PhD Course (5 ETCS): Framing Screens: Knowledge, Interaction and Practice

The PhD course is hosted by the Technologies in Practice Faculty Group (f.k.a. Design of Organizational IT), IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark and takes place 27-30 September 2010. The broken link to registration has been fixed.

Lecturers: Lucy Suchman (Lancaster University); Helen Verran (University of Melbourne); Christopher Gad (IT University of Copenhagen)

This PhD course aims to unfold empirically and analytically how computer screens and other displays help ‘project’ or otherwise ‘perform’ knowledge, interaction and practice. Screens are increasingly ubiquitous, for example as part of personal computers, televisions, cameras, surveillance equipment, ticketing equipment, mobile phones and other handheld devices. Simultaneously screens play an increasingly important role in a wide range of human practices relating to work, play, travel, care, learning, planning, monitoring, designing, coordinating, modelling, policing and much else. At the same time (more…)

Event information:
September 27, 2010 9:00 amtoSeptember 30, 2010 4:00 pm

Add comment July 30th, 2010

ANT: from methodological principles to concrete strategies for managing the in-between

A PhD-course hosted by the Department of Organization (Ursula Plesner & Maja Horst) at CBS
Guest faculty: Anne Beaulieu, Virtual Knowledge Studio, Amsterdam, Mike Michael, Goldsmiths, University of London, Barbara Czarniawska, University of Gothenburg. Guest Faculty, texts and course description has been updated
The aim this course is to interrogate how we might devise concrete research strategies based on Actor-Network-Theory’s material semiotic approach, in particular the principles of symmetry and agnosticism. A premise underlying the concept of actor-networks is that we should not strive for the reconciliation of dualities (more…)

Event information:
September 20, 2010 9:00 amtoSeptember 23, 2010 2:00 pm

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One open post for a DOCTORAL STUDENT in the Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland

1 DOCTORAL STUDENT to start work on September 1, 2010 (or as soon as possible after). The post will be filled until July 31 2012 (with a possibility of a two year extension, i.e. until July 31 2014).

The doctoral student will participate in a research project that addresses e-research collaboration and e-infrastructure development from a socio-technical point of view. The research is funded by Academy of Finland and led by Academy Research Fellow Helena Karasti.

Applicants may have a variety of interests in the topic area, including but not limited to digital preservation and curation, sharing (more…)

Add comment July 11th, 2010

To nye ph.d.-afhandlinger

Anders Munk og Andrés Valderrama har for nyligt forsvaret deres ph.d-afhandlinger. De to afhandlinger kan frit downloades fra DASTS-hjemmesiden her.

Add comment July 11th, 2010

Position at Theory of science at Gotheburg University

A full time temporary position (at least 6 months, probably longer) as lecturer available. All information can be found here.

Add comment July 5th, 2010

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