We are pleased to announce that TRU members Bretton Fosbrook and Kira Lussier have published in the most recent issue of Business History Review (90.4, January 2016). Kira offers a history of “Managerial Intuition” and Bretton provides an analysis of the concept of Heterarchy in “The Evolution of the Heterarchical Organization.” Kira and Bretton, along with Justin Douglas,…
Learn about the TRU’s work preserving U.S. environmental data as part of the EDGI (the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative. Michelle Murphy and Nick Shapiro talk about their work with Dominic Boyer and Cymene How in this Cultures of Energy Podcast from Rice University. http://culturesofenergy.com/ep-54-saving-environmental-data-feat-michelle-murphy-nick-shapiro/
The TRU is excited to announce the launch of the EDGI toolkit in support of data archiving events and #DataRescue. The toolkit was made possible by the efforts of TRU members and the Civic Tech TO community, and all those who participated at the Guerrilla Archiving Event. If you are thinking about hosting your own event,…
Call to Action: Care about Trump, data, or the environment? Join us for a full day of hackathon activities in preparation for the Trump presidency. Date: 10am-4pm, December 17, 2016 Location: Bissell Building, 4th Floor, 140 St. George St. University of Toronto RSVP and up-to-date information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1828129627464671/ Bring: laptops, power bars, and snacks. Coffee and Pizza…
Catalyst Vol. 2, No.2 is out! It features the special section Nothing/More: Black Studies and Feminist Technoscience Studies edited by Cristina Visperas, Kimberly Juanita Brown, Jared Sexton.
Call For Papers: Techniques of the Corporation Conference May 4-6, 2017 University of Toronto How do corporations know themselves and their world? Over the last 150 years, corporations, like universities and laboratories, have generated an abundance of knowledge-making techniques in the form of psychological test, efficiency technologies, scenario planning, and logistical systems. As dominant forms…
A coalition of researchers between the Technoscience Resaerch Unit, Politics of Evidence Working Group, and Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR) have produced a new report highlighting the failure of federal regulations to keep harmful flame retardant chemicals out of homes and consumer products. Toxic by Design by the Endocrine Disruptors Action Group (EDAction) brings critical science…
