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From: carpentier nico nico.carpentier@commlist.org Date: Wednesday, 17 July 2024 at 08:45 To: commlist@commlist.org commlist@commlist.org Subject: [Commlist] *Digital Ethnography and Participatory Methods One-day Symposium

*/Digital Ethnography and Participatory Methods One-day Symposium/* */Utrecht University/* */October 26 (Deadline for expression of interest: September 30)/ * *Keynote: **Prof. Annette Markham* We invite you to participate in a day of exchange and reflection about the ways digital ethnography can be used in research that is oriented towards public engagement and societal impact.

In this one-day symposium, we aim to bring together academic researchers from across universities and disciplines who have experience and/or affinity with ethnographic research methods for researching digital technologies and their societal influences. The goal is to spark conversation and brainstorm solutions to some of the challenges we face when pursuing participatory research, public engagement, and societally relevant and collaborative scholarly inquiry in an increasingly digitally oriented world.

*What are the practical obstacles, ethical challenges, and conceptual tensions we grapple with when seeking to align our research with the needs and concerns of societal partners?* How can our work meaningfully engage with civil society actors, ranging from NGO practitioners, journalists, civil servants, marginalized communities, activists, artists, and policymakers? These are some of the questions we will workshop together in breakout discussions.

The number of places is limited, so if you are interested in participating,https://forms.gle/KNYKhXSbuXUB8ZFu8*please fill out this online form* https://forms.gle/KNYKhXSbuXUB8ZFu8<https://forms.gle/KNYKhXSbuXUB8ZFu8https://forms.gle/KNYKhXSbuXUB8ZFu8%3e%3chttps:/forms.gle/KNYKhXSbuXUB8ZFu8>*by September 30th* https://forms.gle/KNYKhXSbuXUB8ZFu8, 2024. The details you submit will help inform the content of the program. We welcome participation from all levels of academia, including PhD researchers and temporary lecturers.

The day will be kicked off by a *Keynote Talk by Prof. Annette Markham*, who holds a Chair in Future Data Literacies and Public Engagement at Utrecht University’s Media and Culture Studies Department. The breakout *workshop sessions* will be followed by a *roundtable discussion* involving experts in publicly engaged digital ethnographic methods. We will close the day with drinks and informal networking.

Date: October 26, 12.00-17.00 Location: Drift 21, Utrecht University (central campus)

This symposium is organized with the support of the Digital Society framework of the National Research Agenda and the RMeS Research School for Media Studies. If you have questions, please contact the organizing team via Donya Alinejad (Media and Culture Studies Department, UU) at d.alinejad@uu.nl mailto:d.alinejad@uu.nl or Claudia Minchilli (Center for Media and Journalism Studies, RUG) c.minchilli@rug.nl mailto:c.minchilli@rug.nl.

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