[Commlist] CfP EASA 2024: P036 Digital Ethnography and Experiences from the Global South

We are organizing an in-person panel at the *EASA conference* in 
Barcelona, Spain from July 23 to 26, 2024.

The panel is titled (P036) *'Digital Ethnography and Experiences from 
the Global South'.* We welcome ethnographic and methodological 
contributions concerning digitalization and datafication. The aim is to 
learn from people’s engagements with rising technologies in the Global 
South. Please see the end of this message or 
https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2024/p/14507 
<https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2024/p/14507>  for the panel 
information.

If you would like to join us, please submit a short abstract of max 300 
characters and a long abstract of max 250 words via the conference 
website: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2024/p/14507 
<https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2024/p/14507>. The deadline for 
submitting your paper proposal is *Jan. 22, 2024*.

Please feel free to contact us via *(jingjing.fu /at/ qmul.ac.uk)* or 
*(yueran.tian /at/ uni-bielefeld.de)*, if you have any questions. We look 
forward to meeting you in Spain for our panel discussion!



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*P036 Digital Ethnography and Experiences from the Global South*

*Convenors:*
Yueran Tian (Bielefeld University)
Jingjing Fu (Queen Mary University of London)

*Discussants:*
Prof. Tim Jordan (University College London)
(More to be confirmed)

*Short Abstract:*
This panel welcomes ethnographic and methodological contributions 
concerning digitalization and datafication. The aim is to learn from 
people’s engagements with rising technologies in the Global South.

*Long Abstract:*
Data-intensive logics and practices have become highly intertwined with 
many aspects of people's everyday lives, spanning healthcare, 
communication, digital activism, and more. In the Global South, the 
rapid expansion of telecommunication infrastructure, combined with the 
widespread availability of smartphones and AI tools, has significantly 
reshaped how people engage with public services, work, consumption and 
many more. Mobile apps for instance have expedited the implementation of 
welfare policies, extended access of payment solutions and financial 
services to previously marginalized communities. However, as more 
individuals embrace digital platforms, corporations and governments also 
employ algorithms to control, selectively include, or exclude 
individuals from this digital ecosystem. This raises concerns and sparks 
debates regarding equality, inclusion, and privacy.

The study of people's experiences thus is crucial as responses to these 
changes are highly contextual and dependent on individuals' material and 
affective conditions. Additionally, observing and uncovering ambiguities 
embedded in digitally mediated everyday life poses methodological 
challenges.

The point of departure for our panel is that datafication remains a 
highly interactive and relational process. Drawing insights from 
experiences in the Global South, we aim to reexamine and further explore:

  *
    The roles of digital technologies
  *
    How people interact with digitally mediated society
  *
    The evolving strategies and approaches that (digital) ethnographers
    employ in their "fieldwork"
  * The opportunities for interdisciplinary dialogues among scholars
    from sociology, information science and technology, communication,
    and media studies.

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