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CFP - JoPP Special Issue on Feminism and (Un)Hacking
by Mathieu.O'Neil 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

<apologies if you've already seen this many times> Journal of Peer Production (JoPP) CFP for Special Issue on Feminism and (Un)Hacking Editors: Shaowen Bardzell, Lilly Nguyen, Sophie Toupin There has been a recent growth in interest in feminist approaches to practices like hacking, tinkering, geeking and making. What started off as an interest in furthering representations of women in the technical fields of computer science and engineering, often along the lines of liberal feminism, has now grown into social, cultural, and political analyses of gendered modes of social reproduction, expertise, and work, among others. Practices of hacking, tinkering, geeking, and making have been criticized for their overtly masculinist approaches, often anchored in the Euro-American techno-centers of Silicon Valley and Cambridge that have created a culture of entrepreneurial heroism and a certain understanding of technopolitical liberation, or around the German Chaos Computer Club (CCC). With this special issue of the Journal of Peer Production, we hope to delve more deeply into these critiques to imagine new forms of feminist technical praxis that redefine these practices and/or open up new ones. How can we problematize hacking, tinkering, geeking and making through feminist theories and epistemologies? How do these practices, in fact, change when we begin to consider them through a feminist prism? Can we envision new horizons of practice and possibility through a feminist critique? In this call, we understand feminist perspectives to be pluralistic, including intersectional, trans, genderqueer, and race-sensitive viewpoints that are committed to the central principles of feminism--agency, fulfillment, empowerment, diversity, and social justice. We refer to the term hacking with a full understanding of its histories and limitations. That said, we use it provisionally to provoke, stimulate, and reimagine new possibilities for technical feminist practice. Hacking, as a form of subjectivity and a mode of techno-political engagement, has recently emerged as a site of intense debate, being equally lauded as a political ethos of freedom and slandered as an elitist form of expertise. These fervid economic and political ideals have been challenged and at times come under attack because they not only displace women and genderqueer within these technological communities but, more importantly, because they displace gendered forms of reflection and engagement. Drawing on a growing community of feminist scholarship and practices, we hope to build on this momentum to invite submissions that reconceptualize the relationship between feminism and hacking. We aim to highlight feminist hackers, makers and geeks not only as new communities of experts, but as new modes of engagement and novel theoretical developments. In turn, with this special issue, we hope to challenge both concepts of feminism and hacking to ask several questions. How can feminist approaches to hacking open up new possibilities for technopolitics? Historically, hacking discourses center on political and labor aesthetics of creation, disruption, and transgression. How can feminist theories of political economy push technopolitical imaginaries towards alternate ideals of reproduction, care, and maintenance? Conversely, we also ask how notions of hacking can open up new possibilities for feminist epistemologies and modes of engagement? We seek scholarly articles and commentaries that address any of the following themes and beyond. We are also interested in portraits, understood broadly, of feminist hackers, makers and geeks that help us better understand feminist hacker, maker and geek culture. We also solicit experimental formats such as photo essays or other media that address the special issue themes. · What is distinctive about feminist hacking or hackers? How does feminist hacking practices help create a distinct feminist hacking culture? · Why are feminist hacking practices emerging? Which constellation of factors help the emergence of such practices? · What do we know about the feminist hacker spectrum? i.e. what are the differences among feminist hacking practices and how can we make sense of these distinctions? · What tensions in hacking and/or in hacker practices and culture(s) come to the fore when feminist, anti-patriarchal, anti-racist, anti-capitalist and/or anti-oppression perspectives are taken? · What does feminist hacker ethic(s) entail? · What kind of social imaginaries are emerging with feminist hacking and hackers? · What kinds of hacking are taking place beyond the Euro-American tradition? Submission abstracts of 300-500 words due by September 8, 2014, and should be sent to femhack(a)peerproduction.net All peer reviewed papers will be reviewed according to Journal of Peer Production guidelines; see http://peerproduction.net/peer-review/process/ Full papers and materials (peer reviewed papers around 8,000 words; testimonies, self-portraits and experimental formats up to 4,000 words) are due by January 31st, 2015 for review.

