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Overview CAMRI Seminars (University of Westminster) - Spring term
by camrievent 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

Please join us at the CAMRI Research Seminars planned for this term. Location: Online event - Zoom Meeting Registration: All seminars are free, but we kindly ask you to register using the links below. Thursday, 27 January 2022 Power Without Responsibility: Comparative national overviews https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-without-responsibility-comparative-nat… Thursday,10 February 2022 James Muldoon (University of Exeter) - Platform Socialism https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/platform-socialism-tickets-250158339327 Thursday, 24 February 2022 Power Without Responsibility: Market impoverishment https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-without-responsibility-market-impoveri… Friday, 25 February 2022 Decolonising Approaches to Users and Audiences in the Global South: Context, Theory and Method https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonising-approaches-to-users-and-audienc… Thursday, 10 March 2022 Rebecca L. Stein (Duke University) - Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screen-shots-state-violence-on-camera-in-isr… Thursday, 24 March 2022 Power Without Responsibility - Media reform: democratic choices https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-without-responsibility-media-reform-de… Thursday, 14 April 2022 Yasmin Ibrahim (Queen Mary, University of London) - Digital Racial – Algorithmic Violence and Racist Technologies https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-racial-algorithmic-violence-and-raci… Thursday, 28 April 2022 Power Without Responsibility and the public interest: an historical and contemporary analysis https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pwr-and-the-public-interest-an-historical-an… Thursday, 19 May 2022 Power Without Responsibility - Radical journalism: then and now https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-without-responsibility-radical-journal… The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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Winter School on digital citizenship and social justice - 14-18 February, online (free)
by Adi Kuntsman 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

Dearall Pleasespread the word – registration is now open to our Postgraduate Winter School inDigital Politics. The School is open to MA and PhD students and early careerresearchers. We have a range of events spread over the entire week, and welcomeattendees to all or just selected events. Talks are open to all but workshops/masterclass are kept intentionally small, to prioritise postgraduate studentsand ECRs; places are limited - pleasedirect anyone interested to register asap Furtherinfo and registration details are here https://digitalpoliticsmanmet.bloggi.co/event-digital-politics-winter-schoo… DigitalCitizenship and its Limits: Annual Winter School in Digital Politics This Winter School makes a series of critical interventionsinto the field of digital citizenship, in both so-called democratic andso-called authoritarian states. The School will focus particularly on how theinteractions between individuals or communities and the state, in areas such aspublic services, welfare, border control, and policing, are mediated by digitalplatforms, on-line communication, algorithms and the AI. Participants willexplore the following questions: What are the injustices involved in being asubject of a digital state? What is the human cost of e-governance, digitalborder control, high tech policing, or on-line surveillance? What are theresults of digital non-freedoms - distress, despair, loss of income, poverty,starvation, imprisonment, death? Who are the captive subjects and dependantvictims of state digitisation? And finally, what are the possibilities torethink, challenge, survive and resist the violence of digital citizenship? The School is organised by the Digital Politics researchcluster at the department of History, Politics and Philosophy, and is generouslysupported by the Digital Society Research Group (DISC@ManMet) at the Faculty ofArts and Humanities, Manchester Metropolitan University, as part of the Digital Society @ Manchester 2022events. Dr Adi Kuntsman, Reader in Digital Politics Programme Leader, MA inInternational Relations and Global Communications Coordinator, PhDpathway in Digital Politics Department of Politics | Manchester Metropolitan University Geoffrey Manton Building| Manchester | M15 6LL| Web | Selected publications --Environmentalmedia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic --Time,militarisation and the information bomb: a tribute to Paul Virilio --Optingout of Digital Health --Theparadox and continuum of digital disengagement --DigitalMilitarism

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BOOK EVENT: 'Platforms and Cultural Production' with Brooke Erin Duffy, Thomas Poell & David Nieborg | LSE Digital Ethnography Collective
by Glatt,ZA (pgr) 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

