[P2P-F] Fwd: [NetworkedLabour] Politics of Big Data conference - King's College London - May 8th 2015

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From: Paolo Gerbaudo <paolo.gerbaudo at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:07 PM
Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Politics of Big Data conference - King's College
London - May 8th 2015
To: "<networkedlabour at lists.contrast.org>" <
networkedlabour at lists.contrast.org>

Dear All,

I am pleased to announce the "Politics of Big Data" Conference on May 8th
2015 at King's College London.

 The conference aims at developing the scholarly and public debate about
current data-driven power dynamics and possible democratic alternatives.

 You can book your (free) ticket via Eventbrite
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/politics-of-big-data-tickets-15741681794

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POLITICS OF BIG DATA CONFERENCE - King's College London - MAY 8TH 2015

 "Big Data” is a contested term describing the increasing pervasiveness of
data generation, gathering and mining in our society. The unprecedented
market success Facebook, Google, and related digital, media, and marketing
corporations is predicated on Big Data. Furthermore, as demonstrated by the
Snowden revelations on the NSA and GCHQ, Big Data also provides new means
for mass surveillance. Yet, this is not the whole story. Data is a site of
political struggle. Beyond its value to state and capital, Big Data affords
myriad opportunities for new forms of creative and political engagement.
Open data initiatives, information leaks, and data-driven cultural projects
are but early steps toward more democratic uses of the data we generate in
our everyday lives. This conference will explore the contested and
multifaceted nature of the politics of Big Data, covering both critiques of
existing data-driven power dynamics as well as possible alternatives.

 Organisers: Mark Coté and Paolo Gerbaudo

  CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE

 Bernhard Rieder, Jennifer Gibson, Phoebe Moore, Jennifer Pybus, Stefania
Milan, Btihaj Ajana, Dan Mercea, Nate Tcakz, Michael Dieter, Mercedes Bunz,
Mark Coté and Paolo Gerbaudo

 PANELS

- Big Data and Digital Politics

- Big Data, the State and Surveillance

- The Politics of the Quantified Self

- Critical Engagements with Big Data

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