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Survey Monkey Export Summary of Individual Responses: REQUEST FOR HELP
by Skaidra Puodziunas 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Hello AOIR friends, This mailing list has a track-record for being incredibly helpful, so I'm asking for a helping hand... *Brief background to my problem.... * I'm currently working with Survey Monkey (the SELECT option) to recruit respondents for my online thesis. Recently I had to export all of my data. In doing so, it wiped all of my survey respondents from the Survey Monkey system. The problem is that when I exported my data, I hit *export summary data*. What I really need are summary of i*ndividual responses. * *Why is this a problem? *To answer the empirical questions in my survey, I need more than just respondent count. This is effectively all that Survey Monkey provides when you hit export summary data. I really need to find a way to get my individual response summaries... *Hence, my question(s) for all of you incredibly fabulous researchers ...* 1. Does Survey Monkey have some kind of "back-up"/ e-copy/ provide ANY way for researchers to retrieve their previously exported data? My hope is that I can find a way to re-export my data. 2. If you don't personally have any leads for my first question, might you have leads/resources/helpful links I could check out? Any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you, kindly in advance! Skaidra. *Skaidra Puodziunas | *@SkaidraP 4B Honours Knowledge Integration<https://uwaterloo.ca/knowledge-integration/> & Speech Communication University of Waterloo

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Call for Participation: UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium
by Honglei Li 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Dear All, Apologize for cross-posting. You are cordially invited to attend the UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium held in St. Cathrine's College 7th April coming soon. The Consortium is set up to provide an opportunity for Junior IS Faculty to discuss important aspects of their academic career and build the networks that will help them with their future career and professional development. As part of the Consortium a panel of established IS faculty from different universities around the UK will give presentations on various relevant aspects of an academic career in IS and will share their own experiences. The following panel members have confirmed their contribution to the consortium: * Prof Julia Kotlarsky (Aston Business School) * Prof Liz Daniel (Open University) * Prof Ola Henfridsson (Warwick Business School) * Dr Mayasandra-Nagaraja Ravishankar (Loughborough University) In addition to the input from these panellists, the Consortium will also provide ample opportunity for delegates to get to know each other through round-table discussions, and a formal dinner followed by pub-visits in Oxford. Official registration could be done through filling the registration form here: http://www.ukais.org.uk/Documents/Downloads/23b1b159-c4f4-4ba9-944b-d27d465… The registration fee is 100 pounds including dinner cost. For further questions and information, please contact Andreas Schroeder at a.schroeder(a)aston.ac.uk. We look forward to meeting with you in Oxford! Organizer: Dr Honglei Li (Northumbria University, UK) and Dr Andreas Schroeder (Aston University, UK) -- 李红蕾 -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi@gmail.com; Honglei.Li(a)northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li

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DSST 2014 Research Summer Institute
by Gurzick, David 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

I know myself and other AoIR folk have benefitted greatly from the CSST/DSST summer workshops. Don¹t miss out on the opportunity. === Let's see if this works.... Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 - July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy - these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri - Columbia on July 8 - 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers - Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers - Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams - Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams - Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) atgogginss(a)missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss(a)missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss(a)missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey(a)ischool.utexas.edu) For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net) the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst(a)listserv.syr.edu) 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California - Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN)

