Flis enjoying the moment
It was a great thrill last night to be at Flis Henwood’s inaugural lecture. Flis is Professor of Social Informatics and she used her lecture last night to tell the story of her own academic journey and how her various research interests have come together around the concept of e-health. Her lecture was challenging and entertaining and the whole evening was a great tribute to her significant achievements. All of us who teach on the library and information courses were there to join in the celebrations, along with other colleagues, family and friends.
March 6, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Well done, Flis. Great lecture.
March 9, 2009 at 1:22 pm
this really was a great evening; I liked Flis’ starting point – that as a Professor of Social Informatics, she is required to ‘explain herself’ (more than if she were, for example, a Professor of History, and by the end of the lecture, her tour of the area (via Rosie the Riveter, government health policy and a range of research projects) provided a convincing argument (if one were needed) of the value of socio-cultural interventions in the debates around ICT adoption and use.