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Histories of Digital Journalism 2022 CfP - extended deadline: November 20, 2021
by Tamas Tofalvy 27 Oct '21

27 Oct '21

Dear All, The abstract submission deadline of the "Histories of Digital Journalism" CFP has been extended to November 20, 2021 - - below (and on this link: https://sites.google.com/view/hodj2022/cfp ) you can find the details: Histories of Digital Journalism: A conference exploring the intersections of history, culture, digital technology and journalism 24-25 June 2022 (Friday-Saturday) Budapest, Hungary *Keynote Speakers* Mark Deuze (University of Amsterdam) Laura Ahva (Tampere University) *Call for Papers* Although the shared past of digitization and journalism stretches back at least to a half-century, digital journalism history is a field still in formation. Building on the momentum of the recent "historical turn" in digital media and internet studies, the aim of the conference is to bring together an interdisciplinary network of scholars to interrogate digital journalism histories and to start a global critical exchange on various approaches to and aspects of historicising digital journalism. As digital journalism has been re-configured by socio-historical contradictions of communication and complexities of its technological innovations, journalism scholarship should continuously strive for enhancing critical exchange to advance studies that intersect with numerous disciplines, theoretical approaches and methodological traditions. Emphasis of the conference is on the plurality of histories instead of one single digital journalism history, acknowledging diachronic as well as synchronic complexities of social relations, political contingencies, cultural traditions and power configurations between journalism and digitisation. Instead of enforcing one great master narrative, the conference aims to offer a space to embrace the co-existence of parallel, sometimes complementing, often conflicting historical investigations and narratives. By aiming to explore the intersections of history, culture, digital technology and journalism, the conference welcomes papers and panels that are grounded on diachronic or synchronic explorations of digital journalism "pasts", while elaborating the relevance of its historical findings for digital journalism "futures". The conference invites theoretical and methodological reflections on historicising digital journalism as well as original single case studies or comparative inquiries into the phenomena from the decades of the long digital revolution of journalism. The conference welcomes papers that examine the digital journalism histories of the global "centers" and we especially encourage inquiries from the "peripheries" of digital journalism development and scholarship. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: - Mythologies of technology: reconsidering "dead" and "new" technologies in journalism - Transforming social control in the digitized newsroom: investigating separation and integration tendencies - Re-configuring the labour process in digital journalism: between standardisation and creativity of digital news production - Digital platforms, tools and practices in journalism: from Teletext, CD-ROMS and Minitel to www, smartphones and social media - Changing skillsets in digital journalism: deskilling, reskilling, upskilling newsworkers - (Dis)continuities of forms and genres in journalism - Labour relations of digital journalism: standardisation, precarisation, entrepreneurialism - Liquefied identities of digital journalism: boundary work between "online" and "offline" journalists, "professional" and "citizen" journalists, journalists and "technologists", "journalists" vs "bloggers" - Re-inventing journalistic profiles: from "mouse monkeys", "meta journalists" to "robot journalists" - Digitized audiences between participation and commodification - Business models of digital journalism: from legacy media ecosystem to platform capitalism - Ethical, legal and regulatory issues of digital journalism: from www to automation - Particular online journalistic genres moving online: digital music, sport, food journalism *Technical details and important dates* Deadline for submitting abstracts and panel proposals is November 20, 2021 (CET). Please submit all submissions via this online form: https://forms.gle/NJEdtriuqi4AkFSAA Panel proposals should consist of 3 or 4 papers, and all the paper abstracts belonging to a proposed panel should be submitted individually through the form. The maximum length for panel and paper abstracts is 400 words. Conference talks will be 15 minutes long followed by 5 minute long discussions. Further information will be found on the constantly updated website: https://sites.google.com/view/hodj2022/ *Organizers and contact information* The conference will be held at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), and is jointly organised by the Department of Sociology and Communications, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, BME and the Social Communication Research Centre, University of Ljubljana (UL). Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the organizers: Dr. Tamas Tofalvy, Associate Professor (BME) tofalvy.tamas(a)gtk.bme.hu Dr. Igor Vobic, Associate Professor (UL) igor.vobic(a)fdv.uni-lj.si All the best, Tamas -- Tamas Tofalvy, PhD Researcher, consultant | Digital media, journalism, popular music associate prof @ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dept. of Sociology and Communications project lead @ Hungarian Online and Digital Media History (MODEM) project M: [0036] 30 488 75 84 Web: tofalvytamas.hu A: H-1111 Budapest, Egry J. u. 1., BME GTK E ép., 713.

