julian raul kücklich – overview of research activities, 1974–2008 ktp local management committee meeting press association, may 20th, 2008

1974

Born in Munich

1978-

Early research on play

1980-Early research

on popular culture

1984-

Early research on new media

1995-

More research on new media

1997-2003

MA, German and American

Literature

2003-

First blog

2003-2004

Marie Curie fellowship

2004-2008PhD, Media

Studies

2006-2008

Research on urban culture

2006-2008

Teaching at various levels

2008-

Knowledge Transfer

Project at PA

the future

• my approach to the ktp project is – playful– ethical– critical– pragmatic– contextual– strategic– trans-disciplinary– multi-methodological– non-deterministic

the future

• my goal is to devise an in-tegrated strategy for pa, which– increases the playfulness of work– supports sustainable production– prioritises human resources– provides management with tools for

continuous change– heightens awareness of responsibilities– enables pa to identify new opportunities

the future

• the methodologies used to achieve this goal include– narratology and deconstruction– network and systems analysis – deludology and psychogeography – ethnography and anthropology– STS and ANT methodologies– futurology and media archaeology– social semiotics and epistemology

more info

• julian@kuecklich.de• playability.de/bio• playability.de/pub• playability.de/thesis• playability.de/teaching

• coming soon: theforeseeablefuture.net