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The infraordinary life of researchers : Meeting places and scientific culture in the Univer-city of Lund, Sweden

Kärrholm, Mattias LU orcid and Torisson, Fredrik LU (2023) XX ISA World Congress of Sociology
Abstract
In this paper we are interested in how the growing University, i.e., the University as a place of increasingly urban dimensions, affects the infraordinary life of researchers. We here focus especially on the transformation of mundane meeting places (old and new), where researchers across disciplines might meet. In the paper, we are thus looking into changing territorial landscape of research and disciplines and its relation to everyday life, including the effects of new interdisciplinary venues, the introduction of new public spaces and transport within the University area, etc. The paper takes Lund University as a case and uses different methods, such as Perec-inspired observations studies and time-geographical notations. Lund University... (More)
In this paper we are interested in how the growing University, i.e., the University as a place of increasingly urban dimensions, affects the infraordinary life of researchers. We here focus especially on the transformation of mundane meeting places (old and new), where researchers across disciplines might meet. In the paper, we are thus looking into changing territorial landscape of research and disciplines and its relation to everyday life, including the effects of new interdisciplinary venues, the introduction of new public spaces and transport within the University area, etc. The paper takes Lund University as a case and uses different methods, such as Perec-inspired observations studies and time-geographical notations. Lund University is currently undergoing a large-scale expansion and transformation in relation to the building of the European Spallation Source (ESS), which allow us to contrast the infra-ordinary chores of researchers with the large-scale visions and strategies of European and Swedish research politics. (Less)
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XX ISA World Congress of Sociology
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Melbourne, Australia
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2023-06-25 - 2023-07-01
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English
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  abstract     = {{In this paper we are interested in how the growing University, i.e., the University as a place of increasingly urban dimensions, affects the infraordinary life of researchers. We here focus especially on the transformation of mundane meeting places (old and new), where researchers across disciplines might meet. In the paper, we are thus looking into changing territorial landscape of research and disciplines and its relation to everyday life, including the effects of new interdisciplinary venues, the introduction of new public spaces and transport within the University area, etc. The paper takes Lund University as a case and uses different methods, such as Perec-inspired observations studies and time-geographical notations. Lund University is currently undergoing a large-scale expansion and transformation in relation to the building of the European Spallation Source (ESS), which allow us to contrast the infra-ordinary chores of researchers with the large-scale visions and strategies of European and Swedish research politics.}},
  author       = {{Kärrholm, Mattias and Torisson, Fredrik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{The infraordinary life of researchers : Meeting places and scientific culture in the Univer-city of Lund, Sweden}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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