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SUMMARY:Unconference: "Digital Criticism"
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211021
DTSTAMP:20260501T160445Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Mar Hicks (Illinois Institute of Technology)\nDominique Cardon
  (MediaLab SciencesPo)\nNathalie Pignard-Cheynel (Université de Neuchâte
 l)\nIntroduction\n\nHigher education research centres from all over Switze
 rland are joining forces to host the first unconference on ‘digital crit
 icism’. Free of charge and open to all\, this unique event will take pla
 ce online-only the 21 and 22 October 2021.\n\nAfter a decade of research o
 n the ‘Digital Turn’ and its impact on both research and society at la
 rge\, this event aims to offer a space to network\, share insights\, and d
 iscuss future trends in digital studies / digital humanities among scholar
 s from Switzerland and beyond. Join us and register for the event !\n\nOb
 jectives\n\n· Foster networking within the digital studies / digital huma
 nities research community in Switzerland and beyond\n· Talk and learn abo
 ut ongoing research (including yours) on digital-related phenomena\n· Ide
 ntify common challenges across disciplines for future research\n· Discuss
  the characteristics of digital research methods\n\nWhat is an unconferenc
 e?\n\nAn unconference is an informal\, participant-driven meeting that tri
 es to avoid hierarchical aspects of a conventional conference. The format\
 , which encourages networking\, open discussions\, and participation\, fir
 st appeared in the Silicon Valley in the 2000’s as a tool to foster new 
 innovation models. Unconferences contributed to the birth of social media 
 and ‘Web 2.0’.\n\nIn concrete terms\, the conference unfolds as follow
 s:\n\n1. Register for the conference\n2. In a plenary pitching session on 
 the first day of the conference\, participants are invited to come up with
  ideas and discussion topics\n3. Proposed topics are listed on a whiteboar
 d and opened to a vote by participants\n4. Most voted topics are included 
 as panel slots of 45 min. in the finalised conference programme.\n5. Parti
 cipants freely decide which panels they want to attend.
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