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1st Call for Papers: HWID2015 working conference on “Interaction Design for Pervasive and Smart Workplaces” (IFIP TC13.6 WG)
by Jose Abdelnour-Nocera 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

1st Call for Papers: HWID2015 working conference on “Interaction Design for Pervasive and Smart Workplaces” uwl.ac.uk/hwid2015<http://uwl.ac.uk/hwid2015> Venue: University of West London, Brentford Site, Boston Manor Road, TW8 9GA ,United Kingdom Wednesday and Thursday, 25th – 26th of June 2015<x-apple-data-detectors://1>, in London, United Kingdom Deadline for submissions: 1st of February 2015<x-apple-data-detectors://2>. ========================================================= Theme, Scope and Focus: The HUMAN WORK INTERACTION DESIGN 2015 (HWID 2015) working conference focuses on the integration of work analysis and interaction design methods for pervasive and smart workplaces. Pervasive and smart technologies have pushed work-place configuration beyond linear logic and physical boundaries. As a result, workers’ experience of and access to technology is increasingly pervasive, and their agency constantly reconfigured. While this in certain areas of work is not new (e.g., technology mediation and decision support in air traffic control), more recent developments in other domains such as healthcare (e.g., Augmented Reality in Computer Aided Surgery) have raised challenging issues for HCI researchers and practitioners. The question now is: how to improve the quality of workers’ experience and outputs? This working conference focuses on answering this question to support professionals, academia, national labs, and industry engaged in human work analysis and interaction design for the workplace. Conversely, tools, procedures, and professional competences for designing human-centered technologies for pervasive and smart workplaces will be discussed. We are looking for submissions that provide the HCI field with sound tools, procedures, and professional competencies for designing human-centered technologies for pervasive and smart workplaces. Submissions will include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following topics: - Learning from participants’ experiences in different work domains when applying work analysis to support the interaction design of pervasive and smart workplaces; - Exploring how work analysis and interaction design have evolved, have to evolve, and can be made to co-evolve in order to support workers in pervasive and smart workplaces; - Identify novel ideas, principles, and techniques for how interaction design for pervasive and smart workplaces can ensure high quality usability and user experience for workers; - Addressing the sociotechnical gap in work analysis and interaction design, specifically the little understood gap between social requirements and technical designs. - Designing simple interactions for complex work domains. How humans can manage the workers’ user experiences in pervasive and smart workplaces. These include enterprise, scientific and safety critical systems as well as fields such as digital archeology / heritage computing Submission guidelines: We invite two types of papers: • Full research papers (10 pages) • Industry – case studies & work in progress (4 pages) For submissions to the working conference, the authors must use the LNCS templates and style files available in http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0 . All papers should be in the working conference publication format be submitted by 1st of February 2015<x-apple-data-detectors://4> via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hwid2015 . An IFIP Springer copyright form must be filled in for each paper. They can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/series/6102 . Acceptance notification for conference papers: Notification of acceptance will be provided by 1st April 2015<x-apple-data-detectors://7>. All accepted papers will be published in the working conference proceedings in the form of an electronic copy with ISBN and made available to the participants. Selection of Papers for IFIP Springer Book: During the review process, the reviewers are asked to evaluate (also among papers from industry and students) whether the paper is suitable for an IFIP Springer book. We aim at most accepted full research papers to be included here, but also the possibility to have a very interesting perspective from industry or similar represented. This IFIP Springer book will be available after the conference. In addition, four to five papers will be selected for further development for a special issue in the International Journal of Socio-technology and Knowledge Development. Conference Chairs: José Abdelnour Nocera, Associate Professor, University of West London, United Kingdom Pedro Campos, Assistant Professor, University of Madeira, Portugal Organising Committee Torkil Clemmensen, Associate Professor, Department of IT Management, CBS, Denmark, Denmark Dinesh Katre, Associate Director & HOD, Human-Centred Design & Computing, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, India Arminda Lopes, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal Effie Law, Reader, University of Leicester, United Kingdom Barbara Rita Barricelli, Research fellow, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy About the conference: The Human Work interaction Design (HWID) working conference is organized by IFIP TC 13.6 working group, see http://hwid.cbs.dk/. The 1st HWID conference was organized at