• 10:00am 12:30pm
    Animism and Media

    “The Medium is the Movement:  Species, Animation and Projection from Perspectiva to the Magic Lantern”
    Tom Gunning (Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago)

    “The Frequencies of Animism in Brazil: Media, Mediums, and Dr. Fritz”
    Tadeu Capistrano (Media, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

    • Chair

      Stefan Andriopoulos

      Columbia University

    • Speaker

      Tom Gunning

      The University of Chicago

    • Speaker

      Tadeu Capistrano

      Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (EBA / UFRJ)

    • Respondent

      Rosalind Morris

      Columbia University

  • 1:30pm 5:00pm
    Intermediality and the Nature of the Medium

    “The Incomparable. Comparative Media and Medium Specificity”
    Peter Geimer (Art History, Free University of Berlin)

    “Untouchability in the Extended Field”
    Kajri Jain (Art History, University of Toronto)

    “Impairment” Across Bodies and Signals
     Mara Mills (Media, Culture and Communication, NYU)

    • Chair

      Reinhold Martin

      Columbia University

    • Speaker

      Peter Geimer

      Freie Universität, Berlin

    • Speaker

      Kajri Jain

      University of Toronto, Mississauga

    • Speaker

      Mara Mills

      New York University, Steinhardt

    • Respondent

      Ying Qian

      Columbia University

  • 5:30pm 7:30pm
    Keynote
    • Introduction

    • Keynote

      Ravi Sundaram

      Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi