June 2017 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

CFP: Internet Governance in the Global South (friendly reminder)
by Daniel Oppermann 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Dear colleagues, Thanks a lot for your feedback so far regarding the upcoming publication at NUPRI-USP on Internet Governance in the Global South. This is a friendly reminder that you can upload your proposals until 15 June 2017. Please, find all information at http://www.internetgovernance.com.br. Thank you, obrigado, gracias! Cordialmente, Daniel Oppermann

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literature on theory and big data in social sciences
by Tom van Nuenen 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Dear researchers of the Internet, I'm looking for literature that deals with the relations between theory and method in the social sciences in an age of big data and the supposed 'end of theory'. Data is increasingly likely to be a starting point for social scientists investigating the digital world, but what does this mean for theory, method and the relations between them? Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Tom van Nuenen Assistant Professor Online Culture

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#PDF17 - Personal Democracy Forum Live Webstream Now - June 8-9
by Steven Clift 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Hey everyone, catch that amazing Personal Democracy Forum live NOW: http://po.st/pdf17 They will be back with the next speaker at 10:30 am Eastern. Interesting that they are in the the "major leagues" now using Major League Baseball to webcast their stream! Join the now 7,000+ member Open Government and Civic Technology Facebook Group to share content related to the conference if you like: http://facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup Thanks, Steven Clift

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Register for the 2017 DataONE Users Group Meeting
by Robert Sandusky 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

*Registration is open until July 17th for the DataONE Users Group (DUG) meeting* Meeting will be held July 24th – 25th 2017 and co-located with the Summer ESIP Federation Meeting at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. The DataONE Users Group (DUG) meeting will be a 2-day event featuring plenary presentations, topical breakout sessions, and community-led discussions. *There is no registration fee to attend and participate in the DUG meeting* Information, registration and group hotel rates can be found at: bit.ly/DUG2017 *Meeting Theme and Objectives* The 2017 meeting theme, “Data Discoverability, Reproducibility, and Sustainability”, will bring together stakeholders to explore current advancements in these areas. Community talks and posters that explore broad topics of discoverability, reproducibility and sustainability are invited. Some examples are provided below: *Data Discoverability:* - Describing, Documenting, and Representing Data - Connecting journal articles to datasets to repositories - Distinguishing between publishing, data, preservation repositories *Reproducibility:* - Best Practices, Guidelines, and Standards - Procedures, Tools, and Workflows - Projects, Prototypes, and Use Cases *Sustainability:* - Collaborations, Partnerships, and Stakeholders - Infrastructure, Resources, and Support - Computation, Integration, and Certification DataONE encourages DataONE Member Nodes, data scientists, researchers, scientists, students and others to submit abstracts for posters and talks. *Abstract Submission for Posters* Abstracts for posters are solicited during the registration process. Poster submissions will remain open until July. *Important dates* Hotel block available: *July 7, 2017 or until filled* Meeting registration and poster submission deadline: *July 17, 2017* Thanks! Bob Sandusky University of Illinois at Chicago DataONE Users Group Steering Committee

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DementiaLab 2017 - CFP deadline extension
by Niels Hendriks 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

The theme for this year’s Dementia Lab (see www.dementialab.com) is sharing the underlying questions that designers, researchers and educators face in their design process for and together with people with dementia. This second edition of the Dementia Lab event, wishes to support the sharing of the successes and failures in the design process for and with persons with dementia by inviting contributions from designers, researchers, educators. Participation without submission is self evidently possible as well. We have extended the submission deadline. Our new time table Deadline for submission: 20th of June 2017 Deadline for student grant submission: 20th of June 2017 Notification of acceptance (student grant/contribution): beginning of July Deadline for registering: 1st of August 2017 (participation without submitting a contribution is self-evidently possible) Announcement of program (submissions + keynotes): half of July Dementia Lab event: 6th – 7th September 2017 The event program is open for traditional contributions such as papers and workshop proposals. Additionally, there is the possibility to share experiences through stories as well as showcase the designs made together with/for persons with dementia. The poster exhibition gives the opportunity to discuss preliminary ideas or share an experience in a poster format. Selected submissions will be published in the event proceedings. As the event is supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Fachhochschule Dortmund, the cost to attend is free. However, no more than 50 participants can attend. We have a travel support for students of up to 250 euro. Andrea Wilkinson & Niels Hendriks, LUCA School of Arts, Social Spaces, University of Leuven (Belgium). See www.dementialab.com for more info.

