Friday 16 October
10:00AM Doors Open
NOON–1:15PM Session 1
Studio A #A1
Rage Against the Machines
.Moderator
Danny Spitzberg
Danny Spitzberg
Priya Prabhakar
“Dekh Rahe”: Regimes of Biometric Technology Surveillance in Building Hindutva and Reifying Caste Purity in India
“Dekh Rahe”: Regimes of Biometric Technology Surveillance in Building Hindutva and Reifying Caste Purity in India
Adina Glickstein
Embodied Opacities: Laptop Music as Anti-Surveillance in Holly Herndon’s “Polymorphism”
Embodied Opacities: Laptop Music as Anti-Surveillance in Holly Herndon’s “Polymorphism”
Mel Dorizata
ABOLISH THE USER: Designing Against the End of History
ABOLISH THE USER: Designing Against the End of History
Studio B #B1
Know Body
.Moderator
Apryl Williams
Apryl Williams
Nitin K. Ahuja
ASMR in the Clinic: Practice Analogs for Analog Practice
ASMR in the Clinic: Practice Analogs for Analog Practice
Eileen Holowka
Hysterics on Facebook: Posting about Endometriosis
Hysterics on Facebook: Posting about Endometriosis
Neal Swisher
Not-Self-Tracking: A Non-Representational Account of Fitness-Tracking
Not-Self-Tracking: A Non-Representational Account of Fitness-Tracking
Megan Magray
Lobotomizing the Fertility Hivemind: How Fertility-Tracking Apps Disempower Their Users
Lobotomizing the Fertility Hivemind: How Fertility-Tracking Apps Disempower Their Users
Studio C #C1
Spaced Out
Winston Hearn
What is Assistive Tech?
What is Assistive Tech?
Leo Shaw
Meet Me in the Ball Pit: Pop-up Experiences and Algorithmic Urbanism
Meet Me in the Ball Pit: Pop-up Experiences and Algorithmic Urbanism
Heather Fenby
Old On the Internet
Old On the Internet
Ingrid Asplund
The Museum of Ice Cream in the Age of Digital Reproducibility
The Museum of Ice Cream in the Age of Digital Reproducibility
1:30PM–2:45PM Session 2
Studio A #A2
Skill Stacks on Stacks
.Moderator
Bryn Nieboer
Bryn Nieboer
Nina Medvedeva
Cooperatives Won't Save Tech
Cooperatives Won't Save Tech
Alif Keenan Ibrahim
Software, Scanners and Sharecroppers
Software, Scanners and Sharecroppers
Anushah Hossain
Digital Labour, Crowdwork, and Their Open Source Origins
Digital Labour, Crowdwork, and Their Open Source Origins
Rob Arcand
Ambient Accumulation: Towards a Political Economy of the Stream
Ambient Accumulation: Towards a Political Economy of the Stream
Studio B #B2
For the Gram
.Moderator
Nadya Lev
Nadya Lev
Annie Rudd
Excavating the Plandid
Excavating the Plandid
Kavita Ilona Nayar
The Pursuit of Self-Pleasure: A Study of Gender Performance, Commerce, and Sexual Expression in Adult Webcam Modeling
The Pursuit of Self-Pleasure: A Study of Gender Performance, Commerce, and Sexual Expression in Adult Webcam Modeling
Emily Hund
Commercializing Instagram, Commercializing Ourselves
Commercializing Instagram, Commercializing Ourselves
Emily Stainkamp
Century of the Selfie: On the Cultural History of Narcissism as a Social Problem
Century of the Selfie: On the Cultural History of Narcissism as a Social Problem
Studio C #C2
Gotta Go Fast
.Moderator
Gabi Schaffzin
Gabi Schaffzin
Evan Malmgren
Digital Dérive: A Proposal for Mapping Power in Digital Space
Digital Dérive: A Proposal for Mapping Power in Digital Space
Elinor Carmi
Ordering the (Anti)Social: How the Advertising Industry Orders Your Mediated Experience