Hi everyone, happy 2022! The LSE Digital Ethnography Collective are delighted to invite you to our next zoom event on Thursday 7th April (4-6pm BST), where the wonderful Brooke Erin Duffy, Thomas Poell and David Nieborg will be discussing their new book Platforms and Cultural Production (Polity, 2021). The authors will present some of the findings of the book, which examines both the processes and implications of platformization across the cultural industries. This will be followed by an audience Q&A. As usual, our events are designed to be interactive and generative of ideas and conversation, so we hope you'll come with questions. The event will be chaired by LDEC Co-Founder Zoë Glatt. You can book a free ticket and read all info here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-event-platforms-and-cultural-production… I hope you’re all well, Zoe BOOK DESCRIPTION: The widespread uptake of digital platforms – from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and TikTok – is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways. Longstanding media industries are experiencing tremendous upheaval, while new industrial formations – live-streaming, social media influencing, and podcasting, among others – are evolving at a breakneck pace. In 'Platforms and Cultural Production', the authors identify key changes in markets, infrastructures, and governance at play in this ongoing transformation, as well as pivotal shifts in the practices of labour, creativity, and democracy. Foregrounding simultaneous changes in institutional relations and cultural practices, the authors define platformization as: the penetration of digital platforms’ economic, infrastructural, and governmental extensions into the cultural industries, as well as the organization of cultural practices of labour, creativity, and democracy around these platforms. Exploring how these interrelated changes take shape in different industrial and geographic contexts, they discuss key variations in the trajectories of transformation. This analytical framework should assist students, scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners in their efforts to understand how the institutions and practices of cultural production are evolving in the era of platforms. **You can purchase the book with a 20% discount provided by Polity Books using the code 'PCP02' at checkout HERE<https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=platforms-and-cultural-pro…>. Code eligible until the end of 2022** SPEAKER BIOS: Brooke Erin Duffy is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where she holds appointments in the Department of Communication and the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. Her specific areas of interest include digital and social media industries; gender, identity, and inequality; and the impact of new technologies on creative work and labor. She's the author of two monographs on gender and cultural production, including (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love: Gender, Social Media, and Aspirational Work (Yale University Press, 2017), which Wired ranked as one of the "Top Tech Books of 2017." Thomas Poell is Professor of Data, Culture & Institutions at the University of Amsterdam and director of the Research Priority Area on Global Digital Cultures<https://globaldigitalcultures.uva.nl/>. His research is focused on the societal consequences of the rise of digital platforms. He has published widely on social media and popular protests around the globe, as well as on the role of these media in the development of new forms of journalism. Poell is co-author of three books, including The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World (Oxford University Press, 2018). David B. Nieborg is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Toronto. He holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam and held visiting and fellowship appointments with MIT, the Queensland University of Technology, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He published widely on the game industry, app and platform economics, and game journalism in academic outlets such as New Media & Society, Social Media + Society and Media, Culture and Society. ~We are the LSE Digital Ethnography Collective, an interdisciplinary group exploring the intersections of digital culture and ethnographic methods. We invite scholars at all levels to join us for events where we host speakers and workshop new ideas. The aim of the group to establish a community of scholars of digital ethnography and to work through challenges in this emerging subdiscipline. Follow us on Twitter (@DigEthnogLSE) and join our mailing list (https://tinyurl.com/y5a6odte) to hear about exciting new scholarship in this area as well as updates on all of our future events.~ ________________________ Zoë Glatt www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com/> ESRC PhD Researcher in Media & Communications London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Co-Founder: LSE Digital Ethnography Collective @DigEthnogLSE<https://twitter.com/DigEthnogLSE> Graduate Student Rep 2019-2021: Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Managing Editor 2018-2020: ICA journal Communication, Culture & Critique<https://academic.oup.com/ccc/pages/About> YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/Zedstergal> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/ZoeGlatt> | LSE bio<http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/phd-researchers/zoe-gl…>

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Research: Short exercise on disguising online sources
by Joseph Reagle 26 Jan '22

26 Jan '22

Hello all, I'm researching the necessity, methods, and efficacy of researchers altering (i.e., “fuzzing”) prose to disguise their online sources. I have a brief instrument where I ask you to alter three quotes and then judge three alterations. It's very simple and shouldn't take more than 10--15 minutes. The short URL below takes you to a consent form and then the exercise. https://reagle.org/disguise Thank you to those that participate! -- Joseph Reagle, Communication Studies, Northeastern University

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WEBCAST JAN 26: Billing Solutions for Community Networks / Solutions de facturation pour les réseaux communautaires
by Joly MacFie 26 Jan '22

