HASTAC 2023 Conference

We are delighted to welcome you to Pratt Institute for the HASTAC 2023 Conference!

Online Sessions
If you are attending the conference remotely, a full list of online sessions is available at https://hastac2023.sched.com/audience/Online

Code of Conduct
HASTAC was founded in 2002 as a voluntary, dues-free social network with the motto: “Difference is our operating system.” Unlike much social media, HASTAC thrives because of zero tolerance for any violation of its core principles of respect and equity. Trolls are removed from the website. HASTAC does not share user data and works diligently to maintain the privacy and security of its data. The student-led HASTAC Scholars are dedicated to modeling non-hierarchical, egalitarian values for higher education.

All participants in HASTAC events, including members of the audience, must respect HASTAC’s long-standing community values and rigorous commitment to scholarship, intellectual exchange, and academic discourse that is free of bias or discrimination, especially racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, or other forms of prejudice. Unsolicited physical contact, unwelcome sexual attention, and bullying behavior are likewise unacceptable.

This code is based on HASTAC’s core values statement. In addition, attendees agree to abide by Pratt Institute’s campus safety rules and Community Standards. Pratt Institute shall have the right to eject any disorderly or objectionable person from its facilities or the campus.

HASTAC 2023 conference attendees may report instances of misconduct which occur during the conference to:

• The HASTAC 2023 Program Committee

• Pratt’s Department of Public Safety (718.636.3540 or 718.636.3541)

• Anonymously through EthicsPoint

Getting to Pratt

200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205

By Subway
Take the G train to the Clinton-Washington station. Use the Washington Avenue NE exit. On Washington, walk one block north to DeKalb Avenue. Turn right onto DeKalb and proceed one block to Hall Street/Saint James to the corner gate of the Pratt campus. Signs on campus will direct you to key locations.

The G train connects to the A and C trains at Hoyt-Schermerhorn (2 stops away from campus) and the L train and Metropolitan Avenue (6 stops away). The A, C, and L trains provide service to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens/JFK. Plan your trip at mta.info

By Bus
The B38 bus runs between the Pratt campus and downtown Brooklyn on DeKalb Avenue (westbound) and Lafayette Avenue (eastbound). Both directions stop at the intersection of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn, near the B Q and R lines at the DeKalb Station. The bus ride takes approximately 12–20 minutes, with buses every 17–20 minutes. All NYC buses are wheelchair accessible, and require a MetroCard or OMNY contactless fare payment. Plan your trip at mta.info

Walking from the conference hotel
From the intersection at DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues in downtown Brooklyn (near the conference hotel), it is an approximately 1 mile (20 minute) walk on DeKalb Avenue to the Pratt campus. The walk is slightly uphill going toward campus. Fort Greene Park and various restaurants and shops are along the way.

Citi Bike
NYC’s public bike sharing system has stations near the Pratt campus and downtown Brooklyn. For more information, visit citibikenyc.com

In Memoriam

Julie Thompson Klein (1944–January 15, 2023).
A distinguished and prolific scholar of interdisciplinary theory and practice, she was professor emerita at Wayne State University, where she taught for over thirty-six years. An ardent participant and supporter of all things HASTAC, Julie will be remembered for her tenacity on behalf of ideas, principles, and colleagues—especially younger scholars just beginning to get a foothold in the profession and, indeed, anyone who needed a supporting hand, comment, or smile.

Julie was the author or co-author of many books and articles, a partial list of which appears below. A consistent presence at NSF and NEH as well as at conferences in the humanities, social sciences, technology, and the arts, she was such a magnificent and generous supporter of others. Bruce Janz, who organized the 2017 HASTAC Conference at the University of Central Florida, announced her death on Facebook, along with his sincere acknowledgment of her support of him as a scholar, colleague and friend. Dozens of people immediately wrote on HASTAC, Twitter, and other social media of their deep sorrow at her passing and their lasting debt to her.

Her acuity as a thinker was matched by her tenderness. She was an incredible cheerleader for others, everywhere, and a networker par excellence. Julie sometimes spoke of having had polio as a child and how that experience helped make her deeply aware of what it means to live fully against limitations beyond your control. She championed many progressive causes and never failed to speak out against racism, sexism, homophobia, or all the forms of ableism. She was adamant about HASTAC being not just an interdisciplinary space but one profoundly dedicated to equality, access, and scrupulous attention to the impacts of technology on life and learning. She had many insights into disability scholarship and activism and was always attentive to accessibility of every kind.

Dearest Julie: will miss you greatly, stalwart supporter and friend.

Rest in peace,
The HASTAC Team

A partial list of Julie’s scholarship (taken from her Wikipedia page): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Thompson_Klein

Books:

• Interdisciplinarity: History, Theory, and Practice. Wayne State University Press. 1990. ISBN 0-8143-2088-0.

• Crossing Boundaries: Knowledge, Disciplinarities, and Interdisciplinarities. University of Virginia Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-8139-1679-8.

• Humanities, Culture, and Interdisciplinarity: The Changing American Academy. SUNY Press. 27 October 2005. ISBN 978-0-7914-6577-6.

• Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures: A Model for Strength and Sustainability. John Wiley & Sons. 9 December 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-57315-0.

• Transdisciplinarity: Joint Problem Solving among Science, Technology, and Society: An Effective Way for Managing Complexity. (editor). Birkhäuser. 6 December 2012. ISBN 978-3-0348-8419-8.

• Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field. University of Michigan Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-472-07254-5.

Articles:

• "Interdisciplinarity and complexity: An evolving relationship." structure 71 (1984): 72.

• "Blurring, cracking, and crossing: Permeation and the fracturing of discipline." Knowledges: Historical and critical studies in disciplinarity (1993): 185-214.

• "Prospects for transdisciplinarity." Futures 36.4 (2004): 515-526.

• "Integrative learning and interdisciplinary studies." Peer Review 7, no. 4 (2005): 8-10.

• "A platform for a shared discourse of interdisciplinary education." JSSE-Journal of Social Science Education 5, no. 4 (2006).

• "Afterword: the emergent literature on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research evaluation." Research Evaluation 15, no. 1 (2006): 75-80.

• "Evaluation of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: a literature review." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 35, no. 2 (2008): S116-S123.