RUSTlab Bochum

We are about to start #BeforeRuins at Ruhr-University Bochum #RUB. Imagine a very excited team! All the key programme info, including the venue location, to be found here: stsing.org/before-ruins... #STS #Anthropocene #Bochum

Join us on Thursday, June 11th, from 18 hrs (German time) for the last RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Thea Riofrancos will present her work on “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism”. In Kooperation mit dem Bergbaumuseum: Am 11.... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3129

Join us on Wednesday, June 10th, from 17.30 hrs (German time) for the fourth RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Patrick Brodie will present his work on “From the Bog to the Cloud: Dependency and Eco-Modernity in Ireland”. The green digital... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3135

Join us on Thursday, June 11th, from 18 hrs (German time) for the last RUSTLab lecture and the second special event at the Mining Museum Bochum of this summer term. Thea Riofrancos will present her work on “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3129

Join us on Thursday, May 28th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the third RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Suzette van Haaren will present her work on “The Virtual Library: What the Digital Reconstruction of the Bibliotheca Palatina Can Tell... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3123

Join us on Thursday, May 21st, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the second RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Tobias Burgers will present his work on “Vietnam's Quest for Technological Autonomy and How It Seeks to Navigate Between US, Sino and... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3121

Join us on Thursday, April 30th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the first RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Leman Çelik, Stefan Laser, Estrid Sørensen and Sandra Abels will launch their book on “Staying with the Planet: The University... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3109

This summer term 2026 we present to you our 15th round of RUSTlab Lectures. Come and join us for these exciting talks and discussions around this term’s guiding theme Scattered Grounds on five dates in the summerterm – online and on site. Digital... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3102

Join us on Thursday, Jan 22nd, from 14-16/18 hrs (German time) for the fourth RUSTLab lecture of this winter term. Anne Pasek will present her work on “An energy history and future of computing”. This talk will survey two trajectories for... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3047

Join us on Thursday, Dec 11th, from 14-18 hrs (German time) for the third RUSTLab lecture of this winter term. Ruth Eggel will present her work on “Powering Games and Playing Futures: How Game-Makers Care for People and the Planet”. The power... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3037

Join us on Wednesday, Nov 19th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the second RUSTLab lecture of this winter term. Goda Klumbytė will present her work on “Matters of Explanation: Feminist and New Materialist Reorientations of Explainability in... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3031

In Cooperation with the Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE), Dr. Tim Schütz (University of California, Irvine) will be our first RUSTlab Speaker this winter term. PECE has been a digital research infrastructure developed by... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3021

Come and join us for the RUSTlab Lectures this winter term. With four fantastic guests, we'll hear about new materialist perspectives on AI, digital platforms for collaborative ethnography, game-making for a world we can live in, and the energy future... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=3008

The event is designed to locate STS research explicitly within practical contexts, enabling participants to contribute and develop their research in relation to current issues in the Ruhr area. We will put a focus on engaging with concrete, situated... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2993

The event is designed to locate STS research explicitly within practical contexts, enabling participants to contribute and develop their research in relation to current issues in the Ruhr area. We will put a focus on engaging with concrete, situated... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2993

Join us on Thursday, Jul 24th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the last RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Mace Ojala will present his work on “Wow, PDF is such an assemblage: Let’s talk about network like, rhizomatic and unstable aspects... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2986

Unfortunately, Jeanette Pols's talk on Thursday, July 17th, has to be postponed. We hope to find an alternative date during the winter term. You will find additional resources and information on this term’s guiding theme Drawing Together here on... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2980

Join us on Thursday, Jun 26th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the second RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Maxime Le Calvé will present his work on “An Anthropology of/with Virtual Reality. Digital Ethnographic Experiments with Active... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2973

Join us on Thursday, May 22nd, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the first RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Anna Gonzalez Suero will present her work on “From Drawing to Storying: A Feminist Authoethnograhy of Artistic Identity”. This... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2953

This summer term 2025 we present to you our 13th round of RUSTlab Lectures. Come and join us for these exciting talks and discussions around this term’s guiding theme Drawing Together on four dates in the summerterm – online and on site. The... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2940

Join us on Thursday, January 30th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the last RUSTLab lecture of this winter term. Paula Bialski will present her work on “Good Enoughing at Middle Tech: An Ethnography of Corporate Software Culture”. In this... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2922

Join us on Thursday, January 23th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the third RUSTLab lecture of this winter term. Stefanie Büchner will present her work on “Who cares about data? Data Care Arrangements as Accomplishments in Everyday... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2920

Join us on Wednesday, December 11th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the second RUSTLab lecture of this winter term. Hannah Schmedes will present her work on “Reweaving Knowledge. Feminist Interventions and Infrastructural Biases in... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2898

Comment by Mace Ojala Fabian Pittroff, a fellow RUSTlab member, presented insights from his ongoing work as an “infrastructure-ethnographer-insider” (my term) at a large conglomerate of humanities researchers. The core premise is that Humanities,... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2889

Join us this Thursday, November 14th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the second RUSTLab lecture of this winter term. Fabian Pittroff will present his work on “Data Spirits: On the Fabrication of Geist in the Humanities”. Even within the... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2882

+++NEW DATE: Hannah Schmedes's Lecture had to be cancelled in October due to illness. We're looking forward to her new lecture date in December.+++ Join us on Wednesday, December 11th, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the second RUSTLab lecture of... https://rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=2831

Join us on Thursday for the third RUSTLab lecture of this summer term. Robert Queckenberg will present his work on "Replacing Theories? Scraping Theoretical Debates in the Digital Humanities." #sts The lecture will be followed by the RUSTlab's opening celebration! rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lec

What type of reader are you? We read everyday, but the literature hardly engages with the practice of reading. The @rustlab.bsky.social identifies three modes of reading: about, around and about. Read the new paper here: www.on-culture.org/journal/pers...

Lecture by Femke Snelting on “Counter Cloud Imaginaries”. Join us this Thursday, February 1st, from 14-16 hrs (German time) for the last RUSTLab lecture on “Counter Cloud Imaginaries”. rustlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/lecture-by-f...

Our #sts lab in Bochum is soon moving on campus. More to follow. A lovely new home for our lab. An event. And independent, open, POSSE-style blogging on top. Here's a snapshot from a recent underground trip we did. This is very close to our new home. As seen from below.