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Call for chapter proposals: Conditions of Mediation
by Scott Rodgers 06 Sep '14

06 Sep '14

Apologies for cross-posting CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Conditions of Mediation: Phenomenological Approaches to Media, Technology and Communication Editors: Tim Markham and Scott Rodgers In June 2013, the ICA preconference Conditions of Mediation (see http://conditionsofmediation.wordpress.com for further information) brought together scholars from a wide range of perspectives – including audience studies, political theory, metaphysics, media archaeology, software studies, science and technology studies, cultural geography and urban studies – to critically reflect on both the merits and limits of phenomenological approaches for understanding media, in philosophical, theoretical, political and empirical terms. Inspired by this very successful conference, we are now preparing a proposal for an edited book under the same title. The proposed format of the book is to have a substantive introduction, two ‘dialogues’ involving Graham Harman, Lisa Parks, Paddy Scannell, Shaun Moores, Nick Couldry and David Berry (based on their keynote papers), and 10-12 short paper chapters of 4000 words (excluding bibliography). We are therefore issuing an Open Call for Chapter Proposals. If you are interested in contributing a chapter to this edited book, please send a chapter title and 400 word abstract by no later than 15 September 2013 to Scott Rodgers at s.rodgers(a)bbk.ac.uk. Those that are subsequently invited to submit a full chapter will need to have this completed by 1 March 2014. Please direct any inquiries to Scott Rodgers at s.rodgers(a)bbk.ac.uk. We look forward to receiving your chapter proposals.

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Quantitative analysis of online pornography
by Antoine Mazieres 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

Dear IRs, I am looking at available data of online pornography and looked at available studies made out of them. I'm very surprised to mainly only find studies on impact/effect of pornography on humans with almost none study on topology/dynamics/evolution of the object itself. Does some of you have some references in mind that dig in that direction ? (If I manage to arrange a dataset out of available data on public website, I would be glad to share it, let me know if you're interested.) Thanks for your help, All best, Antoine http://mazier.es/

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Call for papers - Radical Negativity
by Ella Fegitz 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the graduate conference on Radical Negativity. *Radical Negativity: Interrogating productive possibilities for negative states of being* Friday 13 June 2014 Goldsmiths, University of London Conference Keynote: Lisa Blackman, Professor in Media and Communications, Goldsmiths Supported by the Centre for Feminist Research, Department of Media and Communications, and the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths. Website: http://radicalnegativity.com *Proposals are due by Friday 14 February 2014* More recent feminist and queer scholarship has begun to productively address the dark aspects of human subjectivity perceived to have a detrimental impact on the self-constituting practices of the positive self, such as shame, trauma, unhappiness, loss, pain, and melancholia, and reconceptualise them not only as integral to the process of subject formation, but critical and productive affective states in which to engage political action. This interdisciplinary conference addresses the ways in which feminist and queer research may be informed by embracing philosophical oppositions, the ‘negative double’ of the positive value. The conference will interrogate what can be learned from interventions focused on the interconnections between the negative and human agency, and how such a frame can inform ideas of feminist and queer practice. Borrowing from Eve Sedgwick, this conference proposes that forms of the negative are “not distinctly ‘toxic’ parts of a group or individual identity that can be excised; they are instead integral to and residual in the processes by which identity itself is formed. They are available for the work of metamorphosis, reframing, refiguration, transfiguration, affective and symbolic loading and deformation (Sedgwick and Frank, 2003, p.63).” If, like Sedgwick, we take up this challenge to valorise negative states of being as key conditions both for the production of meaning and being and as organising principles of identity, then we hope explorations into such states may provide the potential to open up new possibilities for politics and connection. We invite papers and panel proposals that explore how negative states and conditions of being such as unhappiness, irresponsibility, passivity, vulnerability, failure, shame, hesitancy, pain, dispossession, rage, madness and depression may provide loci from which action and political engagement can arise. *Submission Guidelines* Please submit paper abstracts of 300-500 words along with a short biography of 100 words. Panel proposals should include a 300-word description along with accompanying paper abstracts for the panel of 300-500 words. Please provide a short 100-word biography for each presenter. Email submissions to: radicalnegativity(a)gmail.com by*Friday 14 February 2014*.

