AoIR2016: on not finding home

A lot of people attending talk about having found their academic 'home', or about having found their 'people'. This is understandable: AoIR is an eclectic space, full of amazing, interesting people who are tackling important new problems (and often having to create new methodologies in order to do so). It's not my home, though. Except … Continue reading AoIR2016: on not finding home →

AoIR2016: Bending

This was a fascinating session run by The Fourchettes collective, with a focus on un-block-boxing, thinking about it through axes of power, and by recognising spaces of invisibility (and the importance of preparing them). It was facilitated by Alison Harvey (University of Leicester, United Kingdom), Mary Elizabeth Luka (York University, Canada), Jessalynn Keller (University of … Continue reading AoIR2016: Bending →

AoIR2016: Forced migration and digital connectivity in(to) Europe – communicative infrastructures, regulations and media discourses

Mark Latonero (USC Annenberg School) spoke on they ways in which data is being collected around forced migration flows. Latonera is interested in the technologies that are being used to track and managed refugees' movements across borders. People were stopping at the short border between Serbia and Croatia for a variety of reasons, including to … Continue reading AoIR2016: Forced migration and digital connectivity in(to) Europe – communicative infrastructures, regulations and media discourses →

AoIR2016: Laws

Cyberlaw 3.0 - Global Law of Internet Governance? Thomas Streinz New York University School of Law, United States of America Streinz talked about the cyberlaw debate as frequently polarised between 'anarchists' like Barlow and those arguing for state regulation, like Goldsmith and Wu. Streinz argues for a position somewhere in the middle (which he says … Continue reading AoIR2016: Laws →

AoIR2016: Cultures

I opened the panel by discussing some of the ways in which solidarity is being built online around the Kurdish struggle for autonomy. You can find my slides here: I found it interesting that one of the questions I got was basically, "but which methodological box does your presentation fit within?" (and, perhaps, the unspoken … Continue reading AoIR2016: Cultures →