Panel Event: Concepts, Sites of Study, and Methods for Critical Data Studies
Critical data studies takes on one of the most important issues facing society today: how do we build secure, accessible and equitable information infrastructures to support our communities?
This event will convene a conversation on the concepts, sites of study, and methods needed to move critical data studies forward. Panelists will discuss how they incorporate methods of critical inquiry in research on computing platforms, scientific data, and the autonomy of people with respect to their data.
Panelists:
Amelia Acker, University of Texas at Austin, School of Information
Andrea Thomer, University of Arizona College of Information Science
Kyra Milan Abrams, University of Illinois, Informatics
Moderator:
Karen Wickett, University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences
The panel discussion will be followed by a reception with light refreshments.
More information is available on the event web page.
This event is sponsored by the iSchool, Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship, Humanities Research Institute