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Attending Digital Cultures Workshop

Today and tommorrow I am attending a Digital Cultures Workshop organized at University of Salford.

Very much looking forward to interesting discussions and the keynotes: Mobile Technology at Work: Stories of Interaction Asymmetry (Carsten Sørensen, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics) and Mobile Technology at Play: Exploring post-rave electronic dance music (EDM) digital cultures (Dr. Karenza Moore, Department of Applied Social Science, Lancaster University).

/About the/ 2nd Digital Cultures Workshop: Social Media Publics #digcult09, June 4-5 2009

It is clear that the boundaries between the ‘public’ and the ‘private’ are becoming increasingly blurred within and amongst sites of home and work. Indeed, in the wake of reality television shows, national identity card schemes, increased social media usage and the like, publicity appears to be the order of the day. In this workshop we will discuss the issues raised for those living in environments where there is seemingly little room for privacy (privacy, of course, not necessarily being a good thing). As was the case last year, we intend for the workshop to be multi-disciplinary in nature, broad in the approaches participants take and issues they cover. If your work is about any aspect of digital culture, this is the workshop for you! The following are thus only indicative of potential topics that could be raised:

• How do people domesticate social media in their attempts to maintain a balance in publicity and privacy? Do they? Why do they, or don’t they?
• What matters are raised by increased access to data about individuals and organizations?
• What does the blurring of boundaries between public and private mean for our knowledge and experiences of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and disability?
• How are ICT mediated spaces created and maintained at home, work and those spaces in between? For example, how are ‘geek gamers’ finding spaces to play now the only console in the house can be in the living room?
• How are ICT policies shaping public and private spaces throughout societies around the world?
• What privacy issues are presented by media convergence?
• What role are mobile and ubiquitous computing technologies playing in public and private spaces?
• How is the increased commodification of social media affecting our privacy?

Organizers

Ben Light and Marie Griffiths, University of Salford
Sian Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University
Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University

PS See photos from the workshop at http://www.flickr.com/photos/salford-business-school/sets/72157619199895841 …