Our second panel this coming Saturday will continue exploring the persistence of place in supposedly space-annihilating communication networks. It features a mix of history, historical geography, and communications scholarship, grouped under the general theme of “Region, Place, and Geography.” (Here’s the complete symposium schedule.) The speakers on this panel will be Jennifer Light, Craig Robertson, [...]

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My post last night (”Sparks“) was supposed to introduce a rundown of some of the topics we’ll be covering at this year’s Frontiers of New Media symposium, but parenthood suddenly intervened. I’m back now to give you a sense of the range of things we’ll be talking about this Saturday. As I said last night, [...]

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