[Commlist] CFP Algorithms for Her? 2

CALL FOR PAPERS

/Algorithms for Her? 2: Feminist approaches to digital infrastructures, 
cultures and economies/

March 23rd-24th 2023 – Sheffield University

Our daily lives are increasingly governed by algorithmic processes of 
selection, identification and discrimination. This international 
symposium focuses on the intersectional forms of injustice that 
algorithms—and the systems in which they are embedded—help to propagate 
and sustain. Given the significance and ubiquity of such processes in 
everyday life, and their disproportionate effects on those marginalised 
across intersections of gender, sexuality, class and race, this event 
will create a dedicated space for the discussion of algorithmic forms of 
oppression and inequality.

/Algorithms for Her? 2/seeks to support in-depth analysis of 
algorithms—together with their functions and entanglements—with critical 
feminist works that meaningfully examine the production and ethics of 
bias. “Newness” is often fetishised in analyses of digital culture. The 
approaches sidelined by this fetishisation are often those by women, 
nonbinary folks and scholars of colour, who have struggled to have their 
contributions included in dominant canons of thought. In recent years we 
have welcomed the increased visibility of critical perspectives on 
algorithms that are inclusive, intersectional, reflective and feminist, 
but there is still work to be done.

Following the success of the first /Algorithms for Her?/ event in 
January 2020, this conference seeks to give a platform to perspectives 
on algorithms and algorithmic culture that are still under-represented 
in the academy. We welcome both traditional conference presentations (15 
minutes in length) and creative alternatives such as performances or 
artistic interventions.

/We invite contributions relating to…/

  – Intersectional feminist work critically examining machine learning, 
content moderation and algorithms (broadly defined).

– Intersectional feminist work examining software/tools/app design and 
infrastructure.

– Intersectional feminist work on platform labour and inequalities.

– Feminist methodologies for studying and teaching algorithms and the 
ethical questions they raise.

– Industry/nonprofit cases of addressing discrimination/bias sustained 
by and ‘within’ technologies.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

*Dr Tiara Roxanne* Artist and Postdoctoral Fellow at Data & Society, New 
York.

*Professor Rosalind Gill* Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis at 
City University, London.

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*Please send proposals of 250 words along with a 50 word bio to 
<(algorithmsforher /at/ gmail.com)> by Friday 11th November 2022. You can also 
direct any queries to this address. More info here: 
https://algorithmsforher.wordpress.com/algorithms-for-her-2-call-for-papers/ 
<https://algorithmsforher.wordpress.com/algorithms-for-her-2-call-for-papers/>

A small number of travel bursaries will be available for early career 
researchers who do not have recourse to institutional funds. If you 
would like to be considered for a bursary, please add a short (100 
words) paragraph to your proposal explaining why you are eligible. Given 
that these bursaries are limited, please only apply if you have no other 
funding options.


Algorithms for Her Organising Committee:

Dr Sophie Bishop, Sheffield University

Dr Rachel Wood, Keele University

Dr Kate Miltner,University of Edinburgh

Dr Zeena Feldman, King’s College London

Dr Ysabel Gerrard, Sheffield University

Zoë Glatt, London School of Economics and Political Science


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