Public Lecture | Made to measure or made for market: media archeology and the case of the Benjolin
Visiting scholar Dr. Dann Downes, Professor of Information and Communication Studies at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, presents a public lecture: "The first decades of the 21st century saw a burgeoning subculture of do it yourself (DIY) electronic music making and instrument building based in part on the availability of cheap electronic components and increased information through the internet. This paper will trace the development of one artifact of the period 鈥� the 鈥渂enjolin鈥� created by dutch engineer Rob Hordijk to demonstrate how this cultural period raises interesting questions about intellectual property, the materiality of technology and communication and the practice of media archeology.
November 12, 11:30 am
SDU Main Building, Faculty Lounge Room 201
