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New Book: Digital Inclusion. An International Comparative Analysis
by Massimo Ragnedda 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo (eds) Digital Inclusion. An International Comparative Analysis, Lexington Books, 2018 More details here https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498562126/Digital-Inclusion-An-International-Co… Read the first two chapters on Google Book https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Digital_Inclusion.html?id=NaQntwEACA… *About the Book: *The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ways to avoid forms of digital exclusion or digital discrimination. This edited collection comprises of chapters written by respected scholars from a variety of countries, and brings together new scholarship addressing what the process of digital inclusion means for individuals and places in the countries analyzed. Each country has its own strategy to guarantee that people can access and enjoy the benefits of the information society. While this book does not presume to map all the countries in the world, it does shed light into these strategies, underlining what each country is doing in order to reduce digital inequalities and to guarantee that socially disadvantaged people (in terms of disabilities, availability of resources, age, geographic location, lack of education, or ethnicity) are digitally included. *Review:* Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo provide a long overdue account of digital exclusion from a global perspective. The contributors to this edited volume go beyond Western Europe, the Untied States, and Australia to consider the BRICS countries, the Middle East, and Africa and consider digital access empirically and theoretically. The essays in this volume highlight the costs of exclusion, but also the potential and opportunities that may result from greater inclusion. (*Prof. James C. Witte*, George Mason University) *Table of Content * Introduction: Digital Inclusion: Empowering People through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo /Part I: Digital Inclusion in Advanced Countries/ Chapter 1: Reducing and Preventing Digital Discrimination: Digital Inclusion Strategies in Europe, Massimo Ragnedda Chapter 2: Not So Ubiquitous: Digital Inclusion and Older Adults in Australia, Sue Malta and Raelene Wilding Chapter 3: Digital Inclusion in International Perspective: An Asset-Based Approach to Digital Inclusion Research in the US Context, Bianca C. Reisdorf and Colin Rhinesmith /Part II: Digital Inclusion in BRICS Countries/ Chapter 4: From Access to Proficiency: Reconceptualising Digital Inclusion in a Rural Area in South Africa, Lorenzo Dalvit Chapter 5: Mapping the Evolutive Trajectories of China's Digital Divide: A Longitudinal Observation, Jianbin Jin, Fanxin Meng, Anfan Chen, Lin Shi, and Tao Wang Chapter 6: Changes in Knowledge Acquisition According to the Proximity with Digital Media Networks, Andrea Limberto /Part III: Digital Inclusion in the Middle East/ Chapter 7: Digital Inclusion in Jordan: Opportunities and Hurdles, Hanna Kreitem Chapter 8: An Explanatory Analysis of Facebook’s Effect on Social Cohesion in Iran, Hamid Abdollahyan and Mahin Sheikh Ansari Chapter 9: “Nothing Is Ever Truly New": The Persisting Digital Exclusion in Israel, 2002–2013, Amit M. Schejter, Orit Ben-Harush, and Noam Tirosh /Part IV: Digital Inclusion in Africa/ Chapter 10: ICT and Development: Narrowing the Digital Divide and the Knowledge Gap of ICT Users in Cameroon and Ghana, Kehbuma Langmia and Christiana Hammond Chapter 11: Kenya's Digital Divide: Challenged, Evolving, and Persistent, Norbert Wildermuth /Afterword, /Why Digital Inclusion Now? Gerard Goggin -- Massimo Ragnedda Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK) mragnedda.wordpress.com skype: massimo.ragnedda http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda Connect with me on *Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook*

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WEBCAST TODAY: Our People-Centered Digital Future
by Joly MacFie 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

