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CFP: AOIR 2016 panel - 'the playful web'
by Shireen Walton 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

CfP: AoIR 2016 panel - ‘the playful web’ We solicit papers for a panel considering the notion of ‘play’ as a framework for conceptualising internet research. Most existing scholarship exploring play in relation to internet technologies concentrates on games and gaming (Salen and Zimmerman 2003; Juul 2003; Boellstorff 2008; Nardi 2010). Whilst undoubtedly important, little attention has been given to the ‘play element’ itself in human-technological encounters, and in settings that are not so obviously ludic. Leaving this gap unaddressed risks ‘play’ becoming a category reserved only for a narrow spectrum of activities, or a notion deemed dialectically opposed to ‘work’. This panel addresses the gap by considering play a concept-metaphor (Huizinga 1949; Turner 1982), and analytical category for investigating entities or domains which in themselves are not necessarily considered playful (Frissen et al. 2015). From the drafting of internet legislation, digital labour or the activities of hackers, activists and artists, we seek papers that explore diverse theoretical and practical dimensions of play. Thinking in this fashion does not obviate enquires into issues of power and inequality. To the contrary, one task becomes tracking how the disposition of play has been turned into an ‘object of institutional desire’, how attitudes of indeterminacy, affective power and improvisation become coopted or denied, commodified and utilised in internet environments by individuals and organisations alike (Malaby 2009, 216). As such, the panel feeds strongly back into the main conference theme: (how) can rule-making and breaking be undertaken in a playful fashion? If so, with what consequences? We welcome papers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, methodologies, and subjects. Topics may include (but are not limited to): games as practice and/or confrontation vis-à-vis status and hierarchy, power and representation; identity and community; chance and uncertainty. Such interests might be explored amongst and between individuals and groups, governments and organisations, from hackers and their practices to artists, citizen journalists, activists and beyond. To be considered for this panel, we would need the AOIR-standard 1200-word abstract by February 22, 2016 sent to: john.mcmanus(a)gtc.ox.ac.uk<mailto:john.mcmanus@gtc.ox.ac.uk>. We will notify our selected panelists by February 26 with any revisions required ahead of the AOIR deadline of March 1. Any questions, please email the panel organisers, shireen.walton(a)anthro.ox.ac.uk<mailto:shireen.walton@sant.ox.ac.uk> and john.mcmanus(a)gtc.ox.ac.uk<mailto:john.mcmanus@gtc.ox.ac.uk> --- Dr Shireen Walton Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology University of Oxford shireen.walton(a)anthro.ox.ac.uk<mailto:shireen.walton@anthro.ox.ac.uk>

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Deadline Extension: GROUP 2016 (ACM conference on supporting group work)
by Casey Lynn Fiesler 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

Just a quick note that the GROUP deadline for both research papers and design fictions has been extended by one week, to Friday, February 19. (And if you are on the fence, more information about the conference below!) Submissions here: https://precisionconference.com/~group/ — Casey Fiesler Assistant Professor, Information Science University of Colorado, Boulder www.caseyfiesler.com<http://www.caseyfiesler.com> On Jan 19, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Casey Lynn Fiesler <Casey.Fiesler(a)Colorado.EDU<mailto:Casey.Fiesler@Colorado.EDU>> wrote: Hello all! A friendly reminder that the deadline for papers and notes for GROUP 2016 is February 12, 2016. If you are unfamiliar with GROUP (the ACM conference on supporting group work), it is held in Sanibel Island, FL every other year. By design it tends to have heavy international participation, and though its focus is HCI/CSCW research, it has the specific goal to encourage interaction across disciplinary boundaries. This year's conference will be held November 13-16. Along with (archival, peer-reviewed) research papers, this year the conference has added a category for "Design Fictions," submissions that imagine possible futures for research on the relationships between computers and people. You will find more information here, along with later deadlines for posters, workshops, and works-in-progress: http://oldwww.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/publish.html I am happy to answer any questions about the conference; just shoot me an email! - Casey --- Casey Fiesler Assistant Professor Department of Information Science University of Colorado Boulder www.caseyfiesler.com<http://www.caseyfiesler.com/>

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New Book: "The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance"
by Francesca Musiani 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

