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Job: Professor/Full Professor + Head of School (3 year term), School of Information and Communication Studies, Dublin
by Kalpana Shankar 13 Mar '18

13 Mar '18

Dear Colleagues: We're hiring for a professorship here at the School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin. Happy to answer informal queries https://medium.com/ucd-ischool/were-hiring-5e8b7c9e7546 Best, Kalpana -- Kalpana Shankar Professor of Information and Communication Studies Head of School 2015-2018 School of Information and Communication Studies University College Dublin Belfield 4 Dublin +353(1) 716-8359 kalpana.shankar(a)ucd.ie

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CFP: More than Critical, More than GIS (a pre-AAG workshop)
by Jack Gieseking 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

FYI. Please fwd widely. Apologies for cross-posting. *Call For Participation* *More than Critical, More than GIS *(a pre-AAG workshop) April 9th, 2018 Please join us for a low-key workshop with community partners at the American Association of Geographers meeting in New Orleans <FYI. Please fwd widely. Apologies for cross-posting. 2nd Call For Participation More than Critical, More than GIS (a pre-AAG workshop) April 9th, 2018 Please join us for a low-key workshop with community partners at the American Association of Geographers meeting in New Orleans (Apr 10-14) focusing on new and continuing topics and debates around mapping and GIS that involve political, cultural, and economic processes and attempts to create better alternatives in NOLA and beyond! In recent years, Critical GIS and similar efforts have seen a resurgence in practice and the debate, including the nature of the term Critical GIS itself. Such evaluations and practices involving geographic data, analysis, and mapping run the gamut from housing and gentrification to indigenous mapping to coastlines and climate change to exposés of gerrymandering to anti-capitalist organizing to new narratives and histories of sexual orientation and more. This workshop seeks to build on these exciting developments to bring together new and established voices engaged in the thought and practice of mappings and GIS work that involves political, cultural, and economic processes. We eschew totemic uses of the terms ‘critical’ and ‘GIS’ that can all-to-often be used to demarcate who and what does and doesn’t belong; rather, we wish to encourage anyone interested to join us to better explore how spatial data, technologies, visualization, and analysis may help us create a better world. Thus, this workshop is about ‘more than gis’ and ‘more than critical’ approaches. Building on the energies of the 2014 Critical GIS meeting at Friday Harbor and the 2017 meeting at McGill University, we seek to gather and learn about diverse voices and approaches in New Orleans. An important aim of this workshop is to engage with and learn from the work that local organizations and individuals are doing in New Orleans, and how that can help reimagine the possibilities for what it means to ‘do critical GIS’. Location: New Orleans, near where the AAG conference will be the next day. Workshop date: April 9th (Monday before the AAG). 10 am - 4 pm Tentative Format: Morning: Introductions, lightning-fast presentations of participants’ work Afternoon: Engagement with community partners, potentially including a tour of geographical organizing in New Orleans, talks by those pursuing social and environmental justice in the region, or a hands-on data workshop on a topic important to New Orleans residents. Late afternoon: Drinks and dinner How to join us: While the workshop is open to all interested parties, we ask that you submit a 100 word expression of interest that describes either A. a relevant project you would like to share with the group or B. your thoughts on how you would like to see ‘Critical GIS’ expanded as a field of research. Please email craig.dalton(a)hofstra.edu by the extended deadline of March 26th, 2017. Organizers: (alphabetical) Luis Alvarez Leon, Clark University Craig Dalton, Hofstra University Rina Ghose, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Jack Gieseking, Trinity College Liz Mason-Deese, George Mason University Eric Nost, University of Wisconsin - Madison Jim Thatcher, University of Washington Tacoma Clancy Wilmott, University of Manchester Matthew Wilson, University of Kentucky -- Jen Jack Gieseking Assistant Professor of Public Humanities American Studies Program, Trinity College 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 www.jgieseking.org www.peopleplacespace.org @jgieseking Pronouns: he/him/his> (Apr 10-14) focusing on new and continuing topics and debates around mapping and GIS that involve political, cultural, and economic processes and attempts to create better alternatives in NOLA and beyond! In recent years, Critical GIS and similar efforts have seen a resurgence in practice and the debate, including the nature of the term Critical GIS itself. Such evaluations and practices involving geographic data, analysis, and mapping run the gamut from housing and gentrification to indigenous mapping to coastlines and climate change to exposés of gerrymandering to anti-capitalist organizing to new narratives and histories of sexual orientation and more. This workshop seeks to build on these exciting developments to bring together new and established voices engaged in the thought and practice of mappings and GIS work that involves political, cultural, and economic processes. We eschew totemic uses of the terms ‘critical’ and ‘GIS’ that can all-to-often be used to demarcate who and what does and doesn’t belong; rather, we wish to encourage anyone interested to join us to better explore how spatial data, technologies, visualization, and analysis may help us create a better world. Thus, this workshop is about ‘more than gis’ and ‘more than critical’ approaches. Building on the energies of the 2014 Critical GIS meeting at Friday Harbor and the 2017 meeting at McGill University, we seek to gather and learn about diverse voices and approaches in New Orleans. An important aim of this workshop is to engage with and learn from the work that local organizations and individuals are doing in New Orleans, and how that can help reimagine the possibilities for what it means to ‘do critical GIS’. *Location: *New Orleans, near where the AAG conference will be the next day. *Workshop date:* April 9th (Monday before the AAG). 10 am - 4 pm *Tentative Format: * Morning: Introductions, lightning-fast presentations of participants’ work Afternoon: Engagement with community partners, potentially including a tour of geographical organizing in New Orleans, talks by those pursuing social and environmental justice in the region, or a hands-on data workshop on a topic important to New Orleans residents. Late afternoon: Drinks and dinner *How to join us:* While the workshop is open to all interested parties, we ask that you submit a 100 word expression of interest that describes either A. a relevant project you would like to share with the group or B. your thoughts on how you would like to see ‘Critical GIS’ expanded as a field of research. Please email craig.dalton(a)hofstra.edu by the extended deadline of *March 26th, 2017*. *Organizers: (alphabetical)* Luis Alvarez Leon, Clark University Craig Dalton, Hofstra University Rina Ghose, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Jack Gieseking, Trinity College Liz Mason-Deese, George Mason University Eric Nost, University of Wisconsin - Madison Jim Thatcher, University of Washington Tacoma Clancy Wilmott, University of Manchester Matthew Wilson, University of Kentucky -- Jen Jack Gieseking Assistant Professor of Public Humanities American Studies Program, Trinity College 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 www.jgieseking.org www.peopleplacespace.org @jgieseking <https://twitter.com/jgieseking> Pronouns: he/him/his