This is underway, and Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee have already delivereded introductions, but don't worry. You can tack back down the the Livestream timeline to review those, and there is plenty, plenty more to come, all the way into the late evening. This is a simulcast of the YouTube feed <https://youtu.be/S87r9Bn058s> (which does buffer occasionally), but with added AI captions and speaker names. As well as the 70th anniversary of UDHR, the event also recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Mother of All Demos <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos>. <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DigitalCooperation> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/CITIDFS-ICO> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ConnectedNE> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/js-nyc-nov18> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/swissigf18> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotsecurity2018-4> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ukigf18> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/routingsecurity/> <http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/diversity/> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/VisionsIG> [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ourdigitalfuture/>Today, *Monday December 10 2018*, from *8:30am-10:30pm PST* (16:30-06:30 UTC) Constellation Research hosts “*Our People-Centered Digital Future <https://www.constellationr.com/events/PCDF>*,” an event that recognizes that by March 2019, 50% of the world will be connected to the Internet. This inflection point marks an important moment for examining the “unfinished work” of the Internet and discussing the community norms, human rights and social contracts required in this exponential digital era. The event also aligns with the *70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights <http://www.unesco.org/new/en/brasilia/about-this-office/prizes-and-celebrat…>* by the United Nations. Speakers include *Vint Cerf*, *Tim Berners-Lee*, *Matthew Rantanen*, *Doc Searls*, & *Lee Raini*e, The event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/>. *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ourdigitalfuture/ <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ourdigitalfuture/> (AI Captions)AGENDA: <https://www.constellationr.com/events/PCDF/agenda/2018-12-10>https://www.constellationr.com/events/PCDF/agenda/2018-12-10 <https://www.constellationr.com/events/PCDF/agenda/2018-12-10>SLI.DO: http://sli.do/ourdigitalfuture <http://sli.do/ourdigitalfuture>TWITTER #OurDigitalFuture http://bit.ly/ourdigitalfuture <http://bit.ly/ourdigitalfuture>#StandUp4HumanRights http://bit.ly/2PgVDOQ <http://bit.ly/2PgVDOQ>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/10734/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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correct link
by Ilana Gershon 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

My apologies -- try this link: https://campanthropology.org/

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Towards Democratic Auditing: New Data Justice Lab project & RA position
by Arne Hintz 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Following the completion of our research on 'Data Scores as Governance' (https://datajusticelab.org/2018/12/06/data-scores-as-governance-final-repor…<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatajust…>), the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University is about to start a new project entitled 'Towards Democratic Auditing: Civic Participation in the Scoring Society'. It will explore how citizens can intervene into the development and implementation of scoring systems and other forms of data analytics, and how they can advance civic participation in an increasingly datafied society (https://datajusticelab.org/towards-democratic-auditing-civic-participation-…<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatajust…>). We are looking for a Research Assistant to conduct desk research for this project, carry out and analyse interviews, and help organise events and prepare project outcomes, in collaboration with other team members of the Data Justice Lab. Find out more about the job here: https://datajusticelab.org/2018/12/05/work-with-us-on-the-new-project-towar…<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatajust…>. We are interested in both full-time and part-time applications, for a period of (up to) 21 months. Closing date is Friday, 21 December. For any questions, please get in touch with the team members (Arne Hintz, Lina Dencik, Joanna Redden, Emiliano Trere) or contact us at https://datajusticelab.org/contact/<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatajust…> ---------------- Dr Arne Hintz Senior Lecturer Co-Director Data Justice Lab | Director MA Digital Media and Society School of Journalism, Media and Culture | Cardiff University Two Central Square | Cardiff CF10 1FS Email: HintzA(a)cardiff.ac.uk | Tel: +44 (0)29 208 76281 | Twitter: @arne_hz Fellow | Center for Media, Data and Society | Central European University

