Location: Research 1 Building, Room 163
Registration/Reception 9:30-10:00
Panel 1: Manufacturing Spaces 10:00-11:30
- Sovereign Father, Sovereign Lover:
Transformations within the Political Imaginary by J. Scott Killen
- Building Happiness, One Share at a Time by Michelle Millard and Derek Bolen
- Work/play, community/corporation: The corporate campus and employee subjectivity By Samantha Szczur
- Producing Happiness in Spaces of Waiting by Allyson Shaffer
Panel 2: Performing and Presenting Happiness 11:45-1:15
- Chair: Ozden Ocak
- Personal branding and the emotional capitalism of Web 2.0 by Robert Gehl
- Transhumanism and the Dollhouse: An Exploration of Imprinted Happiness
and the Downloading of Consciousness by Kristin Scott
- Indie Film: In Pursuit of Hipster Happiness by Richard E. Otten
- The Self-Help Book: the Panopticon for Late Capitalism by Michael Murphy
Lunch: 1:15-2:15
Panel 3: Manufacturing Intimacy 2:15-3:45
- Chair: Scott Killen
- Unlearning monogamy: Sexual autonomy, self-knowledge, and ‘real love’
in self-help guides for open relationships by Brittany N. Griebling
- Sexual Spirituality and Gender Identification: A Buddhist Interpretation by Chipamomg Chowdhury
- “Straight-acting Men, Step to the Front of the Line”: Manhunt.net and
Cyber-Mediated Productions of Male Desire by Derek Bolan & Collin Craig
Key Note: Lauren Berlant 4:00-5:00
