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Extension to call deadline: Nerds & Loneliness
by Johnson, Gareth 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Dear all, Due to the ongoing coronavirus situation, we've agreed to extend our call for abstracts on 'Fictional Representations of Nerds and Loneliness' to Mon 18th May 2020. All other details remain as before - 300 word abstract proposals to be submitted to lonelynerds2021(a)gmail.com. Outline details and the full text of the call can be found at: https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/announcement/view/20 Thanks Gaz --- Dr Gareth (Gaz) J Johnson Managing Editor-in-Chief, Exchanges Journal Room C0.10, Institute of Advanced Study, Zeeman Building, University of Warwick https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ias/ T: 024 765 7443 (extn 74423) E: gareth.johnson(a)warwick.ac.uk<mailto:gareth.johnson@warwick.ac.uk> B: https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/exchangesias/ Tw:@ExchangesIAS<https://twitter.com/ExchangesIAS>

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CFP: Workshop on theomorphic robots and religious contexts
by Charles M. Ess 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Dear AoIRists, with the usual apologies for cross-posting - please forward to potentially interested colleagues and/or lists. Please also note that the workshop, as part of the International Research Conference Robophilosophy 2020: Aarhus, Denmark, August 18-21, 2020, may be carried out as an E-conference, depending on the development of the COVID-19 pandemic. More information will follow by the end of May (at latest): please consult the conference webpage and plan your travel arrangements accordingly. Call for papers: Workshop on theomorphic robots and religious contexts, the Robophilosophy-conference 2020, August 18-21, Aarhus. https://conferences.au.dk/robo-philosophy/ Workshop organizer: PhD fellow Simon Balle, Aarhus University, Department of Theology. Chairs: Prof. Dr. Charles Ess, Oslo University, and PhD fellow Simon Balle. ABSTRACT In the wake of the robot revolution, social robots will eventually find their way into religious contexts. Indeed, some have already done so. Recently ‘Mindar’, the android version of the Buddhist deity Kannon Bodhisattva, has been introduced in a Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, while both Catholic and Protestant contexts have seen such inventions as SanTO and BlessU2 respectively. While roboticists have started producing ‘theomorphic robots’ to represent and mediate the divine, there is a great need to join this effort with theoretical, ethical and theological discussion. This is exactly what this workshop takes aim at, and a main priority to this end - in the spirit of the conference theme - would be to identify values and theological aims of religious communities that social robots should be developed, tested and introduced in compliance to. TOPICS AND AIMS This workshop invites contributions from developers of theomorphic robots along with robot ethicists, philosophers of religion, and theologians to discuss empirical findings from experiments with theomorphic robots as well as theoretical aspects of social robots in religious contexts. The workshop aims to reflect on how theomorphic robots and robotic technologies in general can be developed for faith communities to comply with and perhaps enhance values and theological aims local to that community. The workshop invites contributions on: • Critical research on representing the divine in robotic technology. • Exploration on which functions and roles social robots might fill in religious contexts without replacing humans. • Identifying theological aims of specific faith communities that social robots might contribute to. • What anthropomorphic robot-building says about our conceptions of being human within religious contexts – including attention to central themes of identity, selfhood, authority, communal life, ritual, and so on. • Social robots in pedagogical and catechistic perspectives. • Automation in devotional life. FORMAT The workshop will run two legs of 3-4 presentations of 20 minutes (including 5-10 minutes for questions), depending on the final number of accepted speakers. A panel discussion will follow before opening up to the floor for general discussion and questions. CONFIRMED PRESENTERS • Prof. Dr. Ilona Nord, Wurzburg University, Germany: Critical research on representing the divine in robotic technology • Dr. Diana Löffler, Siegen University, Germany: Designing novel complementary robots through the notion of robotic “superpowers” • Ass. Prof. Gabriele Trovato, Waseda University, Japan: Pionering Religion in Robotics • Prof. Dr. Charles Ess, Oslo University: Theomorphic robots as testbeds in religious practice INSTRUCTIONS Authors responding to the call should upload their proposal as short abstract (100 words) through the easychair website no later than April 13: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rp2020# Login is as author and submit your proposal to the workshop on ‘Theomorphic Robots and Religious Contexts’ Authors of accepted paper should be prepared to finalize and submit a long abstract (1000-2000 words including references) by April 26. Important: Check the conference submission guidelines here: https://conferences.au.dk/robo- philosophy/submission-guidelines/ All accepted contributions will be published in the conference proceedings. TIMELINE April 13 Deadline for submissions of short abstracts April 17 Notification of acceptance April 26 Deadline for long abstract Direct your questions to Simon Balle, snb(a)cas.au.dk Many thanks in advance, - charles ess -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Fellow, Siebold-Collegiums Institute for Advanced Studies, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany Co-chair & Editor, Internet Research Ethics 3.0 <https://aoir.org/reports/ethics3.pdf> 3rd edition of Digital Media Ethics now out <http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509533428> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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ACM UMAP 2020 - Deadline Extended for Doctoral Consortium Papers
by Daricia Wilkinson 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

