International Conference
9. – 10. September 2024
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Beckmanns Hof
Conference Contact:
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Paßmann
Digital Methods have brought new quantities of data into various disciplines. These quantities, however, do not render them quantitative methods. Quite the contrary, as their central imperative to “follow the medium” (Richard Rogers) demonstrates, DM have, since their early days, situated themselves in a framework of qualitative methodologies. Over time, however, significant parts of DM have developed their own research logics.
With this conference, we aim to restore and advance the dialogue between Media Studies and qualitative Sociology about Digital Methods (DM). Core questions of qualitative methodologies, such as the situatedness of methods and research tools, have often been pointed to, but frequently remained unanswered in their consequences, which we want to discuss.
Registration
To attend the conference, please send an email with your name and days of attendance to Ines Kordt-Lutfur (ines.kordt-lutfur[at]rub.de).
Programm
09:30 – 10:00
Arrival
10:00 – 12:00
Carolin Gerlitz & Lena Teigeler (University of Siegen),
Cornelius Schubert & Ronja Trischler (TU Dortmund University),
Johannes Paßmann, Lisa Gerzen & Martina Schories (Ruhr University Bochum)
Opening
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00
Anders Koed Madsen
(Aalborg University)
Digital Methods as experimental a priori
14:00 – 15:00
Anders Munk
(Technical University of Denmark)
Deeply qualitative AI? Repurposing large language models for controversy analysis
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30
Miira Hill
(University of Bremen)
Digital Methods in Qualitative Research: Integrating AI and Tracking Data to Uncover Social Dynamics in Crisis Contexts
16:30 – 17:30
Gabriele Colombo
(Politecnico di Milano)
Participatory Images: Opening up digital research to public participation through visualizations
19:00
Conference Dinner
09:00 – 10:00
Janna Joceli Omena
(King's College London)
Introducing Network Vision Methodology: AI research with quali-quanti visual methods
10:00 – 11:00
Tommaso Venturini
(University of Geneva)
Dealing very large fieldworks: Introducing the Memeplex
11:00 – 12:00
David Moats
(King's College London)
Responsive Digital Methods
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00
Coppélie Cocq & Evelina Liliequist
(Umeå University)
Digital Ethnography: A qualitative approach to digital cultures, spaces, and socialites
14:00 – 15:00
Andreas Bischof
(Chemnitz University of Technology)
Grounding Theory in Digital Data: Methodological Implications for the Reconstructive Analysis of Large Data Sets
15:00 – 15:30
Farewell and Outlook: Composing a publication