[Leonardo/ISAST Network] GLOBAL WARNING Symposium - Special Issue of the Leonardo Network Newsletter

Wed Sep 8 00:06:50 EDT 2010

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser: http:// 
www.leonardo.info/e-LNN/issue_9-7-10.html

September 7, 2010
Special Issue

This email should be sent only to those who wish to receive it.  
Information on how to unsubscribe is included in the footer below.

Support Leonardo

Leonardo/ISAST is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We rely on the  
support of our community. Support Leonardo with a donation today!

Did you know? Another easy way to support Leonardo is to shop on  
Amazon. Leonardo/ISAST will receive referral fees on anything you buy  
from Amazon if you enter the Amazon site through our Associate Member  
referral link. Start by browsing titles in the Leonardo Book Series.

Thanks to Recent Donors

- Rachel Crawford (Symposium Sponsor)
- Marcia Tanner (Symposium Sponsor)

Leonardo On-Line

More news and announcements are available on the What's New page on  
Leonardo On-Line.

All past issues of the Leonardo Network Newsletter are available on  
the Leonardo web site.

SEPTEMBER 16 AND 17, 2010
SAN JOSE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SAN JOSE, CA
NINE DAYS UNTIL GLOBAL WARNING SYMPOSIUM
There are only nine days left until the GLOBAL WARNING Symposium! The  
GLOBAL WARNING symposium is organized by ZER01, LEONARDO/ISAST, City  
of San Jose Public Art Program and CADRE Laboratory for New Media  
with additional support from the Montalvo Arts Center. The two-day  
event will take place September 16 and 17, 2010 at the San Jose City  
Hall Council Chambers in San Jose, CA as part of the 2010 01SJ Biennial.

Buy tickets now: Tickets are $15 for one day or $25 for both days and  
are available through the ZER01 web site: http://01sj.org/programs/ 
symposium/.

Featured speakers for Day 1 (September 16) include: Kathleen Dean  
Moore (Editor/Author; Professor, Oregon State University: "Why It’s  
Wrong to Wreck the World"), Gail Wight (Artist; Professor, Stanford  
University: "Landscape Disrupted: Brief History of Artists and the  
Environment"), Gerard Kuperus ("Environmental Ethics through  
Aesthetics"), Peter Roopnarine (Curator/Researcher, California  
Academy of Sciences: "Embracing Uncertainty" and "Marine Food Webs  
and the Environment"), Karen Holl (Researcher/Professor, UCSC:  
"Conserving Tropical Forests to Reduce Global Warming"), Marisa Jahn  
(Artist/Author/Activist: "Wormholes as Solutions: Art and Social  
Change"), Tiffany Holmes (Artist; Associate Professor, School of the  
Art Institute of Chicago: "Beyond Eco-Art: 21st-Century Eco- 
Visualization"). Plus a special performance by the Shamanic  
Cheerleaders!

Featured speakers for Day 2 (September 17) include: Andrea Polli and  
Tim Dye (Artist and Senior Vice President and Division Manager for  
Meteorological Programs and Public Outreach at Sonoma Technology,  
Inc.: "Particle Falls"), Robin Lasser and Marguerite Perret (Artists:  
"Floating World"), Jade Chang (Writer: "From Gas Bills to a New Game  
Theory: Can Having Fun = Doing Good?"), Buster Simpson (Artist:  
"Poetic Utility") and the Climate Clock Initiative artist groups:  
Freya Bardell, Brian Howe and Brent Bucknum; Usaman Haque and Robert  
Davis; and Chico Macmurtrie, Geo Homsy, Bill Washabaugh and Gideon  
Shapiro.

All symposium ticket holders will receive access to a virtual goodie  
bag which includes free access to dozens of articles on art, science  
and the environment published in Leonardo, Leonardo Music Journal and  
Global Environmental Politics, discounts on journal subscriptions,  
books and more!

Seating is limited and the event is expected to sell out! To find out  
more about the schedule, read speakers bios and purchase tickets for  
the event, visit our web site:
http://www.leonardo.info/isast/2010symposium.html

Can't make it to the event? No problem! For those unable to make it  
to the symposium, there are several ways you can still experience it.  
Join Leonardo/ISAST on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LeonardoISAST to  
receive live updates throughout the two-day event. Otherwise we will  
be broadcasting the symposium live via Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/ 
channel/climate-clock. Join us on Ustream each day of the event to  
watch the event live and participate in the facilitated on-line  
discussions.

