<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoTitle" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoBookTitle"><span lang="EN-US">Good Data</span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoSubtitle" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span lang="EN-US">Call
for Proposals for an INC Theory on Demand edited book</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-US">Editors: Angela Daly
(Queensland University of Technology), Kate Devitt (Queensland University of
Technology) & Monique Mann (Queensland University of Technology).</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>In
recent years, there has been an exponential increase in the collection,
aggregation and automated analysis of information by government and private
actors, and in response to this there has been a significant critique regarding
what could be termed ‘bad’ data practices in the globalised digital economy.
These include the mass gathering of data about individuals, in opaque,
unethical and at times illegal ways, and the increased use of that data in
unaccountable and potentially discriminatory forms of algorithmic
decision-making by both state agencies and private companies. Issues of data
ethics and data justice </span><span lang="EN-US">are only likely to increase in
importance given the totalizing datafication of society and the introduction of
new technologies such as artificial intelligence and automation.</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>In
order to paint an alternative, more optimistic but still pragmatic picture of
the datafied future, this open access edited collection will examine and
propose what could be termed ‘good’ and ‘ethical’ data practices, underpinned
by values and principles such as (but not limited to):</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span>privacy/regulation/information security by design</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span>due process rights</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span>procedural legitimacy</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span>the protection of individual and collective autonomy </span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span>digital sovereignty</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span>digital anti-discrimination</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span>data and intersectionality</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span>ethical labour practices</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span>environmental sustainability.<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Chapters should be short contributions (2500-5000 words) which can
take differing forms, for example: </span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Manifestos for Good Data</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_485792152475354016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Position papers</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Traditional academic chapters</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Chapters can be
theoretical takes or provocations on what Good Data is or should be, or can be
case studies of particular Good Data projects and initiatives e.g. Indigenous
data sovereignty initiatives, data cooperatives etc. </span><span>Chapters can also be critiques of initiatives/movements
which claim to be ethical but in fact fall short.</span><span lang="EN-US"> All chapters, including
academic ones, should be written in an accessible way and avoid the excessive
use of jargon, etc. Academic chapters will be peer-reviewed. Other contributions
will be editor-reviewed.</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">We encourage
contributions from throughout the world and from different disciplinary
perspectives: philosophy, media and communications, cultural studies, STS, law,
criminology, information systems, computer science etc. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Proposals for
chapters (up to 250 words) should be sent to Kayleigh Hodgkinson Murphy (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:kayleigh.murphy@qut.edu.au" target="_blank"><span>kayleigh.murphy@qut.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">) by Friday 15
December 2017. Please include a brief biography (indicating whether you are an
academic or practitioner, etc) and signal what kind of chapter you are
proposing (manifesto/academic chapter, etc).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">If you have an
idea for a chapter and want to discuss it before submitting a proposal, please
contact Angela Daly (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:angela.daly@qut.edu.au" target="_blank"><span>angela.daly@qut.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">) as soon as
possible. We may be able to pair, for example, practitioners with academic
authors on request.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Decisions on
proposals will be made by mid-January 2017, with a first full draft of chapters
to be submitted by 31 March 2018. We anticipate the book will be finalized and
launched in late 2018, as part of the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://networkcultures.org/publications/#tods" target="_blank"><span> Institute of Network Cultures’ Theory on Demand series</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></p></div>