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ISCRAM 2014 deadline extension
by Andrea H. Tapia 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

ISCRAM 2014 ANNOUNCEMENT GENERAL paper deadline EXTENSION until December 1st, 2013 Please share very widely. Due to the typhoon in the Philippines and the involvement of many of our members in the recovery effort, the general deadline for full papers for ISCRAM 2014 has been postponed until December 1. However, no extensions can be granted beyond that date for full papers. Those who can are strongly urged to submit their papers before December 1, so that reviewers have a longer time and you are more likely to receive more reviews to help you with any revision. ISCRAM: The 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management CONFERENCE THEME: Empowering Citizens and Communities through Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management DATES: May 18-21 2014 LOCATION: Penn State University, Pennsylvania USA http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu<http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/>

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WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO GO VIRAL
by Shriram Venkatraman 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

*WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO GO VIRAL* *Daniel Miller* I guess most of you will have seen some items of news based on my initial blog about Facebook no longer being cool amongst teens. It was not just NBC TV news, I had emails from Taiwan to Chile telling me it was out in local languages. I have now published a new blog post called Scholarship, Integrity and Going Viral athttp://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/social-networking/ which reflects on the experience and responds to some of the criticism. Actually I entirely stand by my original assertion. My ethnographic research has shown that in terms of coolness the phrase `dead and buried’ was not an exaggeration. The statistics may not help, the teens don’t leave Facebook, they keep it for family connections. But they stop using it to communicate with peers. The schools know this perfectly well. They communicate with pupils through Twitter, never Facebook. If you doubt me, just ask the teens. The problem was that journalists used that phrase to refer to the prospects of Facebook as a company, while our research shows that in some of our other fieldsites such as India or Brazil there is no evidence for any decline in its attraction amongst teens. But you might look at the new blog post because it is a salutary lesson in keeping control over what you post. Journalists constantly try and persuade you that you `need’ to sex-up your academic language, but you just might want to resist this. Thanks, Shriram Venkatraman www.gsmis.org http://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-networking @UCLSocNet

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Fwd: Link from Twitter
by nativebuddha 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

are wikileaks *bandits*? -robert journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9122029&f…

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ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014
by Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

