• CRC 1187 Project B06 - Un-/desired Observation in Interaction: Smart Environments, Language, Body, and Senses in Private Households

    B06 - Un-/desired Observation in Interaction: Smart Environments, Language, Body, and Senses in Private Households
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Collaborative Research Centre 1187

 

Welcome to the web page of the Special Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1187 “Media of Cooperation” at the University of Siegen.

The CRC is an interdisciplinary collaborative research centre consisting of 19 subprojects and more than 60 researchers from media studies, ethnology, sociology, computer science, linguistics, ubiquitous computing, science and technology studies, education, law and engineering.

The Collaborative Research Centre 1187 has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) since 2016. The research centre studies digital media, which have emerged as cooperative tools, platforms and infrastructures on a broad front, and approaches them as cooperatively accomplished means of cooperation. In the first funding phase (2016-2019), the CRC focused on the relevance of social media and platforms, while the second phase (2020-2023) centered on data-intensive media and data practices. Phase 3 (2024-2027) inquires the interplay between sensor media and artificial intelligence.

News

23 June 2025
New publication: Studies on the digital future in the Middle East and North African Region
Current dissertations from the Project B04 "Digital Publics and Social Transformation in the Maghreb" out now by Konstantin Aal and Sarah Rüller (University of Siegen) This spring, two dissertations from the project B04 "Digital Publics ... read more
18 June 2025
New working paper on smart home ecologies
How does intelligent, sensor-based media technologies change everyday household practices? by Tim Hector, Niklas Strüver, Stephan Habscheid and Dagmar Hoffmann (all Siegen University, CRC)   In our new Working Paper (No. 36) "Sensory ... read more
11 June 2025
Recap of “The datafied Web” – RESAW Conference in Siegen (4-6 June 2025)
The 2025 RESAW Conference: Data, Communities, and Food … for Thoughts by Valérie Schafer (University of Luxembourg & CRC 1187)   The 2025 edition of the RESAW conference marked a significant milestone: the tenth anniversary of ... read more
10 June 2025
New scholarships for 9-12 months
The CRC grants two scholarships The CRC awards two short-term scholarships to promote the work of early-career researchers who are conducting research in the field of digital media, sensing and sensor technology, data practices and AI and are ... read more
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Upcoming Events

Mon. 07 July 2025 - Fri. 11 July 2025
MGK Writing Retreat
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Wed. 09 July 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 (s.t.!)
Research Forum: Science Communication & Public Engagement Part #4: "Stakeholder Engagement and Engagement Formats"
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Tue. 15 July 2025
Workshop "Chronologistics: Eastern European Media Histories"
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Wed. 16 July 2025, 14:15 - 15:45
Lecture Series “Unstitching Datafication” #8 Dan McQuillan: Decomputing as Resistance
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Wed. 16 July 2025, 10:00 - 12:00
Board Meeting
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Wed. 16 July 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Research Forum (Additional Session): "Sensing Clandestine Publics" (Götz Bachmann/Nina Wakeford)
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Partner Institutions

The CRC’s main location is at the University of Siegen. Further nodes in our research network are located at universities in Cologne, Hagen, Bochum, Frankfurt/Oder, Bonn, Constance, and Luxembourg. There are also close collaborations with renowned international scholars and research institutions in Chicago, Warwick, Basel, Waltham, and Lviv.