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Reminder: Call for Applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship
by Leif Kramp 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Visiting Research Fellowship at ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Germany Position: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow Media, Communication and Information Institution: ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen Duration: 1 month (between September and December 2017) Salary: 3,000 euro + 1,500 euro budget for direct costs Contract: Fee contract Application deadline: June 30, 2017 The ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, offers a thriving interdisciplinary research environment in the areas of media, communication and information. Involved disciplines include communication and media studies, computer science, cultural studies, educational science, studies in religion, and history. Starting in mid-2017, the ZeMKI invites applications from excellent researchers in the field of media, communication, and information. As a ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow, the selected candidate will gain insights into the versatile research activities at the interdisciplinary centre with over 60 members. Applicants should demonstrate experience and a strong interest in the collaborative research which is embraced at the ZeMKI in various ways and contexts. The selected candidate is expected to contribute to these research activities in the area of media change and transforming communications in the form of a research paper submitted to the peer-reviewed “Communicative Figurations” working paper series as well as a lecture in the ZeMKI Research Seminar. Applicants must have obtained a PhD or other doctoral degree in a relevant discipline by the application date. We offer a lump sum allowance of 3,000 euro plus up to 1,500 euro for research-related expenses. To apply for this fellowship, please send your application documents via e-mail to andreas.hepp(a)uni-bremen.de <mailto:andreas.hepp@uni-bremen.de>. The closing date for receipt of applications is June 30, 2017 (23.59 CET). We are unfortunately unable to accept any late applications. Visit us online at http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/start.html <http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/start.html> The annual ZeMKI Research Report is available at http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/research/zemki-research-report.html <http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/research/zemki-research-report.html>

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WEBCAST THU/FRI: @Columbia_Biz 6th Annual #Fintech, DFS & Payments Summit #dfsny17
by Joly MacFie 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

We streamed this last year <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/citiblockchain> too. If you thought that was choc-a-bloc with fintech awesomeness, you ain't seen nothing. This year there are over 70 speakers! And all top caliber, as one would expect at NYC's leading Business School. There are other conferences (that we will not name, and with no livestream) that have way less substance yet cost $1000s to attend. Don't miss. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DFSNY17>Today *Thursday/Friday June 8-9 2017 *the *Columbia Institute for Tele-Information <http://www.citicolumbia.org/> *presents *6th Annual Fintech, DFS & Payments Summit <http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/>* at *Columbia University, NYC*. This year's event - extended to two days- looks at disruptive effects & implementation of emerging & mobile payments, digital financial services, blockchain & cryptocurrencies in developing & developed worlds. A diverse speaker line-up represents the cream of academia, financial institutions, law enforcement, NGDs, government, activists, investors, and innovators. The event will be webcast live via the *Internet Society livestream channel* <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DFSNY17> . *What: Columbia's 6th Annual Fintech, DFS & Payments Summit <http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/>* *Where: Columbia University* *When: Thursday/Friday June 8-9 2017 8:45am-5:30pm EDT | 12:45-21:30 UTC* *Agenda: http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/agenda/ <http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/agenda/>* *Speakers: http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/speakers/ <http://summit.dfsobservatory.com/speakers/>* *Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DFSNY17 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DFSNY17>* *Twitter: #dfsny17 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/dfsny17>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9225#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9225#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9225 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Yuk Hui Interview - Technology in China and the West
by Alfred BOWN (ENG) 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

Dear all, Delighted to share today's *HKRB *Interview with Yuk Hui, covering a range of topics that the Air-L list would be interested in: https://hkrbooks.com/2017/06/08/hkrb-interviews-yuk-hui/ Yuk discusses a whole range of topics relevant to us, arguing among other things that 'modernisation is a synchronisation, a synchronisation of rhythms through machines, a synchronisation of thinking through translation.' Please check it out. Further, we are open to suggestions of other technology researchers who would like to see their books reviewed in Hong Kong, researchers who would like to write for us (essays or reviews) or even be interviewed by us. All the best, Alfie Bown Co-editor, *Hong Kong Review of Books <http://www.hkrbooks.com>* -- ********************************************************************************** *Hang Seng Management College is incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability by guarantee.* This e-mail may be confidential and legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender by return e-mail. Thank you! Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. **********************************************************************************

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Journal of Peer Production #10: Peer production and work
by george dafermos 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

