[Commlist] 4th International Data Power Conference

Dialogues in Data Power, 4^th International Data Power Conference, June 
22^nd - June 24^th 2022

Online and in person in three locations: the University of Sheffield, 
Carleton University and the University of Bremen

A three-day in person and online international conference organized by 
Data Power teams at The University of Sheffield in the UK, Carleton 
University in Canada and the University of Bremen in Germany.

*Abstract Deadline:* 15^th January 2022

*Conference Dates:* 22^nd to 24^th of June 2022

*Venues:* It will be possible to participate in the conference online or 
in person. Conference activities will be hosted for one day in each of 
these locations:

  * Department of Sociological Studies and Information School in
    Sheffield, UK
  * School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa, Canada
  * Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) and
  * Institute for Information Management (ifib) in Bremen, Germany.


      *Call for abstracts:*

The Data Power Conference hosts critical reflections on data’s power and 
the social, political, economic and cultural consequences of data’s 
increasing presence in our lives, workplaces, and societies. The most 
recent conference in 2019 focused on the specific theme of global 
in/security. The 4^th Data Power Conference, in June 2022, returns to 
some of the fundamental questions that underpinned the founding of the 
conference. It is conceived as a series of dialogues, dialogues /about/ 
overarching concerns and /with/ disciplines and stakeholders working 
with and on data. In particular, the conference will reflect on:

  * How can stakeholders be engaged in critical conversations about data
    power?
  * What constitute rigorous methods when it comes to researching data
    power?
  * To what extent does critical data power research need to focus on
    specific instances of data power in action? What contributions can
    more generalised critiques make to our field?

To facilitate dialogues across disciplines and with stakeholders, we 
welcome papers from interdisciplinary teams including disciplines 
incorporating aspects of data science, and papers which incorporate 
non-academic collaborators from a range of sectors.

As always, the Data Power Conference remains concerned with 
in/equalities, discrimination, questions of justice, rights and 
freedoms, and agency and resistance. We welcome papers that engage with 
these matters.

There will be a keynote speaker on each of the three conference days, 
details to be confirmed.


      *Information on abstracts & papers*

  * Whilst we welcome papers and session proposals of all kinds, please
    note that this conference focuses on critical questions about data’s
    power and also papers that are critical and/or reflective with
    regards to the social and cultural consequences of the rise of
    data's power.
  * A 250-300 word abstract is required.
  * The deadline for abstracts is 15^th January 2022.
  * Information about how to submit an abstract will be available here
    soon: http://datapowerconference.org/data-power-2022/about/
    <http://datapowerconference.org/data-power-2022/about/>.

      *Information on conference organisation*

  * It will be possible to participate fully remotely in the conference,
    but it will also be possible to participate in-person in one of the
    three locations in which the conference has already taken place –
    Sheffield/UK, Ottawa/Canada and Bremen/Germany – as these will each
    host a local session on one of the conference days.
  * The conference will seek to be accessible across time zones, with
    sessions 9am to 12pm CET and 6pm to 9pm CET on each of the three days.
  * There will be a modest conference fee to cover running costs, with
    reductions for students and people participating online.

*Data Power Conference Management Team*

Jo Bates, University of Sheffield

Monika Halkort, Lebanese American University

Juliane Jarke, University of Bremen

Helen Kennedy, University of Sheffield

Tracey Lauriault, Carleton University

*Data Power Conference Committee*

Ysabel Gerrard, University of Sheffield

Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen

Leif Kramp, University of Bremen

Merlyna Lim, Carleton University


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