[Commlist] Conference - Figurations: Persons In/Out of Data

*Registration is now open for 'Figurations: Persons In/Out of Data.' *

*Date and location*: 9.30am – 6pm, Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 December, 
2019 Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 
Lewisham Way SE14 6NW*
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We’re drowning in an ocean of data, or so the saying goes. Data’s “big”: 
there’s not only lots of it, but its volume has allowed for the 
development of new, large-scale processing techniques. Our relationship 
with governments, medical organisations, technology companies, the 
education sector, and so on are increasingly informed by the data we 
overtly or inadvertently provide when we use particular services. The 
proverbial data deluge is large-scale—but it’s also personal. Data 
promises to personalise services to better meet our individual needs. 
Data is often construed as a threat to our person(s). Not every person 
predicated by data is predicted the same. The intersection between data 
and person isn’t fixed: it has to be/figured/.

What methodological, conceptual, and/or empirical potential do 
'figurations' offer to researchers working at the intersection of the 
person and data today? Over two days, more than 50 presenters and 4 
keynote speakers will address how the 'figure' and its 
variants—figuration, figuring, to figure, and so on—is being developed 
and used in disciplines including the medical humanities, the social 
sciences, media studies, art history, literary studies, philosophy, 
science and technology studies, urban studies, and geography.


*Keynotes:*

Professor Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Simon Fraser University

Professor Jane Elliot, University of Exeter

Professor John Frow, The University of Sydney

Professor AbdouMaliq Simone, The University of Sheffield


Registration is *free*. *For more information and to register, please 
follow this link <https://peoplelikeyou.ac.uk/activities/figurations/>. 
*The full programme will be available shortly - if you have any 
questions in the meantime, please email Scott Wark at 
(S.Wark /at/ warwick.ac.uk) <mailto:(S.Wark /at/ warwick.ac.uk)>

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