============================ Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers - ACM UMAP 2020 28th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Theme: "Responsible Personalization" Genoa (Italy) July 14-17, 2020 Website: https://www.um.org/umap2020/ ============================ Paper Submission: March 30, 2020 **Extended to April 9th 2020** Notification to authors: April 22, 2020 Camera ready submission: May 3, 2020 Note: The submissions times are 11:59 PM AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ============================ BACKGROUND AND SCOPE: ============================ ACM UMAP 2020, the premier international conference on systems that adapt to users and user models for adaptation, includes a Doctoral Consortium (DC) Session. The DC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers from the field. Doctoral students are invited to apply to present their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students are expected to document in a brief submission their doctoral research (see below described submission information for further details), which will be evaluated by the consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a Doctoral Consortium Session as part of the conference. Promising, but less well- developed applications will be selected for presentation at a poster session. Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the student’s work and will discuss the doctoral research with the student and the audience at the consortium. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ============================ To apply for the ACM UMAP 2020 doctoral consortium, students should submit a paper presenting their doctoral research organized under the following headings: - Research Problem. The problem being addressed and a motivation outlining the relevance of the problem; - Related Work. Work already performed by other researchers related to this problem. This should situate your work, showing your knowledge of the relevant previous work and how your work will make a new contribution; - Research Questions and Proposed Approach. The main questions the PhD project aims to answer, contributions it aims to achieve, and the thesis methodology; - Progress to Date and Future Work. The progress made to date (including a clear description of the approach, methodology and preliminary results) as well as the plan for further research. Topics include (but are not limited to) the ACM UMAP 2020 key areas. Each DC submission should cover: identification of related (state of the art) work, indication of the potential innovation, application or advancement of the state-of-the-art that the work intends to achieve. In addition, as appropriate for the PhD project, each submission may cover: indication of data to be used for experimentation, indication of implementation approach, indication of evaluation criteria and experimental design. Each DC paper submission should be accompanied by a cover page that states: the paper title, name of the PhD candidate, the name of his/her supervisor(s) and University, a paragraph describing the stage they are in the PhD programme, together with a brief description of their background. This will enable the committee to adapt its assistance to each student. The DC will be most useful to students who have completed enough of their thesis work to have a solid foundation with a clear topic and literature review but the student should be early enough in their studies to still benefit from guidance and advice. Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair submission system <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2019dc> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2020 by selecting the “UMAP 2020 Doctoral Consortium” track. Papers will be reviewed single-blind and do not need to be anonymized before submission. Submissions should be pdf documents consisting of 1 cover page and the paper (up to 4 pages long), formatted using the ACM SIG proceedings template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Please note that ACM changed its templates at the start of 2017, so please ensure that you use the new template and do not reuse an old template. PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION ============================ The accepted ACM UMAP 2020 Doctoral Consortium papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by ACM and that will be available via the ACM Digital Library. The main author (doctoral student) must register for the conference and present the paper for the paper to be included in the proceedings. FINANCIAL SUPPORT ============================ ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students to attend. Authors of submissions to the DC will have higher priority for UMAP grant applications. DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIRS ============================ - Judy Kay, University of Sydney, Australia - Judith Masthoff, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and University of Aberdeen, UK ============================ UMAP Statement on Coronavirus ============================ UMAP 2020 will proceed as planned July 14-17, but we will continue to monitor the evolving situation related to the coronavirus disease outbreak and potential impact on global travel. We are following the guidelines provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO), local public health authorities, individual governments and the Italian Government. Decisions will be based on that. We wish to reassure that should a physical conference be unsafe or should people have travel limitations from Governments, the remote presentations/recordings will be possible. Proceedings of the Main Conference and Adjunct Proceedings will be available as planned in the ACM Digital Library. Any changes to operating status will be communicated immediately on the website and social media as well as to all authors of accepted papers and to registered meeting attendees. Stay tuned. Note: The UMAP 2020 Doctoral Consortium will be held online. ============================ -- Daricia Wilkinson Ph.D. Student School of Computing Clemson University 100 McAdams Hall Clemson, SC, 29634

