The History of Information – First day starts today

About

I am a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley earning a degree in Information Management and Systems from the School of Information, with a Designated Emphasis in New Media from the Berkeley Center for New Media.

I research the cultural practices that have accompanied the development of new social and technical infrastructure for the creation, distribution, and use of digital media. I seek to understand how people’s identities as creators and authors both shape and are shaped by infrastructure that supports creative practice.

I was a researcher on the Digital Youth Research project, a three year project funded by the MacArthur Foundation to explore young people’s everyday use of new media. Before graduate school, I worked as a user interface designer and product manager at a company producing data visualization software. I hold a Masters in Information Management and Systems from UC Berkeley’s School of Information (’05) and a Bachelor of Arts in Science, Technology, and Society from Stanford University (’00).

Find me on Twitter: @dperkel

Recently

• 05.05 Dissertation presentation: slides and full talk online
• 04.09 Sharing, Theft, and Creativity: April 25th talk on my research
• 01.23 Dissertation abstract – Making Art, Creating Infrastructure…
• 08.27 Tweeting
• 11.01 Updates on the Art of Theft
• 03.17 Cool Little Cluster
• 02.09 Updates from Pew on content creation and sharing online
• 09.23 Thoughts shook up from an unlikely source
• 07.28 Understanding the Creative Conversation – Call for Participation
• 07.06 The History of Information – First day starts today