Mirko and I are just sending a reminder! Hope you are all well. On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 7:11 AM Tracey P. Lauriault <tlaur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OA Book Call for Contributions: > > Making a Difference! > Novel Research Methods in the Datafied Society > > Background: > > Schäfer and Lauriault are critical, theoretical and practice based > scholars who do data work within and beyond the academy. While doing so > they have experienced the tension between the expectations of traditional > forms of scholarly funded research, and doing novel forms of socially > relevant empirical work. This rewarding research is engaged, and often > involves relationship building with partners from government, the private > sector and civil society. This also requires relationship building, time, > learning by doing, and knowledge mobilization often at odds with the > publish or perish model. > > They want to hear from others whose research practices actually make a > difference in the datafied society. This edited book Making a > Difference! Novel Research Methods in the Datafied Society invites > scholars, instructors, practitioners and professionals in academia, > government, the private sector and civil society who do the same and want > to share their critical, participatory and entrepreneurial data work to > improve social and material outcomes, and create systems that are fair, > accountable and transparent. > > Making a Difference! also matters in the classroom, especially with > students at different stages in their academic and professional life > trajectories who seek impactful and meaningful learning opportunities. This > is also true in boardrooms, as there is also the call for evidence-informed > decision making and for responsible data practices. It has proven difficult > for many however to balance the traditional mission of the university and > the desire to have a positive impact on society. This is especially the > case when doing data work with practitioners, administrators and > professionals. Some in the university are adapting and evolving their > research practices in unique and interesting ways, others are doing > critical research outside the academy, and some are doing both. We want to > hear how you address these challenges. > > Making a Difference! will feature bold ideas from researchers, > practitioners, designers, and instructors who have developed collaborative > ways of doing critically informed data work. This may include digital > methods and analytical approaches to conduct joint projects with > government, media, corporations, and civil society partners. This work may > be funded by both traditional and novel forms of financial arrangements. > This direct engagement with external partners often connects research > agendas to address urgent societal needs, which often allows students to > incubate new ideas and create new occupations. In addition to reconfiguring > relationships with practitioners, entrepreneurially minded scholars have > maintained independence while producing rigorous and critical research. > These emerging and mutually beneficial approaches to doing critically > informed data work increasingly recognize team efforts, transdisciplinary > cooperation, and entrepreneurial skills that have made difference. > > Chapters for this OA book will be between 3000-8000 words and will be > organized into the following broad areas: > > - > > Theoretically informed applied research; > - > > Methodological approaches to doing engaged and participatory research; > - > > Transdisciplinary and multi-sectoral research projects; > - > > Case studies (may be shorter chapters 3000-4000 words); > - > > Novel pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning (3000-4000 > words); > - > > Position statements that identify pressing challenges about doing this > type of critically informed data work (could also be shorter chapters > 3000-5000 words). > > The following is a list of potential topic areas: > > - > > Action, engaged, and participatory scholarship and research > - > > Entrepreneurial research (as an example see this video > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSKk1kYgDHk>) > - > > Socially transformative interdisciplinary collaborations > - > > Multi-sectoral team-based collaborations > - > > Applied basic research and practices from STEAM disciplines, in the > humanities, social and/or natural sciences, data science, HCI, etc. > - > > Academic-community knowledge transfer > - > > Co-creation, co-design and forms of public engagement > - > > Citizen science, crowdsourcing, and open data > - > > Engaged pedagogical approaches, community partners in the classroom; > multi-purpose assignments, and etc. > - > > Maintaining impartiality, autonomy and research integrity with private > funding > - > > Scholars as experts, practitioner, and as academics > - > > Impact measurers, metrics, indicators, and theory of change > - > > Data practices that address equity & inclusion and anti racism, > sexism, LGBTQ, ableism, Indigenous issues, labour, etc. > - > > Other issues that arise from AI/ML, data infrastructures, systems, and > technologies through these novel forms of conducting research > - > > Suggest an idea! > > Making a Difference! Will be organized as follows. > > 1. Theoretical Approaches about doing critically informed > transdisciplinary and multi-sectoral data work that challenge traditional > humanities and social science scholarship > > In this section chapters (3000-8000 words) contextualize emergent forms of > engaged scholarship through in-depth theoretical reflections about how to > transform the academic status quo in terms of research and pedagogy. Here > we also imagine chapters that might include methodological and pedagogical > approaches. > > 2. Case Studies about Doing Critically Engaged Data Work > > Chapters here might be shorter (3000-5000 words) and include one or more > case studies that apply theory and describe novel approaches to engaged > research, teaching and collaboration. We are particularly interested in > contributions that track a project’s societal impact, and that emphasize > how challenges to traditional forms of university research have been > overcome, including those encountered by those outside the academy working > with scholars. > > 3. Position Papers on Pressing Challenges > > Chapters here might address practical solutions to the challenges imposed > by the transformation of the academy and societal needs for critically > engaged data work. Authors would take a position on productive paths > forward on topics such as (but not limited to) obtaining funding, ensuring > research integrity, awarding recognition, avoiding cooptation, implementing > new metrics, creating incentives, conducting open access and open data > research, and conceptualizing new roles for researchers and students. > > About the editors: > > Mirko Tobias Schäfer is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University, and > a co-founder of the Utrecht Data School <https://dataschool.nl/en/>. > m.t.schae...@uu.nl > > Tracey P. Lauriault <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1847-2738> is Associate > Professor of Critical Media and Big Data, School of Journalism and > Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, > tracey.lauria...@carleton.ca > > Contributions: > > We seek contributions from scholars, instructors, practitioners and > professionals in academia, government, the private sector and civil > society. > > We hope to receive works from any of the following: geography, > anthropology, media studies, communication, journalism, organizational > studies, business, public administration, sociology, social work, gender > studies, criminology, philosophy, digital humanities, HCI, data science and > others that do critically engaged data work for an open access book > entitled Making a Difference! Novel Research Practices in the Datafied > Society to be published by Amsterdam University Press by the spring of > 2022. > > Submission Instructions: > > Please send a 250 word abstract proposal by August 13th, 2021 to both > Mirko Schäfer, M.T. <m.t.schae...@uu.nl> and Tracey P. Lauriault > <tracey.lauria...@carleton.ca>. > > In the subject line of your email, include: > > - > > Making a Difference! > > In the body of your email include: > > - > > Chapter title > - > > Section you are submitting to > - > > Section 1: Theoretical approaches; > - > > Section 2: Case studies; or > - > > Section 3: Position papers. > - > > 250 word abstract > - > > Name of author(s), title(s), institution(s), & email addresses. > > > - > > We will send out confirmations by August 30th, 2021 > - > > First drafts are expected by November 30, 2021. > > We look forward to your submission! > *Tracey & Mirko* > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > Associate Professor, Critical Media and Big Data > Communication and Media Studies > School of Journalism and Communication > https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1847-2738 > -- Tracey P. Lauriault Associate Professor, Critical Media and Big Data Communication and Media Studies School of Journalism and Communication https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1847-2738
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