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CfA: Panel Session "The politics of algorithmic governance. Data subjects and social ordering in the digital age" (18th Annual STS Conference in Graz, 6-7 May 2019)
by Florian Irgmaier 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Dear Colleagues, we would like to call your attention to a panel session about the politics of algorithmic governance at next year's Annual STS Conference in Graz. The conference takes place on the 6th and the 7th of May 2019. The deadline for the abstracts is 21.01.2019. A key aspect of the ongoing digital transformation of society is the increasing datafication and quantification of almost all aspects of life. This realm of “data doubles” gives rise to new modes of producing and validating knowledge and of establishing epistemic and thus political authority, enabled by artificially intelligent computer systems and machines learning from big datasets. As a consequence, we are witnessing the emergence of new forms of social coordination, steering and control that are unfolding on the individual level (as in the quantified self movement), on the organizational level (as in people analytics) as well as on the societal level (as in predictive policing and citizen scores). While technology enthusiasts interpret these trends as an opportunity for more reactive, more integrated and less bureaucratic forms of regulation that will ultimately benefit everyone (O’Reilly 2013), critics warn that humans are reduced to passive data providers in a new, depoliticized “surveillance capitalism” (Morozov 2014, Zuboff 2018). As the fusion of digital technology and institutions of public and private governance proceeds, gaining a deeper understanding of these ambivalences is one of the pressing academic and practical issues of our time (Yeung 2017). During this session we want to continue the conversation about the possible contributions of Science, Technology and Society Studies to this set of questions, debating both concrete empirical cases and broader theoretical considerations. We invite innovative papers from all relevant areas that address issues including, but not limited to, the following: Which new forms of algorithmic governance do we observe? How do they relate to and interact with existing forms of social ordering and what sets them apart? Do we witness the emergence of new forms of subjectivities and identities? In what ways do algorithmic systems foster or inhibit individuals’ conduct of everyday life, and how are they integrated into daily routines? Do we witness the rise of new types of socio-technical networks and assemblages? When do the new infrastructures of algorithmic governance fail and which vulnerabilities are responsible for the failures? In what ways do individuals and groups apply, cope with, adapt to, subvert or re-purpose systems of algorithmic governance? How can we think about these changes in ways that take seriously both the material specificity and the social logics of these new technologies? What are the socio-technical imaginaries that give rise to the various forms of algorithmic governance? What is the relationship between data, algorithms and agency, and what do these forms of algorithmic governance imply for individual and collective self-determination? What are the conditions for the legitimacy of algorithmic governance in the 21st century? How can algorithmic governance itself be governed? Important information Deadline 21.01.2019 16:00 Confirmation of abstracts: February 2019 Information und submission: https://sts-conference.isds.tugraz.at/event/5/abstracts/ We are looking forward to your abstracts! With kind regards, Florian Eyert, Florian Irgmaier und Rainer Rehak -- Florian Irgmaier Research fellow Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung(WZB)/ WZB Berlin Social Science Center Weizenbaum-Institut für die vernetzte Gesellschaft. Das Deutsche Internet-Institut/ Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. The German Internet Institute Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin / Germany Office: +49-(0)30-700-141-077 Email: florian.irgmaier(a)wzb.eu