*** Apologies for multiple postings *** CALL FOR PAPERS & CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14), June 23-26, 2014 Bloomington, Indiana, USA websci14.org / @WebSciConf / #WebSci14 Deadline for papers: Feb. 23rd 2014 Deadline for workshop & tutorial proposals: Jan. 17th 2014 Web Science is the emergent science of the people, organizations, applications, and of policies that shape and are shaped by the Web, the largest informational artifact constructed by humans in history. Web Science embraces the study of the Web as a vast universal information network of people and communities. As such, Web Science includes the study of social networks whose work, expression, and play take place on the Web. The social sciences and computational sciences meet in Web Science and complement one another: Studying human behavior and social interaction contributes to our understanding of the Web, while Web data is transforming how social science is conducted. The Web presents us with a great opportunity as well as an obligation: If we are to ensure the Web benefits humanity we must do our best to understand it. Call for Papers The Web Science conference is inherently interdisciplinary, as it attempts to integrate computer and information sciences, communication, linguistics, sociology, psychology, economics, law, political science, philosophy, digital humanities, and other disciplines in pursuit of an understanding of the Web. This conference is unique in the manner in which it brings these disciplines together in creative and critical dialogue, and we invite papers from all the above disciplines, and in particular those that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Following the success of WebSci'09 in Athens, WebSci'10 in Raleigh, WebSci'11 in Koblenz, WebSci '12 in Evanston, and WebSci'13 in Paris, for the 2014 conference we are seeking papers and posters that describe original research, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science, as well as work that discusses novel and thought-provoking ideas and works-in-progress. Possible topics for submissions include, but are not limited to, the following: * Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online communities * Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based * large-scale social interaction * Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web * Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions * on the Web * Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing * Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web * Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web * The architecture and philosophy of the Web * The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web * Economics and social innovation on the Web * Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons * Personal data, trust, and privacy * Web and social media research ethics * Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems * Big data and the study of the Web * Web access, literacy, and development * Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web * People-driven Web technologies, including crowd-sourcing, open data, and new interfaces * Digital humanities * Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources * Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives * New research questions and thought-provoking ideas A separate Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals is on the conference website at: http://www.websci14.org/#call-for-workshop-and-tutorial-proposals Submission Web Science is necessarily a very selective single track conference with a rigorous review process. To accommodate the distinct traditions of its many disciplines, we provide three different submission formats: full papers, short papers, and posters. For all types of submissions, inclusion in the ACM DL proceedings will be by default, but not mandatory (opt-out via EasyChair). All accepted research papers (full and short papers) will be presented during the single-track conference. All accepted posters will be given a spot in the single-track lightning talk session, and room to present their papers during a dedicated poster session. Full research papers (5 to 10 pages, ACM double column, 20 mins presentation including Q&A) Full research papers should present new results and original work that has not been previously published. Research papers should present substantial theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or practice. Short research papers (up to 5 pages, ACM double column, 15 mins presentation including Q&A) Short research papers should present new results and original work that has not been previously published. Research papers can present preliminary theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or practice. Posters (up to 2 pages, ACM double column, lightning talk + poster presentation) Extended abstracts for posters, which should be in English, can be up to 2 pages. Submission instructions Full and short paper and poster submissions should be formatted according to the official ACM SIG proceedings template (WebSci archive format at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) Please submit papers using EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci2014. Other creative submission formats (flexible formats) Other types of creative submissions are also encouraged, and the exact format and style of presentation are open. Examples might include artistic performances or installations, interactive exhibits, demonstrations, or other creative formats. For these submissions, the proposers should make clear both what they propose to do, and any special requirements they would need to successfully do it (in terms of space, time, technology, etc.) Review The Web Science program committee consists of a program committee that covers all relevant areas of Web Science. Each submission will be refereed by three PC members and one short meta review written by a Co-PC chair, to cover both the research background of each submission as well as the necessary interdisciplinary aspects. (Optional) Archival Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library All accepted papers and posters will by default appear in the Web Science 2014 Conference Proceedings and can also be made available through the ACM Digital Library, in the same length and format of the submission unless indicated otherwise (those wishing not to be indexed and archived can "opt out" of the proceedings). Call for Workshops and Tutorial Proposals The Web Science conference will start with tutorials and workshops that will promote in-depth