Dear AoIR community, Derrick Cogburn, Laura DeNardis, Nanette Levinson and I have the pleasure to announce tle publication of our co-edited book "The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance". The book is available in hardcover and will soon be available as an eBook, on the Palgrave website and on other sellers' websites. http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137533265 It includes contributions by several GigaNet members including Matthew Schruers, Primavera De Filippi, Danièle Bourcier, Meryem Marzouki, Nicolas Arpagian, John Laprise, Patricia Vargas-Leon, Kenneth Merrill and Tatevik Sargsyan, and the four of us. The pre-print version of the introductory chapter by Laura DeNardis and I will soon be available on SSRN. Here is a short presentation of the book: This edited volume brings together experts from around the world to provide coverage and analysis of infrastructure's role in Internet governance, both now and in the future. Never in history have conflicts over Internet governance attracted such widespread attention. High-profile controversies include the disclosures about NSA surveillance by intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, controversy over a decision by the US government to relinquish its historic oversight of Internet names and numbers, and countless cybersecurity breaches involving unauthorized access to Internet users' personal data. Much of the Internet governance ecosystem—both technical architecture and coordinating institutions—is behind the scenes but increasingly carries significant public interest implications. An area once concealed in institutional and technological complexity is now rightly bracketed among other shared global issues —such as environmental protection and human rights—that have considerable global implications but are simply incongruous with national borders. This transformation into an era of global governance by Internet infrastructure presents a moment of opportunity for scholars to bring these politicized infrastructures to the foreground. Kind regards Francesca, Derrick, Laura and Nanette -- Francesca Musiani (ph.d.) assistant research professor (*chargée de recherche*), CNRS, ISCC <http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/> associate researcher, i3, CSI <http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/>, MINES ParisTech co-chair, ESN-IAMCR <http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn> academic editor, @PolicyR <http://policyreview.info/> on the web <http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/People/musiani/> | on twitter <https://twitter.com/franmusiani>

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CFP > International Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Access (AMCIS'16 mini track)
by Fichman, Pnina 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

Call for Papers: 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems August 11 - 13, 2016, San Diego, CA, USA Dear Colleagues, We welcome submissions for the mini track entitled “International Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Access”, for AMCIS 2016 Track: Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS (SIGCCRIS) Mini Track: International Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Access Description: Networks and systems within the contemporary information society are in many ways constrained by access to ICT, including availability, awareness, ability or literacy, and infrastructural support for ICT use and ICT-mediated processes. All dimensions of ICT access are highly unequal globally. Current efforts to improve infrastructure and availability—including broadband speeds, reliability of connectivity, stability and maintenance of systems, and interoperability—often span geographic boundaries and include both the public and private sectors. Furthermore, efforts to impact awareness and literacy are highly culturally context dependent. Outcomes associated with ICT access initiatives vary significantly, both between countries and within them, and differences in outcomes are often associated with contextual differences in policy interpretation and adoption strategies. This mini-track will focus on all stages of collaborative and independent access initiatives—including policy, planning, implementation, and evaluation—supporting the improvement and sustainability of ICT access and infrastructure across local, national, and regional borders. Call for Papers: Why is ICT access so unequal globally? Why do plans for ICT improvement lead to different outcomes in different contexts? Global variation in ICT access, particularly availability and infrastructure, is extreme, which has serious implications for global communications, relationships, business, and other processes. Efforts to address both imbalances and insufficiencies lead to highly divergent outcomes, despite efforts to replicate successful projects. It is important to understand the status of access from a comparative international perspective, so as to understand the roles of social, political, and cultural factors in shaping outcomes. How successful are international efforts to improve ICT access? Given the increasing interdependence of ICT access internationally, as multinational corporations and global travel and migration, leads people and systems to depend on different infrastructural systems to support their connectivity needs, there has been increased attention toward collaboration, interoperability, and common regulation of ICT access worldwide. Research needs to address international ICT access improvement, so as to better support the reliability and sustainability of global systems and to better design future initiatives. What is the role of culture in shaping the policy process surrounding ICT access improvement? Given the variation in infrastructure, even in instances of collaborative efforts, contextual variation, including the influences of culture, seemingly plays an important role in how initiatives relating to ICT are implemented. Further exploration of how aspects of context shape all stages of initiatives, including planning, implementation, and evaluation, is significant to understanding differences in outcomes. This mini-track invites submissions that address collaborations relating to ICT access, as well as comparative analyses on ICT infrastructure status and initiatives and case studies. Submissions addressing infrastructure and governance of infrastructure at city, state, regional, geographical, national, and international levels are welcome. Potential Topics: Integrated cross-border infrastructure Standardization of ICT access and ICT access regulation Initiative failures associated with internationalization or comparative cultural differences Case studies addressing culture Cross-country, cross-state, or cross-regional ICT infrastructure analysis Impact of supra-national governance on ICT access Interoperability across contexts Comparative evaluation of ICT access initiative outcomes Inequality in access or reliability across contexts, as impacts multinational business SUBMISSION SITE http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2016 Submissions may be of two types: • Completed research papers (< 5000 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) • Research-in-progress papers (< 3500 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2016 For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2016 website at http://amcis2016.aisnet.org<http://amcis2016.aisnet.org/> IMPORTANT DATES January 4, 2016: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2016 begin March 2, 2016: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors at 10:00am PST CHAIR CONTACT INFORMATION Madelyn Sanfilippo, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University mhomuth(a)indiana.edu<mailto:mhomuth@indiana.edu> Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Chair, Department of Information and Library Science Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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Announcing AoIR 2016 Keynote: José van Dijck
by Cornelius Puschmann 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

