Full Curriculum Vitae here…CV_KirkJalbert_2011
Kirk Jalbert is a doctoral student in the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his MFA from the Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston (’03-’05) focusing in new media and interactive installation, and received his BS in computer science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (’93-’97).
Prior to returning to school for a third term, Kirk was a faculty member at Clark University (’00-’09) and SMFA Boston (’05-’07), building and teaching courses in electronic arts, communications and culture, history of technology, as well as film studies – and was director of the Clark University Schiltkamp Gallery for 2 years. Kirk has extensive experience working with community organizations and youth empowerment projects, including living as a resident caretaker for the Massachusetts Audubon Society for 3 years.
Jalbert’s research interests focus on open source design, hacking and appropriated technologies, as well as social movements and the construction of imaginary publics. These are applied to gain a better understanding of what constitutes the social construction of knowledge in grass roots communities, particularly as it relates to environmental discourse. You can find more on these topics in the Research sections of this website.
Visit Kirk’s partner/collaborator’s website here: www.alikenner.com
Recent Papers and Presentations
“Ways of Practice in Participatory Sensing: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Culturally Situated Design”
2011 Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting, Cleveland OH
(forthcoming)
“Social Networking Nature: Publicly Defined Environments in Privatized Participatory Sensing”
2011 American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, Montreal CA
(forthcoming)
“Culturally Situated Sensing: Participatory Design and Citizen Sensing in Native American Communities”
2011 Conference on the Political Sociology of Science and Technology, Troy NY
“Culturally Situated Sensing: Peer Innovation and Citizen Sensing in Native American Communities”
2010 paper commission by the Intel Experience Insight Lab (XIL)