Madeira, Portugal in 2006 (Clemmensen, Campos, Orngreen, Pejtersen, & Wong, 2006). The 2nd HWID conference took place at Pune, India in 2009 (Katre, Orngreen, Yammiyavar, & Clemmensen, 2010). The 3rd HWID conference was held at Copenhagen, Denmark in 2012 (Clemmensen, Abdelnour-Nocera, Campos, Katre, Lopes, Pejtersen, & Orngreen 2012). In continuation with this series of the IFIP WG 13.6 on Human Work Interaction Design, the 4th HWID conference will take place in London, England on the 25th and 26th of June<x-apple-data-detectors://12>. References Clemmensen, T., Campos, P., Orngreen, R., Pejtersen, A. M., & Wong, W. (Eds.). (2006). Human work interaction design: designing for human work: the first IFIP TC 13.6 WG conference: designing for human work. (Vol. 1). Springer. Katre, D. S., Orngreen, R., Yammiyavar, P. G., & Clemmensen, T. (Eds.). (2010). Human Work Interaction Design: Usability in Social, Cultural and Organizational Contexts. (Vol. 316). Hamburg: Springer. Campos, P., Clemmensen, T., Nocera, J.A., Katre, D., Lopes, A., Ørngreen, R. (Eds.), (2013). Human Work Interaction Design. Work Analysis and HCI, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology.(Vol.407). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg. Dr. José Abdelnour Nocera Associate Professor in Sociotechnical Design School of Computing and Technology Head of Sociotechnical Centre for Innovation and User Experience University of West London St Mary’s Road, Ealing – London W5 5RF https://soc.uwl.ac.uk/~jabdelno

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CFP: 10th Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference (Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics)
by Anderson, Joel Neville 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics 10th Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference University of Rochester April 10-11, 2015 http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference “Solidarity” recalls notions of inclusivity, activism, and movement. Adopted from the French solidarité in the early 19th century, the word continues to indicate the communal union of interests or aspirations, as well as collective responsibility. From its use by labor unions to its association with socialism and communism, solidarity has historically been made to bear a sense of the political. We recognize in the powerful images of recent events a renewed need to assess strategies of togetherness, both historical and contemporary. We propose this topic with the aim of critically engaging pictures and their power to mobilize both differences and commonalities. Can we envision solidarity outside the pursuit of common political aims? Can we find common ground amidst different struggles? We invite scholars, artists, and activists to draw upon our understanding of solidarity and the visual dimensions in which solidarity is organized in social movements, represented in art and activism, and studied in and out of the academy. Possible topics might include, but are by no means limited to: * Artistic practice in political movements (labor, civil rights, climate change) * Tactics and strategies of historical and contemporary grassroots movements * Media images, hashtag #solidarity, spectacle * Protest songs, union anthems, “The Internationale,” “Solidarity Forever” * Armchair activism, “slacktivism,” and the ethics of involvement * Documentation of collectivity, alternative journalism * The politics of love and kinship We invite individual submissions as well as pre-constituted panels (of 3-4 presenters) in the form of 300 word abstracts (for 20-minute paper presentations) and 100 word bios for each presenter, to be sent to vcsconference(a)gmail.com by February 15, 2015. Select presenters may be invited to revise presentations for publication at InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture (http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu<http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/>). About the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester: http://www.rochester.edu/college/vcs Download PDF<http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference/wp-content/uploads/2014/1…>

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Faculty position at the University of Washington HCDE
by Daniela Rosner 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

Hi all, The University of Washington has an opening for a tenure/tenure track faculty position in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE). Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Human-Centered Engineering - Human-Centered Computing - Product Design - Research-through-Design - Science & Technologies Studies - Infrastructure Studies - Tangible & Embodied Interaction Review of applications will begin January 15, 2015. For more information see full posting pasted below or online at http://ap.washington.edu/ahr/academic-jobs/position/aa9073. Best, Daniela Human Centered Design and Engineering - Assistant or Associate Professor (AA9073) Position Overview Organization: College of Engineering, Human Centered Design and Engineering Title : Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Search Number : AA9073 Position Details The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington seeks a top caliber researcher and teacher to join our growing and dynamic department in 2015. We are most interested in candidates whose research is outstanding in quality and originality. The specialty of the position is open, though we particularly encourage applications