>**apologies for cross postings ** > >MCN/CIMI Joint Conference Explores Key Applications that Shape Museum >Visitors' Experience > >REAL LIFE: VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES >NEW CONNECTIONS FOR MUSEUM VISITORS >October 24-27, 2001 >Cincinnati, Ohio, USA > >EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 15TH >Register online http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2001/index.htm > >EXPERTS SPEAK >MCN and CIMI are pleased to announce the opening and closing plenary speakers. > >Genevieve Bell, is a design ethnographer within the Intel Architecture >Labs at Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon. Her group, Peoples and Practices >Research, is responsible for finding new users and new uses for technology >using social science research methods. Genevieve has conducted >ethnographic fieldwork in households across Western Europe, China and the >United States. She is interested in the intersections of emerging >technologies and social practice as they occur within domestic and public >spaces. Prior to joining Intel in August of 1998, Genevieve taught >anthropology and Native American studies at Stanford University. She has >conducted fieldwork with indigenous peoples in the US and Australia. >Genevieve holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from Stanford University >and a combined AB/MA from Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia. >Lise Anne Couture, is an architect and principle of Asymptote >Architecture, New York, New York. Asymptote's work ranges from >experimental installations and computer generated environments to building >design and urban planning. Most recently, Asymptote participated in the >exhibit, 01.01.01: Art in Technological Times, at the San Francisco Museum >of Modern Art, and designed a large scale computer generated environment >for the New York Stock Exchange. Future projects include the design and >implementation of the Guggenheim Virtual Museum, a fully interactive >multi-dimensional digital architecture accessible as both actual building >and through the Internet. > >Second generation hand-held devices...immersive environments....wearable >technologies...smart architecture...rich multimedia...user-centered design. >Robin Dowden and Angela Spinazze, Conference Co-chairs > >----------------------------------- >Robin Dowden >Director, Integrated Information Resources >Walker Art Center >612-375-7541 voice >612-375-7575 fax >[log in to unmask] http://www.walkerart.org __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]