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DESCRIPTION:Innovation is a buzzword with remarkable contemporary currency\
 , one frequently instrumentalized in the constant search for new technolog
 ies\, means of production\, market adaptations\, scientific discoveries and
  social changes. With its more insidious applications in mind\, a number o
 f recent academic discussions – from visual culture studies and the global
  art history to the history of science and media archaeology – have come t
 o treat the paradigm with caution\, even scepticism. Yet at the same time\
 , for better or for worse\, it remains implicit within the bulk of humanis
 tic academic production. This one-day interdisciplinary conference thus co
 nfronts innovation at a crossroads. It interrogates its place within theor
 y and praxis by asking: how are we best to approach and define innovation i
 n contemporary academic discourses? Is the paradigm purely a means of disa
 rming social pressure for an all-inclusive equalized prosperity\; or might
  it be recuperated to provide a stimulus for sustainable growth? Can we un
 derstand innovation in a broader global spectrum without falling into the 
 trap of cultural essentialism\; or does this concept perpetuate Western-ce
 ntric views and mores? Can the concept of innovation be used for the analy
 sis of historical periods\; or does it figure too easily in teleological na
 rratives?9:00am - Coffee and refreshments9:30am - Presentations begin5:00p
 m - Keynote speech6:30pm - ReceptionKeynote speaker: Dr. Keith Moxey\, Bar
 bara Novak Professor of Art History and Department Chair at Barnard Colleg
 e (Columbia University): 'Imagining Time: The Temporality of Art's History
 '
DTSTART:20140418T130000Z
DTEND:20140419T003000Z
LOCATION:CA\, MAI (Montréal\, arts interculturel\, 3680 rue Jeanne Mance
SUMMARY:Innovation & Its Contestants - AHCS Emerging Scholars Conference
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/channels/event/innovation-its-contestants-ah
 cs-emerging-scholars-conference-235143
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