The Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce the relaunching of the ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) website at http://echo.gmu.edu. ECHO is a portal to over 5,000 websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry. In addition to better helping researchers find the exact information they need and granting curious browsers a forum for exploration, the new site also provides access to the latest in blogging on the topics of digital history and histories of science, technology and industry.
The project is based at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (http://chnm.gmu.edu). ECHO has been funded by two generous grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
15 January 2008
11 January 2008
Event Energy Adapt blog
Thanks to Ramia, aided by some of our students, we now have a new blog documenting our Masters Colloquium Event Energy Adapt within the course Research through Practice:
http://eventenergyadapt.blogspot.com/
http://eventenergyadapt.blogspot.com/
07 January 2008
Research Training Sessions 2008
Introduction
A new PhD degree (in architecture) has been established in Flanders. Designing will be the core of the research activities at Sint-Lucas School of Architecture. A methodology and framework for this research still has to be developed. The spring conference ‘the Unthinkable Doctorate’ (April 2005), organised by Sint-Lucas and NETHCA discussed doctorates in Architecture in an international context. A critical overview of the wide range of viewpoints and directions internationally available at the different universities was made. It is clear that more and more universities develop PhD programmes trying to validate the specific type of knowledge in and from practice. Designing processes as well as implicit and Mode 2 knowledge are made more explicit by research activities involved.
More.
A new PhD degree (in architecture) has been established in Flanders. Designing will be the core of the research activities at Sint-Lucas School of Architecture. A methodology and framework for this research still has to be developed. The spring conference ‘the Unthinkable Doctorate’ (April 2005), organised by Sint-Lucas and NETHCA discussed doctorates in Architecture in an international context. A critical overview of the wide range of viewpoints and directions internationally available at the different universities was made. It is clear that more and more universities develop PhD programmes trying to validate the specific type of knowledge in and from practice. Designing processes as well as implicit and Mode 2 knowledge are made more explicit by research activities involved.
More.
ARCHITECTURE AND AUTHORSHIP SYMPOSIUM, February 7-8 2008.
The symposium Architecture and Authorship is a follow-up event to the book published in June 2007 by Black Dog Publishing. It explores issues of authorship, attribution and intellectual property in architecture, and examines how individual architects and movements, from the fifteenth century onwards, have endeavoured to maintain their status by defending what they see as their own unique territory, the origins and intentions of their work, and their signature style. The event is organised by the editors of the book. The symposium will be structured in accordance with the sections of the book - mapping a 'force field' in which issues of authorship in architecture are played out. The contributors to each section in the book are listed below:
Affirmation: Tim Anstey, Caroline Dionne, Carola Ebert, Naomi Stead
Dislocation: Katja Grillner, Charles Rice, Jonathan Hill
Translation: Louise Pelletier, Wallis Miller, Renée Tobe, Penelope Haralambidou
Dissolution: Rolf Hughes, Stanley Mathews, Gernot Weckherlin, Sean Keller, Hélène Lipstadt
This event is organized by the KTH School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, through Katja Grillner, Tim Anstey, and Rolf Hughes
Contact and registration: Katja Grillner, Associate professor,
Venue: KTH Main Library, Osquars backe 31, Stockholm.
Program info: www.auctor.se Please register before January 15
Affirmation: Tim Anstey, Caroline Dionne, Carola Ebert, Naomi Stead
Dislocation: Katja Grillner, Charles Rice, Jonathan Hill
Translation: Louise Pelletier, Wallis Miller, Renée Tobe, Penelope Haralambidou
Dissolution: Rolf Hughes, Stanley Mathews, Gernot Weckherlin, Sean Keller, Hélène Lipstadt
This event is organized by the KTH School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, through Katja Grillner, Tim Anstey, and Rolf Hughes
Contact and registration: Katja Grillner, Associate professor,
Venue: KTH Main Library, Osquars backe 31, Stockholm.
