Profil
 | PhD FellowLars Rune ChristensenPhone: +45 29264538E-mail: Lrc.ioa@cbs.dk |
Visiting Kristian Kreiner and CBS from the IT-university.
Research
In general, I am interested in anthropology of organizations and technology. That includes, the study of cooperative work and its coordination, material artifacts, networks, infrastructure, causation, etc. as social and material practice. I study these practices, from which I aim to deduce theoretical and methodological challenges and issues. I study such practices through ethnographic fieldwork in the construction industry. The methodological challenge is to ‘follow the artifacts’, mainly drawings and descriptions, and track their effects and transformations. The theoretical challenge is to find a fruitful ordering perspective for the empirical observations that in turn may inform the practical endevours of the construction industry.
Superviser: Kjeld Schmidt
Publications
Christensen, L. R. (2007). Practices of stigmergy in architectural work. In Proceedings of the 2007 international ACM Conference on Conference on Supporting Group Work (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA, November 04 - 07, 2007). GROUP 2007. ACM, New York, NY, 11-20. (pdf).
Christensen, L.R. (2006). ‘Work Practice Between the Real and the Really Made Up’. Physicality 2006: The First International Workshop on Physicality, Lancaster University 6-7 February 2006. pp.16-20. (pdf).
Christensen, L.R. (2006). ‘Backdrops: The Structural Dimensions of Action at a Hospital’. 2006 Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, Venice, Italy, 2006, Vol. 2. pp. 35-39. (pdf).
Research
In general, I am interested in anthropology of organizations and technology. That includes, the study of cooperative work and its coordination, material artifacts, networks, infrastructure, causation, etc. as social and material practice. I study these practices, from which I aim to deduce theoretical and methodological challenges and issues. I study such practices through ethnographic fieldwork in the construction industry. The methodological challenge is to ‘follow the artifacts’, mainly drawings and descriptions, and track their effects and transformations. The theoretical challenge is to find a fruitful ordering perspective for the empirical observations that in turn may inform the practical endevours of the construction industry.
Superviser: Kjeld Schmidt
Publications
Christensen, L. R. (2007). Practices of stigmergy in architectural work. In Proceedings of the 2007 international ACM Conference on Conference on Supporting Group Work (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA, November 04 - 07, 2007). GROUP 2007. ACM, New York, NY, 11-20. (pdf).
Christensen, L.R. (2006). ‘Work Practice Between the Real and the Really Made Up’. Physicality 2006: The First International Workshop on Physicality, Lancaster University 6-7 February 2006. pp.16-20. (pdf).
Christensen, L.R. (2006). ‘Backdrops: The Structural Dimensions of Action at a Hospital’. 2006 Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, Venice, Italy, 2006, Vol. 2. pp. 35-39. (pdf).