Jo Bates

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Data studies academic at University of Sheffield.
Jo BatesNov 2, 2023
Juliane JarkeNov 2, 2023

Exciting news: The fifth and (again hybrid) Data Power Conference will take place from 4th to 6th September 2024 - in Bangalore (India), Graz (Austria) and online.

Conference theme: Situating Data Practices Beyond Data Universalism
Deadline CfP: 19th January 2024

Find out more (also about previous conferences) here: https://datapowerconference.org/

#datastudies #conference #cfp

@J0bates

About the conference
 - Data Power

We are living in an age of data, a time in which data have been described as the oil of the 21st century. More and more activities are taking place online, the platforms on which this happens are expanding, and aspects of social, political, economic and cultural life that previously did not exist in numeric […]

Data Power
Jo BatesSep 6, 2023
jmnwAug 31, 2023
I'm putting together a reading list for a course on (un)sustainable AI. The goal is to keep it varied and not too theoretical. What are your suggestions? #sustainability #ai #aiethics #academia #sts
Jo BatesAug 8, 2023
pervasivemediastudioAug 8, 2023
📢 New Artist Residency alert! Apply now for our Patterns in Practice Artist Residency. We are looking for an artist who is interested in data mining and/or machine learning to develop artistic ideas and conversations 🤖 https://www.watershed.co.uk/studio/news/2023/08/04/apply-now-patterns-practice-artist-residency
Apply now for the Patterns in Practice Artist Residency | Pervasive Media Studio

We are delighted to announce an open call for our Patterns in Practice Artist Residency.

Watershed
Jo BatesJul 22, 2023
Paul CantrellMay 18, 2023

This thread is now available as a blog post:
https://innig.net/teaching/liberal-arts-manifesto

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In college, I took a class called The Letters of Paul. I took it for two very good reasons:

1. I was (and am) named Paul.
2. The prof, Cal Roetzel, was (and is) cool.

I didn’t figure it was an especially practical course. It was for fun, for the challenge, for the cultural knowledge, for the pleasure of doing it.

WHAT LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IS FOR: A THREAD

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What Liberal Arts Education Is For – Teaching – innig.net

Jo BatesJul 6, 2023
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Jul 5, 2023

Recently, I was asked about the apparent ‘schism’ between those making a lot of noise about fears inspired by fantasies of all-powerful ‘AIs’ going rogue and destroying humanity, and those seeking to illuminate and address actual harms being done in the name of ‘AI’ now and the risks that we see following from increased use of this kind of automation.

I objected strongly to the framing and tried to explain how it was ahistorical. Here is my response in blog form:

https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/talking-about-a-schism-is-ahistorical-3c454a77220f

Jo BatesJul 4, 2023

#introduction

I’m an academic at the University of Sheffield #iSchool researching the social and cultural dynamics shaping data journeys and practices.

Currently working on:
-Patterns in Practice - an AHRC project I’m leading: https://lifeofdata.org/site/patterns-in-practice
-An edited book ‘Dialogues in Data Power’ with @juliane emerging from Data Power Conf 2022
-Planning for Data Power 5 in 2024-watch this space!

More at: https://lifeofdata.org

#criticaldatastudies #datastudies #sts #informationstudies

Patterns in Practice | Patterns in Practice

Patterns in Practice is an AHRC funded project that is exploring how practitioners’ beliefs, values and feelings interact to shape how they engage with and in data mining and machine […]

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