UWS Around the World
Channel: Digital Humanities @ Western Sydney University
Date: 2014-05-22

The Digital Humanities Research Group at the University of Western Sydney was invited to participate in the second online symposium organised by the Kule Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. The organisers described it as 'a world wide collaborative conference on privacy and surveillance in the digital age'. Our session took the form of a series of short presentations with a closing round-table discussion. The session was introduced by Paul Arthur, followed by five presentations: from Ned Rossiter (via Skype from North America); Simon Burrows; Jennifer Ireland; Tanya Notley and Camellia Webb-Gannon; and David Tait. Our talks covered censorship in the 18th century, the right to be forgotten online, why George Clooney's eyes are in the sky, and a UWS project to transform the remote witness experience in international courtrooms. The session concluded with a panel discussion chaired by Paul Arthur and included some of the presenters plus Willard McCarty. The technology was overseen by Jason Ensor and the logistics by Harold Short.