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Study “Digital Living” at Aarhus University Fall 2014
Study "Digital Living" at Aarhus University Fall 2014 Annette Markham Interested in social and mobile media? Do you care about how technologies impact social and work life? International MA or MS: Digital Living Aarhus University Application deadline: March...
Metaphors of Internet: Tool, Place, Way of Being (the 2003 version)
Metaphors of Internet: Tool, Place, Way of Being (the 2003 version) Annette Markham This is an unpublished article I wrote in 2003. I am currently revising it to update it, but actually, I have realized that the baseline concepts and overall framework are...
“Undermining Data”: My favorite article title to date
"Undermining Data": My favorite article title to date Annette Markham So check out my article in the October 2013 issue of First Monday. In this article, I take issue with our overuse of the term 'data' both in everyday life and in scientific research...
Seminars in Estonia: “social science 2.0: methods and ethics”
Seminars in Estonia: "social science 2.0: methods and ethics" Annette Markham This week, I'm skipping the Aarhus University holiday week to teach a PhD course in Estonia. One might ask, "What were you thinking!?" ....In fact, I asked myself this question...
What would Malinowski do? Rethinking fieldwork in social media.
What would Malinowski do? Rethinking fieldwork in social media. Annette Markham [this is a work in progress for publication later this year in Qualitative Communication Research, so it will change frequently. Comments and suggestions welcome! Also note, i...
Seminar Series in Umea 2013-2014
Seminar Series in Umea 2013-2014 Annette Markham Description: This seminar series began in September 2013 and continues to May 2014. Held once a month, most of the seminars are on Friday afternoon in the MITHuset (see schedule below). Afterwards, we often...
Reading List for “Pathways to Meaning” August 2013
Reading List for "Pathways to Meaning" August 2013 Annette Markham Lori Kendall and I are teaching a PhD course in a few weeks called "Pathways to Meaning." It's an exercise-based course, where participants get to learn more about and practice some...
Looking under methods: An experiment in play
To encourage people to think less about labels and more about practice, I started using the concept of remix. Then, I started using less heavy (in terms of baggage) terms to get under the surface of methods like ‘data collection,’ ‘data analysis,’ ‘findings,’ and so forth…
What is Remix? A research method oriented sketch
Remix is a term that came into usage in the late 20th century to refer to the practice and product of taking samples form audio tracks and putting them together in new and creative ways.