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Postdoctoral Fellowship (Sherman Centre, McMaster University)
by Andrea Zeffiro 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

The Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, located in Mills Memorial Library at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, invites qualified candidates to apply for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship Position Start Date: August 1, 2018 Position End Date: July 31, 2020 Supervisor: Academic Director, Sherman Centre Remuneration: $49,000/year This position is included within the Canadian Union of Public Employees (“CUPE”) Local 3906 Unit 3, representing Post-Doctoral Fellows. Background: Founded in 2012, the Sherman Centre engages in a wide range of activities to support and build the McMaster digital humanities (DH) community. A critical need that has become apparent in the course of this work is the inclusion of DH skill instruction, methodology, and theory in the curriculum, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. From the vantage point of the Sherman Centre, we see this as the beginning of a clear trend toward increased interest in introducing students to text analysis, data visualization, and GIS and, in general, increasing their technical fluency and competency. Job Description: Working under the direction of the Academic and Administrative Directors of the Sherman Centre, the postdoctoral fellow will in general support the outreach and curricular activities of the Sherman Centre. In alignment with their own DH research agenda, the fellow will, in close collaboration with other Sherman Centre staff: • offer training for DH tools and techniques • offer consulting to faculty and graduate students to enable them to begin to include DH elements in their courses • engage library staff in other functional areas to draw their expertise into the DH space and connect them to faculty who need support • support the further development of DH workshops, talks, and events at the Sherman Centre • prepare and deliver an undergraduate digital humanities introductory course, and • connect with other digital humanities initiatives in the region and beyond. Beyond these responsibilities, the fellow will participate actively in the life and activities of the Sherman Centre and represent it at key DH events such as the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) and the annual Digital Humanities conference at the institution’s expense. Eligibility: The Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to scholars who have completed their doctoral degree no earlier than June 1, 2014. Candidates must have defended their dissertation and received their PhD by July 1, 2018. The optimal candidate will have a Ph.D. in a DH-relevant discipline and a digital humanities research agenda. International scholars are invited to apply, however preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. How to Apply: To apply for this job, please submit your application online. Link for External applicants: https://careers.mcmaster.ca/psp/prepprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SC… <https://careers.mcmaster.ca/psp/prepprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SC…> Employment Equity Statement: McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and, within the lands protected by the “Dish with One Spoon” wampum agreement. In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity. The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence. The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. While all qualified candidates are invited to apply, we particularly welcome applications from women, persons with disabilities, First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, members of visible minorities, and LGBTQ+ persons. Job applicants requiring accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact the Human Resources Service Centre at 905-525-9140 ext. 222-HR (22247) or the Faculty of Health Sciences Human Resources office at ext. 22207 to communicate accommodation needs. Andrea Zeffiro, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Communication Studies and Multimedia Academic Director, Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship McMaster University 1280 Main St. W Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8 (905) 525-9140 ext. 23503 / 21901 zeffiroa(a)mcmaster.ca McMaster University sits on the traditional Territories of the Mississauga and Haudenosaunee Nations, and within the lands protected by the “ Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement (Indigenous Education Council, May 2016).

