Hello Barbie Call for Participation
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit a proposal for a Pecha Kucha presentation to be included in the Hello Barbie Teardown Pecha Kucha Night. Presentations can be technical or critical in nature. Interested presenters should submit a 300 word abstract summarizing what they plan to talk about. If selected, the presenter is expected to give a 10 minute talk that can include text, sound, video, images, slides, etc. Presenters are only expected to participate in the Pecha Kucha Event, but are certainly invited to participate in other parts of this series. More information about the entire series can be found here.
Possible Topics:
Aesthetic History of Barbie
Internet of Things Security
Children online
Representation of Female Bodies in games and toys
Natural Language Processing
Bias in toys and technology
The History of Gendered Play
Schedule:
Deadline to submit abstract: 1/25/2016
Presenters announced: 2/1/2016
Date to Present: 2/11/2016 6pm
Please submit your abstract to ervina@union.edu no later than 1/25/2016