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Lecturer/Instructor in Data, Media, and Society
by Karami, Amir 27 Oct '21

27 Oct '21

Lecturer/Instructor in Data, Media, and Society The College of Information and Communications<https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/> at the University of South Carolina (UofSC)<https://sc.edu/> invites applications for a full-time Lecturer/Instructor in Data, Media, and Society with a demonstrated commitment to creating an inclusive learning and working environment. A suitable candidate must be able to teach courses online and in-person in programming, database, data analytics, and digital communications courses to undergraduate and graduate students. We value the ability to engage effectively with students, faculty, and staff of diverse backgrounds. Job Responsibilities The Candidate will be expected to teach four courses per semester (4 courses in Fall + 4 courses in Spring = 8 courses per year) at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The classes are related to programming, database, and data analytics, and digital communications, such as Fundamentals of Data and Digital Communications and Information Visualization. The start date for the position is August 2022. This is an annual 9-month appointment that may be renewed for two additional years, contingent upon satisfactory job performance and program needs. There will also be opportunities for additional summer teaching. The position is ideal for a candidate interested in a career in academia with teaching as a major focus. The hiring committee encourages women, minority, and international candidates to apply. Required Qualifications * Ability to teach both undergraduate- and Masters-level courses. * The successful candidate must have the minimum of an earned Master’sDegree in information science/systems, informatics, data science, business, computer science, or communication, or a related field, along with a commitment to excellence in teaching both face-to-face and online. * Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion Preferred Qualifications * Ability to teach in face-to-face, online, or hybrid delivery. * The applicant shows potential for teaching effectiveness. Typical indicators include past teaching/course evaluations, a documented history of developed courses/curricula, and/or pedagogical training. * Ability to teach students how to derive valuable communication insights from large data sets * Relevant teaching experience * Relevant professional experience Application Process All applicants must complete an online application at UofSC Jobs: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/108212. Candidates should be prepared to upload (1) a letter of application which includes a short statement on their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, (2) CV or resume, (3) a list of references including their names, phone numbers, and email addresses, and (4) a teaching portfolio that may consist of such items as a summary of all recent teaching evaluations, teaching philosophy, history of curricular and course development, and/or pedagogical training. Faculty will be available to meet with candidates attending the ASIST and ICIS conferences; applicants not attending ASIST or ICIS will also be considered. Applications received by January 15, 2022, will be assured full consideration; however, the search will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. For additional information about this position, please feel free to contact Search Committee Chair (Amir Karami) at karami(a)mailbox.sc.edu<mailto:karam@mailbox.sc.edu>. School of Information Science U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Information Science<https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/library_and_information_scien…> (iSchool) in the top 20 of Information and Library Schools. The iSchool is nationally accredited by the American Library Association (ALA). The School of Information Science offers a Bachelor of Science in Information Science (BSIS), a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), and a Doctorate in Library and Information Science. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities on the basis of race, sex, gender, gender identity, transgender status, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, protected veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The University of South Carolina is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. The University of South Carolina is responsive to the needs of dual-career couples. More information is available at https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/diversity_equity_and_inclusion/. -- Warm Wishes, Amir Karami, PhD Assistant Professor, UofSC School of Information Science<https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/faculty-staff/karami_amir.php> Social Media Core Director, Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC<https://bigdata.sc.edu/social-media-core/>) Faculty Associate, South Carolina SmartState Center for Healthcare Quality<https://chq.sc.edu/> Chair, SIG-Social Media<https://www.asist.org/sig/sigsm/team/> Website<https://sites.google.com/site/karamihomepage/> \ LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-karami-16690019> \ Twitter<https://twitter.com/karami_amir> \ GitHub<https://github.com/amir-karami> He/Him/His<https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him>

