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Cultures of TikTok in the Asia Pacific Symposium (7 December 2020): Call for Papers
by Bondy Kaye 22 Oct '20

22 Oct '20

Dear all, Dr Crystal Abidin, Prof Michael Keane, and the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University <https://ccat.curtin.edu.au/> invite submissions to a virtual symposium on Cultures of TikTok in the Asia Pacific. This event will be a critical forum for cutting edge research on TikTok, the globally influential short video platform that has captivated international attention and made headlines over the past two years. In particular, this event focuses on the cultures of TikTok (including but not limited to the platform, players, and politics) throughout the Asia Pacific Region. Contributions to this symposium will help pioneer research methodologies for studying TikTok and create further resources for curriculum development and future research. This half-day virtual symposium will take place via Zoom on 7 December 2020 featuring presentations from contributors and a keynote delivered by Associate Professor Haiqing Yu (RMIT). Each contributing speaker will have approximately 15 minutes (10 minutes to present, 5 minutes for Q&A). We invite submissions from researchers working in the Humanities and Social Sciences, including but not limited to in Internet Studies, Media Studies, Communication, Sociology, Anthropology, Theatre, Screen and Digital Media, Cultural Studies, and Journalism. HDRs and ECRs (up to 5 years post-PhD + career interruptions) are strongly encouraged to apply. This will be an excellent opportunity for emerging researchers to receive supportive feedback from their peers. Following the event, participants will be given publication mentoring opportunities through Dr Abidin and Prof Keane. A selection of papers will also be considered for inclusion in a Special Section tentatively entitled “Cultures of TikTok in the Asia Pacific” that will be published in a top ranked peer-reviewed journal in the field of Internet Studies or Media Studies. Please submit abstracts (up to 250 words) for all potential talks and a short bio (up to 100 words) to tiktokcultures[at]gmail.com *Key Dates:* ● 30 October 2020 - Abstract Submissions Due ● 6 November 2020 - Notifications of Acceptance ● 7 December 2020 - Symposium Date We look forward to receiving your submissions! Please contact Dr Crystal Abidin (crystal.abidin[at]curtin.edu.au), Prof Michael Keane (m.keane [at] curtin.edu.au), or D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye (bondykaye[at]gmail.com) with any questions about this event. *--* *D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye * Editorial Assistant | Media Industries <http://www.mediaindustriesjournal.org/> PhD Candidate | School of Communication <https://www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries/about/about-the-faculty/school-o…> Sessional Academic | Faculty of Creative Industries <https://www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries> Digital Media Research Centre Queensland University of Technology d2.kaye(a)qut.edu.au | @bondykaye <http://twitter.com/bondykaye> *Publications <https://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Valdovinos_Kaye,_D=2E_Bondy.html> *

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AoIR2020 Life (Online) IS LIVE 26-31 October
by Lynn Schofield Clark 22 Oct '20

22 Oct '20

AoIR has more than 700 people who have registered for the virtual AoIR2020 Life (Online) conference that takes place this coming Monday – Saturday, 26-31 October! Registration is free for AoIR members, so if you haven’t already, please join, renew your membership, and register for the conference (https://members.aoir.org/event-3841957) We’ve planned talks and research- themed discussions, book launches, internet- and gaming-themed pub quizzes, and yes, even karaoke and a dance! Even if you’re not a member you can still join us for the #AoIR2020 opening event: A “fireside chat” keynote featuring Kate Crawford (Distinguished Research Professor at NYU and cofounder of the AI Now Institute; and Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York) and Alondra Nelson (President of the Social Science Research Council and Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton) (info here: https://aoir.org/aoir2020keynote_plenary/) 22:00 UTC 26 October in the U.S./Canada/South America & 27 October in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia, & New Zealand WHAT date & time is that where you are??? Use this link to find out: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=04%3A00+Themed+Di… Watch the keynote livestreamed via the AoIR Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/associationofinternetresearchers A link to the zoom webinar room will be made available for conference registrants. Also, you can log in to the aoir.org website as an AoIR member NOW to see these pages: Link to Playlists of research videos: https://members.aoir.org/AoIR2020Playlists_Forum Link to Calendar for next week's live events: https://members.aoir.org/AoIR2020_Calendar And follow the conference on Twitter using the #AoIR2020 hashtag. Registrants will receive a daily email digest starting on Monday with links to all events for the day. Your AoIR2020 team is looking forward to seeing you there! Lynn Schofield Clark (she/her/hers) President, international Association of Internet Researchers <http://aoir.org/>

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multimedia/visual journalism/media production job opening
by Harlow, Summer 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

