Hi all,
I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight an open panel looking at the
intersection of humanitarianisms (broadly defined) and ongoing STS research
that will occur at 4S 2025 in Seattle later this year. If interested - please
consider submitting an abstract for our open panel! Detailed information is
below - 4S will be accepting papers until January 31st, here (ours is panel
#73). Circulating
broadly is welcome.
Best,
Daniel Kryger
4S Open Panel (#73)
Co-Organizers:
Daniel Kryger, University of Washington;
Roda Siad, McGill University;
Jenna Harb, Australian National University;
Alphoncina Lyamuya, University of Southern California;
Nai Lee Kalema, University College of London
Title: Digital Governance and Data Politics in Humanitarian Contexts
Abstract:
In response to growing levels of global displacement, politicization of aid,
and the decline in funding humanitarian actors have increasingly turned to
technology and data-driven decision-making to assist with programming, refugee
management, and governance. This lies in tandem with an emerging body of
literature that examines the intersections of science and technology studies
and crisis. STS lenses have been applied to refugee studies, disaster studies,
security studies, and critical humanitarianism. By revealing the materialities
and everyday practices constitutive of crisis response, scholars have
contributed novel insights to existing understanding of the power dynamics and
politics within humanitarian aid systems.
This panel seeks to bring together scholars from across disciplines to explore
the use of emerging technologies and data in humanitarian governance and
settings. We invite empirical and theoretical contributions that explore
questions such as: How do particular humanitarian interventions incorporate
algorithmic and other novel computational systems in their work, and to what
consequences? How do new and existing data practices (re)structure knowledge
production and epistemic communities in crisis settings? How are these
technologies and data-driven practices understood and experienced by refugees
and other displaced communities? In what ways do refugees and other forcibly
displaced communities exercise agency and use data to empower themselves? What
are the ethical implications of using data to track, monitor, and manage
refugees and other humanitarian populations ? By grounding theoretical
discussions in real-world case studies, this panel aims to unravel the
politics and ethical issues embedded in crisis data and the implications of
its circulation through humanitarian governance. We also welcome contributions
that consider the historical and colonial dimensions of humanitarian data
collection methods.
Daniel Kryger (he/him/his)
Ph.D. Candidate
whatsapp: +1.321.209.2767
email: kryger@uw.edu
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