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ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives (Breaking Boundaries? Seminar)
by Daniel Villar Onrubia 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Dear all, I hope the final event of the "Breaking Boundaries? Series" will of interest to some of you. We will be live streaming the seminar today for those who cannot attend in person: http://breakingboundariesoxford.org/?page_id=414 Best wishes, --- Daniel Villar Onrubia Oxford Internet Institute. University of Oxford daniel.villaronrubia(a)oii.ox.ac.uk http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=170 @villaronrubia ************************ *ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives*. Thursday 13th March 2014 17:00 - 18:30 Seminar Room G/H, Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens<http://breakingboundariesoxford.org/?page_id=50> This seminar will examine the notion that technologies can contribute to healthcare development initiatives in developing countries and explore the challenges associated with such approaches. *Dr Niall Winters* *Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab <http://www.lkl.ac.uk/> (LKL)* In this talk, Niall Winters will present his current ESRC/DFID-funded research (see: http://www.mchw.org) on the design and implementation of mobile learning interventions to support the training of healthcare workers in Kenya. He will discuss how the project has sought to determine how mobile technologies can help address the boundaries to participation in learning faced by healthcare workers and their trainers. Dr. Niall Winters is a Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab <http://www.lkl.ac.uk/> (LKL), Institute of Education<http://www.ioe.ac.uk/> , University of London <http://www.lon.ac.uk/> and Deputy Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media<http://www.ioe.ac.uk/research/departments/56588.html>. His main research interest is in the participatory design of mobile interventions for medical and healthcare training. The current focus of this research is two-fold: supporting the training of Kenyan community health volunteers in child development and investigating the use of mobile technology to support postgraduate medical education in London teaching hospitals. Niall is a member of the Strategy Planning Group of the London International Development Centre <http://lidc.org.uk/> and of the TEL Scoping and Review Group of Health Education England <http://hee.nhs.uk/>. Niall was previously a RCUK Academic Fellow<http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/acfellow/info.asp> at the LKL and was Programme Director for the MA in Education & Technology and Programme co-Director of the MSc in Learning Technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science <http://www.cs.tcd.ie/> (2002) from the University of Dublin, Trinity College <http://www.tcd.ie/> and a BSc (D.Hons) in Computer Science and Experimental Physics (1997) from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth <http://www.may.ie/>. His PhD<http://www.lkl.ac.uk/niall/nwdis/> addressed how to store and search large datasets of images. The primary application was vision-based mobile robot navigation. He has held visiting research positions with the Everyday Learning Group at Media Lab Europe<http://medialabeurope.org/> in Dublin, and the Computer Vision Lab <http://vislab.isr.ist.utl.pt/> at Instituto Superior Tecnico <http://www.ist.utl.pt/> in Lisbon. *Marco Haenssgen* *DPhil Candidate in International Development, University of Oxford* Marco's presentation will shift the focus from health workers to the potential recipients of mobile-phone-based health services. Focusing on upstream elements of mHealth, Marco will explore patterns of mobile phone use and healthcare-seeking behaviour, drawing on fieldwork insights from rural India (Rajasthan) and China (Gansu). The evidence suggests that common assumptions of mHealth proponents are easily violated; that is, mobile phone ownership is not ubiquitous and does not necessarily reflect mobile phone use, people do not necessarily share mobile phones freely amongst each other, they are not necessarily keen and excited technological learners, and they do develop mobile phone-aided coping strategies that may compete with mhealth. While both contexts offer, at least in theory, the potential for mobile technology to break boundaries, the presentation will emphasise the importance of understanding upstream factors of mHealth *before* deploying technological solutions in order to provide effective solutions and to avoid the potential exacerbation of healthcare inequities.

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DUE MARCH 20: CFP: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute
by Ingrid Erickson 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

**UPCOMING DEADLINE** Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 -- July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri -- Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy -- these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri -- Columbia on July 8 -- 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers -- Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers -- Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams -- Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams -- Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss(a)missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss(a)missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss(a)missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey(a)ischool.utexas.edu) For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net) the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst(a)listserv.syr.edu) 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California -- Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN)

