New working paper on “The communicative construction of space-related identities”

A new working paper by Prof. Dr. Inge Marszolek (University of Bremen, ZeMKI) und Dr. Yvonne Robel (Research Centre for Contemporary History, Hamburg) has been published in the “Communicative Figurations” working paper series.

The article is entitled “The communicative construction of space-related identities. Hamburg and Leipzig between the local and the global” and can be accessed here.

Further Communicative Figurations Working Papers can be accessed here.

New working paper on “How to conduct interviews on media repertoires as routine practices”

A new working paper by Juliane Klein, Prof. Dr. Uwe Schimank und Dr. Michael Walter (University of Bremen, SOCIUM) has been published in the “Communicative Figurations” working paper series.

The article is entitled “How to conduct interviews on media repertoires as routine practices – problems and empirical experiences”and can be accessed here.

Further Communicative Figurations Working Papers can be accessed here.

“Events of a pioneer community”

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (ZeMKI, University Bremen) presents at the conference “Hybridisierung inszenierter Ereignisse” (Hybridization of staged events) of the section “Knowledge Sociology” of the German Sociological Association at the TU Dortmund

The conference is focussed on the discussion on Zeitgeist events and takes place on April 8 and 9 at the Technical University Dortmund. The presentation by Andreas Hepp is entitled “Events einer Pioniergemeinschaft: Meet-Ups und Events der Quantified-Self-Bewegung” (“Events of a pioneer community: Meet-ups and events of the quantified-self-movement”) and takes place on Saturday, April 9, starting at 9:30am.

Further information on the conference can be accessed here.

New working paper on “Datafying education”

A new working paper by  Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter und Dr. Juliane Jarke (both University of Bremen/ZeMKI and ifib) has been published in the “Communicative Figurations” working paper series.

The article is entitled “Datafying education: How digital assessment practices reconfigure the organisation of learning” and can be accessed here.

Further Communicative Figurations Working Papers can be accessed here.

“The materiality of data transparency”

Dr. Juliane Jarke (ZeMKI, University of Bremen) gives a presentation at the Latin American and European Meeting on Organization Studies in Chile

From April 6-9,  the Latin American and European Meeting on Organization Studies (LAEMOS) will take place in Viña del Mar, Chile.
 
At the conference, Juliane Jarke will talk together with Prof. Raoni Rajão (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil) on “The materiality of data transparency and the (re)configuration of environmental activism in the Brazilian Amazon”. Both jointly organize the track “Performing Openess and Practicing ‚Minga‘ in Government, Education and Software Development”.

Further information on LAEMOS can be found here.

“Communicative Figurations” research network at the annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) 2016

Members of the “Communicative Figurations” research network will present research results and approaches at the annual conference of the DGPuK from March 31 to April 1 in Leipzig

Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink (University of Hamburg/Hans-Bredow-Institute für Media Research) will give a keynote on the conference topic “100 years of communication studies in Germany: From a speciality to an integrative discipline” with reference to the “communicative figurations” approach (31.03.2016, 09:30-10:30).

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Matthias Berg and Cindy Roitsch (University of Bremen, ZeMKI) will talk about the topic “media generations as process” (31.03.2016, 11:00-12:30).

Matthias Bixler and Prof. Dr. Thomas N. Friemel (University of Bremen, ZeMKI) will talk about “social networks and media usage of adolescents” (31.03.2016, 11:00-12:30).

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (University of Bremen, ZeMKI) and Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink (University of Hamburg/Hans-Bredow-Institute für Media Research) will talk together with Prof. Dr. Jo Reichertz (KWI Essen) about “constructivism in communication studies” (01.04.2016, 11:00-12:30).

PD Dr. habil. Wiebke Loosen und Julius Reimer will present together with Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt (Hans-Bredow-Institut) and Nele Heise results of their project on audience participation at the weekly newspaper “Freitag” (01.04.2016, 11:00-12:30).

Prof. Dr. Michael Brüggemann (University of Hamburg) will talk together with Dr. Sven Engesser (University of Zürich) on “societal relevance of climate change” (01.04.2016, 14:00-15:30)

The full conference programme can be accessed here (in German language).