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Book launch on April 5: Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter
by Christian Fuchs 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Book launch on April 5: Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter Thursday 5 April 2018, 19:00 – 21:00 117 Boardroom, Regent Street Campus Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-demagogue-authoritarian-capitalism-i… WIAS, CAMRI and Pluto Press are pleased to invite you to the book launch of “Digital Demagogue” by Christian Fuchs. Due to adverse weather conditions, the original event on 1 March 2018 was cancelled and has now been rescheduled to Thursday 5 April 2018. "Digital Demagogue" analyses the emergence of authoritarian capitalism and how authoritarian ideology operates on social media. It contributes to the critical analysis of the political economy of Donald Trump and the critique of the political economy of authoritarian communication. -- Book (published): https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337968/digital-demagogue/ German translation (forthcoming): http://www.vsa-verlag.de/nc/buecher/detail/artikel/digitale-demagogie/ Blog post (brief book intro) https://economicsociology.org/2018/02/15/social-media-authoritarian-capital… Free ebook "Nationalism 2.0" accompanying "Digital Demagogue": https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786802996/nationalism-2-0/ Why There Are Certain Parallels Between Joachim C. Fest’s Hitler-Biography and Michael Wolff’s Trump-Book https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1007

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Hiring Coders with Criminology Backgrounds
by Shulman, Stu 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Texifter is hiring new part-time coders (annotators) to join the CoderVerse. http://bit.ly/2Ihi6ci We have a new, very large scale annotation project underway. It involves detecting the online signals of impending aggressive or violent behavior, such as a school shooting, domestic violence, sexual assault, or other problematic behaviors sometimes previewed in social media posts. If you can work at least 10 hours a week and you are fluent in English idioms common in the United States, we pay $15/hour and provide free access to the DiscoverText software platform for your own research. The work includes labeling (coding) data, writing memos, reviewing scholarly literature, preparing an annotated bibliography, working in a group, and sometimes writing collaborative essays, as in the case of our ongoing bot research: http://bit.ly/2FsTTxJ We are particularly looking for graduate students and postdoc scholars with a research or classwork focus on some element of criminology or criminal psychology. Email info(a)texifter.com and send a CV if you want to join the CoderVerse for this project: http://bit.ly/2Ihi6ci Thanks, ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Founder and CEO, Texifter