We are thrilled to announce that José van Dijck ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_van_Dijck) will hold the opening keynote at AoIR 2016 in Berlin. José van Dijck is a professor of Comparative Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her research areas include media technologies, digital culture, social media, popularisation of science and medicine, and television and culture. Her latest book, titled The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media, was published by Oxford University Press (2013). She is currently writing a book on the role of online platforms in the public sphere. After completing her BA and MA at the University of Utrecht, José received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD, 1992). Her graduate and postgraduate work was supported by Fulbright and AAUW grants. She was an assistant professor of Journalism at the University of Groningen (NL) and an associate professor of media and visual culture at the University of Maastricht (NL). In 2001, she became a professor at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam, where she was chair from 2002-2007. She served as Dean of Humanities from 2008 to 2011. She was elected President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015. We greatly look forward to her critical interrogation of the conference theme, INTERNET RULES! Best wishes, Cornelius Puschmann, AoIR 2016 program chair http://aoir.org/aoir2016/ -- Dr. Cornelius Puschmann Postdoctoral Researcher (DFG) Berlin School of Library and Information Science (BSLIS) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Dorotheenstraße 26 10117 Berlin, Germany www.ibi.hu-berlin.de Research Associate Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) Oberwallstraße 9 10117 Berlin, Germany www.hiig.de Faculty Associate Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University 23 Everett Street, Second Floor Cambridge, MA 02138, USA cyber.law.harvard.edu p: +49 7541 6009-1321 e: cornelius.puschmann(a)hiig.de e: cpuschmann(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu w: cbpuschmann.net

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CFP-Volume on mediated service encounters
by Pilar Garces 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

Dear all. Please find pasted below a call for papers for a volume on mediated service encounters. Best, Pilar Pilar G. Blitvich, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English UNC Charlotte | Department of English 9201 University City Blvd. | Charlotte, NC 28223 Phone: 704- 687 2126 | Fax: 704-687-3961 pgblitvi(a)uncc.edu http://english.uncc.edu/people/blitvich-pilar-phd Co-Editor in Chief - Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict http://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/jlac CALL FOR PAPERS: Mediated Service Encounters Service encounters are a pervasive and fundamental practice in everyday life whereby products, information, or commodities are traded between a service provider and a service seeker. Due to their preponderance, service encounters have been widely studied from different perspectives (Hernández-López and Fernández-Amaya, 2015). Although research on service encounters has now a long standing tradition (Merrit 1976), there is a pressing need for further research that focuses on the consequences that outsourcing, globalization (Sifianou 2013) and the new technologies have had on this genre (Garcés-Conejos Blitvich 2015). To that end, this volume aims to further explore interaction in mediated service encounters. We welcome chapter proposals focusing on the following topics, but not exclusively: · Email communication and service encounters· Commercial websites· Online chats and service encounters· Online forums and service encounters· Outsourcing, globalization, and mediated service encounters· Telephone service encounters· (Im)politeness, conflict and aggression in mediated service encounters· Gender in mediated service encounters· Mediated health care communication· Conversational structure of mediated service encounters· Negotiation in mediated service encounters· Mediated service encounters in academic contexts· Mediated service encounters in business contexts· Mediated service encounters in tourism contexts· Mediated service encounters and social media· Mediation in mediated service encounters· On-line reviews - Communication between service providers and customers in cross-cultural contexts Proposals (original research) should be circa 350 words long and should focus on multimodality/or discourse analysis. All submissions should be written in English and sent to the editors before 31st March 2016: - Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich (pgblitvi(a)uncc.edu)- Lucía Fernández-Amaya (lferama(a)upo.es)- María de la O Hernández-López (mariolahl(a)upo.es) Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions and feel free to circulate this call for papers among those who may be interested.

