Doing Digital Methods

9 January 2017, University of Amsterdam Liliana Bounegru | lilianabounegru.org | @bb_liliana

Some Recent Highlights from Winter and Summer Schools

Digital Methods Summer School 2016:Only Connect? A Critical Appraisal of

Connecting Practices in the Age of Social Media

Photo by: M. Martin del Campo

How can we study connective action online?

1. Recovering in and with Tumblr

http://depressionarmy.tumblr.com/post/155364311983

How is Tumblr used for #recovery processes?

#Recovering in and with Tumblr (2016). N. Sanchez-Querubin, J. Schuhmacher, G. Traldi, C. McCutchin, S. Manabat. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016RecoverySelfie

#Recovering in and with Tumblr (2016). N. Sanchez-Querubin, J. Schuhmacher, G. Traldi, C. McCutchin, S. Manabat. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016RecoverySelfie

2. Lonely Connect? Brexit and the UK’s Changing Place in the World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016

What is the place of the UK in Europe after Brexit? What is its place according to Wikipedia?

Lonely Connect? Brexit and the UK’s changing place in the world (2016). S. Gottschalk, V. Bernacchi, C. De Gaetano, W. Pearce, M. Poltronieri, S. Niederer.https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016BrexitWikipedia

Lonely Connect? Brexit and the UK’s changing place in the world (2016). S. Gottschalk, V. Bernacchi, C. De Gaetano, W. Pearce, M. Poltronieri, S. Niederer.https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016BrexitWikipedia

3. Data Witnessing: Decoding Amnesty International’s Urgent

Actions Archive

Data Witnessing: Decoding Amnesty International’s Urgent Actions Archive (2016). J. Gray, O. Boichak, A. Brilli, C. Minchilli, C. Negrón, M. Poltronieri, C. Riente, G. Şener and P. Verhaert. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016AmnestyDecoders

What conceptions of human rights do Amnesty’s classificatory

practices articulate?

Data Witnessing: Decoding Amnesty International’s Urgent Actions Archive (2016). J. Gray, O. Boichak, A. Brilli, C. Minchilli, C. Negrón, M. Poltronieri, C. Riente, G. Şener and P. Verhaert. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016AmnestyDecoders

How does Amnesty’s human rights agenda evolve over time?

Data Witnessing: Decoding Amnesty International’s Urgent Actions Archive (2016). J. Gray, O. Boichak, A. Brilli, C. Minchilli, C. Negrón, M. Poltronieri, C. Riente, G. Şener and P. Verhaert. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016AmnestyDecoders

https://decoders.amnesty.org/projects/decode-urgent-actions/results

4. Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography

What can image analysis tell us about advertised styles of local

experience in Airbnb Amsterdam listings?

Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S. Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

#RECOVERING IN AND WITH TUMBLR (2016). N. Sanchez-Querubin, J. Schuhmacher, G. Traldi, C. McCutchin, S. Manabat. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016RecoverySelfieAirbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S.

Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S. Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S. Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S. Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S. Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

Digital Methods Winter School 2016Otherwise Engaged. Critical Analytics and the New Meanings of Engagement

Online

1. A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection:

Researching the Feminist Politics of Stock Photography across Representation, Circulation and Recontextualisation

The Lean In Collection on Getty Images. http://leanin.org/getty/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/business/leaninorg-and-getty-aim-to-change-womens-portrayal-in-stock-photos.html

“Oh salad, you are hilarious.” http://imgur.com/gallery/7wOfG4U

“‘Realistic’ imaging of women in stock photography: Can Getty Images create a more diverse representation of the world?” https://atavist.com/cms/project/236526/preview/

What kind of feminism do the images evoke through their content but also through their

circulation?

How to study the life of an image online?

What kind of feminism do the images evoke through their content?

A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection (2016). G. Aiello, A. Atabaki, F. Bardelli, J. Bosma, A. Eleftheriadou, A. Garceau, E. Gorter, D. van Kollenburg, K. Lueke, D. Ricci, L. van Rosmalen, G. Salazar, A. Sommers, C. Verlouw, A. Zwaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CriticalGenealogyGettyImagesLeanIn

A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection (2016). G. Aiello, A. Atabaki, F. Bardelli, J. Bosma, A. Eleftheriadou, A. Garceau, E. Gorter, D. van Kollenburg, K. Lueke, D. Ricci, L. van Rosmalen, G. Salazar, A. Sommers, C. Verlouw, A. Zwaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CriticalGenealogyGettyImagesLeanIn

How is the meaning of the collection articulated through its circulation

online?