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Court finds algorithm bias studies don't violate US anti-hacking law
by Mark D. Johns 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Court finds algorithm bias studies don't violate US anti-hacking law https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-rules-big-data-discrimina… -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA now residing in Minneapolis, MN ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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Postdocs/Research Scientists in Digital and Computational Demography
by MPIDR - Career 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is recruiting highly qualified Post-Docs/Research Scientists, at various levels of seniority, to join the Lab of Digital and Computational Demography. MPIDR is one of the leading demographic centers in the world. It is part of the Max Planck Society, a network of more than 80 institutes that form Germany's premier basic-research organization. Max Planck Institutes have an established record of world-class, foundational research in the sciences, technology, social sciences and the humanities. They offer a unique environment that combines the best aspects of an academic setting and a research laboratory. The Lab of Digital and Computational Demography, headed by MPIDR Director Emilio Zagheni, is looking for candidates with a background in Demography, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Social Psychology, Geography, Applied Mathematics, Public Health, Public Policy, or related disciplines. Examples of areas relevant for the Lab include (but are not limited to): 1. Combining traditional data sources as well as those that emerge from the digitalization of our lives to study demographic processes, like migration, health and well-being, intergenerational relationships and gender disparities. 2. Developing innovative forms of data collection for demographic research (e.g., surveys via web and social media advertisement platforms, or data collected via sensors, tracking devices, mobile phone apps, or crowd-sourced approaches). 3. Developing simulation models of individual choices and population-level processes to produce new insights on demographic dynamics and advance population theory. 4. Evaluating the impact of the digitalization of our lives on demographic behavior, well-being and population processes. 5. Modeling, estimating and predicting the relationships between environmental change, demographic processes and disease dynamics. For more information about the Lab and its current projects, see: demogr.mpg.de/go/lab-dcd The Lab of Digital and Computational Demography brings together methodologists (from areas like Statistics, Computer Science or Mathematical Demography) with experts in areas of the Social Sciences in order to favor cross-pollination of ideas, to advance methods and theory, and to address pressing societal questions. The successful candidate must have obtained their PhD (or expect to have obtained their PhD by the time the post commences in early 2021), and their profile should match one of the following three: 1. A methodologist interested in producing methodological advances in the field of Digital and Computational Demography. 2. A social and behavioral scientist with strong expertise in at least one of the following substantive areas: migration and mobility; population aging and generational processes; social demography; environmental demography; (digital) health; technological change and well-being. 3. A computational social scientist interested in working on questions central to demographic research. Across all profiles, the ability and willingness to work in interdisciplinary teams in order to conduct cutting-edge research that advances population science is key. Applications have to be submitted online via demogr.mpg.de/go/JobAd369427 and include the following documents: 1. Curriculum Vitae 2. Letter of interest (Max 1 page) Briefly state why you are interested in joining MPIDR, how MPIDR could foster your professional development and career trajectory, and in which ways your interests fit the research strengths of MPIDR. 3. Research Statement (Max 2 pages) Briefly describe your research accomplishments, as well as ongoing and future research plans. Please also describe your technical skills, areas of expertise, as well as the type of advanced training that you would like to receive as a research scientist. 4. Names and contact information for 3 academic references 5. One or two writing samples or publications The positions will be open until filled. In order to receive full consideration, applications should be submitted by May 3rd, 2020. The starting date is flexible, but no later than early 2021. Successful applicants will be offered a 3-year contract with remuneration commensurate to experience (starting from approx. 55,000 EUR gross per year for researchers who have just completed their PhD, up to approx. 70,000 EUR gross per year for more senior scientists) based on the salary structure of the German public sector (Öffentlicher Dienst, TVöD Bund). The Max Planck Society offers a broad range of measures to support the reconciliation of work and family. These are complemented by the MPIDR’s own initiatives. For more information, see: demogr.mpg.de/go/work-family. In addition, there are a range of central initiatives and measures primarily geared towards helping young female researchers and mothers to advance their career. See the link below for some examples: demogr.mpg.de/go/career-development. Our Institute values diversity and is committed to employing individuals from minorities. Individuals with severe disability are especially welcome to apply. The Institute and the Max Planck Society also seek to increase the proportion of women in areas where they are underrepresented. As women are underrepresented in computational social sciences, we explicitly encourage them to apply. For inquiries about the positions, please contact sekzagheni(a)demogr.mpg.de. ---------- This mail has been sent through the MPI for Demographic Research. 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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 188, Issue 36
by Denise Senmartin 29 Mar '20