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Workshop proposal for Pervasive Health 2018
by Teresa Macchia 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Dear all, please see below description and details for participating in *IMPAcT A PERVASIVE HEALTH 2018 WORKSHOPhttp://www.grpss.ssr.upm.es/impactworkshop/ <http://www.grpss.ssr.upm.es/impactworkshop/>* *** Please forward to anyone who might be interested *** *Workshop in Pervasive Health 2018* The workshop is colocated with *Pervasive Helth 2018 <http://pervasivehealth.org/>*, the 12th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, to be held in New York (US) from May 21 to 24, 2018. IMPAcT Workshop: Improving healthcare through service design and patient empowerment technologies Service design can provide tools for addressing challenges related to the adoption of pervasive health technologies. In this workshop, we will connect people interested in design methods and approaches which address the specific needs of digitalization of healthcare, and possibilities of patient empowerment. Scope and Topics Digitalization of healthcare creates opportunities for services which allow patients to have a stronger role in their care. For example, shared decision-making tools can empower patients in care-related decisions, sensor devices can help patients in building self-awareness of their health, and digital platforms provide new ways for patients to communicate with their peers and care professionals. Service design offers tools for harnessing these new digital enablers for patient empowerment through understanding ecosystems, user journeys and value co-creation models needed for successful implementation and adoption in the context of care. The motivation of the workshop is to connect people who have an interest in creating knowledge and tools addressing specific needs of designing services addressing the issues related to digitalization of services in healthcare context. In current service design methods, there is a gap in addressing digital nature of the service, for example interoperability, usability, security, personalization of the service pathway. In addition, there is need for addressing the specific characteristics of healthcare context in service design guidelines and approaches, such as designing for patient empowerment, health-behaviour change or self-management of chronic diseases. This workshop aims at creating new knowledge on how service design methods, tools and approaches can help in addressing digitalization in healthcare. *The workshop **welcome** papers on:* Tailored technologies and services for person/patient empowerment, from prevention to treatment. Caregiver-Patient collaboration frameworks for decision making. Specific approaches to tackle interoperability, usability, security, in the personalization of the clinical service pathway. Experiences of clinical pathway transformation driven by pervasive technologies. Cases of use of pervasive and social technologies for disease support. Description and application of service design methodologies in healthcare. Prospective studies on the potential of pervasive technologies as agent of change in traditional healthcare systems. *Paper Submissions* We invite both short (up to 4 pages) and long papers (up to 10 pages). The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee and external experts to reach a decision on acceptance. In some cases, the Program Committee may decide to conditionally accept a paper to allow the authors to update their submission based on the committee's feedback. Proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Submissions must adhere to the double-column ACM format using SIGCHI template. Proceeding templates must be used for preparing the submissions (Word and LaTeX templates are available at https://www.acm.org/ publications/proceedings-template). Please follow the instructions available at http://pervasivehealth.org/authors-kit/. Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the Electronic Jounal for Information Systems Evaluation. *Your paper must be submitted in PDF format to impactworkshop[at]gmail[dot]com*. Updated information on the workshop is available at IMPAcT Workshop website (http://www.grpss.ssr.upm.es/ impactworkshop/). Important Dates March 30th, 2018: Deadline for paper submissions to Workshop April 15th, 2018: Workshop paper notification April 22nd, 2018: Deadline for Camera ready submission May 21st, 2018: Workshop day *Workshop Organizers* Ana M. Bernardos, Information Processing and Telecommunications Center, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Minna Isomursu, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Sanna Marttila, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark. *Programme Committee* Gert-Jan de Vries, Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Elisabetta Farella, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy. Eduardo Cañada, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Erik Grönvall, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Alberto Olmo, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Jelena Mirkovic, Oslo University Hospital HF Division of Medicine, Norway. Luis Luque, Salumedia, Seville, Spain. José R. Casar, IPTC, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Tomas Sokoler, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Teresa Macchia, Digital Catapult, UK. Kind Regards, Dr Teresa Macchia Experience researcher 101 Euston Road | London | NW1 2RA