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WEBCAST: Strategies and Tools for Community Network Monitoring / Stratégies et outils pour la surveillance des réseaux communautaires
by Joly MacFie 27 Oct '21

27 Oct '21

You have your community network set up. Now what? Well, how about knowing how it's doing? Vous avez mis en place votre réseau communautaire. Maintenant quoi? Eh bien, que diriez-vous de savoir comment ça va? ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday October 27 2021 at 12:00-13.30 UTC the Internet Society and the Association for Progressive Communications host 'Strategies and Tools for Community Network Monitoring'. This is the second session of the 2021/2022 Summit on Community Networks " [image: EN-livestream] <http://http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CNAfrica-2>On *Wednesday October 27 2021* at *12:00-13.30 UTC* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org>* and the *Association for Progressive Communications <https://apc.org>* host '*Strategies and Tools for Community Network Monitoring <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/202…>*'. This is the second session of the *2021/2022 Summit on Community Networks in Africa <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/>*. This online event will explore strategies and tools for implementing network monitoring for community networks. It will showcase tested tools and approaches to effectively manage and monitor bandwidth usage, network health, and performance. *SPEAKERS* *Kevin G. Chege*, Director, Internet Development, Internet Society *Stephen Fosu*, IT Head, Presbyterian Hospital Donkorkrom *Brian Longwe*, Cofounder and CEO, Converged Technology Networks *Benson Olobo*, Technical Manager, BOSCO Uganda *MODERATOR* *James Gondwe*, Founder & Executive Director, Centre for Youth and Development (CYD) / directeur fondateur, Centre pour la jeunesse et le développement [image: FR-livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/CNAfrica-2>Le *mercredi 27 octobre 2021* à *12h00-13h30 UTC*, l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/>* et l'*Association for Progressive Communications <https://www.apc.org/fr>* organisent « *Stratégies et outils pour la surveillance des réseaux communautaires <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/events/summit-community-networks-africa/…>* ». Il s'agit de la deuxième session du *Sommet 2021/2022 sur les réseaux communautaires en Afrique <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/events/summit-community-networks-africa/>*. Cet événement en ligne explorera les stratégies et les outils de mise en œuvre de la surveillance de réseau pour les réseaux communautaires. Il présentera des outils et des approches testés pour gérer et surveiller efficacement l'utilisation de la bande passante, la santé et les performances du réseau. *INTERVENANTS* *Kevin G. Chege*, Directeur, Développement Internet, Internet Society *Stephen Fosu*, Responsable du département informatique de l’hôpital presbytérien de Donkorkrom *Brian Longwe*, Cofondateur et PDG, Converged Technology Networks *Benson Olobo*, Directeur technique, BOSCO Uganda *MODÉRATEUR* *James Gondwe*, directeur fondateur, Centre pour la jeunesse et le développement (CVD) *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CNAfrica-2 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CNAfrica-2>* (Captions) *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/CNAfrica-2 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/CNAfrica-2>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC> *(English) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3aOVVcT <https://bit.ly/3aOVVcT> *(EN/FR) (EN Captions) *TWITTER #VirtualCNAfricaSummit2021 <https://bit.ly/3BITQeE> #CommunityNetworks @internetsociety @ISOC_Community #switchiton #GrowInternet #Captioned* *.* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> *(EN only) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/CNAfrica-2 <https://archive.org/details/CNAfrica-2>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14652/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST WED: Nigerian Peering and Interconnection Forum (ngPIF) Conference – Building a stronger peering & Interconnection ecosystem in Nigeria
by Joly MacFie 27 Oct '21