Ordering the (Anti)Social: How the Advertising Industry Orders Your Mediated Experience
Jimil Ataman
The Politics and Resistance Practices of Slow Fashion Community Members on Instagram
The Politics and Resistance Practices of Slow Fashion Community Members on Instagram
Jessica Maddox
The Secret Life of Pet Instagrams: Follower Fragmentation, “Warm Fuzzies,” and Digital Care
The Secret Life of Pet Instagrams: Follower Fragmentation, “Warm Fuzzies,” and Digital Care
3:00PM–4:15PM Session 3
Studio A #A3
Technologists Can Have a Little Policy, as a Treat
.Moderator
Brenda Dvoskin
Brenda Dvoskin
Kirsty Park
When Youtube Profits from Kids: The Role of the Media and Regulation in Changing Tech Policy
When Youtube Profits from Kids: The Role of the Media and Regulation in Changing Tech Policy
Jenny Zhang
Trusting the Data Trust: Beyond Data Governance
Trusting the Data Trust: Beyond Data Governance
Rachel Bergmann
Interdisciplinarity and Tech: The Shortcomings of a Political Middle Ground
Interdisciplinarity and Tech: The Shortcomings of a Political Middle Ground
Andrew Smith
The Criminalization of Social Media: Gang Databases, Risk Assessments, and Bail Reform
The Criminalization of Social Media: Gang Databases, Risk Assessments, and Bail Reform
Studio C #C3
I Have Seen the Future
Adam Boffa
Web Theory in a Warming World
Web Theory in a Warming World
Adam Willems
Startups Are Like Cults, and We May Be Unwitting Members
Startups Are Like Cults, and We May Be Unwitting Members
Michelle Smirnova
Hacking Bodies and Boundaries: Bodyhackers, Transhumanists, and Self-made Cyborgs
Hacking Bodies and Boundaries: Bodyhackers, Transhumanists, and Self-made Cyborgs
Dave Karpf
The Digital Future, in Retrospect
The Digital Future, in Retrospect
4:45PM–6:00PM Break
6:00PM–7:30PM Keynote 1
7:45PM–9:15PM Keynote 2
Saturday 17 October
NOON Doors Open
1:30PM–2:45PM Session 4
Studio A #A4
Sort By
Ed Summers
Seeing Software: Web Archives and the Forensic Imaginary
Seeing Software: Web Archives and the Forensic Imaginary
Suneel Jethani
Data Provenance as a Mode of Inquiry
Data Provenance as a Mode of Inquiry
Studio B #B4
Don’t Put a Ring On It
.Moderator
Johnathan Flowers
Johnathan Flowers
Sun-ha Hong
The Moralisation of Predictivity in the Age of Data-Driven Surveillance
The Moralisation of Predictivity in the Age of Data-Driven Surveillance
Kalli Retzepi
Citizen App: Selling Surveillance Disguised as Safety
Citizen App: Selling Surveillance Disguised as Safety
Burc Kostem
Logistical Privatization: Subscription Boxes and Cultural Form
Logistical Privatization: Subscription Boxes and Cultural Form
Keli Gabinelli
“What is Nextdoor for?” Spaces of Imagining and Politics of Performing Community
“What is Nextdoor for?” Spaces of Imagining and Politics of Performing Community
3:00PM–4:15PM Session 5
Studio B #B5
On Read
.Moderator
Livia Foldes
Livia Foldes
Crystal Chokshi
The Speculative Possibilities of Smart Compose
The Speculative Possibilities of Smart Compose
Joseph Meyer
The Politics of Unintention: A Decade of “Showing Your Ass” on the Internet
The Politics of Unintention: A Decade of “Showing Your Ass” on the Internet
Marianne Gunderson
The Internet of Eyes – hostile devices in digital horror stories
The Internet of Eyes – hostile devices in digital horror stories
Brendan Mahoney
Keywords (for Racists)
Keywords (for Racists)