Dr Steven Wright - Researcher Profile

Biography

Steven works in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

Keywords

Documentary forms in social movements, Information Management, Library and Information Studies, Marxism

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2008

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1989

Publications

Books

Wright, S.J., 2008, Gokyuzunu Fethetmek: Italyan Otonomist Marksizminde Sinif Bilesimi ve Mucadelesi [Storming Heaven: Class composition and struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism], Otonom Yayincilik, Istanbul Turkey.

Wright, S.J., 2008, L'Assalto Al Cielo: Per una Storia dell'Operaismo [Storming Heaven: A History of Operaism], Edizioni Alegre, Rome Italy.

Wright, S.J., 2007, A L'Assaut du Ciel: Composition de Classe et Lutte de Classe dans le Marxisme Autonome Italien [Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism], Editions Senonevero, Marseille France.

Wright, S.J., 2005, Den Himmel Sturmen: Eine Theoriegeschichte des Operaismus [Storming Heaven: A Historical Theory of Operaism], Assoziation A, Berlin Germany.

Wright, S., 2002, Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism, Pluto Press, London UK.

Davidson, A.B., Wright, S.J. (eds), 1998, Never Give In: The Italian Resistance and Politics, Peter Lang Publishing, New York USA.

James, P., Veit, W.F., Wright, S.J. (eds), 1997, Work of the Future: Global Perspectives, Allen & Unwin, Sydney NSW Australia.

Book Chapters

Wright, S.J., 2011, Cattivi Maestri: Some reflections on the legacy of Guido Bianchini, Luciano Ferrari Bravo, and Primo Moroni, in Reading Negri: Marxism in the Age of Empire, eds Pierre Lamarche, Max Rosenkrantz and David Sherman, Open Court Publishing, Chicago IL USA, pp. 21-56.

Wright, S.J., 2009, Revolution von oben? Geld und Klassenzusammensetzung im italienischen Operaismus [Revolution from above? Money and class composition in Italian operaismo], in Uber Marx Hinaus: Arbeitsgeschichte und Arbeitsbegriff in der Konfrontation mit den globalen Arbeitsverhaltnissen des 21. Jahrhunderts [Beyond Marx: Confronting Labor History and the Concept of Labor with the Global Labor Relations of the 21st Cent, eds Marcel van der Linden and Karl Heinz Roth, Assoziation A, Berlin Germany, pp. 433-465.

Wright, S.J., 2005, A party of autonomy?, in Resistance in practice: The philosophy of Antonio Negri, eds Timothy S. Murphy and Abdul-Karim Mustapha, Pluto Press, London UK, pp. 73-106.

Wright, S.J., 2005, Reality check: Are we living in an immaterial world?, in Underneath the Knowledge Commons, eds Josephine Berry Slater, Mute Publishing Ltd, London UK, pp. 34-45.

Wright, S.J., 2004, Informing, communicating and ICTs in contemporary anti-capitalist movements, in Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens and Social Movements, eds W. Van de Donk, B. D Loader, P. G. Nixon and D. Rucht, Routledge, London UK, pp. 77-93.

Wright, S.J., 1998, Missed Opportunities - New Left Readings of the Italian Resistance, in Never Give In: The Italian Resistance and Politics, eds Alastair Davidson and Steve Wright, Peter Lang Publishing, New York USA, pp. 77-98.

Wright, S.J., 1997, Confronting the crisis of "fordism": Italian debates around social transition, in Autonomist Political Philosophy in Italy, eds Lee Won Young, Galmuri, Seoul Korea, pp. 219-250.

Wright, S.J., 1997, Introduction: a future that works?, in Work of the future: Global Perspectives, eds Paul James, Walter F. Veit and Steve Wright, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards NSW Australia, pp. 1-22.

Wright, S.J., 1997, Living in the Heart of the Beast - Italy's Social Centres, in Autonomist Political Philosophy in Italy, eds Lee Won Young, Galmuri, Seoul Korea, pp. 347-352.

Journal Articles

Wright, S.J., 2012, 'I came like the thunder and I vanish like the wind': Exploring genre repertoire and document work in the Assemblea operai e studenti of 1969, Archival Science [P], vol 12, issue 4, Springer, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 411-436.

Wright, S., 2011, Beyond a bad attitude? Information workers and their prospects through the pages of Processed World, Journal of Information Ethics [P], vol 20, issue 2, McFarland & Company, Jefferson NC USA, pp. 127-156.