A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection (2016). G. Aiello, A. Atabaki, F. Bardelli, J. Bosma, A. Eleftheriadou, A. Garceau, E. Gorter, D. van Kollenburg, K. Lueke, D. Ricci, L. van Rosmalen, G. Salazar, A. Sommers, C. Verlouw, A. Zwaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CriticalGenealogyGettyImagesLeanIn

A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection (2016). G. Aiello, A. Atabaki, F. Bardelli, J. Bosma, A. Eleftheriadou, A. Garceau, E. Gorter, D. van Kollenburg, K. Lueke, D. Ricci, L. van Rosmalen, G. Salazar, A. Sommers, C. Verlouw, A. Zwaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CriticalGenealogyGettyImagesLeanIn

2. A Critical Cartography ofthe Mediterranean

Refugee Crisis in 2015

Frame analysis of mapsWhich places are included on the map? | Are the origins of refugees recognized in the journalistic narrative? | Or, is it just the European destination featured?

A Critical Cartography of the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis in 2015 (2016). G. Colombo, N. Sanchez-Querubin, S. van Geuns, J. Bol, B. Islim, S. Merrill, R. Smit, Q. Lobbe, H. Beekman, L. Dellemaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CommunicativeArchitectureOfTheMediteraneanRefugeeCrisis

“Migrant routes” - English. A Critical Cartography of the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis in 2015 (2016). G. Colombo, N. Sanchez-Querubin, S. van Geuns, J. Bol, B. Islim, S. Merrill, R. Smit, Q. Lobbe, H. Beekman, L. Dellemaan.

https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CommunicativeArchitectureOfTheMediteraneanRefugeeCrisis

“Refugee routes” - English vs Italian. A Critical Cartography of the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis in 2015 (2016). G. Colombo, N. Sanchez-Querubin, S. van Geuns, J. Bol, B. Islim, S. Merrill, R. Smit, Q. Lobbe, H. Beekman, L. Dellemaan.

https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CommunicativeArchitectureOfTheMediteraneanRefugeeCrisis

3. Digital Methods for Number Critique

Which platform features and aspects of use practices are

extended and reinterpreted through support app ecologies?

Instagram - Key Findings

Image editing apps

Dating appsDating apps

Image editing apps

Digital Methods for Number Critique (2016). C. Gerlitz, A. Helmond, F. van der Vlist, E. Weltevrede, M. C. Catone, J. A. Barbosa, L. Kersten, B. Boss, E. Osti, M. Berlinguer, T. Niehe, N. Lopez Coombs, H. R. van der Werven, C. Giannouli Kyrimi, S. de Groot, D. Carter, J. Perriam, G. Reale, R. Watts, D. Demarchi, C.

Buchegger, D. Gülsöken, N. Romagnoli, and B. McGillivray. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016DigitalMethodsForNumberCritique

Digital Methods for Number Critique (2016). C. Gerlitz, A. Helmond, F. van der Vlist, E. Weltevrede, M. C. Catone, J. A. Barbosa, L. Kersten, B. Boss, E. Osti, M. Berlinguer, T. Niehe, N. Lopez Coombs, H. R. van der Werven, C. Giannouli Kyrimi, S. de Groot, D. Carter, J. Perriam, G. Reale, R. Watts, D. Demarchi, C.

Buchegger, D. Gülsöken, N. Romagnoli, and B. McGillivray. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016DigitalMethodsForNumberCritique

Some Winter School Tips

• Have you watched the tutorials and done your reading?

• Let the data inform theory and let your expectations be challenged and shaped by the data.

• Test hypotheses and tools on small datasets first.

• Split big groups into subgroups.

• Plan in time to work on the presentation and wiki report on the last day.

• Focus final presentation on a few significant findings.

• Be persistent - there are always ups and downs.

• Take coffee breaks seriously :-)

Thank you and enjoythe Winter School!