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ISOC LIVE - Upcoming Webcasts - and more
by Joly MacFie 13 May '24

13 May '24

*** ISOC.LIVE is free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - Big thanks to our May 2024 funder Vint Cerf *** *UPCOMING LIVESTREAMS* *May 13 (Today!) 11:00 UTC* - https://isoc.live/17885/ *EU’s Digital Future Seminar #2 – Assessing the Material Shaping of EU Digital Sovereignty in Response to the War in Ukraine * ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/JKqi5Eil2d *May 15 11:00 UTC* - https://isoc.live/17873/ *ISOC Switzerland Public Policy Sessions 2024* ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/iYOcjYNUyC *May 15 19:00 UTC* - https://isoc.live/17881/ *2024 NARALO/ISOC-NY Universal Acceptance Day* ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/Ct9E0GSjJn *May 16 17:30 UTC* - https://isoc.live/17830/ *ISOC Accessibility Standing Group – Accessibility Awareness Webinar* ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/JtBXSY2XNP *Jun 4 23:30 UTC* - https://isoc.live/17823/ *A11yNYC – Leveling the Playing Field: Toward Equivalently Accessible Video Game Worlds – Vishnu Nair* ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/Vv7mOqBSkc *FRESHLY ARCHIVED* *May 8, 2024 ISOC Tanzania - Encryption Seminar for Policymakers* https://archive.org/details/isoc-tz-encryption *May 2, 2024 topDNS Best Practice Webinar: A partnership to empower domain name registries to disrupt CSAM* https://archive.org/details/topdns7 *Feb 5, 2019 Scott Bradner – A History of the Internet* https://archive.org/details/scott_bradner_history_of_the_internet *Apr 30, 2024 RDRS – How to access WHOIS data today* https://archive.org/details/eco-rdrs *Apr 25, 2024 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression (CGFoE) 10th anniversary – Safeguarding Free Expression: The Role of Judicial Systems in Pivotal Times* https://archive.org/details/cgfoe10 *April 18 2024 Book Talk: The Secret Life of Data* https://archive.org/details/secretlifeofdata *OTHER UPCOMING* *May 16 21:00 UTC - ISOC Brazil - Soberanía Digital: ¿Para qué y para quién? Análisis conceptual y político del concepto desde el contexto brasileño* https://bit.ly/3WFpS8u *May 17 11:00 UTC - ISOC AI SIG Meeting* https://community.internetsociety.org/s/group/0F9Dn000000QaxLKAS/cybersecur… *May 17 22:00 UTC - IEEE - The Office of the Future* https://ieeetv.ieee.org/live-events/office_of_the_future *May 18 15:30 UTC - AFNOG Webinar 05 - Blockchain: Opportunities and Challenges * https://bit.ly/4dEE9bC *May 19 19:00 UTC - IEEE / PCI Our Virtual Celebration of 50 Years of the Internet* (w/Vint) https://ieeetv.ieee.org/live-events/i50 *May 20 20:00 UTC - IEEE Milestone Celebration | TCP, 802 Standards, and Google.* (w/Vint) https://ieeetv.ieee.org/live-events/milestone-tcp-802-Google *May 21 14:30 UTC - Lord Renwick Memorial Lecture 2024 - Ethics of AI w/ Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt* https://www.dpalliance.org.uk/events/lord-renwick-memorial-lecture-2024/ If you have an upcoming event, you can submit it at https://bit.ly/isocevents - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WAU Congress 2024 Deadline Extended until May 27, 2024
by Ricardo A. Fagoaga H. 13 May '24