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New Book / The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy
by Gerbaudo, Paolo 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that my new book "The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy" has just been published! https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745335797/the-digital-party/ <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.plut…> The book looks at the transformation of political parties in the digital era focusing on the cases of Podemos, the Five Star Movement, Pirate Parties, France Insoumise and Momentum. It is based on 4 years of research and 30 interviews with politicians, organisers and developers of participatory platforms and observations of rallies, campaigns, party offices and events. Below you find some info about the book and the first book endorsements. If you want to have a review copy please don't hesitate to write me. I hope you enjoy the book! Best, Paolo The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy Paolo Gerbaudo / Pluto Press >From the Five Star Movement to Podemos, from the Pirate Parties to La France Insoumise, from the movements behind Bernie Sanders to those backing Jeremy Corbyn, the last decade has witnessed the rise of a new blueprint for political organisation: the digital party. Paolo Gerbaudo addresses the organisational revolution that is transforming political parties in the time of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Cambridge Analytica. Drawing on interviews with political leaders and organisers, Gerbaudo demonstrates that besides rapidly growing in votes, these formations have also revitalised party democracy, involving hundreds of thousands in discussions carried out on online decision-making platforms. Participatory, yet plebiscitarian, open and democratic, yet dominated by charismatic 'hyperleaders', digital parties display both great potentials and risks for the development of new forms of mass participation in an era of growing inequality. All political parties will have to reckon with the lessons of the digital party. Endorsements 'In this refreshing, imaginative and conceptually sophisticated book, Paolo Gerbaudo takes us on a compelling journey across Europe to understand the digitally native political parties at the forefront of a profound process of organizational evolution. Gerbaudo convincingly explains the positive and negative implications of this process, and why it matters for the future of democracy' - Andrew Chadwick, author of 'The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power' 'In a historic moment when political parties are losing their capacity to represent citizens, new party models have grown and often achieved unexpected success. This book is an important contribution to the conceptualization of digital parties and the understanding of their evolution' - Donatella Della Porta, Dean of the Institute for Humanities and the Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore and author of 'Movement Parties in Times of Austerity' 'With a rare mix of narrative flair and analytical insight, Gerbaudo tells the riveting story of how tech-savvy leaders and 'connected outsiders' have reshaped politics in the digital era' - John Postill, author of 'The Rise of Nerd Politics' 'Paolo Gerbaudo shows how the internet shapes contemporary politics and vice versa. A must read for everyone interested in digital politics' - Christian Fuchs, author of 'Digital Demagogues: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter' 'Gerbaudo shows how technology-based "platform parties" are designed, how they fit into the history of political parties, and how they reflect changes in politics, society, economics, and communication. This rich analysis looks at both the promise and the limitations of these fascinating political experiments' - Lance Bennett, University of Washington 'This book by Paolo Gerbaudo goes deep into the "morbid" crossroads of our present and offers us suggestive ideas on the key elements of its emerging political practice. A brilliant work' - German Cano, University of Alcala de Henares, member of the founding group of Podemos Dr Paolo Gerbaudo, Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, Department of Digital Humanities Director of the Centre for Digital Culture King's College London, Room S3.10, Strand Building, 3rd Floor, Strand London WC2, England Phone: +44 (0)20 78481576

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author interview with John Postill
by Ilana Gershon 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Dear Colleagues, You might be interested in finding out more about John Postill's new book, The Rise of Nerd Politics: Digital Activism and Political Change. Angela VandenBroek has a new author interview with John Postill on the CaMP anthropology blog: https://wordpress.com/post/campanthropology.org/1742 <https://wordpress.com/post/campanthropology.org/1742> Best, Ilana

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CFP: The worlds of Wikimedia: communicating and collaborating across languages and cultures
by Bunty Avieson 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

WOW2019: The worlds of Wikimedia: communicating and collaborating across languages and cultures University of Sydney, 12-14 June 2019. Abstracts up to 250 words via EasyChair by March 12, 2019. Acceptance by March 20, 2019. Website: wow2019.net The United Nations declared 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages to celebrate the world’s rich cultural diversity and heighten awareness of cultures at risk. As a free, multimedia publishing site, Wikipedia has unrealized potential for supporting such cultures in terms of languages, traditions and different knowledge systems. This conference invites participants to consider the breadth of human experience and wisdom, and how they can best be served by digital technologies and the Wikimedia movement. We welcome papers that address Wikimedia’s role in enhancing global diversity from a range of perspectives including education, digital communication, indigenous knowledge, GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums), Disability Studies, Internet studies and Big Data, as a means to investigate new methods of collaboration to broaden inclusion across all levels of society. Topics can refer to any of the various Wikimedia projects, as well as language and cultural diversity, and could address, but are not limited to: * Language preservation * Australian Indigenous storytelling * Theories of knowledge * Andragogy and pedagogy * Internet Activism * Open knowledge * Decolonizing the Internet * Digital tools and methods for online diversity and abilities * Orality and Literacy * Resolving conflict in online communities * New archival practices * Innovative Case Studies and projects Other related topics will also be considered. Any queries please contact Dr Frances Di Lauro, Department of Writing Studies, and Dr Bunty Avieson, Department of Media and Communications. Dr Bunty Avieson | Lecturer The University of Sydney Department of Media and Communications, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Rm N225, John Woolley | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 +61 2 8627 0201 bunty.avieson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:bunty.avieson@sydney.edu.au> | sydney.edu.au<https://sydney.edu.au/arts/staff/profiles/bunty.avieson.php> I acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which I live and work CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. Please think of our environment and only print this email if necessary.

