Second Annual ISHTIP Workshop
Geographies of Intellectual Property
American University, Washington, D.C.
24-25 September 2010
Live webcast of the event available here
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Friday, Sept. 24
- 8:45: Opening Remarks by Peter Jaszi (American University)
- Panel 1 9:00 – 12:00: The Movement of Ideas and Information
- Will Slauter (Université Paris 8-Saint Denis), “How News Becomes Property”
- Comments: Eva Subotnik (Columbia University)
- Katie Scott (The Courtauld Institute of Art, London), “Mapping Plagiarism in a Regime of Privilege”
- Comments: Jessica Silbey (Suffolk University).
- Orly Lobel (University of San Diego), “Innovation’s Edge: Talent Wants to be Free and Flowing”
- Comments: David Lametti (McGill University).
- Will Slauter (Université Paris 8-Saint Denis), “How News Becomes Property”
- Lunch 12:15-1:30
- Panel 2 1:30 – 6:00: Cartography of the Intangible. Metaphors of Space, Place and Property in the Genealogy of Intellectual Property Law — Michael Carroll (American University), Chair
- Maurizio Borghi & Stavroula Karapapa (Brunel University, West London), “Invisible Geographies: Copyright and the Unexplored Land of Non-Display Uses”
- Comments: Abraham Drassinower (University of Toronto).
- Simon Stern (University of Toronto), “From Author’s Right to Property Right”
- Comments: Ronan Deazley (University of Glasgow).
- Zac Zimmer (Cornell University), “Commons: Copyleft as Training Ground”
- Comments: Adrian Johns (University of Chicago).
- Jeongoh Kim (Vanderbilt University), “Cultural Geographies of Intellectual Property: Turnpikes and Copyrights”
- Comments: Peter Decherney (University of Pennsylvania).
- Maurizio Borghi & Stavroula Karapapa (Brunel University, West London), “Invisible Geographies: Copyright and the Unexplored Land of Non-Display Uses”
- Cocktails 6:30-7:30
Saturday, Sept. 25
- Panel 3 9:00 – 12:00: Preserving Local Identity — Luca Molà (Warwick University), Chair
- Debora Halbert (University of Hawaii, Manoa), “Exporting Authenticity: The Construction of National Cultural Identity”
- Comments: Johanna Gibson (Queen Mary, University of London).
- Dwijen Rangnekar (Warwick University), “Re-Making Place: The Social Construction of a Geographical Indication for Feni”
- Comments: Rosemary Coombe (York University).
- Marc Perlman (Brown University), “Should There Be Property Rights in Folklore? Surveying the Intellectual Landscape of the Debate”
- Comments: Wendy Gordon (Boston University).
- Debora Halbert (University of Hawaii, Manoa), “Exporting Authenticity: The Construction of National Cultural Identity”
- Lunch 12:15 – 1:30
- Panel 4 1:30 – 5:00: Geographical Processes in the Histories of Intellectual Property
- Sara Bannerman (Australian National University, Canberra), “‘We are all developing countries’: Canada and International Copyright History”
- Comments: Oren Bracha (University of Texas).
- Matthias Wießner (Universität Leipzig), “The German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the International Copyright Regime”
- Comments: Christophe Geiger (CEIPI, University of Strasbourg).
- Doris Estelle Long (John Marshall Law School, Chicago), “The Continuation of the Geographic Boundaries of Empire in the New Digital Order”
- Comments: Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (Uppsala University).
- 5:00: Concluding remarks by Lionel Bently (University of Cambridge) and Martha Woodmansee (Case Western Reserve University)
- Sara Bannerman (Australian National University, Canberra), “‘We are all developing countries’: Canada and International Copyright History”
- Banquet 6:00 – 9:00