Program info: www.auctor.se Please register before January 15
14 December 2007
8th Annual International Gatherings in Biosemiotics
This is the Call for Papers for the Eighth Annual International Gatherings in Biosemiotics, to be held on June 23-28, 2008 at the University of the Aegean (Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering) on the island of Syros in Greece.
Biosemiotics is an interdisciplinary research agenda investigating the myriad forms of communication and signification found in and between living systems. It is thus the study of representation, meaning, sense, and the biological significance of codes and sign processes, from genetic code sequences to intercellular signaling processes to animal display behavior to human semiotic artifacts.
Such sign processes appear ubiquitously in the literature on biological systems. Up until very recently, however, it had been implicitly assumed that the use of such terms as “message” “signal” “code” and “sign” was ultimately metaphoric, and that such terms could someday effectively be reduced to the mere chemical and physical interactions underlying such processes. As the prospects for such a reduction become increasingly untenable, even in theory, the interdisciplinary research project of biosemiotics is attempting to re- open the dialogue across the life sciences (including the humanities) regarding what, exactly, such a things as “meaning” or “significance” might refer to in the context of living, complex adaptive systems.
The Scientific Advisory Committee of the Eighth Annual Gatherings in Biosemiotics welcomes paper proposals from researchers in any academic discipline who are investigating the real-world use of sign processes among or within living organisms.
Biosemiotics is an interdisciplinary research agenda investigating the myriad forms of communication and signification found in and between living systems. It is thus the study of representation, meaning, sense, and the biological significance of codes and sign processes, from genetic code sequences to intercellular signaling processes to animal display behavior to human semiotic artifacts.
Such sign processes appear ubiquitously in the literature on biological systems. Up until very recently, however, it had been implicitly assumed that the use of such terms as “message” “signal” “code” and “sign” was ultimately metaphoric, and that such terms could someday effectively be reduced to the mere chemical and physical interactions underlying such processes. As the prospects for such a reduction become increasingly untenable, even in theory, the interdisciplinary research project of biosemiotics is attempting to re- open the dialogue across the life sciences (including the humanities) regarding what, exactly, such a things as “meaning” or “significance” might refer to in the context of living, complex adaptive systems.
The Scientific Advisory Committee of the Eighth Annual Gatherings in Biosemiotics welcomes paper proposals from researchers in any academic discipline who are investigating the real-world use of sign processes among or within living organisms.
11 December 2007
Architecture and Authorship Symposium
7-8 February 2008 KTH Stockholm
The symposium Architecture and Authorship, to be held in Stockholm on Feb 7-8th in 2008, is a follow-up event to the book published in June 2007 by Black Dog Publishing. It explores issues of authorship, attribution and intellectual property in architecture, and examines how individual architects and movements, from the fifteenth century onwards, have endeavoured to maintain their status by defending what they see as their own unique territory, the origins and intentions of their work, and their signature style. The event is organised by the editors of the book. The symposium will be structured in accordance with the sections of the book - mapping a 'force field' in which issues of authorship in architecture are played out.
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This event is organized by the KTH School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, through Katja Grillner, Tim Anstey, and Rolf Hughes
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Contact and registration: Katja Grillner, info@auctor.se
Venue: KTH Main Library, Osquars backe 31, Stockholm.
Program info: www.auctor.se
Please register before January 15!
The symposium Architecture and Authorship, to be held in Stockholm on Feb 7-8th in 2008, is a follow-up event to the book published in June 2007 by Black Dog Publishing. It explores issues of authorship, attribution and intellectual property in architecture, and examines how individual architects and movements, from the fifteenth century onwards, have endeavoured to maintain their status by defending what they see as their own unique territory, the origins and intentions of their work, and their signature style. The event is organised by the editors of the book. The symposium will be structured in accordance with the sections of the book - mapping a 'force field' in which issues of authorship in architecture are played out.
