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Category: Flow 2016: Ten Years of Un-Conferencing

Flow: a Field of Dreams
Alexis Carreiro / Queens University of Charlotte

September 1, 2016 Alexis Carreiro / Queens University of Charlotte Leave a comment

Former conference coordinator and journal editor (and roller-derby aficionado) Alexis Carreiro muses about the anxieties and joys of organizing the first Flow conference, and presents her ideas for three iterations of Flow – the journal, a manuscript, and biennial conference.

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The Intimate Geographies of Flow
Michael Kackman / University of Notre Dame

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Faculty advisor to the inaugural Flow conference, Michael Kackman, reflects on the importance of place and space for cultivating meaningful engagement and lasting community, and suggests ways for Flow to continue fostering both.

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Three Wishes for Flow
Christopher Lucas

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Remembering Flow’s origins and its objective to challenge the status quo, 2006 coordinator Christopher Lucas proposes three ways for the journal and conference to continue experimenting with interdisciplinarity.

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Flow’s Community: Reflections in 2016 on Flow 2006
Allison Perlman / University of California – Irvine

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Allison Perlman, one of the organizers for the inaugural Flow conference, assesses the potential and potential difficulties of bridging the divides between diverse communities who come together for a roundtable conversation.

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Every Yack Needs a Good Hack
Avi Santo / Old Dominion University

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2006 conference organizer Avi Santo discusses the origins of Flow’s “un-conference” model, and provides his thoughts on how the conference might continue to flip conference conventions by conjoining conversation and production during roundtable sessions.

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Rethinking Television at the Inaugural Flow Conference
David Uskovich / St. Edward’s University

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David Uskovich, 2006 conference coordinator, recalls the effort to consider non-mainstream forms of television and media-making at the first Flow conference, and contemplates how we might discuss “radical” forms of television after a decade of technological development.

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Over*Flow: “Effort is Overrated: The Dissonance of AI Integrations with the 2024 Olympics”
Kathryn Hartzell / University of Texas at Austin

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30 Jan

New Over*Flow! Kathryn Hartzell examines AI Olympic Ads from Summer '24, identifying a dissonance in the ads' narratives that highlight tensions around AI's relationship to creativity, concerns over increased precarity in media industries & more. Read at http://tinyurl.com/mr2rzzeh

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Michael Z. Newman explores the convergence of TV & TikTok, arguing that the platform embodies television’s fragmentary logic & attention-driven economy, transforming late night shows like After Midnight into viral, internet-native content.

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Andrew Stubbs-Lacy's column examines Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer on AppleTV+, exploring how its production and promotion as a “cinematic” auteur-driven series reflect broader industry strategies. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/yc6cckya

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23 Dec

Roderik Smits explores how AI is shaping the landscape of film programming and distribution.

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