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Reminder: YAWCRC/ RMIT University Scholarships: deadline 31st January
by Larissa Hjorth 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Dear AiR-L, *Two 3-year PhD Scholarships available at RMIT University:* *A. 3-year PhD Scholarship: **Mobile game development for young people’s emotional wellbeing (Games of Being Social)*** School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Australia This three-year scholarship is for a PhD candidate who will contribute to the fieldwork for a participatory design/ethnographic study of mobile gaming and design with young people. The candidate will also conduct literature reviews around mobile media, gaming and young people for the Young And Well Cooperative Research Centre (YAWCRC). S/he will spend at least 12 months over the three years of candidature documenting, archiving and analysing mobile gaming practices contributing to a study of mobile game development for young people’s emotional wellbeing. As a discrete case study, the PhD candidate will participate in and contribute to a recently funded Young and Well CRC Project “Technologies for Supportive Communities”. Eligible candidates will have a BA, BA with Honours or MA/MSC in Games Studies/Game Design, Communication, Science and Technology Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Studies or other related discipline. Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA). The Scholarship, which covers tuition, fees, a small top-up stipend, and other research expenses, will begin in March 2013. Initial expressions of interest should be sent to Associate Professor Larissa Hjorth at larissa.hjorth(a)rmit.edu.au Please note that all applicants will need to apply for, and be accepted to, the PhD program in Media and Communication at RMIT University. Please note revised application deadline is 31 January 2013: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=bw6o1u84scql1 *B. 3-year PhD Scholarship: Supportive Online Connections for Young People* School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Australia Over a three-year period, the PhD candidate will contribute to the fieldwork for a study of online communities and social networking used by young people. The candidate will also conduct literature reviews around social media, online communities, and young people’s mental health and wellbeing for the Young And Well Cooperative Research Centre (YAWCRC). S/he will spend at least 12 months over the three years of candidature documenting and analysing social media practices that lead to good mental health and wellbeing. Through this research, the PhD candidate will participate in, and contribute to, a Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre funded project called “Technologies for Supportive Communities”. Eligible candidates will have a BA, BA with Honours or MA/MSC in Communication, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, Informatics, Media Studies or other related discipline. Applications utilising ethnographic/participatory design or social science methodologies are encouraged. Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA). The Scholarship, which covers tuition, fees, a small top-up stipend, and other research expenses, will begin by March 2013. Initial expressions of interest should be sent to Dr Jenny Robinson at jenny.robinson(a)rmit.edu.au Please note that all applicants will need to apply for and be accepted to the PhD program in Media and Communication at RMIT University. Please note revised application deadline is 31 January 2013 *About the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University:* RMIT University has a long and distinguished history of applied and theoretical media research, with our doctoral graduates positioned throughout the sector. Formed in 2009, the School of Media and Communication supports research across a number of sub-fields in media and communications, which allows for both discrete disciplinary excellence and interdisciplinary interventions. Our researchers were ranked above world standard in our fields in the recent ERA round (achieving a 4 ranking in 2001 FoR code). The new School has a total staff of over 200, an academic staff of 128, and 107 HDR candidates (80 PhDs & 27 Masters). In addition, the School has two APDs, a QEII, three Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellows, a VC Fellow, and an Early Career fellow. The School also supports a top academic journal, *Communication, Politics and Culture* (previously ranked A through ERA) and a series of Centres, Groups and Labs (including the Digital Ethnography Research Centre and the Communication, Politics and Culture Centre), the Games and Experimental Entertainment Lab (GeeLab), the Exertion Games Lab, the Creative Writing Group and others. -- Dr Larissa Hjorth Associate Professor, Games Programs School of Media and Communication RMIT University Melbourne 3000 Victoria AUSTRALIA E: larissa.hjorth(a)rmit.edu.au

