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CfP Automating Democracy – Extended deadline!
by Victoria Balan 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

CfP Extended Deadline: Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice and Social Control Erasmus University Rotterdam, 22-23 May 2025 Join the ECREA Communication & Democracy Section’s off year conference in May 2025 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands to explore the transformative effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on democratic governance & citizen participation. To account for the winter holidays, we have extended the deadline to 31 January 2025. The two-day event will by keynoted by Prof. Dr. Madalina Busuioc, Full Professor of Public Governance in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Dr. Simone Natale, Associate Professor in Media Theory and History at the University of Turin. Conference participants will have the opportunity to participate in a practitioner-scholar roundtable on current practices and challenges of AI-use for progressive social change. For additional information on submissions, fees and proposed timeline, please visit our conference website https://automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/ Conference organizing committee Dr. Delia Dumitrica, Erasmus University Rotterdam Dr. Ofra Klein, Erasmus University Rotterdam Victoria Balan, Erasmus University Rotterdam Dr. Giuliana Sorce, Tubingen University Dr. Jun Liu, University of Copenhagen Dr. Arianna Bussoletti, Sapienza Universita di Roma

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Exploring the materialities of AI: Geographies, infrastructures, numbers
by Loup Cellard 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

Hi all, We are happy to invite you to a one-day conference in Paris organised by the Center for Internet and Society. The schedule is below and the abstracts are attached. The consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the environment have garnered attention in public discourse after several publications estimating the water consumption, energy usage and resource depletion caused by the training and operating of AI and large language models (LLMs). Quantification plays an important role in making the materiality of AI perceptible but they do not exhaust the representations of AI’s consequences on the planet. In this conference, we explore the materialities of artificial AI from a wider variety of epistemic perspectives that deepen the comprehension of the multiple facets of AI’s material presence in the world and its consequences. When: Friday, January 31, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm *Where:* CNRS, site Pouchet, 59-61 rue Pouchet, 75017 Paris, FRANCE <https://maps.app.goo.gl/QC6PN5YN25seF6FYA> *Organisation team:* Loup Cellard (Datactivist, médialab Sciences-Po, ADM+S Centre), Valentin Goujon (médialab, Sciences Po), Hugo Estecahandy (IFG Lab, université Paris 8), Théophile Lenoir (University of Milan, médialab, Sciences Po), Adrien Tournier (HT2S, Cnam). A conference organised by the GDR 2091 Internet IA and Society (CNRS, Paris, FR). /// Schedule 09:30 am: Welcome coffee 10 am - 12:50 pm: A critical perspective on the quantification of AI’s environmental footprint. 10 am - 10:30 am: Loup Cellard (Datactivist, medialab Sciences-Po, ADM+S Centre) “Beyond AI as an environmental pharmakon: Principles for reopening the problem-space of machine learning’s carbon footprint,” currently in review in Environment & Planning E (with Christine Parker and Fiona Haines - University of Melbourne) 10:30 am - 10:50 am: Q&A 10:50 am - 11:20 am: Anne-Laure Ligozat (ENSIIE) & Aurélie Bugeau (Bordeaux University), “Can AI’s environmental damage be controlled?” 11:20 am - 11:40 am: Q&A 11:40 am - 12 pm : Break 12 pm - 12:30 pm: Théophile Lenoir (University of Milan), “Evaluating the environmental consequences of AI: Tensions around quantification”, currently in review in Digital Society (with Christine Parker - Melbourne Law School) 12:30 pm - 12:50 pm: Q&A 12:50 pm - 2 pm: Lunch 2 pm - 4:50 pm : Beyond numbers - accounting for the materialities of AI through its geography and infrastructure 2 pm - 2:30 pm: Ana Valdivia (Oxford) “The supply chain capitalism of AI: a call to (re)think algorithmic harms and resistance through environmental lens” 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm: Q&A 2:50 pm - 3:20 pm: Valentin Goujon (médialab, Sciences-Po Paris), “Big Compute as Big Science: (super)computing infrastructures and the “greening” of French AI research”. 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm: Q&A 3:40 am - 4 pm : Break 4 pm - 4:30 pm: Ludovico Rella (Durham, UK), “Between Dark and Green Silicon. Geographies of Cloud and Edge AI” 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm: Q&A 4:50 pm - 5 pm: Concluding remarks -- *Loup Cellard* <http://www.loupcellard.com>Researcher — Datactivist <https://datactivist.coop/en/> (Paris/Marseille) Affiliate at Sciences-Po Médialab <https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/> (Paris) + ADM+S Centre <https://www.admscentre.org.au/> (Melbourne) Editor at Tèque <https://revue-teque.fr/>, a tech criticism journal by Audimat Editions <https://audimat-editions.fr/> (Paris) Email : loupcellard(a)gmail.com Mobile FR : +33 7 87 00 84 22 Website : loupcellard.com <http://www.loupcellard.com/> Twitter : @CellardLoup <https://twitter.com/CellardLoup>Newsletter : Data Dandysme <https://tinyletter.com/loupcellard>