27 Oct '21

As I often say, peering is the essence of Internetworking. NIgerian IXPs play a vital role in moving Africa towards 80/20 <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2020/explainer-what-is-eighty…> . [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/ngpif2021/>On *Wednesday 27th October 2021*, at *11:00-13:00 WAT* (10:00-12:00 UTC), the *Nigerian Peering and Interconnection Forum <https://pif.ng/>* (ngPIF) Conference will be held online with the theme '*Building a stronger peering & Interconnection ecosystem in Nigeria*'. ngPIF 2021 is organized by the *Nigerian Network Operators Group <https://www.nog.ng/>* (ngNOG) and the *Nigeria Internet exchange Point <https://ixp.net.ng/>* (IXPN) and addresses the key interconnection, peering, and traffic exchange opportunities and challenges on the continent and provides participants with national, global and regional insights for maximising opportunities that will help grow Internet infrastructure and services in Nigeria. *AGENDA* *Welcome Remarks* Dewole Ajao *Overview of Peering, Interconnection and Infrastructure in Nigeria & Globally* *Jacob Dagunduro*, Senior Network Manager, Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) *Darwin Costa*, Business Developer, DE-CIX Moderator - *Dewole Ajao* *Peering & Interconnection Policies and Regulations in Nigeria* *Fargani Tambeayuk*, Head of Connectivity Policy SSA, Facebook *Q&A Session* Moderator - *Ghislain Nkeramugaba*, Internet Society *Peering personals* *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/ngpif2021 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/ngpif2021>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://pif.ng/register/ <https://pif.ng/register/>* *TWITTER #ngPIF <https://bit.ly/3vMlFjN> @IXPNigeria ngNOG @ISOC_Africa @AFRINIC @flexOptix @RackCentre @Facebook #IXPs #GrowInternet* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ngpif2021 <https://archive.org/details/ngpif2021>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/isocngchapter <https://www.facebook.com/isocngchapter>* (AI Captions) *PARTNERS FLEXOPTIX <https://www.flexoptix.net/en/> | RACKCENTRE <https://rack-centre.com/> | FACEBOOK <http://www.facebook.com/> | Internet Society <https://isoc.org/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14692/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP STS-MIGTEC Paper Workshop 2022 (work at the intersection of science and technology studies (STS) and critical migration, security, surveillance, and border studies)
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 27 Oct '21