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Dept. of Communication and Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Tenure Track Research and Teaching Positions
by Nicholas John 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Department of Communication and Journalism Tenure-Track Research and Teaching Positions The Noah Mozes Department of Communication and Journalism at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites outstanding candidates to apply for tenure-track positions starting July 2015. Excellent candidates in all areas of communications are invited to apply. The successful applicant will join a dynamic research-oriented faculty offering innovative undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. For more information about our faculty and research please visit: http://sites.google.com/site/smarthuji/home. The language of instruction is Hebrew, although English is acceptable for an initial period. Applications should include: Detailed CV including full list of publications A scientific biography, including a research plan for the next several years, 3-4 pages long Letters of recommendation from at least two persons qualified to assess the candidate’s achievements and potential Copies of three selected recent publications that best showcase the candidate’s scholarship Brief description of 3-4 potential courses that the candidate could teach Teaching evaluations (if such exist) Applicants will compete with candidates of other departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences for academic positions. Application materials, letters of recommendation and/or inquiries should be directed to: Prof. Esther Schely-Newman, Chair marciek(a)savion.huji.ac.il Deadline for applications: September 15th 2014. ____________ Nicholas John Department of Communication, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tel: +972-54-7906073 @nicholasajohn https://sites.google.com/site/smarthuji/people/faculty/dr-nicholas-john

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Workshop Deadline Extended
by Richard Denny Taylor 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for submitting Abstracts for the Workshop described below has been extended for one week, to July 25. Thank you. Richard Whose Information Is It Anyway? In Search of a New Balance A by-invitation experts' workshop New America Foundation September 10-12, 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS Traditional notions of individual and public rights with respect to information are being redefined across a broad front, raising profound challenges to freedom of speech, assembly, association, and communication. The aggregation, archiving and use of information also have profound implications for the future of national security and business strategy. Currently, decision-makers are responding to capabilities enabled by new technologies, for which appropriate usage norms have not yet emerged, and are struggling to formulate coherent strategies addressing some fundamental questions. Can and should the legitimate demands of border security, law and order and the prevention of terrorism limit an individual's rights over personal and/or private information? What restraints on the collection, aggregation and use of personal information should exist? How do we balance the principles of zones of personal privacy, the right to control one s most personal information, and ownership rights over digital media, with the benefits of vibrant markets in information goods and services? Is there a general right to have one s personal information removed from all commercial digital databases? Are there practical models that respect human dignity without crippling data aggregators? Vociferous information ownership debates are taking place in the copyright and intellectual property fields as well. The digitization of content has enabled access to works that have not been in circulation for years, if not centuries. Yet some copyright/IP holders have suggested that works in the public domain, if not actively defended, should be privatized, and works that currently benefit from the time-limited protection of law for the public s benefit should become the permanent property of private rights holders, effectively ending the public domain. There are modest examples of alternatives: the Open Source community; the Creative Commons/ copyleft movement; the increasing emergence of collaborative no-charge academic journals, etc. What are the practical models that strengthen the public domain, and still provide sufficient incentives for creative productions? We've heard the traditional answers to these questions and invite prospective authors to comment in an independent, scholarly, and innovative way on topics regarding control of information in the 21st Century. Multidisciplinary approaches are encouraged that combine theory and evidence to evolve integrative and long-term perspectives on information rights. The Institute for Information Policy (IIP) at Penn State and the X-Lab at the New America Foundation (NAF) are pleased to announce this call for papers that offer new (or updated) perspectives and theories about the balance between the rights of individuals, states, businesses and the public in information and personal data. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present them during a three day, invitation-only workshop designed to bring together a diverse group of experts and to be held at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC. This Workshop is the 9th in a series of events 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 for review by the Journal of Information Policy ( <http://www.jip-online.org> www.jip-online.org) The workshop will take place on September 10-12, 2014, the days leading to the 42nd annual TPRC conference. Invited topics include, but are not limited to: . Information policy and national security . Balancing privacy and security . Data mining and privacy . The SOPA/PIPA debate aftermath . New avenues for academic publishing . Personal freedoms in the digital age . Cybersecurity . Patent reform and patent "trolls" . Individual ownership of personal information . The "right to be forgotten" . The relationship of government agencies and data-based enterprises . New theories of digital intellectual property . The future (if any) of the "first sale" doctrine . Are we compromising our security? The U.S. role in data insecurity . Are commercial/trade secrets the same as national security secrets? . "Big Data," AI, and data security and privacy in the inter-cloud . Extraterritoriality of the U.S. I.P. regime . Privacy and the "Internet of Things" . Bio-enhancements and privacy . Smart infrastructure, surveillance, and privacy Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to <mailto:pennstateiip@psu.edu> pennstateiip(a)psu.edu by July 18, 2014. Please write IIPXLABWS: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Abstracts not sent according to the above instructions will not be reviewed. Accepted presenters will be notified by July 25, 2014.