training and discussions with the goal of understanding how people, organizations, applications, and policies shape and are shaped by the Web. In agreement with the spirit of the conference, the tutorials and workshops are intended to create opportunities for interdisciplinary discussion around themes and methods that are central to the study of the Web. The list of themes includes, but is not restricted to, 1. Methods for data mining and network research; 2. The study of social dynamics (i.e. political campaigns, censorship) using Web data; 3. The relationship between technical design and individual behaviour (i.e. the impact of by-default design on privacy); 4. The future of the Web in an era of increasing mobile applications; 5. The incentives and limits of regulation; 6. Participatory systems and crowdsourcing; 7. The dynamics of information creation (supply) and consumption (demand) and its relation to real world events. We will give priority to proposals that approach their topic from the perspective of various disciplines, spanning the divide between the social and computer sciences. Tutorials and workshops can be designed as half or full day events. Workshops can have a mixture of panel presentations and invited speakers, but presentations should reflect the diversity of approaches that characterize the multidisciplinary nature of Web Science. For more information about chairs, submission, review, deadlines, etc, please see the full call at http://websci14.org/#call-for-workshop-and-tutorial-proposals or contact websci2014ws(a)easychair.org. Deadlines Full & Short Papers: * 23 February 2014: Submissions of full and short papers * 13 April 2014: Notification of acceptance for papers * 11 May 2014: Camera-ready version of papers and posters due Late Breaking Posters: * 23 March 2014: Submissions of posters * 13 April 2014: Notification of acceptance for posters * 11 May 2014: Camera-ready version of posters due Workshops and tutorial proposals: * January 17th 2014: Proposal Submissions Authors take note: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (If proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date is the first day of the conference.) Conference calendar and rough program * 23 June 2014: workshops, opening reception and keynote * 24 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, poster reception * 25 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, social event * 26 June 2014: keynote, technical program, closing General chairs * Fil Menczer, Indiana University * Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute * Bill Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Program chairs * Markus Strohmaier, University of Koblenz and GESIS (Computing) * Ciro Cattuto, ISI Foundation (Physics) * Eric T. Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (Social Sciences) Program Commiteee * Yong-Yeol Ahn, Indiana University * Luca Maria Aiello, Yahoo! Research * William Allen, University of Oxford * Sitaram Asur, HP Labs * Alain Barrat, CNRS * Fabricio Benevenuto, Federal University of Minas Gerais * Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc * Paolo Boldi, Universita degli Studi di Milano * Niels Brugger, Aarhus Universitet * Licia Capra, University College London * Carlos Castillo, Qatar Computing Research Institute * Lu Chen, Wright State University * Cristobal Cobo, Oxford Internet Institute * David Crandall, Indiana University * Pasquale De Meo, VU University, Amsterdam * David De Roure, Oxford e-Research Centre * Pnina Fichman, Indiana University * Alessandro Flammini, Indiana University * Matteo Gagliolo, Universite libre de Bruxelles * Laetitia Gauvin, ISI Foundation, Turin * Daniel Gayo Avello, University of Oviedo * Scott Golder, Cornell University * Bruno Goncalves, Aix-Marseille Universite * Andrew Gordon, University of Southern California * Scott Hale, Oxford Internet Institute * Noriko Hara, Indiana University * Bernhard Haslhofer, University of Vienna * Andreas Hotho, University of Wuerzburg * Geert-Jan Houben, TU Delft * Jeremy Hunsinger, Wilfrid Laurier University * Ajita John, Avaya Labs * Robert Jaschke, L3S Research Center * Haewoon Kwak, Telefonica Research * Renaud Lambiotte, University of Namur * Matthieu Latapy, CNRS * Silvio Lattanzi, Google * Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford Internet Institute * Sune Lehmann, Technical University of Denmark * Kristina Lerman, University of Southern California * David Liben-Nowell, Carleton College * Yu-Ru Lin, University of Pittsburgh * Huan Liu, Arizona State University * Jared Lorince, Indiana University * Mathias Lux, Klagenfurt University * Massimo Marchiori, University of Padova and UTILABS * Yutaka Matsuo, University of Tokyo * Jaimie Murdock, Indiana University * Mirco Musolesi, University of Birmingham * Eni Mustafaraj, Wellesley College * Wolfgang Nejdl, L3S and University of Hannover * Andre Panisson, ISI Foundation, Turin * Hanwoo Park, Yeungnam University * Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano * Leto Peel, University of Colorado, Boulder * Orion Penner, IMT Lucca * Nicola Perra, Northeastern University * Rob Procter, University of Warwick * Cornelius Puschmann, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society * Daniele Quercia, Yahoo! Labs * Carlos P. Roca, Universitat Rovira i Virgili * Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam * Daniel Romero, Northwestern University * Matthew Rowe, Lancaster University * Giancarlo Ruffo, Universita di Torino * Derek Ruths, McGill University * Rossano Schifanella, Universita di Torino * Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute * Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin * Xiaolin Shi, Microsoft * Elena Simperl, University of Southampton * Philipp Singer, Knowledge Management Institute * Marc Smith, Connected Action Consulting Group * Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau * Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich * Lei Tang, @WalmartLabs * Loren Terveen, University of Minnesota * Sebastiano Vigna, Universita degli Studi di Milano * Claudia Wagner, GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences * Jillian Wallis, UC Los Angeles * Stan Wasserman, Indiana University * Ingmar Weber, Qatar Computing Research Institute * Matthew Weber, Rutgers University * Lilian Weng, Indiana University * Christopher Wienberg, University of Southern California * Ben Zhao, UC Santa Barbara * Arkaitz Zubiaga, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Impending end of Facebook use among teens debunked
by David Brake 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