26 Jan '22

This has just started / Cela vient de commencer ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday January 26 2022 at 12:00-13.30 UTC the Internet Society and the Association for Progressive Communications host 'Billing Solutions for Community Networks'. This is the third session of the 2021/2022 Summit on Community Networks in Africa. Thi" [image: livestream (EN)] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CNAfrica-3>On *Wednesday January 26 2022 at 12:00-13.30 UTC* the* Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/>* and the *Association for Progressive Communications <https://apc.org>* host '*Billing Solutions for Community Networks <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/202…>*'. This is the third session of the *2021/2022 Summit on Community Networks in Africa <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/>*. This online event will discuss community network billing tools, solutions and how community network operators could address shortcomings in this sector. *SPEAKERS* *Stephen Fosu*, IT Head, Presbyterian Hospital Donkorkrom *Heiko Rehm*, Founder of PYRAMITE Lt *Barrack Otieno*, Director, AHERI Community *MODERATOR* *James Gondwe*, Founder & Executive Director, Centre for Youth and Development (CYD) *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cnAfrica <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/cnAfrica>-3* (Open Captions) Le *mercredi 26 janvier 2022* à *12h00-13h30 UTC*, l’*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/>* et l’*Association for Progressive Communications <https://www.apc.org/fr>* organisent « *Solutions de facturation pour les réseaux communautaires <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/events/summit-community-networks-africa/…>* ». Il s’agit de la troisième 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 discutera des outils de facturation des CN, des solutions et de la manière dont les opérateurs de CN pourraient remédier aux problèmes dans ce secteur. *INTERVENANTS* *Barrack Otieno*, Networks/Directeur, AHERI *Stephen Fosu*, Responsable du département informatique de l’hôpital presbytérien de Donkorkrom *Heiko Rehm*, Fondateur de PYRAMITE Ltd *MODÉRATEUR* *James Gondwe*, directeur fondateur, Centre pour la jeunesse et le développement (CVD) *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/cnafrica-3 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/cnafrica-3>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC> *(EN) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <https://bit.ly/3GpPnQd>https://bit.ly/3GpPnQd <https://bit.ly/3GpPnQd> *(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/> * (Captions) *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> *(EN only) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc> * (Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/> *(Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/> *(Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/cnafrica-3 <https://archive.org/details/cnafrica-3>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15093/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for Workshops and Tutorials: ACM Web Science Conference (#WebSci22), 26-29 June 2022 in Barcelona + Online
by Weller, Katrin 24 Jan '22