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Program - Conference "Young adults and circulation of cultural products: Mediterranean Perspectives" France
by Hélène BOURDELOIE 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

Dear colleagues, The organizing committee is pleased to send you the program of the conference "Young adults and circulation of cultural products: Mediterranean Perspectives" to be held in the premises of the University of Paris 13 (France), Bobigny 10 to 12 September 2014: http://jacbc.sciencesconf.org/program?lang=en You can register now, via the dedicated website at the conference at the following address: http://jacbc.sciencesconf.org/registration/index This procedure will also allow you to complete your registration by choosing the payment method for registration fees. We are looking forward to seeing you in September. Enjoy your summer break, Sincerely, The organizing committee, LabSic, MSH Paris Nord, LABEX ICCA -------- Hélène Bourdeloie Maître de conférences en sciences de l'information et de la communication Université Paris 13 - Sorbonne Paris Cité LabSIC - Labex ICCA & chercheuse associée au laboratoire COSTECH (UTC) Tél: 01 77 22 27 51 / 06 58 85 28 79 Skype: Helene.bourdeloie Site internet: http://www.helenebourdeloie.org Fiches chercheur: http://www.univ-paris13.fr/labsic/chercheurfiche/helene-bourdeloie http://www.utc.fr/costech/v2/pages/infos-chercheur.php?id=102

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Social Data & Tools: Prizes for Academics
by Shulman, Stu 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

*Social Data & Tools: Prizes for Academics* We felt inspired by the recent #DataGrants experiment sponsored by Twitter that generated more than 1,300 proposals from 60 countries and resulted in six extremely interesting awards. One thing is clear: many more grants of social data licenses are needed to fuel academic research. Texifter is sponsoring social data and tools prizes for academics as a simple contest with 12 winners a month this summer. In addition to social data access, we understand that many academic researchers also need “point & click” web-based tools to simplify the data access and management tasks involving social media APIs and jSON. To learn how to enter: http://bit.ly/1pGuUJo The first dozen winners were selected from June entries. You can read about the winners' projects here: http://bit.ly/1m9v1xU We will select another dozen prize winners at the end of July. It takes five minutes to enter by creating a free Historical Twitter estimate and submitting a CV. -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman http://people.umass.edu/stu Founder and CEO, Texifter http://texifter.com LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman Twitter https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman

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Hotel Information for IR15
by Kendall, Lori 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

Hey folks! We are looking forward to a great conference in Daegu, Korea in October! Just a quick reminder that Registration for the conference is now open and available here: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=142. You can also find a general outline of the program here: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=95. I know many of you are making your travel plans now. We do have some travel information available here: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=229. For more detailed information, be sure to download the PDFs available on that page. We will have more information about hotels soon, along with assistance in registering for the hotels. Please note that the venue for the conference, the Saint Western Beomeo, is a brand new hotel that just opened earlier this year. There are other Saint Western hotels in Daegu, but our venue does not have reviews up in TripAdvisor yet (or anywhere else so far as we know). Erika Pearson (Program Chair) and I will be visiting Daegu next week. Stay tuned for more information about the venue, travel, and Daegu when we return! Lori Kendall President, AoIR

