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Presentations and Events

CfP: STS interventions for studying invisible data infrastructures

Together with colleagues at the Web Science Institute and Web Science Centre for Doctoral Training, we’ve put together an open panel for the 4S 2018 conference, this year in Sydney. This is an open call designed to gather a wide range of practitioners working in and around STS, specifically focused on discussing methodological interventions for studying digital invisibilities (in their various forms).

Please feel free to pass along to colleagues that might be interested and don’t hesitate to get in touch for more information regarding the panel. More information regarding conference submissions can be found below the abstract.

Please note that the deadline is quickly approaching – abstract submissions are due Feb 1!

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Presentations and Events

4S and Me, Part I: Web Archiving as Maintenance and Repair

This post represents Part I in a series of posts from my time at the 2017 Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference (Part II detailing other highlights to come!). Below is a general outline of the main ideas of my paper – though the difference between the text and slides reflects the fact that my thinking has evolved somewhat since first presenting this at 4S. The usual nerves ensued as I tried to test out some new-ish/half-baked ideas that draw on both existing studies of STS maintenance theory and repair, but also calls from within the archival sector to recognise the work that goes into maintaining archives.

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