Japanese Media Mixes and the Cultural Politics of Childhood

Thursday, March 30, 6-7:30 p.m.,
Gender and Technology Speaker Series brings together leading scholars to address the gendered implications of new technologies.

Cultural anthropologist Mizuka Ito will present: "Japanese Media Mixes and the Cultural Politics of Childhood." She hails from the University of Southern California and Keio University in Japan and conducts research on children and youth's changing relationship to media and communication.

EVENT: The Gender and Technology Speaker Series brings together leading scholars to address the gendered implications of new technologies. The series is free and open to the public. More information on the speakers can be found at http://www.utexas.edu/cola/cwgs/.

WHEN: 6-7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 30

WHERE: CMA 5.160

BACKGROUND: This series is being held in conjunction with the graduate class Gender, Technology and the Information Society. Invited speakers will address a range of topics including age and technology, mobile communications and youth, and technology and community-based programs. Lecture schedule:

March 8, Noon-1:30 p.m.
"Gender, Age and New Technology"
Karen Riggs
Sanchez Building, Room 546

March 30, 6-7:30 p.m.
"Japanese Media Mixes and the Cultural Politics of Childhood"
Mizuko Ito
CMA 5.160

April 26, Noon-1:30 p.m.
"Gender, Youth, Cultural Production and the Internet"
Susannah Stern
Gebauer, Room 3.312

This series is sponsored by the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, the School of Information, the College of Communication, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Computer Sciences and the Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute.

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