{"id":39,"date":"2014-08-09T13:15:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T13:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/?p=39"},"modified":"2014-11-11T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T15:23:06","slug":"workshop-producing-data-practices-materialities-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/2014\/08\/09\/workshop-producing-data-practices-materialities-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Producing data: practices, materialities, values"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"digital\"<\/a><\/p>\n

An interdisciplinary symposium<\/h4>\n

3rd – 4th September 2014, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, University of Edinburgh<\/span><\/h4>\n

Hosted by<\/strong>: Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh<\/span><\/h4>\n

Organisers<\/strong>: Chris Speed, Gian Marco Campagnolo, Siobhan Magee and New Media Scotland<\/span><\/h4>\n

Keynotes<\/strong>: Sian Lindley (Microsoft Research), Sophie Woodward (University of Manchester), Hermann Zschiegner (TWO-N)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Confirmed speakers and artists<\/strong>: Bea Alex, Chris Barker, Mina Braun, Jamie Cross, Ewan Klein, Craig Martin, Hadi Mehrpouya, Mitch Miller,\u00a0Wendy Moncur, Larissa Pschetz, Mark Selby, Duncan Shingleton, Alice\u00a0Street, Arno Verhoeven.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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The term ‘data’ is ubiquitous across our homes and workplaces,\u00a0academic and mainstream media, political discourses and ethical\u00a0disputes. Sometimes its presence can take the form of representations\u00a0of various facets of our lives, such as statistics or visualisations\u00a0of figures. Data is a part of the contracts that we make with each\u00a0other, companies that we deal with, and the fallout of the devices\u00a0that we use. Our positions within these relationships change our\u00a0competences based upon whether we are a professional producer of data\u00a0or an amateur. In other instances, ‘data’ appears not as information\u00a0in its own right, but as a lens through which to discuss, and often\u00a0critique, governments and corporations. The reverberations of Big Data\u00a0controversies for example, suggest that data is developing to be one\u00a0of the key political issues of our time: a point of convergence for\u00a0politics and economics, technology, and statecraft.<\/p>\n

Despite, or perhaps because of, this ubiquity, the meaning of data is\u00a0blurred. However, rather than calling for the creation of a rigid\u00a0definition of data, this context suggests the need for comparison and\u00a0discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n

The majority of the symposium will be made up of keynote presentations\u00a0and shorter presentations from invited speakers. On the second day,\u00a0attendees will participate in a workshop and later a discussion\u00a0session about ideas that have emerged over the course of the event.\u00a0The symposium will include opportunities\u00a0for attendees to discuss their own work with speakers. An exhibition\u00a0of visual\/ sensory works that question what data is and how it is\u00a0produced will run in tandem with the talks and presentations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The symposium will be held at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.<\/span>
\n 3rd September: 1pm – 6pm.<\/span>
\n 4th September 9am – 4pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

All attendees are invited to Jelly and Gin’s ‘data dinner’ at the\u00a0Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation at 8pm on 3rd September.\u00a0www.jellyandgin.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This event is free but ticketed. To register, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/producingdata.eventbrite.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An interdisciplinary symposium 3rd – 4th September 2014, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, University of Edinburgh Hosted by: Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh Organisers: Chris Speed, Gian Marco Campagnolo, Siobhan Magee and New Media Scotland Keynotes: Sian Lindley (Microsoft Research), Sophie Woodward (University of Manchester), Hermann Zschiegner (TWO-N) Confirmed speakers and   …Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,8],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}