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Fourth Annual International CCCS Conference 2016 “Dislocations and Cultural Conflicts: Migrations, Diaspora, Terrorism, Borders” (MDTB)
by Loreta Georgievska - Jakovleva 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, Apologies for cross-posting. The deadline for submitting abstracts for Fourth Annual International CCCS Conference 2016 “Dislocations and Cultural Conflicts: Migrations, Diaspora, Terrorism, Borders” (MDTB) (September 1-3, 2016, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is fast approaching. The Conference aims at underlying the different theoretical discourses that approach the subject of migrations from several different aspects, including: the polarization of the world; the threats to peace and security; issues tied to global diversity; socio-economic inequalities; cultural shifts, etc. Fourth Annual International Conference of CCCS 2016: "Dislocations and cultural conflicts, migration, diaspora, terrorism, borders (MDTG)" welcomes the participation of researchers of culture, literature, history, philosophy, art, religion, sociology, media, linguistic, and all interested in the topic. We welcome abstracts pertaining to the theme of the conference, and the broader field of study. The deadline for submissions is 15 March 2016. You are welcome to submit paper abstracts and panel proposals by filling online form: For papers: (http://cultcenter.net/wpgforms/papers-mdtb-2016/ For panels http://cultcenter.net/wpgforms/panels-mdtb-2016/ The Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies web site: http://www.cultcenter.net/ Online Call for Papers: http://cultcenter.net/call-for-papers-and-panel-proposals-dislocations-and-… SOME FACTS ABOUT SKOPJE Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia. It's located in the north-western part, some 169 km away from the second largest city in Macedonia, Bitola. It lies on both banks on the upper course of the Vardar River and on the meridian passing through the Morava-Vardar Valley. The main Balkan artery, the E-75 motorway, which is being modernized, is in the close vicinity of the city. This road connects Skopje with Belgrade (440 km away) and Solun (Thessaloniki) and the Aegean sea (250 km), namely in the eastern Mediterranean. Skopje is just 490 km away from Athens, about 170 km from Sophia, and 460 km away from Bucharest. Time Zone Central European time (GMT + 1) Climate The climate is modified continental with certain Mediterranean influences Average Temperature (yearly) 13,5°C/56°F Average Temperature (September) 30°C (86°F) to 23°C (73°F) in September Electric current in Macedonia 220 volts, 50 hertz Currency Macedonian denar (MKD) 1 euro = 61.50 denars Hotel rates (singe room with breakfast and wi-fi) per day from 20-25 € Typical prices in Skopje Coffee about 1.1 Euros Beer (in bar) from 1 Euro Wine glass (in bar) from 1.5 Euro Spirits (in bar) from 1 Euro Water 0.5l about 0.5 Euro Season fruits from 0.3 Euros per kg. Breakfast (restaurant) from 2.5 Euros Breakfast (fast food) from 1 Euro Lunch (restaurant) from 4 Euros Lunch (fast food) from 2 Euros Taxi 1.1 Euro start + 0.4 Euros per kilometer Bus up to 0,5 Euros Theatres from 4 Euros Cinemas from 2 Euros 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) about 0,1 Euro Meal in fast food: 1 € - 2 € Meal in restaurant: from 4 € Beverages and hot drinks: about 1 € Beer: 1-2 € Coffee: about 1.1 € Taxi: Start 0,7 € + 0,4 € per km. Average trip cost 2-3 € Bus: Ticket per person 0,5 € Bus from Airport: 1,5 € Usual rate for taxi from Airport: 15-20 € More info about Skopje you can find here <http://cultcenter.net/?p=1247#skopje> Dr. Loreta Georgievska - Jakovleva Full professor Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje Institute for Macedonian Literature <http://iml.edu.mk/> http://iml.edu.mk Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies <http://cultcenter.net/> http://cultcenter.net/

