PACIFIC CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE

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Announcement:
PACIFIC CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE (PACTAC)


We are pleased to announce the opening of the Pacific Centre for
Technology and Culture.

Located at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the
Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture (PACTAC) is conceived as a
unique interdisciplinary institute for researching and teaching
issues related to the impact of technological change on culture,
politics and society. Simultaneously a centre of global intellectual
exchange and an innovative and collaborative site for exploring the
digital future, PACTAC approaches the question of technology from
perspectives which are interdisciplinary in scope, critical in
sensibility, and creative, experimental and immersive in method.

CTHEORY is an integral part of the intellectual project of the
Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture. "Electronic Theory:
Science, Terror and Nihilism," PACTAC's inaugural lecture series
(listed below) will be streamed and archived on CTHEORY‚s web site
http://www.ctheory.net

The Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture has been created
within the context of Dr. Arthur Kroker's Canada Research Chair in
Technology, Culture and Theory, Department of Political Science,
University of Victoria and is supported with infrastructure funding
from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, British Columbia
Knowledge Developmment Fund as well as the generous support of the
University of Victoria.

kind regards,

Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
Editors, CTHEORY


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PACIFIC CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE (PACTAC)

Lecture Series: Winter 2004
Electronic Theory: Science, Terror & Nihilism

University of Victoria
British Columbia, Canada
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Thursday January 29. 4:00pm

Sound Unbound / Rhythm Science
Paul D. Miller a.k.a. Dj Spooky

New York based multimedia artist, theorist and remix sound Dj.

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Thursday February 12. 2:30pm

The Cultural Politics of Bio-genetics
Dr. William Leiss, F.R.S.C.

NSERC/SSHRC/Industry Research Chair in Risk Communication and Public
Policy, University of Calgary.
Past President: The Royal Society of Canada.

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Monday February 16. 2:30pm

Re-Reading the War on Terrrorr: Technology, Culture and Security
Bradley Bryan, Benjamin Muller, Sara Pash, Geoff Whitehall.

Symposium moderated by Dr. James Tully.
Department of Political Science, University of Victoria.

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Wednesday March 10. 4:00pm

The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism
Dr. Arthur Kroker: Multimedia Book Launch & Lecture

Canada Research Chair in Technologyy, Culture and Theory
Department of Political Science, University of Victoria

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Sponsors:

Dr. Arthur Kroker, CRC in Technology, Culture and Theory
University of Victoria.

CTHEORY. www.ctheory.net >> live stream on ctheory.net

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PACTAC Location:
Technology Enterprise Facility (TEF), Room 170. 2300 MacKenzie.

Limited Seating for all Events: Reservations Required
Contact: ctheory@uvic.ca (250) 472-5285

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*
* CTHEORY is an international journal of theory, technology and
* culture. Articles, interviews, and key book reviews in
* contemporary discourse are published weekly as well as
* theorisations of major "event-scenes" in the mediascape.
*
* Editors: Arthur and Marilouise Kroker
*
* Editorial Board: Jean Baudrillard (Paris), Paul Virilio (Paris),
* Bruce Sterling (Austin), R.U. Sirius (San Francisco), Siegfried
* Zielinski (Koeln), Stelarc (Melbourne), Richard Kadrey (San
* Francisco), DJ Spooky [Paul D. Miller] (NYC), Timothy Murray
* (Ithaca/Cornell), Lynn Hershman Leeson (San Francisco), Stephen
* Pfohl (Boston), Andrew Ross (NYC), David Cook (Toronto), Ralph
* Melcher (Sante Fe), Shannon Bell (Toronto), Gad Horowitz
* (Toronto), Andrew Wernick (Peterborough).
*
* In Memory: Kathy Acker
*
* Editorial Correspondents: Ken Hollings (UK),
* Maurice Charland (Canada) Steve Gibson (Canada/Sweden).
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* Editorial Assistant: Ted Hiebert
* WWW Design & Technical Advisor: Spencer Saunders (CTHEORY.NET)
* WWW Engineer Emeritus: Carl Steadman

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To view CTHEORY online please visit:
http://www.ctheory.net/

To view CTHEORY MULTIMEDIA online please visit:
http://ctheorymultimedia.cornell.edu/

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* CTHEORY includes:
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* 1. Electronic reviews of key books in contemporary theory.
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* 2. Electronic articles on theory, technology and culture.
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* 3. Event-scenes in politics, culture and the mediascape.
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* 4. Interviews with significant theorists, artists, and writers.
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* 5. Multimedia theme issues and projects.
*
*
* The Editors would like the thank the University of Victoria for
* financial and intellectual support of CTheory. In particular, the
* Editors would like to thank the Dean of Social Sciences, Dr. John
* Schofield, the Dean of Engineering, Dr. D. Michael Miller and Dr.
* Jon Muzio, Department of Computer Science.
*
* No use of CTHEORY articles without permission. Works from the
* CTHEORY archive may only be reprinted with permission of the
* Editors. Email ctheory@uvic.ca for more information.
*
* Mailing address: CTHEORY, University of Victoria, PO Box 3050,
* Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 3P5.
*
* Full text and microform versions are available from UMI, Ann Arbor,
* Michigan; and Canadian Periodical Index/Gale Canada, Toronto.
*
* Indexed in: International Political Science Abstracts/
* Documentation politique international; Sociological Abstract
* Inc.; Advance Bibliography of Contents: Political Science and
* Government; Canadian Periodical Index; Film and Literature Index.
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