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CFP: Citizen innovation projects in Ibero-America
by Medialab-Prado Comunicación 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Open call for citizen innovation projects in Ibero-America *International collaborative workshop in Veracruz (Mexico)* Deadline: August 17, 2014 The Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB), through the initiative Ciudadanía 2.0 and the Coordinación de Estrategia Digital Nacional of the Oficina de la Presidencia de la República (México) opens this call for projects related to citizen innovation for their development and prototyping in the Laboratorio Iberoamericano de Innovación Ciudadana which takes place from November 24 to December 5, 2014 in the city of Veracruz, México, within the frame of the XXIV Ibero-American Summits of Heads of State and Governments. For this reason, an open call has gone out for all thyose interested in presenting a proposal for citizen innovation projects that apply to the Ibero-America, of which 10 will be selected for their development in a collaborative workshop in Veracruz. Selected projects announced: September 8, 2014 Open call for collaborators: September 8 – October 5, 2014 More information: http://medialab-prado.es/article/labicproyectos -- Nerea García Garmendia Comunicación y contenidos Web en Medialab-Prado Plaza de las Letras Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid T. 912 191 157 nerea(a)medialab-prado.es http://www.facebook.com/MedialabPradoMadrid Twitter: @medialabprado <https://twitter.com/medialabprado> // /Este correo y sus documentos adjuntos pueden contener información confidencial y/o privilegiada que sólo podrá ser utilizada por su destinatario para el fin del cual es objeto el presente correo. Si usted no es el destinatario o lo ha recibido por error rogamos nos lo comunique y proceda a su eliminación advirtiéndole que toda copia, revelación, distribución y/o cualquier otro uso queda terminantemente prohibido pudiendo incurrir en responsabilidades legales. En cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en el artículo 5 de la Ley Orgánica 15/1999, de 13 de diciembre, de protección de datos de carácter personal, MADRID DESTINO CULTURA TURISMO Y NEGOCIO, S.A. (en adelante, MADRID DESTINO) le informa que sus datos personales o de contacto profesional facilitados serán incorporados en nuestros ficheros de datos personales con la finalidad de gestionar el envío de comunicaciones informativas, así como la relación promocional, comercial y/o negocial (incluyendo, como tal finalidad, la formalización y gestión de contratos y la gestión contable, fiscal, laboral y administrativa) que MADRID DESTINO pudiera mantener con usted. Si lo desea, puede ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, cancelación y oposición dirigiéndose a MADRID DESTINO CULTURA TURISMO Y NEGOCIO, S.A. sita en Madrid, c/ Montalbán 1, 7ª planta, 28014. *El medioambiente es cosa de todos: antes de imprimir este e-mail, piense bien si es necesario hacerlo. * This email and the attached documents may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the exclusive use of the person named above for whom this message is intended. If you are not the designated recipient or have received it by mistake, please notify us and delete this message. You are also hereby notified that copying, revealing, distributing and/or using the contents of this email in any other way is strictly prohibited and may have legal consequences. In accordance with the stipulations of Spanish Data Protection Law, MADRID DESTINO CULTURA TURISMO Y NEGOCIO, S.A. (hereinafter, MADRID DESTINO) hereby informs you that the personal or professional contact details you provide will be recorded in our personal detail files for the purposes of sending announcements and notices and for managing the promotional, commercial and/or business relationship (including, for such purposes, the formalisation and management of contracts as well as accounting, fiscal, labour and administrative management) that MADRID DESTINO may have with you. If you wish, you may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation or objection by writing to MADRID DESTINO CULTURA TURISMO Y NEGOCIO, S.A. situated at c/ Montalbán 1, 7ª planta, 28014 Madrid. *We are all responsible for the environment: please think before you print this email.”*/**

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Critical digital literacy resources?
by Barton, David 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Hi Chris, if you are interested in getting students to think more critically about their everyday uses of digital media, we have found it helpful for them to reflect on their 'technobiographies' as discussed in the book Language Online http://bit.ly/1nsqWjX . And the research methods book Researching Language and Social Media, published this week by Routledge, has a chapter on using techniobios in class http://bit.ly/1kZGsUh . Hope this helps. David Barton, Lancaster University.

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Research Participation Request
by Sarah J Huibregtse 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Re: Instructional Explanations: Strategies for Message Writing Dear Potential Participant, My name is Sarah J. Huibregtse, and I am a doctoral learner in Education at Capella University specializing in Instructional Design for Online Learning. I am writing to invite you to participate in my research study about Instructional Explanations: Strategies for Message Writing. This study will collect data regarding writing strategies currently utilized by subject matter experts during development of instruction, and identify strategies used to help learners activate prior knowledge and foster active processing of messages. Participants of this study must have first hand experience with developing and writing instructional messages (i.e. materials, content, explanations), or experience assisting course writers/subject matter experts as they write and develop messages. I am seeking participants who meet one of the following criteria: § Instructional Design Expert § Instructional Design Practitioner § Instructional Design Academic § Subject Matter Expert with 5 or more years experience Requirements of participants: § Time commitment: approximately 40+ minutes § Signed informed consent form § Completion of online survey Participation is voluntary and you will be able to leave the study at any time. If you meet the above criteria, and would like to participate, please access the survey and online Informed Consent Form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HX623HY <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HX623HY> . If you have received this invitation from multiple sources, please complete the survey once only. Please forward this message to other message writers you think may be appropriate for this study. I look forward to your reply at your earliest convenience. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at: Email: shuibregtse(a)capellauniversity.edu <mailto:shuibregtse@capellauniversity.edu> Phone: (971) 209-2012 (Pacific Time) Skype: shubrex Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Sarah J. Huibregtse, M. Ed. Doctoral Learner

