WELCOME!
From October 1-3, Basel was hosting the international symposium /dis/connecting/media/. This symposium tackled the challenges presented by changes in media which have been accelerated by digitalization and mobilization, and thus provided a platform to present and discuss the latest developements in tele- and mobile-phone research.
THE SYMPOSIUM
/dis/connecting/media/ brought together twenty international scholars from different cultural- and socio-scientific studies to present and discuss theories, methods and case studies about the media, social, and cultural relevance of the (mobile)-phone. A range of highly interdisciplinary papers from the fields of media, literature, theatre, as well as sociology, philosophy, and technology were dealing with this conference topic. Through this interdisciplinary approach, /dis/connecting/media/ investigated the multi-faceted phenomena of the telephone from different angels, ciombining academic research and approaches with views on the mobile phone in cinema and literature and projects of media artists.
THE PROGRAMME
was organised into seven thematic blocks plus three evening lectures accompanied by the framework programme of the Forum /Fest_Netz/. The symposium /dis/connecting/media/ opened with a lecture by Dr. Hansmartin Siegrist in Stadtkino Basel and closed with a presentation of the !Mediengruppe Bitnik in the artspace [plug.in]. Detailed information on the symposium can be found in the conference programme.
THE ORGANIZERS
The symposium /dis/connecting/media/ was organized by the interdisciplinary graduate program Prodoc „Aesthetics of Intermediality. Play – Ritual – Performance“ from the Universities of Basel and Bern and the leading house Institut für Medienwissenschaften (/i/f/m) Basel.
PLACE
The conference was held in the baselcitystudios. For Information on the location view here.
