Data ethnographies (1) : personal data in an uncertain world

Sarah Pink, Deborah Lupton, Martin Berg, Paul Dourish, Adrian Dyer, Vaike Fors, Edgar Gomez Cruz, Heather Horst, Pilar Lacasa, John Postill, Shanti Sumartojo, Emma Witkowski

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Abstract

Big Data has rapidly become a core thing for the social sciences. It is a process, a form of digital materiality, and a field of research and activity. It has also become something of a promise for society, government and companies, offering the idea of endless knowledge possibilities (even if these might be able to be played out). In fact, Big Data stands for a layer of not necessarily determinate or visible knowledge that emanates from and permeates everyday life, organisations, government and activism. It raises concerns, anxieties, opportunities, and has generated a new academic journal Big Data and Society as well as new institutional contexts for studying Big Data (such as the Data & Society Institute in New York).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalData Ethnographies Lab. Position Paper
Volume1
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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