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Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom
by Ellis Godard 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

I "get" giving a voice to a gender he's trampled. I don't buy that the author's gender matters in doing that. -eg > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Dittrich [mailto:dittrich@u.washington.edu] > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:36 PM > To: Godard, Ellis > Cc: 'live'; 'AoIR-L Aoir'; 'Gabriella Coleman' > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom > > You have to know his persona prior to his name change to "Dotcom" > (legally changed his last name from "Schmitz" around 2002 after being > sentenced in Germany for financial crimes and left the country.) He > also went by the handle "Kimble". He was widely seen at the time as a > womanizer, a party fiend, and a scam artist. > > http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/ > > I'm not judging, btw. Just giving my insight from the past. But it > might help make more sense. :) > > Dave > > On 3/14/13 12:09 PM, Ellis Godard wrote: > > Or offensive, sexist, and absurd? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l- > >> bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of live > >> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:25 AM > >> To: AoIR-L Aoir > >> Cc: Gabriella Coleman > >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom > >> > >>> Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK: > >>> http://www.mumok.at/about-mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic > writer > >> > >> Specifically female? Am I the only one who found this interesting > and > >> amusing? > >> > >> -Sharon > >> @SharonG > >> > >> On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Gabriella Coleman wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Just passing this along for someone not on this list. Please > contact > >> Simon Denny if you are interested: > >>> > >>> Simon Denny <sden023(a)gmail.com> > >>> > >>> > >>> Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK: http://www.mumok.at/about- > >> mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic writer with a background in > >> digital media, copyright, privacy and law to contribute to a > critical > >> publication examining the role of German born, New Zealand resident > >> entrepreneur Kim Dotcom in international debates. Publication will > >> accompany an exhibition entitled "The Personal Effects of Kim > Dotcom" > >> by prominent contemporary artist Simon Denny > (http://www.kunstverein- > >> muenchen.de/en/simondenny), which will present in the Museum a > >> collection of objects representing those confiscated off Dotcom by > >> New Zealand Police in a raid on his house in January 2012. > >>> 25,000 characters, EUR1000.00, Due date: 01 July 2013. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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://codingfredom.com/ --> (check out my new book) > >>> http://gabriellacoleman.org/ > >>> 514-398-8572 > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > >>> Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, > >>> change options or unsubscribe at: > >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >>> > >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >>> http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > >> Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, > change > >> options or unsubscribe at: > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change > > options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > -- > Dave Dittrich > dittrich(a)apl.washington.edu > http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich > > PGP key: http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich/pgpkey.txt > Fingerprint: 097B 4DCB BF16 E1D8 A06C 7512 A751 C80A D15E E079

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Contribution about Kim DotCom
by Gabriella Coleman 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Hi all, Just passing this along for someone not on this list. Please contact Simon Denny if you are interested: Simon Denny <sden023(a)gmail.com> Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK: http://www.mumok.at/about-mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic writer with a background in digital media, copyright, privacy and law to contribute to a critical publication examining the role of German born, New Zealand resident entrepreneur Kim Dotcom in international debates. Publication will accompany an exhibition entitled "The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom" by prominent contemporary artist Simon Denny (http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/simondenny) which will present in the Museum a collection of objects representing those confiscated off Dotcom by New Zealand Police in a raid on his house in January 2012. 25,000 characters, EUR1000.00, Due date: 01 July 2013. -- 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://codingfredom.com/ --> (check out my new book) http://gabriellacoleman.org/ 514-398-8572

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March 17th Submission Deadline for #ELD13
by AJ Kelton 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

*The submission deadline for the Emerging Learning Design 2013 Conference is March 17, 2013.* *Select proceeding* from the conference *will be published in the new Journal of Emerging Learning Design (ELDJ)*. The paper for the proceeding is NOT due at the time of submission for this call. Papers accepted into the proceedings would be due late summer/early fall 2013 and the proceedings issue of the ELDJ will be published in early 2014. For more information on ELD13 Conference, please visit http://eld.montclair.edu/ 2013 Conference Theme – Learning As Disruption The mission of the Emerging Learning Design Conference is to showcase best practices in design and implementation by bringing together those interested in engaging in a vibrant and dynamic discourse regarding pedagogy and how technology can better enhance it. The 2013 conference will take place on the campus of Montclair State University in New Jersey. As part of our rolling acceptance method of creating the conference program, we've already secured some great presentations. Don't delay in submitting yours to fill our remaining spots alongside presentations like these: · Christopher Donoghue will help you increase the frequency and quality of instructor-student interaction in distance education using Qualtrics, in “Virtual Instructor-Student Interaction in an Asynchronous Learning Network”. · Michael Kolitsky will show us how to enable different modes of learning, on-demand, with “Where Does 3D Printing Fit Into Your Pedagogical Thinking?” · John T Oliver will make a case for the pedagogical value of open, collaborative knowledge construction in “Making student Wikipedians: Encouraging disruptive scholarly communication” · Sophie Idromenos will demonstrate game design using Scratch in a hands-on workshop called "The Scratch Disruption: Video Game Design with Scratch. -- ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2013 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> CALL for PROPOSALS http://eld.montclair.edu/call-for-proposals/ ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton <http://twitter.com/aj_kelton>

