Three days at #stsing in Bochum, thanks to the organisers for putting this fantastic conference together! STS' future in Germany is in good hands! And I hope all the smart people without permanent positions that I met will soon be as lucky as I was when I was in their situation!
The picture shows a window view of a rainy landscape from a train. The foreground shows a closed coffee mug, sitting on a small table.
On my way to #BeforeRuins Conference and #stsing GA in Bochum (thx @rustlab). Of course, it just started raining. So let’s have some rain and some rust
Snapshot of a concrete wall close to our upcoming registration desk
In the way to the lecture hall, there is yellow joy
On Wednesday, our #stsing conference in #Bochum starts. Final prep walk done. Standing #BeforeRuins. #sts
Check our lovely booklet here:
stsing.org/before-ru…
Dithered photograph of disassembly action in the Ruhr valley, representing the not-yet of transformation, pasts and futures.
We proudly share our Call for Cases for the 2nd #stsing conference, hosted in #Bochum. A case-based format is a way of conferencing that is local, small, and oriented towards the concrete.
Make your case, fit your case, hop on. #sts #sociology #anthropology
stsing.org/before-ru…
Dithered image (80s web style) of the Ruhr Valley campus with the forests in the back. Reduced colours, mostly green, white, black, sprinkles of rusty red. Aiming for a low-carbon conference of sorts
"Attesting to living in times of nearing ends, ‘Before Ruins’ is when we are able and required to act, to notice and recognize."
stsing.org/before-ru…
Announcing the 2nd #stsing conference in Bochum. We will have some fun over there, and try to do a few things differently. #sts #lowcarbon
#stshub2025 as a political space for new platforms. For us, and beyond. Darkness, yet…
Engaging discussion after the first plenary
To be continued at the #stsing event, to be continued here (#Mastodon, perhaps #Bluesky)
In Berlin. For the first time since 2003. In between 2003 and 2025 I must have been to Germany thousands of times (I live on the border, this is not an exaggeration), but somehow never made it back to Berlin. #STSinG #STS
And here is some background from #stsing on #WeDoSTS and #MeTooSTS:
1) stsing.org/abuses-of-po...
2) stsing.org/keep-the-met...
3) Case examples (#STS in headline): www.netzwerk-mawi.de/en/case-exam...
Newspaper snippet that celebrated Robotron computers in east Germany. Chips displayed on top, museum style
An old mainframe computer. Like a boring desk but with two nice screens and a colourful keyboard
An old computer that looks like a big switch, lots of cables that were manually managed and were the computing act. A few buttons below
An early personal computer by Robotron. It uses uncommon dark grey colours
As part of #stsleakage, we enjoyed the Robotron selection in #Dresden. Look at these beauties.
#computer #history #gdr
And what a splendid inaugural #stsing conference it was! ❤️
Mace Ojala presenting by looking out of the window, holdinga cell phone and performingthe persona he is presenting in his talk.
Mace Ojala from @sfb1567.bsky.social is making good use of the room and streaming technology to present the key points of his and Fabian Pitroff's talk on personas to investigate scientific practices.
#Leakage #STSinG
construction site fence, sign saying "camera surveillance"
We're at #STSinG conference #Leakage at @tudresden.bsky.social today & tomorrow.
Currently listening carefully to the first smart home panel, and learning for our mutual project with @tucmi.bsky.social on the implications of (seemingly) simple sensors. (Thermomix has already been mentioned!)
