* apologies for cross-posting *
Dear All,
the *Centre for Global Media and Democracy* (Goldsmiths, University of
London) and the *Centre on Social Movements Studies* (Scuola Normale
Superiore) are proud to invite you to the 5th SoME Seminar that focuses on
the concept of big data as a contested terrain of imagination and practice
which is understood in different ways by economic and political powers on
the one hand and political activists on the other. This seminar focuses on
these discursive tensions by exploring activists practices and beliefs
about big data. In particular, we aim at deconstructing the concept of big
data from an activist perspective and at discussing how social movement
actors related to big data. More specifically, we explore big data in three
different panels: a) *activists’ data cultures and big data* b) *activists’
discourses on big data*; and c) *activists’ practices involving big data*.
*The seminar is free and all are welcome to participate*. Please register
your interest by writing to alice.mattoni@??? by the *15th of
November 2016*.
*DETAILED INFO*
*The Subversion of Big Data. Cultures, Discourses and Practices of Big Data
in Social Movements Contexts*
17th and 18th of November 2016, 9:30-16:30
Aula Filippo Strozzi, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Scuola
Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, Via degli Strozzi 1, Florence, Italy
*Keynote speaker: *Mark Coté (Kings College London)
*List of speakers: *Sebastian Baack (University of Groningen); Alberto
Cossu (University of Milan); Lina Dencik (University of Cardiff); Marco
Deseriis (Scuola Normale Superiore and Northeastern University); Arne Hintz
(University of Cardiff); Sebastian Kubitschko (University of Bremen); Stefania
Milan (University of Amsterdam); Elena Pavan (Scuola Normale Superiore);
Alessandra Renzi (Northeastern University); Lonneke van der Velden
(University of Amsterdam)
*Complete programme*:
https://someseminars.org/seminars/seminar-five/
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Alice Mattoni
Assistant Professor
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
Scuola Normale Superiore
www.picme.sns.it
www.alicemattoni.com