29 Mar '20

Dear Kae and all, I copy below some resources that were shared in the KM4Dev (Knowledge Management for Development <http://www.km4dev.org/>) community of practice in the last few days regarding how to work/hold meetings/etc remotely in the current crisis context. Some have been very useful to me so passing them on! How to host a successful meeting (includes the review of some digital tools) https://truss.works/blog/well-met-the-online-meeting Collaborative site of tools and guidelines about Remote working https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/remote USAID guidelines https://usaidlearninglab.org/library/ultimate-tipsheet-working-remotely A guide for social change organisations who want to start working online (a few years old) https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/books/closer-ever-guide Cheers, Denise ------------------------------------------------------------- Mgtr. Denise Senmartin Tecnología Educativa Facultad de Ciencias Sociales Universidad Nacional de Córdoba +54 351 4334114 ext.102 Av. Valparaíso s/n 5000 Córdoba, Argentina On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:09 PM <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format during > Covid Crisis (Kae Novak) > 2. Re: Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format during > Covid Crisis (Joly MacFie) > 3. Re: Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format during > Covid Crisis (Peter Timusk) > 4. Re: Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format during > Covid Crisis (Andrea Stevenson Won) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:56:08 -0600 > From: Kae Novak <gamesmooc(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format > during Covid Crisis > Message-ID: > <CAK-9cq9j7VGKvQgw==ymXrTk_8s_+i0sp0+noO1rS= > kD23vnoA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hello Everyone, > > The regional organization eLCC <http://www.elearningcolorado.org/> I'm > involved in putting on our first annual conference online in April. > We offered a lot of different options > <http://www.elearningcolorado.org/sessions.html> for session but now that > everyone in our organization is working on taking classes online, we've > narrowed it down to Zoom for sessions and using padlet for posters. I'm > sure other digital wall platforms could work just as well. To try to get > the poster hall feel we're taking the urls of all the padlet and putting > them on one padlet. The information about the posters is all on our CFP > < > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdImSoUK0is2d5ovFY_11Q7390nCikKg1L… > >. > Anyone who want to is more than welcome to talk a look, use any of > verbiage, etc. Also feel free to come to the conference, it's free and > online - you can check out what we do well and what we don't do well. > > Kae Novak > Ph.D. student > University of Colorado - Denver > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:59 PM Ushnish Sengupta < > ushnish.sengupta(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello AIRers > > > > I recently attended an in person conference and am looking for advice on > > how to convert aspects of a face to face conference to an online format. > > This list may be able to offer some advice or references. > > In terms of software applications, My experience with hosting classes so > > far has been with Zoom, and I am familiar with Webex and other > applications > > but have no experience being a host on them. > > > > Conference components under consideration > > 1) Panelist Presentations > > -This is the easiest component that can be done online > > 2) Discussant feedback > > -Also achievable online > > 3) Audience Q&A > > -Achievable with a moderator > > I lose track of the order of the students asking questions in class more > > often online than in person classes > > 4) Poster sessions > > -Can be replicated as a repeated slide presentation with content from > > poster > > 5) Formal networking sessions > > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? > > 6) Table discussion e.g. at a dinner or conference banquet > > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? > > Could use Zoom breakout rooms butits different than having a meal > together > > 7) Award ceremonies > > ? > > > > Sincerely > > Ushnish Sengupta-- > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 00:46:27 -0400 > From: Joly MacFie <joly(a)punkcast.com> > To: Kae Novak <gamesmooc(a)gmail.com> > Cc: Researchers <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format > during Covid Crisis > Message-ID: > < > CAM9VJk0VTpFyibj+566G+VFhN9S-0Py4fGSmhSey3hADCzky4g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > One kind of off the wall option for a meetup is Mozilla hubs VR. > > I just streamed my first one out of there. If you go towards the end you'll > see where we break up into groups. Distance affects audio. > > See https://isoc.live/11917/ > > jjoly > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 8:56 PM Kae Novak <gamesmooc(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > The regional organization eLCC <http://www.elearningcolorado.org/> I'm > > involved in putting on our first annual conference online in April. > > We offered a lot of different options > > <http://www.elearningcolorado.org/sessions.html> for session but now > that > > everyone in our organization is working on taking classes online, we've > > narrowed it down to Zoom for sessions and using padlet for posters. I'm > > sure