Researchers from the Department for Culture and Communication are organizing a postgraduate course Technologies of Digital Work at the Inter-University Centre (IUC) in Dubrovnik, 3—6 May 2016. The course is supported by the IS1202 COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology) action Dynamics of Virtual Work—an interdisciplinary research network studying transformations of work and labour in the digital, Internet age and managed by a committee of representatives from 30 countries.
The goal of the course is to gather PhD students, early career as well as senior researchers from the fields of critical theory, media studies, science and technology studies, gender studies and policy analysis. The course is intended for researchers examining the relationship between digital technologies and work, new forms of work and everyday life and the broader context of social change. The focus is on the organizational, institutional, cultural, political and economic contexts of digital technologies and their relationship with everyday practices routines and habits of work.
Together with researchers from IRMO’s Department for Culture and Communication Paško Bilić and Jaka Primorac, international course directors include: Ursula Huws, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; Eran Fisher, Open University, Israel; Juliet Webster, Open University of Catalonia, Spain; Bjarki Valtysson, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Further information about the course and application process: “Training School, Dubrovnik, 3-6 May, 2016“
