| Margreet Riphagen on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:27:47 +0200 (CEST) |
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| <nettime-ann> Society of the Query conference | 12 and 13 November | TrouwAmsterdam |
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Registration of the 'Society of
the Query' conference is now open. Date:
November 13-14 2009 Location:
Trouw Amsterdam, Amsterdam Organized
by: Institute of Network Cultures Website: http://www.networkcultures.org/query
The need
to create order and find meaning in the gigantic quantity of online data has
turned the search engine into our most significant point of reference. In this
query driven society, The Society of the
Query conference seeks to analyze what impact our reliance on resources to
manage knowledge on the Internet has on our culture. For two days, the
conference aims to zoom in on some of the essential themes surrounding Web
search, by critically analyzing and contextualizing developments in interface
design and the organization of knowledge. The Institute of Network Cultures
(INC) seeks to achieve this specifically by uniting researchers, theorists,
activists, artists and professionals working in this area, and by creating a
platform for not only realized projects and recent research, but also for open
questions and speculation. The
conference program consists of five sessions. On the first day, the Society of the Query session will focus
on ‘searching’ on the software level and will discuss knowledge organization
within the theoretical framework of the humanities and computer science. The Digital Civil Rights and Media Literacy
session addresses the intermediary function of search engines and the
commercial use and storage of personal data with reference to digital civil rights
such as the right to privacy and freedom of _expression_. The first Alternative Search session responds to a
growing interest in alternative methods to search the Web, on the level of the
user, the software and the network. On the
second day, the Art and the Engine
session discusses the influence of Google’s omnipresence over the production
and distribution of Web-based art, and highlights new and progressive
developments in interface design that may stimulate the user to search, find
and analyze data. Googlization of
Everyday Life addresses the hegemony of the larger search engines and the
impact of the current division of power on the flow of information, the
diversity and accessibility of Web content and the administration of
informational sources. Finally, the second Alternative
Search session will critically address semantic search developments and
their implementation by W3C and European cultural heritage project Europeana. With a
concluding evening program, the INC will do justice to the diversity of
artistic and activist projects that examine the role of the search engine in
contemporary society. Throughout the event, a display of computers with the
latest generation of search engines will allow visitors to gain hands-on
experience with the range of search methods discussed in the conference
sessions. Conference
speakers include Matthew Fuller (UK), David Gugerli (CH), Siva Vaidhyanathan
(US), Florian Cramer (NL), Lev Manovich (US), Christophe Bruno (FR), Joris van
Hoboken (NL) and Teresa Numerico (IT). More
information: www.networkcultures.org/query. Program: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/query/program/ Speakers
list: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/query/program/speakers-list/ Tickets: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/query/practical-info/tickets/ |
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