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ICANN61 under way in San Juan – remote participation info
by Joly MacFie 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Many participants have been in San Juan for several days already, for the NASIG <http://northamericansig.org/> and preliminary sessions, but the meeting proper starts today. Conveniently on NYC time. I have highlighted a few sessions, particularly cross-community ones and the public forum, on the ISOC-NY Calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ngq6h52eiecr1uqnq93pbplvj8%4…>. If you have others that you would like to see included, send them to admin(a)isoc-ny.org <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/netneutrality18/edit> [image: ICANN61] <https://meetings.icann.org/en/sanjuan61>The *61st meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <https://meetings.icann.org/en/sanjuan61>* (ICANN61) is taking place *March 10 – March 15 2018* in *San Juan, Puerto Rico <http://icann61.pr/>*. ICANN61 is ICANN’s 2018 Community Forum. This six-day meeting is focused on outreach, capacity building, and showcasing ICANN’s work to a broader global audience. Remote participation/webcast is available via Adobe Connect. Live english transcription plus up to 7 languages of audio streams are also available. There will be livestreams of certain sessions. Find a session on the schedule for details. San Juan is AST same as EDT in NYC (UTC-4). *What: ICANN61 <https://meetings.icann.org/en/sanjuan61>Where: San Juan, Puerto Rico <http://icann61.pr/>When: March 10 – March 15 2018Full Schedule: https://61.schedule.icann.org/meetings <https://61.schedule.icann.org/meetings>ICANN Livestream channel: https://livestream.com/icannmeeting <https://livestream.com/icannmeeting>ICANN YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ICANNnews/videos <https://www.youtube.com/user/ICANNnews/videos>ICANN Soundcloud channel: https://soundcloud.com/icann <https://soundcloud.com/icann>Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/icann61 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/icann61>Facebook: https://facebook.com/hashtag/icann61 <https://facebook.com/hashtag/icann61>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9988#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9988#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9988 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9988%E2%80%…> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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IEEE TALE 2018: Australia, 4-7 December (Educational Technology / STEM Education)
by Lee, Mark 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS IEEE TALE 2018, 4-7 December 2018, Wollongong, Australia Deadline: 11 June 2018 Conference Website: http://tale2018.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TALE is the IEEE Education Society's flagship Asia-Pacific (Region 10) conference, catering to researchers and practitioners with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education - with a particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, telecommunications, computer engineering, computer science and allied disciplines - as well as those interested in the innovative use of digital technologies for learning, teaching and assessment in any discipline. The target audience of the conference is diverse and includes those working in the higher education, vocational education and training (VET), K-12, corporate, government, military, and healthcare sectors. TALE 2018 will be held in Wollongong, on the spectacular South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The conference theme is "Engineering Next-Generation Learning". ##### PRESENTATION TYPES ##### *** Academic Stream *** (Refereed papers for proceedings) - Full or Short Paper with Presentation - Short or Work-in-Progress Paper with Poster *** Practitioner Streams *** (No paper - refereed on the basis of abstract) - Engineering and Technology Industry Presentation or Poster - VET and L&D Professional Presentation or Poster - K-12 Educator Presentations and Posters *** Non-Traditional Formats *** - Pre-Conference Workshops - Special Sessions - Panel Sessions ##### CORE TRACKS ##### 1. Engineering Education (Tertiary) 2. Computing & IT Education (Tertiary) 3. STEM Education (K-12) 4. Technology-Enhanced Learning 5. Online & Flexible Learning 6. Laboratory Learning 7. Workplace & Industry-Based Learning 8. Community-Based & Informal Learning 9. International & Transnational Education 10. Equity, Diversity & Widening Participation ##### SPECIAL TRACKS ##### - Engineering of Technologies for Learning: An Emerging Discipline (organised in conjunction with ICICLE – the IEEE IC Industry Consortium on Learning Engineering) - X-Reality & Immersive Learning Environments - Big Data Analytics & Machine Learning in Education Additional special track proposals are also being considered until 13 April 2018. See https://www.tale2018.org/propose-a-special-track for details. ##### KEY DATES ##### (These dates are for the Academic Stream – other dates available on website) First-Time Author Early Submit: 16 April 2018 (See note below) First-Time Author Feedback: 15 May 2018 Paper Submission Deadline: 11 June 2018 Notification of Acceptance: 6 August 2018 Final Papers Due: 1 October 2018 Presenter Registration Deadline: 8 October 2018 Conference: 4-7 December 2018 Note: First-time academic authors may opt to submit papers early for additional feedback prior to peer review. This service is limited to the first 50 papers received. ##### PUBLICATION AND INDEXING ##### All academic papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings and on IEEE Xplore. Opportunities to publish revised and expanded versions in Scopus-indexed journals will also be made available to authors of selected papers. Abstracts from the practitioner stream will NOT be published in the conference proceedings or submitted to IEEE Xplore. However, abridged versions the of abstracts will be made available to attendees via the conference program. ##### CONTACT ##### General enquiries about TALE 2018 may be directed to secretariat(a)tale2018.org .

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WEBCAST: NetHui Copyright conference in Wellington NZ w/ Cory Doctorow
by Joly MacFie 11 Mar '18

11 Mar '18

As noted below, since NZ is 17 hours ahead, this starts shortly at 4pm Sunday NYC time. <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/netneutrality18/edit> [image: nethui] <https://2018.nethui.nz/>On *Monday March 11 2018*,* InternetNZ <https://internetnz.nz/>* presents the *2018 NetHui Copyright <https://2018.nethui.nz/>* conference in Wellington NZ. This NetHui is especially important as the NZ government is doing a review of the Copyright Act next year. Keynote speaker is *Cory Doctorow*. A multitrack *livestream <https://2018.nethui.nz/nethui-livestream> *is available. Since NZ is UTC+13, this starts at *4pm today Sunday NYC time*. *Progra*m: https://2018.nethui.nz/programme/ *Livestream*: https://2018.nethui.nz/nethui-livestream Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9984#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9984#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9984 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9984%E2%80%…> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Call for Papers: Hate speech as political communication; global uses and abuses
by Matti Pohjonen 10 Mar '18

