Dear fellow researchers,
<br>
<br>we would like to point your attention to a panel session about the
<br>politics of algorithmic governance at next year's Annual STS
<br>Conference in Graz (a very nice place, indeed). The conference
<br>takes place on the 6th and the 7th of May. The deadline for the
<br>abstracts is 21.1.2019.
<br>
<br>A key aspect of the ongoing digital transformation of society is the
<br>increasing datafication and quantification of almost all aspects of
<br>life. This realm of “data doubles” gives rise to new modes of
<br>producing and validating knowledge and of establishing epistemic and
<br>thus political authority, enabled by artificially intelligent
<br>computer systems and machines learning from big datasets. As a
<br>consequence, we are witnessing the emergence of new forms of social
<br>coordination, steering and control that are unfolding on the
<br>individual level (as in the quantified self movement), on the
<br>organizational level (as in people analytics) as well as on the
<br>societal level (as in predictive policing and citizen scores). While
<br>technology enthusiasts interpret these trends as an opportunity for
<br>more reactive, more integrated and less bureaucratic forms of
<br>regulation that will ultimately benefit everyone (O’Reilly 2013),
<br>critics warn that humans are reduced to passive data providers in a
<br>new, depoliticized “surveillance capitalism” (Morozov 2014, Zuboff
<br>2018). As the fusion of digital technology and institutions of
<br>public and private governance proceeds, gaining a deeper
<br>understanding of these ambivalences is one of the pressing academic
<br>and practical issues of our time (Yeung 2017).
<br>https://sts-conference.isds.tugraz.at/event/5/page/36-digitalization-of-society
<br>
<br>During this session we want to continue the conversation about the
<br>possible contributions of Science, Technology and Society Studies to
<br>this set of questions, debating both concrete empirical cases and
<br>broader theoretical considerations. We invite innovative papers from
<br>all relevant areas that address issues including, but not limited
<br>to, the following:
<br>
<br>● Which new forms of algorithmic governance do we observe?
<br>● How do they relate to and interact with existing forms of social
<br>ordering and what sets them apart?
<br>● Do we witness the emergence of new forms of subjectivities and
<br>identities?
<br>● In what ways do algorithmic systems foster or inhibit individuals’
<br>conduct of everyday life, and how are they integrated into daily
<br>routines?
<br>● Do we witness the rise of new types of socio-technical networks
<br>and assemblages?
<br>● When do the new infrastructures of algorithmic governance fail and
<br>which vulnerabilities are responsible for the failures?
<br>● In what ways do individuals and groups apply, cope with, adapt to,
<br>subvert or re-purpose systems of algorithmic governance?
<br>● How can we think about these changes in ways that take seriously
<br>both the material specificity and the social logics of these new
<br>technologies?
<br>● What are the socio-technical imaginaries that give rise to the
<br>various forms of algorithmic governance?
<br>● What is the relationship between data, algorithms and agency, and
<br>what do these forms of algorithmic governance imply for individual
<br>and collective self-determination?
<br>● What are the conditions for the legitimacy of algorithmic
<br>governance in the 21st century?
<br>● How can algorithmic governance itself be governed?
<br>
<br>*Important information*
<br>Deadline 21.1.2019, 4pm
<br>Confirmation of abstracts: February 2019
<br>Information and submission:
<br>https://sts-conference.isds.tugraz.at/event/5/abstracts/
<br>
<br>We are looking forward to your abstracts!
<br>
<br>Happy greetings
<br>Florian Eyert, Florian Irgmaier and Rainer Rehak
<br>
<br>--
<br>Rainer Rehak
<br>Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
<br>https://vernetzung-und-gesellschaft.de/portfolio/rainer-rehak/
<br>
<br>Weizenbaum-Institut für die vernetzte Gesellschaft
<br>Das Deutsche Internet-Institut
<br>https://vernetzung-und-gesellschaft.de/
<br>Hardenbergstraße 32
<br>10623 Berlin
<br>
<br>Forschungsgruppe 18: Quantifizierung und gesellschaftliche Regulierung
<br>https://vernetzung-und-gesellschaft.de/fg18/
<br>_______________________________________________
<br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list
<br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net
<br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net
<br>
<br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst
<br>
<br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.net
view formatted text
