PCF Talks - April 2026

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Room 1B01 Living Lab, FSW Building, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52 2333 AK Leiden

PCF Talk #68 – Agenda Monthly Meeting – Hybrid

This is a hybrid event, please join in person, or via the zoom link below!

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Morning session

09:30 - 12:00 (in-person only)

Please bring your own printed photos on the theme of “Everyday Infrastructures.” If you are unable to print yourself please send the photo the day before to: PortCityFutures@FSW.leidenuniv.nl 

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*To participants: Please bring your own photos on the theme of “Everyday Infrastructures.” They will be used during the morning workshops.


Workshop 1: Photography as Research Practice

09:30 - 10:30 

Lead by John Hanna (Delft University of Technology)

This session explores photography as a research tool. The focus will be on how we produce meaningful images, as well as how we select, sequence, and interpret them as methodological approaches for researching everyday infrastructures.


Workshop 2: Designing Interactive Websites and Documentaries

10:30 - 12:00

Lead by Caterina Sartori (Leiden University)

This session introduces interactive formats as tools for presenting multimodal research materials. Through a hands-on workshop format, participants will explore the principles behind creating interactive websites and documentaries, discussing how to structure, organize, and present research materials.


Lunch Break

12:00 - 13:00


Afternoon session

13:00 - 15:30 (Hybrid)


Insights & Outcomes from the Morning Workshop

13:00 - 13:20

Lead by Andrew Littlejohn (Leiden University)

This session offers an overview of the concepts, tools, and outcomes developed during the morning workshop. It is designed to bring afternoon participants—both online and in person—up to speed, while also creating a shared moment of reflection and alignment before moving forward together.


Creating Ethnographic Documentaries and Visual Artwork on Everyday Infrastructures

13:20 - 14:20

On the ethnography of image-infrastructure

13:20 - 13:50

Lead by Alex Vailati (Federal University of Pernambuco)

Unboxing the Search Engine: Annotating with Art and Curricular

13:50 - 14:20

Lead by Nurul Huda Binte Abdul Rashid (Leiden University)


14:20 - 14:30

Break


Roundtable Discussion: Reflections on Using Visual Methods for Researching Everyday Infrastructures

14:30 - 15:30

John Hanna, Andrew Littlejohn, Caterina Sartori, Alex Vailati, Nurul Huda Binte Abdul Rashid, Yi Kwan Chan, Silvia Sivo, Costanza Franceschini

Concluding the day, this roundtable discussion will offer a space for critical reflections on the role of visual methods in researching everyday infrastructures.


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