Talk given at the Digital Methods Winter School 2017 at the University of Amsterdam. It presents a selection of projects developed at the 2016 Digital Methods Winter and Summer Schools (www.digitalmethods.net).

1. Doing Digital Methods
9 January 2017, University of Amsterdam
Liliana Bounegru | lilianabounegru.org | @bb_liliana
Some Recent Highlights from
Winter and Summer Schools

2. Digital Methods Summer School 2016:
Only Connect? A Critical Appraisal of
Connecting Practices in the Age of
Social Media

3. Photo by: M. Martin del Campo

4. How can we study connective
action online?

5. 1. Recovering in and with
Tumblr

6. http://depressionarmy.tumblr.com/post/155364311983

7. How is Tumblr used for #recovery
processes?

8. #Recovering in and with Tumblr (2016). N. Sanchez-Querubin, J. Schuhmacher, G. Traldi, C. McCutchin, S. Manabat. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016RecoverySelfie

9. #Recovering in and with Tumblr (2016). N. Sanchez-Querubin, J. Schuhmacher, G. Traldi, C. McCutchin, S. Manabat. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016RecoverySelfie

10. 2. Lonely Connect? Brexit and the
UK’s Changing Place in the World

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016

12. What is the place of the UK in
Europe after Brexit? What is its
place according to Wikipedia?

13. Lonely Connect? Brexit and the UK’s changing place in the world (2016). S. Gottschalk, V. Bernacchi, C. De Gaetano, W. Pearce, M. Poltronieri, S. Niederer.
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016BrexitWikipedia

14. Lonely Connect? Brexit and the UK’s changing place in the world (2016). S. Gottschalk, V. Bernacchi, C. De Gaetano, W. Pearce, M. Poltronieri, S. Niederer.
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016BrexitWikipedia

15. 3. Data Witnessing: Decoding
Amnesty International’s Urgent
Actions Archive

16. Data Witnessing: Decoding Amnesty International’s Urgent Actions Archive (2016). J. Gray, O. Boichak, A. Brilli, C. Minchilli, C. Negrón, M. Poltronieri, C. Riente,
G. Şener and P. Verhaert. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016AmnestyDecoders

17. What conceptions of human rights
do Amnesty’s classificatory
practices articulate?

18. Data Witnessing: Decoding Amnesty International’s Urgent Actions Archive (2016). J. Gray, O. Boichak, A. Brilli, C. Minchilli, C. Negrón, M. Poltronieri, C. Riente,
G. Şener and P. Verhaert. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016AmnestyDecoders

19. How does Amnesty’s human rights
agenda evolve over time?

20. Data Witnessing: Decoding Amnesty International’s Urgent Actions Archive (2016). J. Gray, O. Boichak, A. Brilli, C. Minchilli, C. Negrón, M. Poltronieri, C. Riente,
G. Şener and P. Verhaert. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016AmnestyDecoders

21. https://decoders.amnesty.org/projects/decode-urgent-actions/results

22. 4. Airbnb Amsterdam:
A Critical Cartography

23. What can image analysis tell us
about advertised styles of local
experience in Airbnb Amsterdam
listings?

24. Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S.
Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

25. #RECOVERING IN AND WITH TUMBLR (2016). N. Sanchez-Querubin, J. Schuhmacher, G. Traldi, C. McCutchin, S. Manabat. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/
SummerSchool2016RecoverySelfie
Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S.
Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

26. Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S.
Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

27. Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S.
Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

28. Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S.
Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

29. Airbnb Amsterdam: A Critical Cartography (2016). A. Bern, P. Breek, G. Colombo, S. Kaur Gahoonia, S. Manabat, M. Mauri, C. McCutchin, M, Menapace, S.
Niederer, D. Ricci. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U94mGm-zDhnDRhIAw2XIgAOFDKIgbqBGRHtR_HURg_4/

30. Digital Methods Winter School 2016
Otherwise Engaged. Critical Analytics
and the New Meanings of Engagement
Online

31. 1. A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images
Lean In Collection:
Researching the Feminist Politics of Stock
Photography across Representation,
Circulation and Recontextualisation

32. The Lean In Collection on Getty Images. http://leanin.org/getty/

33. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/business/leaninorg-and-getty-aim-to-change-womens-portrayal-in-stock-photos.html

34. “Oh salad, you are hilarious.” http://imgur.com/gallery/7wOfG4U

35. “‘Realistic’ imaging of women in stock photography: Can Getty Images create a more diverse representation of the world?” https://atavist.com/cms/project/236526/preview/

36. What kind of feminism do the images evoke
through their content but also through their
circulation?
How to study the life of an image online?