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10 years of Facebook - CFP for themed issued of New Media & Society
by Brady Robards 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

*Call for Papers* Themed Issue of New Media and Society: ‘10 years of Facebook’ Guest editors: Siân Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Brady Robards, Griffith University, Australia In early 2014 Facebook will have been online for ten years. Over the past ten years, Facebook has accumulated over a billion users globally, has achieved an estimated market value of over $100 billion, and has consistently been the most used social network site when compared to its competitors to the point of ubiquity. For many, Facebook has transformed the ways in which we communicate with each other in practically every aspect of our lives. Facebook has also attracted harsh criticism from users for its approach to privacy and transparency, and is regularly at odds with governments and other institutions over regulation and control. Facebook blurs traditional lines between what is private and what is public, while often complicating social relations by naming them and making them visible. The implications associated with the social network’s rise to dominance are complex and sometimes challenging, from both the micro levels of the individual through to the macro levels of society more broadly. In this themed issue ‘10 years of Facebook’ we wish to explore the current ‘state of play’ with regards to the social, cultural and political significance of Facebook. Our aim is to bring together current academic debates surrounding this ubiquitous social network site to assess how, after ten years in existence, Facebook has made its mark on contemporary society as a space for social, cultural and political interactions. In addition, we wish to explore new and emerging approaches to the study of Facebook that interrogate the often complex relationships between the site, its users and everyday contexts. We welcome short 250 word abstracts that reflect on ‘10 years of Facebook’, taking stock of the impact the site has had on contemporary social life. While attending to this broad aim, proposed articles will also need to address a more specific theme. Potential themes include, but are not limited to, the following: - Identity - Performance and representation - Youth cultures and subcultures - Privacy - Friendship - Relationships - Fandom - Age/ageing - Before life and after life - Political activism - Social movements - Regulation and control - Trolling Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted to Siân Lincoln ( s.lincoln(a)ljmu.ac.uk) by Wednesday 10th April 2013. On the basis of these short abstracts, invitations to submit full papers (of no more than 8000 words) will then be sent out in late April. Full papers will be due by August 31, and will undergo the usual New Media & Society peer review procedure. Invitation to submit a full paper in no way guarantees acceptance into the issue. CFP URL: http://www.academia.edu/2978250/CFP_-_10_years_of_Facebook_themed_issue_of_… Cheers, Brady -- *Dr Brady Robards* Griffith Centre for Cultural Research Griffith University, QLD, Australia

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Announcing the Mary Douglas Awards for MSc students in Digital Anthropology at UCL
by Broadbent, Stefana 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

The Anthropology department at UCL (University College London) is pleased to announce the Mary Douglas Awards, to students applying for Master’s programmes for entry in September 2013. These fee waivers, worth between £2000 -£ 4000 pounds will be awarded based on the merit of individual applications. There are three exciting and complementary Masters programmes for students interested in digital technologies, media, objects, art, and museums: MSc Digital Anthropology<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-anthropology>: exploring the role of the digital in social life in a cross-cultural perspective MA Material & Visual Culture<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/studying/masters_degrees/material-visual…>: for object-focused cultural explorations, visual culture, consumption, and heritage MA Culture.Materials.Design<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture-materials-design/>: for design anthropology, the new anthropology of materials, and the anthropology of making At UCL Anthropology, we are proud of our critical approach to social life, our high academic standards and expectations, and our strong sense of community. Study at UCL is demanding but rewarding. Dr. Stefana Broadbent Coordinator Digital Anthropology Programme Department of Anthropology University College London 14 Taviton Street London WC1H0BW- UK Phone: +44 (0) 20 7679 8630 Email: stefana.broadbent(a)ucl.ac.uk Web Page: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthro/digital-anthropology/index.html

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Coders Needed
by Stuart Shulman 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