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Fwd: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, "Hacking the Black/White Binary"
by Radhika Gajjala 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carol Stabile <cstabile(a)uoregon.edu> Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:23 PM Subject: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, “Hacking the Black/White Binary” To: fembot fembot <fembot(a)lists.uoregon.edu> The call for papers for Ada, Issue 5, “Hacking the Black/White Binary” is now available on the website. Also pasted below — please circulate far and wide! best, carol Call for Papers Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology Issue 5: Hacking the Black/White Binary Edited by Brittney Cooper (Rutgers) and Margaret Rhee (UC-Berkeley) "For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change." - Audre Lorde This special issue of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology will bring together ongoing conversations in critical race theory, women of color feminisms, queer studies, new media studies, and the digital humanities to interrogate the persistence of binaristic Black/White paradigms in U.S. racialization. The Black/White binary is a racial hierarchy historically utilized to uphold anti-Black racism. While the binary may be theoretically useful in highlighting continued racialized violence on African American and Black diasporic communities within the U.S., this Black/White binary frame also potentially obscures multiple structural logics of hegemonic power. For example, the Black/White binary does not adequately conceptualize or theorize women of color solidarity and movement building and the racialized experiences of Latinos, Asian-Americans, and Indigenous and Native Peoples. Nevertheless, Indigenous and feminist scholar Andrea Smith cautions us not to adopt the language of moving “beyond” the Black/White binary. This language of moving "beyond," Smith argues, fails to recognize the centrality of the Black/White binary and other binary logics such as Orientalism and settler colonialism in the structures of U.S. white supremacy. Comparative approaches to racialization, like those undertaken in the work of scholars like Roderick Ferguson, Grace Hong, and David Theo Goldberg, compellingly illuminate how racism is central to the logics of the U.S. nation state. Additionally, scholars working in new media studies such as Lisa Nakamura, Micha Cárdenas, Kara Keeling, and Tara McPherson provide critical formulations for understanding race, gender, and queerness in our digital age. We seek not to move "beyond" the Black/White binary. We seek to bridge the theoretical and creative interventions in racial theory and new media studies by convening digital feminists of color. Hacking the Black/White Binary while recognizing its continuing effects is critical. In light of persistent anti-Black racism and violence, how do we hold central our struggles against anti-Black and comparative racial oppressions in the U.S. while "hacking" the Black/White binary? How do we transform our understanding of race in our "post-racial," post-digital world? In short, can we "hack" the power structures of white supremacy, and how might women of color feminisms, and all their digital tools, inform this endeavor? Hack (Oxford English Dictionary) 1. cut with rough or heavy blows. 2. use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system. New media theorists Beth Coleman and Wendy Chun argue race can be thought of as tool. Articulating techne to race, we appropriate the term "hack” -- hack in the utilization of the digital for feminist gain, and hack, as the theoretical "cut," as theorized by Fred Moten. The ideological concept of race has violently produced physical pain, and untimely deaths to bodies of color. We build upon this formulation of race as tool and "hacking the binary" to ask how feminist of color critique utilizes, reshapes, and creates new technologies to combat the dehumanizing effects of racism in our digital age. As Audre Lorde wrote in the epigraph above, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House." Lorde calls for tools that create genuine change. At the core of our special issue is the insistence on "genuine change." In the shadow of increasing racial violence in our "post-racial" state, we urge for new imaginings, formulations, and tools to make new houses and hack the binary. We invite contributors--artists, scholars, and activists--to explore the concept of "Hacking the Black/White Binary" through a feminist lens. In addition to unpublished traditional scholarly articles, we invite collaborative, digital, and multi-modal approaches that can benefit from the journal's open access online status. We also invite creative contributions (interviews, short features, videos) to an online gallery, which will be published alongside the journal issue, and will exhibit digital projects that "hack" the Black/White binary in anti-racist and feminist ways. Topics and approaches might include, but are not limited to: · The Possibilities and Limitations of the Black-White Binary in Online Feminism and Beyond · Categories of "Women of Color" and "People of Color" · Racial Triangulation · Cross-racial Alliances in Digital Feminism · Social Media Approaches to Race and Gender · Intersectionality · Online Feminism as Hacker or Harbinger of White Supremacy · Feminist Epistemology and Raced Gendered Subjects · Creative Hacks that Emerge from POC communities · Queer of Color Critique and Critical Race Theory in Our Digital Age · Hacking · The Digital Divide · Creative Digital Solution-Making Among People of Color and in Relationship to Gender and Sexual Violence, Reproductive justice, Prison Industrial Complex, Empire, and other social justice issues Please send essays (max. 3000 words) to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu by 1 August 2014 for consideration. Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; please contact the editors to discuss specifications and/or multimodal contributions. Please send questions and queries to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu. For more information, please check Ada submission guidelines here. Peer Review and Ada Ada is an online, open access, open source peer reviewed journal. The journal’s first issue was published online in November 2012 and has so far received more than 125,000 page views. All work published in Ada will go through four rounds of review: Pre-Review, Expert Review, Community Review and Public Review. More on the Ada Review policy here. Dates ● August 1, 2014: Essays due ● August 11, 2014: First round of essays accepted, sent for Level 1 Review (expert peer review) ● September 1, 2014: Second round of essays sent for Level 2 Review (Fembot community review) ● October 1, 2014: Issue published to general public. _______________________________________________ fembot mailing list fembot(a)lists.uoregon.edu https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/fembot

