WTMC Writeshop 24 May 2019
On Friday, 24 May 2019, WTMC will organize a Writeshop, formerly known as Dissertation Day. The Writeshop is meant for WTMC members who are in the final phase of their PhD.
The Writeshop is a splendid occasion to receive comprehensive comments on your own work, but also to read work of your fellow PhD candidates. By carefully reading the work of others in order to give feedback you can learn a lot about writing. At the Writeshop we also discuss more general issues around finishing dissertations, and what to do with them once they are done.
We are very happy to announce that Koen Beumer and Iris Wallenburg will act as our senior discussants this time.
Dr. Koen Beumer is assistant professor at the Department of Innovation Studies, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University. His interest is in the societal implications of emerging sciences and technology, especially in relation to questions of development in India and Africa.
He gained his PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Maastricht University and previously worked at the Dutch Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy (AWTI), Maastricht University (Department of Technology and Society Studies), the University of Amsterdam (Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies), and the University of Groningen (Science and Society Group).
He is also a member of Jong-MVI and a member of the WTMC education committee.
Dr. Iris Wallenburg was trained as a nurse and now works as an associate professor of Healthcare at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on experimental infrastructures of governing healthcare practices. She studies the work and role of healthcare professionals in evolving healthcare systems, and the quantification and valuation of healthcare this implies, for instance through the use of performance metrics and financial systems. In her current research, she studies how place (i.e. regions) matters for organizing and providing professional care for elderly. Using qualitative, particularly ethnographic research, she studies how healthcare professionals (both traditional professions like medical doctors and nurses, and new professions like nurse specialists and physician assistants) give shape to and reshape caring practices, also caring for the places where they work and live.
The idea of the Writeshop is as follows. Each participant sends in a draft chapter or article that will be part of the PhD manuscript. Authors are also invited to provide a short (i.e. 2-300 word) contextualization of the draft. During the meeting, two discussants provide comments – a fellow participant and our senior discussant. The author then has an opportunity to respond to these comments before the discussion is opened to everyone. Each paper is discussed for a total of 55 minutes.
This Writeshop will be chaired by Bernike Pasveer ([email protected]) or Anne Beaulieu ([email protected]), the PhD programme coordinators of WTMC.
The word limit for contributions is 10,000 words. The manuscript must be academic work-in-progress (i.e. not already published). Do not worry if your text is not perfect yet: this is precisely why you want to discuss it in this forum. The draft should be well enough developed so your readers can understand the argument and the material, in order to get more specific and helpful feedback. Make sure your paper includes a short introduction, explaining how the piece fits into your PhD, which journal you plan to send it to, or any other relevant details to help the reader understand your plans. Depending on the number of participants, the day may last from 10 AM until 5 PM, to be followed by an informal dinner (paid for by WTMC). Dinner is usually finished by 8 PM.
Contributions must be sent to Elize Schiweck ([email protected] ) by 26 April 2019. She will then distribute all of the chapters/articles and send them to participants prior to the meeting so that everyone has time to read all of the chapters.
To reserve your place, please complete this Google form no later than 15 March 2019.
