ANT event
Posted by: Shannon in Uncategorized, tags: academe, event, radio, sound, theoryShort notice, but I just found out about this:
Actor Network Theory - special workshop
The Institute for Sustainable Futures will hold a special roundtable/workshop on Actor Network Theory (ANT)
on Wednesday 19th July
from 11am till 1pm
at Level 11, Building 10, Jones Street
[University of Technology, Sydney - City Campus]The aim of the workshop is to share the accumulated wisdom of various ISF PhD students, a guest from Electrical Engineering, Robert Jarman and adjunct Prof. Paul Bryce, who have used ANT, and to enable others to take the first steps in seeing what ANT might offer their research approach.
ANT offers a way of observing and analysing a process of change and, in combination with action research, ANT can identify and guide interventions to effect change. (Bryce & Yasukawa 2004).
Come along if you wish to learn more.
If you would like more information or to RSVP, please email Juliet Willetts (Juliet.Willetts@uts.edu.au) by COB Tuesday 18th.
Although I’m crazy busy at the moment, preparing to travel etc., I’m going to attend this. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how ANT, as well as D&G’s ‘assemblage’ can be used for theorizing appropriation. Reading Slack & Wise’s Culture & Technology a while ago confirmed that these should be fruitful areas to explore.
Also I’ve been commissioned by the ABC to make a five minute piece on the theme of ‘figure in a soundscape’ as part of a new radiophonic initiative. My piece is provisionally called ‘Figure/Network’ - it will engage with some of these theoretical concerns through sound, using granular synthesis, and generative, patch-based processes. It’s due in a couple of weeks (the day before I leave!) so this workshop is timely.
July 18th, 2006 at 2:10 pm - Edit
i just RSVP’d too!!!
July 18th, 2006 at 8:23 pm - Edit
Great - see you there!
July 20th, 2006 at 1:51 pm - Edit
it was full!!! bugger!
July 21st, 2006 at 12:08 am - Edit
Bugger indeed! I made it just in time (I went to the building next door first by mistake). I think they were surprised by the turnout - the small conference room was packed (maybe 30ppl?). It was quite a diverse group, mostly engineering and IT folk, but also a few design and humanities ppl.
It was an excellent workshop, starting with presentations from ISF academics & postgrads, then breaking into groups to work on particular topics, using ANT. I was in a group that looked at open access publishing. What struck me in our case was the recursivity and granularity eg the role of the internet within publishing, and publishing within the internet. Interesting stuff. Then we all reported back and discussed our findings, going about an hour over the scheduled finish time!