CB027: Synthetic data and representation: The politics of AI generated computational practices Synthetic data are touted as fixes to technical, ethical, and political challenges. But what do they mean for the politics of representation in knowledge

A few more days left to submit your abstract to our panel on #syntheticdata at the #EASST conference!
Deadline on Monday, March 9!
"Synthetic data and representation: The politics of AI generated computational practices"
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

#STS #criticaldatastudies #AI #criticalAI

Today: Panel 3, Techno-Politics of Interoperability. A conversation on how “mundane” database connections become sites of political struggle, shaping privacy, sovereignty, and governance. uky.zoom.us/j/84084505304
#CriticalDataStudies #STS

Please join us today for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 2: Infrastructures in Time: Genealogies of Big Data.

16:00–18:00 GMT / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST
uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105

#STS #CriticalDataStudies

In 2 days: Panel 2 traces how data extraction and management today are shaped by longer histories of governance and infrastructure. Feb 18 uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105
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Panel 2 traces how today’s “data systems” sit inside longer histories of information governance, infrastructure, and extraction. Feb 18 uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105
#STS #CriticalDataStudies

Join us for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 2: Infrastructures in Time: Genealogies of Big Data (Feb 18 | 16:00–18:00 GMT / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST) uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105
#CriticalDataStudies #STS #BigData

Join us for BD&S 2026 Colloquium, Panel 1: Constructing Alternatives through Community Data & Data Activism
Jan 21 | 16:00–18:00 GMT (11:00 AM–1:00 PM EST)
uky.zoom.us/j/85254638887

#DataActivism #CriticalDataStudies #DataJustice

This bird does exist This bird does exist. Maybe it is not a bird but whatever this is, it defines what will be a bird. Scraped from the OpenImages Dataset.

It's a bird! It's a plane... It's what's probably a bird?

#web #miniature #criticaldatastudies #birdwatching

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Das Programm der GfM2025 in Paderborn am Donnerstag, 18.09.2025 in der Session von 14:00-15:30 Uhr. DAVIF PI Dr. Sarah-Mai Dang ist mit dem Vortrag "Von Big Data zu Big Gaps. Eine machtkritische Perspektive auf Leerstellen in Datensammlungen" im Panel "“(Daten-)Sammlungs-Politiken”" vertreten.

Nächste Woche findet vom 16.-19. September die #GfM2025 in Paderborn statt!

Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf das spannende Panel “(Daten-)Sammlungs-Politiken” am Donnerstag, 18. September mit einem Vortrag von #DAVIF PI @SarahMaiDang, in dem sie anhand von […]

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📚 I look forward to giving a workshop next week on critical data practices and digital media research methods with @jwyg.bsky.social‬ at the 2025 Fudan University Summer School on Communication Theory and Research Methods in Shanghai.

#criticaldatastudies #communicationstudies #researchmethods

In the article I explore AI experts' truth practices and valuations of ground truths in medical AI development. It makes visible the role of human expertise and the perceived strengths and limits of expert-based annotations and medical classifications. #STS #AI #CriticalAI #CriticalDataStudies

The image features the cover page of an academic article titled "Big Visual Data as a New Form of Knowledge. An Introduction to the Topic and Its Background" by Sebastian W. Hoggenmüller. It includes an abstract discussing key themes such as

Special Issue “Big Visual Data als neue Form des Wissens” – jetzt online-first
Die Einleitung zum Sonderheft der Schweizerischen Zeitschrift für Soziologie ist jetzt verfügbar. Sechs Beiträge erkunden Potenziale & Herausforderungen visueller Daten in der […]

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Article information including DOI, title, author, abstract and keywords.

New #OpenAccess special issue article by @jiperezk.bsky.social : Waze seating in the control room: Enacting the data bricolage in urban traffic management in Santiago de Chile

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#CriticalDataStudies #infrastructures

The Data-driven Society: Social, Political, and Ethical Aspects of Datafication | Lund University

Read more here: www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-... (It says admission closed on the English version of the page, but open until April 15 through antagning.se ) #STS #AI #criticaldatastudies

James E. Dobson, The Birth of Computer Vision, University of Minnesota Press, 2023 | Tecnoscienza – Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies

Are you interested in the history of computer vision? Read my review of James E. Dobson's intriguing book, now published in the new issue of Tecnoscienza. #STS #criticaldatastudies
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Have you always wanted to learn about social and ethical dimensions of geotechnologies? #GéoTechE free online course now open for sign up! www.geoversity.io/courses/geot... Including introduction to #CriticalRemoteSensising #GeoAIEthics #CriticalDataStudies and much much more!

Making a Difference: Societal Impact through Collaborative Research | Impact Conference 07/04/2025 - 08/04/2025 @ All Day - <p>Two-day Workshopping Conference for collaborative research experts and those who want to get onto the game!</p> <p>Collaborating with external partners enables u...

👉 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 – 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄! Learn more and register today:
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#CriticalDataStudies #Academia #ActionResearch #SocietalChange #CollaborativeResearch

🤓 New Publication: *Datafied ageing futures: Regimes of anticipation and participatory futuring* in *Big Data & Society* by myself and @helenmanchester.bsky.social

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#anticipation #futures #ageing #socgerontec #criticaldatastudies

Excited to be a part of this #SSWR2025 in Seattle roundtable on critical organizational studies, where I will talk about diffusion of innovations research, critical data studies, and #AI adoption in municipal governments! 1/18 @ 9:45amPST #SWTech #SocialWorkSky #orgtheory #STS #CriticalDataStudies

Unser 🧡-Projekt. Ich freue mich auf die tollen Speaker:innen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Disziplinen mit super spannenden Vorträgen.

#DataEthics #CriticalDataStudies
@humboldtuni.bsky.social

We will discuss obsolescence, link rot, forensics, archives, security, curatorial practices, neglect, oversight, preservation+more! Join us if you are in CPH! There will be ample space and time for both main speakers and ensuing discussions among participants and speakers. #criticaldatastudies #STS

The interdisciplinary field of Critical Data Center Studies has sprung up in recent years, drawing on the environmental humanities, and the anthropology and sociology of data centres, although there are as yet few signs of this important research impacting policy and practice. Not all scholars in this field appear to have appetite for attempting to impact policy and practice. 24/7 hourly matching deserves more attention from Critical Data Centre Studies. See Green Energy Procurement; The Cloud in Context.

#datacenters #criticaldatacenterstudies #criticaldatastudies

Data Stories team members Juliette Davret & Carla Kayanan also organising a #AAG2025 session on #researchcreation and #criticaldatastudies. Closing Oct 11th. Further details: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=444

Data Stories now has a Call for Papers on #ResearchCreation and #CriticalDataStudies for the #AAG2025 Annual Meeting in Detroit. Please see our blog for further details: datastories.maynoothuniversity.ie?p=444

Poster of the Data Power Cofnerence 2024 in Graz, Bangalore, and online.

well, then let's try this site and hope that it will point me to some interesting stuff!

I'll start: we're organising the #datapower2024 conference in #Graz, #Bangalore & online next week with some incredible panels, guests, and speakers.

Keynotes are public, links below 👇
#criticaldatastudies