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<div><font size="4"><b>Judy Wajcman<br></b></font></div>
<i>LSE, Sociology</i>
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<div><font size="4"><b>Life in the Fast Lane? Towards a Sociology of Technology and Time</b></font>
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<div><br>Monday, March 26th</div>
<div><font color="#000000">12:15-2:00 p.m.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room
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<div><b>Abstract:</b>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">The subject of
time has become a major preoccupation in academic and popular writing because
people feel short of it. It is now conventional wisdom to think that more and
more aspects of our lives are speeding up. <span>While many factors are contributing to this phenomenon, information and
communication technologies are seen as the main drivers. </span>Images of
technologically tethered, blackberry-addicted workers abound. <span>This talk considers the way social theorists</span> analyse concepts of time and acceleration and then examines
how these claims might be assessed in the light of empirical research. Such
research shows that time compression has multiple dimensions, and that the
effect of digital devices like the mobile phone is not simply one of
acceleration. In particular, I suggest
that the social studies of technology offers a richer analysis of the
reciprocal relationship between technological innovation and changing time
practices. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span>
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<div><b>Biography</b>:
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Professor Judy Wajcman is in the Sociology Department at
the London School
of Economics. She is an Associate Fellow of Oxford Internet Institute and is a past
President of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Her
books include <i>Feminism Confronts Technology</i>,
</span><i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Managing Like A Man: Women and Men
in Corporate Management</i><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" lang="EN-AU">, </span><i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">TechnoFeminism</i><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">, </span><i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Politics of Working Life</i><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" lang="EN-AU"> and the <i>Social Shaping of Technology</i> (with MacKenzie). She is one of the
editors of <i>The</i> <i>Handbook of Science and Technology Studies.</i></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" lang="EN-AU">Her work has been translated into French,
German, Greek, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.</span>
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