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****************************************************** * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * ****************************************************** Dear All, Apologies for the cross-posting, but this is to alert you to a PhD course. Take care Antonia Walford Trusting Information: Technology, Truth and Transparency - for full details, see link http://www.itu.dk/en/Forskning/Phd-uddannelsen/PhD-Courses/PhD%20Courses%202011 *Speakers: Annelise Riles, Cornell University, Hirokazu Miyazaki, Cornell University Casper Bruun Jensen, IT University of Copenhagen Christopher Gad, IT University of Copenhagen Laura Watts, IT University of Copenhagen Brit Ross Winthereik, IT University of Copenhagen * * This PhD course aims to examine in ethnographic detail the notion of trust and its engagement with concepts and practices of information. As a multivalent concept with a high social currency (especially but not only in the modern West), trust has become a subject of study for numerous social sciences, encapsulating a wide spectrum of assumptions and perspectives. These include but are not limited to anthropological and sociological perspectives on risk society and audit culture, and STS (science and technology studies) and organizational approaches to understanding relations between technological infrastructures and trustworthy information. In the “information age”, trust is often associated with free access to data and the idea of transparency. Issues of trust are brought into relief wherever there are perceived to be exchanges – or the possibility of appropriation - of information. However, these exchanges and the relations they entail take many different forms and include many different types of actors. More generally, trust is related to information in the sense that it is perceived to span the gap between what is known and what is unknown. This PhD course looks to critically explore the notion of trust, with an emphasis on its relation to informational practices, calling on a broad range of social scientific approaches and engaging with a wide range of empirical contexts. *Areas of enquiry include (but are not limited to):* Trust in information: *How do different conceptualizations and practices of information bear on different practices of trust, be it in the same or different cultural contexts?* Trust in technology: *How are relations of trust mediated or even constituted by technologies?** What concepts of trust are built into (new) technologies and how is this done? * Trust and knowledge: *What shapes does trust assume in the knowledge-making practices that are studied? And what shapes does trust assume in the relation between social scientists and these practices/practitioners? * *Intended audience: *The course is of particular interest to students in science and technology studies, anthropology and sociology but participation of people with other social scientific or technology design backgrounds is also welcomed. *Time*: *Monday, October 10th * to *Wednesday, October 12th, 2011. * *Place: *The course takes place at the *IT University of Copenhagen, *Rued Langgaardsvej 7, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark (www.itu.dk) TO APPLY SEE LINK AT TOP ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * ***************************************************************