Tech Studio

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clarifying and shaping the cultural effects of technology innovation

Jonah, Matt and Aaron meeting in Second Life
This studio facilitates the collaborative and individual study of new technology and culture. Work in this studio investigates how culture influence technology and how technology influences culture. Participants have real-time meetings on-line and in person to share work, discuss ideas, and offer support to each other. Online meetings currently use Skype for audio, video, and chat.
Next Meeting
TBD

Study Tools

Books

This is not my official pick since I don't know a whole lot about this book. I've wanted to read Popper for a while, though, so I thought it'd throw it one. This one is supposed to come in two volumes and this is volume one. It's a bit confusing on Amazon. As I understand it, volume one is a critique of Plato and volume two is a critique of Marx & Co. The title reminded me of the recent panel on free culture and, from the little I know, there seems to be a connection.
Sorry to keep adding. This is just another one of those books that people cite a lot.
Goffman informs the educative process through his explanation of socialization through the “total institution”. He uses anthropological methodology to capture the “education” or socialization of individuals in environments like penitentiaries, army basic training, military academies, insane asylums, etc. One could stretch to read the “total institution” as a technology whose purpose is to socialize or “change” the individual.
  • Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress, by Jack Mezirow et al. ISBN 0787948454
Mezirow's collection of essays concern the "transformative" effects of learning on adults. Central to the argument is a "change in perspective" or a broadening of horizons. This work helps to inform the educative process through an examination of “transformation theory” that builds on earlier developmental psychology.
  • The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations, by Samuel Huntington ISBN 0674817362
  • On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, by Dave Grossman ISBN 0316330116
Grossman's work informs the educative process through some interesting examinations of the "technologies" used to train soldiers for the act of killing in battle. He also has some interesting discussion on the impact of violence in video games.
  • Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers, by Richard Neustadt and Ernest May ISBN 0029227917
  • Group Cognition by Gerry Stahl ISBN 0262195399
  • Acting with Technology by Victor Kaptelinin , Bonnie A. Nardi ISBN 0262112981

Articles

Genevieve Bell, Anthropologist and Intel researcher, discusses technology and culture change in this NY Times article.

Alexis Madrigal's blog article The Internet Is Changing the Scientific Method on Wired. (The article is a commentary on another editorial that is cited in Shneiderman, B. (2008) Science 2.0. Science. 319(5868). 1349-1350.)

Journals

Blogs

Websites

Book lists are always interesting to me, even if I disagree with them. This list definitely contains a number of good books that I would want to read. Sadly some of them are out of print.

Conferences

Conference on wiki researchers, contributors, users, etc. to be held at the Library of Alexandria, Egypt.
  • Archive video from the Art, Technology & Culture Colloquium at UC Berkeley's Center for New Media.

Projects

Members & Projects



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