37. What kind of feminism do the
images evoke through their content?

38. A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection (2016). G. Aiello, A. Atabaki, F. Bardelli, J. Bosma, A. Eleftheriadou, A. Garceau, E. Gorter, D. van Kollenburg, K. Lueke, D. Ricci, L. van
Rosmalen, G. Salazar, A. Sommers, C. Verlouw, A. Zwaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CriticalGenealogyGettyImagesLeanIn

39. A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection (2016). G. Aiello, A. Atabaki, F. Bardelli, J. Bosma, A. Eleftheriadou, A. Garceau, E. Gorter, D. van Kollenburg, K. Lueke, D. Ricci, L. van
Rosmalen, G. Salazar, A. Sommers, C. Verlouw, A. Zwaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CriticalGenealogyGettyImagesLeanIn

40. How is the meaning of the collection
articulated through its circulation
online?

41. A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection (2016). G. Aiello, A. Atabaki, F. Bardelli, J. Bosma, A. Eleftheriadou, A. Garceau, E. Gorter, D. van Kollenburg, K. Lueke, D. Ricci, L. van
Rosmalen, G. Salazar, A. Sommers, C. Verlouw, A. Zwaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CriticalGenealogyGettyImagesLeanIn

42. A Critical Genealogy of the Getty Images Lean In Collection (2016). G. Aiello, A. Atabaki, F. Bardelli, J. Bosma, A. Eleftheriadou, A. Garceau, E. Gorter, D. van Kollenburg, K. Lueke, D. Ricci, L. van
Rosmalen, G. Salazar, A. Sommers, C. Verlouw, A. Zwaan. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CriticalGenealogyGettyImagesLeanIn

43. 2. A Critical Cartography of
the Mediterranean
Refugee Crisis in 2015

44. Frame analysis
of maps
Which places are included on the map? | Are the
origins of refugees recognized in the journalistic
narrative? | Or, is it just the European destination
featured?
A Critical Cartography of the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis in 2015 (2016). G. Colombo, N. Sanchez-Querubin, S. van Geuns, J. Bol, B. Islim, S. Merrill, R. Smit, Q. Lobbe, H. Beekman, L. Dellemaan.
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CommunicativeArchitectureOfTheMediteraneanRefugeeCrisis

45. “Migrant routes” - English.
A Critical Cartography of the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis in 2015 (2016). G. Colombo, N. Sanchez-Querubin, S. van Geuns, J. Bol, B. Islim, S. Merrill, R. Smit, Q. Lobbe, H. Beekman, L. Dellemaan.
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CommunicativeArchitectureOfTheMediteraneanRefugeeCrisis

46. “Refugee routes” - English vs Italian.
A Critical Cartography of the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis in 2015 (2016). G. Colombo, N. Sanchez-Querubin, S. van Geuns, J. Bol, B. Islim, S. Merrill, R. Smit, Q. Lobbe, H. Beekman, L. Dellemaan.
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016CommunicativeArchitectureOfTheMediteraneanRefugeeCrisis

47. 3. Digital Methods for
Number Critique

48. Which platform features and
aspects of use practices are
extended and reinterpreted through
support app ecologies?

49. Instagram - Key Findings
Image editing
apps
Dating appsDating apps
Image
editing apps
Digital Methods for Number Critique (2016). C. Gerlitz, A. Helmond, F. van der Vlist, E. Weltevrede, M. C. Catone, J. A. Barbosa, L. Kersten, B. Boss, E. Osti, M.
Berlinguer, T. Niehe, N. Lopez Coombs, H. R. van der Werven, C. Giannouli Kyrimi, S. de Groot, D. Carter, J. Perriam, G. Reale, R. Watts, D. Demarchi, C.
Buchegger, D. Gülsöken, N. Romagnoli, and B. McGillivray. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016DigitalMethodsForNumberCritique

50. Digital Methods for Number Critique (2016). C. Gerlitz, A. Helmond, F. van der Vlist, E. Weltevrede, M. C. Catone, J. A. Barbosa, L. Kersten, B. Boss, E. Osti, M.
Berlinguer, T. Niehe, N. Lopez Coombs, H. R. van der Werven, C. Giannouli Kyrimi, S. de Groot, D. Carter, J. Perriam, G. Reale, R. Watts, D. Demarchi, C.
Buchegger, D. Gülsöken, N. Romagnoli, and B. McGillivray. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016DigitalMethodsForNumberCritique

51. Some Winter School Tips

52. • Have you watched the tutorials and done your reading?
• Let the data inform theory and let your expectations be challenged and
shaped by the data.
• Test hypotheses and tools on small datasets first.
• Split big groups into subgroups.
• Plan in time to work on the presentation and wiki report on the last day.
• Focus final presentation on a few significant findings.
• Be persistent - there are always ups and downs.
• Take coffee breaks seriously :-)

53. Thank you and enjoy
the Winter School!