Event overview
Design and Social Science Seminar Series
The presentation will describe four years work attempting to inhabit genomic databases ethnographically using a variety of methods, some of which involved repurposing bioinformatics tools and scientific visualizations, some of which entailed events and online encounters with genomic researchers. We describe the morphological and dimensional tensions of genomic data, the cantilevered and highly-leveraged epistemic cultures of data-intensive life sciences, and our idiotic attempts to construct provocations using data found in the genomic databases.
Adrian Mackenzie is a Professor in the Dept. of Sociology and Co-Director, Centre for Science Studies at Lancaster University. He works at the intersections of science and technology studies, media and cultural studies, and social and cultural theory.
Ruth McNally is a Principal Lecturer in Innovation, Technology and Management at the Lord Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University.
Ruth's expertise is in science and technology studies, innovation studies, socio-legal studies, and the management of innovation and technology.
Dates & times
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2 Apr 2014 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
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