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UNESCO call for research proposals
by Joly MacFie 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_calls_f… UNESCO calls for research proposals: case studies on the role of Internet intermediaries in promoting freedom of expression on Internet UNESCO launches a call for research proposals in order to identify principles for good practices and processes related to Internet intermediaries (such as Internet service providers, search engines, online media, and social media) that can protect freedom of expression by ensuring that any of limitations of this right are consistent with international standards. This project contributes to promoting online freedom of expression through assembling and analyzing empirical data, encouraging self-regulation and providing practical recommendations to industry, States and policy makers. Interested researchers and organizations are invited to submit their proposals *by 13 September 2013*. UNESCO, as enshrined in its Constitution, promotes the “free flow of ideas by word and image”. This covers promoting a free, open and accessible Internet space as part of promoting comprehensive freedom of expression both online and offline. Internet intermediaries play a unique role in linking authors of content and audiences. They may either protect or jeopardize end user rights to free expression, given their role in capturing, storing, searching, sharing, transferring and processing large amount of information, data and user-generated content. This role is particularly prominent in the cases of search engines and internet-service providers (ISPs), hosting providers, cloud computing services, online social networks and media houses. This project aims to identify principles for good practices and processes that are consistent with international standards for free expression that Internet intermediaries may follow in order to protect the human rights of end users online. Using a case study methodology, the research will evaluate how Internet intermediaries can either uphold or compromise freedom of expression. Up to five major categories of Internet intermediaries can be identified for research, bearing in mind that it may be richer and less costly to focus in upon fewer sectors: - Internet search engines and portals (Google, yahoo!, MSN, Baidu, Sina.com, etc.) - Social media networks (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Sina Weibo, etc.) - Online media with user-generated content (BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, online newspapers, etc.) - ISPs, including telecommunication, cable and mobile operators (Verizon, AT&T, free.fr, Orange, T-mobile, Nokia) - Data processing, web hosting providers and cloud computing services, including big data hosts and Domain Name Registries (Navisite, Akamai, ICANN, Register.com, Verizon) This project will make a unique contribution by gathering, evaluating and presenting empirical data and in-depth research on this topic that encourages principled self-regulation and particularly provides practical recommendations for how Internet intermediaries can meet international standards that respect the normative and fundamental value of free speech. The results of this project will inform various actors who are intermediaries, as well as other stakeholders, and will also contribute to developing an international set of principles for good practices. Research will possibly be presented at events around the World Summit on the Information Society and on Internet Governance Forum in 2014. The final research will likely be published as part of UNESCO’s Series on Internet Freedom and, budget allowing, be translated to all six UN official languages, which will inform UNESCO’s 195 Member States and other international policy-makers on intermediaries-related policy making to promote online freedom. *UNESCO, therefore, invites interested researchers and organizations to submit their proposals, according to the Background note <http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/news/background…> and General Terms of Reference<http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/news/general_te…>, by email to Ms Xianhong Hu, before noon (CET), 13 September 2013. Proposals should include a detailed description of the research methodology, possible case studies, timeline and the requested funding.* -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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"Pathways to Meaning" with Kendall and Markham
by Annette Markham 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Hi All, Lori Kendall and I are teaching a PhD course at Aarhus University in a couple of weeks. If you know anyone who might be interested, we still have about three seats remaining. This is the second time we've taught this course and it seems to be a good success. Title: Pathways to Meaning: Analytical tools for qualitative researchers of digital media Dates: Tuesday, August 27 (noon) until Friday, August 30, 2013 Location: Aarhus University, Denmark Basic Description: http://www.markham.internetinquiry.org/teaching/pathways/ Reading list: http://www.markham.internetinquiry.org/2013/08/pathwaysreadinglist2013/ Contact me you're interested and I'll be happy to give you more information. Feel free to pass this along to colleagues who might be interested and able to attend, Best, annette ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Aesthetics & Communication, Aarhus University Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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Post Doctoral Position
