29
sep
Research Seminar for Mediated Culture and Information: Towards Non-Extractivist Research (a thought experiment)
Robert Willim, Lunds universitet
What are the connections between empirical research, big data, and different forms of extractivism? The mining-metaphor is spread throughout research communities. Algorithmic massage of big data and industry-like practices has been the new black for a while, nowadays it also underpins emerging AI-services. What are the alternatives to extractivist-research?