Biosketch,+2020

Erik Bigras is an Associate Professor in the department of Science and Technology Studies at the University College London, London, United Kingdom. An anthropologist of technology, his work focuses on the relationship between knowledge circulation and technologically mediated spaces. He is especially interested in the way in which technological interfaces intersect with practice in order to enable new configurations of subjectivity and sociotechnical relationships as the boundary between media is traversed. His latest book, entitled “Crossing the River Styx: Technological Charons on the Banks of Cyberspace” (Routledge 2018) follows the practices of programmers and artists as they attempt to negotiate the boundary separating the physical world and cyberspace through various technologized interfaces. His most recent works involve attempting to understand the political-economy of subject formation within cyberspace and highly technologized media. Erik Bigras holds a B.A (Hons) in anthropology from the University of Prince Edward Island (Canada) and a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA). Prior to his tenured position at the University College London, he taught courses in media and popular culture in the departments of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies at York University (Canada).