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Subject: 	[icie] Timothy Gorichanaz wins the 2017 Litwin Books Award for 
Ongoing Dissertation Research
Date: 	Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:10:30 -0700
From: 	Rory Litwin <rlitwin at gmail.com>
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Timothy Gorichanaz wins the 2017 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing 
Dissertation Research

Press release
7/5/2017
Media contact:
Rory Litwin, rory at litwinbooks.com <mailto:rory at litwinbooks.com>

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Litwin Books Award for 
Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information. We are 
granting this year’s award to Timothy John Gorichanaz of Drexel 
University, based on his dissertation project, “Understanding 
Self-Documentation.” In this work, Gorichanaz seeks to better understand 
our current obsession with self-documentation – pictorial documentation 
in particular (e.g., the “selfie”) – through a study of the popular 
artistic practice of self-portraiture from the point of view of document 
theory and the philosophy of information.

A member of the award committee says, “Gorichanaz shows a wide-ranging 
knowledge of the relevant work in philosophy and information science, 
displaying an ability to make novel and insightful connections amongst a 
broad range of theorists. On this base he builds a set of well-crafted 
and fascinating research questions about the nature of the self-portrait 
as a document and as a form of experiential understanding." The 
committee is confident that this dissertation will be a valuable 
contribution to the areas that Gorichanaz identifies in his proposal: 
document theory, information behavior, the philosophy of information and 
critical discourse within information science.

The award consists of a certificate suitable for framing and $1000 check.

Since this award is for ongoing research, other applicants who are still 
working on their dissertations will be eligible to enter their work next 
year, and we strongly encourage them to do so.

For more information about the award, please visit 
http://litwinbooks.com/award.php.

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