[Commlist] New Constructions - Building for the Moment conference

*We invite you to attend the New Constructions - Building for the Moment 
conference, hosted at The New School campus in New York City on 3/27 and 
3/28 with keynote presentations by Technologist and Author Mike Pepi and 
Director of Creative Research at the Metropolitan New York Library 
Council, Shannon Mattern.*


In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Media Studies Program, the 
Graduate students of Parsons MA in Media Studies invite you to The New 
School’s annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference on March 
27th and 28th, 2026. This year's theme,/New Constructions—Building for 
The Moment/, reflects the multiple and overlapping crises that structure 
both our socio-political environment and the state of media studies.


Through the theme of/New Constructions/, the conference addresses what 
emergent, under-common, and radical possibilities can be collectively 
imagined, manufactured, programmed, accounted for, and held to account 
in a moment when the new calls to us with fierce urgency. In the spirit 
of Deleuze’s famous provocation from the dawn of the digital age: “There 
is no need to fear or hope, but only to look for new weapons.”


We will be showcasing a broad spectrum of work from scholars and 
practitioners working in or at the intersection of media studies, 
communication, arts and design, and other related fields—including but 
not limited to papers, panel discussions, films, and workshops that 
engage with the/New Constructions/theme.


For all inquiries regarding the conference, please contact: 
(criticalthemes /at/ newschool.edu) <mailto:(criticalthemes /at/ newschool.edu)>


Information and RSVP can be found at the event page here 
<https://event.newschool.edu/criticalthemes2026newconstruct>.



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