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CFP: Social Media and Society in India - Deadline March 10, 2025
by Joyojeet Pal 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

The University of Michigan is hosting Social Media and Society in India April 4-5, 2025. Each year, student papers are peer reviewed, presented, and archived. Please see details of the conference <https://influencers.conference.si.umich.edu/> which is aimed at giving academics a close interaction with people whose work is impacted by, and impacts the use of social media including members of parliament, film and television artistes, journalists, activists, political party workers, and influencers in a range of domains. Please see the Call for Papers <https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/smsi-cfp.html> below and consider submitting. *Call for Papers: Social Media and Society in India* *Student Session 2025* *Important Dates* - *March 10, 2025* : Submission Deadline - *March 17, 2025*: Acceptance Notification Deadline - *March 31, 2025*: Poster Deadline (Accepted Papers) - *April 4-5, 2025*: Student sessions at the symposium All dates are in EOD (Anywhere on Earth) *Submissions* We invite student researchers who are interested in the intersection of social media influencers, practices and democracy in India to submit short papers and extended abstracts. The following themes are indicative of the general interests of the conference: - Social media platforms and influencers’ practices in India, e.g., patterns of behavior, i.e. how they use different social media platform features. - Influencer strategies and impact, i.e. how they gain and maintain popularity, how their influence gets operationalized. - Collaborative influencing; social media influencers’ impacts on the social, political, cultural, and economic landscapes in the regions. - Growth of the influencer industry and it's contribution to entrepreneurship, brand growth, gig-economy etc - The role of social media and influencers on democracy and civic engagement in India - Innovative methodologies for studying influencers, including novel approaches to audience engagement, content analysis, platform-specific strategies, and the sociocultural impact of digital influence Those interested in participating are asked to submit a short paper (upto 4000 words without references) or an extended abstract (1500-2000 words without references). The following format is required for submissions (MS Word), and uploaded papers must be in a PDF format along with the source files. Archived papers from the 2023 conference are stored at the University of Michigan’s Deep Blue Archive (*https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/7881* <https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/7881>), and are available for public consumption. Archives from the 2024 conference will be released soon.

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Book Announcement - ADE for Games: Approaches to Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Games Research and Creation
by Gerald Voorhees 07 Jan '25

07 Jan '25

I’m pleased to announce that *ADE for Games: Approaches to Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Games Research and Creation <https://playstorypress.org/books/ade-for-games/> *has been published by Play Story Press. Edited by Daniel Harley and I, the book is open access and online, with a very affordable print on demand option. *ADE for Games* is organized around 10 core chapters, most of which were based on talks delivered for the ADE Speakers and Workshops Series Daniel Harley and I organized at the University of Waterloo Games Institute. Moreover, *ADE for Games* also contains 13 shorter "spotlight" chapters that feature summaries of workshops, discussion panels, and paper panels that complement and enrich the core chapters. For ease of use in grad and undergrad class settings and to help guide scholars and practitioners from different research traditions, both core and spotlight chapters have been supplemented with brief overviews, discussions of possible applications, key terms, and reflection questions. Please consider adopting the book or chapters from the book in your syllabuses, and please share the book with colleagues and networks that may be interested. Best regards, Gerald

