2013 Summer School Schedule

Directions and map

MONDAY 24 JUNE

Location: Room D0. 09 OMHP, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam

9:30 – 9:40: Welcome by Prof. Richard Rogers.

9:40 – 10:20: Keynote speaker. Social media data analysis by Bernhard Rieder.

10:20 – 11:00: Keynote speaker. The politics of Twitter data by Cornelius Puschmann.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.

11:30 – 12:30: Meet & greet: Keyword mapping. Facilitated by Sabine Niederer.

12.30 – 13.30: Lunch break.


Location: Room F0. 01 OMHP Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam

13:30 – 14:15: Digital Methods Theater, Act 1. Social media analysis of Counter-Jihadism by Maya Livio and Matthew Elworthy. Chair: Saskia Kok.

14:15 – 14:30: Short break.

14:30 – 15:30: Digital Methods Theater, Act 2. Issue mapping of climate change, 3 ways. Chair: Liliana Bounegru. Respondents: Walle Oppedijk van Veen (carbon trade expert), Sabine Niederer (climate change skepticism researcher), Joanna Cabello (Carbon Trade Watch) and Belen Balanya (Corporate Europe Observatory)

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee and tea break.


Location: Literary Theater Perdu, Kloveniersburgwal 86, 1012 CZ Amsterdam.

16:00 – 19:00: Book Launch: Digital Methods by Richard Rogers. Chair: Michael Stevenson.

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

Location: Room UT 3.01, University Theater. Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18, 1012 CP Amsterdam.

9:30 – 11:00: Tool Medley by Anne Helmond.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.

11:30 – 12:30: Reading salon: Parallel sessions.
  • Bigger, Faster, Lighter. Facilitated by Carolin Gerlitz and Bernhard Rieder. Location: Room 0.04. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.
  • When all you have is a Twitter API, every problem looks like a hashtag. Facilitated by Erik Borra and Michael Stevenson. Location: Room 0.13 University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.
  • We take all (network) shapes and sizes. Facilitated by Anne Helmond and Esther Weltevrede. Location: Room E.0.12 OHMP, University of Amsterdam, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam.
  • Known knowns, more or less. Facilitated by Sabine Niederer and Lonneke van der Velden. Location: Room EK 0.2 OMHP, University of Amsterdam, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam.

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.


13.30 – 14.30: Tutorials: Parallel sessions I.
  • Netvizz and DMI-TCAT. By Bernhard Rieder and Erik Borra. Location: Room 0.04. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam
  • Query design. By Richard Rogers. Location: Room 0.13. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.
  • Crawling and scraping by Michael Stevenson. Location: Room E.0.12 OHMP, University of Amsterdam, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam.
  • Clouding and other visualization techniques. By Sabine Niederer and Esther Weltevrede. Location: Room EK 0.2 OMHP, University of Amsterdam, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam.

14:30 - 14:45: Coffee and tea break.

14:45 – 15:45: Tutorials: Parallel session II.
  • Tracking the trackers. By Anne Helmond & Alexei Miagkov (Ghostery). Location: Room E.0.12. Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam. Preparations: Participants are asked to download and install Ghostery and Gephi in advance. Workshop wiki with background readings: https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WorkshopTrackingtheTrackers
  • Netvizz and DMI-TCAT. By Bernhard Rieder and Erik Borra. Location: Room 0.04. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.
  • Query design. By Richard Rogers. Location: Room 0.13 University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.
  • Clouding and other visualization techniques. By Sabine Niederer and Esther Weltevrede. Location: Room EK 0.2  OMHP, University of Amsterdam,  Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam.

15:45 – 16:00: Coffee and tea break.

16:00 – 17:00: Tutorials: Parallel session III.

  • Tracking the trackers. By Anne Helmond & Alexei Miagkov (Ghostery). Location: Room E.0.12. Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam. Preparations: Participants are asked to download and install Ghostery and Gephi in advance. Workshop wiki with background readings: https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WorkshopTrackingtheTrackers
  • Crawling and scraping. By Michael Stevenson. Location: Room EK 0.2  OMHP, University of Amsterdam,  Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam.
  • Cross-platform profiling. By Carolin Gerlitz. Location: Room 0.13 University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.
  • Wikipedia as a data set and analytical device. By Erik Borra. Location: Room 0.04. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.

17:00 – 17:15: Closing remarks and practical information, at location by each tutor.

WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE

Location: Room UT 3.01, University Theater. Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18, 1012 CP Amsterdam.

9:30 – 11:00 Project & group formation facilitated by Richard Rogers.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.


Location: Rooms 0.04, 0.12 and 0.13, 1.14. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.

11:30 – 12:30: Group Work / Brainstorm.

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.

13.30 – 15:00: Group Work / Brainstorm.

15:00 – 15:30: Coffee and tea break.


