Friction Redux at the AAA

For those of you who participated in this summer’s reading circle on Anna Tsing’s book Friction, I will be part of a panel on the book, organized by Kimberly Christen: Discussing Friction: Engaging with Anna Tsing’s book Friction: an Ethnography of Global Connection on Thursday at 4:00 PM – 05:45 PM. I plan to discuss some of my own research as well as some of the themes raised in the discussion.

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Christopher M. Kelty is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has a joint appointment in the Institute for Society and Genetics, the department of Information Studies and the Department of Anthropology. His research focuses on the cultural significance of information technology, especially in science and engineering. He is the author most recently of Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software (Duke University Press, 2008), as well as numerous articles on open source and free software, including its impact on education, nanotechnology, the life sciences, and issues of peer review and research process in the sciences and in the humanities.