Comment on Phoebe Sengers’ lecture “Time on the Edge of Infrastructure”

Comment by Estrid Sørensen on Phoebe Sengers‘ lecture “Time on the Edge of Infrastructure” To “modernise…It means we’re moving forward, modernisation is inevitable, things are moving forward…. And behind us is archaism…. As soon as you are told: Modernise, you immediately panic because you say to yourself: I’ll…

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Lecture by Andrei Korbut on “Robotic Technoperformances: Interactional Indeterminacies in Public Appearances of Anthropomorphic Robots”

Join us this Thursday, June 22nd, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the fourth RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Andrei Korbut will present his work on “Robotic Technoperformances: Interactional Indeterminacies in Public Appearances of Anthropomorphic Robots”. Although anthropomorphic robots are still not a part of our everyday…

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Video Series: Across the Layers

Earlier this year we hosted a series of online lectures on the connection between scientific knowledge practices, data centers & planetary resources. We have now published the (file-size optimized) videos of the talks. You can find them on our YouTube channel.

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Lecture by Laura Kocksch on “Fragile Computing – When Digital Security is Beyond Repair”

Join us this Thursday, May 4th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the third RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Laura Kocksch will present her work on “Fragile Computing – When Digital Security is Beyond Repair”. “Don’t judge”, the IT manager of an online retailer urges me while…

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Lecture by Phoebe Sengers on “Time on the Edge of Infrastructure”

Join us this Thursday, April 20th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the second RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Phoebe Sengers will present her work on “Time on the Edge of Infrastructure”. Time is not under control in the Canadian fishing village of Change Islands, perched on…

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