10 Mar '18

International workshop/conference Title: Hate speech as political communication; global uses and abuses* Convenors: Dina Matar, Centre for Global Media and Communication & Matti Pohjonen, researcher/research associate CGMC* Venue: Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS* Date: 31 May 2018* Time 10:00 to 17:00* Call for papers: The public, and intellectual, mood about new media's promise to bring about positive change globally has recently turned eerily grim: the wisdom of crowds has been replaced by disinformation and fake news; grassroots activism by populism identified by its use of racist, xenophobic and misogynist hate speech and images in public and media spaces. Indeed, it seems that one of the most urgent debates in our contemporary social and political lives has become the way communication is now failing us. While there is increasing concern over terrorist recruitment campaigns on social media, coordinated troll attacks aimed at silencing critical voices. Twitter bots manipulating social media popularity rankings; online ecosystems of fake news influencing elections and eroding the foundations of democracy itself and offline strategies and actions, there is no scholarly agreement, let alone a common vocabulary, on how to understand the ill-effects of “internet freedoms” or how to relate them to the much-contested concept of freedom of speech. Much of the academic writing on hate speech remains concerned with cause-and-effect, and, in particular, with tracking how or whether negative online speech can lead to violence in digital spaces, neglecting other spaces where this phenomenon is also prominent. The expanding literature suggests that online activity can indeed contribute to violence offline in some cases, but it remains theoretically unspecified what the differentiated role of “online” activity is, and how this causal or quasi-causal relationship can be determined. Furthermore, there is little or no attention to different, and perhaps contextual, understandings of the “right to communicate” (often referred to as ‘freedom of speech’) or to what specific media regulations are in place in diverse political/cultural contexts. Finally, while much scholarly attention has been accorded to the rise of online hate speech in the Western world particularly in the context of migration and Islamophobia, little attention has been paid to similar phenomena in Asia, Africa and the Middle East where different socio-historical contexts and histories of media practices and political uses of hate speech need to be acknowledged. This conference/workshop seeks to move beyond the relatively safe purview of Western liberal democracies and address how hate/extreme speech has also been widely used and misused as a proxy for all other kinds of other political purposes by different actors. Indeed, as Gagliardone at al (2015) write that "accusations of fomenting hate speech may be traded among political opponents or used by those in power to curb dissent and criticism (2015: 10)." The freedom of speech organisation, Article 19 (2015: 16), similarly cautions against "too readily identifying expressions as "hate speech" ... as its use can also have negative consequences ... and can be abused to justify inappropriate restrictions on the right to freedom of expression, in particular in cases of marginalised or vulnerable communities." These concerns become more urgent to address in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America where contexts of protracted conflict and displacement, control measures by political elites and would-be political actors, as well as the absence of a consensual approach to understanding what ‘the right to communicate’ means, complicate analysis further. Given these difficulties and the widespread rise in the hate speech phenomena worldwide, this one-day conference/workshop approaches these important debates about hate speech/extreme speech through a comparative perspective. Rather than asking what the “effects” of "hate speech" are, it will instead look at how hate speech online as well as in other spaces has been used as a /distinct form of political communication practice /that emerges in diverse//cultures of communication in different parts of the world. Foregrounding cultures of communication in the analysis allows us to focus on the symbiotic relationship between language, culture and politics as well as on diverse practices and particular histories of speech cultures.By using comparative approaches that address when and what form does hate speech take, and by which actors, we hope to complicate the discourse of media “risk” increasingly invoked to legitimate speech restrictions and ask questions about how and under which circumstances do different actors engage in online and offline vitriol and their implications, thus widening the lens beyond the West and turns the focus on the rapidly expanding media worlds of the global South. We are interested in arguments/articles around mediated hate speech in non-Western contexts, including countries in Asia, Africa, Middle East, South America and their diasporas. Topics include but are not limited to: - Hate speech in the context of social, political and ethnic conflict - Hate speech and freedom of expression - Media regulation, law and hate speech - Gendering hate speech - Hate speech as a form of media practice - Vernacular language and hate speech - Hate speech as a form of political violence and/or resistance - The uses and abuses of hate speech as instruments of power and control - Genealogies of online hate cultures - Hate speech and theories of political communication Please send your abstracts (300 words) to Dina Matar at dm27(a)soas.ac.uk by 31st of March, 2018. Notifications about acceptance will be sent by 14th of April. Abstracts should contain an outline of the argument and how it fits the theme of the workshop. Please include a brief biography and affiliation together with the abstracts.

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