Carolin Gerlitz, Markus A. Helmerich, Johannes Paßmann, Matthias Schaffrick
Lists are known as a medium of order which contributes significantly to the ways in which we organise and classify knowledge. In online and social media, lists are currently experiencing a remarking proliferation. Digital cultures have brought about “new” types of lists, which are data intensive, algorithmic and dynamic, but also share significant formal and functional features with lists prevalent in bureaucratic organisations, popular culture or literature.
- The ubiquity of lists in everyday life asks researchers to revisit what lists are, both empirically and conceptually, to explore what differentiates them from tables, catalogues or databases, and also to account for what lists do and what we do we with them.
- The objective of the conference is to approach lists from an interdisciplinary perspective as performative, epistemological processes and to explore how their minimalist form can enable various functionalities.
Ort: Artur-Woll-Haus der Universität Siegen, Am Eichenhang 50, 57076 Siegen
Veranstalter: Philosophische Fakultät, Universität Siegen