Ill be participating in the SoftWhere Software Studies Workshop next week at UCSD. This is one of the first events in the US focused on the meaning and goals of the emerging discipline of Software Studies. Most of the workshop is closed, but there is a public PechaKucha style presentation on Wednesday, May 21st, from 12:30-5:00pm. From the description:Software studies is a research field that examines software and cyberinfrastructure using approaches from humanities, cultural criticism, and social sciences. The public session will feature a rapid series of short presentations by key national and international figures in this emerging fieldAttendees can expect a collage of diverse perspectives on what it means to live in software society and how to study it.

There are a lot of brilliant people involved and it proves to be a fun couple of days. More information at softwarestudies.com .