in the areas of Human-Centered Engineering, Human-Centered Computing, Product Design, Research-through-Design, Science & Technologies Studies, Infrastructure Studies, and Tangible & Embodied Interaction. We are also interested in candidates who engage critically with theory in their research. Our department has a core interest in research-based approaches to design that place people at the center of activity. HCDE is an interdisciplinary community that incorporates a range of research traditions. More information about our department can be found at hcde.washington.edu. We will consider candidates from a range of disciplinary backgrounds who use innovative methodological and theoretical approaches to address current challenges in human-centered design and engineering. We expect our new colleagues to be engaged with emerging research trends in their area(s) of expertise. The successful candidate is expected to develop a substantial program of research including peer-reviewed publications and external funding. Candidates should show evidence of strong promise in teaching as well as scholarship. The department is seeking applicants for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position (9-month service period), although an appointment may be made at the rank of Associate Professor if circumstances and qualifications warrant. Applicants must have an earned doctorate or foreign equivalent by the date of appointment. HCDE offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees. The candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses and will supervise doctoral dissertations. The yearly teaching load is three courses (one per quarter) plus supervision of research groups. Teaching opportunities will be based on our current course offerings and the individual's areas of scholarly expertise. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and service. The successful candidate will join a vibrant faculty conducting interdisciplinary research in human-computer interaction and the design of sociotechnical systems. Current faculty research includes work in infrastructure studies, human-computer interaction, research through design, health and behavior change, visualization, computer-supported cooperative work, crowdsourcing, computer-mediated communication, ICTD, engineering design, scientific collaboration, emerging communication technologies, and engineering education. The department is the home of dynamic, collaborative faculty labs, and faculty members regularly collaborate with colleagues in Computer Science and Engineering, the Information School, and the School of Art. Faculty members also routinely engage in research projects with affiliates from the region's noted high-tech industry. Seattle is home to many prominent technology companies, along with a robust startup and global health community. University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as protected veterans, or status as qualified individuals with disabilities. Appointment begins in Autumn 2015. Review of applications will begin January 15, 2015. To apply, send (1) a letter of application, (2) current c.v., (3) statement of research and teaching goals, and (4) and at least three letters of recommendation. Materials should be addressed to Dr. Julie Kientz, Search Committee Chair, at hcdefac(a)uw.edu. Inquiries: Robin Donovan: robind3(a)uw.edu or Julie Kientz: jkientz(a)uw.edu. -- -!-.....-!-.....-!-.....-!-.....-!-.....-!-.....-!-.....-!-.....-!-.....-!- Daniela K. Rosner, Assistant Professor Sieg Hall, room 416 Dept. of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington depts.washington.edu/tatlab

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CfP - Persona Studies Journal and Working Papers Symposium
by Kim Barbour 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Call for Papers (with apologies for cross-posting): The inaugural issue of Persona Studies is scheduled for open access publication in March 2015. This exciting new journal will be preceded by a Working Papers Symposium held in Melbourne, Australia on February 5 2015, with virtual participation welcome. Abstracts are now being sought for the symposium and/or the inaugural issue of the journal. Open Call: Research and writing on any aspect of persona and persona studies. Persona studies is an emerging area of cross-disciplinary study that investigates the presentation of the self and the masks that we use as we construct ourselves in real and virtual settings and worlds. It is an exploration of the public self and how these versions of identity come to prominence in contemporary culture. It acknowledges that we all negotiate and construct personas that we deploy and employ in work and professional environments as much as in our recreational and leisure activities: much of the emerging work in persona studies is closer studies of these particular settings and how they help frame our public selves. The field of study has antecedents that connect its work to the study of celebrity and public personalities, performance studies, media and cultural studies and game identity work, biographical research, life-writing and autobiography work along with Internet studies, communication studies, cultural anthropology, social psychology, sociology and philosophy of the self and gender studies. It has further links with areas that also look at reputation and impression management and the critical investigation of branding, self-branding and the 'quantified self'. The journal's intentions are to facilitate an intellectual exchange, debate