.  Dale
Hudson is Associate Professor (NTE) and Curator of Film and New Media at
New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. His work appears in
American Quarterly, Cinema Journal, Screen, and other journals and
anthologies. He is coauthor (with Patricia Zimmermann) of Thinking Through
Digital Media: Transnational Environments and Locative Places (Palgrave,
2015). He curates online exhibitions for the Finger Lakes Environmental
Film Festival (FLEFF), and served on the preselection committee for the
Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF).

PATRICIA R. ZIMMERMANN (USA) is Professor of Screen Studies and Codirector
of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival at Ithaca College, USA
(www.ithaca.edu/fleff <http://www.ithaca.edu/fleff>). Her books include
Reel Families: A Social History of Amateur Film; States of Emergency:
Documentaries, Wars, Democracies; and Mining the Home Movie: Excavations
in Histories and Memories. With Dale Hudson, she is coauthor of Thinking
Through Digital Media: Transnational Environments and Locative Places
(Palgrave, 2015). Two new books, Open Spaces: Openings, Closing and
Thresholds of International Public Media (University of St. Andrews Press)
and The Flaherty: 60 Years in the Cause of Independent Cinema (coauthored
with Scott MacDonald) (Indiana University Press), will be published in
2016.


Renate Ferro
Visiting Associate Professor of Art
Cornell University
Department of Art
Tjaden Hall, Office 306
Ithaca, NY  14853
Email: rferro at cornell.edu
URL:  http://www.renateferro.net
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Managing Moderator of -empyre- soft skinned space
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