Author Archives: danyi

Last time we discussed how the idea of progress as a particular way of relating to the future was developed; this time we’re going to shift our attention to the hollowing out of progress and the rise of what Geoffrey Bowker … Continue reading →

Our next session on the 19th November will be centred around a classical text: Niklas Luhmann’s ‘The future cannot begin’. (Thanks to Michael Guggenheim for the recommendation!) The discussion will help us closely engage with such central concepts in STS … Continue reading →

In the winter term our kitchen sessions will be focusing on different temporalities and the ways in which they relate to each other. Our first meeting will take place on the 29th October; with the help of our special guest, Kristin Asdal … Continue reading →

In the discussion with Stefan Ouma the idea came up to read some recent works by Anna Tsing and her colleagues in Aarhus, where they keep themselves busy with a fascinating project on the anthropocene. One possible reading would be … Continue reading →

Our next kitchen meeting will take place on the 25th June, between 18.00 and 20.00, in the soc kitchen area (PEG 3G 204). This time our special guest will be Rachel Douglas-Jones from the IT University in Copenhagen. Drawing on … Continue reading →

Our next kitchen STS meeting will be organised jointly with the AK Politische Ethnographie: it will be the launch event of an edited book titled ‘Architecture, Materiality and Society: Connecting Sociology of Architecture with Science and Technology Studies’ . The meeting … Continue reading →

In Brita Brenna’s paper ‘the market’ was analysed as an important context for the development of a particular understanding of ‘nature’. But the relation can be easily reversed: the market does not only help make sense of nature, it also … Continue reading →

What does ‘context’ stand for, when we talk about a postcolonial context? How do contexts work, and how can history contribute to a better understanding of that work? These are some of the questions we will discuss with Linda Madsen, … Continue reading →

Our first meeting in the summer term will be held at the usual place (PEG building, 3G 204) and the usual time (18.00-20.00) on the 23rd April. Drawing on some of the discussions we had last time on statebuilding and … Continue reading →

The summer term is still miles away, but we’re already thinking of organising our upcoming discussions around postcolonialism. A nice segue into this theme will be Nida Alahmad’s Kitchen STS talk on the 9th March, at 18.00 in PEG 1.G … Continue reading →