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Bryan Alexander tells us how he went about getting information about/a sense of the earthquake catastrophy. Who studies this kind of complex media landscape/information strategy?

In about three weeks we will stage a conference on “the technological texture: meetings between the humanities and technology” (information in Swedish here). This is a national conference but through synergy and contacts it has developed into a national conference with a great deal of international particpation. Among others, Henry Jenkins, Jay Bolter and Espen [...]

Having asked one of my (little) brothers to wrap presents I can take some time to blog.
My mother recently described me as shy and described how I as a small kid would stand at a safe distance from the neighbour kids playing nearby. There was real danger, though, and I once had my arm broken [...]

I am preparing a lecture on meetings and new communication technologies right now and when driving to my afternoon session at a caf

I am very happy to have Linda Bergkvist in the lab. She is a remarkable talent and we work well together. Right now we have been thinking about a visual theme for the January conference we will stage: The Technological Texture. Suddenly Linda came up with the idea of drawing a foot as a center [...]

I tried to blog earlier from Heathrow but it seemed as if the university nework was down when I tried to save the entry:
I had two very good days in Milton Keynes and London. Extremely intense but rewarding. Next time I will probably try to take a day in between lectures/presentations (at least when doing [...]

The Amsterdam part of my trip has really turned out well. I enjoyed doing the lecture yesterday (stream will be available from here soon – just as many other waag streams). I have met mmany really interesting people and I was lucky enough to be able to have some of the Waag projects and ongoing [...]