[acc-cca-l] CFP: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society

Fri Oct 4 07:10:29 MDT 2019

We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for our next conference at
the Data Justice Lab themed:

*Civic Participation in the Datafied Society*

Date: May 28-29, 2020

Location: Cardiff University in Cardiff, UK.

Host: Data Justice Lab

As the generation, collection and analysis of data continues to transform
key aspects of our society across economics, politics and culture, the
question of participation has rarely been so pertinent. Democratic
processes and traditional avenues for participation are facing challenges
as state-citizen relations are increasingly shaped through data analytics
and automation at the same time as alternative visions for participatory
democracy and decision-making have proliferated. As citizens, we are said
to be both coerced and active participants in this shift, both liberated
and exploited in the use of digital tools, both more visible and more
obscured in data-driven systems. How, then, should we understand civic
participation in the datafied society? In what ways are we positioned as
citizens in the advancement of datafication? How are decisions made,
governance carried out, and systems created? What possibilities exist to
intervene in, influence, create and resist power? Who gets to participate
and on what terms? How might our institutions and government practices need
to change? What are strategies for democratising the emergent datafied
society? And what are avenues for enhancing citizen and community
participation?

This two-day event explores the relationship between datafication and
participation. Hosted by the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University’s
School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC), it will bring together
international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to
discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a
datafied society. Speakers include:

Carly Kind (Ada Lovelace Institute)

Mark Andrejevic (Monash University, Australia)

Nanjira Sambuli (World Wide Web Foundation)

Natalie Fenton (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)

Rashida Richardson (AI Now)

Tawana Petty (Detroit Digital Justice Coalition)

The conference will include both scholarly contributions and workshops with
civil society, practitioners and impacted communities in order to
facilitate and advance knowledge exchange. We therefore welcome alternative
formats and ideas. Themes for submissions include (but are not limited to):

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   Citizen juries, assemblies and audits
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   Participatory data governance and oversight
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   Data commons and co-operatives
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   Data activism and resistance
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   Participatory design and design justice
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   Digital and human labour in data
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   Participation, exploitation and coercion
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   Geopolitics of participation

*Submissions*

Deadline for 500-word abstracts: 15th of December, 2019

Submit via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=datajustice2020
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All submissions must include a title, author name(s), institutional
affiliation(s) and full contact information (mailing address, email
address). If you propose a workshop or practical demonstration, please
provide a clear statement of purpose and a detailed description of
activities, as well as any infrastructure requirements. Please note that
time-slots for sessions are 90 minutes. If more is needed, please include
an explanation.

*How to get there*

Cardiff is a 2-hour train journey west of London and Heathrow airport. The
closest airports are Cardiff and Bristol.

*Conference fee*

Full fee: £75 (early bird) / £100

Reduced fee for students and civil society: £50 (early bird) / £75

*Conference organizing committee*: Lina Dencik, Arne Hintz, Joanna Redden
and Emiliano Treré (Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University, UK)

For information about the Data Justice Lab, see:
http://www.datajusticelab.org
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Online CfP: https://datajusticelab.org/data-justice-2020/
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Hashtag: #DataJustice2020

Contact for further information: https://datajusticelab.org/contact/
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*Dr Emiliano Treré*

Senior Lecturer in Media Ecologies and Social Transformation

School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC), Cardiff University

Office 1.31, Two Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS

JOMEC Profile: https://bit.ly/2HtoPBb

Google Scholar: https://bit.ly/2JZeUVi
Data Justice Lab: https://datajusticelab.org

Sandra

Dr Sandra Jeppesen
Associate Professor
Media, Film, and Communications
Interdisciplinary Studies Department
Co-founder, Media Action Research Group
<http://www.mediaactionresearch.org/> (MARG)
Lakehead University Orillia
500 University Ave, OA 3022
Orillia ON Canada L3V 0B9

Lakehead University Orillia is located on the traditional territory of the
Anishinaabeg. The Anishinaabeg include the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomi
nations, collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy.

Latest publications:
Toward an intersectional political economy of autonomous media resources
<http://www.interfacejournal.net/2018/12/interface-volume-10-issues-1-2-open-issue/>
Digital Movements: Challenging Contradictions in Intersectional Media and
Social Movements
<https://www.kommunikative-figurationen.de/en/news/new-working-paper-published-digital-movements/>
Anarchism & Sexuality: Resistances of the Gendered and Sexed Body Under
Surveillance
<https://www.academia.edu/36876589/ResistanceOfTheGenderedAndSexedBodyUnderSurveillance.pdf>

Websites:
Sandra Jeppesen <http://theorynerd8.wixsite.com/drsandrajeppesen>
Academia.edu <https://lakeheadu.academia.edu/SandraJeppesen>
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