| Posted: October 16, 2007 |
Public talk on how videogames affect social perceptions of nanotechnologies |
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(Nanowerk News) The National Science Foundation’s Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS), housed at UC Santa Barbara, will host a public talk by Colin Milburn, Assistant Professor of English and Science & Technology at UC Davis, on Monday, November 5, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
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This talk, “Digital Matters: Video Games and the Cultural Transcoding of Nanotechnology,” will explore the cross-traffic between nanotechnologies and video games and how gamers’ perceptions and knowledge of nanotechnologies may be influenced by the games’ narratives and images.
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Prof. Milburn’s research focuses on the cultural relations between literature, science, and technology. His interests include science fiction; Gothic horror, the history of biology; the history of physics; comic books; film and new media; critical theory; and posthumanism.
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The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to serve as a national research and education center, a network hub among researchers and educators concerned with nanotechnologies’ societal impacts, and a resource base for studying these impacts in the U.S. and abroad.
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This talk is co-sponsored by the UC Santa Barbara Department of Film and Media Studies.
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Nanotechnology is the manipulation of materials on a very small scale and offers possibilities in the fields of medicine, energy and the environment, and electronics. A relatively new science, there is still a great deal unknown about its potential benefits and risks.
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This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited; RSVPs are requested.
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WHO: Colin Milburn, Assistant Professor, UC Davis Department of English
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WHAT: Public talk on video game influence on perceptions of nanotechnologies
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WHERE: McCune Conference Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Building, 6th Floor,UC Santa Barbara
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WHEN: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., Monday, November 5
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RSVP: [email protected] or (805) 893-8850
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Source: CNS
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