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ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2025 (paid)
by ZeMKI 07 Jan '25

07 Jan '25

ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship 2025 (call closes on January 31, 2025, 23:59 CET) Come and work with us! Our Fellowship Program invites international researchers to Bremen for four weeks to deepen and connect their research in the transformation of media, communication, and information. We are looking for established scholars who want to enjoy the thriving interdisciplinary research environment at ZeMKI. Disciplines include media and communication studies, computer science, film studies, educational science, studies in religion, and history. Since mid-2017, ZeMKI has regularly hosted colleagues from all over the world. What we expect: The duration of the fellowship is one month. Applicants should demonstrate experience in their respective field of research and a strong interest in working jointly with principal investigators at ZeMKI to develop new ideas together. The main focus of the ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship is to pursue a joint project with at least two ZeMKI Labs (find all descriptions here: https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/research/labs/) The joint project can take various forms and should aim to have an impact on academic and public debates in their respective area of scholarly focus. The following outputs are expected: a research paper submitted to the peer-reviewed ZeMKI Working Paper Series a public presentation in the ZeMKI Research Seminar For a successful application it is highly recommended to inform oneself thoroughly about current activities in the ZeMKI Labs of interest and the work of principal investigators at ZeMKI. What we offer: Research Resources: Fellows are welcome and encouraged to make use of and connect with ZeMKI’s research resources in the context of their collaboration with ZeMKI labs, including the research studios, IT pools/technical equipment, cooperatives, and initiatives. Access to the State and University Library Bremen: All fellows will be provided with access to the central academic library of the University of Bremen. Courses: Fellows are eligible to participate as listeners or guest lecturers in courses in the diverse media study programmes at ZeMKI. They have to individually ask for permission directly from the professor or lecturer. A honorarium of 3,000 euros plus a budget for research-related expenses of up to 1,500 euros Please fill out all fields of the following form and submit it in order to apply by January 31, 2025 (23:59 CET): https://nc.uni-bremen.de/index.php/apps/forms/s/5xgj7QMHXH7XK5pai8JPfe33

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REMINDER: Fully-Funded PhD Opportunity at UCL: Technology-Facilitated Abuse
by Leonie Tanczer 07 Jan '25

07 Jan '25

I’m excited to share a fully-funded PhD opportunity (starting October 2025) at University College London (UCL) that merges cutting-edge research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a commitment to tackling technology-facilitated intimate partner abuse (tech abuse). This position offers a unique chance to create safer online spaces and drive research and social impact through technical innovation and user-centred design. I’d be grateful if you could share this information amongst your students and broader networks! 🔍 Project Overview Hosted by UCL’s “Gender and Tech<https://www.genderandtech.net/>” Lab within the Information Security Research Group<https://sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk/>, this PhD project will focus on: * HCI-driven user research to design interfaces and interventions that support and empower at-risk users. * Using NLP to uncover harmful language patterns and behaviours online, informing policy and protections. * Collaborating with NGOs, policymakers, and industry experts to shape proactive technical safeguards and regulatory frameworks. ✨ Why Join Us? * Full funding for tuition, stipend, and research costs. * Opportunity to publish in top journals and conferences. * Engage with a vibrant, interdisciplinary community passionate about digital safety, policy-relevant research, and social justice. * Access to world-class resources, mentorship, and collaboration networks. 🔧 Ideal Candidates Will Have: * HCI and User-Centred Design Knowledge: Skills or interest in designing intuitive and secure user interfaces for vulnerable populations, incorporating user research and usability testing. * Technical Expertise in Python/NLP: Experience with text classification, information extraction, and deep learning frameworks. A strong understanding of ethical AI principles, including fairness and transparency, is essential. * Research Independence and Rigour: Ability to define research questions, apply robust methodologies, manage large datasets, and work autonomously. Strong English language skills are essential. 📅 Deadline to Apply: 28 January 2025 🔗 Full project details and application information: * Project Details: https://ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io/2025-26-project-catalogue/projects/2531ad15… * Application Information: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/apply-uc… Thank you for helping us spread the word, and don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions. Best wishes, Leonie ________________________________________________________________ Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer Associate Professor in International Security and Emerging Technologies Department of Computer Science University College London Twitter: @leotanczt<https://twitter.com/leotanczt> Website: http://www.leonietanczer.net/ Key Fingerprint: 9F21 A6A6 913E 1393 1BC6 73DA EBEF 07A4 F61F 79DA