Wright, S.J., 2008, Mapping pathways within Italian Autonomist Marxism: A preliminary survey, Historical Materialism, vol 16, issue 4, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden Netherlands, pp. 111-140.

Wright, S.J., 2007, Back to the future: Italian Workerists reflect upon the operaista project, Ephemera: theory & politics in organization, vol 7, issue 1, University of Leicester, UK, pp. 270-281.

Williamson, C.M.C., Bernath, V.F., Wright, S.J., Sullivan, J.M., 2007, Research students in the electronic age: Impacts of changing information behavior on information literacy needs, Communications in Information Literacy, vol 1, issue 2, Communications in Information Literacy, USA, pp. 47-63.

Williamson, K., Wright, S.J., Burstein, F.V., Schauder, D.E., 2003, Adoption of online databases in public libraries: an Australian case study, LIBRES, vol 13, issue 2, Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA Australia, pp. 1-8.

Wright, S.J., Williamson, K., Schauder, D.E., Stockfeld, L., 2003, Choice and constraint in academic work on campus and at home, Labour & Industry, vol 13, issue 3, Centre for Workplace Culture Change, RMIT, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 19-35.

Wright, S.J., 2003, Operaismo, Autonomia, Settantasette in translation: then, now, the future, Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics, vol 16, issue 2, Taylor and Francis Ltd, London UK, pp. 107-120.

Williamson, K., Schauder, D.E., Wright, S., Stockfeld, L., Handley, N., 2002, Electronic databases in public libraries: issues of organisational adoption, Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services, vol 15, issue 3, Auslib Press Pty Ltd, Blackwood SA Australia, pp. 110-116.

Williamson, K., Schauder, D.E., Wright, S., Stockfeld, L., 2002, Oxymoron or a successful mixed marriage? a discussion of the use of action research within an interpretivist framework, Qualitative Research Journal, vol 2, issue 1, Association for Qualitative Research, http://www.latrobe.edu.au/aqr/journal/1AQR2002.pdf, pp. 7-17.

Williamson, K., Jenkins, L., Wright, S., Stillman, L., Schauder, D., 2001, Assisting people with disabilities to use the Internet: the role of the public library, Australasian Public Libraries And Information Services, vol 14, issue 1, Auslib Press, Australia, pp. 13-24.

Williamson, K., Wright, S., Schauder, D., Bow, A., 2001, The internet for the blind and visually impaired, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, vol 7, issue 2, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, p. 1.

Williamson, K., Schauder, D., Stockfeld, L., Wright, S., Bow, A., 2001, The role of the internet for people with disabilities: issues of access and equity for public libraries, The Australian Library Journal, vol 50, issue 2, Australian Library and Information Association, Kingston Australia, pp. 157-174.

Wright, S.J., 2000, 'A Love Born of Hate' - Autonomist rap in Italy, Theory, Culture & Society, vol 17, issue 3, Sage Publications Ltd, London UK, pp. 117-135.

Conference Proceedings

Day, R., Wright, S.J., 2006, From tele-vision to communi-vision: Telestreet and the legacy of Italian micro-TV broadcasting, Constructing and Sharing Memory: Community Informatics, Identity and Empowerment, 09 October 2006 to 11 October 2006, Centre for Community Networking Research, Caulfield East Vic Australia, pp. 1-24.

Wright, S.J., Williamson, C.M.C., Bernath, V.F., Sullivan, J.M., 2006, The information literacy needs and practices of research students in the digital age, Research Applications in Information and Library Studies Seminar: Proceedings of the 2nd Research Applications in Information and Library Studies Seminar, 16 September 2005 to 17 September 2005, Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga NSW Australia, pp. 141-152.

Williamson, K., Stockfeld, L., Wright, S., O'Neill, F., Schauder, D.E., 2002, Assisting literacy through the internet, Electronic Networking 2002 - Building Community: Proceedings for the Conference, 03 July 2002 to 05 July 2002, Centre for Community Networking Research, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-17.

Wright, S., 2002, Issues surrounding the use of ICT by social movements, Electronic Networking 2002- Building Community: Proceedings of the Conference, 03 July 2002 to 05 July 2002, Centre for Community Networking Research, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-17.

