Hi everyone - the next two days I'll be attending the below conference - <i>Connecting the Dots: Virtuality, Technoloy & Feminism in the Museum</i>. <br><br>The GLAM industry is a female dominated industry, and this is the first conference of it's type to examine feminism, technology and museum culture. I encourage you all to follow the conference throughout the weekend...<br>
<br>-Sarah<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Proctor, Nancy</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ProctorN@si.edu">ProctorN@si.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:37 PM<br>Subject: The Feminist Movement in Museum Technology starts today at the Smithsonian!<br>To: "Proctor, Nancy" <<a href="mailto:ProctorN@si.edu">ProctorN@si.edu</a>>, SI Webmasters <<a href="mailto:SIWEB@si-listserv.si.edu">SIWEB@si-listserv.si.edu</a>>, SI Web Strategy <<a href="mailto:SIWEBSTRATEGY@si-listserv.si.edu">SIWEBSTRATEGY@si-listserv.si.edu</a>>, SI Mobile <<a href="mailto:SIMOBILE@si-listserv.si.edu">SIMOBILE@si-listserv.si.edu</a>><br>
Cc: SI Mobile <<a href="mailto:SIMOBILE@si-listserv.si.edu">SIMOBILE@si-listserv.si.edu</a>><br><br><br>A final reminder and open invitation to join:<br>
Connecting the Dots: Virtuality, Technology & Feminism in the Museum<br>
<a href="http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/Smithsonian" target="_blank">http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/Smithsonian</a><br>
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Three days of lively conversation and provocative insights kick off tonight with an interview with Griselda Pollock by Juliette Bellow. <a href="http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=222964" target="_blank">http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=222964</a><br>
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Huge kudos to Faye Browning, Liz Paige and Alison Romain from TSA for organizing this, and infinite thanks for supporting the Symposium!<br>
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On Friday and Saturday, we have an amazing array of International and local luminaries who'll start and facilitate our ongoing dialogue: <a href="http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/Smithsonian" target="_blank">http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/Smithsonian</a><br>
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I'd like to thank them all for giving so generously of their time and expertise to further this important research.<br>
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Friday and Saturday's free Symposium will be Live Blogged between 10-5:30pm EST <a href="http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/w/page/45814557/Live%20Blog" target="_blank">http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/w/page/45814557/Live%20Blog</a><br>
Thanks to volunteer Neal Stimler for coming down from the Met to manage this and more!<br>
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Friday's plenary sessions will be videoed and added later to the wiki, along with a CART full text transcript of the day's conversation. I'd like to thank Marc Bretzfelder from OCIO and Beth Ziebarth from the Accessibility Program for helping us increase access to the Symposium exponentially by providing this critical technology support.<br>
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Join the wiki at any time and continue the conversation in the Forum: <a href="http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/w/page/45211170/Forum" target="_blank">http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/w/page/45211170/Forum</a><br>
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And if you can join us in person, say hi to volunteers Sonja Lopez, Laurie Stepp, Ginny Hogan and Stacie Kirby, without whom this event could not have happened!<br>
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Nancy<br>
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Nancy Proctor, PhD<br>
Head of Mobile Strategy & Initiatives<br>
Smithsonian Institution<br>
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)<br>
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