Cafe Sci Orlando announcements for 2012-08: Digital Ethnography

[Chad MILLER]

Contents:
* Topic, "The Art and Science of Digital Ethnography"
* January 2013 Cafe is one week later



Topic, "The Art and Science of Digital Ethnography"

Hi. This month we will have a fascinating discussion at our Cafe Sci at
7PM on Wednesday 1 August, at Taste, in College Park.

Digital ethnography can be understood as a method for representing
real-life cultures through storytelling in digital media. This kind of
computer-based storytelling lets audiences to go beyond absorbing facts
and allows for immersion in the experience of another culture. This
talk explores the extraordinary potential for enrichment offered by
technological resources, and reminds us that the study of culture is as
much about affective traits of feeling and sensing as it is about
cognition--an approach facilitated (not hindered) by the digital age.

Dr. Natalie Underberg is an Associate Professor of Digital Media and
Folklore in the UCF School of Visual Arts and Design. She has
established a reputation as a leader in the application of digital
media to ethnographic studies, focusing on the digital adaptation of
cultural materials and the social impact of new technologies, with the
goal of responsibly integrating technology into cultural
representations. In 2007, she founded and became Director of the
Digital Ethnography Lab Currently, she is working with colleagues to
develop a model for Collaborative Interactive Media Design based on the
principles of Digital Ethnography, Visual Language, and Human-Computer
Interaction. Her ethnographic focus is on Peruvian, Puerto Rican and
African-American folklore and cultural heritage in Florida and Latin
America. Dr. Underberg has published in a wide range of journals
including: American Folklore, Visual Anthropology Review and
International Digital Media Arts Journal. Forthcoming in 2013 is a book
on Digital Ethnography. Her research has been funded by many
organizations: Florida Humanities Council, Florida Department of State,
Division of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the
Humanities. She is the past-President of the Florida Folklore Society
and active in many professional organizations. At the national level,
she served as a Library of Congress Veterans History Project workshop
facilitator. She is a sought after speaker and teacher in the US and
internationally.

Directions

Taste
717 W. Smith Street
Orlando, United States
32804

Taste is near the corner of Princeton Street (really Smith Street after
the fork) and Edgewater Drive, so about 2 minutes from I-4 to parking.
One can park on the street or in the parking lot behind Taste.
* From Downtown and south, drive north ("east") on I-4 through
downtown. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and turn
left/west.
* From Altamonte Springs and north, drive south ("west") on I-4
toward downtown Orlando. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and
turn right/west.

From I-4, drive a few blocks to Edgewater Drive. At the intersection,
you should see a orange building ahead of you, labeled "Taste". Park on
the street or behind Taste.


January 2013 Cafe is one week later

Though we have cafes on the same day of the month for several years,
the first Wednesday of January 2013 is the day after New Year's Day,
and we will instead meet a week later, on January 9.