and discussion around persona and its constitution. It is an invitation to investigate its varied manifestations, its patterning in contemporary culture, its differentiation in different technological and cultural settings, and its conceptual and material significance and value. To gain a further sense of what constitutes persona studies, please see the recent special persona themed issue of M/C - Journal of Media and Culture: http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/issue/view/persona Written paper submissions: In the first instance, submit a 250-300 word abstract to personastudies(a)deakin.edu.au<mailto:personastudies@deakin.edu.au>, with 'Full Paper' in the subject line, by 8 December 2014. You will be notified to proceed to a full length paper within a week of abstract submission. For guidelines on the preparations of your full paper, see Author Guidelines: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/about/submissions#authorGuidelines. Full papers should be between 5000-8000 words, including citations, and will be vetted by the editorial team prior to submission for blind peer-review. Acceptance for peer review does not guarantee inclusion in the inaugural issue of the journal, but the editorial team may work with authors to develop papers for later issues. The second issue will have a special themed section on health and persona, and we encourage authors interested in this area to submit abstracts for inclusion. Key dates - Journal Abstract submission deadline - 8 December 2014 Notification of acceptance - 15 December 2014 Full papers due for peer review - 13 February 2015 Final revised papers due - 13 March 2015 Persona Studies journal launch - 20 March 2015 Working Paper Symposium submissions: In the first instance, submit a 250-300 word abstract to personastudies(a)deakin.edu.au<mailto:personastudies@deakin.edu.au>, with 'Working Paper' in the subject line by 8 December 2014. We will notify by 15 December 2014. Symposium participants must submit either a 10 minute audio-visual presentation OR a 2000-3000 word written paper by 28 January. This will be circulated to workshop participants and attendees. The symposium is designed to allow ample discussion. Therefore, each presenter will have fifteen minutes to focus on their work. In this time, you will briefly introduce your project or paper in process before shifting to group discussion. Where possible, papers on similar or complimentary themes will be presented consecutively, and more general discussion will follow each themed section. You may attend in person or participate virtually, and your paper will also be considered for inclusion in the inaugural issue of the journal. Key dates - Symposium Abstract submission deadline - 8 December 2014 Notification of acceptance - 15 December 2014 Short paper / presentation due - 28 January 2015 Persona Studies Working Papers Symposium - 5 February 2015 Kim Barbour School of Communication & Creative Arts Research, Faculty of Arts & Education Member of Persona Celebrity Publics (PCP) Emerging Research Group Deakin University Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC 3125 Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code 00113B Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free.

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Nov 21st #ELD15 Initial Proposal Deadline
by AJ Kelton 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Please consider submitting a proposal, which consists of a title and a 500 word abstract. See below for information on our revise/resubmit process. Also, please share this with your colleagues The *2015 Emerging Learning Design Conference (ELD15)* is accepting proposals for its 5th annual conference, to be held *May 29th 2015 *on the campus of Montclair State University. *INITIAL PROPOSAL DEADLINE – NOVEMBER 21st, 2015*. See below for details. - For the Call for Proposals Submission Form – click https://msusurveys.montclair.edu/index.php/771656/lang-en - For the ELD15 Session Types – click http://eld.montclair.edu/eld-call-for-proposals/session-types/ - For the Call for Proposals FAQ – click http://eld.montclair.edu/eld-call-for-proposals/eld-call-for-proposals-faq/ The theme for this year's conference is *CONNECT, CONSTRUCT, CREATE: ENGAGING APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING* *ROLLING SUBMISSION / EARLY ACCEPTANCE MODEL* ELD uses a “rolling submission” model for proposals: every proposal will be reviewed and given feedback within 2 weeks of submission. Your submission will either be accepted or you’ll be provided feedback from our reviewers and offered an opportunity to revise and resubmit. We’ll continue this process of accepting or giving constructive feedback to proposals until all presentation slots are filled or we reach our INITIAL PROPOSAL DEADLINE of November 21st, 2014. Submissions will still be accepted after November 21st, but they will be considered in the second round of proposals. We will work with those who submitted by the EARLY ACCEPTANCE DEADLINE and then look toward later submissions to complete the program, should presentation slots still be available. Why this model? Two main reasons: we've seen that having revise-and-resubmit cycles make our conference’s presentations the best they can be for our attendees, and accepting excellent proposals as they arrive is a great way to let our prospective audience know what to look forward to even before the whole program is finalized. In addition, this model is easier on our reviewers as we don’t get a rush of proposals