May 2017
Intensifying May!
The semester is intensifying and ITU is bustling with activity as exams are closing in.
In the lab, we have had the privilege of hosting midterm workshops with the Junior Researchers. These sessions are dedicated to the junior researchers getting involvement and feedback from the PhD and research faculty resulting in fruitful discussions and idea generation. We look forward to the final project presentations and to see the results of the Junior Researchers' hard work during this semester.
This month is packed with prominent speakers for our publicETHOS series. Pernille Tranberg gave a talk on 'Data ethics as the new competitive advantage' last Friday, open to the public but also part of the new Master's course 'IT Management & Leadership'. If you missed it, then a recording is available.
On May 22nd we are very proud to present Professor and STS scholar Helen Verran giving an interesting and timely public talk entitled 'Post-truth???'. ETHOS lab will also be facilitating sign-ups for 'playful pitch' sessions one-on-one with Helen Verran giving students and faculty the possibility of getting feedback on your projects or ideas.
The day after, May 23rd, we are very excited to announce that Principal Engineer in Business Client Strategy at Intel Corporation Melissa Gregg is joining us. Her books include Work’s Intimacy (Polity 2011), The Affect Theory Reader (Duke 2010) and Cultural Studies’ Affective Voices (2006). Her talk will be on 'The productivity imperative: Time management after the organization' and we are inviting you all to join. A seminar will also be held the day after and if you are interested in joining, please contact mblo@itu.dk.
This month's reading is a blogpost by former Lab Manager and now PhD student Michael Hockenhull who has reflected on PhD positions within STS. He is encouraging you to engage in this reflection - Enjoy! We are also excited about ETHOS Lab participating and hosting a stand on the 3rd Nordic Science & Technology Studies Conference in Götenborg, Sweden.
Mace Ojala will be found sporadically in the lab from May-July where he will be the missing link to The Uncertain Archives working on the project 'Mapping A Colony'. Rasmus Rosendahl, who has been in the lab both as an intern and in wage subsidy (løntilskud), had his last day April 28th. Rasmus has been in charge of our communications and he has been a huge part of the ETHOS Lab Community. We are grateful for all his contributions and wish him all the best in future endeavors.
We wish you good luck with your exams, and if you have a question concerning data, ethnography, digital methods, STS or other areas we occupy ourselves with in the lab then feel free to stop by. We have opening hours Tuesday to Thursday from 12.30-16:00. We will do our best to help! You are also welcome to drop us an email at ethos@itu.dk.
Best wishes,
ETHOS Lab
