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                *Final Reminder - **Call for Abstracts/ Deadline 14^th February*
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<br>Dear Colleagues,
<br>
<br>We kindly invite you again to submit abstracts for our panel at the 
<br>EASST 2018 conference in Lancaster, UK (25-28 July 2018).
<br>
<br>https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6294
<br>
<br>Kinds regards and sorry for crosspostings,
<br>
<br>Gabriele Gramelsberger & Jutta Weber
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<br>/The Power of Correlation and the Promises of Auto-Management. /
<br>/On The Epistemological and Societal Dimension of Data-Based Algorithms/
<br>
<br>Gabriele Gramelsberger, RWTH Aachen
<br>Jutta Weber, Universität Paderborn
<br>
<br>Data-based learning algorithms do not only open up new dimensions of
<br>knowledge production but shape increasingly more highly relevant
<br>societal decision-making processes. Based on correlation-based search
<br>heuristics, these algorithms are used to improve translation programs,
<br>search engines, predictive policing strategies or so-called ‚adaptive‚
<br>intelligent‘ protheses. They are highly relevant in realms ranging from
<br>financing, administration and technoscience to law enforcement and
<br>counter-insurgency. These algorithms do not only embody sociotechnical
<br>practices of human and non-human actors but also transport invisible and
<br>unquestioned values, norms and preferences.
<br>In our panel, we want to analyze the epistemological and ontological
<br>groundings of data-based learning algorithms – how, for example, they
<br>are dependent on the provided / selected data material, on implemented
<br>classifications, categorizations and problem-solving strategies. At the
<br>same time, we want to reflect how the epistemologic logic of data-driven
<br>algorithms and the increasing automation of decision-making corresponds
<br>to our societal condition: We want to ask whether correlation does not
<br>only feed into the datafication of our world but also serves a
<br>contemporary sociocultural and biopolitical logic of risk management or
<br>whether the increasing automation of decision-making reflects
<br>post-democratic developments in the Global North.
<br>
<br>Convenors: Gabriele Gramelsberger, RWTH Aachen; Jutta Weber, Paderborn
<br>University
<br>
<br>Deadline: February 14th, 2018
<br>
<br>Please submit abstracts of max. 250 words here:
<br>https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6294
<br>
<br>Details about the conference: https://easst2018.easst.net/
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<br>From: Jutta Weber 
<br>Subject: CfP The Power of Correlation and the Promises of
<br>  Auto-Management
<br>Cc: Gramelsberger Gabriele 
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<br>Lieber Herr Schrape, würden Sie bitte den CfP weiterleiten?
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<br>Ein gutes neues Jahr! Beste Grüße, Jutta Weber
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<br>
<br>Liebe Kolleg_innen,
<br>
<br>anbei der Call für unser Panel auf der  EASST Konferenz in Lancaster vom 
<br>25-28 Juli 2018.
<br>
<br>https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6294
<br>
<br>Über Einreichungen (möglich bis zum 14. Februar 2018) freuen wir uns.
<br>
<br>Viele Grüße, Jutta Weber
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<br>
<br>*The Power of Correlation and the Promises of Auto-Management. *
<br>*On The Epistemological and Societal Dimension of Data-Based Algorithms*
<br>
<br>Gabriele Gramelsberger, RWTH Aachen
<br>Jutta Weber, Universität Paderborn
<br>
<br>Data-based learning algorithms do not only open up new dimensions of 
<br>knowledge production but shape increasingly more highly relevant 
<br>societal decision-making processes. Based on correlation-based search 
<br>heuristics, these algorithms are used to improve translation programs, 
<br>search engines, predictive policing strategies or so-called ‚adaptive‚ 
<br>intelligent‘ protheses. They are highly relevant in realms ranging from 
<br>financing, administration and technoscience to law enforcement and 
<br>counter-insurgency. These algorithms do not only embody sociotechnical 
<br>practices of human and non-human actors but also transport invisible and 
<br>unquestioned values, norms and preferences.
<br>In our panel, we want to analyze the epistemological and ontological 
<br>groundings of data-based learning algorithms – how, for example, they 
<br>are dependent on the provided / selected data material, on implemented 
<br>classifications, categorizations and problem-solving strategies. At the 
<br>same time, we want to reflect how the epistemologic logic of data-driven 
<br>algorithms and the increasing automation of decision-making corresponds 
<br>to our societal condition: We want to ask whether correlation does not 
<br>only feed into the datafication of our world but also serves a 
<br>contemporary sociocultural and biopolitical logic of risk management or 
<br>whether the increasing automation of decision-making reflects 
<br>post-democratic developments in the Global North.
<br>
<br>Convenors: Gabriele Gramelsberger, RWTH Aachen; Jutta Weber, Paderborn 
<br>University
<br>
<br>Deadline: February 14th, 2018
<br>
<br>Please submit abstracts of max. 250 words here:
<br>https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6294
<br>
<br>Details about the conference: https://easst2018.easst.net/
<br>
<br>For more information & contact:
<br>Gramelsberger Gabriele 
<br>Jutta Weber 
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<br>
<br>Prof. Jutta Weber, PhD
<br>
<br>Institute of Media Studies / Institut für Medienwissenschaft
<br>
<br>Paderborn University / Universität Paderborn
<br>
<br>http://www.juttaweber.eu/
<br>
<br>*Recent publications:*
<br>
<br>**- Tracking and Targeting: Sociotechnologies of Identification. Special 
<br>Issue of ‘Science, Technology & Human Values’ 42 (6) 2017 (Ed. together 
<br>with Karolina Follis and Lucy Suchman)
<br>
<br>- Feministische STS. In: Susanne Bauer / Torsten Heinemann / Thomas 
<br>Lemke (Hg.): Science and Technology Studies – Klassische Positionen und 
<br>aktuelle Perspektiven. Berlin: suhrkamp 2017, 339-368
<br>
<br>- Keep Adding. Kill Lists, Drone Warfare and the Politics of Databases. 
<br>In: Environment and Planning D. Society and Space. Special Issue on ‘The 
<br>Politics of the List: Law, Security, Technology’ by Marieke de Goede, 
<br>Anna Leander and Gavin Sullivan, Vol. 34, No.1, February 2016, pp. 107-125
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