Torn Many Ways Politics, Conflict and Emotion in Research

Dave Randall

Dave Randall is a senior professor at the University of Siegen in Germany. He was previously a principal lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. He has published 7 books and over 200 peer reviewed papers with colleagues. His interests lie mainly in the use of qualitative research methods for technology- related investigation and, to this end, has mainly worked in the disciplinary areas of Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Human Computer Interaction.

Peter Tolmie

Peter Tolmie is a senior researcher at the University of Siegen in Germany. He previously worked with the University of Nottingham in the UK and, before that, with the Xerox Research Centre in Grenoble, France. He has published, with colleagues, 4 books and many peer-reviewed papers. He has interests in ethnomethodology, CSCW, domestic life and, above all, music production.

Max Krüger

Max is a PhD student and researcher at the University ofSiegen in Germany. researcher in the department of informatics and new media at the University of Siegen in Germany. He has extensive experience of working with indigenous populations in the Global South and also in providing support for migrant communities in Germany.  His primary interests lie in studies of the environment, migration and arrival, postcolonialism and problems of late capitalism. He has published at CSCW and CHI on these themes. He is currently working on a project involving forestry.

Debora De Castro leal

Debora is a Brazilian PhD student, researcher and, above all, activist. She has worked with local communities in the Amazon basin and with ex-guerrillas in Colombia and has published papers on the experiences of Farc guerrillas as they attempt re-integration into Columbian society, and on an indigenous community in the Amazon basin, Brazil. Her academic interests centre on postcolonialism, especially as the issues pertain to experience in SouthAmerica. She has published at CSCW and CHI on these themes.