Essays about: "datafication."

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  1. 1. THE IMPACT OF PLATFORM- BASED DATAFICATION ON PEDAGOGY

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Chukwuemeka Anazia; [2023-03-20]
    Keywords : datafication; ; platformization; ; pedagogy; ; standardized tests; ; accountability; ; school governance;

    Abstract : urpose: This qualitative meta-synthesis examined how the impact of digital datafication on pedagogical practices in European schools is addressed in existing research. It explored the interplay between school governance, datafication and digitization of teacher and student practices. READ MORE

  3. 2. Bodies in Smartwatches : Embodied Data and Augmented Experiences in Self-Tracking Runners

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Madelene Logren; [2023]
    Keywords : datafication; human-technology relations; postphenomenology; quantified self; self-tracking; smartwatches;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relation between human and smartwatch by exploring the experiences of four Swedish long-distance runners who use digital technology to self-track their running activities. By examining the participating runners’ use of their smartwatches and smartwatch data as postphenomenological human-technology relations (Ihde, 1990), this thesis offers a perspective on the use of wearable self-tracking technology as augmenting human experience through digital data. READ MORE

  4. 3. Data (De)colonization: Case of the “Safe City” Project in Belgrade

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Petar Korac; [2022]
    Keywords : decoloniality; data colonization; datafication; big data; biometric surveillance; Safe City; data double; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In my thesis, I follow the argument of the authors belonging to the school of decoloniality, who explore the phenomena of coloniality of power outside of historical colonialism. This gives me the freedom to look through decolonial lances into phenomena of undergoing colonization through data. READ MORE

  5. 4. The continuous and inextricable interaction between gender and humanitarian technology as a site of production of vulnerability : The case of UNHCR´s assessment framework in Jordan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Isadora Seconi; [2022]
    Keywords : Vulnerability; Gender; Humanitarian technology;

    Abstract : The present thesis attempted to address a significant gap in both academic and humanitarian literature concerning the significance of humanitarian data for the construction of vulnerable identities as stereotypically gendered. This thesis inquired humanitarian datafication as a new site of production of vulnerability, with specific mechanisms such as automatization of gendered bias, opacity of processes, multiplication of effects as well as elements of surveillance and consequent conscious self-performances. READ MORE

  6. 5. The virtual experience: A qualitative study among young adults on their perception of Facebook Metaverse

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : Wasaja Israel; [2022]
    Keywords : Facebook Metaverse; Web 2.0; Social networks; Virtual world; Datafication; Interactivity; Connectivity; Anonymity; Commercialisation; Semiotic analysis.;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates reactions of young people in Malmö-Sweden about the proposed Facebook Metaverse. Gauging young people’s association/reactions about Facebook Metaverse before its practical existence is the study's main focus. The thesis assesses Web 2. READ MORE