*Places are still available for 'Figurations: Persons In/Out of Data.' *
<br>
<br>*Date and location*: 9.30am – 6pm, Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 December,
<br>2019 Professor
<br>Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 Lewisham Way SE14
<br>6NW
<br>
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<br>We’re drowning in an ocean of data, or so the saying goes. Data’s
<br>“big”:
<br>there’s not only lots of it, but its volume has allowed for the development
<br>of new, large-scale processing techniques. Our relationship with
<br>governments, medical organisations, technology companies, the education
<br>sector, and so on are increasingly informed by the data we overtly or
<br>inadvertently provide when we use particular services. The proverbial data
<br>deluge is large-scale—but it’s also personal. Data promises to
<br>personalise
<br>services to better meet our individual needs. Data is often construed as a
<br>threat to our person(s). Not every person predicated by data is predicted
<br>the same. The intersection between data and person isn’t fixed: it has to
<br>be
<br> *figured*.
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<br>What methodological, conceptual, and/or empirical potential do
<br>'figurations' offer to researchers working at the intersection of the
<br>person and data today? Over two days, more than 50 presenters and 4 keynote
<br>speakers will address how the 'figure' and its variants—figuration,
<br>figuring, to figure, and so on—is being developed and used in disciplines
<br>including the medical humanities, the social sciences, media studies, art
<br>history, literary studies, philosophy, science and technology studies,
<br>urban studies, and geography.
<br>
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<br>*Keynotes:*
<br>
<br>Professor Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Simon Fraser University
<br>
<br>Professor Jane Elliot, University of Exeter
<br>
<br>Professor John Frow, The University of Sydney
<br>
<br>Professor AbdouMaliq Simone, The University of Sheffield
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<br>
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<br>Registration is *free*. *For more information, the full programme, and to
<br>register, please follow this link
<br>. *If you have any
<br>questions, please email Scott Wark at S.Wark@warwick.ac.uk
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