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Postdoc Media@McGill
by Gabriella Coleman 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

http://www.media.mcgill.ca/en/content/mediamcgill-postdoctoral-fellowship ---> all links and details here. Please circulate. Description: Media@McGill is a hub of interdisciplinary research, scholarship and public outreach on issues in media, technology and culture, located in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Media@McGill offers Postdoctoral Fellowships to promising scholars engaging in media-related research, as defined in Media@McGill’s mission statement. Fellows are provided with a workspace, and are expected to take an active role in the research activities and academic life of Media@McGill (participation in conferences, seminars, etc.). They may also have the possibility of teaching a course within the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill. Eligibility: The Media@McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to both national and international scholars who completed their doctoral degrees in a university other than McGill no earlier than June 1, 2009. Fluency in English is essential; working knowledge of French is an asset. Value and Duration: The stipend for the Media@McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship is $42,000 CAD for 12 months, beginning in the first week of September. Application Process: For 2013-14, Media@McGill will be offering one Postdoctoral Fellowship. In a cover letter, applicants must stipulate how their research is related to Media@McGill’s mission statement and to Media@McGill’s 2013-14 theme: Participatory Media. Applicants should also identify a potential faculty supervisor who is a member of Media@McGill and whose research is closely tied to that of the applicant. The following should be included in all applications: a cover letter; a research proposal (750 words); a Curriculum Vitae (maximum 5 pages); official copies of transcripts during graduate studies; 3 letters of recommendation (including one by the Media@McGill faculty supervisor); a writing sample (maximum 20 pages). Deadline: Complete applications should be sent to tamar.tembeck(a)mcgill.ca by March 28, 2013 at 5 p.m. E.S.T. Letters of recommendation can be sent separately by the referees, but must be postmarked by March 28, 2013 if sent by mail. Applications will be reviewed by Media@McGill’s Steering Committee, and candidates will be notified of results in early May 2013. For more information, visit media.mcgill.ca. -- Gabriella Coleman Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy Department of Art History & Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, PQ H3A 0G5 http://gabriellacoleman.org/ 514-398-8572

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Comment scraping
by Jasmine E McNealy 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hello All, I'm looking for ideas on the best software to use for comment scraping. I plan on doing quantitative content and qualitative textual analysis on the comments connected to an article on an online pubulication. The publication uses Disqus for comments, and ideally I'd like a program that would maintain the integrity of the comment relationships. Any and all ideas are appreciated. Thanks, JM Jasmine McNealy Assistant Professor S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication Syracuse University 215 University Place Syracuse, NY 13210 315-443-1151 http://ssrn.com/author=1357319

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Lisbon Summer School * July 8-12 * STTF2013 ISCTE-IUL
by Susana Nascimento 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

*** Please Disseminate Widely *** Apologies for Cross-Posting *** *SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY FUTURES:* *FROM COLLABORATIVE DESIGN TO DIGITAL FABRICATION* *STTF2013 Summer School * July 8-12 * ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon* [ *sttf2013.iscte-iul.pt* ] [ *facebook.com/sttf2013* ] [ * twitter.com/sttf2013* ] STTF2013 invites you to apply for a one week intensive programme of social and technical methods, in a transdisciplinary environment that will engage participants in both conceptual and practical activities with all four pillars of sustainability as background. STTF2013 is intended for Master and PhD students, researchers, and professionals from STS, Product and Service Design, Social Sciences and Humanities, Architecture and Engineering, Communication and Media, Environmental Studies, Economics and Management, Computer Sciences, and others. Regardless of individual experience, everyone will have the opportunity to work in sociotechnical processes of design, construction and discussion of concrete objects, through Introductory Sessions, Masterclasses and Hands On Workshops. *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS* > Jerry Ravetz (University of Oxford UK) > Liz Sanders (MakeTools US) > Tomas Diez (FabLab Barcelona ES) > Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne FR) > Alex Schaub (FabLab Amsterdam NL) *IMPORTANT DATES* > Application Deadline – APRIL 1 > Notification of Selected Participants – APRIL 15 > Early Registration and Payment Deadline – MAY 1 > Late Registration and Payment Deadline – JUNE 1 *FIND OUT MORE* > For more information on How To Apply, Fees, Programme, Speakers, or Venue, please visit our website *http://sttf2013.iscte-iul.pt* > STTF2013 is a joint initiative of *VitruviusFabLab-IUL<http://www.vitruviusfablab.iscte-iul.pt/> * (Digital Fabrication Laboratory) and *CIES-IUL<http://www.cies.iscte-iul.pt/en/> * (Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology), research units of * ISCTE-IUL <http://www.iscte-iul.pt/en/home.aspx>* (University Institute of Lisbon) > For any additional inquiries, contact us at *sttf2013(a)iscte.pt* or call CIES-IUL Front Desk *+351 210 464 018 <00351210464018>* Best regards, STTF2013 Scientific and Organizing Committee