other digital wall platforms could work just as well. To try to get > > the poster hall feel we're taking the urls of all the padlet and putting > > them on one padlet. The information about the posters is all on our CFP > > < > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdImSoUK0is2d5ovFY_11Q7390nCikKg1L… > > >. > > Anyone who want to is more than welcome to talk a look, use any of > > verbiage, etc. Also feel free to come to the conference, it's free and > > online - you can check out what we do well and what we don't do well. > > > > Kae Novak > > Ph.D. student > > University of Colorado - Denver > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:59 PM Ushnish Sengupta < > > ushnish.sengupta(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello AIRers > > > > > > I recently attended an in person conference and am looking for advice > on > > > how to convert aspects of a face to face conference to an online > format. > > > This list may be able to offer some advice or references. > > > In terms of software applications, My experience with hosting classes > so > > > far has been with Zoom, and I am familiar with Webex and other > > applications > > > but have no experience being a host on them. > > > > > > Conference components under consideration > > > 1) Panelist Presentations > > > -This is the easiest component that can be done online > > > 2) Discussant feedback > > > -Also achievable online > > > 3) Audience Q&A > > > -Achievable with a moderator > > > I lose track of the order of the students asking questions in class > more > > > often online than in person classes > > > 4) Poster sessions > > > -Can be replicated as a repeated slide presentation with content from > > > poster > > > 5) Formal networking sessions > > > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? > > > 6) Table discussion e.g. at a dinner or conference banquet > > > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? > > > Could use Zoom breakout rooms butits different than having a meal > > together > > > 7) Award ceremonies > > > ? > > > > > > Sincerely > > > Ushnish Sengupta-- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie +2185659365 > -------------------------------------- > - > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 01:40:18 -0400 > From: Peter Timusk <peterotimusk(a)gmail.com> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format > during Covid Crisis > Message-ID: > < > CACdrEbY8WsUkzxb7KuWR8Tf4VBeSQsVSZDD4NFGOpwue1NU4PA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I presented in 2007 a slide deck in Second Life virtual world as part of > ASA graduate students in communications and technology section. > > I really think AoIR should have been doing online conferences a long time > ago. Even posters at my tech programming conferences have been powerpoints > on big screen TVs in reall life at the conference since 2014 not cardboard. > These can easily be online. > > On Sun., Mar. 29, 2020, 12:47 a.m. Joly MacFie, <joly(a)punkcast.com> wrote: > > > One kind of off the wall option for a meetup is Mozilla hubs VR. > > > > I just streamed my first one out of there. If you go towards the end > you'll > > see where we break up into groups. Distance affects audio. > > > > See https://isoc.live/11917/ > > > > jjoly > > > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 8:56 PM Kae Novak <gamesmooc(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > The regional organization eLCC <http://www.elearningcolorado.org/> I'm > > > involved in putting on our first annual conference online in April. > > > We offered a lot of different options > > > <http://www.elearningcolorado.org/sessions.html> for session but now > > that > > > everyone in our organization is working on taking classes online, we've > > > narrowed it down to Zoom for sessions and using padlet for posters. I'm > > > sure other digital wall platforms could work just as well. To try to > get > > > the poster hall feel we're taking the urls of all the padlet and > putting > > > them on one padlet. The information about the posters is all on our CFP > > > < > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdImSoUK0is2d5ovFY_11Q7390nCikKg1L… > > > >. > > > Anyone who want to is more than welcome to talk a look, use any of > > > verbiage, etc. Also feel free to come to the conference, it's free and > > > online - you can check out what we do well and what we don't do well. > > > > > > Kae Novak > > > Ph.D. student > > > University of Colorado - Denver > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:59 PM Ushnish Sengupta < > > > ushnish.sengupta(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello AIRers > > > > > > > > I recently attended an in person conference and am looking for advice > > on > > > > how to convert aspects of a face to face conference to an online > > format. > > > > This list may be able to offer some advice or references. > > > > In terms of software applications, My experience with hosting classes > > so > > > > far has been with Zoom, and I am familiar with Webex and other > > > applications > > > > but have no experience being a host on them. > > > > > > > > Conference components under consideration > > > > 1) Panelist Presentations > > > > -This is the easiest component that can be done online > > > > 2) Discussant feedback > > > > -Also achievable online > > > > 3) Audience Q&A > > > > -Achievable with a moderator > > > > I lose track of the order of the students asking questions in class > > more > > > > often online than in person classes > > > > 4) Poster sessions > > > > -Can be replicated as a repeated slide presentation with content from > > > > poster > > > > 5) Formal networking sessions > > > > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? > > > > 6) Table discussion e.g. at a dinner or conference banquet > > > > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? > > > > Could use Zoom breakout rooms butits different than having a meal > > > together > > > > 7) Award ceremonies > > > > ? > > > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > Ushnish Sengupta-- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------- > > Joly MacFie +2185659365 > > -------------------------------------- > > - > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 13:14:24 +0000 > From: Andrea Stevenson Won <asw248(a)cornell.edu> > To: "joly(a)punkcast.com" <joly(a)punkcast.com>, Kae Novak > <gamesmooc(a)gmail.com> > Cc: Researchers <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format > during Covid Crisis > Message-ID: > < > BL0PR04MB4801282AF330A2873880FEEC8ECA0(a)BL0PR04MB4801.namprd04.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Second this--just "returned" from IEEE VR's first virtual conference, > initially intended to be held in-person in Atlanta. Socializing in Mozilla > Hubs worked very well for people connecting by desktop (the majority) and > headsets. > > You can read more about the format here: http://ieeevr.org/2020/ > > The conference was conducted via Zoom, Slack, and Hubs, with almost > everything also streamed through Twitch. It was very engaging, all things > considered. > > Andrea Stevenson Won > > -----Original Message----- > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of Joly MacFie > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 12:46 AM > To: Kae Novak <gamesmooc(a)gmail.com> > Cc: Researchers <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format > during Covid Crisis > > One kind of off the wall option for a meetup is Mozilla hubs VR. > > I just streamed my first one out of there. If you go towards the end > you'll see where we break up into groups. Distance affects audio. > > See https://isoc.live/11917/ > > jjoly > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 8:56 PM Kae Novak <gamesmooc(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > The regional organization eLCC <http://www.elearningcolorado.org/> I'm > > involved in putting on our first annual conference online in April. > > We offered a lot of different options > > <http://www.elearningcolorado.org/sessions.html> for session but now > > that everyone in our organization is working on taking classes online, > > we've narrowed it down to Zoom for sessions and using padlet for > > posters. I'm sure other digital wall platforms could work just as > > well. To try to get the poster hall feel we're taking the urls of all > > the padlet and putting them on one padlet. The information about the > > posters is all on our CFP < > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdImSoUK0is2d5ovFY_11Q7390nCi > > kKg1LCSReT4IzQ-4Nl1w/viewform > > >. > > Anyone who want to is more than welcome to talk a look, use any of > > verbiage, etc. Also feel free to come to the conference, it's free and > > online - you can check out what we do well and what we don't do well. > > > > Kae Novak > > Ph.D. student > > University of Colorado - Denver > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:59 PM Ushnish Sengupta < > > ushnish.sengupta(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello AIRers > > > > > > I recently attended an in person conference and am looking for > > > advice on how to convert aspects of a face to face conference to an > online format. > > > This list may be able to offer some advice or references. > > > In terms of software applications, My experience with hosting > > > classes so far has been with Zoom, and I am familiar with Webex and > > > other > > applications > > > but have no experience being a host on them. > > > > > > Conference components under consideration > > > 1) Panelist Presentations > > > -This is the easiest component that can be done online > > > 2) Discussant feedback > > > -Also achievable online > > > 3) Audience Q&A > > > -Achievable with a moderator > > > I lose track of the order of the students asking questions in class > > > more often online than in person classes > > > 4) Poster sessions > > > -Can be replicated as a repeated slide presentation with content > > > from poster > > > 5) Formal networking sessions > > > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? > > > 6) Table discussion e.g. at a dinner or conference banquet > > > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? > > > Could use Zoom breakout rooms butits different than having a meal > > together > > > 7) Award ceremonies > > > ? > > > > > > Sincerely > > > Ushnish Sengupta-- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > > > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, > > > change options or unsubscribe at: > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change > > options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie +2185659365 > -------------------------------------- > - > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association > of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or > unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 188, Issue 36 > ************************************** >