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Call for papers for a special anthology on Postcolonialism & Imperialism in and around Games. Published by Palgrave-Macmillan
by Postcolonialism & Imperialism & Games 07 Jan '25

07 Jan '25

This anthology published by Palgrave-Macmillan looks to evaluate post- and decolonial questions in game studies and identify future research trajectories and underexplored areas pertaining to questions of colonialism and imperialism in and around games. We seek submissions that expand on these questions. The *Deadline for abstracts is: 24th of January 2025. *Abstract submissions (250-500 words) should be sent to postcolonialgamestudies(a)gmail.com *Background* The question of colonialism and its historical background radiation has not been relegated to the past. This is perhaps most noticeable today where a settler colony functioning as the beachhead for western imperial powers is conducting a genocide of the indigenous Palestinian people, while terrorizing and invading its neighbouring populations with extensive military and diplomatic support by Western governments despite massive public protests. The historical analogies to previous colonial occupations and conflicts are evident. Meanwhile, media rhetorics reminiscent of past European colonial empires (Trouillot 1995) are once again resurfacing with the depiction of the Other as misogynist terrorists and wealth-leeching refugees (Lean 2012), barbaric orcs (Shlapentokh 2013), and yellow peril (Tchen and Yeats 2014). The West’s descent into barbarism reflects Aimé Césaire’s *Discourses on Colonialism* (2000) where fascism at home and colonialism abroad are intertwined and explicated through how colonizers ‘decivilize’ themselves and “proceeds toward savagery” (ibid. 37-38). Concurrently, countries in the so-called Global South face further immiseration; military, economic, technological dependencies; and the unhindered challenges of disastrous climate change (Hickel et al., 2024). Modern games are no stranger to such dialectical movements, as they have reflected and reproduced 'the global color line' in their production, their consumption, and their textual representations (Dyer-Witheford and de Peuter 2021; Hammar et al. 2021; T. Mukherjee 2023; S. Mukherjee 2017; Murray 2017). Since the special issue on *Postcolonialist Perspectives in Games* (S. Mukherjee and Hammar 2018) and Souvik Mukherjee’s *Empire Plays Back *(2017), the issue of postcolonialism and its theoretical traditions have deepened and explored in games research such as technodependencies and platforms (T. Mukherjee 2023; Baeza-González 2021; Falcão, Marques, and Mussa 2020; Nieborg, Young, and Joseph 2020); race and orientalism (Fickle 2019; Patterson 2020; Patterson and Fickle 2024); anti-colonial board games (Mochocki 2023), race and play (Trammell 2023); the status of Northern indigenous culture in and around games (O. Laiti et al. 2021; O. K. Laiti and Harrer 2023); and Indian boardgames (Rizvi and Kar 2024) and their colonial avatars (S. Mukherjee 2025), just to name a few. Game makers have also expanded on issues of colonialism in games (inkle 2021; Nidal Nijm Games 2022), and move towards what LaPensee, Laiti & Longboat (2022) call ‘sovereign games’. While the problem for game studies remains that the primary centers of knowledge production reside in the Global North (Penix-Tadsen and Frasca 2019), we fully acknowledge the contributions in the spaces in and around games and their study by people across the world in bringing fundamental question of history and present-day (post)colonialism as seen in cases such as South America (Falcão, Marques, and Mussa 2020; King 2024), South East Asia (Jiwandono 2024; 2023) and Africa (Opoku-Agyemang 2015; Randle 2024; Amoah and Tawia 2024). Therefore, additional accounts if not critiques of the (mis)representation of Orientalist attitudes, race, delinking, hybridity, subalternity, Afro- and Indofuturism, notions of space and the fragmented postcolonial identities, dependency theory and unequal exchange, and evaluations of nationalisms in the Global South are consistently required. Indeed, commercial analogue and digital games would not exist in