Dear colleagues,
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There are four days left to apply for the interdisciplinary and
international winter school, organized by the Research Platform =
Governance
of Digital Practices (University of
Vienna):
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Taming the iMonster: Regulating digital platforms
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Digital platforms, understood as the technical and social infrastructure =
for
the collection, storage, curation, analysis, distribution or
commercialisation of digital data, are frequently compared to a =
Leviathan
: A
=93monster=94 that people submit their natural freedoms to in order to =
receive
something back that they consider essential. In the case of the
platform-Leviathan, it is not physical security and the protection of =
their
property that people receive in return, but the possibility to =
communicate
across time and space, to connect different groups to buy and sell goods =
in
a faster and more convenient manner, or to look for rides, jobs, houses,
partners. Especially during and after Covid-19, submitting to the =
iMonster
has been a necessary condition for many people to be able to do the =
things
they need to do to hold a job or two and run their families. How do we =
best
regulate digital platforms? This is the question that this =
interdisciplinary
Winter School will focus on.
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When:=20
14=9625 February 2022 | Mon-Fr, 3=966pm Central European Time
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Where:
online (Zoom)
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Confirmed speakers include:
Dr Jonathan Gray =
(King=92s
College London & Public Data Lab)
Dr Alex Hanna (Google)
Prof Matthias C. Kettemann
(University of Innsbruck)
Dr Susanne Lackner =
(KommAustria)
Dr =
J=FCrgen
Pfeffer (Technical University Munich)
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Dr Jean-Christophe Plantin (LSE)
Prof Sandra Wachter
(University of Oxford)
Dr Theresa Z=FCger (Alexander =
von
Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society),=20
and a representative (t.b.c.) from AlgorithmWatch
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Participants:
mainly early-stage researchers (PhD students and post-docs), but open to
colleagues from all disciplines with an interest in the topic
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Participation is free, but places are limited. The Winter School will be
held remotely.
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If you would like to participate, please send a short outline of your
motivation to participate, and a brief summary of the project(s) you are
working on (1 page max.), to natalia.kancelova@univie.ac.at
by 15 November 2021 at the =
latest.
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The members and affiliates of the
Research Platform Governance of Digital Practices look forward to =
hearing
from you!
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For more info visit:
https://digigov.univie.ac.at/teaching/digigov-virtual-winter-school-tamin=
g-t
he-imonster-regulating-digital-platforms/=20
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