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Dream Games |
Dreams, prophesies, myths and visions have a long history of both justifying wars (on religious, ethnic, racial, tribal, cultural, ideological grounds) and providing visions of peace. Their codification, systematization, and propagation have used the dominant media technologies of their times, from word of mouth through clay tablets and inscriptions, manuscripts and books, radio, film, and television, to the digital media of today. We live now in an era of rapid globalization and instantaneous Internet discourse, in which the dissemination of dreams and counter-dreams occurs instantly, universally, and massively.
What are some common dreams, prophesies and myths, ancient and contemporary, that shape our lives in a globalizing world? Where do these stories come from and in whose interest are they propagated? If we do a Google search, will we get the answer?
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Moderator: Robert Coover, Brown University |
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Robert Coover is Brown's T. B. Stowell University Professor, who is
currently teaching on electronic writing and mixed media. Coover's first
novel, The Origin of the Brunists, won the 1966 William Faulkner Award. His
writings include the collection of short fiction, Pricksongs and Descants; a
collection of plays, A Theological Position; and such novels as The Public
Burning, Spanking the Maid, Gerald's Party, Pinocchio in Venice, John's
Wife, Ghost Town, and Briar Rose. |
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Moderator: Ben Mauer, Brown University |
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Ben Mauer is the web designer/administrator of InfoTechWarPeace. He
graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, in 2002, and continues to
engage in radical approaches to media literacy, production, and
dissemination. His past experiences include developing and maintaining the
website for the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at
Hampshire and stints at Wired Digital in San Francisco and various ad
agencies. |
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Chris Jocks, Dartmouth College |
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Christopher Ronwaniente Jocks is assistant
professor of religion and Native American studies at Dartmouth College. His
roots are in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, as well as clan O'Donoghue.
He has published on indigenous epistemology and the
epistemology of religious appropriation, the effects of language loss and
translation on indigenous understanding, and on indigenous traditions of
masculinity. He is currently working on two book manuscripts on the
contemporary thought and practice in Native North America. |
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John Santos, writer |
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John Phillip Santos is an author and television producer living in New York
City. Santos is currently working on a book, The Farthest Home is in an
Empire of Fire, and developing a multimedia performance project. After
producing numerous documentaries and news broadcasts for CBS and PBS, he was
program officer for media at the Ford Foundation for the last six years. |
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Jorge Reina Schement, Pennsylvania State University |
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Jorge Reina Schement, a professor of telecommunications at Pennsylvania
State University, researches the social and policy consequences of
information production and consumption, and policy as it relates to ethnic
minorities. Schement's book credits include Global Networks (1999),
Tendencies and Tensions of the Information Age (1995), Toward an
Information Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (1995), Between
Communication and Information (1993), and Competing Visions, Complex
Realities: Social Aspects of the Information Society (1988). |
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