SPOTLIGHT ON OUR SPONSORS

Leonardo/ISAST gratefully acknowledges the support of the following  
organizations for helping to make the GLOBAL WARNING Symposium possible:

THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
Global Environmental Politics examines the relationship between  
global political forces and environmental change, with particular  
attention given to the implications of local-global interactions for  
environmental management as well as the implications of environmental  
change for world politics. Each issue is divided into research  
articles and shorter forum articles focusing on issues such as the  
role of states, multilateral institutions and agreements, trade,  
international finance, corporations, science and technology, and  
grassroots movements. Contributions to the journal come from across  
the disciplines, including political science, international  
relations, sociology, history, human geography, public policy,  
science and technology studies, environmental ethics, law economics,  
and environmental science. http://www.mitpressjournals.org/glep

THE CITY OF SAN JOSE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
The Office of Cultural Affairs is the City of San Jose's lead agency  
for supporting and promoting the development of a rich arts and  
cultural environment for this diverse city's nearly one million  
residents, its workers who live in neighboring communities, and its  
many visitors. The City recognizes that arts and culture are  
essential elements in the character and quality of life in a vibrant  
community. Representing the largest city in northern California and  
the capital of Silicon Valley, City Government has a special  
opportunity and obligation to ensure that San Jose is an effective  
hub of a wide array of arts and cultural opportunities throughout  
Silicon Valley. http://www.sanjoseculture.org/

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED BY THE PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL  
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AND ART + ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT
As the largest of the five schools at The University of San Francisco  
(USF), the College of Arts and Sciences is at the center of  
undergraduate life. All undergraduates take several classes through  
the College to meet core requirements. In keeping with the USF  
mission, ethical learning is encouraged through service projects,  
interdisciplinary programs, and study abroad opportunities. The  
College of Arts and Sciences offers graduate programs that provide  
knowledge, training and experience in 15 unique fields. With a  
commitment to a more humane and just world, USF graduate students  
forge academic and professional connections that last a lifetime. The  
major in Philosophy enables students to address contemporary  
philosophical questions and also to study how they have been treated  
historically in both western and non-western philosophies.Through its  
curriculum and research opportunities, the Environmental Science  
program provides students with a strong scientific and technological  
background for understanding and addressing the environmental  
challenges we face. With accomplished faculty, small studio classes,  
and an innovative focus on social justice and community engagement,  
the Department of Art + Architecture holds unique appeal among  
educational institutions in the Bay Area. http://www.usfca.edu/artsci/

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION  
TECHNOLOGY (CALIT2)
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information  
Technology (Calit2) is taking ideas beyond theory into practice,  
accelerating innovation and shortening the time to product  
development and job creation. Where the university traditionally has  
focused on education and research, Calit2 extends that focus to  
include development and deployment of prototype infrastructure for  
testing new solutions in a real-world context. http://www.calit2.net/

UC BERKELEY CENTER FOR NEW MEDIA (BCNM)
UC Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) critically analyzes and helps  
shape developments in new media from cross-disciplinary and global  
perspectives that emphasize humanities and the public interest. As a  
center actively engaged at the intersection between design and  
information technology, BCNM serves as a focal point for  
unconventional thinking from a diverse community of over 100  
affiliated faculty, advisers and scholars from over 30 UC Berkeley  
departments. http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY CADRE LAB FOR NEW MEDIA
The CADRE Laboratory for New Media is an interdisciplinary academic  
and research program dedicated to the experimental use of information  
technology and art. A theoretical and critical orientation provides a  
conceptual context in which artistic activities are defined. Faculty  
and students have participated in the evolution of media technology  
for over 20 years. Distinguished faculties representing  
interdisciplinary interest have created a unique academic environment  
dedicated to envisioning the cultural frontier and implementing  
theoretical strategies that will lead there. http://cadre.sjsu.edu

The Leonardo Network Newsletter is a bi-weekly publication of  
Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and  
Technology (Leonardo/ISAST) and includes news, events and publication  
announcements, calls for submissions, opportunities and more.

Current and past issues of the Leonardo Network Newsletter can be  
viewed online:
http://www.leonardo.info/e-LNN/e-LNN.html

Join as an Associate Member and receive a range of benefits including  
discounts, special invitations and more.

Subscribe to, or unsubscribe from this list.

Our mailing address is:
Leonardo/ISAST
211 Sutter St, Suite 501
San Francisco, CA 94108
U.S.A.

Our website:
http://www.leonardo.info

Our email:
isast at leonardo.info

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/leonardo-isast/attachments/20100907/0ee691b6/attachment.htm