24 Jan '22

----------------------------------------------- 14th ACM Web Science Conference 2022 (WebSci'22) 26-29 June, 2022 26 June: Workshop and Tutorial day Hybrid conference: Barcelona, Spain, and online (co-located with Hypertext 2022) Deadline for proposing workshops + tutorials: Feb 21, 2022 https://websci22.webscience.org/ ----------------------------------------------- CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ---------------------------------- The 14th ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'22) is soliciting proposals for workshops and tutorials that address the way Web Science research can illuminate key contemporary issues and global challenges. Workshops should reflect the inter- and multidisciplinary nature of Web Science. Tutorials could cover a wide variety of Web Science approaches and methods, including but not limited to techniques for data collection, processing, analysis, as well as substantive interpretation, best practices, and ethics. Examples of potential WebSci workshop areas include but are not limited to: * Misinformation and propaganda on the Web * Online health and wellness (especially concerning the COVID-19 pandemic) * Online mental health * The interplay between AI and the Web * Using Web Science for social good * Collective intelligence, crowdsourcing * Bias on the Web * Data ethics and algorithmic accountability * Digital inequalities: access, quality, and participation * Information privacy and cybersecurity * Learning and education on the Web * Social connections and social influence on the Web * Social inclusion and exclusion on the Web * Internet politics and political participation * Internet, Globalization and Cultural Identities * The evolution of social media services * The future of the Web * Cybercrime and safety * Digital Humanitarianism * ICT for development * Climate Change and digital carbon footprints * Paid and unpaid work, the gig economy * Aging and generations (different practices and attitudes towards the Web) * Global south and globalization * Gender and sexualities (the Web as safe/unsafe space, space for mobilization) Workshops and tutorials can be either on-site or fully online. A "call for papers/contributions" is optional. Workshops/tutorials with alternative interactive modes such as e.g. round table discussions or design/co-creation sessions can also be proposed. You can propose a program committee (PC) with content experts for your event. When accepted, make sure your event is held in a timezone amenable to the participants. Each workshop or tutorial should have a web address containing all information about the venue, call for contributions, deadlines, modality, language etc. Workshops and tutorials can be held in any language. ------------------ PROPOSAL FORMAT ------------------ * Proposals can be up to 3 pages long and should include the following information (please submit your proposal in English): * Workshop/tutorial title. * Workshop/tutorial summary (1-2 paragraphs). * Workshop/tutorial description, including the motivation and goals of the proposal and its relevance to the field of Web Science. * Workshop/tutorial schedule and activities, including the format, proposed activities (panels, sessions, interactive exercises, etc.), the invited speakers or panelists, the modality (on-site or online). * Workshop/tutorial organizer information, including names, affiliations, emails, and personal websites. Please indicate who would be the primary contact person for the submission. * Please indicate if the workshop has been run in the past. * Target audience and audience size: the expected number and type of attendees and any information about the required skills or tools with which participants need to be familiar. * The primary language(s) of the workshop/tutorial (i.e., English, Chinese). * The desired time zone for the workshop/tutorial. * The workshop/tutorial will be: (i) onsite in Barcelona or (ii) fully online? * Special requirements or equipment, if any. --------------------- PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS --------------------- Proposals must be submitted to EasyChair by February 21, 2022, via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci22 Workshop and tutorial proposals will be evaluated based on their relevance, timeliness, originality and the potential to address important questions and attract audiences from different disciplines. Relevance to the interdisciplinary field of Web Science is a prerequisite for all submissions. Workshop and tutorial notifications will be sent by March 7, 2022. If inviting peer-reviewed workshop papers, workshop organizers are requested to have the paper submission deadline in their workshops to be no later than April 9, 2022. -------------------- PROCEEDINGS -------------------- Workshop organizers are free to publish workshop proceedings. WebSci22 offers the possibility to include workshop papers as a companion collection of the ACM WebSci22 proceedings. In this case, workshop schedules must be aligned with the schedule for the publication of the overall proceedings, i.e. camera-ready papers need to be submitted to us by 12 May 2022. This is a strict deadline, and we will not be able to include any papers not received by this date. ------------------- IMPORTANT DATES (Workshops & Tutorials) ------------------- Feb 21, 2022: Workshop and Tutorial Proposal Submission Deadline Mar 07, 2022: Notifications Apr 09, 2022: Workshop Paper Submission Deadline May 12, 2022: Camera-ready Deadline for the Companion Proceedings Jun 26, 2022: workshop and tutorial day at WebSci'22 (Barcelona and online) Please note that submissions for papers to the main conference track are also still open until February 10, 2022. Details can be found here: https://websci22.webscience.org/calls-guidelines/call-for-papers/ ----------------- ORGANISERS ----------------- Workshop & Tutorial Track Chairs: Anna Bon, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands Srinath Srinivasa, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India CONTACT websci22-workshops-tutorials(a)easychair.org<mailto:websci22-workshops-tutorials@easychair.org>

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C4S - Stories from the Field
by Marilou Polymeropoulou 24 Jan '22

24 Jan '22

With apologies for X-posting Call for Submissions: Stories From the Field Dear Colleagues, We are looking for submissions for an edited volume addressed to academic and general publics entitled ‘Stories From the Field’ which aims at being a collection of short, autobiographical stories as experienced and written by fieldworkers. The selected stories should be non-fictional, experienced by fieldworkers while conducting research and/or other workings in their field(s). The definition of ‘field’ and ‘fieldworker’ is deliberately absent to encourage the submission of contributions from various disciplines. Stories can be of any nature provided they reflect experiences in the field. Some examples of these could include, but are not limited to: Significant research turning points Errors, serendipity and unexpected discoveries Interlocutors’ shared knowledge of moral and/or religious systems Emotional stages in a fieldworkers’ journey Comedic recountings of field experiences Mistrust and doubt as obstacles in the field Eerie and surreal experiences Ethical hiccups and mishaps Teaching and learning how to be (or not to be) a fieldworker Gaining access to the field Data loss and …emotional management Please send a brief abstract (approximately 250 words) describing what your story will be about and a short biographical note (approximately 150 words) to thefieldstories(a)gmail.com by Monday 28 March 2022. Contributors can expect to receive a response by 15 May 2022. Completed stories should be up to 4000 words in length but this may be reviewed by the literary agent. These will be due by Friday 2 September 2022, after which we will begin the review process. For any questions, please contact the editors Marilou Polymeropoulou and Sylvia Thornbush in the same e-mail address. Dr Marilou Polymeropoulou Senior Tutor @ OxSFC Research Affiliate @ ISCA (Oxon)

