[ecrea] Queer, Feminist and Social Media Praxis workshop

*Queer, Feminist and Social Media Praxis workshop
Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies
17 May 2013
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.*
*Workshop programme now available: 
*http://queerfemdigiact.wordpress.com/programme/ *

To register, please visit: 
http://queerfemdigiact.wordpress.com/registration/*
In this workshop we will explore a range of themes around  digital 
technology and social media in relation to gender/sexuality activism and 
social equality.
Workshop keynote speaker: Alex Juhasz (Pitzer, USA, Fembot Collective)
Closing plenary Radical art practices, feminism, new technologies and 
performance with : Maria Chatzichristodoulou (a.k.a. Maria X), 
Sally-Jane Norman (Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts), Kira 
O’Reilly, Kate O’Riordan (UCSC/Sussex), Joanna Zylinska (Goldsmiths).
There will be over 30 academic papers, workshops, film screenings and 
performances over the workshop day. We have also scheduled a queer 
film-screening of The Owls on the evening of the 16th of May, with 
producer Alex Juhasz present for a Q&A session.
The provisional programme will be coming out in the next few weeks.
The workshop is linked to the second annual conference of the 
International Feminist Journal of Politics, (Im)possibly Queer 
International Feminisms, between May 17-19, 2013. The Workshop is 
organised by the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies, University of 
Sussex and partly supported by the EPSRC/CC+ Network Sustaining 
networked knowledge: expertise, feminist media production, art and activism.
We look forward to welcoming you to Brighton in May!
The Queer, Feminist and Social Media Praxis Team.
web: http://queerfemdigiact.wordpress.com/
facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Queer-Feminist-and-Social-Media-Praxis-Workshop/434729706593342