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CFP: Radical Ecologies: (Re)Grounding Digital Pedagogy (MLA 2014 Special Session) 3/1/13
by Pavel Cenkl 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hello all, Please consider sending along an abstract for the following, and please feel free to forward as appropriate. Best, Pavel -- Radical Ecologies: (Re)Grounding Digital Pedagogy A Special Session proposal for the 2014 MLA Convention This special session seeks dynamic workshop-style presentations to engage participants in new ecologies of learning and leading edge ideas that connect ecological and educational systems. The session aims to explore the idea that technology and ecology need not be mutually exclusive and that they can play an essential role in the humanities classroom. Drawing on points of intersection between experiential liberal arts education, digital humanities, biomimicry, sustainability, and ecopsychology, ‘Radical Ecologies’ will engage instructors and administrators in course development strategies and in helping students plan their own learning by using a systems approach to curriculum design. This session is proposed to be an interactive and engaging series of workshops that enable participants to (1) take away tangible first steps to implementing ecologically-based digital course and curriculum design and (2) recognize the opportunities for learners at all levels in thinking experientially and ecologically about curriculum design. Questions might include: How can ecological thinking provide a model for a more intentional and dynamic liberal arts pedagogy? Can digital technologies help us develop more ecologically focused learning environments and curricula? How can teachers integrate ecological thinking into new and existing courses, units, and overall curriculum design? Is there a role for ecological thinking in developing humanities curricula? How can ecological concepts (re)shape digitally-inflected pedagogy? Please email questions and/or a 250-400 word abstract by 1 March 2013 to Pavel Cenkl at pcenkl(a)sterlingcollege.edu. For more on the MLA and convention: http://www.mla.org/ -- Pavel Cenkl Dean of the College Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT 05827 pcenkl(a)sterlingcollege.edu 802-586-7711 ext.140 www.sterlingcollege.edu

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Publication announcement: Special issue on Mobile Intimacies
by Sun Sun LIM 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

We're pleased to announced the publication of the special issue of Feminist Media Studies on "Mobile Intimacies" http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14680777.2012.741876 comprising the following articles 1. Mobile intimacy in an age of affective mobile media Larissa Hjorth, Sun Sun Lim 2. Mobile Intimacies in the Usa Among Refugee and Recent Immigrant Teens and Their Parents Lynn Schofield Clark, Lynn Sywyj 3. "I'm G-Mom on the Phone" Kim Sawchuk, Barbara Crow 4. Managing The Unbalanced Inmaculada J. Martinez, Juan Miguel Aguado, Iolanda Tortajada 5. Post-Welfare Mothers In Wi-Fi Zones Michelle Rodino-Colocino 6. Meaningful Mobility Jo Tacchi, Kathi R. Kitner, Kate Crawford 7. Women's Emotions Towards The Mobile Phone Leopoldina Fortunati, Sakari Taipale 8. Mobile Telephony and the Remediation of Couple Intimacy Amparo Lasén, Elena Casado 9. Women, Smartphones and the Workplace Rachel Crowe, Catherine Middleton 10. Moving Time and Juggling Spheres Carla Ganito 11. "There's an App for That" Mediating mobile moms and connected careerists through smartphones and networked individualism Julie Frizzo-Barker, Peter A. Chow-White 12. Mobile Phones or Pepper Spray? Kathleen M. Cumiskey, Kendra Brewster

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keynote IR 13 published
by Feona Attwood 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

> For those of you who enjoyed Liesbet van Zoonen's keynote at IR 13 in Salford it is now available as a publication in Media, Cultur and Society, together with a number of other contributions about identity management. http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/current Best, Feona --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that Middlesex University's preferred way of receiving all correspondence is via email in line with our Environmental Policy. All incoming post to Middlesex University is opened and scanned by our digital document handler, CDS, and then emailed to the recipient. If you do not want your correspondence to Middlesex University processed in this way please email the recipient directly. Parcels, couriered items and recorded delivery items will not be opened or scanned by CDS. There are items which are "exceptions" which will be opened by CDS but will not be scanned a full list of these can be obtained by contacting the University.

