CHRONOS and DOS Public Lecture

Venue: Moore Auditorium

Speaker: Barbara Czarniawska, Professor of Management Studies, Gothenburg Research Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract

What were the fears and hopes automation has occasioned through years, and how were they reflected in popular culture, from the coining of the term “robot" to the present media hype? Have such hopes and fears changed, and did the changes reflect actual changes in robotics? I analyze how this topic  was treated in science fiction novels and films that have captured the popular imagination on a worldwide scale, and then compare to the picture presented in contemporary media and social sciences.

Profile

Barbara Czarniawska is Senior Professor of Management Studies at Gothenburg Research Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She takes a feminist and processual perspective on organizing, recently exploring connections between popular culture and practice of management, and robotization of work.