13 May '24

The Organizing Committee of the World Anthropological Union Congress (WAU) 2024 is excited to share that the deadline for submissions has been extended until May 27th! This extension reflects our commitment to inclusivity, aiming to welcome a wide array of contributions from scholars, researchers, and practitioners across the globe. We are confident that this extended deadline will provide ample opportunity for all interested parties to refine and submit their work, ensuring that the congress truly embodies a rich tapestry of perspectives and insights. For further details on the congress theme, "Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Perspectives, Practices, and Power," and specific calls for papers, round tables, workshops, Lekgotla, films, and book launches, please refer to the links provided below. Notably, our congress is designed to be hybrid, allowing for both online and face-to-face participation simultaneously, ensuring accessibility for all. We eagerly anticipate your continued engagement and participation as we work together to make this congress an unforgettable success! Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Perspectives, Practices, and Power World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress 2024 Johannesburg, South Africa 11th-15th November 2024 General Information: https://bit.ly/WAUcongress2024 Call for Papers Info: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressCfP *All panels hybrid* Call for Round Tables Info: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressRoundtables * All round tables hybrid* Call for Workshops Info: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressWorkshops Call for Lekgotla Info: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressLekgotla Call for Films Info: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressFilm Call for Book Launches Info: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressBooks Please note that all panels and round tables are hybrid, allowing participants to join both online and in person simultaneously. The fees for the WAU Congress 2024 are available on the congress website: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressFEES To participate in the congress it is required to pay for an International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) membership + the registration fee. Unfortunately, we regret to inform you that financial aid or scholarships are not available for the WAU Congress 2024. While we understand the importance of accessibility and inclusivity, we are unable to provide financial assistance at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and encourage you to explore alternative funding options if needed. Your understanding and support are greatly appreciated as we work towards hosting a successful and enriching congress experience for all participants. --- Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA) warmly invites you to join us in Mzansi/South Africa for the inaugural World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress from November 11 to 15, 2024. Organized by ASnA, this groundbreaking event promises a rich exploration of anthropological knowledge under the theme: Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Perspectives, Practices, and Power Anthropology, as with other disciplines in the arts and social sciences, has engaged over decades with multiple paradigmatic shifts and critiques of the ways in which anthropological knowledge is gathered, organised, presented and theorised. From the 1960s onwards, anthropological knowledge has engaged with, and seen concomitant shifts in practice as a result of [post - ] theoretical movements: Post-structuralism; Post-modernism; Post-colonialism; Post-socialism; Post-humanism; Post- post-colonialism -> decolonial shift; Post-truth. Recent shifts in some spaces have also critiqued even the notion of ‘post-’, such as the decolonial movement, for example, which argues that post-colonialism does not take critique far enough, and that social theory should strive instead for decolonial approaches. All of these critiques share a core concern with recognising the constructedness of knowledge, and the power relations that underlie what we know and how we know it. Anthropology has a slightly different perspective to many other social science disciplines in that the discipline itself is premised on a recognition of the inherent value of plural knowledge forms, through cultural relativism and an historic and contemporary disciplinary stance against ethnocentrism. Against this set of concerns, we propose a WAU Congress that engages with anthropological knowledge making in its various forms, recognising theoretical, geographical, socio-political contextual and ontological differences in how anthropological knowledge is made, transmitted and distributed in varied spaces. We seek papers, round tables, workshops, lekgotla, films, and book launches that speak, but are not limited to: • Changing fields of anthropological subdisciplines; • The politics of producing social, cultural, linguistic, biological and paleo- anthropological knowledge; • Ideas and ideals of ethnographic and ethnological practice; • Post-covid practices in anthropological knowledge making; • Digital worlds and the role of new technologies in fieldwork; • The legitimacy of museums and collections as knowledge repositories; • Ideas of truth and/ or post-truth in knowledge-making and representation; • Anthropology as the humbling practice of learning; • Tensions between local knowledge production and academic knowledge production; • Disaggregating local knowledges in light of critical decolonial perspectives; • Challenges and successes of the decolonial imperative; • Decoloniality and criticality: overlaps, tensions, and differences; • The politics of disseminating knowledges; • Manifestations of hegemony in knowledge production, and their dangers; • The knowledges which one can’t quite see, hear, touch, feel, smell; • Survival, revival and flourishing in a “post”- catastrophic world; • Changing ethics, methods and techniques in ethnographic research; • (Re)production of hegemony and hierarchy in anthropological research; • Pleasure, joy and fun in anthropological research; • Anthropology out of the “Ivory towers”; • “Studying up” and anthropology of institutions/elites etc; • Creativity and the art in/of/as research. Information/ Questions: info [@] waucongress.org --- The World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress 2024 is organized by Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA). The World Anthropological Union (WAU) is an inclusive, cooperative forum that invigorates transnational anthropologies. WAU is the interface that unites the missions of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) and the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA), galvanizing person-to-person international dialogues and stimulating cooperative exchange among anthropological associations. As a member of the ISC and the CIPSH, WAU represents the ethical and scientific values of the field as the discipline's primary international organization. Information: https://waunet.org *°°°°°°°* *Ricardo A. Fagoaga Hernández* Antropólogo e Historiador *ORCID* <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5642-457X> | *Google Scholar* <https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=-FgY5JQAAAAJ> | *Linkedin* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rfagoaga/> | *Bluesky* <https://bsky.app/profile/fagoaga.bsky.social> | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/rfagoaga>* *Academic Digital Impact Consultant* for the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (*IUAES*), the World Council of Anthropological Associations (*WCAA*), and the World Anthropological Union ( *WAU*). *Associate Editor *of the *History of Anthropology Review* (*HAR <https://histanthro.org>*).