University of Houston: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Media Production with an interest in Multimedia/Visual Journalism The Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position to teach courses in media production beginning in Fall of 2021. The candidate will need to have demonstrated a substantive record of research, or the potential thereof. The successful candidate would be expected to teach undergraduate courses in media production and/or multimedia and visual journalism, and graduate courses in journalism/mass communication. The successful candidate will have teaching or professional experience in areas such as narrative or documentary production, broadcast journalism, multimedia storytelling, podcasting, and/or data visualization. Valenti hosts ~500 undergraduate students majoring in media production, and these students gain real-world experience taking classes and producing content in our Lance T. Funston Communication Center, which is a state-of-the-art media and content production facility at the Valenti School of Communication (https://uh.edu/class/communication/about/facilities/FunstonCC/) The Center encompasses 3,300 square-feet of production space between its two studios, complete with high definition studio cameras. The Valenti School and the University of Houston take pride in having one of the most diverse student bodies in higher education. As such, we welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence. We are interested in bringing in a diverse pool of candidates who reflect groups previously underrepresented in academia, and/or candidates who are committed to teaching and researching issues and solutions around social injustice. In addition to our state-of-the-art media production and communication technology facilities, Valenti has 16 tenure-line and 8 instructional faculty, and faculty enjoy a steady stream of internal and external grants. The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One research institution and is the flagship campus of a state-assisted system that enrolls over 60,000 students. As the third largest city in the U.S., a top ten media market, and the most ethnically diverse city in the country, Houston is a vibrant, affordable city to live and work. It has multi-national industries, commercial centers, the largest medical center in the world, a robust arts community, professional sports, an entrepreneurial approach to new technologies, and is the world capital for petroleum exploration and energy. The Chronicle of Higher Education has named the University of Houston as one of the best places to work, and U.S. News & World Report listed UH as the No. 2 most racially/ethnically diverse university in the nation. The University of Houston is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. BIPOC individuals, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. To apply, please visit: https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC001497&tz=…<https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC001497&tz=…> We will review applications beginning Nov. 1, 2020. For more information or questions, please contact, chair of the search committee, Dr. Beth Olson, at BMOlson(a)central.UH.EDU<mailto:BMOlson@central.UH.EDU>. Summer Harlow, Ph.D. Associate professor Valenti School of Communication University of Houston 713-743-7354 sharlow(a)central.uh.edu<mailto:sharlow@central.uh.edu> www.summerharlow.com<http://www.summerharlow.com> Follow me on Twitter: @SummerDHarlow Author of Liberation Technology in El Salvador: Re-appropriating Social Media among Alternative Media Projects<https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319480381>

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Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies, Ph.D. program application deadline 4 January, 2021
by Jeffery Joe Hemsley 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies welcomes applicants for our Ph.D. program. The interdisciplinarity of our program is visible through the backgrounds of the 30 current doctoral students and the faculty involved. Doctoral students pursue individualized course plans that are tuned to their particular research interests and needs. This means advising and close working relationships with faculty members are cornerstones of the Syracuse University iSchool Ph.D. program. This is why our program is both residential and full-time. Current students hail from ten countries and have academic training in the social sciences, communications, business, computer science, librarianship, linguistics, information science, data science and other areas. Our doctoral program is a welcoming and inclusive place for scholars from under-represented populations, something we see as a defining element of our program. We celebrate the success of our recent graduates who are taking up tenure-track positions in premier research institutions and exceptional liberal arts colleges, excelling in academic and policy think tanks, and pursuing entrepreneurial success! Current students are earning awards for their publications and dissertation work, continuing a long tradition of such recognition. We encourage you to contact faculty seeking doctoral students for 2021 to discuss shared interests: https://ischool.syr.edu/faculty-recruiting-phd-students/! Applications are due 4 January 2021. Admitted students making satisfactory progress are assured of up to five years of funding (including three years of summer support) along with tuition and other support. You can learn more about the iSchool PhD program at https://ischool.syr.edu/academics/ph-d-in-information-science-and-technolog… You can learn PhD application process at https://ischool.syr.edu/admissions-aid/how-to-apply/phd-application-checkli… You can learn more about the Syracuse iSchool faculty and interests at https://ischool.syr.edu/research/#research Please reach out to the faculty members whose interests draw you forward to talk about opportunities, as admission You are also welcome to contact director, Steve ssawyer(a)syr.edu<mailto:ssawyer@syr.edu>; or, the doctoral programs manager, Jennifer Barclay, at istphd(a)syr.edu<mailto:istphd@syr.edu> with questions.