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PhD Thesis - Virtually Real:Being in Cyberspace
by Morgan Leigh 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Greetings, I have just uploaded my PhD Thesis to Academia and thought I would let all the members of this list know about it. As far as I know no one has published a monograph that is an autoethnography in Second Life. The full thesis is available at https://www.academia.edu/22669120/Virtually_Real_Being_In_Cyberspace A book will be available shortly. I'd appreciate expressions of interest for copies of the book as I am self publishing and need to gauge how many copies to print. Abstract This work is an autoethnographic account of my search for the sacred in cyberspace. The research was conducted in the virtual world Second Life, and in particular in two role play communities set in Ancient Egypt. Virtual worlds are often criticised as unreal, as just games. Here I explore the ontological status of virtual worlds, recognising the priority for their inhabitants of lived experience over purely rational assessments. This research is unique and important as no monograph of role play communities in Second Life has yet been published, and yet tens of millions of people spend an increasing amount of time in virtual and game worlds, often preferring them to the meatspace world. I recount my experiences with ritual in cyberspace, describing sacred virtual space, and its relationship to sacred meatspace from a Pagan perspective. I compare two initiation rituals, and describe how one produced the perception of sacred space, in both meatspace and the virtual world, while the other remained only a role play. Finally I analyse an opening of the mouth ritual to reveal the way we make sense of our own realities by building on and remixing what came before us, and to argue that there are many truths and that objectivity is impossible in the human condition. This is the story of how I became one with my avatar, despite my best efforts not to do so. Themes of the fun economy, remix culture, and copyright inform the analysis in the work. I explore Castronova's concept of the fun economy, the amalgam of work, play and education which characterises twenty first century life in the developed world. Freedom and fun are the motivators for the inhabitants of virtual worlds and the bounds of these are defined by copyright. This issue is examined through the lens of the Second Life permissions system and the work of Lessig and his concept of remix culture. I argue that remix culture has permeated the entirety of human history, giving examples from ancient Egypt through to the present day, and consider the implications for human culture if restrictive copyright laws continue to dominate legal frameworks, despite their failure to achieve their desired ends. Exploring our future in cyberspace though Kurzweil's concept of the singularity, I consider the possibilities of his predicted combination of the worlds of meatspace and the virtual. Regards, Dr. Morgan Leigh

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CYPSY21, Dublin, Ireland - Registration is now open
by Grainne Kirwan 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Dear all, We are delighted to announce that the online registration and payment system for CYPSY21 (Dublin, Ireland, June 27-29 2016) is now open at http://interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy21/registration-form/. Early-bird rates are available through to 31st March 2016. Please note that abstracts are currently under review, and decisions are expected to be circulated within the next two weeks. Keynote speakers include Prof. Daniel Freeman (University of Oxford), Stephen Howell (Microsoft Ireland), Prof. John McCarthy (University College Cork) and Dr. Gary O'Reilly (University College Dublin). Further information on the conference is available at http://interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy21/ We hope that you will join us in Dublin in June! With apologies for cross-posting Grainne Dr. Grainne Kirwan Conference Co-Chair

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Correction: Bellwether lecture - Oxford - March 9 2016 - The power of the crowd: Combining open science, citizen science and the internet to generate reproducible knowledge
by Brent Mittelstadt 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Apologies for the double post, the registration link has been fixed. A very interesting talk next week by Chris Chambers on his experiences with citizen science at The Guardian. Hosted at the Oxford Internet Institute. The power of the crowd: Combining open science, citizen science and the internet to generate reproducible knowledge Chris Chambers 9 March 2016 @ 14:00 University of Oxford Please register on Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bellwether-lecture-the-power-of-the-crowd-co…> In this lecture Chris will discuss the opportunities and challenges provided by mass internet-based data collection and how, in combination with open science practices, this approach can help usher in a new era of robust scientific research. He will focus in particular on two of my current projects: an upcoming research platform we are launching later this year in partnership with the Guardian as part of a European Research Council project on eating behaviour, and the use of citizen science to perform a mass consultation of MPs about a new service for supporting evidence-based policy. Both projects utilise open science practices such as study pre-registration and open data archiving, ensuring that findings are transparent, reproducible, and reusable to other researchers and the public. He will also discuss challenges with this approach, including the ethics of consent and unanticipated recruitment of vulnerable groups. About the Speaker Professor of cognitive neuroscience at the School of Psychology and Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre Chris Chambers is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the School of Psychology and Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre. In addition to his core research focus in human self control, his interests include open science practices, the role of science in the media, and mechanisms for promoting evidence-based public policy. He also co-hosts the Guardian psychology blog, Head Quarters. Venue: Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St. Giles Oxford, OX1 3JS Kind regards, Dr. Brent Mittelstadt Research Fellow Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St. Giles, OX1 3JS 01865 287221 brent.mittelstadt(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:brent.mittelstadt@oii.ox.ac.uk> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=365

