California Studies Association

Debugging the Silicon Dream: Real Life in a Virtual World

Conference 2009

April 24, 2009
19th Annual California Studies Conference


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Conference Proceedings - Audio and Video

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Opening Plenary with Richard Walker, UC Berkeley & Nari Rhee, UC Berkeley (WMV video file)

Session 1
Track I - Challenges of Organizing in the Valley of Non-Joiners (WMV video file)
Track II - Arts, Youth, & Civic Engagement (MP3 audio file)
Track III - The Economic Crisis & the Valley (MP3 audio file)

Session 2
Track I - Housing & Homelessness (MP3 audio file)
Track II - The Right to the City (WMV video file)
Track III - Emerging Critical Scholars - Defining Landscapes and Workers in the Glob (MP3 audio file)

Lunch - Keynote Address by Glenna Matthews (WMV video file)

Session 3
Track I - Euphrat Museum of Art Perspectives on the Silicon Valley (MP3 audio file)
Track II - Immigration (MP3 audio file)
Track III - Shaping Nature & Community (WMV video file)

Session 4
Track I - Green Economy & Workforce Development (WMV video file)
Track II - Satire, Romance, & Silicon Valley in Fiction (MP3 audio file)
Track III - South Bay Studies Working Group (MP3 audio file)

Cultural Performances