We live in an increasingly networked world. How did this come to be, and what does it mean to be so connected? "Networks & Connectivity" identifies multiple kinds of networks and the problems and opportunities generated through them. We will explore the history of networks from early humanly imagined and built structures to different understandings of natural systems, human rituals and social institutions, large-scale physical migrations and conceptual revolutions, techno-utopian ideals and speculative-fictions, shifts from person-to-person encounters to broadcast models to large scale participatory models of media creation, the onset of social media and some of their political consequences, and the varying global circulations of people and ideas. Analysis and discussion of these topics will start from multiple critical perspectives while considering a variety of forms, experiences, and belief systems.

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