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CFP Deadline for IIP/FCC Workshop Extended One Week
by Richard Denny Taylor 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Colleagues, The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Experts' Workshop described below has been extended for one week, until March 22. Thank you. Richard Taylor Call for Paper Proposals THE FUTURE OF BROADBAND REGULATION A by-invitation experts' workshop Organized by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University and co-sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC May 28-30, 2014 The U.S. National Broadband Plan envisions the transition of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure to a ubiquitous IP-based broadband network. While there is a vibrant discussion of how best to manage the transition, there is only a nascent discussion of what the policy framework should look like after it is completed. What is the long-term outlook (beyond the transition and into the next decade) for the broadband ecosystem, and how will the regulatory system have to adapt to a changed environment? Advances in infrastructure technology and applications have, and will likely continue to push at the boundaries of current regulatory frameworks for telecommunications, media, and even intellectual property rights The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State (IIP), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is pleased to announce this call for paper proposals addressing the multiple factors in thinking about regulation for post-transition broadband networks. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 2-day by-invitation-only workshop designed to bring together up to a dozen experts to be held at the Federal Communications Commissions on (date). The Workshop is designed to draw together the latest academic thinking on these questions and to give FCC staff the opportunity to suggest elements of a forward-looking research agenda that would contribute to the policy discourse around them. The workshop is part of a series of events focused on "Making Policy Research Accessible," organized by the IIP, with the support of the Ford Foundation and the Media Democracy Fund. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers to the Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org) All disciplines are welcome. Invited topics of papers may include, but are not limited to: . Will the dominant model for delivery of broadband services be fixed or mobile? How much competition will there be (especially wireline)? Will there be new technologies or entrants? . What is the future of "over-the-top" content and CDNs? . What will be the impact of the "internet of things"? What is its regulatory status? . How is the "public interest" defined in the broadband ecosystem? What sorts of regulatory safeguards/interventions will be needed to advance the public interest? . How do the FCC's broadband promotion programs interact with efforts of other agencies, on both the demand and supply side? . How should the concept of universal service evolve? What can the designers of universal service policies learn from efforts to stimulate demand for broadband? . What are the implications for regulatory frameworks of technological and other changes in the broadband ecosystem? . How should the division of labor between state and federal regulatory authorities change? . Are there any regulatory challenges on the horizon that are not yet part of the mainstream broadband regulation debate? Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip(a)psu.edu by March 15, 2014. Please write IIPFCCPOST: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Accepted presenters will be notified by March 31, 2014.