Dear all, I don't know whether you have seen the stories going around about Facebook being "dead" to teens? It's based on an exaggerated misreading of Daniel Miller's ethnographic research - if you want to follow it up or people/students ask about it I have written a piece in The Conversation http://buff.ly/JECYuf giving some background information and statistics to put the story into perspective. TL;DR version - Facebook use might decline somewhat in the coming months and years but given the amount it's being used by teens it has a long way to fall before it's anything close to dead. If you've got better stats than the Pew and OxIS data I was able to source, let me know and I will try to add them in. Regards, David -- Dr David Brake, FHEA (@drbrake http://davidbrake.org/) Senior Lecturer, Journalism & Communications, University of Bedfordshire http://www.beds.ac.uk/departments/jc

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CFP: 5th International Symposium on Visualization, Art & Design (VAD)
by Frank Marchese 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

You are cordially invited to submit a paper and participate the 5th International Symposium on Visualization, Art & Design (VAD), as part of the the 18th International Conference on Information Visualization 2014 (iV2014) (http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/) to be held in Paris, France July 15 to 18, 2014 (http://www.univ-paris5.fr) Submissions to this symposium are invited from the breadth of the digital arts, science, and technology, including artists, scientists, technologists, designers, architects, psychologists, historians, critical theorists, practitioners, and others. Theories, applications, analyses, case studies, reviews, and manifestos that address all manner of process or product are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: • Artistic and design practices supporting the visualization process • Artist, designer, scientist, technologist collaborations • Art by visualizers • Visualizations by artists and designers • Artistic creations and practice based on scientific/technological models and simulations • Virtual and physical information artifacts related to, or created through, artistic and design processes • Artistic mapping of information, including cartographic art, virtual and built architectural environments, interactive systems, and animations. • Infographic design and its associated process • The role of the viewer in visualization design • Visualization design aesthetics • The role of aesthetics in the design of information visualization tools Conference Proceedings Papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings after oral presentation, following a peer-review process. The Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society with an ISBN number and will be indexed by IEEE Xplore and other major bibliographical databases. Please visit the Conference website for more information on proceedings (http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/IVPublications.htm) Submission procedures: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/PAPERS.htm Further information: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/ Deadlines March 1, 2014Submission of papers April 25, 2014Notification of Reviewing Result 10 May 10, 2014 Submission of camera-ready At least one of the co-authors is required to register for the Conference by May 20, 2014 and present the paper at the Conference. Individuals may appear as co-authors in more than one paper or poster. Please do not hesitate to contact one of the co-chairs (listed below) or the Program Administration (IV14(a)graphicslink.co.uk) should you need any assistance during this process. We look forward to your submission and participation. Kindest regards, VAD 2014 Symposium Co-Chairs Francis T. Marchese, Pace University, NY, USA (fmarchese(a)pace.edu) Sarah Kenderdine, University of New South Wales, Australia Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia Dr. Francis T. Marchese Professor Dept. of Computer Science Pace University 163 William Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 http://csis.pace.edu/~marchese email: fmarchese(a)pace.edu phone: 212 346-1803 Co-director, Pace Digital Gallery http://www.pace.edu/DigitalGallery

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CFP: 5th International Symposium on Visualization, Art & Design (VAD)
by Marchese, Prof. Francis T. 28 Dec '13

28 Dec '13

You are cordially invited to submit a paper and participate the 5th International Symposium on Visualization, Art & Design (VAD), as part of the the 18th International Conference on Information Visualization 2014 (iV2014) (http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/) to be held in Paris, France July 15 to 18, 2014 (http://www.univ-paris5.fr) Submissions to this symposium are invited from the breadth of the digital arts, science, and technology, including artists, scientists, technologists, designers, architects, psychologists, historians, critical theorists, practitioners, and others. Theories, applications, analyses, case studies, reviews, and manifestos that address all manner of process or product are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: • Artistic and design practices supporting the visualization process • Artist, designer, scientist, technologist collaborations • Art by visualizers • Visualizations by artists and designers • Artistic creations and practice based on scientific/technological models and simulations • Virtual and physical information artifacts related to, or created through, artistic and design processes • Artistic mapping of information, including cartographic art, virtual and built architectural environments, interactive systems, and animations. • Infographic design and its associated process • The role of the viewer in visualization design • Visualization design aesthetics • The role of aesthetics in the design of information visualization tools Conference Proceedings Papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings after oral presentation, following a peer-review process. The Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society with an ISBN number and will be indexed by IEEE Xplore and other major bibliographical databases. Please visit the Conference website for more information on proceedings (http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/IVPublications.htm) Submission procedures: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/PAPERS.htm Further information: http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2014/ Deadlines March 1, 2014 Submission of papers April 25, 2014 Notification of Reviewing Result 10 May 10, 2014 Submission of camera-ready At least one of the co-authors is required to register for the Conference by May 20, 2014 and present the paper at the Conference. Individuals may appear as co-authors in more than one paper or poster. Please do not hesitate to contact one of the co-chairs (listed below) or the Program Administration (IV14(a)graphicslink.co.uk<mailto:IV14@graphicslink.co.uk>) should you need any assistance during this process. We look forward to your submission and participation. Kindest regards, VAD 2014 Symposium Co-Chairs Francis T. Marchese, Pace University, NY, USA (fmarchese(a)pace.edu<mailto:fmarchese@pace.edu>) Sarah Kenderdine, University of New South Wales, Australia Theodor G Wyeld, Flinders University, Australia

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