The conference sets out from the idea that the public understanding of datafication is driven by discourses in the media and among policymakers and the imaginaries they evoke. The event invites us to look at what datafication is or should be for a variety of publics and speakers and how they discuss, criticize, or envision the collection and use of data at different places, speaking from different situations, and at different times.
Translating Critical Data and Algorithm Studies into Impact
How can scholars within critical data and algorithm studies influence people and organizations to think about datafication in a different...