Faculty of Arts Events Calendar
Research Seminar: Professor Sean Cubitt (Goldsmiths, University of London), 鈥楢gainst Environmentalism鈥�
Location: A0.28 (Millburn House)
An image from Oblivion (Joseph Kosinski 2013)
Research Seminar: Professor Sean Cubitt (Goldsmiths, University of London), 鈥楢gainst Environmentalism鈥�
Date: 27/2/2019
Time: 4.30pm (followed by drinks reception)
Venue: A0.28 (Millbun House)
All welcome.
About: Professor Cubitt is a renowned figure in eco-theory as well as in film/media studies, having published numerous books and essays. His books include Finite Media: Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies (Duke UP, 2017), The Practice of Light: A Genealogy of Visual Technologies from Prints to Pixels (MIT Press, 2014), Digital Aesthetics (SAGE, 2009), and Ecomedia (Rodopi, 2005). He is currently completing a book on eco-critical close readings of media texts and the challenges posed by the advent of mass databases of images and video.