Location: OHMP F2. 01C. Oudemanhuispoort 4-6,1012 CN Amsterdam

15:30 – 16:30: Keynote speaker. Alexei Miagkov, Ghostery - Tracking ecologies.


Location: MediaLAB Amsterdam, Wibautstraat 2, Amsterdam.

17:00: Media & ICT Expo: Quantified self, data visualization, connected TV and more. Followed by a reception.

THURSDAY 27 JUNE

Location: Room UT 301, University Theater. Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18, 1012 CP Amsterdam

9:30 – 11:00: Project presentations and feedback.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.


Location: Rooms 0.04, 0.12 and 0.13, 1.14. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.

11:30 – 12:30: Project work.

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.

13:30 – 14:30: Project work.

14:30 – 15:30: Project work.

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee and tea break.

16:00 – 17:00: Project work.

FRIDAY 28 JUNE

Location: Rooms 0.04, 0.12 and 0.13, 1.14. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.

9:30 – 11:00: Project work.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.

11:30 – 12:30: Project work.

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.

13:30 – 14:30: Project work.


Location: Room F 201 C. Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam

14:30 – 15:30: Project presentations.

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee and tea break.

16:00 – 17:30: Project presentations.

MONDAY 1 JULY

Location: Room F 0.01. Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam

9:30 – 10:15: Keynote speaker. Harry Halpin - The birth of social media data. Chair: Anne Helmond

10:15 – 11:00: Keynote speaker. Tommaso Venturini - Mapping connections with heat maps. Chair: Anne Helmond

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee break.

11:30 – 12:30 Keynote speaker. Noortje Marres - The birth of social media methods. Chair: Esther Weltevrede

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.


Location: Room UT 3.01. University Theater. Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18, 1012 CP Amsterdam

13:30 – 14:30: Project pitches #1

14:30 – 15:30: Project pitches #2:

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee and tea break.

16:00 – 17:00: Project pitches #3

TUESDAY 2 JULY 2013

Location: Rooms 0.04, 0.12 and 0.13, 1.14 (from 11:30). University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.

9:30 – 11:00: Group work.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.

11:30 – 12:30: Group formation.

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.


Location: Rooms 0.04, 0.12 and 0.13, 1.14 (from 11:30). University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.

13:30 – 15:00: Group work.

15:00 – 15:30: Coffee and tea break.


Location: Room F 0.01. Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, 1012 CN Amsterdam

15:30 – 17:00: Gephi Lecture. Bernhard Rieder - Introduction to Network Analysis with Gephi.

HOMEWORK: Download Gephi, please read and follow the following tutorial before attending the lecture: 'Using Netvizz & Gephi to Analyze a Facebook Network' http://persuasionradio.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/using-netvizz-gephi-to-analyze-a-facebook-network/

WEDNESDAY JULY 3

Location: Room UT 3.01, University Theater, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18, 1012 CP Amsterdam.

9:30 – 11:00: Project presentations and feedback.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.


Location: Rooms 0.04, 0.12 and 0.13, 1.14. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam

11:30 – 12:30: Project work.

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.

13:30 – 15:00: Project work.

15:00 – 15:30: Coffee and tea break.


Location: OHMP F 201 C, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6. 1012 CN Amsterdam

15:30 - 17:00: Keynote speaker. Warren Sack - Social media publics.

THURSDAY JULY 4

Location: Rooms 0.04, 0.12, 0.13 and 1.14, University of Amsterdam. Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam.

9:30 – 11:00: Project work.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.

11:30 – 12:30: Project work.

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.

13:30 – 15:00: Project work.

15:00 – 15:30: Coffee and tea break.

15:30 – 17:00: Project work.

FRIDAY JULY 5

Location: Rooms 0.04, 0.12, 0.13 and 1.14. University of Amsterdam, Media Studies, Turfdraagsterpad 9 1012 XT Amsterdam.

9:30 – 11:00: Project work.

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee and tea break.

11:30 – 12:30: Project work.

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch break.

13:30 – 15:00: Project work.


Location: Room F 2 01C, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, University of Amsterdam, 1012 CN Amsterdam.

15:15 – 17:30: Project presentations.

17.45 – 19.45: Festive closure with boat trip.

PROJECT WORK OVERFLOW ROOMS

The main project rooms are at Turfdraagsterpad 9, however we've reserved the following rooms in case we need extra space:

Wednesday 26 June: 11:00 - 16:00. OMHP A2.08

Thursday 27 June: 11:00 - 13:00 OMHP E2.01, 13:00-18:00 OMHP A2.08

Friday, 28 June: 09:00 - 15:00 OMHP E2.01

Tuesday 2 July: 13:00 - 18:00 OMHP C1.23

Wednesday 3 July: 11:00- 16:00 OMHP C1.23

Thursday 4 July: 09:00-18:00 OMHP C3.23

Friday 5 July: 9:00 - 16:00 OMHP C1.23
Topic revision: r12 - 01 Jul 2013, RichardRogers
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