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DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Studio Days\, hosted by the Ethnography Studio\, bring
 s ethnographers together for a series of hands-on sessions focused on ethn
 ographic engagements with models. The 2026 Studio Days will include ten pa
 rticipants and three USC faculty as interlocutors whose work centers on di
 gital\, mathematical\, and architectural models. The Studio Days will take
  place on February 6th (1.5-hour zoom event) and March 6th-7th (full days\
 , in-person) at the University of Southern California.\n\n \n\nWhat makes 
 a model a tool or object of ethnographic research? What can models allow u
 s to envision or prevent us from seeing? What are the limitations and poss
 ibilities of models in ethnographic projects? The Studio Days will be a pl
 ace for researchers to exercise answers to these questions working collect
 ively and individually around their own projects. It will be facilitated b
 y Prof. Andrea Ballestero and will feature scholars whose daily work is gr
 ounded on models: their making\, use\, improvement\, and ultimate discardi
 ng. \n\n \n\nBeyond theorizing what models are\, the Studio Days will func
 tion as a workshop for building upon projects that are already utilizing m
 odels as tools and objects of ethnographic research. While meant as a plac
 e for open-ended inquiry\, the Studio Days will require participants to br
 ing with them an established\, even if early\, research project where they
  have found or are building models of a variety of sorts. Models have been
  theorized as operating pragmatically\; being more or less useful rather t
 han more or less true (Sismondo\, 1999). They help create objects of atten
 tion through conceptual\, quantitative and material means intended to crea
 te resonance between our knowledge and the conditions of the world (Balles
 tero\, 2023). As parts of larger chains of reference\, models can create a
 n object which is subject to thought but demonstrates the uncertainties an
 d complexities of reality (Gårding\, 1999\; Petersen\, 2023). \n\n \n\nTh
 ere are conceptual models\, computational models\, and physical models\, a
 ll of which can be seen as practices related to materiality in relation to
  their experimental results (e.g. quantitative\, digital\, physical)\, (Pa
 rker\, 2009). We will consider two domains of model making and use: the ma
 terial and the digital. From conversations with other scholars and each ot
 her\, we will think towards a protocol for engaging models to further expa
 nd\, make sense of\, or interact with our objects of study. \n\n\nFor more
  information\, please email the Ethnography Studio at ethnographystudio@gm
 ail.com
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:The Ethnography Studio: 2026 Studio Days "Models"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.usc.edu/event/the-ethnography-studio-studio-
 days-on-the-theme-of-models
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DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Studio Days\, hosted by the Ethnography Studio\, bring
 s ethnographers together for a series of hands-on sessions focused on ethn
 ographic engagements with models. The 2026 Studio Days will include ten pa
 rticipants and three USC faculty as interlocutors whose work centers on di
 gital\, mathematical\, and architectural models. The Studio Days will take
  place on February 6th (1.5-hour zoom event) and March 6th-7th (full days\
 , in-person) at the University of Southern California.\n\n \n\nWhat makes 
 a model a tool or object of ethnographic research? What can models allow u
 s to envision or prevent us from seeing? What are the limitations and poss
 ibilities of models in ethnographic projects? The Studio Days will be a pl
 ace for researchers to exercise answers to these questions working collect
 ively and individually around their own projects. It will be facilitated b
 y Prof. Andrea Ballestero and will feature scholars whose daily work is gr
 ounded on models: their making\, use\, improvement\, and ultimate discardi
 ng. \n\n \n\nBeyond theorizing what models are\, the Studio Days will func
 tion as a workshop for building upon projects that are already utilizing m
 odels as tools and objects of ethnographic research. While meant as a plac
 e for open-ended inquiry\, the Studio Days will require participants to br
 ing with them an established\, even if early\, research project where they
  have found or are building models of a variety of sorts. Models have been
  theorized as operating pragmatically\; being more or less useful rather t
 han more or less true (Sismondo\, 1999). They help create objects of atten
 tion through conceptual\, quantitative and material means intended to crea
 te resonance between our knowledge and the conditions of the world (Balles
 tero\, 2023). As parts of larger chains of reference\, models can create a
 n object which is subject to thought but demonstrates the uncertainties an
 d complexities of reality (Gårding\, 1999\; Petersen\, 2023). \n\n \n\nTh
 ere are conceptual models\, computational models\, and physical models\, a
 ll of which can be seen as practices related to materiality in relation to
  their experimental results (e.g. quantitative\, digital\, physical)\, (Pa
 rker\, 2009). We will consider two domains of model making and use: the ma
 terial and the digital. From conversations with other scholars and each ot
 her\, we will think towards a protocol for engaging models to further expa
 nd\, make sense of\, or interact with our objects of study. \n\n\nFor more
  information\, please email the Ethnography Studio at ethnographystudio@gm
 ail.com
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:The Ethnography Studio: 2026 Studio Days "Models"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.usc.edu/event/the-ethnography-studio-studio-
 days-on-the-theme-of-models
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Studio Days\, hosted by the Ethnography Studio\, bring
 s ethnographers together for a series of hands-on sessions focused on ethn
 ographic engagements with models. The 2026 Studio Days will include ten pa
 rticipants and three USC faculty as interlocutors whose work centers on di
 gital\, mathematical\, and architectural models. The Studio Days will take
  place on February 6th (1.5-hour zoom event) and March 6th-7th (full days\
 , in-person) at the University of Southern California.\n\n \n\nWhat makes 
 a model a tool or object of ethnographic research? What can models allow u
 s to envision or prevent us from seeing? What are the limitations and poss
 ibilities of models in ethnographic projects? The Studio Days will be a pl
 ace for researchers to exercise answers to these questions working collect
 ively and individually around their own projects. It will be facilitated b
 y Prof. Andrea Ballestero and will feature scholars whose daily work is gr
 ounded on models: their making\, use\, improvement\, and ultimate discardi
 ng. \n\n \n\nBeyond theorizing what models are\, the Studio Days will func
 tion as a workshop for building upon projects that are already utilizing m
 odels as tools and objects of ethnographic research. While meant as a plac
 e for open-ended inquiry\, the Studio Days will require participants to br
 ing with them an established\, even if early\, research project where they
  have found or are building models of a variety of sorts. Models have been
  theorized as operating pragmatically\; being more or less useful rather t
 han more or less true (Sismondo\, 1999). They help create objects of atten
 tion through conceptual\, quantitative and material means intended to crea
 te resonance between our knowledge and the conditions of the world (Balles
 tero\, 2023). As parts of larger chains of reference\, models can create a
 n object which is subject to thought but demonstrates the uncertainties an
 d complexities of reality (Gårding\, 1999\; Petersen\, 2023). \n\n \n\nTh
 ere are conceptual models\, computational models\, and physical models\, a
 ll of which can be seen as practices related to materiality in relation to
  their experimental results (e.g. quantitative\, digital\, physical)\, (Pa
 rker\, 2009). We will consider two domains of model making and use: the ma
 terial and the digital. From conversations with other scholars and each ot
 her\, we will think towards a protocol for engaging models to further expa
 nd\, make sense of\, or interact with our objects of study. \n\n\nFor more
  information\, please email the Ethnography Studio at ethnographystudio@gm
 ail.com
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:The Ethnography Studio: 2026 Studio Days "Models"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.usc.edu/event/the-ethnography-studio-studio-
 days-on-the-theme-of-models
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