unConference Schedule
The 2022 Digital Sociology unConference will be held Sept. 15 – Sept. 17, 2022 virtually and in Chapel Hill, NC.
Note: Participation in this event is free but requires registration. If you are interested in attending this event or have registered but not received Zoom/CITAP location information, please contact the organizers at digitalsociologycollective@gmail.com
| Thursday, Sept. 15 | ||
| Session A — 2:00 pm EST | Welcome and Orientation, featuring Jessie Daniels, PhD Professor at Hunter College and The Graduate Center at CUNY and Faculty Affiliate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Dr. Daniels is one of the co-founders of the Digital Sociology Collective and is working on a new edited volume with Dr. Jones that may be of interest to many in terms of submissions. | |
| Session B — 3:15 pm EST | What is an (un)Conference? Led by co-organizers Leslie Jones, Francesca Tripodi, and Rachel Durso, we want to know what you hope to get from this experience; Digital Goodie Bag; Directory of attendees – who wants to connect after (and who doesn’t) | |
| Friday, Sept. 16 | ||
| 8:30 am EST | Light breakfast and coffee will be served in-person. Start here and we we can help direct you to breakout rooms. | |
| Session A — 9:00 am – 11:00 am EST | Methods and Data A1: Ethnography on the Ground, featuring Jenny Davis and Tobias Olofsson [Meeting Link] A2: Content Analysis/Mixed Data, featuring Marcus Brooks [Meeting Link] A3: Data scraping and visualizations, moderated by Francesca Tripodi [Meeting Link] | |
| Session B — 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST | Writing for a Public Audience Featuring the expertise of Academic Development Editor Joanna Pinto-Coelho, PhD, this workshop will focus on how to make research legible, draft writing of op-eds, and workshopping ideas on publication ideas and venues. [Meeting Link] | |
| Session C — 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST | Digital Social Effects C1: Tech for Good, featuring Karina Rider [Meeting Link] C2: Tech & Group Position, featuring James Joseph Dean, Tracy Perkins, and Madhavi Reddi [Meeting Link] C3: Tech and Decision-Making, featuring Matias Dodel [Meeting Link] | |
| Saturday, Sept. 17 | ||
| Session A — 10 am – 12 pm EST | Data and The State, featuring Firuzeh Shokooh Valle and Deana Rohlinger [Meeting Link] | |
| Session B — 2 pm – 4 pm EST | Theoretical Considerations and Big Ideas, featuring Christine Tomlinson and Anna Gibson [Meeting Link] |
Digital Goodie Bag
Conference participants are welcome to add resources, references, and other recommendations to this document.