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Digital politics online summer school: digital harms
by Adi Kuntsman 11 May '24

11 May '24

Come and join our fourth Digital Politics Summer School. this year our focus is digital harmsdetails and registraion info are here Digital Politics Summer School 2024: Digital Harms. ***** Dr Adi Kuntsman, Reader in DigitalPolitics Coordinator, PhD programmein Digital Politics and Digital Politics PostgraduateSummer School Department of History, Politics and Philosophy | Manchester MetropolitanUniversity Geoffrey Manton Building| Manchester | M15 6LL| Web | Digital Politics Blog Series Co-editor, DigitalMaterialities and Sustainable Futures | | | | | | | | | | | Digital Politics Summer School 2024: Digital Harms. Our Summer School opens its online doors for the first year running! This year, we are focusing on theorising an... | | |

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Creating Value with Social Media Analytics: Third Edition Released
by Gohar F. Khan 11 May '24

11 May '24

Good morning, I am thrilled to announce the release of the third edition of "Creating Value with Social Media Analytics." This updated edition continues to delve into the transformative power of social media analytics, offering new insights and strategies for harnessing data in innovative ways. Since its first publication, "Creating Value with Social Media Analytics" has become a crucial resource for marketers, data scientists, and business leaders eager to unlock the potential of social media data. The third edition expands on this foundation with the latest tools, techniques, and case studies that reflect the most current trends and technologies in social media analytics. "Creating Value with Social Media Analytics: Third Edition" is now available for purchase through Amazon <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3HZN2SX> and you can also find it in digital format for e-readers and tablets. Regards, Dr. Gohar F. Khan

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CfParticipation: Hybrid Workshop at MUC 2024 “The Urban Future is Now: Uniting Powers for Inclusive and Sustainable Design of Smart Cities”
by Aal, Konstantin, Dr. 11 May '24

