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Panel: Digital inclusion: Beyond policies of individual responsibility?

Panel: Digital inclusion: Beyond policies of individual responsibility? Digital Society Conference 2021 This panel brings together researchers and findings from two VSNU Digital Society Team Science projects. Both deal(t), in different ways, with aspects and dimensions of digital inclusion. The aim of the panel is to use the observations and experiences of the two research teams to open up a broader discussion about how research into digital inclusion sits and fits with broader (national) policy frameworks for digital inclusion. Policy frameworks for digital inclusion often, and increasingly, focus on (stimulating) individual responsibility and agency (for example, among digitally less able citizens, among library staff members wanting to help people in the digital society, or among women wanting to work in tech). However, our two projects highlight the need to understand and interrogate much better the social contexts, power relations and embedded practices that digital inclusion initiatives or campaigns are “written into”. How can policy expectations can become better attuned to this? And what does that hold for our role and responsibility as researchers or partners in research consortia? We are especially looking forward to hearing how policy makers, professionals, NGOs and academics in the audience reflect on and experience this challenge. That is why active participation of the online audience is very welcome and digitally facilitated.