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[ecrea] CfP: Data Publics conference, Lancaster University, spring 2017
Fri Nov 18 14:24:43 GMT 2016
*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND EXHIBITS*
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*Data Publics — Investigating the formation and representation of
crowds, groups and clusters in digital economies*
*Lancaster University, March 31 / April 1 & 2, 2017*
*Keynote speakers:*John Bowers
<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/john.bowers>(Newcastle
University),Helen Kennedy
<http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/staff/staff-profiles/helen-kennedy>(The
University of Sheffield),Michiel de Lange
<http://www.uu.nl/staff/MLdeLange>(Utrecht University),Anders Koed
Madsen <http://personprofil.aau.dk/129860?lang=en#/minside> (Aalborg
University), Noortje Marres
<https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/people/academic/noortje-marres/>
(University of Warwick), Alex Taylor <http://ast.io/>(Microsoft Research
Cambridge)
/“Those indirectly and seriously affected for good or evil form a group
distinctive enough to require recognition and name. The name selected is
The Public” /(John Dewey, 1927).
There is a tension between how “publics” form spontaneously (for example
in response to economic hardship, to create support groups, to protest
about particular matters of concern) and how online users with similar
consumption, browsing, movement patterns become grouped and acted upon
as units of data, whether by organisations, researchers, or others. When
people collectively and publicly self-organise to form a group, the
identity of participants as well as the collective grouping itself may
be apparent to all involved. However, with the rise, across a range of
fields of digital and algorithmic technologies that work by segmenting
people according to shared sets of interests, objectives, behavioural
traits, and/or political persuasions, these processes as well as the
identities of participants tends to be invisible to those involved. In
the latter, it is only when these acts of ‘assigned’ collectivisation
are exposed, perhaps deliberately (e.g. when confronting published
research), perhaps unexpectedly (e.g. via data hacks/leaks), or perhaps
when group self-recognition is achieved by users (e.g. via transparency
apps/tools, social media, activism, freedom of information requests),
that those involved begin to recognise their status as a “public”.
This conference will investigate the diverse ways in which data-mediated
publics are, and can be, constituted, provoked, threatened, understood,
and represented. This includes examining the role played in the
formation of publics by new on- and offline infrastructures, data
visualisations, social and economic practices, research methods and
creative practices, and emerging and future technologies. Specifically,
the event will facilitate cross-cutting conversations between designers,
social scientists and creative technologists to explore the new
challenges and opportunities afforded by thinking and working with “Data
Publics”.
This conference will be inherently interdisciplinary and as such we seek
contributions from researchers within the areas of social science,
design, new media art, data visualisation, and human-computer
interaction. It will take place over three days, and will comprise a
combination of hands-on workshops, paper presentations and an exhibition
of work.
Day one will provide hands-on introductions to key methods for
investigating data publics, involving two workshops running in parallel.
One workshop – ‘Digital Methods/Data Visualisation’, led byDavid Moats
<https://www.tema.liu.se/tema-t/medarbetare/moats-david?l=en>– will
introduce the digital methods and data visualisation approaches that can
be used to conduct research in this field. The other – ‘Strategies,
Tools and Participatory Processes’, led byClara Crivellaro
<https://openlab.ncl.ac.uk/people/b2052334>– will explore the
practicalities of using design strategies, tools and participatory
socio-technical processes to support the emergence and formation of
publics. The day will end with participants from the two workshops
entering into dialogue.
Following the workshops, the next two days will feature a mixture of
academic paper presentations and exhibits from participants, with a
focus throughout on the way a diverse array of methods, analytical
approaches, representational techniques and practical engagements might
be related to one another, put in conversation and combined.
Participants are warmly invited to presents digital artefacts,
data-visualisations or performances alongside their academic work or as
stand-alone pieces that explore the topic of data-publics.
For participation in the conference, we seek two forms of contributions:
full papers and works to exhibit.
*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND EXHIBITS*
We seek either (a) abstracts for papers or (b) descriptions of exhibits
that each engage with the formation, relevance, and effects of “Data
Publics”.
We invite contributions from professionals, scholars, designers,
artists, activists, and those in other related fields, working in areas
including but not limited to sociology, anthropology, geography, digital
methods, interaction design, data visualisation, human-computer
interaction, and art.