by Kelly Boudreau 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Applicants are invited for a EPSRC/Digital Economy Programme full-time funded post-doctoral position investigating digital connectivity and peer-to-peer relationships in financial services. The position is fixed term until 09/12/2014 with the likelihood of a three month extension. The project, 3rd Party Dematerialisation and Rematerialisation of Capital (3DaRoC), will evaluate the role of infrastructural designs and its effects on the patterns of use of financial services provided by digital intermediaries. You are expected to have (or be about to complete) a PhD in Information Systems, Information Science, Behavioural Science, Financial Services, Financial Computing, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, Interaction or Experience Design, with experience in using ethnographic or survey-based research techniques. Candidates with research experience or enthusiasm for digital technology and innovation would be especially welcomed. You will be expected to lead on the development of fieldwork, analysis of data, and to develop business models around new technology deployments, as well as working with project partners and supporting the work of the other researchers. The direct line supervisor will be Dr. Adam Fish (Lancaster), and you will be based in the Department of Sociology. Informal enquiries may be made to Dr. Fish ata.fish2(a)lancaster.ac.uk. This is a full time fixed-term post beginning 15 October, or as soon as possible after this date. Please see the link below for my information: http://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A775 Best, Adam

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UBC Journalism tenure-track faculty position
by Hermida, Alfred 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Dear colleagues We have a new opening at the University of British Columbia for a global, digital thinker: Assistant Professor, Global Issues and Digital Media, Liu Institute for Global Issues and Graduate School of Journalism, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) http://journalism.ubc.ca/2013/07/15/school-of-journalism-and-liu-institute-… The Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) invite applications for a jointly appointed tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with anticipated start date as early as January 1, 2014. Candidates must have a PhD and a research record in global affairs and digital media. The ideal candidate will have an active research profile and possess a broad understanding of global issues, with research interests that could include (but are not limited to): international relations, human security, peace and disarmament, the environment, development, global health, and international justice issues. We will consider candidates working on any part of the world and from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary background; we particularly encourage those involved in policy analysis and implementation. The Liu Institute for Global Issues is an important part of UBC’s vision with a mission to pursue interdisciplinary and policy-relevant research on global issues. The Emmy-Award winning Graduate School of Journalism conducts research on media, science, health, ethics and society. For more information, please visit: www.ligi.ubc.ca<http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/> and www.journalism.ubc.ca<http://www.journalism.ubc.ca/>. The starting salary for the position will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity and diversity within its community. We especially welcome applications from members of visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will, however, be given priority. Applications must include a C.V., a description of research interests, evidence of teaching excellence and teaching effectiveness, evidence of public outreach, and confidential letters from three referees. Applicants should also provide an electronic sample of their most outstanding publications, including evidence of research impacts. Applications must be submitted online by the deadline of September 1, 2013 to http://facultycareers.ubc.ca/16051. Referees are asked to submit their signed letters of reference by the same deadline via email to karina.antonenko(a)ubc.ca<mailto:karina.antonenko@ubc.ca>. Review of applications will begin after September 1, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. Alfred Hermida: Associate Professor Graduate School of Journalism | University of British Columbia 6388 Crescent Road | Vancouver | BC | V6T 1Z2 Contact: alfred.hermida(a)ubc.ca<mailto:alfred.hermida@ubc.ca> | @hermida Web: http://www.journalism.ubc.ca<http://www.journalism.ubc.ca/> | Blog: http://www.reportr.net<http://www.reportr.net/> <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2013.808456>

