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Overview
Liv is a research student in the Department of Sociology, focusing on the intersections of datafication, dataveillance, and digital literacy. Their PhD project investigates the implications of dataveillance within family practices, examining how surveillance affects social dynamics and the transformation of personal experiences into data points. Liv aims to develop community-based approaches to enhance citizens' understanding of data collection and usage, ultimately contributing to policy interventions and educational materials that promote digital equity.
With a background in education, having served as a teacher and tutor for several years, Liv brings a pedagogical lens to their research. They serve as the lead researcher on "Queer Digital Lives," a project that builds on existing research to explore how queer identities intersect with power, datafication, and resilience within the LGBTQ+ community in Glasgow. This project is distinctive not only for its use of Participatory Action Research (PAR) but also for its incorporation of creative visual methods. Focus groups involve collaborative crafting activities such as designing maps, building zines, and creating collective drawings to convey new concepts and share information.
Liv has also been a researcher with Women for Weapons Trade Transparency (W2T2) for four years, focusing on investigative research into the weapons trade and the impact of creeping militarization on communities. This work aligns with Liv's broader interests in data justice and digital resilience, as the militarization of society often involves the same mechanisms of surveillance and datafication that their other projects address. By examining the gendered dimensions of militarization and its implications for individual and community safety, Liv connects the themes of power, resistance, and advocacy that permeate all their research.
Liv is also an artist, and this creative background informs their research methodology and engagement strategies, enriching the ways they connect with communities and conceptualize surveillance's governing logic.
Languages
Spanish - Latin American (can read, write, speak, understand spoken) and Turkish (can read, write)
Research
Title of thesis: Families as Sites of Critical Digital Literacy
October 2024 - September 2028
Summary of research
This research project examines the pervasive effects of dataveillance within family structures. Distinctively, this project focuses on families as critical stakeholders in discussions of data justice and digital literacy. While families have traditionally served as sites for literacy development, their role in understanding and navigating datafication has been largely overlooked. This research aims to fill that gap, investigating families' perceptions of data collection and their capacity for resistance against over-surveillance.
Research students
1stsupervisor
- Professor Carrie Myers, Professor of Criminology and Victimology
2ndsupervisor
- Dr Elinor Carmi, Senior Lecturer in Data Politics & Data Justice