[Air-L] Data Literacies CFP for Information and Learning Sciences journal

[Amelia Acker]

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for cross posting this call for papers. My colleagues Dr. Leanne
Bowler and Dr. Luci Pangrazio, and I invite you to submit to a special
issue on Data Literacies for the journal of Information and Learning
Sciences <https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/ils>. I’ve
excerpted the CFP below, for the full description please see:
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/perspectives-data-literacies




For this Special Issue, we invite papers exploring current perspectives
in learning and information research and teaching on data literacies among
learners, addressing the growing need for a data literate society. Future
job prospects hinge on the ability to participate and use datafied systems
and processes, which requires the ability to read, analyze, reason with,
and argue with multiple forms of data. But equally, people are
themselves subjects of data, being thoroughly measured, tracked, and
analyzed through their personal digital data created with everyday
information and communication technologies. Contemporary data subjectivity,
built on data traces and their near constant collection, affects people’s
most basic sense of autonomy and agency in life. As well, there is a wide
disconnect between the data practices of government and corporations and
the data skills, knowledge, and level of awareness of the general public
(Deahl, 2014; Qlik, 2019).



Scope:

The guest editors invite research addressing teaching and learning related
to data literacies in primary and secondary school (K-12) and at the
undergraduate level, as well as informal spaces of learning such as
libraries and after-school programs, and among learners and publics of all
ages. Submissions from a broad range of disciplines, including information
science, the learning sciences, and science and technology studies, among
others are welcome.



We welcome work offering new data literacy theory / frameworks /
definitions, design and implementation research, practice theories, and
well-contextualized cross-sectional research exploring data literacy levels
among groups / publics / contexts, perhaps addressing
inequality. Justice-oriented frameworks, sociotechnical lenses, and
other approaches appropriate to the topic of data literacies in varying
information and learning contexts are invited.



Submissions are due 31 May 2023. For more information and author
instructions, please see: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/ils

Please share this CFP with interested colleagues as you can. If you have
any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Sincerely,

Amelia


-- 
Dr. Amelia Acker
Associate Professor
School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.ameliaacker.com/