Angela YT Chan 
My presentation as SOUNDSCALE’s Research Fellow is titled ‘An Investigative Arts approach to emerging technology research as neighbours in research: the case of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS)’.
“The field of data justice continues to engage critical debates on the societal implications of datafication in all its iterations, from social media to platform capitalism to the current hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Data Justice 2026 will explore and discuss how the advent of data-driven technologies has intermingled with and transformed the state. From high-stake uses, such as those revealed in the Snowden leaks, to crisis management as evidenced during the Covid-19 pandemic, to the mundane and everyday delivery of public services, platforms and AI systems are now deeply embedded within roles and functions associated with the state.
At the same time, the state has been instrumental in the advancement of datafication and the role that technology, and its providers, now play in society. At a time when governments and technology companies are seen to be closer than ever, examining their relationship and its consequences seems pivotal for our understanding of data justice.
The conference will therefore examine the role and transformations of the state in an age of datafication and what this means for social justice and resistance; the interrelations between data-driven technologies and government; the changing role of corporations; emerging popular responses; and efforts to democratise datafication.
Hosted by the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) in the UK, it will bring together international scholars, practitioners and community groups to discuss the nature and implications of the datafied state.”
More about the conference here.