Geoffrey Bowker presents “The Data Citizen: New Ways of Being in the World” on Tuesday, September 20, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Auditorium, 1205 W. Clark Street, Urbana.
The phenomenon of big data and its various interpretations are changing what it means to be human. This talk will explore aspects of this change with a view to teasing out the histories and the ethical design issues which arise from past developments. Reception to follow.
Geoffrey C. Bowker is Professor at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and Director of the Values in Design Laboratory at the University of California, Irvine. He currently co-directs the NSF-funded Council for Big Data, Ethics, and Society with researchers from across academia and the IT industry.
Sponsored by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH), National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), the College of Engineering, and the University Library. Reception sponsored by the Gender and Women’s Studies Department.
Thanks to the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities for this information item.
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