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SUMMARY:Field Work: The Terrain\, The Lab\, The Archive - RIOT doctoral se
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DTEND:20251126T180000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Daniela Zetti (UNIL/ ETH Archiv)\, Stefana Parascho (CRCL/ EP
 FL)\, Santiago del Hierro (ETH)\nThis doctoral seminar expands the concep
 t of ‘the field’ beyond traditional boundaries to encompass “The Ter
 rain\, the Lab\, and the Archive.” Students will explore diverse fieldwo
 rk methodologies—from ethnographic observation to laboratory research to
  archival investigation examining the ethics\, challenges\, and opportunit
 ies each presents. Established scholars and emerging researchers will shar
 e their experiences of navigating various research terrains. Drawing on fe
 minist science studies (Donna Haraway’s situated knowledge)\, we propose
  that the boundaries between “terrain”\, “lab”\, and “archive”
  are more porous than traditionally acknowledged.\n\nDaniela Zetti (UNIL/ 
 ETH Archiv). Dr. Daniela Zetti is a historian of technology specializing i
 n the history of media. In 2006\, she completed her studies in general his
 tory at the University of Zurich. In her licentiate thesis "Personal and C
 omputers"\, she investigated the introduction of mainframe computers for t
 he Swiss PTT postal cheque service. She completed her thesis on the emerge
 nce of German television in the post-war period at D-GESS in 2013. Most re
 cently\, Zetti was acting head of the professorship for the history of tec
 hnology at the interface between the Technical University of Munich and th
 e Deutsches Museum for two years. She is currently researching the history
  of the radio studios in Lausanne\, La Sallaz\, at the University of Lausa
 nne (namely\, radio studios as sonic spaces and technological black boxes)
 . Daniela Zetti will take over the management of the ETH Archives of Conte
 mporary History from November 2025.\n\nStefana Parascho (CRCL/ EPFL). Prof
 . Dr. Stefana Parascho is a researcher\, architect\, and educator whose wo
 rk lies at the intersection of architecture\, digital fabrication and comp
 utational design. She is currently an Assistant Professor at EPFL where sh
 e founded the Lab for Creative Computation (CRCL). Through her research\, 
 she has explored multi-robotic fabrication methods and their relationship 
 to architectural design. Her goal is to strengthen the connection between 
 design\, structure\, and fabrication\, and boost the interdisciplinary nat
 ure of architecture through the development of accessible computational to
 ols and robotic fabrication methods. Before joining EPFL\, Stefana was an 
 Assistant Professor at Princeton University\, where she led the CREATE Lab
  Princeton. She completed her doctorate in 2019 at ETH Zurich\, Gramazio K
 ohler Research.\n\nSantiago del Hierro. Santiago del Hierro is an architec
 t and researcher\, pursuing his PhD on the expanded representation of Indi
 genous territory in the Northern Andean Amazon at the Chair of Prof. Milic
 a Topalovic at ETHZ. Since 2008\, his research has focused on development 
 initiatives in the Andean Amazon\, exploring how design can alternatively 
 engage issues related to resource extraction\, the expansion of agricultur
 al frontiers\, the encroachment of indigenous territories and contemporary
  narratives on what a post-development landscape could hopefully look like
 . Santiago holds a Master in Architecture from Yale University and between
  2009 and 2010 was a resident researcher at the Design Department of the J
 an van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. Until 2017 he taught at Pontificia Uni
 versidad Católica del Ecuador\, where he developed and coordinated the Ur
 ban Design Masters program. He has also been a guest professor at the Berl
 age Institute in Rotterdam\, the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
  de Valencia\, TU Delft\, Fontys University of Applied Sciences\, and Pont
 ificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
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