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This event is organized by the KTH School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, through Katja Grillner, Tim Anstey, and Rolf Hughes
___
Contact and registration: Katja Grillner, info@auctor.se
Venue: KTH Main Library, Osquars backe 31, Stockholm.
Program info: www.auctor.se
Please register before January 15!
09 December 2007
Research into Practice 2008 conference
This a reminder that the first call for papers for the Research into Practice 2008 conference has been issued. The conference will be held on 31 October 2008 at the Royal Society of Arts, London, and will explore the problem of interpretation in research in the visual and performing arts. Selected papers will be published after the conference in the international peer-reviewed journal "Working Papers in Art and Design". This is an open-access e-journal at http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/artdes_research/papers/wpades/index.html
To contribute to the conference please send a 1000-word abstract which clearly address the theme of the conference. The deadline for submission is 1 May. Details of the theme may be found online at http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes1/research/res2prac/theme1.html
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE MAIN CONFERENCE WEBSITE AT
http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes1/research/res2prac/confhome.html
Research into Practice is the leading international forum for scholarship on so-called practice-based research in the visual and performing arts, hosted by the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
To contribute to the conference please send a 1000-word abstract which clearly address the theme of the conference. The deadline for submission is 1 May. Details of the theme may be found online at http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes1/research/res2prac/theme1.html
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE MAIN CONFERENCE WEBSITE AT
http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes1/research/res2prac/confhome.html
Research into Practice is the leading international forum for scholarship on so-called practice-based research in the visual and performing arts, hosted by the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
30 November 2007
ANDREW BARRY, POLITICAL MACHINES (2001)
Välkommen till höstens näst sista seminarium i serien KOMMUNIKATION: KULTUR,
TEKNOLOGI, VETENSKAP
Temat för HT 2007 är "Kulturteknologier och teknikkulturer"
Tid: Torsdag 6 december 2007, kl. 14-16
Plats: Torget, Lindstedtsvägen 5, plan 6, Skolan för datavetenskap och
kommunikation, KTH
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LITTERATURSEMINARIUM OM ANDREW BARRY, POLITICAL MACHINES (2001)
Abstract
Teknik- och vetenskapsstudier (STS) har utvecklats under de senaste
trettio åren med ett fokus särskilt på aktörerna i innovationsprocesser
och de politiska frågor som väcks i samband med dessa. Ofta har teknologin
och det politiska kommit att skiljas åt, men det är mycket som talar för
att analyser bör utvecklas där de studeras tillsammans: teknologi och
politik bör ses som integrerade i varandra. I sin bok Political Machines:
Governing a Technological Society (2001), argumenterar den brittiske
kulturgeografen och sociologen Andrew Barry för detta men även för att den
politiska analysen inte bara skall äga rum i anslutning till politiska
institutioner och identiteter, utan också i anslutning till den nya
tekniken. Han fokuserar på en mängd olika saker som är "inskrivna" i
teknologin, t ex nätverkande, nya medier, interaktivitet, standardisering,
teknologiska risker, etc. genom att kombinera olika forskningsfält som
kulturgeografi, politisk sociologi och antropologiska studier av teknik
har Barry initierat ett nytt och viktigt fält inom forskningen där det
analytiska objektet är teknik/politik i dess integrerade form.
Per-Anders Forstorp, docent och lektor i kommunikation på CSC kommer att
inleda diskussionen framförallt kring det första kapitlet i boken.
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Skriv ett mail om du vill få våra löpande inbjudningar.
