Hi Everyone, Wanted to send out a reminder to apply to the Against Platform Determinism <https://datasociety.net/announcements/2020/09/15/call-for-participants-against-platform-determinism/> academic workshop at Data & Society. Deadline is October 21st. In-progress papers are strongly encouraged (and you can apply just as a participant/reader as well). Thank you! Robyn Caplan Researcher Data & Society --- *CFP: Against Platform Determinism: How institutions, individuals, and infrastructures mediate platform power.* *Data & Society* is hosting a workshop on *January 14, 2021*, Against Platform Determinism: How institutions, individuals, and infrastructures mediate platform power. <https://datasociety.net/announcements/2020/09/15/call-for-participants-against-platform-determinism/> The deadline to apply <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelEdOfdwj8avryzN1KZj9zD7CgvbouwplgZGDc7wiVr9cQAQ/viewform> for this workshop is *October 21, 2020*. This workshop invites scholars to consider how interactions with platform companies do or do not shape how technologies are designed, and deployed, and how global users are governed. Though platforms are centralized and powerful actors, this workshop is intended to explore the existing and emerging infrastructures, cultures, and organizational forms can shape decision-making and design or impede platforms’ implementation “on the ground.” These forces can include users of these platforms, industry actors, civil society organizations, and government, but it can also include how existing infrastructures—such as low connectivity areas—can mediate the impact of technology on communities. More information about the call can be found <https://points.datasociety.net/against-platform-determinism-899acdf88a3d> here <https://points.datasociety.net/against-platform-determinism-899acdf88a3d>. The workshop is designed for in-progress work! We're also going to be inserting some more interactive/network-y type components to the day designed to help facilitate connections across the field. *All participants will receive a $150 stipend.* *Key dates:* Application Deadline: October 21, 2020 Selection Decisions: November 9, 2020 Revised Abstracts + RSVP Deadline: November 20, 2020 Full Paper Deadline: December 9, 2020 Workshop: January 14, 2021 If you have any questions, please contact events@datasociety.net