Mirko Tobias Schäfer / Assistant Professor
University of Utrecht Department for Media and Culture Studies
Mirko Tobias Schäfer / Assistant Professor
University of Utrecht Department for Media and Culture Studies
Date April 2013 / Category Theory
Utrecht Data School, edition 1. Student research projects funded by Ministerie I en M, Unicef, PO Raad, Emma Communicatie, technological support by Buzzcapture February-April 2013.
Research in Residence. Stipend awarded by quartier21 at Museumsquartier Wien, October 2012.
Researching critical new media arts & artistic technology (PEEK grant by Austrian Science Fund), co-applicant, awarded a PEEK-Visit as research fellow at University of Applied Arts Vienna, 2012-2013
Mapping Digital Workspaces for Amateur Art Projects in the Netherlands, principal Investigator, contract research commissioned by Dutch Sector Institute for Amateur Art, Kunstfactor, 2011
Network Analysis of the Dutch Political Sphere on Twitter, principal investigator, contract research commissioned by Rathenau Instituut, 2011
Date October 2012 / Category Theory
Mirko is exploring technology and analyzing its discourses.
His research activities focus on cultural and socio-political aspects of computer technology and software. His fields of research can be summarized as:
Participatory Culture; Technology Appropriation & Innovation; Networked Media, Politics and the Public Sphere