on deadline day. How do you submit a proposal? Go to http://eld.montclair.edu/eld-call-for-proposals/eld-call-for-proposals-faq/ <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Feld.montclair.edu%2Feld-call-for…> read some brief instructions on what we need in your submission, and then go to URL and supply that information. We’ll be in touch to confirm your submission was complete, and then let you know within a couple weeks the response from our reviewers. Accepted conference presentations have the potential to be included as proceedings in the Journal of Emerging Learning Design. -- *AJ Kelton* Director, CHSS Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Montclair State University 973.655.3057 keltona(a)mail.montclair.edu [image: It's all here. Montclair State University.] <http://montclair.edu/> http://eit.montclair.edu ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2015 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> Hashtag: #ELD15 Journal of Emerging Learning Design http://eldj.montclair.edu ----------

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2015 CCI Summer School in Digital Methods, Melbourne, 9-12 February 2015
by Ellie Rennie 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Mon 9 Feb - Thurs 12 Feb 2015 @ Swinburne University, Hawthorn campus, Melbourne, Australia http://www.ccidigitalmethods.org/ We are now inviting applications for CCI’s 2015 Summer School. Following the success of the two previous CCI Winter Schools in 2012 and 2013 (http://www.cciwinterschool.org) the 2015 Summer School will focus on digital methods for sociocultural research. This CCI Summer School is designed for university researchers at all stages of their careers, from doctoral students, postdoctoral and mid-career academics to established scholars. It is an intensive, four-day programme focussed on new quantitative, qualitative and data-driven digital methods and their research applications in creative industries, media and cultural studies, internet studies, and related fields in the humanities and social sciences. Participants will work with leading researchers, engage in interactive workshop activities and receive direct feedback and individual mentoring on their own work. The Summer School will feature a Project Clinic where participants collaboratively workshop methodological aspects of their current project, receiving valuable advice from participants and mentors. Social activities will provide additional opportunities for participants to get to know each other and form collaborative relationships that will last for years to come. We particularly encourage applications from researchers working on projects or project ideas that incorporate, but are not limited to, some aspect of digital methods. - The School will offer a range of introductory technical workshops in topics including - Social media data analytics - Software and app studies - Analysing visual social media (Instagram) - Geo-spatial mapping tools - Data visualisation - Agent-based modelling - Web scraping - Ethnography and data The program will be grounded in contemporary problems in the analysis of social media, privacy, digital media production and consumption, and related ethical issues. Mentors, speakers and facilitators include (TBC): - Prof Axel Bruns - http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/bruns/ - A/Prof Jean Burgess - http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/burgesje/ - D/Prof John Hartley - https://humanities.curtin.edu.au/about/humstaff/research.cfm/John.A.Hartley <https://humanities.curtin.edu.au/about/humstaff/research.cfm/John.A.Hartley> - A/Prof Ellie Rennie - http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/staff-profiles/view.php?who=… - Prof Julian Thomas - http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/staff-profiles/view.php?who=… - A/Prof Patrik Wikstrom - http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/wikstrop/ - Dr Tama Leaver http://www.tamaleaver.net/ / https://humanities.curtin.edu.au/schools/MCCA/staff.cfm/T.Leaver<http://www.tamaleaver.net/%20/%20https://humanities.curtin.edu.au/schools/M…> plus other scholars to be announced soon. Australian and international scholars interested in applying for one of 30 places should send applications -- comprising a CV, a cover letter outlining your experience and interests in digital methods, and a one-paragraph description of a current project or project idea relevant to the Summer School’s themes -- to isrevents(a)swin.edu.au by 10 December 2014. Please use the subject heading CCI Summer School Application and send all materials as a single PDF file. There is no charge for participants, and the event will include some catering. Participants will need to organise their own transport and accommodation in Melbourne. A limited number of bursaries (up to $500) for travel and/or accommodation will be offered on a competitive basis to interstate/overseas applicants. Please indicate in your cover letter if you wish to be considered for a bursary. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation (CCI)<http://www.cci.edu.au/> is a national research network, with partner universities located around Australia. It is a cross-disciplinary, internationally-focused centre embracing both theoretical and applied research in media, cultural and communication studies, law, education, economics and business and information technology. The Centre addresses key problems and opportunities arising for Australia, the Asian region, from innovation in and through the creative economy. Over the past five years, the CCI has established a tradition of offering high-quality professional development for its own doctoral students and early career researchers as well as those from around the world, and through the Summer School we continue this tradition. Associate Professor Ellie Rennie Deputy Director Swinburne Institute for Social Research Swinburne University of Technology +61 3 92145303 +61 404 808 900