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Bellwether lecture - Oxford - March 9 2016 - The power of the crowd: Combining open science, citizen science and the internet to generate reproducible knowledge
by Brent Mittelstadt 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Apologies for any cross posting. A very interesting talk next week by Chris Chambers on his experiences with citizen science at The Guardian. Hosted at the Oxford Internet Institute. The power of the crowd: Combining open science, citizen science and the internet to generate reproducible knowledge Chris Chambers 9 March 2016 @ 14:00 University of Oxford Please register on Eventbrite<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/preview?eid=21086080033> In this lecture Chris will discuss the opportunities and challenges provided by mass internet-based data collection and how, in combination with open science practices, this approach can help usher in a new era of robust scientific research. He will focus in particular on two of my current projects: an upcoming research platform we are launching later this year in partnership with the Guardian as part of a European Research Council project on eating behaviour, and the use of citizen science to perform a mass consultation of MPs about a new service for supporting evidence-based policy. Both projects utilise open science practices such as study pre-registration and open data archiving, ensuring that findings are transparent, reproducible, and reusable to other researchers and the public. He will also discuss challenges with this approach, including the ethics of consent and unanticipated recruitment of vulnerable groups. About the Speaker Professor of cognitive neuroscience at the School of Psychology and Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre Chris Chambers is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the School of Psychology and Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre. In addition to his core research focus in human self control, his interests include open science practices, the role of science in the media, and mechanisms for promoting evidence-based public policy. He also co-hosts the Guardian psychology blog, Head Quarters. Venue: Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St. Giles Oxford, OX1 3JS Kind regards, Dr. Brent Mittelstadt Research Fellow Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St. Giles, OX1 3JS 01865 287221 brent.mittelstadt(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:brent.mittelstadt@oii.ox.ac.uk> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=365

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call for internet researchers interested in peer-to-peer data sharing
by Zara Rahman 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Hi all, Forwarding this for a colleague who is not on this list, but keen to be connected with internet researchers interested in peer-to-peer data sharing. Please get in touch with him directly (contact details below). Thanks! Zara -- TheDat project <http://dat-data.com/> is looking for partners for an EU grant consortium. The call we are responding to is http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h…. This specific call closes April 10th. We are a highly technical project that builds decentralized technologies for scientific reproducibility and data governance -- think BitTorrent and Git, but open source, and more secure. We have received two grants from the Sloan and Knight foundation. The project we want to pitch is to build a decentralized, peer to peer data sharing network for public interest datasets to ensure long term access to public funded scientific research data, open government data as well as improve data access speeds and availability. We want to hear from groups interested in this topic and who would consider joining our consortium. For a good consortium we need a research partner, for example, that focuses on Internet and data ethics. If you represent a group that would be interested, please email project lead Max Ogden at max(a)maxogden.com <mailto:max@maxogden.com> to start a discussion. -- Zara Rahman http://zararah.net | Twitter: @zararah

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call has been extended
by Paulus, Trena M 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

The call for proposals for MOOD-S has been extended to 1 April 2016: http://hub.salford.ac.uk/mediapsychologyuk/events/mood-s/call-for-papers/ The conference will take place at the University of Salford, UK, 15-16 September, 2016.

