The Brown Bag is a weekly talk series that is more informal that the IS Colloquium. It is entirely run by the PhD students, although we sometimes invite faculty to give talks.
This semester, we are meeting on Mondays at 11:15am in Gates 122.
Gender, Education, ICTs and Access: Case Studies across Africa
A survey of several studies dealing with dimensions of the quest for democratic access to education through/and ICTs amidst the structure of the formal education system, grassroots intervention and the ensuing disruption of power relation in the learning space and society.
5/26
Rediet Abebe
Mechanism Design for Social Good
TBA
4/9
Leo Kang and Xiao Ma
Practice CHI and WWW talks
TBA
4/16
Sharifa Ela
Design within a Patriarchal Society
Let me know if you'd also like to give a practice talk here!
4/23
TBA
Talking across the aisle: Perspectives from different IS domains
(This might be the self-promo advice talk instead, pending changes.)
4/30
Michael Lynch and Samir Passi
IS and Ethnomethodology
An introduction to ethnomethodology and what it might bring to different domains of IS.
5/7
Us
Wrap-up Pecha-Kucha
What we did this year, what that tells us about our field, and where are we headed (programmatically and disciplinarily)
To request or nominate a speaker or talk idea, or if you need more information, please contact Ian Arawjo.