I made one of those pictures of myself where you chose from lots of options. I’m in Southpark. Except once I’d put in the freckles and umbrella I couldn’t get rid of them. Yes, I get freckles in summer and use an […]

I should vote for the Liberal Democrats, an internet quiz says. If I lived in Britain and was eligible to vote in the upcoming elections, that is. The problem with a site like whoshouldyouvotefor.com is of course that it pretends and maybe […]

Look at this: a bibliography of articles, mostly research papers, all on weblogs. There are 180 papers on the list! That research area sure took off fast!

The boat hotel has wireless! I didn’t even think to ask, because, you know, they’re a boat. No wireless in the cabins, but trot on off to the lovely breakfast rooms and ask the friendly staff for the password and off you […]

Yesterday Norway officially made the UN’s womens’ convention (is that the correct English) part of Norwegian law, along with other anti-discrimination law, and there’s a new ombudsman for discrimination. Discrimination has been illegal in Norway for ages, but it’s now all neatly […]

One great thing about living on a boat hotel is that there’s no wireless and so you can actually finish answering all your email because you can’t get any new email. In a little while I’ll go find a cafÈ with wireless, […]

[19/4: freshly completed post after battery died yesterday]Dagny’s doing a post. doc. at IMK and is a folklorist and a cultural historian, and she’s going to talk about actors and actants in networks. Akt¯r-nettverksteori, is this actor-network theory? Latour etc. – ah, […]

[Post in progress] Title of the talk is a quote from Castells. Will talk about some of the mechanisms in networks, looking at relationships between organisations rather than between individual people.