Publications

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Publications and Photo Credits


Thesis work:

  1. Ph.D. 2006 (expected). Greening the Dragon: Information Systems in the Eco-Environmental Governance of Beijing, China. Ph.D., Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.


  • B.A. 1995. (>loudspeak<) : An early socio-technical history of electro-acoustics.Undergraduate (Division III Exam), Natural Sciences, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.



    Interviews for CECS:

    These interviews are a part of the Center for Ethics and Complex System's (CECS) Interview Archive. Authors listed by alphabetical order. Interviews are in .pdf format. Please note: when citing any interview, use the complete information as it is found in the citation field as listed below.


    1. Barlow, Janice



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2002) "Janice Barlow / Director Marin Breast Cancer Watch and GIS / 2002" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. June 25.



      Keywords: breast cancer, geographic information systems, GIS, environmental epidemiology



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    2. Carlin, Scott



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2002) "Scott Carlin / Asst. Professor of Environmental Studies & Geography and GIS Consultant to Huntington Beach Breast Cancer Coalition / 2002" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. November 17.



      Keywords: GIS, environmental information, breast cancer, mapping, environmental epidemiology, women's health



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    3. Guiliano, David



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2001) "David Guiliano / EPA realtime ozone monitoring system / 2001" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. November 18.



      Keywords: GIS, environmental information, EPA, real-time monitoring, public participation



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    4. Haedberg, Calle



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2001) "Calle Haedberg / Open Source Health Informatics / 2001" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. March 19.



      Keywords: public health, information systems, open source



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    5. Kennedy, Theresa



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2002) "Theresa Kennedy / GIS Specialist and Staff Scientist for Silent Spring Institute / 2002" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. November 17.



      Keywords: GIS, environmental information, breast cancer, mapping, environmental epidemiology, women's health



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    6. Koch, Dan



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2001) "Dan Koch / GIS Specialist for Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife / 2001" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. July 28.



      Keywords: GIS, environmental information



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    7. McElroy, Jane



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2002) "Jane McElroy / GIS in researching breast cancer and atrizine correlations / 2002" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. June 24.



      Keywords: GIS, environmental information, breast cancer mapping



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    8. Meuser, Michael



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2001) "Michael Meuser / Scorecard.org development, MapCruzin.com," CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. MONTH DAY. RPI. July 17.



      Keywords: GIS, environmental information, Scorecard



    9. Orman, Larry



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2002) "Larry Orman / Director of GreenInfo Network and GIS Specialist / 2002" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. June 24.



      Keywords: geographic information systems, GIS, environmental information, NGO information use



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    10. Pease, Bill



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2001) "Bill Pease / An original developer of Scorecard.org / 2001" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. November 17.



      Keywords: GIS, environmental information, Scorecard, public disclosure



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    11. Stanley-Jones, Michael



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2001) "Michael Stanley-Jones / Scorecard and Toxics Information / 2001" CECS Working Interviews. Troy, NY: Center for Ethics in Complex Systems, RPI. July 17.



      Keywords: GIS, environmental information, Scorecard



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    Interviews for Surveillance and Society:

    1. Institute for Applied Autonomy



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2002) "On the Outside Looking Out- an Interview with the Institute for Applied Autonomy." Surveillance & Society. Vol. 1, Issue 1. Sept. 2002. (p. 102-119) http://www.surveillance-and-society.org



      Keywords: surveillance, surveillance cameras, public space, performance



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  • Surveillance Camera Players with Bill Brown (interview and video)



    Citation: Schienke, Erich (2003) "Streets into Stages: an interview with Surveillance Camera Players' Bill Brown." Surveillance & Society. Vol. 1, Issue 3. July 2003. (p. 356-374) http://www.surveillance-and-society.org



    Citation: Schienke, Erich (2003) Video. "A Walking Tour With Bill Brown of the Surveillance Camera Players" Surveillance & Society. Vol. 1, Issue 3. July 2003. (video 15 min.) http://www.surveillance-and-society.org



    Keywords: surveillance, surveillance cameras, situationsists, public space



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    Other publications and proceedings:

    1. Topological Turn (Conference Proceedings)



      Citation: Schienke, Erich (2003) "Who's Mapping the Mappers? Ethnographic Research in the Production of Digital Cartography." Published conference proceedings from Transforming Spaces. The Topological Turn in Technology Studies, Darmstadt, Germany.