their current forms if not for the global division of the world between North and South. It is therefore imperative that games research inquire and identify aspects of postcolonialism and imperialism in and around games. We seek submissions that expand on the established research and/or provide new and underexplored topics pertaining to postcolonialism and imperialism in and around games. The *Deadline for abstracts is: 24th of January 2025. *Abstract submissions should be sent to postcolonialgamestudies(a)gmail.com Possible topics might include, but are not limited to: · Colonialism / Neocolonialism / Postcolonialism · The Other / Alterity · Delinking / decoloniality · Decolonization · Orientalism · Postcolonial praxis · Imperialism / global capitalism / political economy · Self-representation / voice / agency · Third-Worldism · Subalternity · Nationalisms in the Global South · Indigenous culture · Religion(s) / Language(s) / Nationalism(s) · Thirdspace · Unequal exchange and the game industry · Eurocentrism · Game studies & politics of knowledge · Ecology, colonialism, and game production · Game platforms and colonialism · Dependency theory and games · Fascism as colonialism turned inward: Reactionary politics and games Abstract submissions should comprise of: Abstract (250-500 words) Author information (short biographical statement of 200 words) Abstract submissions should be sent to postcolonialgamestudies(a)gmail.com. Abstract submissions will then undergo an editorial review process. Authors will be notified of the outcome as soon as reports are received. *Timeline* *Deadline for abstracts: 24th of January 2025* *Notification of accepted abstracts: 7th of February 2025 * *Deadline for full articles: 23rd of May 2025* Chapter submissions should comprise of Full-length article (5-8000 words) including references and a short bibliography. Author information (short biographical statement of 200 words) Best regards, Dr. Souvik Mukherjee, Department of English, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Kolkata, India Dr. Emil Lundedal Hammar, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark. *Bibliography* Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu, and Eyram Tawia. 2024. “Africa and the Global Video Games Industry: Ties, Tensions, and Tomorrow.” In *Examining the Rapid Advance of Digital Technology in Africa*, 42–60. IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/africa-and-the-global-video-games-indust… . Baeza-González, Sebastián. 2021. “Video Games Development in the Periphery: Cultural Dependency?” *Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography* 103 (1): 39–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353684.2021.1894077. Césaire, Aimé. 2000. *Discourse on Colonialism*. New York: Monthly Review Press. Dyer-Witheford, Nick, and Greig de Peuter. 2021. “Postscript: Gaming While Empire Burns.” *Games and Culture* 16 (3): 371–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412020954998. Falcão, Thiago, Daniel Marques, and Ivan Mussa. 2020. “# BOYCOTTBLIZZARD: Capitalismo de Plataforma e a Colonização Do Jogo.” *Contracampo* 39 (2). https://www.academia.edu/download/96394515/pdf.pdf. Fickle, Tara. 2019. *The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities*. New York: NYU Press. Hammar, Emil Lundedal, Lars de Wildt, Souvik Mukherjee, and Caroline Pelletier. 2021. “Politics of Production: Videogames 10 Years after Games of Empire.” *Games and Culture* 16 (3): 287–93. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412020954996. Hickel, Jason, Morena Hanbury Lemos, and Felix Barbour. 2024. “Unequal Exchange of Labour in the World Economy.” Nature Communications 15 (1): 6298. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49687-y. inkle. 2021. “Heaven’s Vault.” PC. United Kingdom. Jiwandono, Haryo Pambuko. 2023. “The White Peril. Colonial Expressions in Digital Games.” *Gamevironments*, no. 18, 38–74. ———. 2024. “Mobile Game Esports as an Indonesian National Identity.” In *Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games*, 159–75. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003461319-10/mobile… . King, Edward. 