Events

CYSWIK: Pre-Valentine Reception

by admin 13 February 2009

Friday, 13 February, 2009, Amsterdam The Virtual Knowledge studio held a reception to re-connect with colleagues from the CYSWIK@PICNIC workshop last summer and to celebrate some exciting new projects. Projects presented and on display ranged thematically across diverse topics such as the announcement of a new collaboration between Arts and Genomics, The Virtual Knowledge Studio, [...]

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Working with Large Historical Databases

by Jeannette Haagsma 12 November 2008

Lecture by Kees Mandemakers 12 November 2008 Abstract When in 1991 the Historical Sample started, about ten to twenty large public historical databases existed. With public we mean that they are open for more researchers than the main researcher or research team that constructed the database. Nowadays the number of this kind of databases counts [...]

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VKS Celebrating KNAW 200 Years with Three Events

by admin 30 October 2008

30-31 October 2008, Amsterdam Text comparison and digital creativity International KNAW colloquium on the ‘co-production of presence and meaning’ in digital text scholarship This international colloquium will be hosted by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam, and is organised by the Virtual Knowledge Studio and the Peshitta Institute (Leiden). The [...]

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CYSWIK @ PICNIC

by admin 23 September 2008

23-24 September 2008, Amsterdam The Virtual Knowledge Studio organizes an interdisciplinary workshop entitled: Can You See What I Know? (in short: CYSWIK) This workshop will be a special during PICNIC 08, Amsterdam’s new media event that will be held for the 3rd time in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam from 24 until 26 September 2008. By [...]

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Conference on e-research at Oxford Internet Institute

by admin 11 September 2008

11-13 September 2008, Oxford, UK Nick Jankowski and Andrea Scharnhorst are organizing a panel entitled ” e-Collaboration: Theoretical Issues, Empirical Studies, Practical Experiences of Distant Research Collaboratories” at the upcoming conference on e-research at Oxford Internet Institute, 11-13 September 2008. More information about and registration to the conference. More details about the panel

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HYDROUS’08

by admin 21 August 2008

21 August 2008, Rotterdam HYDROUS’08 is an EASST side event hosted from 18:00-23:00 at the V2 Institute for Unstable Media (Eendrachtstraat 10, Rotterdam). It is an occasion for sharing the ideas and techniques of scholars and artists working at the intersection of STS and water governance. Our aim is to gather together and contribute to [...]

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Ethics 2.0: Balancing privacy, publicity and prudence

by Jeannette Haagsma 11 June 2008

Lecture by Maria Bakardjieva 11 June 2008 Abstract of the lecture Biographical Note Maria Bakardjieva is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada. She holds a doctorate in Sociology from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and a doctorate in Communication from Simon Fraser University, Canada. She is the author [...]

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VKS celebrating the KNAW’s 200th Anniversary

by admin 8 May 2008

8 May 2008, Amsterdam We marked this anniversary with an installation presented by the VKS at the 8 May celebration at the Beurs van Berlage. The installation was developed around the work entitled Poser, by Constant Dullaart. More on the KNAW 200 celebration

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Workshop on Evolution and physics

by admin 10 January 2008

January 2008, The Simulation collaboratory and the CREEN project announce a multidisciplinary workshop on evolutionary perspectives on complex phenomena in nature and society. The 401. Heraeus workshop brings together scholars from physics, information and communication sciences, economics and sociology. See more about Evolution and Physics: Concepts, Models and Applications.

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Working papers in virtual ethnography

by admin 22 June 2007

22 June 2007, Amsterdam Virtual Ethnography & Co The title of this working day is meant to invoke multiple associations. First, ‘& co’ can be read as ‘and company’ so that this term signals the inclusiveness of what we mean by virtual ethnography. This event is the opportunity to exchange with other scholars about your work [...]

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The Arts, Humanities and E-Science: Common themes and mutual opportunities for new research

by Jeannette Haagsma 7 December 2006

Lecture by Stuart Dunn 7 December 2006 Abstract The Arts, Humanities and E-Science: Common themes and mutual opportunities for new research The UK is served by an established and internationally recognized e-science programme (www.rcuk.ac.uk/escience). As researchers in the physical, medical and life sciences move towards more computational ways of working across national and international grids, [...]

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Web Archiving

by admin 26 September 2006

26 September 2006, Amsterdam Meeting on the use of Web Archiving for research – a discussion from the point of view of the social scientist and humanities scholar. 26 September 2006 – at 13.30 o’clock – at the Virtual Knowledge Studio, Cruquiusweg 31, Amsterdam. In the Nicolaevsky Room. Please click here for the full invitation [...]

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Embodying Information 1900/2000: Information Processing and Genetic Knowledge at the Turn of Two Centuries

by Jeannette Haagsma 12 June 2006

Lecture by Philip Thurtle 12 June 2006 Abstract Embodying Information 1900/2000: Information Processing and Genetic Knowledge at the Turn of Two Centuries The last few decades of the twentieth century and the first few years of the twenty-first have witnessed the proliferation of biomedical technologies. Stem cell research, human cloning, reproductive technologies, and new partnerships [...]

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Researching blogs and blogging research: synergies of colliding worlds

by Jeannette Haagsma 21 June 2005

Lecture by Lilia Efimova 21 June 2005 Lecture presentation slides (ppt) Added information can be found here. Bibliographical note Born in Russia, I studied economics and human resource development and worked designing, facilitating and managing learning programs in educational and non-profit sectors. Since 2001 I work as researcher at Novay, studying social media, changing workplace, knowledge and learning. In [...]

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