Spaces of Digitalising Societies - a public lecture from Leverhulme Visiting Professor Theodore Schatzki Tue 11 Mar 2025 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Online & Wills Memorial Building, room 3.30, University of Bristol, BS8 1RJ
Please note: This lecture will be available online and in person. A link to join the lecture online will be circulated in early March. Spaces of Digitalising Societies Space is a key feature of social life. How does the digitalisation of society affect its spatial dimensions? This talk begins by suggesting that the spaces of pre-digitalising societies are of three types - physical spaces, local regions and places. The question is whether new types of space, such as digital space or cyberspace, need to be brought in to understand societies that are undergoing digitalisation. The talk will approach this question by emphasising that new material spaces accompany digitalisation and analysing what appears on or through computer screens, including websites, online games, and virtual reality. Leverhulme Visiting Professor Theodore Schatzki is Professor of Philosophy and Geography at the University of Kentucky. He earned a BA in applied mathematics from Harvard University (1977) and graduate degrees in philosophy from Oxford University (1979) and UC Berkeley (1986). His research interests lie in theorising social life, and he is widely recognised for his contributions to the stream of thought called practice theory. Schatzki is the author of five single-authored monographs, the co-editor of six collected volumes, and responsible for ninety articles on a wide range of topics in philosophy and social theory. Recent work concerns the digitalisation of societies and examines spaces, associations, agency, and crypto-blockchains. Schatzki was the 2023-24 Distinguished Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky and the 13th most cited philosopher in the world in 2020. Professor Theodore Schatzki's visit to the University of Bristol is made possible thanks to the Leverhulme Trust. Whilst at Bristol, he will be collaborating with colleagues from the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF). Stella ✨ -------- Original Message -------- From: Debbie Watson <[email protected]> Sent: 11 February 2025 10:46:37 GMT To: [email protected] Subject: Fw: Ted Shatzki open lecture *ONLINE LECTURE NOTICE* Hello NM study group members, Please find details below of an upcoming visiting lecture we will be hosting at the Centre for Sociodigital Futures at Bristol: Public hybrid event: Prof Ted Schatzki ‘Spaces of Digitalising Societies’ University of Bristol Prof Ted Schatzki has recently arrived in Bristol as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor from University of Kentucky https://philosophy.as.uky.edu/users/schatzki . He will be giving a talk titled ‘Spaces of Digitalising Societies’ at the University of Bristol on Tue 11 Mar 2025 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Online & Wills Memorial Building, room 3.30, University of Bristol, BS8 1RJ We are very pleased that he’s offered to give this lecture, full details of which can found here. https://buytickets.at/esrccentreforsociodigitalfutures/1553171 Debbie Watson (she/her) Professor of Child and Family Welfare<https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/debbie-l-watson> [cid:deedd222-8575-424a-ba27-6a0699f1026e] Research profile<https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/debbie-l-watson> Director of Brigstow Institute<http://www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow> [cid:09a51a4b-1876-43cd-8f81-2a847a9a9bac] +44(0)117 9546786 Co-I on ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures<http://www.bristol.ac.uk/censof> [cid:1e70e5ba-476c-428f-b354-c08330bb3de8] [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Co-Editor of Sociology of Children and Families <https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sociology-of-children-and-families> [A logo for a university Description automatically generated] [DiagramDescription automatically generated] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BSA-NEWMAT list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=BSA-NEWMAT&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/BSA-NEWMAT, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ -- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: https://www.nettime.org # contact: [email protected]