[Apologies for multiple posts] We are delighted to announce the release of Journal of Peer Production #10: "Peer production and work" http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-10-peer-production-and-work/ Issue editors: Mathieu O’Neil (University of Canberra) and Stefano Zacchiroli (University Paris Diderot and Inria) The increasing production of value by entities which are not compensated for their labour means the ranks of unemployed people keep growing. We often confuse being ‘unemployed’ with being ‘unworked’, but what it really means is that we are ‘unwaged’. There is a lot of work to be done, but for that to happen it needs to be separated from employment. Where does peer production fit in? The passionate labour and abjuration of exclusive property rights over the goods they produce of participants in peer projects occur at the expense of less fortunate others, who do not have the disposable income, cultural capital, or family support to engage in unpaid labour. On the other hand, we should avoid an overly ‘capitalocentric’ view of the economy. New forms of solidarity can be imagined. An increasingly large free public goods and services sector could well cohabit in a plural economy with employment in cooperatives, paid independent work, and the wage-earning of the commercial sector. The peer-reviewed articles in this tenth issue of the Journal of Peer Production explore such emerging assemblages through case studies of an online encyclopedia, a herbarium, a scientific project, mathematical schoolbooks, and ‘maker’ activities. The Editorial Section addresses the interplay of capital and commons in firms and peer projects. It argues that it is time for the Journal of Peer Production to move beyond an exclusive focus on DIY institutions, in order to research and develop the culture and regulations and which can grow the commons. EDITORIAL SECTION Making Lovework: Editorial Notes Mathieu O’Neil, Stefano Zacchiroli >From the Commons to Capital: Red Hat, Inc. and the Business of Free Software Benjamin J. Birkinbine Preliminary Report on the Influence of Capital in an Ethical-Modular Project: Quantitative data from the Debian Survey Mathieu O’Neil, Stefano Zacchiroli, Molly de Blanc, Mahin Raissi Now, the Commons Journal of Peer Production PEER REVIEWED PAPERS Producing a Knowledge Commons: Tensions Between Paid Work and Peer Production in a Public Institution Lorna Heaton, Patricia Dias da Silva Crowdsourcing Citizen Science: Exploring the Tensions Between Paid Professionals and Users Jamie Woodcock, Anita Greenhill, Kate Holmes, Gary Graham, Joe Cox, Eun Young Oh, Karen Masters Makers as a New Work Condition Between Self-employment and Community Peer-production. Insights from a survey on Makers in Italy. Massimo Menichinelli, Massimo Bianchini, Alessandra Carosi, Stefano Maffei Communal Work and Professional Involvement: the Balance of Open Source Projects Clement Bert-Erboul A Critical Political Economic Framework for Peer Production’s Relation to Capitalism Arwid Lund [html] VARIA Common sense: An Examination of Three Los Angeles Community WiFi Projects that Privileged Public Funding over Commons-based Infrastructure Management Gwen Shaffer “Think Global, Print Local”: A Case study of a Commons-based Publishing and Distribution Model Vasilis Kostakis, Stacco Troncoso, Ann Marie Utratel =-=-=