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IR 14 Hotel Issues
by Andrew Herman 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Hi All I am trying to reserve a room at the Westin in Denver but am being shut out at the conference hotel reservations site. The site tells me that the rooms set aside for the !R14 are completely booked, although the IR14 site says that only 60% or have been reserved. Anybody else experiencing the same issue? Andrew Chair Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

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Call for Papers "Twitter Data Analytics", special issue of Aslib Proceedings
by Katrin Weller 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

*apologies for cross-posting* Please consider submitting your work for this call for papers: Special issue call for papers from Aslib Proceedings: Twitter data analytics Aslib Proceedings (AP) has an ISI impact factor of 0.432 and is the major publication for ASLIB – the Association for Information Management in the United Kingdom - a membership association for people who manage information and knowledge in organisations and the information industry. This special 2014 Aslib Proceedings issue is guest edited by Professor Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology and Dr Katrin Weller, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences What is the focus of this special issue? This special issue explores the possibilities and limitations of Twitter data analytics. We are particularly interested in papers that place carefully conducted studies into the wider framework of current Twitter research. Research into Twitter and its uses has been gaining momentum over the last few years, with an increasing number of studies of Twitter communities and Twitter data. Twitter’s role within contemporary internet dynamics and its impact on different areas of private and public life have attracted attention. Researchers in many disciplines have been making progress in the establishment of both theories and methods for Twitter research. However, there still is a lack of comparison across individual studies and a need for commonly accepted standards in analysis and data interpretation. Twitter research is often based on rich data sets, so called big data, that can be retrieved via the Twitter API and subsequently be mined with specialised tools. This poses several challenges in theory and methods, which have been the subject of much recent discussion; the current hype around ‘big data’ has now also resulted in a critical response which seeks to determine the limitations of working with such only apparently comprehensive data sets and highlights the persisting value of research which draws only on ‘small data’. For this special issue, we invite articles which address the opportunities and challenges of Twitter data analytics from theoretical and practical, conceptual and empirical perspectives. Topics of interest include but are not restricted to: * Qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse Twitter content * Evaluation of metrics and approaches for Twitter analysis * Representativeness of Twitter data * Comparison of data collection approaches * Legal and ethical issues of Twitter research * Information visualisation * Twitter data retrieval and ranking * Information dissemination on Twitter * User behaviour and the evolution of norms and conventions * Information behaviour and information literacy * Linguistic analysis of Twitter content * "Embedded" content on Twitter (photos, URLs) and Twitter’s relations to other social networks * Network analysis * User surveys * Usage scenarios and case studies * Twitter’s role for information management Submissions * Papers should clearly connect their studies to the wider body of Twitter scholarship, and spell out the implications of their findings for future research. In general, only research-based submissions will be considered. Viewpoints, literature reviews or general reviews are generally not acceptable * Papers should be 4,000 to 6,000 words in length (including references). Please see the author guidelines for citations and references style * For all additional information prior to submission, please contact Professor Axel Bruns or Dr Katrin Weller * Please make submissions to Aslib Proceedings using ScholarOne Manuscripts, our online submission and peer review system quoting this reference number APCALL6 Schedule dates and submission deadlines * Paper submission: 15 September 2013 * Notice of review results: 15 November 2013 * Revisions due: 31 December 2013 * Publication: Aslib Proceedings, issue 3, 2014 Feel free to distribute this information! The call for papers is available online at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=4778

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CFP: Digital Footprints: Capturing, Mining and Contextualizing big data