27 Oct '21

STS-MIGTEC Paper Workshop 2022 ONLINE 15-17 February 2022 Call for Papers The STS-MIGTEC network aims to stimulate and communicate work at the intersection of science and technology studies (STS) and critical migration, security, surveillance, and border studies. It seeks to bring together researchers from different disciplines and around the world and to initiate scientific exchange to produce synergies for relevant knowledge production (http://sts-migtec.org/) The STS-MIGTEC Paper Workshop 2022 invites scholars to present and discuss current work in several panels, to plan future network research activities, and to think about interventions beyond academic research. We invite you to submit your paper proposal, which are concerned with (but not limited to) the following questions: ● How do migration and border technologies shape transnational migration and border regimes? ● Which material and epistemic practices manifest or counter migration management/control regimes? ● What are the material/ontological politics involved and what power effects do such entanglements produce? ● What data infrastructures of migration and border control emerge; how are these configured alongside intersecting grids of power such as race, gender, sexuality, ability, nationality, age, generation and in which ways are they/can they be contested? ● What new forms of health and migration surveillance technologies and infrastructures did the Covid-19 global health pandemic trigger which now shape how we ‘see’ migrations and how versions of ‘migrants’ are enacted? ● How are migrant subjects shaped and affected by migration and border technologies? How do migrant subjects enact, subvert, appropriate them? ● What role do alternative, interventionist or oppositional technologies and infrastructures enacted by migrant subjects or other actors in solidarity with migrant subjects play? ● How can we critically and publicly engage with migration and border control technologies and infrastructures? What can the methodological and conceptual repertoire of STS add to engage critically with human rights issues, inequalities, public ignorance linked to migration and border control regimes? What role do science and critical scholars have in that process? You can submit your paper proposal either to specific thematic panels (see descriptions below), or to an open panel. After reviewing and selecting paper proposals for open thematic panels, the scientific committee will invite discussants with appropriate expertise to match the papers of the open thematic panels so as to provide informed commentaries. Please include: title, abstract (up to 250 words), and authors of the paper, incl. affiliations and short bios (75 words). Specify if you propose your paper to one of the available thematic panels (see below) or to an open panel. The deadline for submission is 31 October 2021. A variety of topics linking STS and critical migration/border/security/surveillance studies is welcomed. Schedule ● 31 October – Deadline to submit paper abstracts ● mid-November – Notification about acceptance of papers ● 31 January – Deadline to submit full draft papers (short papers of 4000 words or full papers of 8000 words) ● 15-17 February 2022 – Workshop Online Contact: Please, submit paper proposals via migtec.website(a)gmail.com (subject: STS-MIGTEC Workshop paper proposal). In case you submit a proposal to one of the thematic panels listed below please also submit to the panel convenors according to the information below. STS-MIGTEC Paper Workshop team: Olga Usachova, Nina Amelung, Silvan Pollozek, Aristotle Tympas, Georgios Glouftsios, Maria Ullrich, Ana Visan, Vasiliki Makrygianni, Jasper Van Der Kist, Koen Leurs Panel #1. Digital urban borderlands – datafication, spatial inequalities, migration and the city Udipta Boro and Fran Meissner, University of Twente, Netherlands contact: f.meissner(a)utwente.nl Cities have traditionally been places where migrants play a crucial part in the local economy and where non-citizen rights are protected. As we see an increasing datafication of both urban life and of migration it is unclear if this special role of cities will be enhanced or diminished. Data about migration and migrants and the ability to analyse that data is driven both by policy narratives and market logics – two trends that are central to urban debates. In urban areas we are seeing an increasing use of big data technologies to streamline and optimise service provision and to keep a tap on urban populations – migrants and non-migrants alike. We are witnessing the emergence of digital urban borderlands and we might witness processes of datafied segregation. Where migrants are in the city will become ever more important as new data analytics – often geo-analytics – are being incorporated into how cities are run, how urban economies function and how non-citizen residents are counted, categorised and how their movement is controlled within cities by those new systems. A growing literature suggests that data technologies tend to exasperate existing social inequalities and those inequalities are bound to be spatial and potentially infringe on migrants’ rights. At the same time, we have initiatives such as the cities for digital rights that aim to foster human and digital rights at the local and global level.[1] What do these developments mean for the position of migrants in cities and for the spatial organisation of inequalities in cities? What kind of city might the datafied migrant city be and what will the topographies of digital urban borderlands look like? Maybe more importantly what do we want them to look like? The proposed panel seeks to collate authors engaging with these or related questions to highlight how the urban, bordering processes and the spatial organisation of inequality and difference are starting to matter in new or altered ways in the smart city of tomorrow and today. While not limited to these topics we would welcome papers that touch on: ● Urban surveillance systems that have a disparate impact on (urban) mobilities ● The implications of data technologies registering location and movements (e.g. Uber and other migrant labour) ● Automated decision-making systems that hinder or facilitate migrants’ access to the city and its services ● What conditions expediate the emergence digital urban borderlands ● How cities are countering the framing of migration as risk (and how they might partake in it) ● How migrant cities are being mediated through data and location technologies ● Theoretical deliberations of what the just digital migrant city might be and how to achieve it in practical terms ● Empirical investigations of urban bordering processes and how these relate to non-citizens. [1] https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/about Panel #2. “Data quality” in border control and migration management: Politics, practices, and implications Matthias Leese, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Silvan Pollozek, European University Viadrina, Germany contact: matthias.leese(a)sipo.gess.ethz.ch<mailto:matthias.leese@sipo.gess.ethz.ch>, pollozek(a)europa-uni.de<mailto:pollozek@europa-uni.de> With the steady increase of data and databases that are mobilized for border control and migration management around the globe, the “quality” of data has started to draw the attention of regulatory