Call for papers for the series of Anthropology of Technology seminars, March
<br>21-22, 2019:
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<br>Big Data and the Power of Narrative
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<br>IT University of Copenhagen, March 21-22, 2019
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<br>Key note speakers: Joe Dumit, UC Davis, Minna Ruckenstein, University of
<br>Helsinki, Evelyn Ruppert, Goldsmiths
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<br>Organizers: Brit Ross Winthereik, IT University of Copenhagen, Klaus Hoeyer,
<br>University of Copenhagen, and Maja Bruun Hojer, University of Aalborg
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<br>Sponsored by The Danish Research Councils, ERC, and the Velux Foundation
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<br>The promise of big data is sweeping across the sciences, and the everyday
<br>practices that are the object of anthropology are increasingly leaving data
<br>traces. Scholars talk about a 'datafication' of social life and see in the
<br>digitalization new ways of predicting behaviour and understanding sociality. A
<br>range of technologies are involved in the datafication of everyday life
<br>operating to a large extent through the internet of things, AI, the
<br>interconnected devices monitoring and regulating everything from our health to
<br>finances and reputation, to our energy use, transport, and the food chain
<br>infrastructures that sustain our lives. How might we understand the
<br>implications of this datafication of everyday life? How might we explore the
<br>emerging political and economic contours? How does datafication influence what
<br>counts as true and worth knowing? Can anthropology and adjacent fields have a
<br>special role in providing narratives about the things that escape
<br>datafication? In this symposium we invite ethnographers to explore these
<br>questions and reflect on what ethnography stood to gain from embracing the
<br>data abundance and what big data analytics could learn from ethnography.
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<br>Registration will be open at
<br>https://www.antech.aau.dk.
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<br>We welcome papers that address the seminar theme.
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<br>Abstract deadline: January 10, 2019, 100-200 words to be sent to Lea Enslev at
<br>leen@itu.dk
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<br>Notification of acceptance: February, 2019
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<br>Participation is free and coffee and lunch will be provided during the two-day
<br>event. Registration is required
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<br>Klaus Hoeyer
<br>Professor
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<br>University of Copenhagen
<br>Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
<br>Department of Public Health
<br>ster Farimagsgade 5A, Room 10.0.09
<br>DK-1014 Copenhagen K
<br>Denmark
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<br>TEL 35 32 79 96
<br>MOB 26 25 63 42
<br>klho@sund.ku.dk
<br>www.ifsv.ku.dk
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