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Expanded CyberOrient publishes new issue and calls for papers
by Vit Sisler 29 Mar '20

29 Mar '20

An expanded CyberOrient, an official open-access journal of the American Anthropological Association, is now up and ready for surfing. CyberOrient welcomes Anders Ackfeldt at Lund University in Sweden as a new Managing Editor along with Vit Sisler at Charles University. Our renewed website, cyberorient.net, now has archived all past articles in PDF. Soon we will be available and archived on AnthroSource as well. CyberOrient is devoted to research on the impact of cyberspace and its representation on the Middle East, North Africa and wider Islamic world in Asia. Our last special issue, edited by Josepha Wessels from Malmö University, provides a critical insight into digital layers of revolutions, digital communication, and dissidence in the Middle Eastern and North African region. We are a peer-reviewed journal with two issues per year and we invite scholars in any field to contribute articles or serve as guest editors. With a rapid turn-around time, CyberOrient can publish online in a timely fashion. Check out our submission guidelines at cyberorient.net/submissions. Deadline for the winter issue is June 1, 2020. More info at https://cyberorient.net. Vit Sisler, Managing Editor CyberOrient vit.sisler(a)ff.cuni.cz

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WEBCAST AUJOURD’HUI – INTERNET 10 rencontre virtuelle entre 10 Chapitres de l'Internet Society
by Joly MacFie 28 Mar '20

28 Mar '20

Une belle initiative de l'ISOC Bénin ISOC Live posted: "Le samedi 28 Mars 2020 de 15h UTC à 19h UTC 10 chapitres de l'Internet Society du monde entier se réuniront en ligne pour une réunion virtuelle «Internet 10» pour discuter, échanger et partager les différents enjeux locaux, régionaux et internationaux lié" [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety.internet10>Le *samedi 28 Mars 2020* de *15h UTC à 19h UTC* 10 chapitres de l'Internet Society du monde entier se réuniront en ligne pour une réunion virtuelle «*Internet 10 <https://isoc.bj/internet10/>*» pour discuter, échanger et partager les différents enjeux locaux, régionaux et internationaux liés à l’accessibilité de l’Internet, sa neutralité et les modèles de gouvernance/choix des politiques. Les chapitres participants sont *ISOC Bénin <https://isoc.bj/>*, *ISOC Burkina Faso <http://isoc-burkina.org/>*, *ISOC Côte d'Ivoire <https://internetsociety.ci/>*, *ISOC Madagascar <http://isoc.mg/>*, *ISOC Mali <http://www.isoc.ml/>*, *ISOC Québec <https://isoc.quebec/>*, *ISOC Senegal <http://www.isoc.sn/>*, *ISOC Tchad <https://isoc.td/>*, *ISOC Togo, <http://www.internetsociety.tg/>* et *ISOC Tunisie <http://www.isoc.tn/>*. *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety.internet10 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety.internet10>* *FACEBOOK SIMULCAST: https://www.facebook.com/isocbenin/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocbenin/>* *AGENDA: https://isoc.bj/internet10/ <https://isoc.bj/internet10/>* *TWITTER: #Internet10 <http://bit.ly/3au7lRu> * *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11931/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Re: [Air-L] Advice for Converting to Online Conference Format during Covid Crisis
by Joly MacFie 28 Mar '20