bodies, asylum and law enforcement authorities, and non-state actors alike. Data quality is considered key to interoperable information systems and harmonized datasets and promises reliable information that can be used for risk analysis, situational awareness, (re-)identification, or profiling. But how do arrangements and practices of cleaning, filtering, and validating turn inaccurate, incomplete, and messy datasets into “high-quality” ones? Which notions of data quality are entangled with attempts of regulation? And how do data quality issues reconfigure border control and migration management on different levels? This panel invites contributions that explore the practices, politics, and implications of data quality within border control and migration management. Contributions might include – but are not limited to – inquiries into ● different notions, visions and problematizations migration and border management actors articulate regarding “data quality” ● the regulation of data quality ● data quality and the shaping of knowledge ● data maintenance ● institutional reordering and the reshuffling of power hierarchies in the name of “data quality” ● implications that faulty data can have on human rights and civil liberties ● how data quality can be problematized by affected individuals and civil society organizations. Panel #3. Multi-modal interventions: the promises and challenges of creative and collaborative engagements with matters of migration, borders & technology Nina Amelung, Institute of Social Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal Pedro Neto, Institute of Social Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal Ildikó Plájás, Political Science Department, Leiden University, Netherlands Koen Leurs, Department of Media and Culture, Utrecht University, Netherlands contact: nina.amelung(a)ics.ulisboa.pt<mailto:nina.amelung@ics.ulisboa.pt> How do multiple forms of engagements with border and migration control regimes imagine and make a difference on the matters they critically engage with? This panel aims to explore diverse approaches and methodologies of critical epistemic engagements and interventions with matters of migrations, borders, and technologies. With multi-modal interventions, we refer to research engaging with creative audio-visual utterances focussed on the themes outlined above, which span across the broader spectrum of media genres and formats (including e.g. installations, documentary, film, podcasts, soundscapes, memes, graphic novels, mapping exercises). Of interest are epistemic interventions that may have the potential to make a difference in practice, including in the living conditions of migrants, as well as conceptual reflections on such collaborative, and researcher- or practitioner-led initiatives. We welcome a diversity of approaches with regards to the purposes and ambitions of interventions, but also with regards to their methodologies and formats. This may include: ● Approaches trying to create reflexivity on border control technologies and infrastructures in order to influence the design and implementation processes; ● Interventions to transcend (in)visibilities of matters of ethics, justice, and inequalities deriving from technologies and infrastructures of migrations; ● Critical reflections on how to navigate through collaborations with research participants amidst hierarchical power relations, conflicting agendas, and different epistemic practices; ● Reflections on the performativity of migration scholars' epistemic interventions, such as reflections on the questions of multiple roles academics may have as scholars, academic experts, policy advisers, activists, or artists; ● Interventions that aim at amplifying and/or empowering migrants’ use of technologies and infrastructures; ● But also engagements which aim to stimulate alternatives to current migration regimes. We are also explicitly interested in the diversity of research and dissemination designs, and the diversity of methodologies collecting and analyzing data, including (participatory) action research, visual and multimodal ethnography, digital and other creative methodologies. We encourage submissions from all disciplines (including STS, media/communication, critical data, anthropology, and/ or geography) which are either empirically grounded practice-based interventions (incl. film, participatory methodologies, art installations, performances); case studies of concrete engagements, and interventions; or, theoretical papers exploring scholars’ many ways of engaging with matters of migration, borders & technology. Panel #4. Contesting “the other” in Urban Data and (Non-)Knowledge Practices Sylvana Jahre, Geography Department, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany contact: Sylvana.jahre(a)hu-berlin.de<mailto:Sylvana.jahre@hu-berlin.de> In the frame of the European border regime, scholars have demonstrated how technology and data serve to systematically stigmatize, exclude, and oppress migrant populations through mechanisms of criminalization, identification, and social sorting (Metcalfe & Dencik 2019, Tazzioli 2019). As such practices are not limited to border regions but find itself deeply embedded into society, this panel aims at bringing together research on epistemic and political processes within the urban realm that either focus on the underlying discriminatory design of the socio-technical world that normalizes racial hierarchies (Benjamin, 2016: 148), or (research on) interventionist or oppositional practices and technologies. Urban research and knowledge production, urban policies, urban data, and technologies are all too often presented as being neutral and objective, as their subject is “the city” and migration is treated as rather incidental. However, in doing so urban scholars and practitioners not only fail to acknowledge the various discriminatory and racist practices, but they also contribute to the reproduction of such mechanisms. Approaches from feminist, postcolonial, and critical race STS are crucial to critically engage with power asymmetries that are enacted and/or reproduced through science, and technologies in the city. The panel invites research contesting the urban as objective and neutral and pointing to cities as frontiers for activating multiple truths, as well as sites of subversion, counter-narratives, and protest. Possible topics can encompass but are not limited to: ● urban systems of categorisation and their contestations ● the framing of migration in urban knowledge production, as well as subversion of such knowledge and practices of counter-knowledge production ● racialised urban systems of control and surveillance ● missing data with regard to cities ● practices by migrant subjects and organizations in solidarity to migrants that contest, protest and subvert one or more of the above-mentioned issues Literature cited: Benjamin, Ruha (2016): Catching Our Breath: Critical Race STS and the Carceral Imagination. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 2, pp. 145-156. Metcalfe & Dencik (2019): The politics of big borders: Data (in)justice and the governance of refugees. first Monday, https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/9934/7749. Tazzioli, Martina (2019): The Making of Migration. The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe’s Borders. London: SAGE Publications.

