Digital Intimacies 4: Porousness & Permutations
Digital Intimacies 4: Porousness & Permutations
5-7 December 2018
The conference was convened by Amy Dobson and Tama Leaver and supported by both the School and the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT). It was held at Curtin University from 5 to 7 December and was attended by 33 presenters from around the world working across humanities and social science disciplines in digital cultures research. Professor Jessica Ringrose (UCL) and A/Prof Shaka McGlotten (Purchase College, SUNY) both gave fieldleading keynotes covering issues of digital data, digital activism, and art interventions across intersections of age, gender, sexuality, and race. Queer and feminist research frameworks were a key connection across the presentations. For a relatively small conference, the event punched well above its weight on social media, especially Twitter (see #digint18).
In the lead-up to the conference, Tama Leaver spoke to RTR FM, as did and Professor Ringrose who was also featured on ABC Perth Radio discussing her research on sexting. A double-book launch was also held as part of this event; on 6 December in the Creative Quarter for both Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media (edited by Amy Dobson, Brady Robards, and Nicholas Carah, launched by Prof Ringrose) and Going Postal (edited by Quinn Eades and Son Vivienne, launched by Prof Baden Offord) were launched.
