10/26/2005
11:30am-1:00pm
DLC 170
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Techno-Territories and Smart Spaces
Heinrich Schwarz
Department of Communication
This talk will present aspects of my research on the intersection of technology
and space. The first part will introduce a study on recent transformations in
office design, in particular ethnographic research of a flexible non-territorial
office. It raises the question about changes in the social organization and
status hierarchy of organizations that such office concepts may affect. In a
second part I will offer preliminary reflections on some social dimensions of
location-aware technologies; these include new opportunities for research, the
creation of spatial knowledge, and a potentially changing experience of space.
Heinrich Schwarz is an assistant professor in the Department
of Communication at CU-Boulder. His works on social and cultural dimensions of
emerging information technologies has focused on mobile, flexible, and virtual
office concepts, mediated communication, and changing spatial regimes. He draws
on science and technology studies, communication, and cultural anthropology.
Sponsored by the Center for Lifelong Learning & Design.
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