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Monday, April 11, 2011

PARTICIPATE ONLINE IN THE GUGGENHEIM FORUM Panel Discussion: Mon, Apr 11–Fri, Apr 15

Live Chat: Thurs, Apr 14, 2 pm EDT
Join thinkers from a variety of fields in an online discussion that will explore language, media, and politics in a globalized world, inspired by the exhibition Found in Translation, part of the Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim, currently on view though May 1. Taking translation as a metaphor for exchange in the twenty-first century, panelists will discuss the relationship between language and technology as our "globe" extends into augmented and virtual realities.

The Guggenheim Forum is a continuing series of moderated online discussions catalyzing intelligent conversation on the arts, architecture, and design. This installment, titled Word for Word, runs now through Friday, April 15. Visitors from around the world are invited to share their thoughts and participate in a live chat session with Forum moderator Robert Lane Greene and panelist Anthony Pym on Thursday, April 14. Follow @Guggenheim and #GuggForum on Twitter for updates.

Participants

  • Robert Lane Greene, journalist for The Economist and its Johnson blog on language; author of You Are What You Speak, recently published by Random House
  • N. Katherine Hayles, literature, science, and technology scholar; Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Literature Program, Duke University
  • Anthony Pym, translation expert at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California; researcher on the sociology of translation at the Rovira i Virgili University
  • Biljana Scott, linguist and professor in Political Language and Public Diplomacy at the DiploFoundation; lecturer in Chinese Linguistics at the University of Oxford

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