Mer information om höstens seminarier finns på:
http://www.nada.kth.se/media/Research/k-sem/k-sem-aktuell/
TEKNOLOGI, VETENSKAP
Temat för HT 2007 är "Kulturteknologier och teknikkulturer"
Tid: Torsdag 6 december 2007, kl. 14-16
Plats: Torget, Lindstedtsvägen 5, plan 6, Skolan för datavetenskap och
kommunikation, KTH
------------------------------
LITTERATURSEMINARIUM OM ANDREW BARRY, POLITICAL MACHINES (2001)
Abstract
Teknik- och vetenskapsstudier (STS) har utvecklats under de senaste
trettio åren med ett fokus särskilt på aktörerna i innovationsprocesser
och de politiska frågor som väcks i samband med dessa. Ofta har teknologin
och det politiska kommit att skiljas åt, men det är mycket som talar för
att analyser bör utvecklas där de studeras tillsammans: teknologi och
politik bör ses som integrerade i varandra. I sin bok Political Machines:
Governing a Technological Society (2001), argumenterar den brittiske
kulturgeografen och sociologen Andrew Barry för detta men även för att den
politiska analysen inte bara skall äga rum i anslutning till politiska
institutioner och identiteter, utan också i anslutning till den nya
tekniken. Han fokuserar på en mängd olika saker som är "inskrivna" i
teknologin, t ex nätverkande, nya medier, interaktivitet, standardisering,
teknologiska risker, etc. genom att kombinera olika forskningsfält som
kulturgeografi, politisk sociologi och antropologiska studier av teknik
har Barry initierat ett nytt och viktigt fält inom forskningen där det
analytiska objektet är teknik/politik i dess integrerade form.
Per-Anders Forstorp, docent och lektor i kommunikation på CSC kommer att
inleda diskussionen framförallt kring det första kapitlet i boken.
------------------------------
Skriv ett mail om du vill få våra löpande inbjudningar.
Mer information om höstens seminarier finns på:
http://www.nada.kth.se/media/Research/k-sem/k-sem-aktuell/
28 November 2007
Design Research Society 2008 Conference
This just in from Ramia Mazé:
DRS 2008 Call For Papers
Design Research Society 2008 Conference
16-19 July 2008 in Sheffield, UK.
We invite you to present your research at this internationally refereed conference.
DRS 2008 Call For Papers
Design Research Society 2008 Conference
16-19 July 2008 in Sheffield, UK.
We invite you to present your research at this internationally refereed conference.
Electronic Text and Textiles
e-text+textiles (e-t+t) is an interdisciplinary platform facilitating artistic investigation and production in the fields of literature, language, textiles, and material culture, promoting expression at the intersections of print, cloth, and electronic technologies.
e-t+t examines the position of text and textiles within the constantly shifting technological reality through theoretical and practice-based enquiry. It hosts creative makers, writers, researchers, and theoreticians in residence, initiates dialogue and organizes presentations and seminars. e-t+t offers professional development, networking possibilities and small-scale production facilities for visiting artists, designers, writers, and scholars from Europe and beyond.
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e-t+t examines the position of text and textiles within the constantly shifting technological reality through theoretical and practice-based enquiry. It hosts creative makers, writers, researchers, and theoreticians in residence, initiates dialogue and organizes presentations and seminars. e-t+t offers professional development, networking possibilities and small-scale production facilities for visiting artists, designers, writers, and scholars from Europe and beyond.
More.
Research into Practice 2008
Research into Practice 2008 will be held on 31 October 2008 at the Royal Society of Arts, London, and will explore the problem of interpretation in research in the visual and performing arts.
It is characteristic of research outputs, reports and theses in traditional disciplines that they are expressed in unambiguous language. One reason for this is to establish the grounds and argument from which the conclusions derive. Another reason is to be quite clear and explicit about what is being claimed as original by the author for the research. This characteristic has the effect of reinforcing the dominant knowledge models such as "the scientific method", "empirical methods", etc. However these models come from disciplines whose aims and objectives may differ from those in the arts and humanities. There has been much discussion about the suitability of such models for the visual and performing arts, which seem to rely on a more pluralistic approach to interpretation which values the fact that different generations and different cultures find their own value in the artefact.
