The Future of Human(ity)
Nipissing University, July 22-24, 2016:
The Fedeli Business Centre (F210)
Friday, July 22, 2016
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09.15 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10.00 | Mike DeGagné (President, Nipissing University): Welcome Councillor Sheldon Forgette (City of North Bay): Welcome |
| 10.10 | Skawennati: “My Life As An Avatar (xox remix)” |
| 10.25 | KEYNOTE: Adam Nash (RMIT University, Australia) “Actual Fantasy, Modulation Chains, and Swarms of Thought-Controlled Babel Drones: Digital Ontology in the Posthuman Era” |
| 11.30 | Refreshments |
| 11.50 | Catherine Jenkins (Ryerson, Canada). “Human versus Cyborg Life: Quality versus Quantity” |
| 12.10 | Eric Weichel (Nipissing, Canada). “The Posthuman: Donna Haraway, Cyborgs, and Contemporary Art” |
| 12.30 | Andy Belyea (Royal Military College, Canada): “Self-Defence: Bodies at War in the Posthuman Era” |
| 12.50 | Discussion |
| 1.05 | Lunch |
| 2.10 | KEYNOTE: Peter Eckersall (CUNY Graduate Theatre, USA) “Towards a Dramaturgy of Robots and Object Figures” |
| 3.10 | Refreshments |
| 3.30 | Leslie Thielen-Wilson (Nipissing, Canada): “Invitations to Equality? Law, De/Humanization, and Agency in a White Settler Context” |
| 3.50 | Paisley Cozzarin (University of Waterloo, Canada): “Cripping the Nonhuman: A Material Feminist Intervention in ‘Frankenfish’” |
| 4.10 | David R Witzling (U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): "Exercises in Secular Heresy: Technological Determinism, Civil Liberties, and the Taboo of Diminishing Returns." |
| 4.30 | Discussion |
| 5.30 | Drinks Exhibition Opening: The Future of Human(ity) White Water Gallery: 122 Main St East P1B 8K6 |
| 7.30 | Conference Dinner: Raven and Republic (upstairs) 246 First Ave West P1B 3C1 |
Saturday, July 23, 2016: The Fedeli Business Centre (F210)
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9.00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 9.30 | KEYNOTE: Fred Spier (University of Amsterdam, Holland) “Wished futures and expected futures: a reflection on scenarios of the future of humanity from the point of view of big history” |
| 10.40 | Refreshments |
| 11.00 | Hilary Earl (Nipissing, Canada): "Reflections on Death Tourism in the Age of Experiential Education" |
| 11.20 | Gillian McCann (Nipissing, Canada): "Secular Pilgrimage: Making Meaning in Late Modernity" |
| 11.40 | Pavlina Radia (Nipissing, Canada): "From Gas Chambers to 9/11: The Ecstasy of Postmemory and Contemporary American Culture" |
| 12.00 | Discussion |
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| 1.20 | Eric Weichel (Nipissing, Canada): “Rehabilitating the “Universal Classic”: Dancing Bodies in Motion and Mutation” |
| 1.40 | Paul Monaghan (Nipissing, Canada): “A Stratigraphy of the Imagination: Greek Theatre, the Posthuman, and the Future” |
| 2.00 | Discussion |
| 2.15 | Refreshments |
| 2.40 | Madhuri Vairapandi (Georgetown University, USA): "Wuthering Heights and the Violence of Narcissistic Humanity: A map to guide the present into an ethical futurity". |
| 3.00 | “Christine Bolus-Reichert (University of Toronto-Scarborough, Canada): “The Shock Doctrine in Apocalyptic Fiction” |
| 3.20 | Laurie Kruk (Nipissing, Canada): “Guy Vandehaeghe and the Future of the Marginalized Canadian Male” |
| 3.40 | Discussion |
| 4.00 | Break |
| 4.30 | KEYNOTE: Keith Hipel (University of Waterloo, Canada) “Technology and Policy Options for a Low-Emission Energy System in Canada” |
Sunday, July 24, 2016: The Fedeli Business Centre (F210)
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9.30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10.00 | Eli Park Sorensen (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China): “Blade Runner and the Right to Life” |
| 10.20 | Aaron Weiss (York University, Canada): “Interdisciplinarity as the future of academia, the arts, and sciences” |
| 10.40 | Timothy Sibbald (Nipissing, Canada): “Developing Secondary Teachers Who Engage in Interdisciplinary Thinking” |
| 11.00 | Discussion |
| 11.15 | Refreshments |
| 11.35 | Maggie Zeng (Nipissing, Canada): “Gender Mainstreaming in Peace and Security” |
| 11.55 | Manuel Litalien (Nipissing, Canada): "Gender, Religions and Social Development: A Reflection on the Transnational Role of the Sakyadhita and the Alliance for Bhikkhunis" |
| 12.15 | Rebin Omar Mohammed Ameen (Hindu College, Delhi University, India): “Ruling Out Religious Intolerance: Jainism and Baha’i as Examples” |
| 12.30 | Discussion |
| 12.45 | Lunch |
| 1.40 | Anahit Armenakyan (Nipissing, Canada): “International Business Relationships” |
| 2.00 | Isaac Owusu Frimpong (Jilin University, China): “Migration Concerns in the 21st Century” |
| 2.20 | Hamza Ates (Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey): “The Future of Government: An Evaluation of Drivers of Change and Major Trends”” |
| 2.40 | Discussion |
| 3.00 | Refreshments |
| 3.15 | Working Groups |
| 4.15 | Working Group Reports |
| 4.45 | Conference Closing |
| 5.00 | Farewell Drinks |