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cfp - The Social Productivity of Anonymity
by Andreas Wittel 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Call for papers for an *ephemera *special issue on: The social productivity of anonymity *Issue Editors: *Götz Bachmann and Andreas Wittel Anonymity is deeply tied to the European values of liberty, equality and fraternity. Concealing one’s identity can enable freedom (as in the anonymity of speech), support equality (e.g. in anonymous application procedures), and provide the basis for non-reciprocal relationships as expressed in the value of brotherhood (e.g. asking a stranger for directions). It is capable of traversing cultural differences and is essential for many contemporary forms of sharing, communality and collaboration (e.g. commons based peer production such as Wikipedia entries and open-source software). However, it is also contested and, indeed, under threat: networked databases, biometric identification and surveillance technologies such as CCTV are matched by discourses that condemn anonymity and celebrate transparency and openness. Legal, technological and moral imperatives towards transparency contribute to a process in which anonymity is increasingly under attack. As a consequence, the ‘end of anonymity’ has been declared in public discourses, not only since the revelations of Edward Snowden. However, this claim deserves to be scrutinised a bit further. Using a more analytical perspective, it becomes apparent that anonymity constitutes a specific form of social relation in which potentially identifying markers of individuality and difference are dissociated from specific individuals and collectives. This has the effect of creating situational, relational and partial forms of unknowability, invisibility, and untrackability (Nissenbaum, 1999; Ponesse, 2013). As contemporary societies are increasingly based on networked infrastructures we face new questions of how information, property and people can be disconnected. This holds true with regard to phenomena such as the international activist network Anonymous, internet-based communication, and forms of ‘algorithmic anonymity’ (Rossiter and Zehle, 2014). The social, moral, and legal significance of anonymity is also reflected in such controversial domains as baby drop-off boxes and anonymous births, the anonymous donation of organs, gametes, and blood, as well as peer reviewing and application procedures. Research into current transformations of anonymity at the intersections of technologies/infrastructures and politics is surprisingly thin. Empirical scholarship is fragmented and theoretical conceptualizations are rare (Nissenbaum, 1999; Frois, 2009; Wiedemann, 2012; Ponesse, 2013). With a perspective on everyday social and cultural practices future research will be able to build on a number of ethnographies such as Konrad’s work on egg donation (2005), Copeman’s comparative inquiries into blood donation (2009), Frois’ exploration of anonymity in self-help groups (2009), Lock’s ethnography of organ transplantation (2002), and Coleman’s study of hackers who operate under the Anonymous label (2010, 2013). While these studies provide some methodological and theoretical groundwork, none of them has addressed anonymity in its full complexity, nor have they linked constellations of anonymity regimes across different case studies. To collect insights into the ways in which anonymity is modified, maintained or abandoned in contemporary online-offline worlds, this special issue will combine three areas of research into anonymity: (1) research into technologies and infrastructures of information, communication, surveillance and identification; (2) research into the regulation, ethics and politics of anonymity; and (3) research into the everyday practices of anonymity ranging from sperm donation to social media, from peer review to police work, from political mobilisation to self-help groups. While anonymity is a deeply ambivalent social form we are particularly interested in contributions that defend anonymous interactions. Can we develop a concept of anonymity that emphasises its cultural and political values and its social productivity? Can we demonstrate that anonymity enhances, enriches and strengthens the social? We welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplines, looking for - Enquiries into the technical dimensions of anonymity: What forms of standards, protocols, software designs, technologies and aesthetics are shaping anonymity? How are they designed, decided upon, regulated and changed? - Ethnographic case studies into local formations of anonymity, especially those that connect online-based forms of anonymity with offline practices. - Case studies on the macro and micro-politics of anonymity, especially when anonymity becomes problematic. What undermines anonymity in specific settings, who develops strategies in its defence and to what aim? - Research into activist tactics and strategies for enabling anonymity, and attempts to raise the public socio-technical literacy with regard to managing identifying information (for example