by Anja Bechmann 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Dear all, please consider submitting an abstract to: Digital Footprints: Capturing, Mining and Contextualizing Big Data Call for papers Where: IT-City, Aarhus University, Denmark When: Thursday October 3, 2013 Who: Organized by Digital Footprints Research Group, Aarhus University (sponsored by Netlab, DK) Data retrieval and mining methods have become essential research tools to understand user behavior in online services. Despite the obvious need for such methods in order to analyze (online) communication and socialization these algorithm/software supported methods call for further interdisciplinary development to study for instance the communication across different isolated tracking devices, services and networks, to more precisely recognize behavioral and communication patterns and create external validation, to lower the barriers for the use of algorithmic approaches for different research fields, and to develop interdisciplinary grounded ethical research guidelines and practices. The aim of this seminar is two-fold: First, we encourage researchers from a variety of fields to present research designs, ongoing work, methodological development and findings related to online communication and socialization and the use of software-supported/algorithmic-based methods. Secondly, we want to support and encourage networking across disciplines for example sociology, ethnography, philosophy, computer science, software engineering and the humanities. Suggestions for topics: - · Data tracking methods and challenges - · Challenges and methods for crossing data points - · Contextualizing big data - · Contextualized digital data analysis - · Content analysis methods and challenges - · Network statistics, clustering methods, or other analytical methods - · Bridging communication and computational methods - · Understanding big data from a communication point of view - · Mapping ubiquitous internet usage patterns - · Ethical and legal issues and practices in thick data and/or big data studies Call for papers: Abstracts (400 words): August 30, 2013 Panels and roundtable (400 words): August, 30, 2013 Demos (200 words description): August 30, 2013 Abstracts: This is a platform for presentation and discussion regarding ongoing work and researchers should not hand in full papers before the conference. Each presenter will have 15 minutes to present the work and 15 minutes for questions and discussion. Panels and roundtables: We welcome proposals for panels whereby a group of researchers discusses a predefined topic.. The panels take place as individual presentations of 10 minutes each, followed by a 20-minute general discussion on the topic. The roundtable format includes 5 minutes individual presentations and a 30-minute general discussion among the presenters and participants. Demos: We encourage developers to present their tools related to the study of communication and socialization online involving different (mobile) user devices and other online user tracking tools. Each research group will have 20 minutes to present the tool and 10 minutes for discussion. Please focus on how the tool can improve the study of online/mobile communication and the methodological shortcomings as well. The participation is free of charge and includes seminar participation, lunch, and afternoon reception. Maximum of participants: 40 researchers. Notification of acceptance: September 5, 2013 If you have any questions in relation to the seminar, possible topics or formats please do not hesitate to send an email to: anjabechmann(a)gmail.com. *The seminar will be held at the IT-City and Incuba Science Park at Aarhus University. Incuba is an acronym for Innovation Network Centre for University and Business of Aarhus and research fields such as Mathematical and Applied Computer Science, IT Engineering, Information, Media and Communication studies, and Digital Design Studies are located in the IT-City along with companies such as Google.* *Aarhus University (Danish: Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated** **AU) is a public university** **located in Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark (3 hours from Copenhagen). Founded in 1928, it is Denmark's second oldest university and the largest, with a total of 43,600 enrolled students as of 1 January 2012,** **after a merger with Aarhus School of Engineering. A young university with high aspirations, it belongs to the international elite. In most prestigious ranking lists of the world´s best universities, Aarhus University is placed in the top 100. * -- /Anja Anja Bechmann, PhD Associate Professor, Aarhus University Head of Digital Footprints Research Group Denmark The university profile: http://person.au.dk/en/abp@hum.au.dk Digital Footprints Research Group: digitalfootprints.dk The Centre for Internet Research: http://cfi.au.dk/ The Council for Digital Security: digitalsikkerhed.dk<http://www.digitalsikkerhed.dk> Linkedin: http://dk.linkedin.com/in/anjabechmann Wordpress: http://medianetworks.wordpress.com

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CFP - Shared Machine Shops: Beyond Local Prototyping and Manufacturing
by Mathieu ONeil 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

