<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all, <br><br></div>On September 15, we are organizing a one-day event on the Politics of Big Data for Activism. Please spread the word and feel warmly welcome to meet us in Amsterdam!<br><br><div><br><div style="margin:0px">++++</div><div style="margin:0px">Save the date!</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><b><i>Contentious Data: A one-day event on the Politics of Big Data for Activism</i></b></div><div style="margin:0px"><b><i>University Theatre, University of Amsterdam, <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">September 15, 2016</span></span></i></b></div><div style="margin:0px">How
do people resist corporate privacy intrusion and government
surveillance by means of technical fixes? How does civil society take
advantage of the possibilities for civic engagement, advocacy, and
campaigning provided by the availability of the so-called 'big data’? <i>Contentious Data</i> is the kick-off event of the DATACTIVE project (<a target="_blank" href="https://data-activism.net/%29">https://data-activism.net/)</a>,
an interdisciplinary research project hosted at the Department of Media
Studies at the University of Amsterdam. DATACTIVE investigates
citizens’ engagement with massive data collection. With the diffusion of
big data, citizens become increasingly aware of the critical role of
information in modern societies, and this awareness nurtures new social
practices rooted on data and technology, which we term ‘data
activism’. By increasingly involving lay users, data activism is a
signal of a change in perspective and attitude towards massive data
collection emerging within the civil society realm. <i>Contentious Data</i> will
bring together scholars and practitioners to explore the politics of
big data from the perspective of activism and civil society. </div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px">This
event is sponsored by the European Research Council, the Amsterdam
School of Cultural Analysis (ASCA), the Amsterdam Centre for
Globalisation Studies (ACGS), and the Amsterdam Institute for Social
Science Research (AISSR).</div><p style="margin:0px"> </p><div style="margin:0px">Speakers
include Sandra Braman (Texas A&M University), Alison Powell (London
School of Economics), Hisham al-Miraat (Digital Rights Morocco), Linnet
Taylor (Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society), Dorien
Zandbergen (University of Amsterdam), Jaromil (<a target="_blank" href="http://dyne.org">dyne.org</a>),
Geert Lovink (Institute for Network Cultures), and Stefania Milan
(Principle Investigator DATACTIVE, University of Amsterdam).</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px">The workshop is public and free of charge, but please register in advance on this page: <a target="_blank" href="https://data-activism.net/events/datactive-events/">https://data-activism.net/events/datactive-events/</a></div><br clear="all"><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br>
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