Jelena Karanovic

jelena.karanovic@nyu.edu

Department of Anthropology
New York University
25 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10014

Institute of French Studies
New York University
15 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003

Research Interests

Sociocultural anthropology; anthropology of technology and science; ethnography of transnational processes; media activism; patents, authorship and civil rights in digital society; cultural property; technological innovation and social change; France; Europe.

Education

New York University, New York, NY
- Anthropology and French Studies, Ph.D. expected in May 2008
- Anthropology and French Studies, M.Phil., 2003
- French Studies, M.A., 2001
Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
- French and computer science, B.A., 1999

Fellowships and Awards

2006Dean's Dissertation Write-Up Fellowship, New York University
2004Dissertation Research Grant, National Science Foundation
2004Chateaubriand Research Fellowship, French Embassy in Washington
1999-2004Henry Mitchell MacCracken Fellowship, New York University
2003Annette Weiner Award, New York University
1999The Mary Katherine Boone Ekin Prize in Computer Science, Goucher College
1995-1999Trustee Scholarship of Goucher College
1998Phi Beta Kappa
1995-1998National Dean’s List
1997The Helen Carroll Shelley Prize in Romance Languages, Goucher College
1996Julia Gontrum Hill Award in Music

Conference Papers

Forthcoming The Unfortunate Association of Software with Technology: Technical Expertise and Public Valuation among Free Software Advocates in France. Council of European Studies Conference. Chicago, IL.
2007 The Unfortunate Association of Software with Technology: Technical Expertise and Public Valuation among Free Software Advocates in France. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
2007 "Dematerializing" the Republic: Interoperability, Electronic State Administration, and Entrepreneurship in France. Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting. Montréal, Canada.
2006 Spreading Freedoms: The Right to Copy, Creativity and Copyright in France. Co-organizer of the panel "Problems with Freedom: Re-thinking liberalism in Europe." American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. San Jose, California.
2006 "Free Software is for Free Men:" Voluntary Associations and Free Software Advocacy in France. Conference Informatics Goes Global: Methods at a Crossroads. Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana.
2006 European Citizens and Privileged Witnesses: Activism against Software Patents in Europe. Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada.
2005 European Citizens and Privileged Witnesses: Activism against Software Patents in Europe. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
2004 « On trouve des réponses aux questions qu'on n'a pas posées » : Pratiques de veille parmi les militants du logiciel libre. Colloquium "Regards croisés franco-américains sur la société française." École Normale Supérieure. Paris, France.
2004 "You Find the Answers to Questions that You Haven't Asked:" Practices of veille among Libre Software Advocates in France. Joint conference of the Society for the Social Studies of Science and the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology. Paris, France.

Invited Talks

2006, 2007 Hunter College, invited speaker for a course on new media.
2006 Flow Conference, invited speaker for a roundtable on the public sphere and public media in an open source age. University of Texas at Austin, Texas.
2006 Fordham University, invited speaker for an introductory anthropology course.
2006 City College Center for Worker Education, invited speaker for a course on ethnographic methods.

Academic and Research Experience

2004-2005 Ethnographic Fieldwork, France. Conducted 20 months of participant research investigating how free software activists in France are making free software into a prominent political and cultural cause. Joined four French free software associations, attended their public events and meetings, documented their actions, interviewed their core members, studied their web sites, and systematically tracked discussions of free software in the media. Accompanied activists to meetings in the French Parliament and the Senate, the European Parliament, Cité des Sciences et des Techniques, UNESCO, and to interviews with journalists and researchers.
2002 Visiting Student and Preliminary Fieldwork, France. Visited prospective field sites in Paris; discussed project with scholars at the École Normale Supérieure, École des Mines, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications; attended seminars for doctoral students in the social studies of science and technology at the École des Mines and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Professors Bruno Latour and Madeleine Akrich.
1999-2002 Ph.D. program, Department of Anthropology, New York University. Coursework included Social Anthropology; Linguistic Anthropology; History of Anthropology; Anthropology of Science and Technology; Anthropology of Eastern Europe; Acquisition of Cultural Practices; Field Methods.
1999-2001 M.A. program, Institute of French Studies, New York University. Coursework included anthropology of contemporary French society; sociology of French education; urban anthropology; political, social, economic and cultural history of France since 1789.
1996, 1997 Semester Abroad. Goucher College in Paris. Coursework in French language and culture at Sorbonne University, Paris.

Teaching and Other Work Experience

Spring 2008 Adjunct Assistant Professor. "Anthropology 101." Wagner College.
Spring 2008 Adjunct Instructor. "Human Society and Culture." NYU Department of Anthropology.
Fall 2007 Adjunct Instructor. "Cultural Symbols." NYU Department of Anthropology.
Summer 2006 Research Assistant. NYU Department of Anthropology.
Spring 2006 Assistant Editor. French Politics, Culture & Society. NYU Institute of French Studies.
Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant. “Peoples of Europe.” Professor Susan Rogers. NYU Department of Anthropology.
Spring 2003 Teaching Assistant. “Medical Anthropology.” Professor Rayna Rapp. NYU Department of Anthropology.
Fall 2002 Teaching Assistant. “ Human Society and Culture.” Professor Jeff Himpele. NYU Department of Anthropology.
Fall 2001 Teaching Assistant. “Human Society and Culture.” Professor Karen Blu. NYU Department of Anthropology.
1998-1999 Homework Grader. “Discrete Mathematics.” Goucher College.
1997-1999 Student Instructor for French Courses and French Lab Monitor. Goucher College.
1997-1999 Student Instructor for Computer Science Courses. Goucher College.

Professional Service

2006-present Co-editor of H-SAE listserv, Society for the Anthropology of Europe.
2006-present Student Representative of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe.

Language Skills

Fluent in English, French, and Croatian.
Intermediate knowledge of Italian.
Elementary knowledge of Russian and German.

Computer Skills

Daily use of GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and MS Windows operating systems.
Familiarity with CVS and various online collaborative tools.

Updated on February 13, 2008.