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BOOK ON THE COMMONS
by vag pap 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Hi all, This is to share my book on the commons which is available under the license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. One can also buy the paperback edition from the publishing house as well as from other known sites. You can find both here: https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/m/10.16997/book46/ kind regards vangelis papadimitropoulos

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What’s intimate about data?
by Susanna Paasonen 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Dear all, Please join us for a Zoom seminar this Friday on the intimacies of data-driven culture with Irina Shklovski, Deborah Lupton and Minna Ruckenstein. The talks will also be posted on our website for later viewing. What’s intimate about data? What’s intimate about data flows? Who tracks what or whom? Why should we care? Digital media is, especially in these times of social distancing, infrastructural in how we navigate the obligations of work, studies and social life. Devices, apps and services both generate and leak data as we message, do searches, post on social media, track our number of steps or match with someone on a dating app. All kinds of daily routines give rise to data shadows reflective of our habits, likes and intimate attachments. Our seminar asks, what is at stake in data-driven technologies both shaping and invading everyday life. The invited speakers are the world’s leading experts within the fields of research on intimacy, data and the digital world. Program, 23.10.2020, 10:00-13:00 EET Susanna Paasonen, University of Turku, “Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture” Susanna Paasonen’s work focuses on internet research, affect theory and sexuality. She is the PI of Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture. Irina Shklovski, University of Copenhagen, “The Perils of Visibility: Why the digital world is inevitably creepy” Irina Shklovski seeks to answer how to design to exploit technology’s usefulness without exploiting its users. This drives her research in three areas: privacy and creepy technologies, ethics and responsibility in innovation, and how to address the sense of powerlessness people experience in the face of massive personal data collection. break Deborah Lupton, University of New South Wales, “More-than-Human Data Intimacies” Deborah Lupton has a background in sociology and media and cultural studies. She is the author/co-author of 17 books and editor/co-editor of six book collections, as well as many chapters and articles, ranging across such topics as health and medicine, food, the body, the emotions and affect, risk, parenthood, digital technologies and cultures of data. Minna Ruckenstein, University of Helsinki, “Self-Tracking and the Limits of Intimacy” Minna Ruckenstein works as an associate professor at the Consumer Society Research Centre and the Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities. Her research group explores digitalization/datafication by highlighting emotional, social, political and economic aspects of current and emerging data practices. Join the seminar via Zoom: https://utu.zoom.us/j/64555625487 Meeting ID: 645 5562 5487 Join by SIP 64555625487(a)109.105.112.236 64555625487(a)109.105.112.235 Join by H.323 109.105.112.236 109.105.112.235 Meeting ID: 645 5562 5487 The seminar is organized by IDA – Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture (2019-2022/25), a research consortium funded by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland exploring different vulnerabilities connected to data culture, the shapes that intimacies take in networked exchanges, and the avenues available for building a more just and open data economy. https://www.dataintimacy.fi/en/ with all best, Susanna -------------------------- Susanna Paasonen Professor of Media Studies University of Turku <suspaa(a)utu.fi>

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VIDEO: More Than A Feeling: Emotions & Knowledge Management
by Matthew Moore 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/tanVYgiXv5U Our lives are full of emotion but emotions are rarely talked about in knowledge management. In this session we will discuss: - Different theories of emotion and what they mean for organisations - How knowledge and information professionals can manage their own emotions and respond to those of others - How we design products and programs that account for emotion Matt Moore is an Industry Fellow at UTS. He has over 20 years of experience working in knowledge management with organisations such as PwC, IBM, Oracle and ASIC. UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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WEBCAST TODAY: Inclusive Cyber Policymaking / Involving Stakeholders in Cyber Policy Development
by Joly MacFie 20 Oct '20

20 Oct '20

The CyberSecurity SIG is going full tilt, as this is the first of no less than 3 webinars this week! This one has a definite African flavour, as top experts from around the continent discuss cyber engagement. This will be in English. Only the FB simulcasts are captioned. A transcript will be uploaded to the archive later. For those of you that missed Webinar 4, the transcript is here.: https://archive.org/download/cybersig4/2020.10.15_Why_National_Cybersecurit… ISOC Live posted: "Today, October 20 2020 at 09:00 EDT (13:00 UTC) the Internet Society Cybersecurity Special Interest Group (CyberSecSIG) hosts the 5th Webinar in the Global Cyber Forum series, as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, with the theme 'Inclusive Cyber Polic" <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybersecsig5> [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybersecsig5> Today, *October 20 2020* at *09:00 EDT* (13:00 UTC) the *Internet Society Cybersecurity Special Interest Group <https://cybersecsig.org/>* (CyberSecSIG) hosts the 5th Webinar in the* Global Cyber Forum series <https://cybersecsig.org/events/>*, as part of *Cybersecurity Awareness Month <https://www.cisa.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month>*, with the theme ‘*Inclusive Cyber Policymaking / Involving Stakeholders in Cyber Policy Development <https://cybersecsig.org/webinarOct20>*‘. *SPEAKERS*: *Adeboye Adegoke*, Senior Program Manager, Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria *Nthabiseng Pule*, Project Coordinator and Outreach Manager, Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA) *Lillian Nalwoga*, Programme Manager, Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) *Christopher Banda*, Manager, Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team (MWCERT) *Sanusi Drammeh*, Principal ICT Officer, Ministry of Information & Communication Infrastructure (MOICI), The Gambia *Kenneth Adu-Amanfoh*, Executive Director, Africa Cybersecurity and Digital Rights Organisation (ACDRO), Ghana. *MODERATOR* *Daniela Schnidrig*, Senior Programme Lead, Global Partners Digital (GPD) *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybersecsig5 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cybersecsig5>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://cybersecsig.org/webinarOct20 <https://cybersecsig.org/webinarOct20>* *TWITTER @CyberSecSIG <https://bit.ly/CyberSecSIG> #BeCyberSmart * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/CyberSecSIG/live/ <https://www.facebook.com/CyberSecSIG/live/>* (AI captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/live/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/live/>* (AI captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/cybersecsig5 <https://archive.org/details/cybersecsig5>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12842/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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PODCAST: Stuart Buchanan - Digital Programming @ Sydney Opera House
by Matthew Moore 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