Williamson, K., Schauder, D., Wright, S., Stockfeld, L., 2001, Enabling older people with disabilities to connect with others across the world: an Australian perspective, Global Aging: Working Together in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the international Association of Gerontology, 01 July 2001 to 06 July 2001, Centre for Continuing Education University of Regina, http://www.uregina.ca/cce/seniors/, p. 1.

Williamson, K., Wright, S., Stockfeld, L., Schauder, D., Burstein, F.V., Handley, N., 2001, Trialling online database resources in public libraries: issues for reference staff, Revelling in Reference 2001 RAISS - Reference and Information Services Section Symposium Proceedings, 12 October 2001 to 14 October 2001, Australian Library and Information Association, ACT Australia, pp. 171-177.

Williamson, K., Wright, S.J., Schauder, D., Jenkins, L., Stillman, L., 2000, Flexible Work Stations in Community Settings for People with Disabilities, Communications Research Forum 2000, Canberra ACT Australia, 4-5 October 2000, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, www.dcita.gov.au/crf/, p. -.

Williamson, C.M.C., Wright, S.J., Schauder, D.E., Jenkins, L., Stillman, L., 2000, Levelling the Playing Field: The Role of Libraries in Providing Online Services, Proceedings of ALIA 2000, 24/10/2000 to 26/10/2000, ALIA 2000, http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2000/proceedings, pp. 1-13.

Teaching Commitment

Dr Wright is the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:

• FIT1037 - Information management
• FIT3098 - Social informatics
• FIT3123 - Information access
• FIT5090 - Social informatics
• FIT5102 - IT Strategy and governance
• FIT5105 - Information access
• FIT5108 - Reading unit
• FIT5109 - Research topic

In 2011, Dr Wright is teaching the following units:

• FIT1037 - Information management
• FIT3098 - Social informatics
• FIT5090 - Social informatics

Activities

Education

Course Director
Graduate Diploma in Information and Knowledge Management
Monash

Course Director
Master of Business Information Systems
Monash

Course Director
Master of Information Management and Systems
Monash

Faculty academic committee

Graduate Programs Committee
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Aesthetic experience and the dynamics of moral persuasion: how the aesthetic element of counter culture exerts persuasive force.

Supervisors:

Ross, A (Joint-co), Wright, S (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Collaboration between librarians and academics: A comparative study of universities in Vietnam and Australia.

Supervisors:

Wright, S (Main), Tanner, K (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Models of the bibliographic universe.

Supervisors:

Wright, S (Main), Johanson, G (Associate), Tanner, K (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Understanding the factors affecting individuals? intention to use municipal e-government services: a comparison of Saudi Arabia and Australia.

Supervisors:

Rahim, M (Joint-co), Wright, S (Joint).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Abu Bakar, A.

Program of Study:

E-democracy and public administrators: the Malaysian case. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Johanson, G (Main), Tanner, K (Associate), Wright, S (Associate).

Student:

Barker, D.

Program of Study:

From mechanics' institutes to free libraries: aspects of public policy, community culture and library provision in Victoria, 1839-1946. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Johanson, G (Main), Wright, S (Associate), Arnold, J (Associate).

Student:

Khaira, N.

Program of Study:

Collaborative Work Environment/E-Government. 2006.

Supervisors:

Wright, S (Main), Schauder, D (Joint-Co).

Student:

Lacey, A.

Program of Study:

NETWORKS OF PROTEST, COMMUNITIES OF RESISTANCE: AUTONOMOUS ACTIVISM IN CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN.. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Lentini, P (Joint-Co), Wright, S (Joint).

Student:

Manaszewicz, R.

Program of Study:

'Different time, different place': an exploratory study of information use by women with advanced breast cancer. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Fisher, J (Main), Wright, S (Joint).

Student:

Nguyen, T.

Program of Study:

Seeking Thachsanh's rice bowl: an exploration of knowledge, ICTS and sustainable economic development in Vietnam. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Schauder, D (Main), Johanson, G (Associate), Wright, S (Associate).

Student:

Pang, N.

Program of Study:

The knowledge commons in Victoria and Singapore: an exploration of community roles in the shaping of cultural institutions. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Schauder, D (Joint-Co), Wright, S (Joint).

Student:

Randall, R.

Program of Study:

User Perceptions of Space, Place and Presence in Computer-Mediated Environments. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Wright, S (Joint-Co), Lynch, K (Joint), Tanner, K (Joint).