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NSF-supported methods training programs for anthropologists (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

fyi Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:@barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $19; Kindle $16 Old/newCybertimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 It's still rock & roll to me ________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:43:30 -0500 From: H. Russell Bernard <ufruss(a)ufl.edu> To: 'H. Russell Bernard' <ufruss(a)ufl.edu> Subject: NSF-supported methods training programs for anthropologists The 2013 <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/> Anthropology Methods Mall <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/> is online. This site has info about six, NSF-supported opportunities for methods training in cultural anthropology. 1. <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/scrm/> SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods. For those with the Ph.D.) 2. <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/sird/> SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design. For graduate students) 3. EFS (Ethnographic Field School. For graduate students) <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/ethnographic-field-school/> 4. SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. For graduate students) <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/sima/> 5. <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/workshops/> WRMA (Conference Workshops on Research Methods in Anthropology. For all anthropologists) 6. DCRM (Distance Courses in Research Methods in Anthropology) <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/distance-courses/> 1. Now in its ninth year, the <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/scrm/> SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods) program is for cultural anthropologists who already have the Ph.D. Three, five-day courses are offered during summer 2013 at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina. Behavioral Observation in Ethnographic Research <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/scrm/behavior/> (Instructors: Raymond Hames and Michael Paolisso) July 15-19, 2013 Statistics in Ethnographic Research <http://qualquant.org/statistics-in-ethnographic-research/> (Instructors: Daniel Hruschka and David Nolin) July 22-July 26, 2013 Methods of Ethnoecology <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/scrm/ethnoecology/> (Instructors: J. Richard Stepp and Justin Nolan) July 29-August 2, 2013 APPLY TO THE SHORT COURSES ON RESEARCH METHODS HERE <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/scrm/application/> . DEADLINE FEB. 15, 2013. 2. Now in its 18th year, the <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/sird/> SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design) is an intensive, three-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology who are preparing their doctoral research proposals. The 2013 course runs from July 14-August 3, 2013 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Susan Weller, Amber Wutich, and H. Russell Bernard.. APPLY TO THE SUMMER INSTITUTE ON RESEARCH DESIGN HERE <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/sird/application-for-sird/> . DEADLINE March 1, 2013. 3. Now in its second year, the EFS (Ethnographic Field School) <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/ethnographic-field-school/> in Tallahassee, Florida is a five-week field school in ethnographic methods and community-based participatory research. The program is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology. The 2013 field school runs from July 7-August 10, 2013 and is coordinated by Clarence (Lance) Gravlee. Guest faculty include Sarah Szurek, Tony Whitehead, and Stephen Schensul. APPLY TO THE TALLAHASSEE FIELD SCHOOL HERE <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/ethnographic-field-school/application/> . DEADLINE FEB. 15, 2013. 4. Now in its fifth year, the <http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute/> SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology) <http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute/> is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology and related, interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) who are interested in using museum collections as a data source and who are preparing for research careers. The course runs from June 24-July 19, 2013. Instructors: Candace Greene, Nancy Parezo, Mary Jo Arnoldi, Joshua Bell, and Gwyneira Isaac, plus visiting lecturers. APPLY TO THE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN MUSEUM ANTHOPOLOGY HERE <http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute/application.htm> . DEADLINE March 1, 2013. 5. Now in its ninth year, the <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/workshops/> WRMA (Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology) program offers one-day workshops in conjunction with national meetings of anthropologists. Click <http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2013.html> HERE for information about the next workshops at the meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Denver, Colorado, March 19-23, 2013. 6. Now in its second year, the DCRM (Distance Courses in Research Methods in Anthropology) <http://qualquant.org/methodsmall/distance-courses/> is open to upper division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. Four courses are offered in summer 2013: Text Analysis, Geospatial Analysis, Network Analysis, and Video Analysis. The development of these fee-based courses is supported by the National Science Foundation. Enrollment is limited to 18 participants.

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Check out my books
by Karissa Mckelvey 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Hi airl, Check out the books I added on Goodreads. http://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM1OTA0NTY3MjI6NDE3&e=air-l@listse… &utm_medium=email&utm_source=invite - Karissa (krmckelv(a)gmail.com) Goodreads is a community for book lovers. It's a great way to get book recommendations from your friends and others. You can keep a list of books to read, join book clubs, and even take the never-ending book trivia quiz. _____________________________ To opt-out of future invites to Goodreads please follow this link: /user/block_email?inviter_id=16643256&utm_content=A&utm_medium=email&utm_source=invite This email was sent by request to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org.

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Social media for social change
by Muhammad Babur 20 Jan '13

20 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues I intend to start a short course for social activist to equip them with social media tools . Any help regarding contents and approach? Kind regards Muhammad Babur -- Kind Regards, Muhammad Babur Founder and Executive Board Member (ELLTA : www.ellta.org)

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