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<br>We are excited to announce the Call for Abstracts for DATA POWER 2019, a
<br>two-day, international conference organized by ZeMKI, Centre for Media,
<br>Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen (Germamy) in
<br>cooperation with the Universities of Carleton (Canada) and Sheffield (UK).
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<br>DATA POWER: global in/securities focuses on critical questions about
<br>datas power, reflecting on the social and cultural consequences of data
<br>becoming increasingly pervasive in our lives. With its critical approach
<br>towards datafication in relation to power in a wide variety of areas, the
<br>conference will focus on dialogues between Global North and Global South
<br>perspectives. Current issues of the ever more ubiquitous power of digital
<br>data manifest themselves in societies and cultures all over the world that
<br>are increasingly mediatized which means a growing interdependence of
<br>individuals, collectivities and organisations with digital communication
<br>media.
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<br>With increasingly globalized digital infrastructures and a global digital
<br>political economy, we face new concentrations of power, leading to new
<br>inequalities and insecurities with respect to data ownership, data
<br>geographies and different forms of data-related practices. It is not only a
<br>concentration of power by a few corporations, but also a concentration of
<br>the availability of data on individual regions of the world. This includes
<br>(exerting) power about data (infra)structures and processes of data
<br>creation, data collection, data access, data processing, data
<br>interpretation, data storing, and data visualisations.
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<br>Therefore, the global DATA POWER conference will bring together scholars
<br>from the Global South and the Global North in order to jointly address
<br>pressing questions around these phenomena. Confirmed keynote speakers are:
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<br>* Virginia Eubanks, University at
<br>Albany, USA
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<br> Jack
<br>Linchuan Qiu, Chinese University Hongkong, China
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<br> Seeta Pea Gangadaran, London School of Economics and
<br>Political Science, UK
<br>* Nimmi
<br>Rangaswamy, Indian Institute of Information Technology, IIIT, Hyderabad,
<br>India
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<br>Dates: Thursday 12th and Friday 13th SEPTEMBER 2019
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<br>Venue: University of Bremen, Germany
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<br>++ Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2019 ++
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<br>More information here:
<br>https://www.uni-bremen.de/data-power-global-insecurities
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<br>CfP here:
<br>https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/sites/datapower/cfp_datapowe
<br>r_2019_bremen.pdf
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<br>Juliane Jarke, PhD.
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<br>Institute for Information Management (ifib)
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<br>Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI)
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<br>University of Bremen
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<br>TAB 3.88
<br>Am Fallturm 1
<br>28359 Bremen
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<br>T: ++ 49 421 218 56586
<br>M: jarke@uni-bremen.de
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