Dear Simon,
This is an area that some of my colleagues and I are also actively
focusing on. We're actually hosting a two-day workshop
(http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=557) on the topic in March, and
would really welcome participation from geographers who are interested
in critically exploring some of the social/economic/political/ethical
impacts of 'big data'.
Best,
Mark
p.s. a few links that may be interesting are: (1) a short piece
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/mar/09/big-data-theory)
arguing against some of the powerful imaginations of the social
impacts of 'big data' that are being pushed by quite influential
people in the tech world; (2) some of the social science 'big data'
work being done by my colleagues: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/
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Dr. Mark Graham
Research Fellow
Director of Research
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/graham
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On 30 November 2012 11:09, Simon Moreton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Sam Kinsley (Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE) and I have recently been
> discussing the concept of 'Big Data' and the social and ethical questions
> that arise from the ability to process vast amounts of data very quickly.
>
> We've touched upon implications from biopolitics, the new landscape of
> governing through numbers, the need to be critical about the data processing
> power we can use as researchers, right through to the 'mundane' world of
> X-Factor vote processing.
>
> Have any other forum members been involved in research in this field?
> Does anyone have thoughts on the social and ethical impacts of Big Data?
>
> Be interesting to hear your thoughts!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Simon
>
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