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How can digital, quali-quantitative and computational methods help #STS? Join our session #051 @EASST2022Madrid ! Maximilian Fochler @STSvienna , @IsmaelRafols @S_RoseBieszczad @sarahderijcke and I @cwtsleiden would be thrilled to receive your submissions by 7th of Feb!

kg redefined - derived from constant. Current kg falls short of ideals. It's value isn't stable and it is locked in a safe. "Planck’s constant never changes, so it is the same for all time. And its value is woven into the fabric of the universe, so it is there for everyone.” #STS

I much agree with @roalisco ! Movie highly recommended, very #STS relevant. Don't read reviews beforehand!

Evaluative inquiry #STS @cwtsleiden Versatile methods: where&how of academic values. Contextual focus: study the building of common worlds not the excellent individual. Knowledge diplomacy: move past standardised analysis. Accountability: as ongoing engagement, not single report.

A piece of research censored by the #Hungarian government, instead of getting silenced, got commented by scientists & the public - as the manuscript shared on "Dropbox became a site of #citizen science", - picked up by journalists, and the authors got invited to conferences. #STS

Great piece about war on #science in #Hungary! "Where is Hungary headed after 2018? It seems clear that whatever the government has in mind for the regime’s subsequent evolution, the social sciences are not welcome to scrutinize it." #STS

How #climatechange affects #forensics: "rising temperatures are driving cadaver-eating blow flies to migrate north in search of cooler weather, with consequences for forensic scientists who rely on them to solve crimes." bit.ly/2yLI1pj #STS

#Hungary's law banning homeless to live on streets bit.ly/2On3TBl takes effect tomorrow. On top of it, the government changed the law 2 days ago which makes it even easier to confiscate homeless' belongings bit.ly/2RODKJr #inequality

The future of #DataSciece ? Head of Mozilla Foundation warns that tech companies need to hire more people from backgrounds in #philosophy, #anthropology, #sociology, #ethics, #psychology, and launches grant to include relevant topics into #CS #STEM education. #digital #STS #RRI

Great post by @altibel about #archive research! "Understanding an archive's catalogue requires time to understand the various keywords used and the different documents that it contains. That is, if there is a catalogue at all." Is this the true #bigdata?

On the #ethics and #affect of #bigdata : "That's exciting and inspiring and daunting in some ways that we’re actually talking about real families, about kids growing up in different #neighborhoods based on this data,” #map #STS #policy nyti.ms/2OrlLtV

"At that scale, these patterns — a refinement of previous research at the county level — have become much less theoretical, and easier to act on." #bigdata #policy #geography #STS nyti.ms/2OrlLtV

New, detailed maps about neighbourhood effects on children's mobility, for #policy using #OpenData #replication #code. nyti.ms/2OrlLtV

"The communications industry could use 20% of all the world’s electricity by 2025, hampering attempts to meet climate change targets & straining grids": demand by power-hungry server farms storing digital data from billions of devices grows exponentially. #bigdata #STS #geography

“technological fixes” (e.g. restricting access to materials) can't address the debate about how society decides what kinds of scientific research should be done, and #academic #evaluation that focuses on grant & publication counts hinders transparency bit.ly/2Qr93sg #STS

"We live in a world with many different ways of knowing." Let’s think about maps differently. "A #map maybe something we heard from our grandmother about a place, there are maps in songs, prayers, etched in stone, woven into textiles, painted on ceramics.” #critical #cartography