The co-production of knowledge

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Description

This three-day iCS/SATSU symposium was intended to explore the intersection between STS and new media studies, with a specific focus on how Web 2.0 is both generative and challenging of different forms of knowledge production and the authority it commands. Questions related to co-production, citizen science, the power of data algorithms and metrics to shape or bypass human agency, and the possibility of participatory forms of surveillance are were some of the issues that were raised and discussed. Keynotes: Adrian McKenzie, Robin Williams, Leah Lievrouw, Sally Wyatt, Rob Proctor, Andrew Webster. Co-sponsors: Routledge.
Period18 Jul 201220 Jul 2012
Event typeConference
LocationYork, United KingdomShow on map