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Calling for Volunteers for Baym Book Award and Best Dissertation Committees
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Happy AoIR2016 day-after-submissions-were due day! While you're thinking about our upcoming conference in Berlin, note that we need volunteers to serve on two important award committees: AoIR Best Dissertation Award, and the Nancy Baym Annual Book Award. Volunteers for the dissertation award committee need to have supervised dissertations or served on dissertation committees, and book award committee members need to have authored or co-authored a book. If you are interested in serving, please email me (prez(a)aoir.org<mailto:prez@aoir.org>) by March 10th. NOTE: Award nominations for the Best Dissertation Award and the Baym Book Award are due *May 15th*. Due to human error (me), the date was incorrectly set as March 15th. Cheers, ~Jenny President, Association of Internet Researchers jstromer(a)syr.edu<mailto:jstromer@syr.edu>

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Internet and Web Archives Research Use Survey
by Matthew Weber 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

AOIR’ers: Your help with the below survey is much appreciated - we’re looking for anyone who works with archived Web pages or thinks they would in the future. We’ll be closing the survey at the end of the week! Online Survey Recruitment Notice Study Title: Internet and Web Archives Research Use Survey Dear Researchers and Librarians: Do you use Internet and Web archives in your research? Do you plan to in the future? Or are you an archivist or librarian who either collects or plans to collect archived Internet content? This email is seeking participants for a study being conducted by Dr. Matthew Weber, Rutgers University, and Dr. Pamela Graham, Columbia University. We are examining the research use of Internet and Web Archives by scholars and librarians. We are specifically interested in your opinions regarding challenges that exist with regards to using these archives in research, and the types of metadata that you either collect or use (or would in the future). The survey is brief, and should only take 10 – 15 minutes of your time. All responses will be anonymous, although you will have a chance to provide your contact information if you would like to see the results, or if you would be willing to participate in a follow-up interview. All contact information will be kept separate from the results. The survey can be accessed here https://rutgers.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eu4mY6CbGdDCCK9 <https://rutgers.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eu4mY6CbGdDCCK9> Please contact matthew.weber(a)rutgers.edu <mailto:matthew.weber@rutgers.edu> if you have any questions. Thanks, Matt and Pamela Matthew S. Weber Assistant Professor School of Communication and Information Rutgers University (ph): 848-932-8718

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WEBCAST TODAY: The Dark Web and Its Secrets - Christopher White
by Joly MacFie 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Just about to start. Hat tip to ISOC-NY's new VP Carolina Coto for the heads up on this one. joly posted: "Today, Wednesday March 2 2016 at 9am EST (14:00 UTC) Columbia Journalism School will present The Dark Web and Its Secrets - a Master Lecture by Dr. Christopher White. Regular search engines only index 4% of the Internet. The rest is a private virtual spac" [image: Columbia Journalism School]Today,* Wednesday March 2 2016* at *9am EST* (14:00 UTC) *Columbia Journalism School <http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/> *will present *The Dark Web and Its Secrets - a Master Lecture by Dr. Christopher White <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNMM7Ozl44>*. Regular search engines only index 4% of the Internet. The rest is a private virtual space where some people move in complete anonymity to achieve both positive and criminal ends. Dr. Christopher White, creator of the first tool to index those hidden places, will take us to a journey to the dark web and its secrets and the ways in which journalists can use this open source software to investigate crimes. The talk will be streamed live on the *J-School YouTube Channel <https://youtu.be/LNNMM7Ozl44>*. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNMM7Ozl44?rel=0> *View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LNNMM7Ozl44 <https://youtu.be/LNNMM7Ozl44>* * Twitter: #cjsdarkweb <http://twitter.com/hashtag/cjsdarkweb>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8332#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8332#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8332 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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