October 12-14, 2023
Berlin University of the Arts
A Book launch and Symposium
All events take place in the main building of the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
Hardenbergstraße 33
10623 Berlin
Charlotte-Salomon-Saal / Raum 101 (& 102 for the symposium)
Thursday, 12.10.2023:
18:00: BOOK LAUNCH
Brief book presentation
Domesticating Domestication?
A dialogue between Anne-Jorunn Berg (Nord University, NO) & Maren Hartmann (UdK, DE)
Fingerfood & drinks
Friday, 13.10.2023:
SYMPOSIUM
8:30-9:00: Arrival
9:00-9:15: Welcome
9:15-9:45: Domestication - what is it good for? An interactive workshop-element
9:45-10:00: Coffee break
10:00-12:00: TALKS - ROUND ONE:
INFRASTRUCTURES & RE-DOMESTICATION
Domestication as User-Led Infrastructuring
Thomas Berker (NTNU, NO)
Meant for the whole household - Self-characterizations of residential communities in the setup of a smart speaker
Niklas Strüver & Tim Hector (University of Siegen, DE)
Conceptualizing re-domestication: theoretical reflections and empirical findings to a neglected concept
Corinna Peil (University of Salzburg, Austria) &
Jutta Röser (University of Münster, DE)
Respondent: David Morley (Goldsmiths, UK)
12:00-12:15: Break
12:15-13:15: KEYNOTE:
Domestication Meets the Big Other
Maria Bakardjieva (University of Calgary, CAN)
13:15-14:30: LUNCH
14:30-15:00: MAPPING DOMESTICATION RESEARCH - AN EXERCISE
15:00-17:00: TALKS - ROUND TWO:
OPENING UP POLICIES, CULTURES & SIMULATIONS
Policy relevance of domestication research: Insights from three Swedish case studies
Tobias Olsson & Carolina Martinez (Malmö University)
Nuanced Domestication of Social Media: Intrigues of Situated Cultural Affordances in Kenyan Local Ecologies of Knowledge
James Ogone (Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), Kenya)
Domesticating the simulated situations and spaces of video calling and virtual reality technologies
Deborah Chambers (Newcastle, UK)
Respondent: Leslie Haddon (LSE, UK)
17:00-17:15: COFFEE BREAK
17:15-18:15: EMTEL Panel:
Reflections on the life of a network
Jo Pierson (University of Hasselt, BE); Leslie Haddon (LSE, UK) & Knut Sørensen (NTU, NO)
19:30: DINNER
Saturday, 14.10.2023:
10:00-11:15: TALKS - ROUND THREE:
OTHER SIDES OF DOMESTICATION
The Dark Side of Domestication? Individualization, Anxieties and FoMO Created by the Use of Media Technologies
Tem Frank Andersen & Peter Vistisen (University of Aalborg, DK)
Domestication Theory: Reflections from the Kalahari
Helle-Valle & Storm-Mathisen (OsloMet, NO)
11:15-11:30: COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:45: TALKS - ROUND FOUR: TAKING CARE OF BODIES
Lacking the body in the house
Maren Hartmann (UdK, DE)
Feeling Good, Feeling Safe: Domesticating Phones and Drugs in Clubbing
Kristian Møller (RUC, DK)
12:45-13:30: FINAL REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF DOMESTICATION RESEARCH
