Digital Ethnography Research Symposium 2023

Event Date: February 27, 2023
The Garden Building, Building 10, Level 6
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Digital transformations and technologies have potentially profound impacts. This year’s invite-only Digital Ethnography Research symposium features selected papers by 13 doctoral candidates at various stages of their PhD programmes who will present their research and discuss the possibilities and challenges for using digital ethnography as an approach.
Authors and Papers
Minoli Wijetunga, Monash University, Melbourne
“I’m done with ethics”: Administrative Requirements vs Responsible Research from an Early Career Researcher Perspective
Deborah Dike, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth, Germany
Visual Representations of the Sociopolitical on Nigerian Twitter: Jack’s #EndSARS Emoji, the Nigerian Meme of Gratitude, and the Nigerian Question of Loyalty
Chansereiyut Cheng, School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne
Gendered vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change of male and female headed households of Tonle Sap riverine communities
Monika Singh, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT),Delhi, India
Re-partnerships in late life: Study of intimacy among older adults in India
Laura Good, University of Sydney
Surveillance, skills and status: Digital technologies and gender in frontline retail work
Luis Hernando Lozano Paredes-Martínez, University of Technology Sydney
Governing new spaces: Drivers, Users and ‘Creole’ platforms in Bogotá, Colombia
Ben Zheng, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The Labor of Training Al: Data Infrastructure, Mobility, and Marginality
Edoardo Lomi, Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School
Ethnography after Computation, Computation before Ethnography
Jope Tarai, Australian National University, Canberra
Digital Politics in Fiji and the impact of social media
Tito Ambyo, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne
Urban Supernatural Stories on Indonesian YouTube: On the Possibility of Life in Digital Ruins
Haryo Pambuko Jiwandono, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne
Mobile League: Understanding mobile games e-sports as an Indonesian popular culture
Srikanth Nayaka, Institute of Information Technology Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
“Our Life is Our Content”: YouTube, Cultural Production, and Creative Labour in Rural South India.
