…and then the world

or, what I did on my travels, 5 October – 4 November 2009 (listed here mostly in case my memory fails):

Conference:

• ir10 + doctoral colloquium
• ‘Critical voices in the Australian political blogosphere’ (Bruns, Highfield, Kirchhoff, Nicolai)
• ‘Themes and discussions from eight months in the French political blogosphere’ (Highfield)

Projects, institutes, and groups visited/discussed

• Mapping Main Street, which was presented at:
• Berkman Center for Internet & Society
• MACOSPOL (Mapping Controversies on Science for Politics) and
• Mapping Controversies from:
• médialab de Sciences Po
• rtgi/linkfluence

Campuses

• Stanford
• University of Washington
• Harvard
• MIT
• Sciences-Po
• Université libre de Bruxelles
• Curtin University of Technology
• University of Western Australia

Exhibitions, shows, galleries, and museums

• Milwaukee Art Museum [including Andy Warhol: the Last Decade and an infinity chamber]
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Shedd Aquarium
• California Academy of Sciences
• Open-Source Embroidery at:
• Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco
• ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ (Tom Stoppard) by ACT (A Contemporary Theater) at Allen Theater, Seattle
• Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy Library, Boston
• Centre Georges Pompidou

Books read

• Juliet, Naked – Nick Hornby
• Gentlemen of the Road – Michael Chabon
• Everything is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer
• Bicycle Diaries – David Byrne

Cities

• Chicago
• Milwaukee
• San Francisco
• Palo Alto
• Seattle
• New Orleans
• Boston
• Paris
• Bruxelles
• Perth

Transport

• 13 flights
• 10 trains
• 28 metro/subway rides
• 16 buses
• 7 taxis
• 4 trams
• 2 ferries
• 1 monorail
• 1 bike
• a lot of walking…