January 27, 2022

Alexander Kock: Analyzing novelty and prior experience through text analysis in movie ventures

Abstract Popular data analytics methods such as text analysis and social network analysis enable large scale and more objective measurements as well as new research questions […]
January 27, 2022

Oliver Hinz: AI-Emotion Recognition in the Wild and Explainable Interactive Machine Learning on Image Data

Abstract In his talk on “AI-Emotion Recognition in the Wild and Explainable Interactive Machine Learning on Image Data”, Prof. Hinz provided two examples for the capabilities […]
January 27, 2022

Prithwiraj Choudhury: Machine Learning application

Abstract Prof. Choudhury from Harvard Business School presented his research on “Machine learning for pattern discovery in management research”, in which he combines various machine learning […]
January 27, 2022

Tian Heong Chan: “Design and (Visual) Optimal Distinctiveness”

Abstract How different should a new design be? In his talk, Tian Chan examined how a new design’s similarity with other designs contributes to its market […]
January 27, 2022

Simone Pfeifer: Affordances and Platform Dynamics in Digital Ethnographic Research: Examples from Muslim Everyday Life on Instagram

Abstract Affordances and platform dynamics have often been studied as part of digital anthropological work (e.g., Costa 2018; Bareither 2018; Madianou & Miller 2012). However, these […]
January 27, 2022

Tom Simmert: #TiktokAfrica as an Ethnographic field

Abstract Using the example of my research on Afrobeats, this talk aimed to explore the possibilities of TikTok as a digital field site for ethnographic research […]
January 27, 2022

Gabriele de Seta: Ethnographic approaches to digital folklore

Abstract With its focus on sustained participation and dialogic engagement across different media and their contexts of use, ethnography is particularly suited for the study of […]
January 27, 2022

Liz Przybylski: Hybrid ethnography of expressive cultures, collection and utilization of audiovisual data

Abstract This talk shared examples from hybrid online/offline music ethnography that help listeners ask theoretical, ethical, and practical questions about modes of sharing information. Thinking through […]