The deadline for submission is*January 22nd, 2017*.
Contributions should address at least one of the following three themes:
*1. Digital Economies / The Effects of Data Publics*
● What are the social, economic, ethical (and other) implications of
emerging and future data publics?
● How are data-oriented publics constituted, including in relation
to digital economies?
● Through which registers of everyday experience (e.g. as associated
with making financial decisions, seeking emotional support, campaigning
for change) do individuals participate in such publics?
*2. Emergence and Complexity / The Behaviours of Data Publics*
● How do different conditions (e.g. social, technological,
affective) impact the emergence of data-oriented publics?
● What new design paradigms are enabled with large-scale data publics?
● How might we better conceptualise and work with complex data publics?
● How are new technologies affecting the shape/direction of data
publics?
*3. Methods / Interactions and interventions with Data Publics*
● How can we intervene in the formation, stabilisation,
destabilisation, and transformation of publics? What role might such
methods/creative practices themselves play in the constitution of data
publics?
● What forms of creative practice/visualisation/interaction
design/human-computer interaction are needed to engage with data publics
and to either support the emergence of or sustain such publics?
● What (new/existing/combination of) methods/tools are required to
study/shape the emergence/fate of data publics?
*HOW TO SUBMIT*
_Those interested in participating in the conference_ should submit
either a paper abstract including 5-10 indicative references, or a
description of the work to be exhibited including, if relevant, a
maximum of 5 illustrative images and an additional description of any
technical/spatial requirements the exhibit has. Submissions of no more
than 500 words should be sent to (datapublics /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)
<mailto:(datapublics /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)> by*January 22nd* (descriptions of
technical/spatial requirements and references are not included in the
word count). We encourage participants to attend both the conference and
a workshop, but it is not a requirement. Therefore, _please also
indicate in the submission_ whether you wish to attend (a) the
conference and a workshop, or (b) just the conference. If you wish to
attend a workshop please also indicate (c) whether you are interested in
the ‘Digital Methods/Data Visualisation’ workshop or the ‘Strategies,
Tools and Participatory Processes’ workshop.
_Those interested in participating in just a workshop and not the
conference_, please email (datapublics /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)
<mailto:(datapublics /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)> again by*January 22nd* indicating
whether you are interested in the ‘Digital Methods/Data Visualisation’
workshop or the ‘Strategies, Tools and Participatory Processes’
workshop. Please also, in no more than 100 words, state why you wish to
attend. As places on the workshop are limited, this will help us select
participants if necessary.
If applying for a reduced fee (see below), please also state your
reasons for doing so (100 words maximum).
*REGISTRATION FEES*
*Conference + workshop:* £110 (Students/unwaged may apply for a reduced
fee of £55).
*Conference only:* £90 (Students/unwaged may apply for a reduced fee of £45)
*Workshop only:* £60 (Students/unwaged may apply for a reduced fee of £30)
/(Reduced fee places are limited and will be allocated first to those
without recourse to external funding and then on a first come first
served basis.)/
**
*PARTNERS & ORGANISERS*
*Partners: *The conference is funded by the Digital Economy Network
<http://www.den.ac.uk/dens/index.aspx> and the Data Science Institute
<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi/> (Lancaster University), with
additional support from the Centre for Mobilities Research
<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/cemore> (Lancaster
University),ImaginationLancaster <http://imagination.lancs.ac.uk/>, the
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Civics
<https://digitalcivics.io/> (Newcastle University), and theHighWire
Centre for Doctoral Training <https://highwire.lancaster.ac.uk/>
(Lancaster University).
*Organisers: *Clara Crivellaro
<https://openlab.ncl.ac.uk/people/b2052334>(Newcastle University),Joe
Deville
<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sociology/about-us/people/joseph-deville>(Lancaster
University),Daniel Richards
<http://imagination.lancs.ac.uk/people/Daniel_Richards>(Lancaster
University),Sebastian Weise
<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/staff/profile/sebastianweise.html#background>(Newcastle
University).
*FOLLOW / CONTACT*
Follow conference updates onFacebook
<https://www.facebook.com/datapublics/>,Twitter
<https://twitter.com/datapublics>, anddatapublics.net
<https://twitter.com/datapublics>. Queries can be sent
(todatapublics /at/ lancaster.ac.uk) <mailto:(datapublics /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)>.
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