[apologies for multiple posts] Call for Papers - Special issue of the Journal of Peer Production Shared Machine Shops: Beyond Local Prototyping and Manufacturing Editors: Maxigas (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Peter Troxler (International Fab Lab Association, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) In the last years we have witnessed an incredible proliferation of shared machine shops in a confusing number of genres: hackerspaces, makerspaces, Fab Labs and their more commercial counterparts such as TechShops, co-working spaces, accelerators and incubators. These are currently "fringe phenomena" because they play a minor role in the production of wealth, knowledge, political consensus and the social organisation of life. Interestingly, however, they also experience the same core transformations as contemporary capitalism. That is, for the individual: the convergence of work, labour and other aspects of life. On a systemic level: the rapid development of algorithmically driven technical systems and their intensifying role in social organisation. Finally, as a corollary: the practical and legitimation crisis of modern institutions, echoed by renewed attempts at self-organisation. Arguably, hackers occupied such an ambiguous position since the beginning of hackerdom, but shared machine shops represent a new configuration. They appear as embodied communities organised in research and production units of physical and logical goods; they even appear to escape the subcultural ghetto as educational institutions, museums, and libraries start to integrate them into their ambit. They are eminent laboratories in both their practices and products: as experimental forms of social institutions, and as the developers of technological prototypes projecting new visions of the future. Industry actors, state authorities and policy makers have recognised such milieus as prolific grounds for recruitment and new organisational models, which in itself warrants critical attention. Inspired by all these developments, we dedicate the next special issue of the Journal of Peer Production to Fab Labs and similar places. Some of the questions we are interested in exploring: * What are the historical conditions and concrete genealogies which enabled the emergence of shared machine shops? (Can we talk about the renewed relevance of craftsmanship?) * Are rapid prototyping practices changing the relationships to technology, research and development, and innovation? (Are shared machine shops democratising knowledge and production or rather building a new maker elite?) * How do technologies cultivated in shared machine shops such as personal fabrication intervene in urban and rural geographies? (Is the time ripe for "global villages" or we have to adapt to "smart cities"?) * What new and old anthropologies and ethics are articulated in shared machine shops? (Who is the “New Man” of Peer Production?) * Finally, how do shared machine shops interface with the political economy of contemporary capitalism and the military-industrial complex? (If the means of production are in the hands of the workers, is that free labour, a new form of outsourcing, or the germ for a next revolution?) Beyond local prototyping and manufacturing capability, what is the contribution of shared machine shops to critical practices of technology appropriation, to products, services and consumption patterns, to urban and rural geographies, and to practical political economy and ethics? Contributions are welcome from scholars and practitioners alike. Collaborative efforts are encouraged. We are mainly expecting academic papers on the one hand, and commented project documentations or narrative vignettes on the other hand, but anything that can be presented on a website could work. However, submitters are advised to keep in mind that the content should address questions of consequence to practitioners, based on realities on the ground, while at the same time they should be reflexive and consider their wider intellectual context. Submission proposals of up to 500 words due by September 30th, 2013, and should be sent to fablabissue(a)peerproduction.net. Submissions will be notified by October 15th, 2013, and full papers and materials (research papers around 8,000 words, testimonies and documents around 3,000 words) are due by January 31st, 2014, for review. Final submission deadline is June 1st, 2014. The special issue is due to appear in early July 2014. Research papers are peer reviewed according to JoPP review policies.

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CFP, The Information Society Special Issue - Connecting Fields: Information, Learning Sciences and Education
by June Ahn 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Call for Papers The Information Society Connecting Fields: Information, Learning Sciences and Education http://www.indiana.edu/~tisj/connecting_fields.pdf <http://www.indiana.edu/%7Etisj/connecting_fields.pdf> - Deadline for extended abstracts: *December 15, 2013* - Selection notification: *January 15, 2013* - Full paper submissions: *May 1, 2014* The ways in which people interact with information is evolving rapidly. For example, modern questions about life, love, and where to eat for dinner are negotiated over platforms such as Yelp or Instagram, and well established information environments such as Wikipedia, Twitter, and Reddit are being reconsidered as sites for situated learning. We are fast moving away from clearly demarcated technologies and arenas for information sharing or learning, and instead, evolving toward blended realms of