Registration - Figurations: Persons In/Out of Data
*Registration is now open for 'Figurations: Persons In/Out of Data,'* an interdisciplinary conference on the empirical, conceptual, and methodological concept of the 'figure' for thinking the person today. Though interdisciplinary in focus, this conference includes several panels that will be of interest to AoiR members. *Date and location*: 9.30am – 6pm, Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 December, 2019 Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 Lewisham Way SE14 6NW *Keynotes:* Professor Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Simon Fraser University Professor Jane Elliot, University of Exeter Professor John Frow, The University of Sydney Professor AbdouMaliq Simone, The University of Sheffield We’re drowning in an ocean of data, or so the saying goes. Data’s “big”: there’s not only lots of it, but its volume has allowed for the development of new, large-scale processing techniques. Our relationship with governments, medical organisations, technology companies, the education sector, and so on are increasingly informed by the data we overtly or inadvertently provide when we use particular services. The proverbial data deluge is large-scale—but it’s also personal. Data promises to personalise services to better meet our individual needs. Data is often construed as a threat to our person(s). Not every person predicated by data is predicted the same. The intersection between data and person isn’t fixed: it has to be *figured*. What methodological, conceptual, and/or empirical potential do 'figurations' offer to researchers working at the intersection of the person and data today? Over two days, more than 50 presenters and 4 keynote speakers will address how the 'figure' and its variants—figuration, figuring, to figure, and so on—is being developed and used in disciplines including the medical humanities, the social sciences, media studies, art history, literary studies, philosophy, science and technology studies, urban studies, and geography. Registration is *free*. *For more information and to register, please follow this link <https://peoplelikeyou.ac.uk/activities/figurations/>. * Figurations is organised as part of the 'People Like You: Contemporary Figures of Personalisation' Project, which is funded by a Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award (205456/Z/16/Z). It is organised by Prof. Celia Lury and Dr. Scott Wark from the University of Warwick's Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/>, in collaboration with PLY researchers from Goldsmiths, University of London and Imperial College. The full programme will be available shortly - if you have any questions in the meantime, please email Scott Wark at S.Wark@warwick.ac.uk
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Scott Wark