ZKF Public Talk: Good Enoughing. Care and Compromise in Corporate Software Work
Time
Wednesday, 20. November 2024
17:30 - 19:00
Location
Bischofsvilla + online
Organizer
ZKF, Research Institute Social Cohesion
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Paula Bialski (Universität St. Gallen)
Moderation:
Benjamin Schäfer
Zoom-Link
Meeting-ID: 915 3170 7702
Situated between science and technology studies, software studies, and ethnographic inquiry, in this lecture, Prof. Bialski will take the audience on a journey describing neither the tech giant or the flashy startup, but the run-of-the-mill Middletech: a place where software is built to be just “good enough” to function and workers create and sustain a complex culture of good enoughness. In examining the materiality of software in shaping the organization of software work, Bialski will show how software’s technical constraints – such as bugs or legacy code – impacts daily workflows, decision-making processes, and power dynamics among software engineers.
Contact: zkf@uni-konstanz.de