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Tenured associate professor (Maître de Conférences) -- Telecom ParisTech
by Antonio A. Casilli 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Dear all, Please find below the position opening for a tenured associate professor in “social data science” at the Social and Economic Sciences (SES) department of Telecom ParisTech (Paris, France). The application deadline is September 14, 2014. http://www.telecom-paristech.fr/index.php?id=3418 Please feel free to forward this ad to potential candidates, and to contact me for additional information. Antonio Casilli Associate Professor Telecom ParisTech Researcher Edgar Morin Center, EHESS casilli(a)telecom-paristech.fr ----------------------------------------------------------------- Open position Tenured associate professor –"Social data scientist" Social and Economic Science (SES) Department Telecom ParisTech ABOUT US Telecom ParisTech (also known as ENST, École nationale supérieure des télécommunications) is one of the most selective engineering “grandes écoles” (Elite Universities) in France. Located in Paris, it was founded in 1878, and prides itself to have invented the word "telecommunication". Telecom Paristech invites applications for a tenured associate professor in the field of “social data science”, to join its department of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), to begin as early as 2015. Partner of the IDEX Paris-Saclay, member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE), Telecom ParisTech is strongly positioned on innovation and information and communication technologies. Its mission is to train engineers understanding the challenges of innovation both from a technological and a socio-economic point of view. To achieve this, it employs faculty members, whose teaching activity extends into advanced research on topics falling in the fields of economics, social sciences and management. The candidate will reinforce the SES department’s focus on Web use and digital cultures, at the crossroads of major social and economic dynamics (formation of the publics, online demographics, political consequences of ICTs). The position requires research experience in the field of statistical analysis and online data. Proficiency in French is required. ABOUT THE CANDIDATE The candidate holds a PhD in the fields of Sociology, Demography, Geography, Media and Communication Sciences, Management or Economics. The candidate has developed skills in analysis of use of digital technologies, as well as some of the following competencies: social network analysis, audience quantification, web mining, data visualization, machine learning. TEACHING The successful candidate will join the SES Department teaching team and participate to the following courses: • Project Tutoring: o Controversy mapping (related to technological innovation); o Student projects (technology, innovation and design); o Continuing Education (monitoring projects and startup creation, especially within the ESSEC Master) • Teaching Social Science at Master level (Master Big Data, Master STS, continuing education). RESEARCH The candidate is expected set up and contribute to research activities in direct collaboration with members of the SES department and research chairs, in order to co-author with other Telecom ParisTech faculty members a steady stream of publications in reference conferences and journals. The candidate will contribute to ongoing research projects conducted within the SES department by bringing a consistent empirical approach, relying on innovative methods of data collection, storage, processing, automation, and data visualization. Finally, the candidate will help design and manage interdisciplinary and cross-team research projects within the Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation i3 of the Mines-Telecom Institute (particularly, in the area of research "use, participation, democratization of innovation"). APPLICATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE • A cover letter • A curriculum vitae featuring candidate’s teaching and research activities • A list of publications • Two selected publications • The names and contact information of two referees • A short teaching and research project at Telecom ParisTech (maximum 2 pages) WHERE TO SEND APPLICATIONS Via email: recrutements(a)telecom-paristech.fr DEADLINES • Application deadline: September 14, 2014 • Oral presentations for recruitment committee: November 3-5, 2014 • Beginning: early 2015 CONTACT Antonio Casilli (SES department) casilli(a)telecom-paristech.fr WEB LINKS • SES Department: http://www.telecom-paristech.fr/recherche/departements/sciences-economiques… • Telecom ParisTech: http://www.telecom-paristech.fr/eng/training-innovating-in-a-digital-world.… • Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation: http://www.i-3.fr/?lang=en

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