*Digital Media Winter Institute | SMART Data Sprint 2021* NOVA University of Lisbon 1 - 5 February 2021 | Lisbon, Portugal iNOVA Media Lab invites applications for the SMART Data Sprint 2021, which will be held from 1 to 5 February in a hybrid format — online and in-person, at NOVA University of Lisbon. The Sprint is part of the Digital Media Winter Institute, an annual meeting focused on digital methods. The next edition theme is about The Current State of Platformisation. Participants from around the world will connect to attend keynote lectures, short talks and join applied research projects. This year we will bring even more innovative formats for practical labs, including an exclusive track made for researchers non-familiar with digital methods. Applications are already open <https://forms.gle/u7oeyM38VMSby76L9> and close on January 18, 2021. Main audience: doctoral students and scholars interested in developing research from the perspective of digital methods. See the call for applications on the #SMARTDataSprint research blog https://smart.inovamedialab.org/2021-platformisation SMART Data Sprint | The Current State of Platformisation The deadline for submissions is January 18, 2021. ************************************ Digital Media Winter Institute | SMART Data Sprint 2021 NOVA University of Lisbon 1 - 5 February 2021 | Lisbon, Portugal Keynotes *José van Dijck (Utrecht University) *Anne Helmond (University of Amsterdam and Digital Media Initiative) *Fernando van der Vlist (App Studies Initiative and Digital Methods Initiative) Masterclass *Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández (School of Communication at QUT and Digital Media Research Centre). Projects Participants can choose from different projects to work on. More information on projects will be available on the website soon. Practical Labs An International team of senior researchers, doctoral students and designers will also be leading Short Talks and Practical Labs. In 2021, SMART Data Sprint will offer an innovative format for practical labs, including an exclusive track made for researchers non-familiar with digital methods. More information on practical labs will be available soon. If you have questions, contact the organising committee at smart.inovamedialab[at]fcsh.unl.pt. *Ana Marta M. Flores Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, iNOVA Media Lab, Portugal *Elena Pilipets Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria *Janna Joceli Omena Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, iNOVA Media Lab, Portugal -- SMART ˚ ˚ Social Media Research Techniques I #SMARTDataSprint <https://smart.inovamedialab.org/> iNOVA Media Lab <http://inovamedialab.org/> I NOVA FCSH I Universidade NOVA de Lisboa