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Grassroots technology practices in suburban Australia

An exhibition exploring the ways in which technologies are made in suburban Australia.

by KAT JUNGNICKEL

24th – 31st of October 2009
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Kingsway Corridor, Richard Hoggart Building

Exhibiting the ‘homebrew high-tech’ objects and practices of ‘backyard technologies’ as well as Kat’s own methods of making sociological knowledge as part of a PhD in Sociology – blogposts, fieldnotes, photos, sketches, objects and film – the exhibition hopes to generate dialogue about improvised, hands-on and object-oriented ways of thinking, and the role of objects in sociological practice.

Read more and follow her thoughts at:
http://studioincite.com/makingwifi/

Interviews with Professor Scott Lash, Research Director of the Centre for Cultural Studies, Professor Robert Zimmer, Co-Diretcor of Goldsmiths Digital Studios and Head of the Department of Computing, and Goetz Bachmann at Goldsmiths University London and Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and Director of the Department of Cultural Development at the Centre Georges-Pompidou in Paris.

The interviews were conducted in response to several recent conferences, lectures and colloquiums held at Goldsmiths College that revolved around the Metadata research project at the Centre for Cultural Studies and visiting Professor Bernard Stiegler’s series of talks on the Economy of Contribution.

The interview is divided into two parts.

PART 1:

PART 2:

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