public, peer-oriented interaction made possible by new social norms and technological affordances. This blurring of boundaries affords an opportune moment to consider the connections between information and education, or the information sciences and learning sciences. We need to build bridges between fields, institutions, communities and practices. This blending and merging represents an analytical opportunity to decipher trends, institutionalized assumptions and norms, and conspicuous omissions. We are soliciting abstracts that exemplify this bi-directional perspective, and bring together scholars from multiple fields interested in aspects of information, learning, and education. We welcome both empirical or conceptual works that: (1) critically integrate a lens from information science if the research is grounded in the learning sciences or education, or (2) rigorously incorporate a learning or educational lens if grounded in information science or related fields. We hope that this special issue will be a foundational touchstone through which scholars across information science, learning sciences, and other cognate fields can build a new discourse. We encourage contributions that come from a wide range of perspectives, including (but not limited to): - The role of *information behavior* in learning processes with digital and participatory media - The role of *information or education institutions, organizations, and networks* in facilitating new forms of learning and credentialing - Applications of *information science, computation, and learning analytics *to**create new models for continuous feedback, information driven instructional practice, and personalized learning - Applications of *human-centered design *to support and develop new modalities for learning such as games for learning, simulations, mobile and embodied/tangible computing - Crowds and online communities (e.g., citizen science, Twittersphere) as *Communities of Practice* - The role of *hacker/maker spaces and libraries* within the evolving learning ecosystem - The role of technology in enabling new *institutional logics *within education (i.e., massively open online courses (MOOCs), Institute of Play's Quest Schools in New York and Chicago, and Peer2Peer University) - The relationship between *information and education policy* - Any other topics that can be a touchstone for scholars at the intersection of information, learning, and education Guest Editors: June Ahn, PhD Assistant Professor College of Information Studies College of Education University of Maryland, College Park juneahn(a)umd.edu <mailto:juneahn@umd.edu> Ingrid Erickson, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science School of Communication & Information Rutgers University ingrid.erickson(a)rutgers.edu <mailto:ingrid.erickson@rutgers.edu> Submission Details: Interested authors should submit a 300-400 word abstract with 3-6 keywords by December 15, 2013. Abstracts must address how the paper will highlight the bi-directional nature of the special issue theme. All submissions will be reviewed by the guest editors, and authors will be notified of their selection by January 15, 2014. Selected authors will be invited to submit a full paper for the special issue and will receive feedback to help craft final submissions, which will be due May 1, 2014. Thereafter, all papers will undergo TIS' standard peer review process. Journal publication, expected in late 2014, will be determined in concert with TIS editors. Please send all submissions, questions, and correspondence to Dr. June Ahn at juneahn(a)umd.edu <mailto:juneahn@umd.edu>. Include "TIS Special Issue" in the subject title of your email. -- June Ahn, Ph.D Assistant Professor University of Maryland, College Park College of Information Studies & College of Education juneahn(a)umd.edu 301-405-2037

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MINA [Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa] Call for Papers and the MINA Call for Pocket Films
by Max Schleser 11 Aug '13

11 Aug '13

Dear Colleagues, the MINA Call for Papers and the MINA Call for Pocket Films is closing this Friday, the 16th August. Please see [1]www.mina.pro for submission details and feel free to forward the call to anyone who might be interested. Helen [2]Keegan (University of Salford, UK) and Larissa [3]Hjorth (RMIT University, Australia) will present key notes at the MINA Mobile Creativity and Innovation Symposium in Auckland on the 21st and 22nd November 2013. As in the last years we are also accepting paper and project presentations via online video conference call. We are looking forward to hear from you. With best wishes from Aotearoa/New Zealand, Max -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CALL FOR PAPERS MINA invites proposals for papers and presentations relating, but not limited to mobile communities, mobile social media and social change, mobile art, mobile locative media, citizen journalism, mobile visual literacy, mobile video production, mobile-mentaries (mobile documentaries), mobile network, mobile media in education and mobile technologies and civic media. This year the circulation of smartphones outnumbered the volume of mobile phones. Most mobile devices (including tablets and pocket