Does this difference of explicitness between traditional disciplines and the arts mean that their research outputs cannot be compared? What is the status of the outcomes of research in the visual and performing arts in terms of what is known or discovered? Is research in these areas actually trying to achieve something quite different, and if so what? Is the value of research something constructed by the receiver, and if so what would that mean for knowledge-models in the arts? Are its outcomes more contingent than those in other disciplines because of this difference in the role of interpretation by the reader/viewer? Does the scientific method really result in unambiguous interpretation, or conversely is interpretation really so subjective in the arts?
The conference will focus on the theory of interpretation in research in traditional disciplines and on the emerging theory of interpretation in research in the visual and performing arts.
Conference topics that might be considered include, but are not restricted to:
are unambiguous research outputs in the arts possible or desirable?
are the problems of interpretation in the arts different from other disciplines?
do the interpretational problems in arts stem from its media or from its aims?
can anything be learned from studies in interpretation in other humanities subjects?
in the historical past were issues of interpretation viewed differently?
do the arts have special advantages that compensate for any perceived disadvantages with respect to interpretation of outcomes?
how does the author/reader problem affect research?
More.
It is characteristic of research outputs, reports and theses in traditional disciplines that they are expressed in unambiguous language. One reason for this is to establish the grounds and argument from which the conclusions derive. Another reason is to be quite clear and explicit about what is being claimed as original by the author for the research. This characteristic has the effect of reinforcing the dominant knowledge models such as "the scientific method", "empirical methods", etc. However these models come from disciplines whose aims and objectives may differ from those in the arts and humanities. There has been much discussion about the suitability of such models for the visual and performing arts, which seem to rely on a more pluralistic approach to interpretation which values the fact that different generations and different cultures find their own value in the artefact.
Does this difference of explicitness between traditional disciplines and the arts mean that their research outputs cannot be compared? What is the status of the outcomes of research in the visual and performing arts in terms of what is known or discovered? Is research in these areas actually trying to achieve something quite different, and if so what? Is the value of research something constructed by the receiver, and if so what would that mean for knowledge-models in the arts? Are its outcomes more contingent than those in other disciplines because of this difference in the role of interpretation by the reader/viewer? Does the scientific method really result in unambiguous interpretation, or conversely is interpretation really so subjective in the arts?
The conference will focus on the theory of interpretation in research in traditional disciplines and on the emerging theory of interpretation in research in the visual and performing arts.
Conference topics that might be considered include, but are not restricted to:
are unambiguous research outputs in the arts possible or desirable?
are the problems of interpretation in the arts different from other disciplines?
do the interpretational problems in arts stem from its media or from its aims?
can anything be learned from studies in interpretation in other humanities subjects?
in the historical past were issues of interpretation viewed differently?
do the arts have special advantages that compensate for any perceived disadvantages with respect to interpretation of outcomes?
how does the author/reader problem affect research?
More.
23 November 2007
Design Interactions
The Design Interactions department at the Royal College of Art explores new roles, contexts and approaches for design in relation to the social, cultural and ethical impact of existing and emerging technologies. Projects, which are often speculative and critical, aim to inspire debate about the human consequences of different technological futures both positive and negative. Students work closely with people outside the College, designing for the complex, troubled people we are, rather than the easily satisfied consumers and users we are supposed to be. Project outcomes are expressed through a variety of media including prototypes, simulations, video and photography. Students have backgrounds in art and design, computer science, engineering and psychology.
If you are interested in finding out more please join us for our Open Day on Friday 7 December 2007. Visitors can meet and talk with students in the studio between 2.00 pm and 6.00 pm. Professor Anthony Dunne, Head of Department, will give presentations about the course at 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm.
Please visit the course website.
If you are interested in finding out more please join us for our Open Day on Friday 7 December 2007. Visitors can meet and talk with students in the studio between 2.00 pm and 6.00 pm. Professor Anthony Dunne, Head of Department, will give presentations about the course at 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm.
Please visit the course website.
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