The panel is convened by  the “Governance of and by Infrastructure” laboratory at the University of Bologna, lead by our own Annalisa Pellizza. This panel explores how sociomateriality is understood and practiced across Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Information Infrastructure (II) studies in the age of datafication. While STS is increasingly focused on data as an object of study, II studies are expanding into new areas like climate, health, and security, offering distinct methodological and epistemological approaches. The panel invites discussion on how each field engages with data infrastructures, theory, and governance, and what tools and perspectives they share—or don’t—when it comes to studying the complex entanglements of data, technology, and society.

In her talk, Magdalena explores how curatorial methods can resist the automation and algorithmic logic shaping contemporary knowledge production. Drawing from her work on the Fermenting Data project, she introduces the Curating Data diagram as both a critical tool and methodological blueprint to engage with data as a sociocultural, political, and creative practice - rather than a purely technical one.

Read the full abstract as well as more about the panel here: https://stsitalia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Panel-76.pdf