[Air-L] literature on theory and big data in social sciences

[Michael J. Faris]

Emma,

I was able to find in the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160611062657/http://societyandspace.com/material/commentaries/craig-dalton-and-jim-thatcher-what-does-a-critical-data-studies-look-like-and-why-do-we-care-seven-points-for-a-critical-approach-to-big-data/ <https://web.archive.org/web/20160611062657/http://societyandspace.com/material/commentaries/craig-dalton-and-jim-thatcher-what-does-a-critical-data-studies-look-like-and-why-do-we-care-seven-points-for-a-critical-approach-to-big-data/>

Michael

Dr. Michael J. Faris
Assistant Professor, Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Director, Media Lab
English Department
Texas Tech University
http://michaeljfaris.com/blog	





> On Jun 8, 2017, at 8:46 AM, Emma Stamm <stamm at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm very interested in reading the article “Commentary: What Does a Critical
> Data Studies Look Like, and Why Do We Care? Seven Points for a Critical
> Approach to ‘big Data'" but the web page is inaccessible to me. Google led
> me to this:
> 
> https://www.countercartographies.org/critical-data-studies-look-like/
> 
> But the link from there still doesn't work. Assuming it's supposed to be
> open access, does anybody have a copy?
> 
> By the way, I'm so happy about this thread! I wasn't aware of how many
> social sci/humanities scholars have been working on data and the "end of
> theory" (scare quotes necessary as far as I'm concerned).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Emma
> 
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Schaefer, M.T. (Mirko) <m.t.schaefer at uu.nl>
> wrote:
> 
>> I do not know if it has been mentioned already, but I find Noortje Marres'
>> new book to sound very promising
>> 
>> Digital Sociology: The Reinvention of Social Research
>> http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0745684785.html
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> mirko
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Air-L [air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of sky c [
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>> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 6:27 AM
>> To: Tom van Nuenen; air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] literature on theory and big data in social sciences
>> 
>> Perhaps also the book, Compromised Data: from Social Media to Big
>> Data, http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/compromised-data-9781501306525/
>> On Fri, 2017-05-26 at 12:06 +0200, Tom van Nuenen wrote:
>>> Dear researchers of the Internet,
>>> 
>>> I'm looking for literature that deals with the relations between
>>> theory and
>>> method in the social sciences in an age of big data and the supposed
>>> 'end
>>> of theory'. Data is increasingly likely to be a starting point for
>>> social
>>> scientists investigating the digital world, but what does this mean
>>> for
>>> theory, method and the relations between them?
>>> 
>>> Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in
>>> advance!
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Tom van Nuenen
>>> Assistant Professor Online Culture
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> *Emma Stamm*
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