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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Apologies for
Cross-posts<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>****<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Frederik Lasage</span></font></b></strong><span
lang=EN-GB> MARCEL Observatory, <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Economics</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and Political Sciences, Media
and Communications Dept. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Articulating flexibility: Access Grid
as a creative tool"</span></font></b></strong><span lang=EN-GB> Friday 8th
February 2008, GMT 2-3pm Room 1.10, Kilburn Building The University of
Manchester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.manchester.siggraph.org/">www.manchester.siggraph.org</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Considerable research has been done recently on how
designers and engineers can collaborate with artists in order to find
innovative uses for information and communication technologies. The Access Grid
has been a noteworthy example of this kind of collaboration. Its status as a
flexible tool for videoconferencing has enabled many different kinds of
technical experimentations. But could this flexibility in itself a limitation? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Employing the analogy of the ‘career’ as a
means of analysing the design and eventual appropriation of a technology, this
presentation will attempt to develop some of the key conventions surrounding
the development of the Access Grid as a tool for creative experimentation and
collaboration and suggest possible new directions for research in this field.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Access Grid
Information<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Anyone wishing to view a seminar via Access Grid
should note the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Virtual venue: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Manchester</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
(1.10)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jabber room: uom1.10@conference.mcs.anl.gov<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IGPix: roberts.agsc.man.ac.uk/igpix/uom110<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For technical assistance regarding the Access Grid,
please contact <a href="mailto:support@agsc.ja.net">support@agsc.ja.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If possible, please let us know in advance if your
site intends to join a seminar.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Further Information<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.mc.manchester.ac.uk/research/seminars/">http://www.mc.manchester.ac.uk/research/seminars/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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