Techsploitation Cinema: How Movies Shaped Our Technological World
On Thursday, 3 July at 12:00, the EUt+ and friends will be joined online by Dr. Nolen Gertz, Associate Professor of Applied Philosophy at the University of Twente, who will deliver a webinar on the topic “Techsploitation Cinema: How Movies Shaped Our Technological World”.
This webinar will be of interest to professional and academic staff as well as students interested in technology, culture, and media; fiction and science fiction; digital policy; and science and technology studies.
Academic, professional staff and students alike are very welcome. Please share this announcement with anyone in your network who might be interested.
You must register for this webinar. After you do, a joining link (Zoom) will be sent to you nearer the date of the webinar, probably the morning of the webinar.
Dr. Nolen Gertz is the author of Nihilism (MIT Press 2019), Nihilism and Technology (Rowman Littlefield International 2018), and The Philosophy of War and Exile (Palgrave 2015). His work has been translated into multiple languages and appeared in numerous academic journals as well as in international publications such as The Washington Post, Atlantic, and Aeon.
Speaker: Nolen Gertz
Title: Techsploitation Cinema: How Movies Shaped Our Technological World
Date and Time: 3 July, 12:00 IST