11 May '24

We are a group of researchers in the HCI field working on the topics related to urban futures. We have organised a community for researchers and practitioners “The Urban Future is Now” and would like to invite participants to join our first hybrid workshop. All participants interested in the topic are welcomed regardless of the seniority level or location! We would appreciate your contributions, participation or spreading the word about our workshop! If you are not yet actively ready to join the workshop, but want to stay in the loop for the upcoming events, join our newsletter of upcoming events: https://forms.gle/RJLVVX3S61s8cHXE8 or email margarita.osipova(a)uni-weimar.de<mailto:margarita.osipova@uni-weimar.de> for collaboration possibilities. ——— CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Urban Future is Now: Uniting Powers for Inclusive and Sustainable Design of Smart Cities<https://urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-24> 🗓️ 3rd of September, Tuesday, 9:00-14:00 📍 Hybrid / Mensch und Computer 2024, Karlsruhe, Germany<https://muc2024.mensch-und-computer.de/en/> 🔗 urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-24<https://urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-24> Submissions: Motivation letters/Creative contributions/Workshop papers Deadline: the 15th of June 2024 via the Google Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOaZ4K5I-KBYq2Y0xgnJS_NBenq7hheU_…> Abstract The rapid urbanisation and smartization of the world brings challenges of designing urban futures that contribute to a sustainable and inclusive city environment. Additional complexity arises from space and infrastructure constraints, the diverse user range and involvement of multiple stakeholders in the design process. While these technologies -- once created -- would shape the future of cities and human- and non-human-citizens in the long run, we identify a lack of experience and knowledge exchange in the respective community regarding the addressing of smart city challenges from more than purely technical or topic-specific perspectives. With this workshop, we aim to gather researchers and practitioners from the fields of Urban Informatics, Smart Urbanism, and Human-Computer Interaction to openly share experiences and to outline the design challenges that should be addressed first, with the values of sustainability and inclusion as objectives for smart urban futures. Call for Participation This half-day hybrid workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners for outlining the current challenges and approaches towards inclusive and sustainable urban design and smart cities. Participants can choose one of three contribution modes: 1. Motivation letters up to 2 pages 2. Creative contributions to be presented at the workshop within the timeframe of 5-10 minutes (posters, pictorials, videos, talks, presentations, interactive activities) 3. Workshop papers in the standard ACM article format up to 4 pages in two-column layout. We welcome everyone interested or actively involved in the topics of Urban Informatics, Smart Urbanism, Urban HCI, or Sustainable and Inclusive Design. We expect submissions that are novel, reflexive, critical and share perspectives or experiences on the topic with the community. All accepted creative submissions (2) will be published on the community platform, while accepted papers (3) will be published on the GI library. Submissions are accepted via the Google Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOaZ4K5I-KBYq2Y0xgnJS_NBenq7hheU_…> until the 15th of June 2024. At least one author of each accepted submission must register for the conference (attendance onsite or hybrid) with a workshop/day/full ticket. Additionally, we encourage everyone interested in the topic, regardless of attendance at the conference, to contribute to the discussion and community via the pre-conference online activities which will be announced later on this page. For all submission questions email konstantina.marra(a)uni-weimar.de<mailto:konstantina.marra@uni-weimar.de> —— Organisers: Margarita Osipova (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) Konstantina Marra (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) Tanja Aal (University of Siegen) Konstantin Aal (University of Siegen) Eva Hornecker (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) Luke Hespanhol (The University of Sydney) Looking forward to your submissions and thanks in advance for your support! -- Dr. Konstantin Aal PostDoc and Team Leader “Community and Activism” pronouns: he/him/his I support flexible work arrangements and do not expect you to reply outside your agreed working hours. Information Systems and New Media SFB 1187 "Medien der Kooperation" University of Siegen Kohlbettstr. 15, 57072 Siegen Raum. US-E-102 Tel. +49 (0)271 / 740 3383 Mob. +49 (0)176 / 30 780 007 http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb5/wirtschaftsinformatik/index.html.en?lang=en https://scholar.kosta.phd

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AUTHORS ROUNDTABLE: Influencer Books in the Making with Brooke Duffy, Sophie Bishop & Angèle Christin | The Digital Ethnography Collective
by Zoë Glatt 10 May '24