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Media: Theory and Practice - registation closing soon
by Mishel Pavlovski 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Call for papers Extended Deadline: 15 March 2014 Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ��Media: Theory and Practice�� Hotel Continental, Skopje, Macedonia, 4�\6 September 2014 <http://cultcenter.net/> http://cultcenter.net/ Supported by: European Communication Research and Education Association International Association for Media and Communication Research The Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS) invites proposals for papers, thematic panels and original media productions for Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ��Media: Theory and Practice�� The aim of this conference revolves around a foundational impetus to shed greater light on all relevant aspects of media studies, including mass communication, media technology, the visual and the performing arts, TV, radio, WEB and print media, as well as other key components of media studies and mass communication. We invite proposals based on media theory (particularly critical media studies and cultural studies), and proposals that consider the relationship between media and (popular) culture, politics, arts, new media, as pertinent fields of study. We welcome submissions that offer original media productions: documentary films, fictionalized or non-narrative creative expressions. The submitted proposal needs to contain a creative or theoretical explanation of the submitted work. We invite projects by PhD students or submissions by teams of students and instructors (lecturers). Hence, the Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ��Media: Theory and Practice�� strives to offer a dialogic space for media theorists and practitioners. Along those lines, we invite media studies�� theorists as well as practitioners to offer proposals through engaging and current ideas, paper topics, workshop presentations and round table discussions. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Media Analyses o Content analysis o Media literacy o Media discourses * Critical Theory and Media Criticism o Media and hegemony o Media and globalization * Media and Political Communication o Media activism o Media and ideology o Media and democracy * Media and Law o (De)Regulation of media o Media and privacy o Media and copyright * Art and Media o Art-science interface o Media and aesthetics o Film o Theatre o The visual arts o The performing arts * Media and Culture o Media and gender o Diaspora, migrants and media o Media and ethnicity o Media and audience o Cultural populism o Cultural capital o Media and remembrance/forgetting o Media and heritage o Media and identity o Media representation * New Media o Media and games o Social media o Digital activism o Media ecosystem o Multimedia * Journalism studies o Journalism and social and cultural representations o The role and status of journalism in the era of digital technology Paper proposals For individual paper proposals, please fill out the following form <http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers> http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers If you have problems filling the form, please download offline form in MS WORD format <http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx> http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx Submissions for individual paper proposals should number to 250 words. Important Dates and Fees Deadline for abstracts submission: 15 March 2014 Notifications of acceptance: 1 April 2014 Deadline for full paper submission: 1 December 2014 Early registration (till 1 May 2014): �40 Late registration (till 15 August 2014): �60 On-site registration (or after 15 August 2014): �80 The registration fee includes: the welcome party, conference materials, an online publication of the abstracts, refreshment breaks. Full papers that have received a positive review will be published in the journals ��ݧ� ��/Culture�� and/or ��Investigating Culture��. Official languages of Conference are English, Russian and Macedonian. The Conference will be held on 4-6 September, 2014 in Hotel Continental, Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia. For any further information please contact Dr. Mishel Pavlovski ( <mailto:mishel@cultcenter.net> mishel(a)cultcenter.net) or Dr. Loreta Georgievska Jakovleva ( <mailto:loreta@cultcenter.net> loreta(a)cultcenter.net) ============================================================================ ============== Dr. Mishel Pavlovski University ��Ss. Cyril and Methodius�� Institute for Macedonian Literature <http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/> http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/ Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies <http://cultcenter.net/> http://cultcenter.net/

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Berkman Center Job Opportunity: Communications Manager
by Rebecca Tabasky 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Hi there, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University seeks a Communications Manager <https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWEbHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerID=25240&siteI…> to join our team. You will direct the Berkman Center's overall communications strategy, with the goal of increasing the visibility, accessibility, understanding, and reach of the Center and our work and activities. Working alongside a small team of staff who manage digital media production, special initiatives, events, and community, and in company with the faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and broader community at Berkman, you will develop and implement a strategic communications plan for the Berkman Center---a high-profile, dynamic, and spirited research center at Harvard University focused on addressing a wide range of the most exciting and pressing issues presented to us by digital and information/communications technologies. You will play a central role in advancing the Center's mission, "scholarship with impact," by spearheading communications efforts that better enable us to engage with our existing networks and create bridges to new communities, people, and organizations. You'll be excited to share our efforts in novel, clear, and innovative ways; use compelling storytelling techniques and tools; incorporate design-thinking and user-centered practices into our work; and consider ways in which the Center can integrate these communications practices into our workflows. A full position description, and application information, is up on the Berkman site: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/jobs/communicationsmanager Should you have questions about the role, please feel free to reach out! Many thanks, Becca and the Berkman Center team **

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Over 50% have attended before!
by AJ Kelton 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Over 50% of those registered for the 2014 Emerging Learning Design conference on May 30th, 2014 are PAST ATTENDEES! What do they know that you may not? Come to #ELD14 and find out! Register today before the Advanced Registrations sell out http://bit.ly/14somed0 ----- 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 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton <http://twitter.com/aj_kelton>

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