2024. “Gaming Race in Brazil: Video Games and Algorithmic Racism.” *Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies* 33 (1): 149–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569325.2024.2307540. Laiti, Outi, Sabine Harrer, Satu Uusiautti, and Annakaisa Kultima. 2021. “Sustaining Intangible Heritage through Video Game Storytelling - the Case of the Sami Game Jam.” *International Journal of Heritage Studies* 27 (3): 296–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2020.1747103. Laiti, Outi Kaarina, and Sabine Harrer. 2023. ““A Tale of Two Paths": Approaching Difference in Game Research Collaboration through Gulahalan.” In *Race in Games and Game Studies Conference*. https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/publications/a-tale-of-two-paths-appr… . LaPensée, Elizabeth A, Outi Laiti, and Maize Longboat. 2022. “Towards Sovereign Games.” *Games and Culture* 17 (3): 328–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120211029195. Lean, Nathan Chapman. 2012. *The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims*. Edited by John L. Esposito. Pluto Press London. Mochocki, Michal, ed. 2023. *Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games*. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003356318. Mukherjee, Souvik. 2017. *Videogames and Postcolonialism: Empire Plays Back*. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ———. 2025. *Indian Boardgames, Colonial Avatars: Transculturation, Colonialism and Boardgames*. Oldenbourg: De Gruyter. https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110758627/html. Mukherjee, Souvik, and Emil Lundedal Hammar. 2018. “Introduction to the Special Issue on Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies.” *Open Library of Humanities*, Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies, . Mukherjee, Tathagata. 2023. “Videogame Distribution and Steam’s Imperialist Practices: Platform Coloniality in Game Distribution.” *Journal of Games Criticism* (blog). August 23, 2023. https://gamescriticism.org/2023/08/23/mukherjee-5-a/. Murray, Soraya. 2017. *On Video Games: The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space*. London New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. Nidal Nijm Games. 2022. “Fursan Al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” PC. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1714420/Fursan_alAqsa_The_Knights_of_the… . Nieborg, David, Chris J. Young, and Daniel Joseph. 2020. “App Imperialism: The Political Economy of the Canadian App Store.” *Social Media + Society* 6 (2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120933293. Opoku-Agyemang, Kwabena. 2015. “Lost/Gained in Translation: Oware 3D, Ananse: The Origin and Questions of Hegemony.” *Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds* 7 (2): 155–68. https://doi.org/10.1386/jgvw.7.2.155_1. Patterson, Christopher B. 2020. *Open World Empire: Race, Erotics, and the Global Rise of Video Games*. New York: NYU Press. Patterson, Christopher B., and Tara Fickle, eds. 2024. *Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) about Us*. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478059264. Penix-Tadsen, Phillip, and Gonzalo Frasca, eds. 2019. *Video Games and the Global South*. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University. Randle, Oluwarotimi. 2024. “An Indigenized Framework for Game Design Curriculum for African Universities.” *Jurnal Bidang Pendidikan Dasar* 8 (1): 25–33. https://doi.org/10.21067/jbpd.v8i1.9316. Rizvi, Zahra, and Souvik Kar. 2024. “Curating a Boardgames Museum in India: The Case of the Gautam Sen Memorial Boardgames Museum; An Interview with Souvik Mukherjee and Amrita Sen.” *Press Start* 10 (2): 52–66. Shlapentokh, Dmitry. 2013. “Russians as Asiatics: Memory about the Present.” *European Review* 21 (1): 41–55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798712000269. Tchen, John Kuo Wei, and Dylan Yeats. 2014. *Yellow Peril!: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear*. Verso Books. Trammell, Aaron. 2023. *Repairing Play: A Black Phenomenology*. MIT Press. Trouillot, Michel-Rolph. 1995. *Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History*. Boston, Massachuetts: Beacon Press.

