Workshop #1 – Data as/in Contradictions: Research, Practices, Politics (Postdoc Intro)
Drawing on the research projects of the postdoctoral Fellows of the RTG 2686, this three-part workshop invites our doctoral researchers to collectively reflect on the intersections between data and contradictions. We will explore how data is both shaped by political, social, and epistemic contradictions and, in turn, actively shapes these contradictions. To what extent does data become a contradictory tool, a contested site of knowledge, or a catalyst for compromise, ambiguity, and inconsistency? In the first session, the Postdoctoral Fellows will outline their research focus, providing a starting point for critical engagement. Across the following sessions, we will critically engage with data and data politics as both a tool and an object of research within the framework of Contradiction Studies through interactive formats.