<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi SIGCISers,<br></div>Passing along details for a summer program I'm involved with in Pisa this July.  Details below.  Happy to answer questions, or contact the program coordinator for particulars.<br></div>Thanks for looking,<br></div>David <br><br><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:white"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Media Archaeology summer school</font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:white"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#222222" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">University of Pisa</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><br>July 4-8</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:white"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#222222" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">350 € (</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">300 € for registration by May 2) </font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:white"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#222222" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Includes course materials, lunches, and coffee breaks</font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:white"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#222222" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><br></font>Program description:<br>Rather than a discipline, Media Archaeology may be seen as a perspective which addresses different practices and methodological approaches. Media culture – including the culture of the so-called “new media” – is investigated as a product of stratification of different social and historical processes. <br><br>The aim of the Summer school is double: on one hand to draw a map of contemporary Media Archaeology; on the other hand, to discuss about open fields of research from the perspective of Media Archaeology. The course will be held by European and North American experts from different disciplines who will illustrate the complexity and potentialities of this perspective. Faculty staff includes: James Hay (University of Illinois, Vincenzo Mele (University of Pisa), David Parisi (College of Charleston), Jeremy Packer (University of Toronto), Jussi Parikka (University of Southampton),  Wanda Strauven (University of Amsterdam).<font face="times new roman,serif"><br></font></span></font></div><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13.3333px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:white"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#222222" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.79px">For further details, please visit:</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:white"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#222222" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><a href="https://owa.cofc.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank"><font color="#1155CC">https://www.facebook.com/Summer-School-Media-Archaeology-Pisa-Italy-205726879786589/</font></a><br></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:white"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#222222" size="1"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><a href="https://owa.cofc.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank"><font color="#1155CC">http://mediarchaeology.hosting.unipi.it/</font></a></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">For questions, please contact program coordinator <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Anita Paolicchi (</span><span id="cloak46865" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://owa.cofc.edu/owa/redir.aspx?REF=W3OOQBo1YErjF1Mh4qoOtgX6hHOEOORW7XZtWX9IUc04WCeuQXDTCAFtYWlsdG86c3NtYS5waXNhQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ.." target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none!important">ssma.pisa@gmail.com</a>).</span></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">===<br><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><div><div><div><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">David Parisi, Ph.D.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:small"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">Associate Professor, Department of Communication</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">Faculty Affiliate, Computer Science Department</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">College of Charleston<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:small"><a href="https://owa.cofc.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx" tabindex="0" target="_blank" style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">parisid@cofc.edu</a><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a href="https://owa.cofc.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">http://communication.cofc.edu/about/faculty-staff-listing/parisi-david.php</a></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica">Twitter: <a href="https://owa.cofc.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">@Dave_Parisi</a></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div>