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Research in Media and Memory
by Marta Delatte 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

Dear friends, I would like to invite you to participate in the research project I'm undertaking as part of the Initiative for Research in Media and Memory at the University of Hull (UK) and that is hosted here --> https://wanderingliquen.com/ <https://owa.scar.hull.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=c4f0f39191af453ab04568aca3e504…> The aim of this research project is to create an app that will help individuals to explore a topic of their choice in Wikipedia and provide them with information (a feedback) on their usage that will highlight the type of stereotypical biases (memory transgressions towards stereotypes such as gender, race, economic background etc.) that characterize their exploration. The study explores the relationship between human memory and digital memory in creative archives and is being carried out from a feminist and decolonial approach, which means that we are trying to be inclusive throughout the work process and that any feedback you may want to give us on this and other issues will be very well received and much appreciated. The research project has three stages: a) An online survey about the user experience of retrieval and knowledge discovery in creative archives (The questionnaire will take approximately 8 minutes of your time) b) An interview where you will be asked to give further information about some of the questions raised on the general survey (The interview may take between 15 and 30 minutes) c) Two online events to test the usability of the application. The first event will take place between April and May 2016, the second event will take place between September and October 2016 and in both cases you will decide the extent of your participation. Your participation in this research will be completely confidential and data will be averaged and reported in aggregate. Possible outlets of dissemination may be papers published in academic journals and a PhD dissertation. Although your participation in this research may not benefit you personally, it will help us understand how to improve the user experience of exploration in creative archives such as micro blogging sites and social media platforms. Thanks! SURVEY/ http://bit.ly/SurveyMM <https://t.co/FnaXa3D5ea> CULTURAL PROBE/ http://bit.ly/CProbesMM <https://t.co/naladLsbTN> CONSENT FORM/ http:// bit.ly/ConsentMM <https://t.co/12WrZjZlVT> ---- Marta Delatte creative director and co-founder ellenjames.net <http://www.ellenjames.net/> @martadelatte PhD Researcher Media & Memory Research Initiative University of Hull (UK) 44 (0) 7923 528128 wanderingliquen.com @liquen_

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CfP for AOIR2016: Panel/Roundtable on "Aging in a Digital World”
by Adrienne Massanari 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

CfP: Panel/Roundtable on ‘Aging in a Digital World” We are looking for some additional participants for either a roundtable or panel submission to #AoIR2016 in Berlin on the topic of “Aging in a Digital World.” Specifically, we are looking for works that highlight the intersection of the internet with later life (50+ years). In keeping with the conference theme of rules, potential questions that might be addressed include: · What are the rules of older adulthood in an increasingly digital world? · What constitutes rule making and rule breaking on the internet at older ages? · Are there generational differences in the ways we engage with socio-technical interfaces? · How might media representations of later life be subverted and/or engaged? · What disparities are introduced as aging adults engage in digital living? · What stories and experiences about aging on/through online spaces are we not telling? Kindly register your interest in participating in this submission by emailing a 250-300 word abstract and brief biographical statement by 20 February 2016 to both Adrienne Massanari at amass(a)uic.edu and Kelly Quinn at kquinn8(a)uic.edu. The ultimate format of this submission will depend on the interests of the group. Please let us know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Adrienne and Kelly --- Adrienne Massanari, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago @hegemonyrules www.adriennemassanari.com <http://www.adriennemassanari.com/>

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Call for Papers: "Digital Traces in Context"
by Leif Kramp 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

