'Lives of Data' Workshop, Sarai-CSDS, January 5-7, 2017

[Sandeep Mertia]

The Sarai Programme, CSDS is organising the Lives of Data Workshop on 5^th to 7^th January, 2017.

The workshop examines the historical and emergent conditions of data-driven knowledge production and circulation in India and South Asia. In the context of the Data Revolution, the workshop links emerging research on the history of statistics, new/old technological forms of inscription, digital infrastructures, and governance after Big Data in India and South Asia.

The workshop brings together interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners with backgrounds in history of science, anthropology, media and technology studies, software engineering, data science, economics, and policy-making. It is a space to parse lateral connections and mine new ideas to explore the many lives of data, interrogating stable forms and tracking unexpected pathways.

The schedule is available on our website - http://sarai.net/lives-of-data-workshop-january-5-7-2017/

Limited seats are available to attend the workshop. To register, please fill up the form available on the above link.

We encourage you to use #LivesOfData to Post or Tweet about the workshop.

Happy new year!

Regards,

Sandeep Mertia

Research Associate

Sarai-CSDS, Delhi