10 May '24

Hello all! Are you curious about how social media content creators navigate the challenges and opportunities of platform-dependent work? Do you want to know what goes into writing and publishing an academic monograph about influencer industries and culture? The Digital Ethnography Collective are delighted to invite you to a virtual authors roundtable at 1pm EST on Friday 10th May, where the wonderful Brooke Erin Duffy, Sophie Bishop and Angèle Christin will be in conversation about their eagerly awaited upcoming books! We’ll hear about each of these fascinating projects and discuss the many productive points of overlap between them, including how each author approached this volatile and ever-changing topic to come to their rich accounts of creator labour, cultures and industries. We’ll also peak behind the curtain into the mechanics of writing an academic monograph: starting with the proposal and contract stage, through those painful writing hurdles, right up to publication day. 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 The Digital Ethnography Collective Co-Founder Zoë Glatt. BOOK A FREE TICKET HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/authors-roundtable-behind-the-scenes-of-influe… ~~~ THE BOOKS: Influencer Creep, Sophie Bishop (under contract, University of California Press) This book uncovers influencer culture as a hypocentre of pressures to be ‘always on’, share more ‘authentically’ and to be responsive to ‘black boxed’ algorithmic whims. Through reviewing the political economy of influencer cultures, I show how influencers and intermediaries such as platforms, talent managers and brands contributed to foundational influencer practices, conventions, and experiences. Now, pressures and practices originated with influencer economies are central to the lives of creative workers such as artists and makers. Influencer creep thus helps us understand how platform power users’ dynamics have informed participation and representation within culture, as social media platforms become increasingly central to the professional and personal lives of creative workers, and beyond. Influencer creep reveals important context for contemporary cultural lives and experiences of labour, showing how platformised promotional culture has informed responses to hierarchies of (in)visibility along the lines of class, gender and race. The Visibility Bind: Platforms, Power, and Precarity in the Creator Economy, Brooke Erin Duffy (under contract, Chicago University Press) With much of the tech sector reeling from layoffs and financial strife, platform companies—from Meta and YouTube to TikTok and Twitch—are doubling down on their idealistic framing of the digital “Creator Economy.” But the image of social media as an entrepreneurial Promised Land is belied by the precarious, even perilous realities of platform-dependent labor. Drawing upon more than 80 interviews with digital content creators, influencers, and streamers, I illuminate the source of their plight: a platformed visibility bind. In a labor market where algorithms are considered key arbiters of success—and failure—creators struggle to defy the imminent threat of invisibility. But they must also reckon with the risks of hypervisibility, from burnout and cultural appropriation to trolling and targeted harassment. The conditions and consequences of this bind are amplified for marginalized creators—including women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. A necessary rejoinder to creator economy boosterism, The Visibility Bind disentangles the promises from the precarities of the new world of creative work. And while the book foregrounds the experiences of social media creators, it has lessons for anyone roused to comply with the siren song to “put yourself out there.” Follow Me: Influencers, Platforms, and the Rise of the Follower Economy, Angèle Christin (under contract, Chicago University Press) Existing research on social media platforms often emphasizes the role of algorithmic sorting and platform failure to explain the proliferation of misinformation and hate speech online. In this project, I switch the focus from distribution dynamics to the social contexts of production to understand where problematic content comes from. Drawing on interviews and observations with social media influencers and marketers, I find that social media platforms and brands create precarious structures and problematic incentives for individuals seeking to make a living from their online production. Over time, many influencers end up engaging in drama—highly publicized interpersonal conflicts—or producing extreme and inflammatory content in an attempt to cement the loyalty of online followers. I analye these dynamics as part of the rise of a follower economy that is reshaping many domains of public debate. I conclude by discussing the relevance of this framework for the study of the online public sphere more broadly. MEET THE AUTHORS: Sophie Bishop is an Associate Professor in Media and Communications at the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on promotion within platformisation, and has been published in journals such as Social Media + Society, New Media & Society and the Sociological Review. Sophie was Specialist Advisor to the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into Influencer Culture and has contributed to EU Policy on the impact of influencers on advertising. Brooke Erin Duffy, Ph.D., is a social media researcher, author, and Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. Her books include ‘(Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love: Gender, Social Media, and Aspirational Work’ (Yale University Press, 2017)—which was recognized as one of the "Top Tech Books of 2017” by Wired—and Platforms and Cultural Production, with Thomas Poell and David Nieborg (Polity, 2021). Angèle Christin is an associate professor of Communication and the faculty director of the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford University. She studies how algorithms and analytics transform professional values, expertise, and work practices. Many thanks, looking forward to seeing some of you there! Zoe ________________________ Dr Zoë Glatt www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com/> Postdoctoral Researcher: Microsoft’s Social Media Collective Co-Founder: The Digital Ethnography Collective @DigECollective<https://twitter.com/DigECollective> Twitter<https://twitter.com/ZoeGlatt> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/Zedstergal> | Mastodon<https://aoir.social/@ZoeGlatt>

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Rappel (date limite 13 mai): Rencontres « Droits et résistances numériques en contexte francophone » | 21 au 24 mai à Montréal
by Stéphane Couture 10 May '24

