“Big Data describes a passage into a new era in which the power of data induces a radical transformation of a society whose actions and production of knowledge rely increasingly on the accumulation and evaluation of data. The conference ‘Data Traces. Big Data in the Context of Culture & Society’ draws upon this prospect and delves into critical questions of Big Data in dialogue with international experts, academics and artists. It addresses the paradigm of a data-driven society and reflects life in an increasingly datified world. The conference is organized by the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures at the Academy of Art and Design FHNW and HeK (House of Electronic Arts Basel). The conference is part of the exhibition ‘Poetics and Politics of Data’ at HeK.”

Data Traces. Big Data in the Context of Culture & Society
Fri-Sat 03.-04.07.2015
At the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures (ixdm), Academy of Art and Design FHNW, Freilager-Platz 1, CH-4023 Basel

Registration: felix.gerloff@fhnw.ch until June 30 2015
for more information see http://www.ixdm.ch