Assoc. prof. dr. Kęstas Kirtiklis

Monographs

Collective monograph

• Kazakevičiūtė, Evelina, Kirtiklis, Kęstas. Vilnius: Discredited Capital of Culture. Barthes’ Mythologies Today: Readings of Contemporary Culture / edited by Pete Bennett, Julian McDougall. Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies. Vol. 52. ISBN 9780415821223 p. 126-130.

Scientific articles

• Kirtiklis, Kęstas. Ar natūralistiniai socialiniai mokslai gali būti kritiniai? Problemos / Vilniaus universitetas. 2012, t. 82.  ISSN 1392-1126 p. 163-173.
• Kirtiklis, Kęstas „Komunikacinės perspektyvos statusas socialiniuose moksluose“. Santalka: Filosofija, Komunikacija, 2012, t. 20, nr. 1, p. 50-60, ISSN 2029-6320.
• Kirtiklis, Kęstas. Not by communication alone. Epistemology and methodology as typological criteria of communication theories. Informacijos mokslai / Vilniaus universitetas. 2011, t. 58.  ISSN 1392-0561 p. 42-55.

Publications for studies

• KIRTIKLIS, Kęstas. „Įvadas į komunikacijos filosofiją: apibrėžtis, genezė, pamatinės kontraversijos: mokomoji metodinė priemonė“. Vilnius: Vilniaus universitetas, 2014, 32 p. ISBN 9786094592966.

Research Projects

• 27 April 2020 – 31 August 2023, project „Connective digital memory in borderlands: a mixed-methods study of cultural identity, heritage communication and digital curation on social networks”, senior researcher. Project manager: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Costis Dallas.

Presentations in scientific conferences

• Remodeling communication for contemporary public debates. ECREA 2022 9th European Communication Conference "Rethink Impact", Aarhus, Denmark, 19–22 October 2022.

• Is mediatization theory a challenge for methodological individualism? (with Lukas Wojtkowski). International online conference „Agency in a datafied society: Communication between and across humans, platforms and machines“, 30 July 2021, ZeMKI, University of Bremen.
• „Mediatization theory between ontological and methodological individualism“, ECREA Midterm Conference „Datafication, mediatization and the machine age“ — University of Bonn, Germany, 1–2 November 2019.
• „The humanist limits of communication theory: R. Craig’s metamodel and F. Kittler’s media theory“, 7th European Communication Conference, Lugano, Switzerland, 2 November 2018.
• „Two faces of Media aesthetics“, ECREA Philosophy of Communication Section seminar „Communication, Art, Media: Probing Impacts and Intersections“, Lisbon, Portugal, 13 October 2017.
• „The Problem of Methodological Individualism in Mediatization Theory“, NordMedia 2017, Tampere, Finland, August 2017.
• „Media as agents in Friedrich Kittler’s media theory“, international conference „Revitalizing Concepts in Mass Communications“, Brussels, Belgium, 18 February 2017.
• „The Problem of Methodological Individualism in Mediatization Theory“, international conference „23rd Nordic Conference on Media and Communication Research“, Tampere, Finland, 17–19 August 2017.
• „The Problem of Agency in Friedrich Kittler‘s Media Theory“, 6th European Communication Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 10 November 2016.
• „What does Mediatization of Culture Mean?“, international conference Komunikacijos ir informacijos mokslai tinklaveikos visuomenėje: patirtys ir įžvalgos. III / Communication and information sciences in network society: experience and insights. III, Vilnius University, Vilnius, 10 June 2016.
• „In Quest of the Metamodel of Communication“, international seminar Models of Communication: Theoretical and Philosophical Approaches, Vilnius University, Vilnius, 8 October 2015.
• „Manuel Castells’ Theory of Information Society as Media Theory“, international conference NordMedia 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14 August 2015.
• „Models as Tools for Communication Research: Transmission vs Constitutive Model“, International Communication Associacion (ICA) Regional Conference 2015 Expanding Communication: Old Boundaries and New Frontiers, Łódź, Poland, 11 April 2015.
• „Towards the Model of Homo Communicans: Some Preliminaries“, international conference Communication and Information Sciences in Network Society: Experience and Insights. II, Vilnius University, Vilnius, 19 June 2014.
• German Media Theory: Theory of Media or Theory of Culture?// International conference NordMedia 2013, Oslo (Norway), 2013. 
• Learning from the Neighbours: Typology of Communication Studies and Methodological Debates in Social Sciences //  The 25^th International Baltic Conference on the History of Science Historiae scientiarum Baltica, Vilnius (Lithuania), 2012.
•  Komunikacijos mokslų tapatybė: kaip mokantis iš kaimynų nepamiršti savęs // Lithuanian Social Sciences Forum 2012, Molėtai (Lithuania), 2012. 
• Naturalism versus Norms: A Dubious Dichotomy? A Case of Critical Social Science //  International conference Naturalism and Normativity in the Social Sciences, Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic),  University of Hradec Kralove, 2012. 
•  Communication among disciplines / Communication as discipline: What language should communication researchers speak //  Gueast speaker at international conference Interdisciplinarity: How to make it work?, Vilnius (Lithuania), 2012.
• Not by Communication Alone: The Importance of Epistemology in the Field of Communication Theory // International conference NordMedia 2011, Akureyri (Iceland), University of Akureyri, 2011.
• How Critical is Critical Media Research //  International conference Critical Media Transformations: Practices, Challenges, Perspectives, kaunas (Lithuania), Vytautas Magnus University, 2010.

Academic Qualification

Education:

• Doctoral dissertation in Humanities (Philosophy) Conception of Communication in Contemporary Philosophy was defended at Vilnius University in 2009. Summary of the Doctoral Dissertation. 

Qualification Advancements

Internships:

• 1–30 April 2016 – University of Hradec Králové, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences (Czech Republic).
• 12–21 January 2015 – German National Library, Leipzig (Germany).
• 2013.04.01 – 08.31 intership at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany).
• 2012.03.05 – 05.03 intership at University of Colorado Boulder (USA). 
• 2011.05.03 – 06.01 intership at University of Surrey  (UK).
• 2011.03.15 - 04.13 intership at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany).

Taught Subjects

Bachelor studies:

• Theories of Philosophy 

Master studies:

• Communication Philosophy 
• Communcation Philosophy and Theory 
• Theories of Communication 

Science Promotion

Invited public lectures

• „'Manuel Castells‘ Theory of Network Society as Media Theory“ ir „The Problem of Action in Friedrich Kittler’s Media Theory“, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń, Poland, 8–9 March 2016.
• „Expel the (Zeit)geist! Friedrich Kittler on Media and Time“, Festival Artes Liberales, gallery „Ў“, Minsk, Belarus, 15 April 2015.
• „Conceptions of Communication: Their Epistemological Foundations“, University of Malta, Msida, Malta, 4 March 2015.
• „Not by Communication Alone: The Role of Epistemology in the Field of Communication Theory“, Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Philosophy, Poznań, Poland, 28 January 2015.
• „Ar gyvename informacijos visuomenėje?“, science popularization lecture series, Café Scientifique, Vilnius, 6 January 2015.

Expert and other activities

• European Communication Research and Education Associacion (ECREA), Chair of the thematic section Philosophy of Communication. https://ecrea.eu/Philosophy-of-Communication