Events and Activities

28 Nov 2023

Self-care & AI – who’s in control?

Btihaj Ajana is running a session at the Science Gallery, London on AI and technologies of self-care. She discusses to what extent can self-tracking devices and apps be considered as tools of self-care, questioning whether self-tracking is a way of reclaiming autonomy and control over one’s health, or merely a form of outsourcing decision-making to technology itself.

More information available on: https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/ai-forum-self-care-and-ai-whos-in-control

Date: 28 Nov 2023

Venue: Science Gallery, London

9 Feb 2022

Playing with Metrics: Self-tracking as Personal Science

Btihaj Ajana is delivering an online keynote for the 13th Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Sport Science.

More information available on: https://wp.unil.ch/congres4s2022/program/?lang=en

Date: 9 Feb 2022

Venue: Lausanne/online

13 Sep 2021

Governing through Immunity: Techniques and Politics of COVID-19 Management

Btihaj Ajana is delivering an online keynote for the Hong Kong-based Writing Machine Collective.

More details can be found on: http://www.writingmachine-collective.net/wmc_e7/online-keynote-presentation/#keynote-2

Date: 13 Sep 2021

Venue: Online

20 Nov 2020

The Burst of Surprise: Indeterminacy and the Viral politics of Covid-19

Btihaj Ajana is running a virtual workshop and delivering a talk as part of the Future of Indeterminacy events. More details can be found on: https://indeterminacy.ac.uk/virtual-workshops-with-rosa-menkman-and-btihaj-ajana/

 

 

Date: 20 Nov 2020

Venue: Online via University of Dundee

July 2020

Call for Participation in survey study on immunity and Covid-19

We would like to invite you to take part in this survey study on immunity in the context of Covid-19.

The purpose of this study is to examine public perceptions and understanding of “immunity” during Covid-19 pandemic and how these influence behaviour and acceptance or rejection of protective measures such as lockdown, social distancing, self-isolation, mask wearing, and Contact Tracing Apps.

We are recruiting adults (18 +) to complete a short survey on this topic. The survey takes approximately 10 mins to complete and your responses will remain confidential.

 To take part, please follow this link: https://kclbs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bBkSpkE1v5dhtiZ

Date: July 2020

Venue: International

28-30 Nov 2019

Metric Health

Invited keynote talk at the Quantified Bodies congress, University of Coimbra. More details: https://www.uc.pt/fluc/uidief/thequantificationofbodies

Date: 28-30 Nov 2019

Venue: University of Coimbra

19-20 Jun 2019

Sharing and Its Discontents in Self-Tracking Culture

Invited talk by Btihaj Ajana at Health technologies in practice: between the home and the clinic, 19-20 June 2019, University of Sheffield.

Date: 19-20 Jun 2019

Venue: University of Sheffield

6 Jun 2019

1984 Revisited

Btihaj Ajana is an invited speaker at The Cheltenham Science Festival for the event, “1984 Revisited”:  https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2019/george-orwell-nineteen-eighty-four-revisited/

Date: 6 Jun 2019

Venue: Cheltenham Science Festival

22 May 2019

Digital Ethics in practice; future considerations of innovation

Btihaj Ajana is an invited keynote speaker at the Digital Government 2019 conference, more details here: https://digital-government.co.uk/agenda/

Date: 22 May 2019

Venue: Queen Elisabeth II Centre, London

29-30 Apr 2019

Self-management for better health? Reflections on the self-tracking culture

Invited keynote talk by Btihaj Ajana at The Futures of eHealth conference, Berlin, 29-30 April 2019. More details: https://www.hiig.de/en/events/ehealth2019/

Date: 29-30 Apr 2019

Venue: Berlin

20-22 Mar 2019

Data Philanthropy: Reflections on the Sharing Culture of the Quantified Self

Invited keynote talk by Btihaj Ajana at The Age of Sharing?, University of Koblenz, 20-22 March 2019. More details: https://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/de/landau/fb6/philologien/anglistik/Page/Research/theageofsharing/taosprogramme

Date: 20-22 Mar 2019

Venue: University of Koblenz

15 Mar 2019

Spare Parts

Screening of the film Quantified Life and Q&A session exploring whether our bodies exist as systems to be optimised and improved, with Btihaj Ajana and Thomas Blomseth Christiansen. More details here: https://london.sciencegallery.com/events/spare-parts-friday-late-unbreakable

Date: 15 Mar 2019

Venue: London Science Gallery

22 Jan 2019

Cognitive Sensations: Attention and Memory in the Digital Age

Btihaj Ajana was invited participant at Cognitive Sensations: Attention and Memory in the Digital Age, The Cube, London, 22 January 2019. More details: https://www.thecubelondon.com/portfolio/attention-memory-technology/

Date: 22 Jan 2019

Venue: The Cube, London

19 Dec 2018

Metrics on BBC Radio 4

Btihaj Ajana was guest on BBC Radio 4 programme, Thinking Allowed, discussing how our lives are becoming unceasingly ruled by metrics. Recording of this episode is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001l85

Date: 19 Dec 2018

Venue: BBC, London

7-8 May 2018

Biometric Datafication in Governmental and Consumer spheres

A keynote talk by Btihaj Ajana at Is Big Data a New Medium? Interdisciplinary Symposium, LaSalle College, Singapore, 7-8 May2018. More details: https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/events/big-data-new-medium

Date: 7-8 May 2018

Venue: LaSalle, Singapore