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CFP & Conference Announcement: All Things in Moderation 2025
by Venessa Paech 07 Jan '25

07 Jan '25

Dear AOIR Members, I hope you are safe and well. I'm sharing our Call for Papers and Speaker Contributions for the All Things in Moderation Conference, returning for a third year - 15-16 May, 2025. ALL THINGS IN MODERATION is a diverse global gathering of practitioners, scholars, policy-makers, and all those invested in creating safe and thriving online spaces. The conference is fully virtual, to protect participant and attendee safety, diversity and accessibility. CFP Due: March 15, 2025 THEME: MODERATING THIRD SPACES In 2024, ATIM explored moderation in a world of poly-crisis. These challenges persist, with new uncertainties and inequities. In 2025 we are focused on building and restoring community through the power of third spaces. Our shared digital spaces offer critical civic infrastructure and invaluable third spaces, providing we can maintain and nurture them. Moderation is uniquely positioned to empower pro-social, civic engagement and constructive mobilisation, and to support bridging capital across diverse and polarised groups and ecosystems. Moderation and online community practices can also help us better understand, and counter, socially destructive forces. Final papers are due in May 2025 for presentation at the conference. Email Abstracts or Proposals of 300 words with a short biography to venessa.paech(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:venessa.paech@sydney.edu.au> by March 15, 2025. We invite research contributions for ATIM 2024 that focus on the following and related topics: * Governance for pro-sociality * Community management as bridging capital * Moderation in polarised communities * Ethics of care and feminist ethics in online communities and moderation * Navigating new regulatory and ‘dys’-regulatory challenges * Moderation for vulnerable communities * Moderation and human rights * Community formation in unsafe spaces * How technology can support moderation in turbulent times We welcome proposals for 20 minute papers or panel proposals (with several papers) exploring any and all aspects of these topics - or others. In particular, we welcome submissions from non-dominant voices in academic or media on these issues, and from the global South. Learn more, and submit your details via: https://www.allthingsinmoderation.org/call-for-papers We welcome any queries you may have. Kind regards, VENESSA PAECH, BFA, MA She/Hers PhD Student | Community in the Age of Machine Culture Department of Media and Communication | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Lecturer: Community Management Phone: + 61 0435 217 315

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Extended Deadline (Jan 31) - Call for Papers ACM COMPASS (Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies)
by Wong, Richmond Y 07 Jan '25