10 May '24

For those of you who understand French (and didn't receive my announcements yet) Dernier rappel. La conférence est hybride : en présentiel à Montréal et en ligne avec Big Blue Button. Rappel : Rencontres « Droits et résistances numériques en contexte francophone » | 21 au 24 mai à Montréal Inscriptions gratuites mais obligatoires avant le 13 mai à midi Le Laboratoire sur les droits en ligne et les technologies alternatives (Lab-Delta), avec le soutien du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada et d'une vingtaine de groupes universitaires et organisations de la société civile, organisent du 21 au 24 mai prochain les Rencontres « Droits et résistances numériques en contexte francophone ». Sous forme de panels, d'ateliers pratiques et de tables rondes, ces Rencontres se dérouleront du 21 au 24 mai prochains au pavillon J.A.-DeSève de l'UQAM à Montréal (métro Berri-UQAM). Ce sont au total une cinquantaine de présentations de conférencier·ère·s provenant d'une douzaine de pays qui vous attendent ! L'inscription est gratuite mais obligatoire. Vous avez jusqu'au 13 mai pour vous inscrire. Les places sont limitées. Pour connaître le programme et vous inscrire, visitez : https://www.labdelta.ca/rencontres2024 Les « droits numériques » sont avant tout des droits humains. Les technologies numériques et les manières d'utiliser et d'accéder à Internet ont une incidence directe sur nos libertés individuelles et collectives ; l'évolution rapide des technologies numériques créent de nouvelles possibilités pour surveiller, traquer, censurer et criminaliser les citoyen·ne·s, tout en générant aussi des formes de résistance, de contestation et d'émancipation. Alors que plusieurs rencontres et événements d'envergure internationale sont organisés en anglais ou en espagnol autour des concepts de « digital rights » ou « derechos digitales », les collaborations francophones sur ces questions, en particulier entre milieux universitaires et société civile, gagneraient à être renforcées. Notre événement cherche donc à mettre en lumière les différentes façons dont les droits et résistances numériques sont actuellement remis en cause ou, au contraire, défendus. Nous souhaitons de plus faciliter les collaborations sur ces enjeux, en particulier dans les contextes associés à la francophonie. Les différentes interventions aborderont des sujets tels que la protection des droits de la personne, l'activisme féministe en contexte numérique, les communs numériques, les diverses alternatives aux plateformes des géants du numérique et les résistances de divers groupes minoritaires ou opprimés. Une séance est également consacrée aux projets et initiatives autochtones, qui méritent d'être davantage connus auprès des publics francophones. Vu la difficulté d'obtenir des visas pour certaines personnes présentatrices et pour permettre une présence internationale, la conférence sera entièrement hybride et utilisera le logiciel libre BigBlueButton. Cependant, la participation en ligne sera limitée, en nombre de personnes et en possibilité d'interactions : nous encourageons donc fortement la présence en personne. Au plaisir de vous accueillir en mai prochain ! L'équipe des Rencontres « Droits et résistances numériques en contexte francophone » Stéphane Couture, Ph.D. Professeur agrégé Département de communication Université de Montréal

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new open access article on platformisation and infrastructure in China
by David Hesmondhalgh 10 May '24

10 May '24

Dear colleagues, Here is a link to a newly-published open-access article, which provides a history of the platformisation of music in China and explores what this history might tell us about platformisation in the Chinese context: >From P2P to the cloud: music, platformization, and infrastructural change in China<https://url6649.tandfonline.com/ls/click?upn=u001.Z4WTLvhKhuNdT-2BZ6FY7pIE1…> We hope that you, your colleagues and/or your students might find it interesting and helpful. Zhongwei (Mabu) Li and David Hesmondhalgh, both of the University of Leeds (UK) David Hesmondhalgh<https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/staff/297/professor-david-hesmondhalgh> (he/him) Professor of Media, Music and Culture, University of Leeds Principal Investigator, MUSICSTREAM: Music Culture in the Age of Streaming, funded by European Research Council, 2021 to 2026: https://musicstreamproject.com/ Recent open access publications include Digital platforms and infrastructure in the realm of culture<https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6422> (co-authored with Raquel Campos Valverde, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye and Zhongwei Li, May 2023) The changing shape of the Indian recorded music industry in the age of platformisation<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09584935.2023.2206998> (co-authored with Aditya Lal and Charles Umney, May 2023) Black, Brown and Asian cultural workers, creativity and activism<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261231163952>: The ambivalence of digital self-branding practices (co-authored with Francesca Sobande and Anamik Saha, April 2023) The Impact of Algorithmically Driven Recommendation Systems on Music Production and Consumption<https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4365916>, (25,000 word literature review, co-authored with Raquel Campos Valverde, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye and Zhongwei Li, February 2023)