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The Berkman Klein Center is hiring!
by Griffin Boyce 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Hi all, Berkman is hiring for a web applications developer and a junior web applications dev, as well as two openings for project coordinators. If you know someone who would be a great fit, please pass this along to them! It's also public / okay to post to lists. =) Dev openings: https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/jobs Web App Dev description: The Berkman Klein Center seeks an enthusiastic web applications developer with strong people skills. The successful candidate will develop web-based applications from the database to the UI. The position will also provide project management support for some application development projects and mentor (in an advisory and support role) junior developers. Position expected to interface directly with clients, working with them to refine vision and scope of projects. The developer will need to keep current with tools and technologies of open source software development and database architecture and will release much of their work under FOSS licenses. Working with great in-house talent, position is ideal for someone who learns enjoys tinkering/solving a range of dynamic technology problems and is comfortable in a fun, dynamic and fast-moving environment. Candidate should have good customer service and communication skills; be adept at working with both non-technical and technical people; able to take initiative and follow through with minimal supervision; be patient, curious, and perseverant; be flexible and be able to prioritize and to manage multiple needs; works well as part of a team and independently. Reports to the Developer Team Lead. As with all Berkman Klein Center positions, this is a term appointment funded through June 30, 2018; with strong potential for continuation based on funding and institutional need. BS in computer science, engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 4+ years of web application development experience including 2+ years work experience with Ruby and/or PHP and/or Python using MVC development frameworks (eg, ROR, Symfony, Django). Full life cycle development experience (technical design through implementation) required. Experience with agile, BDD and TDD software development methods are highly desirable. Skills in Object-Oriented Design, Application Architecture and Web Technologies (HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, XML, CSS); skills in JS toolkits (jQuery, EXTJs, OpenLayers, etc.); Experience with RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and noSQL DBs (couchDB, mongoDB); Strong command of web standards and best practices; Experience with web services (RESTful Rails, Apache, Tomcat, Nginx) and open source applications (MediaWiki, Wordpress, Drupal, BrowserCMS, etc). Familiarity with Perl and/or shell scripting, with Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS) administration, Linux security best practices and implementation, virtualization (XEN, QEMU/KVM), source control (SVN, GIT) is a huge plus; excellent communication and technical skills; demonstrated ability to take appropriate initiative and drive the development process; demonstrated project planning and time management skills; ability to work independently, assume leadership roles and work as part of a team. Code samples will be required. Junior Dev description: The Berkman Klein Center seeks an enthusiastic web applications developer with strong people skills. The successful candidate will develop web-based full stack applications from the database to the UI. The developer will need to keep current with tools and technologies of open source software development and database architecture and will release much of their work under FOSS licenses. Working with great in-house talent, position is ideal for someone who learns enjoys tinkering/solving a range of dynamic technology problems and is comfortable in a fun, dynamic and fast-moving environment. Candidate should have good communication skills; be adept at working with both non-technical and technical people; able to take initiative and follow through with minimal supervision; be patient, curious, and perseverant; be flexible and be able to prioritize and to manage multiple needs; works well as part of a team and independently. Reports to the Developer Team Lead. As with all Berkman Center positions, this is a term appointment funded through June 30, 2018; with strong potential for continuation based on funding and institutional need. BS in computer science, engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 2+ years of web application development experience including 1+ years work experience with Ruby and/or PHP and/or Python using MVC development frameworks (eg, ROR, Symfony, Django). Full life cycle development experience (technical design through implementation) required. Experience with agile, BDD and TDD software development methods are highly desirable. Skills in Object-Oriented Design, Application Architecture and Web Technologies (HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, XML, CSS); skills in JS toolkits (jQuery, EXTJs, OpenLayers, etc.); Experience with RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and noSQL DBs (couchDB, mongoDB); Strong command of web standards and best practices; Experience with web services (RESTful Rails, Apache, Tomcat, Nginx) and open source applications (MediaWiki, Wordpress, Drupal, BrowserCMS, etc). Familiarity with Perl and/or shell scripting, with Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS) administration, Linux security best practices and implementation, virtualization (XEN, QEMU/KVM), source control (SVN, GIT) is a huge plus; excellent communication and technical skills; demonstrated ability to take appropriate initiative, drive forward the development process and work as part of a team. Code samples will be required. Project Coordinator openings: https://sjobs.brassring.com/tgwebhost/jobdetails.aspx?SID=%5epCjdFyOykkW3ZN… Description: The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University seeks a project coordinator to perform diverse activities associated with our work on artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and related technologies (with a particular focus on community engagement and education / translational research). They will join the Berkman Klein Center’s world-class community of scholars and digital architects, and work in close collaboration with Berkman Klein faculty, staff, and fellows to advance a range of interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research related to the study and development of Internet & Society. Working alongside the Center’s growing team of project managers and project coordinators, the project coordinator will be tasked with: integrating the efforts of multiple team members, including editing written materials to establish common voice; coordinating research activities; communicating with external partners; monitoring overall timelines and outputs including project and grant deliverables, events, and grant reports; and doing research and writing, including outputs such as blog posts, grant proposals, memos, newsletters, and reports. Additionally, the coordinator will interface with the administrative and communications teams on relevant aspects of the projects; help to organize events; maintain online project management tools; and oversee web presence. The project coordinator will help to guide the work of interns and research assistants. Based on the fast-paced and changing needs of the Center, the project coordinator may be called upon for other tasks at short notice. Occasional evening and weekend work will be required. Travel opportunities may arise. The right candidate will thrive in a committed, collaborative, and tight-knit community that encourages creativity, supports deep inquiry, values novel approaches to solving problems, strives for transparency, continually builds upon best-practices and lessons learned, and supports its community members’ independent and collective goals. Commitment to Diversity: The work and well-being of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University are strengthened profoundly by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and much more. We are an equal opportunity employer and actively seek and welcome applications from all applicants, including people of color, women, the LGBTQIA community, and persons with disabilities, as well as applications from researchers and practitioners from across the spectrum of disciplines and methods.

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