07 Jan '25

Dear Colleagues, We have extended the deadline for papers for the ACM COMPASS conference to January 31, 2025. The full call for papers is listed here: https://compass.acm.org/call-for-papers/ (Apologies for any cross-posts). While it is an ACM conference, we are explicitly looking for multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary contributions. The conference does follow the computer science norm of submitting a full paper manuscript which is peer reviewed, and accepted papers are published in a conference proceedings. ACM COMPASS 2025<https://compass.acm.org/>, hosted at the University of Toronto, invites interdisciplinary research on sustainability with a focus on how computing and moves toward sustainability are embedded in and shaped by specific local contexts—computing in place. Rooted in the broader discourse of sustainability but also open to questioning its prevailing narratives, COMPASS welcomes work that critically examines how technology intersects with social, environmental, and economic systems. This year's theme encourages a deeper, situated perspective on how technological practices emerge as solutions, but also contributors to the complexities they claim to address. COMPASS draws from a wide array of disciplines: computer and information sciences, social sciences, critical geography, environmental studies, economics, climate studies, and engineering. We aim to foster a discussion that interrogates not only the potentials but also the limitations of technology-led interventions in sustainability. This includes research that explores power dynamics, inequality, and extraction—how technology might reinforce or disrupt existing systems. We encourage work from activists, worker advocates, and indigenous scholars, alongside those studying topics such as labour movements, climate adaptation, and the ethics of sustainability practices. COMPASS values research that brings forth the often-unseen political and material consequences of digital infrastructure in shaping futures. COMPASS explicitly promotes multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary research and practice that address key challenges for sustainable societies including, but not limited to, equity, health, education, poverty, accessibility, conservation, climate change, energy, infrastructure and economic growth. We also welcome research on the ethics of technology, especially from a critical perspective, that explores limitations and concerns with technology-led solutions for sustainable societies. COMPASS also has a particular commitment to approaches and research that address the challenges faced by under-represented and marginalized communities. The theme of the conference will be Computing in Place. We also invite submissions that speak to that theme and/or contribute to one or more of the following areas: * Systems and IoT for Sustainable Societies * HCI, Design and Critical Perspectives * AI, ML and Data Science for Sustainable Societies * Development, Economics and Policy * Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change * Technology, Media, and Social Practice In our papers track, we welcome a variety of submission types, including deployment experiences, practitioner reports, user studies, ethnographies, design research, and systems building. We invite contributions from a range of fields, practices, and individuals who may not see themselves as traditionally members of 'computing' disciplines, including the humanities and social sciences, climate and sustainability research, and community advocacy. Accepted papers will be published as a conference proceedings with the ACM. Authors will have the opportunity to present their work as part of either in-person and hybrid paper sessions. Important Dates for Papers: * Submission site open: January 10, 2025 * (Extended) Paper Deadline: January 31, 2025 * Notifications: March 21, 2025 * Camera-Ready Completion Deadline: April 7, 2025 Deadlines are anywhere on earth (AoE) time. If you are interested in reviewing or being on the program committee for the conference, please reach out to papers-2025(a)compass.acm.org Richmond Y. Wong Assistant Professor, Digital Media School of Literature, Media, and Communication Georgia Tech Creating Ethics Infrastructures Lab<https://sites.gatech.edu/ethicsinfrastructures/> https://richmondywong.com (he/him/his)

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Job Posting: Instructional Assistant Professor in Information Science Technology, University of Houston
by Liao, Tony C 06 Jan '25

06 Jan '25

Dear AoIR Members, The Department of Information Science Technology at the University of Houston is currently accepting applications for an Instructional Assistant Professor, Non Tenure Track in Digital Media for Fall 2025. I believe this position will be of interest to many in the AoIR community, as we have been growing the Digital Media program here at the University of Houston. This particular call is looking to expand our expertise in areas of User Experience Research, Design Thinking, Human Computer Interaction, and/or Computer Mediated Communication. I am the program coordinator for the Digital Media Program and the chair of the search committee, so I encourage anyon interested to apply and please contact me with any questions about the position at tcliao(a)uh.edu. You can see the full call and link to apply here: https://careers.uh.edu/jobs/instructional-assistant-professor-information-s… [https://d25wby5c7p9100.cloudfront.net/public/uploads/42ad78e6e195127e31e278…]<https://careers.uh.edu/jobs/instructional-assistant-professor-information-s…> Instructional Assistant Professor - Information Science Technology<https://careers.uh.edu/jobs/instructional-assistant-professor-information-s…> Department: INFO SCI TECHNOLOGY Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Information Science Technology at the University of Houston (UH) is accepting applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, promotion eligible Instructional Assistant Professor position in the Digital Media Program to begin in Fall 2025. careers.uh.edu Thanks! [University of Houston logo] Tony Liao Associate Professor | Founding Director of the CougAR Lab Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Information Science Technology University of Houston tcliao(a)uh.edu<mailto:tcliao@uh.edu> www.uhcougarlab.<https://uh.edu/>com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information in this email may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, then any review, dissemination, or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, or the information contained herein is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, then please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your devices.

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