Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) research group in collaboration with RMIT Europe organised the Workshop Series «Ageing in and through data: Datafication, aging, creative-social methods and speculative futures». The sessions were held on May 29, 30 and 31 at Can Jaumandreu (Building U) and the Interdisciplinary R&I Hub building (Building C)
Aging in Data: Creative, co-design and innovative research methods (May 29th)
It was a full day of presentations and participatory workshops to examine how we can use creative, co-design and innovative research methods to explore aging with and through data. Key scholars working in the space of older adults and datafication were invited to think creatively about past, present, and future social practices and imaginaries.
Methods masterclass for postgraduate students and early career researchers (May 30th)
In this workshop for PhD, graduate students and early-career researchers, we explored different approaches to creative research methods and practices. These methods — such as ethnography, creative practice research and research creation — can be transferred to different topics.
Aging in Data: Public workshop (May 31st)
In this participatory workshop, participants explored social practices and imaginaries with data, particularly in the context of aging. What roles do media play in helping us map and understand the relationship between aging and data? How can games help us explore the possibilities and limitations of aging and data? What data harms and justice concerns do older adults have? How can these concerns be mitigated? And, how will care and health practices and policies need to adapt to the increasingly datafied world in which we age?
This event was co-hosted by RMIT Europe and the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona as part of the AiD (SSHRC Aging in Data) project and the Ageing in and through Data Discovery project (Australian Research Council, DP230103075).