cryptoparties). - Research into the legal, moral or ethical principles and (historical) discourses, and how they are enacted, reflected, criticized or recreated by heterogeneous actors while doing/undoing anonymity. - Theoretical and empirical articles on the properties of anonymity, such as blockages of tracing identification, continuities between past and present and the prevention of reciprocity, and anonymity’s duration, (non-)reversibility and dynamics. - Theoretical and empirical articles on ways in which anonymity connects to concepts and practices of the person, the self, the social, of private/public constellations, of statehood, property and the commons. Contributions Potential contributors are asked to write an extended abstract (between 500 and 1000 words). Abstracts should be sent to both editors (goetz.bachmann [at] leuphana.de and andreas.wittel [at] gmail.com) The deadline for the submission of abstracts is *15 January 2015*. Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be 1 March 2015, and the deadline for the submission of full papers is *30 September 2015*. Please note that three categories of contributions are invited for the special issue: articles, notes, and reviews. All submissions should follow *ephemera*’s submissions guidelines ( www.ephemerajournal.org/how-submit <http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/submit.htm>). Articles will undergo a double blind review process. References Bauman, Z. (2011) ‘Is this the end of anonymity? From microdrones to the internet, technology is invading the private sphere – with our encouragement’, *The Guardian*, 28 June. Coleman, E. G. 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CFP: First International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'15)
by Seda Gurses 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

hi everyone, this computer science workshop is especially encouraging interdisciplinary and critical works on privacy and engineering practice, so i hope you consider submitting. best, s. CFP: First International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'15) http://ieee-security.org/TC/SPW2015/IWPE/ http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2015 21 May 2015 - The Fairmont, San Jose, CA ************************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES Deadline of paper submission: 23 January, 2015 Notification of acceptance: 16 February, 2015 Accepted Paper camera ready: 3 March, 2015 ************************************************************ We are pleased to invite you to participate in the premier annual event of the International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'15). Ongoing news reports regarding global surveillance programs, massive personal data breaches in corporate databases, and notorious examples of personal tragedies due to privacy violations have intensified societal demands for privacy-friendly systems. In response, current legislative and standardization processes worldwide aim to strengthen individual’s privacy by introducing legal and organizational frameworks that personal data collectors and processors must follow. However, in practice, these initiatives alone are not enough to guarantee that organizations and software developers will be able to identify and adopt appropriate privacy engineering techniques in their daily practices. Even if so, it is difficult to systematically evaluate whether the systems they develop using such techniques comply with legal frameworks, provide necessary technical assurances, and fulfill users’ privacy requirements. It is evident that research is needed in developing techniques that can aid the translation of legal and normative concepts, as well as user expectations into systems requirements. Furthermore, methods that can support organizations and engineers in developing (socio-)technical systems that address these requirements is of increasing value to respond to the existing societal challenges associated with privacy. In this context, privacy engineering research is emerging as an important topic. Engineers are increasingly expected to build and maintain privacy-preserving and data-protection compliant systems in different ICT domains such as health, energy, transportation, social computing, law enforcement, public services; based on different infrastructures such as cloud, grid, or mobile computing and architectures. While there is a consensus on the benefits of an engineering approach to privacy, concrete proposals for processes, models, methodologies, techniques and tools that support engineers and organizations in this endeavor are few and in need of immediate attention. To cover this gap, the topics of the International Workshop on Privacy Engineering (IWPE'15) focus on all the aspects surrounding privacy engineering, ranging from its theoretical foundations, engineering approaches, and support infrastructures, to its practical application in projects of different scale. Specifically, we are seeking the following kinds of papers: (1) technical solution papers that illustrate a novel formalism, method or other research finding with preliminary evaluation; (2) experience and practice papers that describe a case study, challenge or lessons learned from in a specific domain; (3) early evaluations of tools and other infrastructure that support engineering tasks in privacy requirements, design, implementation, testing, etc.; (4) interdisciplinary studies or critical reviews of existing privacy engineering concepts, methods and frameworks; or (5) vision papers that take a clear position informed by evidence based on a thorough literature review. IWPE’15 welcomes papers that focus on novel solutions on the recent developments in the general area of privacy engineering. