Campus Explorations - Spring 2008

An interdisciplinary project.
A campus-wide Learning Community focusing on

IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY

The entire campus voted for this year's theme, and we invite everyone to participate in the conversations and projects that will follow from our various interests in this important topic.

Consider the following ways to participate:

Register for our seminar (Class #33502) and earn one unit of college credit!
Seminar sessions are held once a week, Wednesdays from 2 - 3 p.m. in Room ES-19, (unless otherwise noted).

Want to know more? Contact the Coordinator of the Campus Exploration Project,
Judy Wilson, at (760)744-1150 Ext. 3645   email: jwilson@palomar.edu

Visit http://www.palomar.edu/campusexplorations

Spring Semester 2008

• "Disconnected: on Technology and Dance"
  Molly Faulkner, Performing Arts
  January 30th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Questions of Language"
  Carlos von Son, Ph.D., Chicano Studies & Latin American Literature Professor
  February 6th | 2:00-3:00pm (held in LS-24)
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• "Spider Webs and Smoke Signals"
  Linda Rose Locklear, Steve Crouthamel, American Indian Studies/American Studies, Matthew R. Rantanen and Micheal Peralta, Tribal Digital Village
  February 13th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Evolution of the Book: How Technology Impacts What we Read and How we Read"
  Judy Cater, Katy French, Byung Kang, Linda Morrow, Tamara Weintraub
  February 20th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Who's your Daddy?: Reproductive Technologies and the American Family"
  Kathleen Grove and Terry Humphrey, Sociology
  February 27th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Techno-Addiction: Are You Technology Dependent?"
  Judy Wilson, Psychology
  March 5th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Technology and the Religiosity of Sports"
  Craig Forney, Religious Studies
  March 12th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "The Impact of Music on Technology, or 'It don't Mean a Thing if it ain't got that Swing': Philosophical Musings on how Audience and Musicians' Demands Lead to, and Continue to Drive, the Information Era."
  Ellen Weller, Music
  March 19th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• Spring Break!
  
  
  
• "Piece of Mind Design: Greener Options Reshape the Future of Architecture"
  Sandra Andre, Interior Design
  April 2nd | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Technology and the Political Economy of the United States."
  Presented in association with Political Economy Days
  Loren Lee, Economics
  April 9th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Supply Chain Management and Globalization"
  Pat Lupica, Business
  April 16th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Technology As an Agent of Social Change: The Hidden Impacts of Technology on Our Beliefs, Worldviews, and Way of Life"
  Blaine Morrow, CCC Confer and 3C Media Solutions
  April 23rd | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Religious Extremism and Technology"
  Kelly Harrison, Religious Studies
  April 30th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "The Fashion Response: Symptoms of Cluture in a Techno-Age"
  Cristina Tejeda, Fashion Design
  May 7th | 2:00-3:00pm
  THIS SEMINAR WILL MEET IN FCS-1
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