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    Film and photo credits:

    1. Still photography and field sound recording for "Global Villages: The Globalization of Ethnic Display". Produced by Tamar Gordon. Written by Tamar Gordon. Tourist Gaze Productions. Forthcoming (~2005).


  • Photographs of "Windows on the World" for Kyoto Journal. Citation: Schienke, Erich (2002) "Photos of Windows on the World, China." Kyoto Journal. Issue 52. Winter 2002. (p. 82-83)


  • Photographs of Omnimedia Performaces for Electronic Musician Magazine. Citation: Schienke, Erich (1998) "Photos of ModlWorkr." Electronic Musician, December 1998. p104 & p106





    Papers, presentations, and performances



    Professional papers:

    1. Society for Social Studies of Science. Atlanta, GA. Paper: Mapping the Public / Mapping for the Public: Spatial Analysis of Environment and Health Interactions in the Case of Breast Cancer. (October 2003)



  • Society for Social Studies of Science. Milwaukee, WI. Paper: Mapping Community Concerns--Breast Cancer, Toxic Releases, and GIS. (November 2002)



  • PPGIS (Public Participation Geographic Information Systems) New Brunswick, NJ. Paper: Mapping Community Concerns--Breast Cancer, Toxic Releases, and GIS (July 2002)



  • Mapping Sciences Conference Melbourne, Australia. Paper accepted and submitted, but not delivered in person: Who's Mapping the Mappers?: Ethnographic Research in the Production of Digital Cartography (June 2002)



  • Transforming Spaces: The Topological Turn in Technology Studies. Darmstadt, Germany. Paper: Who's Mapping the Mappers?: Ethnographic Research in the Production of Digital Cartography (March 2002)



  • 4S Cambridge, MA. Organizer and chair: Three panels for 4S concerning Art in the Critical Engagement of Science and Technology. The three panels are organized into artists, curators, and STS scholars working through and around the subject of art and design the critique and public exhibition of science and technology. Paper: "What is Design" A Video on Design Pedagogy. (As well this is about the role of Video in the production of STS.) (November 2001)



  • EPA EMPACT conference "Bringing it all home" Philadelphia, PA. Co-presented with Kim Fortun: On history and situational roots of Scorecard.org and other environmental information systems in U.S. (August 2001)



  • American Ethnological Society Montreal, Canada. Paper: Art as Exhibited Science Criticism: A Study of Michael Oatman's Long Shadows: Henry Perkins and the Eugenics Survey of Vermont as Exhibited in the Unnatural Science show as MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass. (May 2001)



  • Northeast STS Graduate Conference RPI "Working Boundaries." Paper: Writing and Doing Technography... a Work in Progress (February 2001)



  • 4S/EASST Vienna. Paper: Posthuman and Nostalgic Interfaces: Towards a New Categorization of Information Experiences (September 2000)



    Presentations, guest lectures, and performances:

    1. SUNY Buffalo IGERT Colloquium invited speaker. Buffalo, NY. Talk: Ethnographic Research into the Ethics of Cartographic Experimentalism. (November 2003)



  • RPI STS "Design, History and Society" guest lecture. Troy, NY. Talk: The Scientific Revolution... Towards the Enlightenment (October 2003)



    Performances:

    1. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: (as blasthaus/bolt) Exhibited work and performed during the opening festivities (audience of ~5000) to the 0101 Art in Technological Times exhibit. (March 2001)



  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: (as blasthaus/bolt) Exhibited work and performed during the opening festivities (audience of ~3000) to the Bill Viola Exhibit. (May 2000)



  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: (as blasthaus/bolt) Exhibited work and performed during the opening festivities of (audience of ~2500) to the Keith Haring exhibit. (May 1999)