IV ISA Forum of Sociology (February 23-28, 2021)

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Facts and Data of the 21st Century: A Sociocybernetics Approach

Abstract Submissions Closed

RC51 Sociocybernetics (host committee)

Language: English and Spanish

Session Type: Oral

The four dimensions presented for the IV ISA Forum of Sociology as challenges of the 21st Century are: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities and Intersectionality. However, as sociocyberneticians observing the observers of the data that describes these dimensions, we can ask for the trajectories, states and dynamics behind the scenes, we can ask for the Facts of the 21st century. With the possibility of open-access data available over the internet, this hands-on workshop session will submerge the participant on a discovery activity about the state of world, steering new thinking on the contradictory results. At the end, some conclusions will enrich the sociocybernetics approach on facing the problems to understand the envisioned solutions better. To join the session, the participant will need a smartphone, tablet or laptop with internet access.