Containing, Controlling, Understanding: Methodological Explorations

In this seminar, researchers from the Digital Culture research group at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen, discuss methodological challenges which they are confronted with in their research. Researchers will take concrete examples from ongoing research and discuss these from the viewpoint of the three keywords; containing, controlling, understanding.

The last session will be dedicated to publishing strategies where Douglas Sery from MIT Press will discuss with participants.

09:00 - 09:15  Welcome and coffee

09:15 - 09:45  The politics of platforms: Europeana & Google Cultural
                        Institute
                        Bjarki Valtysson

09:45 - 10:15  Hesitating at the edge of the unsayable: On researching
                        atmospheres
                        Karen Louise Grova Søilen

10:15 - 10:30  Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00  Digital pop as mediatized process
                        Anders Reuter

11:00 - 11:30  Conversational agents: A mixed method approach
                        Ece Elbeyi

11:30 - 12:00  Containing the world of data in mundane moments:
                        Learning how to tell everyday data stories
                        Melanie Diane Feinberg

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 13:45  Me and my vacuum robot - Video as research method
                        Kristin Veel and Kassandra Wellendorf

14:00 - 15:00  Douglas Sery from MIT Press will discuss publication strategies
                        with participants. Moderated by Kristin Veel