We are starting some big coding projects. The pay is $13/hour. The work can be as little as a few hours a week to as much as a few hours a day. A side benefit is a free DiscoverText license for any month in which you are coding. To apply, please send me an email and attach a CV. Thanks, ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman people.umass.edu/stu Editor Emeritus, JITP jitp.net <http://www.jitp.net> Director, QDAP-UMass umass.edu/qdap <http://www.umass.edu/qdap> Founder and CEO, Texifter texifter.com <http://www.texifter.com> LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/stuart-shulman/10/351/899<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stuart-shulman/10/351/899> Twitter: twitter.com/#!/StuartWShulman<http://twitter.com/#%21/StuartWShulman>

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CFP> HICSS 47 - Crowdsourcing Content Production and Online Knowledge Repositories
by Fichman, Pnina 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Call for Papers Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 47 Big Island, Hawaii, January 6-9, 2014 Minitrack: Crowdsourcing Content Production and Online Knowledge Repositories Track: Digital and Social Media As various forms of collaboration are enabled (and constrained) by the affordances available in social media, researchers are investigating a range of issues including: 1) the diverse ways in which people collaborate to create, manage, curate and manipulate online content and how these activities affect digital repositories; 2) how those who manage these repositories are responding to the dynamics of online co-creation of content; 3) the dynamics of crowdsourced online collaborations and online communities of practice; and 4) the ways in which we can best describe the socio-technical interaction networks that facilitate and inhibit mass knowledge production. In this mini track we are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Papers of interest will examine communities of online knowledge repositories such as YouTube, Yahoo! Answers, Wikipedia, and others and may address in this context topics such as: . The socio-technical dynamics of crowdsourcing and mass knowledge production sites . Vandalism and trolling in online mass knowledge production sites . Conflict and cooperation in content production sites . Issues of gender in collaborative content production sites . Global, cross-cultural and international aspects of content production and online intercultural collaborations in online content creation communities . Managing ethics in online mass knowledge production communities . Building, maintaining and ending social relationships on online repositories sites . Social question answering and collaborative information seeking behaviors . Challenges and opportunities of digital curation . Standards and quality of digital content online Organizers: Pnina Fichman, Indiana University Bloomington (fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu>) [Primary Contact] Noriko Hara, Indiana University Bloomington (nhara(a)indiana.edu<mailto:nhara@indiana.edu>) Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University Bloomington (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu<mailto:hrosenba@indiana.edu>) Important Dates: June 15, 2013 Submit full manuscripts Aug 15, 2013 Acceptance Notifications Sept 15, 2013 Submit final (camera-ready) paper Oct 1, 2013 Early Registration fee deadline Submission guidelines: Follow author instructions on the conference site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm More information: HICSS CFP: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm Conference site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/47cfp.pdf Minitrack CFP: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/track/dsm/DSM-Crowdsourcing.pdf ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Associate Professor Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics SLIS, Indiana University, Bloomington Informatics West #301 901 E. 10th St. Bloomington IN 47408 Phone: (812) 856-1587 E-Mail: fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> Web: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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Economic, Forum, and Network Data from Glitch, a casual Flash-based Freemium MMO
by Pete[r] Landwehr 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Dear all, In October 2011, I began collecting economic data from the online game Glitch using its API; I continued collecting up through its closure in December 2012. Over the course of its short life the game maintained a passionate user base and made several unconventional design choices. (My interest was initially piqued because the quite casual game uses a skill training method similar to that of EVE Online, a hardcore MMO.) Having cleared it with Tiny Speck, I am releasing my data for download by people interesting in studying Glitch and/or the behaviors of virtual economies. The data comprises: * A record of auctions from between November 17, 2011 and December 10, 2012. * A record of all sales via in-game storage display boxes from between September 9, 2012, and December 9, 2012. * A scrape of the game's forums (raw HTML) * Digests of the forums * A network of explicit friendships between players * DyNetML networks generated from forum digests and friendship networks. (DyNetML is an XML-based format that is used by the ORA network analysis tool.) I've also published a tech report describing the data and game in more detail through the Institute of Software Research at Carnegie Mellon. More details about all of this are available at http://www.doeverythingforever.com/projects/the-glitch-dataset/ If you think that using this data can help further your research, please download a copy and give the tech report a read. Best, pml

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mobile/new media: research studentships at Middlesex UK
by Feona Attwood 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Please see the following call for applications for research studentships at Middlesex - among the suggested areas are Mobile media and social change; Sexually explicit media (production, texts or audiences); New media and digital cultures. The closing date is March 22. Please circulate widely http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/applications/fees/bursaries/med-pa.aspx 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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precall 4th Intl. conference on M4D - Dakar, Senegal, 8-9 April 2014
by Jakob Svensson 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

