A report on the 2022 Skagen institute written by the human and AI participants
co-generated report by AI plus Human participants of the Skagen Institute 2022 conference on transgressive methods
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Skagen Conference 2021, In Iceland
Skagen Institute meets in Iceland for 2021 Conference. This year’s focus is on Transgressive Media and Methods.
Critical Pedagogy as tool for data literacy
Here, I suggest that we (anti-big-data-scholars) should stop simply rejecting the concept of data. Instead, we should use our long training in pedagogy and teaching and our knowledge of interpretive and inductive/emergent methods of analysis to create better literacies about what data can mean.
The Skagen Conference: we meet again in 2017/8
During the 2017/18 Skagen Conference, participants spend intensive time interrogating and developing innovative methods for studying contemporary social conditions. Open to PhD students and early professionals from diverse disciplines.
Speculative Fiction and Internet of Things: A workshop/experiment
This is the first of a series of methodology experiments to explore how certain questions or provocative statements elicit critical analysis around the socio-technical characteristics or impact of so-called “Internet of Things.”
a short riff on turning processes into products
In this post, Dr. Margie Borschke riffs on the question of “Can you turn your process into product?”, a question she uses to provoke journalism students to extend their imagination about what counts.
The camera as an ethnographic tool
What is the impact of visual material on our analysis and theoretical frameworks? This blogpost reflects on the epistemological trajectories and methodological consequences of working with a video camera as an ethnographic tool.
Shaping ideals, shaping gender
Through an auto-ethnographic visual essay, I think through the power of graphic design as a tool–not only for provoking opinions, but also to change how we define people and shape expressions.
Finding a common voice: Writing with a research participant
When I was in the early stages of my PhD, I arranged to write a joint article with Egyptian activist, Sherief Gaber. Sherief is part of the Mosireen collective, which was a focal point of my research.
Interdisciplinarity and the future of the workplace
Individual interdisciplinarity is indeed exciting, interesting and useful. But a single thinker can’t contain the knowledge from different disciplines and synthesise it with new approaches to social problems. We need collective interdisciplinarity.