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to: -Integration of law and policy compliance into the development process -Privacy impact assessment -Privacy risk management models -Privacy breach recovery Methods -Technical standards, heuristics and best practices for privacy engineering -Privacy engineering in technical standards -Privacy requirements elicitation and analysis methods -User privacy and data protection requirements -Management of privacy requirements with other system requirements -Privacy requirements operationalization -Privacy engineering strategies and design patterns -Privacy architectures -Privacy engineering and databases -Privacy engineering in the context of interaction design and usability -Privacy testing and evaluation methods -Validation and verification of privacy requirements -Engineering Privacy Enhancing Technologies -Models and approaches for the verification of privacy properties -Tools supporting privacy engineering -Teaching and training privacy engineering -Adaptations of privacy engineering into specific software development processes -Pilots and real-world applications -Privacy engineering and accountability -Organizational, legal, political and economic aspects of privacy engineering This topic list is not meant to be exhaustive; since IWPE'15 is interested in all aspects of privacy engineering. However, papers without a clear application to privacy engineering will be considered out of scope and may be rejected without full review. ************************************************************ PAPER FORMAT & SUBMISSION We solicit unpublished short position papers (up to 4 pages) and long papers reporting technical, research or industry experience (up to 8 pages) on all dimensions of the privacy engineering domain. Each paper, written in English, must follow IEEE Proceedings format. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the workshop to present the paper. All papers must be submitted via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwpe15 All IWPE'15 Papers will be published in IEEE eXplore, which is indexed by EI Engineering Index, ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI-S), Scopus etc. ************************************************************ If you have any questions regarding IWPE'15, please contact: Jose M. del Alamo (jm.delalamo(a)upm.es) Norman Sadeh (sadeh(a)cs.cmu.edu) Seda Gurses (seda(a)nyu.edu) Dawn Jutla (dawn.jutla(a)smu.ca)

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Call for Visiting Scholar Applications
by Center for Global Communication Studies 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

The Annenberg School of Communication's Center for Global Communication Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is seeking applications for its Spring 2015, Fall 2015, and Spring 2016 Visiting Scholar Program. Non-tenured professors, post-doctoral researchers, and advanced graduate students from around the world are welcome to apply to the program which will allow them to collaborate on research at CGCS and participate in the intellectual life of the Annenberg School. Scholars are expected to engage with Annenberg faculty and students, attend events and colloquia at the Annenberg School, present their research at a seminar, and produce a short research paper as a result of their stay. Applicants will be judged based on the quality of their research and relevance to CGCS research programs. Priority will be given to applicants from outside of the United States. CGCS Now Offering Visiting Researcher Scholarships CGCS is also offering a limited number scholarships of up to $5000 USD to offset the costs of travel and living expenses. The stipend amount will vary based on an applicant's proposed duration of visit, and should largely cover a stay of 2-3 months (for living and/or travel expenses). However, if scholars are able to secure additional funding, full year participation is also an option. Please indicate your interest/need in your application. Application Deadlines Applications are now open for Spring 2015, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016. * The deadline for all Spring 2015 applications is November 15, 2014. * The deadline for all Fall 2015 applications is January 1, 2015. * The deadline for all Spring 2016 applications is April 30, 2015. Applicants are required to provide a CV, statement of interest and research proposal, a short essay based on prompts, and a description of how you intend to secure or supplement funding for your stay. There is a $75 application fee. Applications will not be accepted by email. For more information go to http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/opportunities/visiting-scholar-program/ The application can be found at https://crm.orionondemand.com/crm/forms/KEx829I7SA70x6703M

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Practice-Based PhDs in Media Arts
by Grace Lille 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hi everyone, I am searching for (funded) practice-based PhD programs in media art in the US and Europe. If you know of any, or of good resources where to look for them, would you mind emailing these to me off-list? I will then compile a Google Doc and share it with the list for anyone interested. Thanks very much, Grace

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