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CfP: Special Issue "Teaching with Games: Educational Gaming in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics" - gamevironments
by Lisa Kienzl 24 Jan '22

24 Jan '22

Dear all, If you are interested in "Teaching with Games: Educational Gaming in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics" please check out the CfP for the upcoming special issue edited by Tim Hutchings. The special issue will be published in the international peer-reviewed open-access journal GAMEVIRONMENTS. Best wishes, Lisa ----------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue GAMEVIRONMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------ Teaching with Games: Educational Gaming in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics edited by Tim Hutchings ------------------------------------------------------------ This special issue invites contributions that address the history and future of educational gaming, with particular attention to the fields of religious studies, theology, philosophy and ethics. While the representation and influence of religion in mainstream games has been studied extensively, we argue that much less attention has been paid to games developed specifically for the purpose of exploring religious, ethical and philosophical perspectives. This issue challenges that oversight, calling for fresh attention to the ways in which games and gaming have been adopted for didactic purposes within religious communities, ethical campaign groups, academic contexts and beyond. We invite discussion of any and all kinds of games, including videogames, boardgames and other game formats. Since the 1980s, more than 1500 videogames have been created by and for religious communities, as demonstrated by the extraordinary archive produced by Vivian Gonzalez (http://www.religiousgames.org/) Videogames and playful virtual environments have also been produced by academic teams for educational purposes, from elaborate religious environments constructed in Second Life to new virtual reality settings that locate the user within religious and ethical situations. One pioneering example is The Durga Puja Mystery, an educational game created by Xenia Zeiler and Flying Robot Studios in 2020. Other games take a more questioning approach to religion and ethics, forcing players to reckon with the consequences of religious hypocrisy and spiritual abuse, or challenging players to wrestle with moral conundrums that threaten to compromise their values and commitments. What unites these games, and gives a shared focus to this special issue, is their intention to guide the player through a process of change and formation. This special issue invites contributions in a wide range of formats. Peer-reviewed journal articles are welcomed, but we will also consider research reports, game reviews, interviews with game developers, reports from the classroom and reports on games currently under development. Potential authors are encouraged to contact the editor to discuss ideas for theme and format. ----------------------------------------------------------- Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary projects are welcome, including research informed by religious studies, philosophy and other humanities disciplines. Topics may include, but are not limited to: * studies of games from all religious, spiritual or ethical traditions * games inspired by sacred texts and stories * games that promote social justice or social change * philosophical analysis of the ethics of educational/formational games * studies of discourses around gaming in religious or educational contexts * evaluation of the impact of educational games in religious or ethical settings * new trends and developments in educational or formative gaming * educational uses of innovative gaming technologies, including virtual reality * case studies of innovative educational games * reports on the use of games in the classroom ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBMISSION DETAILS Journal articles should be 5-8000 words in length and will be subject to double-blind peer review. Reviews, interviews and other formats will be reviewed by the special issue editor. Submission guidelines can be found here and the journal style guide can be found here: https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/submission-guideline/. There is no article processing charge. Authors are encouraged to use images but will be required to request permission from copyright-holders when needed. ------------------------------------------------------------ TIMELINE For all contributions, please submit a title, a 300-word abstract and a 100-word biographical statement about each author. Send this to guest editor Tim Hutchings (tim.hutchings(a)nottingham.ac.uk) by 1 June 2022. Abstract submission: 1 June 2022 Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 15 June 2022 Full text submission of all contributions: 15 December 2022 -- Dr. Dr. Lisa Kienzl (sie/ihr | she/her) Literaturen und Medien der Religion | Institut für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik http://www.religion.uni-bremen.de Lab "Media and Religion" | ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki/labs/media-and-religion Managing editor gamevironments https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/ Universität Bremen Sportturm (SpT) Postfach 330 440 28359 Bremen T. +49 (0)421 218 67912