size digital cameras) have a HD video capacity and provide Internet connectivity. Since the proliferation of apps five years ago, new opportunities for creative mobile media production emerged. Mobile filmmaking is now an established format ranging from music video to TV commercial production. A number of contemporary apps feature location-based services that can create new experiences and representations of places. Mobile filmmaking also provides prospects for citizen journalist to expand the domain of videography. Contemporary forms of collaborative filmmaking projects connect 21st century citizens and filmmakers across the globe creating new forms of digital, networked and transmedia storytelling. As an egalitarian filmmaking tool and technology, mobile filmmaking provides access to a new generation of filmmakers. In alignment with the ubiquity of social media, mobile communication is shifting towards an increasingly visual realm. Live streaming and micro formats of mobile filmmaking can be compared to early cinema and actuality film, while mobile short films resonate approaches and practices known from the field of experimental documentary and avant-garde moving-image practices. The 3nd International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium will explore the following mobile developments and dynamics in a transdisciplinary context. � MOBILE & PEDAGOGY � MOBILE & MEDIA PRODUCTION � MOBILE & AESTHETIC � MOBILE & SOUND � MOBILE & HYBRID ART � MOBILE & INTERACTIVITY � MOBILE & SPACE MINA welcomes presentations in a variety of formats including academic papers, workshops, poster presentations, performances, project showcases and screenings. The 3nd International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium will also provide the opportunity to present papers via live video and live web-broadcasts. For each submission, please send: - a proposal / abstract of approximately 400 words, including the title - a brief biographical (100 words maximum) Abstracts for papers and proposals of up to 500 words should be submitted by the 16th of August 2013. Please include a title and brief biographical note and send to [4]laurent(a)mina.pro All proposals will be double peer reviewed and presenters will be notified of acceptances by 16th of September 2013. All selected papers will be published in the Creative Technologies Journal - Special Mobile Edition. If you have any questions related to conference proposals please contact Laurent Antonczak -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CALL FOR MOBILE FILMS The Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa [ MINA ] aims to explore the possibilities of interaction between people, content and the creative industries. This year MINA is pleased to announce that the School of Art & Design (AUT University) and CoLab (Creative Technologies Research Institute for the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies at AUT University) will co-host the 3rd International Mobile Innovation Screening to be held at AUT University's Auckland City campus, in collaboration with the College of Creative Arts, Massey University (Wellington). Working in collaboration with Ohrenblick Mal (Germany), iPhone Popup Film Festival (UK) International Mobil Film Festival and iPhone Film Festival (USA), MINA showcases mobile filmmaking projects from around the world at the 3rd International Mobile Innovation Screening in Wellington (November 2013) Film Archive, Auckland (21st and 22nd November 2013), AUT University, Auckland City campus new Precint building and Melbourne (9th December 2013), RMIT University. Selected mobile films will be featured in the MINA showreel. The MINA program is curated by Dr. Max Schleser (Massey University, Wellington, NZ) and Laurent Antonczak (AUT University, Auckland, NZ). For each submission, please send: - a proposal of approximately 250 words, including the mobile film title - two still images - the link to the online preview (if available) - a brief biographical (100 words maximum) to Dr. Max Schleser [ [5]max(a)mina.pro ]. For further assistance regarding submission enquiries, please contact Dr. Max Schleser -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Max Schleser [MINA] Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa e: [6]max(a)mina.pro m: [7]+ 64 22 692 0872 w: [8]www.mina.pro t: @MINAmobile -- Dr. Max R.C. Schleser Major Coordinator VCD / Digital Media Nga Pae Mahutonga School of Design College of Creative Arts Toi Rauwharangi Massey University Tu Kinenga Ki Purehuroa email: [9]M.Schleser(a)massey.ac.nz phone: 04 801 5799 X 62384 twitter: @MaxMobile Mobile filmmaking projects: [10]https://vimeo.com/user4764445 Co-Founder of the Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa [MINA] [11]www.mina.pro References 1. http://www.mina.pro/ 2. http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/profiles/keegan/ 3. http://rmit.biz/browse;ID=b1h1wbpmbhdcz 4. http://mina.pro/3rd-mobile-creativity-and-innovation-symposium/laurent@mina… 5. mailto:max@mina.pro 6. mailto:max@mina.pro 7. tel:%2B%2064%2022%20692%200872 8. http://www.mina.pro/ 9. mailto:M.Schleser@massey.ac.nz 10. https://vimeo.com/user4764445 11. http://www.mina.pro/

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