Workshop on ‘Making Stories: Dissertation as Parables‘ at the Northeast STS Graduate Student Conference – Making Do: Muddling Through to Dissertation (Troy: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 11-13 March 2016). Abstract: Dissertations are not just analytic accounts of an empirical case study that enable extensions of disciplinary knowledge. They are stories of struggle, making do, tinkering, and most of all an account […]
The Search for Homo Naturales
Humans, pure and unadulterated, are probably extinct. All you find now is a copy of a copy of a copy. In fact, it is a lot easier to find a map of a human than to find their traces. When I started my search, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) had already put them on the […]
3:1 — Post-STS — 3 of 3
First of all, I have to start with thanking Nicholas for such a warm welcome. I am still a little surprised, but (at the same time!) delighted by the invitation to join the @installingorder.org community. With respect to this post, I have had the additional privilege of being the last person to respond to the question of […]
Back to the Future
I worked on this project between May 2013 and June 2014 in collaboration with Trevor Pinch and Wiebe Bijker under the supervision of Michael Lynch. Conference Presentation Title: Back to the Future: Situating the ‘T’ in ‘STS’ Author: Ranjit Singh Workshop: Workshop on Social Construction of Technology Coming of Age: New Challenges and Opportunities Ahead Venue: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Date: 3-5 June […]
Locating Publics
Research Supervisors: Prof. Wiebe E. Bijker and Prof. Esha Shah Institution: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS), Maastricht University. Project Timeframe: January, 2011 to July, 2011. Abstract: On 9th February, 2010, the then Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests (MoSEF), Jairam Ramesh, imposed a moratorium on the agricultural production of Bt Brinjal after organizing a set […]
Deconstructing Time-Travelling Identity
Authors: Samir Passi and Ranjit Singh Venue: International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games in Athens, Greece. Date: 7 April, 2011. Abstract: This conference paper philosophically examines the concept of time travel, identity, and conceptualization of self (of the player) within their game experience. Using Day of the Tentacles (1993), InFamous (2009) and Final Fantasy VIII (1999) as […]
Old Buildings, New Ideas
Authors (in order of appearance of chapters): Tuur Ghys, Rick Hölsgens, Jeremias Herberg, Aline Reichow, Ana Morais Sarmento Pires, Brian Keller, and Ranjit Singh Research Supervisors: Dr. Karin Wenz and Dr. Bas van Heur Institution: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS), Maastricht University. Project Timeframe: June, 2010 to February, 2011. Abstract: This edited volume presents a collection of chapters written by the 2009-2010 first year Cultures of […]