Whatever it Takes to Understand by Dr Matthew Hayler
Why Studying English in a Digital Age Might Mean Not Being Scared of Science
Why is reading from a printed page different from reading on a screen? Why are the same words suddenly not the same? English Studies already has a number of ways-in to discussing the issues around this change in the way we're reading, from looking at how media and culture have always intertwined, to considering how meaning is affected by context.
| A Research Services lecture | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 February 2013 |
| Time | 19:00 to 21:00 |
| Place | Alumni Auditorium Video link to Peter Lanyon Seminar room 10, Cornwall. |
| Provider | Research Services |
| Organizer | Exeter Students’ Guild |
But what other disciplines might English Studies benefit from engaging with in its attempts to study the new technologies of cultural production and reproduction? And to what extent can Humanities scholars deal with the hard sciences anyway? What kind of discipline emerges from their meeting?
Lecture recording
A recording of the Dr Matt Hayler's 'Whatever it Takes to Understand' lecture is available to view.
Other lectures in the Fruni Open Lecture series:
Simulating Reality: From Cricket to Crickets by Dr Philippe Young
Paradigm Lost: the earliest colonization of the Americas by Professor Bruce Bradley
Shakespeare and the Remains of Richard III by Professor Philip Schwyzer
The Lawyer, Ethics and Popular Culture : Legal Heroes and Practising Villains by Craig Newbery-Jones
Location:
Alumni Auditorium