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CFP Worlds of Wikimedia conference: communicating and collaborating across languages and cultures
by Bunty Avieson 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

WOW2019: The worlds of Wikimedia: communicating and collaborating across languages and cultures, at University of Sydney, 12-14 June 2019. Abstracts up to 250 words via EasyChair<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wow2019> by March 12. Acceptance by March 20. Website: wow2019.net<https://www.wow2019.net/> The United Nations declared 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages<https://en.iyil2019.org/> to celebrate the world’s rich cultural diversity and heighten awareness of cultures at risk. As a free, multimedia publishing site, Wikipedia has unrealized potential for supporting such cultures in terms of languages, traditions and different knowledge systems. This conference invites participants to consider the breadth of human experience, wisdom and knowledge systems, and how they can best be served by digital technologies and the Wikimedia movement. We welcome papers that address Wikimedia’s role in enhancing global diversity from a range of perspectives including education, digital communication, indigenous knowledge, GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums), Disability Studies, Internet studies and big data, as a means to investigate new methods of collaboration to broaden inclusion across all levels of society. Topics can refer to any of the various Wikimedia projects, as well as language and cultural diversity, and could address, but are not limited to: * Language preservation * Australian Indigenous storytelling * Theories of knowledge * Andragogy and pedagogy * Internet Activism * Open knowledge * Decolonizing the Internet * Digital tools and methods for online diversity and abilities * Orality and Literacy * Resolving conflict in online communities * New archival practices * Innovative Case Studies and projects Other related topics will also be considered. For questions please contact Dr Frances Di Lauro<http://frances.dilauro@sydney.edu.au>, Department of Writing Studies, and Dr Bunty Avieson<http://bunty.avieson@sydney.edu.au>, Department of Media and Communications. Dr Bunty Avieson | Lecturer The University of Sydney Department of Media and Communications, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Rm N225, John Woolley | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 +61 2 8627 0201 bunty.avieson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:bunty.avieson@sydney.edu.au> | sydney.edu.au<https://sydney.edu.au/arts/staff/profiles/bunty.avieson.php> I acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which I live and work CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. Please think of our environment and only print this email if necessary.

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CFA Edited Volume Visual Pedagogies: Concepts Cases Models
by MC Cambre 09 Dec '18