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Critical Internet Studies Ethnographies for Use in Undergrad Methods course
by Andrew Herman 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

Dear AoIRistas I am seeking suggestions for new and recent ethnographies in the field of critical internet studies (broadly construed) for use in my undergraduate methods course in communication studies. I am looking for book-length monographs that are: a) theoretically driven; b) methodologically reflective; c) tell an interesting narrative about the research; and accessible to second-year undergraduates who are willing to stretch themselves. The books do not necessarily have to be located in communication/media studies in terms of discipline. In the past, I have used books that come out of anthropology as well as sociology, such as Ilana Gershon's The Break Up 2.0. The book I am currently using is Whitney Phillip's, This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things. I have had great success teaching the book, but I am getting tired of it, lol. I look forward to your suggestions. Andrew Herman, Ph. D (he/his/him) Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University I acknowledge that I am on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Wilfrid Laurier University is located on the Haldimand tract, which was promised to the Six Nations. http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland/<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lspirg…>.

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Early career grant at the University of Bologna
by Riccardo Nanni 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

Dear all, apologies for crossposting! This grant at the University of Bologna, Italy, might be interesting to some of you. Early Career grant (RTDA) on: Cybersecurity governance - https://bandi.miur.it/jobs.php/public/job/id_job/85886 Best, Riccardo Nanni

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Invitation to Immersive Storytelling Symposium
by Sarah Martindale 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

*Immersive Storytelling Symposium, 2-3 November, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK* Through a combination of diverse immersive performances, captivating presentations, and expert panel discussions, this hybrid event will connect researchers and creators from across the globe. Registration is free for everyone attending, whether in person or online. The first day (1-5pm on 2 November) will feature a live performance, immersive scripting/publishing discussion panel and five project presentations. An evening event (5.30-7.30pm on 2 November) will showcase the visionary potential of this emerging sector, including 360° films projected in an inflatable VR dome, other interactive demos and films. The second day (9am-1pm on 3 November) will feature immersive performance discussion panels and six project presentations. *Please follow the link below for more details about the programme and to book * https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/research/research-projects/Storytelling-Sym… *If you have any questions about the event, please contact * AX-immersivestories(a)exmail.nottingham.ac.uk Kind regards Sarah Dr Sarah Martindale <https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/culturalmediaandvisualstudies…> Department of Cultural, Merdia and Visual Studies University of Nottingham

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Tenure Track Position in AI and Critical Data Studies at York University
by Ganaele Langlois 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

Dear colleagues, The Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University is hiring in AI and Critical Data Studies at the Assistant level. http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumbe… Best, Ganaele -- Ganaele Langlois (she/her) Associate Professor and Chair Department of Communication & Media Studies York University

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Assistant/Associate Position in Social Media and PR, York University (Markham)
by Ganaele Langlois 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

Dear Colleagues, The Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University is looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor for its Social Media and PR stream at our new Markham campus. http://webapps.yorku.ca/academichiringviewer/viewposition.jsp?positionnumbe… Best, Ganaele -- Ganaele Langlois (she/her) Associate Professor and Chair Department of Communication & Media Studies York University

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