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Off to Trondheim!

For the closing conference Medical Images in Art and Science, a event to mark the end of the project Picturing the Brain. My talk will be on ethnography in the lab. While I’m aiming for a set of slides that will be low on… Continue Reading “Off to Trondheim!”

Coming soon…Networked neuroscience: brain scans and visual knowing at the intersection of atlases and databases

Our chapter in Representations in Scientific Practice Revisited discusses the development of authoritative collections of brain scans known as “brain atlases”, focusing in particular on how such scans are constituted as authoritative visual objects. Three dimensions are identified: first, brain scans are parts of… Continue Reading “Coming soon…Networked neuroscience: brain scans and visual knowing at the intersection of atlases and databases”

Navigating the brain

This Saturday, Sarah de Rijcke and I met up with artist and researchers Jordi Puig. We visited an exhibition data.scan [no 1-9] by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda at Gallery MU. A fabulous, immersive exhibition about data, in which multiple visualisations accompanied by sounds are… Continue Reading “Navigating the brain”

Doing and thinking!

A new publication with a long history! Learning in a Landscape: Simulation-building as Reflexive Intervention–the title says it all. After sending in this article to a few possible outlets, it seemed we might never get out of the binary reactions that wouldn’t give room… Continue Reading “Doing and thinking!”

In the words of editor Tatjana Takseva: It is a pleasure to let you know that the collection Social Software and the Evolution of User Expertise: Future Trends in Knowledge Creation and Dissemination has been published. It contains a chapter written with Karina van… Continue Reading “”

PhD Defense in Sweden

It was a real pleasure to serve as opponent at the defense of Veronica Johansson of the University of Boras, Sweden. We had a great discussion about ethnographic methods and about the concept of critical literacy. And as always, it was wonderful to see… Continue Reading “PhD Defense in Sweden”

In a week!

Virtual Knowledge is now available from MIT Press!

Getting ready for “Images and Visualisation: Imaging Technology, Truth and Trust”

In a couple of days, I’ll be heading off to Norrkoping, Sweden for a summer school on visualisation. My talk will address two conventions found across many imaging modalities area fields: the view form nowhere and the seamless zoom. The presentation will be posted… Continue Reading “Getting ready for “Images and Visualisation: Imaging Technology, Truth and Trust””

The Neuroscientific Turn!

A wonderful collection edited by Melissa M. Littlefield and Jenell M. Johnson. My contribution is entitled Fast Moving Objects and their Consequences. More information about the collection can be found on the Michigan Press website.

Social Technology

Our special issue on ‘social technology’ has now appeared!  It is the issue of April 2012 (22(2)) of the Journal Theory and Psychology. Please contact the editors for more information: Anne Beaulieu, Maarten Derksen, and Signe Vikkelsø. The introduction to the special issue is… Continue Reading “Social Technology”