09 Dec '18

Call for Abstracts Edited Volume: “Visual Pedagogies: Concepts, Cases & Models” Overview We invite abstracts for an edited collection investigating the theoretical, empirical and instructional aspects of what can be envisioned as visual pedagogies, offering classic, creative, and contemporary re-workings of these paradigms. The book will be divided into three complementary sections with an editor in charge of each. Submission guidelines: The book will be designed for an academic audience, however, we also invite creative and novel approaches that challenge and take risks including troubling traditionally accepted concepts such as literacy, learning, teaching, skills and so on. Contributors are asked to write in a manner accessible to readers outside of their respective fields. We encourage the use of images, mixed media, and externally linked or referenced material. Thus, we encourage provocations and novel ways of integrating image, diagram, illustration and other modalities, within and through the book’s pages. To build this book collaboratively and speak across chapters, we will share material, peer edit and discuss contributions within respective sections. In addition, each chapter will undergo rigorous double blind peer-review. Key dates: - Abstracts of 500 words (theoretical framework, methods and focus) plus a 100 word biographical statement: February 25, 2019 - Invitations for full chapters sent to authors: March 26, 2019 - Full chapters (6000-7000 words including references) submission: September 10, 2019 Please email submissions and queries to the relevant section editor (see emails in the beginning of each section description). Section 1: Conceptualizing Visual Pedagogies Section editor: Carolina Cambre, Concordia University, Canada. E-mail: carolina.cambre(a)concordia.ca This section explores visual pedagogies theoretically through a collection of papers that reach into and beyond traditional understandings of both terms “visual” and “pedagogy.” In his 1648 landmark book on didactics, John Amos Comenius set out some enduring fundamental principles for teaching and learning, including what might seem an almost too obvious observation that “all learning happens through the senses” and thus this book refuses to relegate its consideration of the visual in pedagogy to the purely eye-dependent. In other words, we avoid visual essentialism by understanding that the visual is already irretrievably embedded in other sensory awareness. Similarly, we consider pedagogy by pluralizing it and positioning it beyond what might be seen as institutional pedagogical understandings and approaches by looking to de-link it from strict notions of being situated in schooling and within certain age-ranges. Instead, these conceptually oriented papers consider pedagogies in the sense that these approaches can take multiple, non-linear, and situated approaches whether collective or individual that can encompass diverse spaces. Thus the official space of the classroom is one amongst many pedagogical spaces that can include ceremonial, artistic, public, mediated, athletic, informal, community-based and work-related arenas. Chapters in this section will re-think what visual pedagogies involve: including foregrounding the social nature of pedagogy and asking: What does it mean to look together, and deliberately attend to something in a process of desire and possibility? Visual pedagogies are by nature nomadic and do not separate the how of educating from the what. What does this mean? First it means recognizing that “Pedagogy is never innocent,” and that it “carries its own message” (Bruner 1996: 63). Visual pedagogies respond and are actualized within the cultural contexts in which they are working, yet they are not “wed to a context but are taken up in unpredictable ways across various contexts” (Masny & Waterhouse 2011: 291 emphasis in original). As visual pedagogies gain momentum across fields, the need to navigate visual environments both digital and offline in ways that enhance sensibility and awareness of how/what to observe, analyze, criticize and reflect on in any given moment continues to grow. Section 2: Case Studies of Visual Pedagogies in Education Section editor: Edna Barromi-Perlman, University of Haifa, Kibbutz College of Education, Israel. E-mail: edna.barromi(a)smkb.ac.il Reading and interpreting the visual worlds in which we live, work, teach and educate has emerged as an important feature in educational environments. Educational practice is influenced and maneuvered by continual flows of visual imagery, which manifest across multitudes of platforms and modalities. This section of the book will collect case studies based on empirical fieldwork, that reflect on forms of developing knowledge in visual pedagogy and how this knowledge might affect academic or other educational practices, societies, communities and educational systems. This section thus invites case studies of research/action research conducted in this field. The case studies will explore different paradigms and discuss the empirical manifestation of visual pedagogies in the field. The case studies will build on current theories and address diverse audiences as well as diverse learning institutions on a global level. The selection will aim for an international and cross-cultural scope, so that each case study will present challenges specific to its country of origin. The research will encompass fieldwork in formal and informal educational settings as well as digital practices, educational media, online material and printed material and will be open to work that explores various, alternative visual platforms in educational institutions and beyond. Section 3: Visual Pedagogies in Practice Section editor: Joanna Kedra, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. E-mail: joanna.kedra(a)jyu.fi This section explores visual pedagogies in classroom related contexts by immersing readers straight into the concrete examples of educational practices. In a world saturated by images and digitally and visually mediated communication, visual competency has come to the forefront in the 21st century. Subsequently, the need for skills in visual interpretation, image creation, evaluation and usage has demanded increased attention in education. Today’s students are assumed to be fluent in digital and visual technologies, mainly, due to their perpetual immersion into visually and technologically mediated communication. However, recent studies that examine visual literacy of young adults, mainly visual interpretation, but also abilities in visual production and image use, indicate that the assumption of today’s learners being technologically and visually savvy is mistaken. Thus, there is a pressing need for relevant visual pedagogies. However, practical teaching tools that may assist in developing students’ visual competency are still lacking, along with in-depth reflection on visual teaching practices. At the core of this section lies a desire to introduce and critically evaluate models for teaching-learning interactions with various types of visuals. Visual pedagogies are understood as educating ‘with’ or ‘about’ visuals as well as a group of practices toward development of learners’ visual literacy. Contributors of this section examine visually oriented practices, modes and models and reflect upon them. This section will provide fresh scholarly perspectives within an area of pedagogy that calls for more substantive reflection and practice-based approaches. <http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-semiotics-of-che-guevara-9781472505293/>

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