[Sighfis-l] Call for papers: Emanuel Goldberg symposium, Berlin, June 26-27

[Michael Buckland]

FYI  The "statistical machine" mentioned refers to Goldberg's microfilm 
rapid selector document retrieval machine that used optical pattern 
recognition to search for metadata on rolls of microfilmed documents, 
1927 onwards. MKB

CfP Interdisciplinary Symposion ‚Goldberg-Condition’ Call for Papers - 
Venue Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Potsdam, Germany.
Date: 26./27.June.2014

Emanuel Goldberg (Hebrew: עמנואל גולדברג; Yiddish: עמנואל גאָלדבערג; 
Russian: Эммануил Голдберг; 19./ 31. August 1881 in Moscow; † 13. 
September 1970 in Tel Aviv) is an important and influential scientist, 
researcher, developer and manager of his time, influential till today. 
His work and life should be explored in its entirety. Emanuel Goldberg, 
a leading figure in early decades of the 20. century, is known for his 
wide range of theoretical and practical advances and inventions relating 
to light and media; and for the development of visual techniques in Film 
and early TV, photochemistry and photophysics; as well as knowledge 
technologies, like his „Statistic Machine“. Following the tradition of 
modern sciences Goldberg experimented with and for ‘instruments enabling 
to see and register’. The symposium is an initiative for an 
interdisciplinary research project about Emanuel Goldberg’s work and 
life. It will cover his work as scientist, developer, inventor, manager 
in its entirety; as well as the relationships between historical events, 
biography and ‘cultural memory’ (Assmann) within his life.
We look forward to meeting scientists of all disciplines interested in 
that project. Proposal Submissions Please submit a title and abstract of 
between 200 - 300 words for your presentation, as well as a biography of 
c. 150 words in German or English to:
   Prof. Dr. Kerstin Stutterheim: k.stutterheim at filmuniversitaet.de
   Earlier submissions are welcome. Remember to state your name, 
affiliation and contact information.
The submission deadline is 04.04.2015
-- 
Michael Buckland
Emeritus Professor, School of Information,
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4600
http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/