Stuart Buchanan is a cultural programmer and curator, who seeks to deepen our relationship with the arts through digital channels and platforms. He has collaborated with artists and producers to devise and deliver many award-winning digital projects, from developing one of Scotland’s first cultural websites (for Edinburgh Fringe) through to the current Covid-19 Digital Season for Sydney Opera House. His work also extends to music programming, for broadcasters such as ABC Double J and FBi Radio, and as Director of the experimental music initiative, New Weird Australia. Stuart talks about digital programming at Australia's most recognizable arts institution, coping with COVID and the future of art. Podbean: https://infoinnouts.podbean.com/e/stuart Subscribe to the podcast feed here. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/information-innovation-uts/id15031092… Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2luZm9pbm… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HIr6BG7lOhphcSyarTSTu UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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CfP: “Critical Game Design” proposed special issue of Design Issues
by Malazita, James Wilson 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

Hi Everyone, We (Jim Malazita and Elizabeth LaPensée) invite abstracts for a proposed special issue of Design Issues, titled “Critical Game Design.” Please let us know if you have any questions, and we’re looking forward to reading abstracts! "Critical Game Design" Special Issue Description: Despite critical work by foundational games scholar-designers such as Tracy Fullerton, Mary Flanagan, and Katherine Isbister, the academic field of games has largely developed along two separate axes: game production and games criticism. This split produces tensions for game scholars, who, despite often self-describing as “interdisciplinary,” are still bound by the epistemic, political, and institutional boundaries of the academy. Game scholars must produce scholarship in forms that are knowable and legitimizeable by their institutions. Researchers in game production face challenges when articulating the impact of colonial, race-based, and gendered legacies of their “purely technical” field. Conversely, researchers in games criticism risk being labeled as “selling out” when attempting to practice scholarly and political critique through game production. Tenure and job search committees, already concerned with the disciplinary and epistemic “fit” of games candidates, are likely to discount production work by scholars in the humanities and social sciences, and critical work by scholars in the computational sciences and development. Game scholars have thus been required to internalize knowledge practices about how research is conducted, what topics are considered “in bounds,” and what questions and criticisms are permitted. Though “design methods” have been posited as a way to muddle through these tensions, they are often done so in ways that reinforce the modularized, consilience model of game scholarship, or without engaging with the intellectual and political tensions and criticisms that design research itself faces. This proposed special issue seeks to address the gap in the intersection of knowledge production across games criticism and design research. We're especially interested in providing a venue for games scholars engaging with design research and practice as a form of critical knowledge-making, as well as for broader conversations about the roles that different practiced and embodied research knowledges can have in the Game Studies community. We expect that essays will engage with the political and epistemological dimensions of design research, including how systems of power legitimize certain ways of knowing over others, the challenges of integrating critique and material practice, and the potential for games + design to highlight feminist, Indigenous, and raced knowledges that have been marginalized in both game studies and in design research. Examples of topics of interest to this issue include, but are not limited to: * Connecting Game Studies with game design * Game design as knowledge practice * Feminist, Indigenous, critical race, and disability interventions in game design * Intersections of design research and game design * Materiality, platforms, and game design * Game design in/as academic institutions * Dismantling disciplinary boundary work between design and critique * Politics with and through game production * Theorizing game design * Institutionalization of critical game design * Game Design and Game Studies in the higher-ed classroom Articles will have a maximum length of 5000 words (not including citations), formatted in Chicago Manual Style. Interested Authors should send an abstract of 300 words, alongside a short author bio and 2 page CV, to the guest editors (malazj(a)rpi.edu and odamino(a)msu.edu) by December 4, 2020. Jim Malazita, Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Elizabeth LaPensée, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Jim Malazita malazj(a)rpi.edu Assistant Professor Science & Technology Studies Games & Simulation Arts & Sciences Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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