<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Paolo Gerbaudo</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paolo.gerbaudo@gmail.com">paolo.gerbaudo@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:07 PM<br>Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Politics of Big Data conference - King's College London - May 8th 2015<br>To: "<<a href="mailto:networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org">networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org</a>>" <<a href="mailto:networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org">networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All,<br><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33)" dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">I am pleased to announce the "Politics of Big Data" Conference on May 8th 2015 at King's College London.
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">The conference aims at developing the scholarly and public debate about current data-driven power dynamics and possible democratic alternatives.
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">You can book your (free) ticket via Eventbrite
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http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/politics-of-big-data-tickets-15741681794</a></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">POLITICS OF BIG DATA CONFERENCE - King's College London - MAY 8TH 2015</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">"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<span> 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.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Organisers: Mark Coté and Paolo Gerbaudo
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">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</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">- Big Data and Digital Politics</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">- The Politics of the Quantified Self</p>
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