Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI)
Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien
Tel.+43-1-53532810,5336112
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VORTRAG
*******
Prof.Dr.George P. LANDOW
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
USA
Hypermedia and Poststructuralism
--------------------------------
The writings of so-called poststructuralist theorists of writing and
culture -- particularly Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault,
and Jean Baudrillard -- reconfigure long-accepted assumptions about
texts, authors, and readers in ways that have value for the designers and
users of digital information technology. Hypertext (or Hypermedia), an
information technology composed of lexias (or parcels of information)
joined by electronic links, similarly redefines our conceptions of
authorship, intellectual property, textuality, and the relation of the
reader to all of them. The electronic link, for example, blurs the
boundaries of what, in the print world, is a discrete text or work.
This talk, which examines convergences between poststructuralism and
hypertext technology, also briefly discusses the relation of the World
Wide Web to hypertext and the role of Artificial Intelligence in gigantic
interlinked webs of information.
Zeit: Freitag, 24.Maerz 1995, 18:30 Uhr pktl.
Ort: OeFAI, Schottengasse 3, 1010 Wien 1.