28 Mar '20

There is a great tool called qiqochat. It's a one man hack that runs on the zoom API. It gives you a zoom 'lobby', plus breakout zoom 'tables'. Participants can see who is at any table, and jump from table to table. Each space has an associated etherpad. It's not free, since the zoom API charges by the user minute, but it's not prohibitively expensive. He tried to extend it into a full social network, which is clumsy. The base function is worth exploring. https://qiqochat.com/about On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 6:17 AM Laura Musgrave < laura.musgrave(a)ronininstitute.org> wrote: > For networking, why not create a dedicated space where delegates can > introduce themselves and connect with one another? They could then chat > over video or instant messages in pairs or small groups, according to their > interests. > > The dedicated space could be a LinkedIn group or a Slack group, for > example. Slack group conversations tend to move quicker, but can be more > difficult to follow for larger groups (500+). One benefit is that you can > create interest groups or chat 'channels' within the main Slack group. This > works well for several professional groups I'm part of. > > If you feel the shared meal element of the table discussion is important, > why not make it part of that event? They can still eat food together and > talk over video. It could even spark more discussion, as different > delegates might have/have made different food! > > For awards, you could run a live video announcing the winners and enable > delegates to comment/thank/congratulate each other in the chat? The host > could also read/repeat any key parts of the acceptance speeches. Something > like a live Youtube link would work well for this. Another alternative > might be a Facebook live stream on a dedicated page for the event. > > Best wishes, > > Laura > > Laura Musgrave > > Research Scholar - Digital Anthropology and UX > Ronin Institute > > laura.musgrave(a)ronininstitute.org > www.lauramusgrave.co.uk > > Twitter: @lmusgrave > > On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, 09:19 Joly MacFie, <joly(a)punkcast.com> wrote: > >> A couple of thoughts. >> >> One thing to be aware of is the recent spate of "zoombombing", possibly >> perpetrated by bots, where strangers join a public call and >> screenshare undesirable material. >> >> There is fairly simple pre-emptive fix >> < >> https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21197090/zoombombing-zoom-stop-how-to-po… >> > >> . >> >> It's a good idea to have a co-host who's only job is to manage >> participants. >> >> if recording zoom calls, it's agood idea to go over the options, for >> instance there is an option to record dual screens, this can be useful to >> get separate clean slide and active speaker recording which can later be >> edited. >> >> People don't often do it, but it's not a bad idea to do a local back up >> audio recording when presenting on zoom. Quality may be better, and it >> will >> be clean of any interruptions. >> >> joly >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 12:59 AM Ushnish Sengupta < >> ushnish.sengupta(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hello AIRers >> > >> > I recently attended an in person conference and am looking for advice on >> > how to convert aspects of a face to face conference to an online format. >> > This list may be able to offer some advice or references. >> > In terms of software applications, My experience with hosting classes so >> > far has been with Zoom, and I am familiar with Webex and other >> applications >> > but have no experience being a host on them. >> > >> > Conference components under consideration >> > 1) Panelist Presentations >> > -This is the easiest component that can be done online >> > 2) Discussant feedback >> > -Also achievable online >> > 3) Audience Q&A >> > -Achievable with a moderator >> > I lose track of the order of the students asking questions in class more >> > often online than in person classes >> > 4) Poster sessions >> > -Can be replicated as a repeated slide presentation with content from >> > poster >> > 5) Formal networking sessions >> > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? >> > 6) Table discussion e.g. at a dinner or conference banquet >> > -Difficult to replicate online, any ideas? >> > Could use Zoom breakout rooms butits different than having a meal >> together >> > 7) Award ceremonies >> > ? >> > >> > Sincerely >> > Ushnish Sengupta-- >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> >> -- >> -------------------------------------- >> Joly MacFie +2185659365 >> -------------------------------------- >> - >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Cross-cultural digital religion in the age of corona?
by Charles M. Ess 28 Mar '20

28 Mar '20

Hi all, Some of you know one of my stock jokes: as a philosopher I only need one data point ... I've collected a few more in this case - namely, casual observations of the differences between Denmark and Norway in terms of use of both traditional broadcast and SoMe, both secular and within the Lutheran communities. Briefly: 1) the Norwegian Lutheran Church offers occasional "musical devotions," e.g., a small choir (at proper distance) singing a psalm or two, a short sermon, and then music (primarily organ) for ca. 45 minutes or so - livestreamed from their FB page. 2) The organist /cantor from a Danish church offers a morning song, livestreamed from his FB page, featuring two songs as sung by him and his family (who are gathered in for school at home, etc.) 3) The Danish broadcasting channel, DR1, also offers a morning song, beginning with familiar singing warm-ups, followed by two (sometimes more) favorites from the Danish "High School Song Book," sometimes the Danish Psalm Book, and/or other places, e.g., favorite children's songs. These are requested by listeners / viewers, sometimes accompanied by a video of the requestor, explaining why s/he thinks the song would be good in these times. Something like 100,000 people tune in and, presumptively, sing along. (<https://www.dr.dk/drtv/serie/morgensang-med-phillip-faber_176557>, though you'll have to use a VPN with a Danish connection to get the content. Speaking for a friend ...) FWIW: These and other experiences give the general impression that such (secular) morning song tradition is far stronger in Denmark: I'm not finding anything like this in the main Norwegian channels currently. Three data points, and hence two queries: despite all the disasters, dangers, and exceptional challenges - for those still able to muster a research agenda 1) is anyone paying closer, far more skilled and disciplined attention to such phenomena in Scandinavia? 2) ditto for other places in the world? It would be good and interesting to know. My simple-minded hypothesis / assumption is that documenting and analyzing comparisons and contrasts such as these might tell us something interesting, a) not only about SoMe and/or traditional broadcasting (where the latter is likely more consumed precisely by those in the highest risk group) but also and/or b) cross-cultural differences, both subtle and gross, that might be related to other factors of cultural histories, infrastructures, etc. In all events, all best to us all, despite it all ... - charles ess -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Fellow, Siebold-Collegiums Institute for Advanced Studies, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany Co-chair & Editor, Internet Research Ethics 3.0 <https://aoir.org/reports/ethics3.pdf> 3rd edition of Digital Media Ethics now out! <http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509533428> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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