The 4th International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development (M4D) Dakar, Senegal, 8-9 April 2014 University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in co-operation with HumanIT, Karlstad University This conference is the fourth in the M4D biennial series following the inaugural conference in Karlstad, Sweden in 2008. The 2nd conference was in Kampala, Uganda in 2010 and the 3rd in New Delhi, India in 2012. M4D2014 aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and all those with interests in the use, evaluation, and theorizing of Mobile Communication for Development. M4D2014 will combine two days of plenary peer-reviewed paper sessions, workshops, panel sessions, discussion forums, and demos. How to Participate? M4D2014 will be an inclusive event welcoming participants from different sectors such as academia, industry, NGOs, development agencies, and governmental and international organizations. If you wish to participate with a paper you have the choice to submit either to the practitioner or the research track. Research papers should be between 8 to 12 pages long (including references). For case and policy descriptions, shorter papers (4-5 pages) are welcomed. The template for submission will be available shortly on the website www.m4d2014.com. All accepted papers will be allocated a presentation slot during the conference and will be published in the proceedings. You can also participate by organizing a workshop. Workshops submissions (2-page description for conference publication) must contain: title, organizers with affiliation, participants, motivation and objectives. The template for workshop submission will be available shortly on the website www.m4d2014.com. There is also the possibility to submit a Poster or a Demo (1-page extended abstract for conference publication). The template for Poster and Demo submission will be available shortly on the website www.m4d2014.com. Use the following url for your submissions: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=m4d2014 and select track (either Research, Practitioner, Poster, Demo, Workshop). Inclusion of accepted papers/posters/demos/workshops in conference proceedings is conditioned on payment of registration fee prior to registration deadline. Conference proceeding will be published in the Karlstad University Studies Series, as well as on the websites of the University Cheikh Anta Diop and the Centre for HumanIT, Karlstad. For information direct your questions to m4d2014(a)gmail.com. The conference website is: http://www.m4d2014.com will also be updated continuously Important Dates: Submission deadline:1 October 2013 Acceptance note: 15 January 2014 Final papers due and registration deadline for participants with accepted presentations: 15 Feb 2014 Registration deadline for participants without presentations: 1 April 2014 Registration and Fees: Registration to this event will be online via website http://www.m4d2014.com. The registration will open during autumn 2013. Conference fee will be 150 € with a reduced fee of 110 € for Master and PhD students. Participants salaried from a developing country are entitled to a 30% discount (105 € for regular participants and 77 € for PhD and Master Students). Conference fee includes access to conference venue, presentations, workshops and demonstrations, keynote speakers, lunches, refreshments and receptions throughout the conference, conference dinner and social events. Participation Grants: Depending on sponsorship we hope to be able to cover for some participation from developing regions to attend the conference. The participation grant will cover registration fee, a maximum of 500€ compensation for flight tickets and accommodation at a budget hotel in Dakar for maximum four nights during the conference. Other costs such as transfer to airport, snacks, dinners, extra nights et cetera will have to be payed by the grantee him/herself. Interested in Reviewing? Please contact m4d2014(a)gmail.com and tell how many papers/short papers you are interested in reading, your areas of interest and your level of expertise. Due mention will be made in the proceedings. Interested in Sponsoring? We are happy to receive funding for social events, lunches, refreshments, conference proceedings, etc. Due mention will be made at the occasion and due credits will be made at the website, in the conference program, and in the final conference proceedings. Also companies providing funding for travel and accommodation costs for researchers from developing countries to enable researchers at less funded universities to participate will be mentioned as sponsors of the conference – please write to the conference chairs to discuss the conditions giving full details of the researchers (research students) concerned by your kind offer. Please contact m4d2014(a)gmail.com for more details. Conference Committee: General Chair: Ibrahim Niang (UCAD, Senegal) Local Organizing Chair: Christelle Sharff (Pace University, USA) Co-chair: Johan Hellström (Stockholm University, Sweden) Co-chair: Régis N'Dossani (UCAD, Sengal) Co-chair: Babacar Ngom (UCAD, Senegal) Co-chair: Jean Marie Preira (ESMT, Senegal) Co-chair: Jakob Svensson (HumanIT, Karlstad University, Sweden) Co-chair: Caroline Wamala (HumanIT, Karlstad University, Sweden) Jakob Svensson, Ph. D. Director HumanIT (for info click here) Director, MA Programme in Global Media (for info click here) Director, BA Programme in Media & Communication Studies (for info click here) Ass. Prof. in Media & Communication Studies (for publications click here) Karlstad University 65188 Karlstad - Sweden + 46 (0) 54 700 1893 jakob.svensson(a)kau.se

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