Biography and Technology
Dates
13-14 September 2006
Registration
Form and Program
and Report
Convener
Dr Paul Pickering
At a conference in the Humanities Research Centre in 1995 the late editor
of the Oxford DNB, Colin Matthew, mused over the impact of computer
technology on the study of biography. Not only did he envisage the adoption
of a multi-media approach to recording lives but also that an electronic
database would 'form the groundwork for the biographical work of the
next century and beyond'. Since then life writing, biography, and autobiography,
however defined, have been transformed by new technology. It is now
possible to recover, record, compare and remember lives in ways that
were beyond our imagination a decade ago. This conference will explore
the virtual and digital worlds that have fundamentally altered the way
that we work with lives. Papers from a wide range of disciplines will
be addressing both the theory and practice of remembering lives and
technology.
For more information on:
HRC Enquiries:
Leena Messina, Programs Manager, Humanities Research Centre, ANU.
Email: Leena.Messina@anu.edu.au