Permanent Ink: Why We Still Love Print in the Digital Age

Technology has always shaped the way we’ve stayed informed, expressed ourselves, and stayed connected as communities. What lessons do earlier technologies, like print, hold for us today in the age of AI and digital overload? And why, despite the speed and convenience of newer technologies, is print more popular than ever? 

Geoffrey Turnovsky is professor of French at the University of Washington. His teaching and research focus on the cultural history of early modern France and Europe, and the history of print, books, authorship, and reading. This talk is co-sponsored by Western Libraries, the Critical A.I. Literacies Collective, and Western’s departments of Art & Art History, Global Humanities & Religions, History, and Linguistics. 

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