From m.j.dieter at warwick.ac.uk Wed Apr 22 19:31:21 2015 From: m.j.dieter at warwick.ac.uk (Michael Dieter) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:31:21 +0200 Subject: ::fibreculture:: The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) - Postgraduate Studies Message-ID: The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at Warwick is now accepting applications for postgraduate study in the following courses: MA in DIGITAL MEDIA AND CULTURE Digital media is set to dominate twenty-first century culture and society. This course gives you the opportunity to study digital media, and to be trained in tools to understand and make use of it, creatively, critically and productively. For further details please see our website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/study/ma-digital-media-and-culture/ MSc in BIG DATA AND DIGITAL FUTURES (NEW for 2015-16) Big data are transforming digital processes in everyday life. Increasingly, governments, business, industry and third sector organisations all rely on employees with an understanding what big data are, how they can be used, and what their strengths and weaknesses might be. In turn, there is a growing demand for postgraduates to be able to critically engage with big data both theoretically, methodologically and practically and to understand the role that data play shaping life more generally. For further details please see our website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/study/msc-big-data-digital-futures/ MSc in URBAN INFORMATICS AND ANALYTICS (NEW for 2015-16) In the last decade, ?urban science? has gained recognition as a new approach to the study of cities and urban life. It is facilitated in part by the harnessing of big and open data relating to various types of urban infrastructure, socio-economic profiles and activities that take place in cities; and developments in social physics and complexity theory. The role of an urban scientist demands breadth of theoretical and practical knowledge in urban science?namely, understanding how they are embedded in our urban life, what real-world problems are, and how digitised urban can be analysed to offer meaningful solutions to such problems. For further details please see our website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/study/msc-urban-informatics-and-analytics For more specific information on these three courses, please contact the CIM Director of Postgraduate Taught Courses, Dr. Olga Goriunova: o.goriunova at warwick.ac.uk. ??????? The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies: About Us - www.warwick.ac.uk/CIM CIM was established at Warwick in 2012 to foster innovative and experimental forms of knowledge production through a sustained focus on methodology. CIM is dedicated to expanding the role of interdisciplinary methods through new lines of inquiry that cut across disciplinary boundaries, both intellectually and institutionally. Method is central to the formation and transformation of(disciplinary) knowledges and the challenge of working across and in between disciplines is both exciting and pressing. Our research team is drawn from across the Humanities and Social Sciences, with expertise in cartography, cultural economy, aesthetics, digital media, software studies, topology, complexity, value and valuation, and food studies. Unlike large departmental programs, the CIM experience is intimate and focused. Students have direct and regular access to our teaching staff and our weekly drop-in computer lab sessions ensure that all students have plenty of opportunity to develop and strengthen practical skills. Students will also study closely with their new colleagues, working together on group projects and tasks. CIM's focused culture is balanced with the opportunity for students to pursue their individual research interests through a range of optional modules. -- Dr. Michael Dieter Assistant Professor Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies Social Sciences University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL From difusion at medialab-prado.es Mon Apr 27 12:06:43 2015 From: difusion at medialab-prado.es (=?UTF-8?B?TWVkaWFsYWItUHJhZG8gQ29tdW5pY2FjacOzbg==?=) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:06:43 +0200 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Visualizar'15: Commoning Data | Call for collaborators In-Reply-To: <553E091B.6020003@medialab-prado.es> References: <553E091B.6020003@medialab-prado.es> Message-ID: <553E0A33.90300@medialab-prado.es> Visualizar'15: Commoning Data (Data for the Common Good) Call for collaborators Call to collaborate in the project workshop Visualizar'15: Commoning data (data for the common good) , that will be carried out from May 5 to 20, 2015. Collaborators will participate in the production of *selected projects* that propose different uses of big data to improve live in the cities and institutional transparency. The workshop is complete with a series of conferences and meetings on May 5 and 6. Medialab-Prado Madrid offers free lodging to collaborators in youth hostels during the workshop (limited seating, shall on request and by order of registration). Free registration. Deadline: *May****4**, 201**5*. More information: http://medialab-prado.es/article/visualizar15convocatoriacolaboradores -- Nerea Garc?a Garmendia Medialab-Prado Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid T. +34 912 191 157 difusion at medialab-prado.es http://www.facebook.com/MedialabPradoMadrid Twitter: @medialabprado // /Este correo y sus documentos adjuntos pueden contener informaci?n confidencial y/o privilegiada que s?lo podr? ser utilizada por su destinatario para el fin del cual es objeto el presente correo. 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URL: From n.tkacz at warwick.ac.uk Wed Apr 29 15:17:35 2015 From: n.tkacz at warwick.ac.uk (nathaniel tkacz) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:17:35 +0100 Subject: ::fibreculture:: INTERFACES: METHOD AND CRITIQUE FOR DESIGNED CULTURES Message-ID: INTERFACES: METHOD AND CRITIQUE FOR DESIGNED CULTURES June 24-25 The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies The University of Warwick, UK Interfaces mediate any number of social issues and practices, from financial trading, business performance and ?smart? cities, to collaboration, media literacies, or the mediation of identity. Every social, economic or political practice that relies on a computer screen or similar technical device, whether this be a Bloomberg terminal, a ?performance dashboard?, an organization website or a social media platform, is expressed through an interface. As the goal of many interfaces is to be invisible, seamless or intuitive, and since they require specific forms of expertise and design literacy in order to be studied, they are often ignored in social science and humanities research. And yet, as culture becomes ?datafied? and screens of all sorts are embedded and naturalized in urban and domestic settings, the study of interfaces cannot be left to user experience (UX) or human-computer interaction (HCI) designers. Indeed, the so-called data revolution means that social science and humanities research is increasingly interface work. We make interfaces. Our objects of inquiry are manifested via interfaces. Interfaces, in other words, are the medium of data. This two-day event builds on recent intellectual work on interfaces (Hookway 2014, Halpern 2015, Drucker 2014, Andersen and Pold 2011, Galloway 2012, Chun 2011) to ask: How can we study culture and society through a focus on interfaces? How can we conduct research with interfaces? That is, how can we reflect on but also develop interfaces as part of our research? What historical legacies, of perception, attention, and control, can help us makes sense of contemporary interfaces? What are the critical possibilities for interface studies beyond the paradigm of usability? The event will feature invited presentations from leading experts, training workshops, a roundtable discussion and a ?networking? dinner. The program is aimed at PhD candidates, but is open to anyone across the social sciences and humanities whose work engages with interfaces. Attendance is free, but places in the workshop sessions are limited. Ten travel bursaries of ?200 are available to help with travel and accommodation. Confirmed participants include: Orit Halpern (The New School, author of Beautiful Data) Christian Ulrik Andersen (Aarhus University, editor of Interface Criticism) S?ren Bro Pold (Aarhus University, editor of Interface Criticism) Olga Goriunova (CIM, University of Warwick) Noortje Marres (CSISP, Goldsmiths) Hendrik-Jan Grievink (Art Director and Designer, Next Nature) Carolin Gerlitz (Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam) Michael Dieter (CIM, University of Warwick) Nathaniel Tkacz (CIM, University of Warwick) Event Website and Programme: http://cim-interfaces.net/ Register: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/events/interfaces The event is supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (Advanced Training and Multidisciplinary Training) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies. ----------------------- Nathaniel Tkacz - Assistant Professor | CIM - The University of Warwick Tw: @__nate__ | Current Project: Interrogating the Dashboard "They say the critique of openness is so devastating, you can't even open the book." ? 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