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Workshop on Creation with GenAI - Free Registration - 29 May 2024 - UQ, Exeter and Online
by Aneesha Bakharia 10 May '24

10 May '24

The "Creation with GenAI" workshop, jointly hosted by the University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of Exeter, aims to explore methods for scaffolding the process of using GenAI enabling individuals to create artifacts in both familiar and unfamiliar domains. The workshop seeks to foster collaboration among Human-Centred Computing researchers, GenAI algorithm researchers, and current GenAI practitioners. The workshop is funded by the QUEX Institute Workshop Grant Scheme. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, 29 May, starting at 2 pm AEST at the UQ St Lucia campus and 9am BST at the Exeter location. It will feature a joint location hybrid panel before transitioning to the Exeter venue. Both locations will host keynote speakers and the event will also be livestreamed. The agenda is structured such that half the events and schedule will come from UQ in the afternoon, transitioning smoothly to Exeter in their morning, thereby fostering a cohesive cross-continental collaboration. A distinctive element of the workshop is a dedicated crossover time, to facilitate a hybrid collaborative discussion among the participants from both universities. Date: Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 2pm AEST and 9am BST UQ St Lucia Location: 46-371 - Andrew N. Liveris Building, Collaborative Room <https://uqbookit.uq.edu.au/manage/resource-types/4c73c7ab-619e-4d80-9f0a-0a…>Exeter Location: SWIoT space, Innovation Centre, Streatham Campus Online: The workshop will be live-streamed from both the Brisbane and UK locations The schedule of presentations and registration form are available online. The workshop is free to attend. https://sites.google.com/view/creation-with-genai/home

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Intimacy, Risk and resilience conference - September 6, University of Manchester
by Jaime García Iglesias 08 May '24

08 May '24

Dear all, Apologies for crossposting. I would like invite you to our conference: Intimacy, Risk and Resilience in Online Dating <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intimacy-risk-and-resilience-in-online-datin…>, to be held in Manchester on Friday 6 September 2024. The conference marks the culmination of our ESRC-funded project: Dating App Connections: Intimacies before, during and after COVID-19 <https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/dating-app-connections/>. The project explores LGBT+ and heterosexual people’s use of dating apps to negotiate intimate relationships during and after the COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing. We will present our research, findings and analysis around intimacy, resilience and health in relation to dating app use. Professor Sharif Mowlabocus (Fordham University, NYU, and a valued member of our advisory board) will be giving the keynote address. We are keen that the conference provides a space for dialogue around how we use dating apps to manage love, sex and friendship online. We are very grateful for the support of our advisory board for sharing their insight and expertise throughout our project and we are delighted that many of them will be joining us at the conference, including Prof Sharif Mowlabocus and Prof Susanna Paasonen. We encourage attendees from academia, community and voluntary organisations, policymakers and practitioners. Our aim is to engage with your different perspectives on intimacy, health and resilience and we plan to use the conference as the springboard to co-produce - with interested attendees - a recommendations document on our key themes. This event is free to attend and funded by the ESRC as part of the Dating App Connections project. We want to include as many perspectives as possible in our dialogue, and to support this we have a small number of travel bursaries for people who work in voluntary or community organisations or who could not otherwise attend the event. If this applies to you, please let us know. You can register via Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intimacy-risk-and-resilience-in-online-datin…> now, and we will be sharing the event more widely in the next few weeks. We do hope you can join us in September, we would very much value your attendance.

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