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Posthumanism seminar
by Harry Dyer (EDU - Staff) 24 Jan '22

24 Jan '22

To all trying to join us for the session today, the zoom link was a little incorrect! apologies! You can join us at: https://zoom.us/j/99805719139<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2…> Meeting ID: 998 0571 9139 Best wishes, Harry

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CFP "Immersive Storytelling", Special Issue, Convergence
by Sarah Martindale 24 Jan '22

24 Jan '22

**CFP* "IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING", SPECIAL ISSUE, CONVERGENCE: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH INTO NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES* We invite submissions for a special issue of *Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies* <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/con> on the topic of *Immersive Storytelling*. Storytelling is central to the immersive entertainment industry in all its astonishing variety: Alternative Reality Games (ARGs); escape rooms; experiential art; immersive audio; Live Action Role Play (LARP); live experiences incorporating Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR); scare and other themed attractions; immersive interactive theatre; transmedia and virtual experiences. The industry underpins an international marketplace that encompasses everything from Dreamscape Immersive’s location-based VR attractions, to Museum of Ice Cream’s multi-sensory installations, to Punch Drunk’s immersive theatre shows; examples spread across the USA, Singapore, Dubai and China. The global pandemic has accelerated the pace of R&D as the power of creative minds has focused on connecting with dispersed audiences in their own homes and locales using technologies like streaming and mobile device applications. With this come the challenges of retaining qualities of liveness and collective experience when people can’t physically travel or congregate in large numbers. At this time of experimentation, adaptation and recovery we can reflect on the current reality of the ‘experience economy’ conceived by Pine and Gilmore in 1998, given that immersion is a contested term and the diverse forms listed above all have complex histories. The goal is to bring together perspectives from the global research community across multiple disciplines which have a stake in developing, studying and critically interrogating immersive storytelling. The Editors welcome contributions on any topic related to immersive storytelling, such as: · *Definitional debates and histories.* This could include taxonomies, historical background, disciplinary perspectives and comparative analyses of existing works. · *Collaboration and partnership models. *This could include examples of production practice, digitally enabled forms (including algorithmic/automated generation) and authoring processes (including co-creation). · *Platforms, tools, techniques. *This could include content creation tools, underpinning technologies/techniques, prototype systems, conceptual designs and strategies to scaffold user interaction. · *Aesthetics and new modes of experience. *This could include emergent/hybrid creative methodologies, economic value, business model innovation, the contexts of consumption, industries of research and criticism, investment priorities (e.g. the UK’s £72 million Creative Industries Sector Deal); and the impact of these on cultural policy, professional skills and creative sector employment, especially in light of threats to arts funding · *Critical approaches to immersive storytelling. *This could include modes of participation (agency, liveness, presence and collective experience) and strategies of support (funding and pricing models). · *Researching immersion and immersive experiences. *This could include research histories, approaches to user testing and audience research, and intersectional methodologies for analysing creative practice. · *Sites, contexts and cultures of immersive storytelling production. *This could include issues of representation, social justice, public attitudes, the digital divide, global variations in technology access and usage, and the ethics of using personal data (including unintended consequences). We are open to a range of approaches in exploring this topic, which is broadly conceptualised, and particularly welcome submissions that address *immersive storytelling practice, audiences and research in the global south*. To submit: Please send a *500-word* abstract and a 100-word bio per author to the guest editors at *sarah.martindale(a)nottingham.ac.uk* <sarah.martindale(a)nottingham.ac.uk> and *jonathan.hook(a)york.ac.uk* <jonathan.hook(a)york.ac.uk> by *15 February 2022* Authors of accepted abstracts will be contacted in mid-*March *and invited to submit full contributions by *15 June 2022* Guest Editors:* Sarah Martindale* (*University of Nottingham* <https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/>, UK) and *Jonathan Hook* (*University of York* <https://www.york.ac.uk/>, UK) Deadline for Abstract Submissions: *15 February 2022* Deadline for Full Papers: *15 June 2022* Expected date of publication: *May 2023*

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