Tag: Digital Data

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CFP on Entangled Mobilizes at the 2017 Finnish Anthropological Society Conference 

​Biennial Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society 2017 ENTANGLED MOBILITIES22th-23th of May 2017, University of Jyväskylä, FinlandOrganizers: The Finnish Anthropological Society, anthropologists at the Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylähttp://www.antropologinenseura.fi/en/events/anthropology-conference-2017/CALL FOR PAPERSThe call for papers of the Biennial Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society 2017 “Entangled Mobilities” in Jyväskylä is now open. We […]

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#AAA2016 Session DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

​ORGANIZE THIS!: DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE, PRESERVING OUR EVIDENCE FOR FUTURE DISCOVERY Friday, November 18, 2016 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM Room: Salon D Organizer & Chair: Jerome Crowder – University of Texas Medical Branch Organizer & Chair: Richard Freeman – University of Florida, Gainesville Discussant: Deborah Winslow – National Science Foundation Discussant: Lisa […]

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#AAA2016 Session ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES IN THE DIGITAL AGE

​COPAR AND THE RE-USE OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES IN THE DIGITAL AGE Thursday, November 17, 2016 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM Room: Salon D Organizer: Diana Marsh – American Philosophical Society Organizer: Ricardo Punzalan – University of Maryland, College Park Chair: Candace Greene – National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Discussant: Robert Leopold – Smithsonian Institution […]

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​#AAA2016 Session DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES IN LOW ELECTRICITY AND INTERNET ENVIRONMENTS

​DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES OFF THE GRID: BARRIERS, BRIDGES, AND BEST PRACTICES OF DOING DIGITAL FIELDWORK IN LOW ELECTRICITY AND INTERNET ENVIRONMENTS Wednesday, November 16, 2016 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM Room: Salon A Organizer:  Laura Zanotti – Purdue University Chair: Julie Velasquez Runk – University of Georgia, Athens Presenters:  Kaitlin Harris – Purdue University Alder Keleman […]

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After the field: unboxing digital methods and producing data in digital anthropology

Roundtable Call for Discussants American Anthropological Association 2016 November 16-20 Minneapolis, MN Please contact Nadia Elmrabet at elmrabet.nadia@gmail.com about participating in this roundtable. Deadline April 12, 2016 After the field: unboxing digital methods and producing data in digital anthropology Organizer: Nadia Elmrabet (University College London) This “debriefing” roundtable session sets out to give a platform to […]

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CFP “Learning to Labor in the Digital Economy”

Call for papers “Learning to Labor in the Digital Economy” AAA 2016, November 16-20, Minneapolis, MN Organizer: Matthew Hale (Indiana University/Kennesaw State University) Discussant: Mary L. Gray (Microsoft Research/Indiana University) Deadline:  April 1, 2016 to matthew.hale0009@gmail.com This panel critically examines the transformation of labor within the twenty-first century. The new millennium brought with it many […]

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Evidence, Accident, Discovery in Digital Anthropology

DANG @ #AAA2016 I wanted to stir the pot for Digital Anthropology panels at the AAA Conference this fall. Annual Meeting Theme The 115th Annual Meeting theme, ‘Evidence, Accident, Discovery’, raises issues central to debates within both anthropology and politics in a neoliberal, climate-changing, social media-networked era: What counts as evidence? What does evidence count […]

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CFP UPENN 2017 conference –Reading Eastern Europe Digitally: Promises for the New Millennium | cfp.english.upenn.edu

Check out the Romanian Studies Association of America’s Call for Papers Reading Eastern Europe Digitally: Promises for the New Millennium https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/66594 Deadline: March 12, 2016. Contact Email: liguran@ncat.edu Reading Eastern Europe Digitally: Promises for the New Millennium What does the Digital Age hold in store for Eastern European cultures? In an era dominated by the […]

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ANTHROPOLOGY OF ICT: CELLULAR INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE MONEY, DECENTRALIZED ARCHITECTURE, BIG DATA

Thursday, November 19, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:45 PM 102 (Colorado Convention Center) This panel contextualizes contemporary Information and Communications Technology (ICT) within complex power topographies and explores how people creatively invent, adopt, adapt and resist ICT in various contexts. Academics are increasingly fascinated by the rapid global proliferation of ICT, even within impoverished and marginalized communities. […]

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Digital Anthropology at the #AAA2015 Conference

Digital Anthropology continues to have a strong presence at the American Anthropological Conference this fall. The #AAA2015 schedule has 198 results for the word “digital” alone.  Anthropological research utilizing digital methods and addressing virtual worlds and digital technology has had growing presence at the AAAs continuously over the last 5 years, probably long that’s just […]