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*Data Justice<span id="x_0.989355932276123"></span>*<span id="x_x_0.8737157589070733"></span><br>
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/An international conference<span id="x_0.4211845991174853"></span> exploring research on, and practices of, social justice<span id="x_0.23602091073779408"></span> in an age of datafication./<br>
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Date: 21-22 May 2018<br>
Location: Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK<br>
Host: Data Justice<span id="x_0.6870852389347863"></span> Lab, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK</div>
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Submission deadline: 27 November!<br>
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The collection and processing of massive amounts of data has become an increasingly contentious issue. Our financial transactions, communications, movements, relationships, all now generate data that are used to profile and sort groups and individuals. With
the platformisation of digital media alongside governmental and corporate uses of citizen data, developments in AI, the Internet of Things, smart homes and smart cities, the systematic collection and analysis of massive data sets across our social life is
being normalised and entrenched – what has been described as the ‘datafication’ of society.<br>
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With the emergence of this data paradigm comes a new set of power dynamics requiring investigation and critique. Whilst promises of value-neutral information and possibilities for prediction are said to advance better responses to a range of social problems,
they may also have serious implications for social and economic inclusion, autonomy, basic freedoms, and established notions of ethics, trust, accountability, governance and citizenship.<br>
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What are the implications for social justice<span id="x_0.3008319844011579"></span>? How do we understand social justice<span id="x_0.3866603493122577"></span> in an age of datafication? In what way do initiatives around the globe address questions of data
in relation to inequality, discrimination, power and control? What is the role of policy reform, technological design and activism? How do we understand and practice ‘data justice<span id="x_0.7293390568870771"></span>’? How does data justice<span id="x_0.1850687489583127"></span> relate
to other justice<span id="x_0.8919785158944791"></span>concerns?<br>
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This conference<span id="x_0.4713219954346012"></span> will examine the intricate relationship between datafication and social justice<span id="x_0.38968916404714227"></span> by highlighting the politics and impacts of data-driven processes and exploring different
responses. Hosted by the Data Justice<span id="x_0.37735479558972407"></span> Lab at Cardiff’s School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC), it will bring together international scholars, practitioners, and activists to engage with data from a
social justice<span id="x_0.5893536260273902"></span> perspective. Confirmed speakers include:<br>
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Anita Gurumurthy (IT for Change, India)</div>
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David Lyon<span id="x_0.5844178318821878"></span> (Queen's University, Canada)<br>
Evelyn Ruppert (Goldsmiths, UK)<br>
Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University, Ireland)<br>
Sasha Costanza-Chock (Civic Media at MIT, US)<br>
Seeta Peña Gangadharan (London School of Economics, UK)<br>
Solon Barocas (Cornell University, US and FAT/ML)<br>
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The conference<span id="x_0.5542950435280258"></span> will combine academic papers with hands-on workshops relating to methods of investigation, policy and design. We welcome submissions of abstracts for both types of sessions.<br>
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Themes of the conference<span id="x_0.5126652497393981"></span> include (but are not limited to):<br>
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* Social justice<span id="x_0.6388303886593736"></span> and data<br>
* Data governance<br>
* Data discrimination<br>
* Data colonialism<br>
* Data sovereignty<br>
* Digital labour<br>
* Prediction and Preemption<br>
* Data scores and dashboards<br>
* Data ethics<br>
* Data policy and reform<br>
* Social justice<span id="x_0.5943560691617789"></span>-informed design<br>
* Uses of data by social justice<span id="x_0.6611336189966274"></span> groups<br>
* Data activism and advocacy<br>
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Submissions:<br>
Deadline for 250-word abstracts: 27th of November, 2017.<br>
Submit via EasyChair: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dj2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk252618" previewremoved="true"><span id="LPlnk252618"><span id="LPlnk252618"><span style="background-color: white;">https://easychair.org/</span><span id="x_0.10264111133255682" style="background-color: white;">conference</span><span style="background-color: white;">s/?conf=dj2018</span></span></span></a><br>
All submissions must include a title, author name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and full contact information (mailing address, email address). If you propose a workshop or practical demonstration, please provide a clear statement of purpose and a detailed
description of activities, as well as any infrastructure requirements.<br>
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Information:<br>
Cardiff is a 2-hour train journey west of London and Heathrow airport. The closest airports are Cardiff and Bristol.<br>
‘Data Justice<span id="x_0.02994323647186914"></span>’ will take place shortly before the ICA 2018 conference<span id="x_0.5264757285728903"></span> in Prague, 24-28 May. Flights to Prague take 2 hours from Heathrow.<br>
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<span id="x_0.21866313962497785"></span>Conference fee:<br>
Full fee: £75 (early bird) / £100<br>
Reduced student fee: £50 (early bird) / £75<br>
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<span id="x_0.19752378247522606"></span>Conference organizing committee: Lina Dencik, Arne Hintz, Joanna Redden (Data Justice<span id="x_0.6621726805848197"></span> Lab, Cardiff University, UK)<br>
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For information about the Data Justice<span id="x_0.8601223130498697"></span> Lab, see: <a href="http://www.datajusticelab.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk469355" previewremoved="true"><span id="LPlnk469355">http://www.datajusticelab.org</span></a><br>
Online CfP: <a href="https://datajusticelab.org/data-justice-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk725872" previewremoved="true"><span id="LPlnk725872"><span id="LPlnk725872"><span style="background-color: white;">https://datajusticelab.org/data-</span><span id="x_0.9965506770469721" style="background-color: white;">justice</span><span style="background-color: white;">-2018/</span></span></span></a><br>
Contact for further information: <span id="LPlnk671177"><a href="https://datajusticelab.org/contact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk671177" previewremoved="true">https://datajusticelab.org/contact/</a></span></div>
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<div><font size="2">Dr Lina Dencik</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Senior Lecturer/Director MA Journalism, Media and Communication</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Co-Director Data Justice Lab</font></div>
<div><font size="2">School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3NB</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Email: <a href="mailto:DencikL@cardiff.ac.uk">DencikL@cardiff.ac.uk</a>, Tel: +44 (0)29 208 75461</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Twitter: @LinaDencik </font></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;">Fellow, Center for Media, Data and Society, Central European University</span></div>
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