******* EXCUSES FOR CROSS-POSTING ******* "Digital Traces in Context" CALL FOR PAPERS for a Special Section in International Journal of Communication Guest-edited by: Andreas Hepp, Professor, Communication & Media Studies Thomas N. Friemel, Professor, Communication & Media Studies Andreas Breiter, Professor, Information Management & Education Technologies University of Bremen OVERVIEW “Big data” has become a contested buzzword for media and communications research, but remains a vague concept when it comes to empirical, contextualised analysis and interpretations. From the point of view of the media user and a critical analysis of media practices, it is rather “digital traces” that matter. The term “traces” puts emphasis on the fact that these data result from the practices of individuals, collectivities, and organizations while using digital media. To understand “digital traces” we have to relate them to the various actors who originate them, as well as the contexts that matter. When putting “digital traces in context,” we have to reflect the programmers who design and implement the related technologies, the features of the technologies (e.g., the underlying algorithms), the actors producing the traces through their practice, the procedures of data gathering, as well as the relation of these data with various kinds of other information. Hence, studying the context of digital traces goes beyond the mere analysis of “big data.” Investigating digital traces is a challenge for research methods (e.g., data mining, validation, research ethics, replicability, transparency), and theories (e.g., grasping general patterns, development of new theories), and a profound reflection of all of this (e.g., redefining the basis for academic critique). The aim of the Special Section is to bring scholars of media and communications research together with scholars of other disciplines to reflect the chances of researching “digital traces in context” as one way of making a proper sense of “datafication.” POSSIBLE TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: - Theoretical approaches to digital traces and their social, cultural and technological contexts - Qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches to researching digital traces in contextualised ways, including internal and external validation of digital traces - Implications and affordances of system design and infrastructures for digital traces - New ways of visualizing digital traces - Actors defining and producing digital traces (programmers, intermediaries, users, etc.) - Relations between social practices, behaviour and digital traces - Critiques of digital traces producing infrastructures and social practices - Ethical issues concerning the collecting and analysing of digital traces FORMATTING AND REQUIREMENTS To be considered for this collection, a paper of maximum 7,000 words (all-inclusive, which includes the abstract, keywords, images with captions, footnotes, references and appendices, if any) must be submitted by June 16, 2016 and adhere to the following formal requirements: - Formatting according to the most recent version of the APA style-guide (including in-text citations and references). - Any endnotes should be converted to footnotes. - Papers must include the author(s) name(s), title, affiliation and e-mail address. (Your paper will subsequently anonymized for double-blind peer review.) - All articles should include an abstract of 150 words. - All spelling must be rendered in American English. To change British or Commonwealth spellings to their American equivalents, please see the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. - See “Author Guidelines/ Submission Preparation Checklist” at http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/about/submissions#authorGuidelines. Any papers that do not follow these guidelines will not be submitted for peer review. The International Journal of Communication is an open access journal (ijoc.org) All articles will be available online at the point of publication. The anticipated publication timeframe for this Special Section is Q1 2017. CONTACT INFORMATION All submissions should be e-mailed to ijoc(a)uni-bremen.de by June 16, 2016. Late submissions will not be included for consideration. THE TIME SCHEDULE 06/2016: Submission of full papers 07/2016 – 09/2016: Peer review 10/2016 – 12/2016: Final revisions Q1 2017: Publication http://www.kommunikative-figurationen.de/en/publications/ijoc-special-secti…

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Deadline extended: Workshop on mining social media for communication research
by Hai Liang 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

Apologies for cross-posting. Dear colleagues, We are organising an ICA’2016 preconference workshop on mining social media for communication research, which will be held in Tokyo in June 8, 2016. Please kindly help distribute the call for participants to your colleagues/friends/students. Thanks! *The registration deadline has been extended to 15 Feb 2016. * Best, Hai *Call for Participants for ICA’2016 Preconference Workshop on Mining Social Media for Communication Research* *Date and Time: * June 8, 2016 (9:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00) *Location and Venue: * National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo, Japan The emergence of social media has provided both opportunities and challenges for communication research, ranging from data acquisition to measurement construction, statistical analysis, and results presentation. However, the existing tools (such as manual content analysis and SPSS package) with which communication scholars are familiar become increasingly inadequate. This one-day preconference workshop will focus on four key steps in mining social media for communication research, including overall design, data collection, data analysis, and data visualization. The workshop will use Twitter as a primary running example of social media, as Twitter is arguably the most heavily studied social media platform by communication scholars. All training talks in the workshop will be a mixture of conceptual discussions and hands-on practices (using R language as the primary tool). As such, the participants are requested to bring with their notebook computers. For more detailed information, please visit http://weblab.com.cityu.edu.hk/blog/workshops/ica-2016-workshop/. You can download the registration form at http://tinyurl.com/mining2016 . Please return this registration form to Dr. Winson Peng at winsonpeng(a)ntu.edu.sg. -- Hai Liang, Ph.D. | Post-doctoral Fellow | JMSC-The University of Hong Kong | http://weblab.com.cityu.edu.hk/blog/lianghai/

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