welcome

my name is hrönn brynjarsdóttir and i am a phd student in information science at cornell university.

news

i will be doing fieldwork in iceland in the summer of 2009! 

iceland, in addition to being my home country, is an interesting location to examine the relationship between technology and culture for the fishing industry.  an island nation, we have depended on the sea for centuries, and it is not about to change very soon.

as we get more and more efficient with technology, however, the dilemma icelandic fishermen now face is overfishing and how to sustain their livelihood.

research

i utilize ethnography and critical technical practice to gain a deeper understanding of how technology and culture intersect in our lives.  in particular, i am interested in the uptake of technology as it pertains to occupational identities of fishermen and how this is reflected in the practices and values of the members of this profession.

affiliations

i am a member of the culturally embedded computing group run by prof. phoebe sengers, who also happens to be my advisor.

cv

click here for a pdf version of my resume.

contact

contact me @ hb47 [at] cs [dot] cornell [dot] edu.