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reminder:deadline June 1st for Summer course on social media in political communication and journalism approaching
by Maurice Vergeer 12 May '17

12 May '17

Reminder: deadline approaching (June 1st) for entering the 2017 Radboud summer course "Social media theory and data in journalism and political communication". It is intended for BA(advanced)- and MA-level students. The course will take place in the second week of August, 2017 at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The course will focus on theoretical approaches and on collecting and analyzing social media data. The program is available here https://goo.gl/NQ3yqw . There are already enough participants to proceed with the course, but you can still enroll till June 1st. Detailed information about my course and how to enroll can be found here: http://www.ru.nl/radboudsummerschool/courses/2017/social-media-theory-data- journalism-political/ Hope to meet up with you in Nijmegen! Maurice Vergeer -- ________________________________________________ Maurice Vergeer To contact me, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/5 For yesterday's news in perspective: http://www.echovannl.nl/ To see my publications, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/1 PGP public key: https://keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search= 0xE7BF24D19BE34017 ________________________________________________

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Articles introducing digital ethnography?
by Evelina Liliequist 12 May '17

12 May '17

Hello! I have been asked to teach students about digital ethnology, is there anyone here who can recommend a good article that introduces this? It is likely to be the students' first teaching opportunity on this field, so I'm looking for articles that fits in as an introduction. Thanks in advance, Evelina Liliequist Postgraduate student Ethnology, Digital humanities Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University Umeå University SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden Tel: +46 90 7866305 Email: evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se>

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IJoC Publishes Special Section on Venture Labor (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 11 May '17

11 May '17

A real nice set of short papers, including NetLab's summary of how Networked Researchers operate, with implications for Networked Work. Barry Wellman A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head Step by step, link by link, putting it together Streisand/Sondheim _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Network FRSC INSNA Founder http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 _______________________________________________________________________ > See below and http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/index#more5. > > > *Do workers now see taking big risks as the only way to get ahead? * > > > > *What is the impact of the high-stakes technology startup culture on the > rest of the U.S. economy? * > > > > *What lessons do the trends in media and communication jobs teach us about > the future of work? * > > * ________________________________________________________* > > > > Edited by Laura Robinson, Gina Neff, and Jeremy Schulz, this *Special > Section on Venture Labor *begins to answer these and other timely questions > about work and workers today. > > > > A broad-ranging group of international scholars explores the concept of > venture labor from multiple perspectives. Venture labor is the explicit > expression of entrepreneurial values by non-entrepreneurs. As contributors > argue, venture labor leads to the normalization of risk-taking in work, > even when the odds are long and the winners are few. Nonetheless, a spirit > of risk-taking, once seen as restricted to technology start-ups, now > attracts workers across many industries willing to forgo the benefits and > safety nets of traditional employment in exchange for new risks and > opportunities. > > > > Venture labor contributes to the shift of risk away from the social > collectivity to the individual. This collection of essays covers venture > labor phenomena including self-branding, social media professional > marketing, entrepreneurial journalism, anytime-anywhere work, > entrepreneurial self-actualization, crowdsourcing, and labor on âspecâ and > other unpaid labor are all part of the venture labor trend covered in. > > > > The Special Section brings together voices from multiple social science > perspectives including communication, sociology, and media studies, with > contributions from *Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Alice E. Marwick, Nicole > S. Cohen, C.W. Anderson, Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Enda Brophy, Gina Neff, > Paul Hirsch, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ofer Sharone, Barry Wellman, Dimitrina > Dimitrova, Tsahi Hayat, Guang Ying Mo, Beverly Wellman, and Antonio > Casilli. *Together, these contributors grapple with the power of > contradictory forces remaking the workplaces of the 21st century. > > > > We invite you to read these 14 essays that published in the *International > Journal of Communication* on May 10, 2017 at *ijoc.org > <http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/index>.* > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > *Larry Gross Arlene Luck* > > *Editor Managing > Editor* > *Laura Robinson, Gina Neff, Jeremy Schulz* > *Guest Editors*

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Couch Award 2017 Final Call
by Mark D. Johns 11 May '17

11 May '17

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2017 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an international call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies. According to basic symbolic interactionist premises, what we understand as self, identity, relationship, and cultural formations are constructed dialogically and interactively. While the works of George H. Mead, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman and other leading symbolic interactionists have been integral to the study of social interaction, Carl Couch was among the first from this tradition to suggest the importance of engaging in the study of mediated interaction. It is critical that symbolic interactionists move boldly forward, beyond Couch's initial suggestion, to study what has become for many a dominant form of communication in their everyday life. Whether we research identities, emotion, memory, family, work, career, presentations of self, deception, love, loss or other areas, the impact of mediated communication is felt by those interacting within it. As internet-related media continue to influence our everyday interactions--not only with other people but also with technologies, devices, algorithms, platform parameters, and so forth--it becomes crucial for symbolic interactionists to attend to the role of these mediating factors in the interaction process. We encourage any paper that uses a symbolic interactionist approach in internet studies. We also encourage papers that explore the interface between deliberate social interaction and structured (or automated) interactions sponsored or enacted by various technological features, exploring not only how identities, relations, and social formations are negotiated through social interactions, but also how these interactions are mediated further through the use or capacities of various technologies. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Those contemplating entering should note that an interactionist approach demands thoughtful analysis, and not mere description, of social interactions. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Dr. Camille Johnson-Yale, Lake Forest College, Illinois Dr. Lois Scheidt, Indiana University, Bloomington Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should be in English and not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top paper will receive Couch Award to be presented at the 2017 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Tartu, Estonia. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US and the author will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, University of Tartu, October 18-21, 2017. Candidates should send a copy of their paper electronically, along with information concerning the location and level of their studies, to Mark Johns at mjohns(a)luther.edu Application deadline is May 15, 2017. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Phone: 563-387-1347 E-mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

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CFP: Contagion - First Forum USC Graduate Conference
by Debjani Dutta 11 May '17

11 May '17

Possibly of interest to some on this list. *Contagion * USC Cinema and Media Studies Graduate Conference Los Angeles, CA October 20th-21st, 2017 First Forum invites submissions that explore the multiple valences of the term ‘contagion’ in relation to the movements of cinema and media. Embedded in medicalized discourses of the body, the word has often been negatively associated with the spread of disease and illness. Even as theories of globalization imagine the uninterrupted flow of information and commodities, the fear of contagion calls for the containment of populations and territories. The Ebola virus, the terrorist, the computer bug, and the zombie alike threaten to breach the boundaries of the body and the nation. Derived from the Latin con (together with) and tangere (to touch), the word ‘contagion’ also implies a proximity of sentiments and sensations. While it may be connected to the risk of contamination and danger, the term might also open up a zone of empathetic contact. Taking its etymological potential as a starting point, this conference seeks out papers that consider the broad implications of the term. Can ‘contagion’ be a productive model for thinking about the movement and organization of ideas, cultures, and peoples? How can contagious border crossings queer seemingly stable categories of identity, revealing the artificial and arbitrary nature of their construction? What impact do existing representations of contagion -whether of affect, disease, or environmental agents -have on our cultural imaginaries? Can cinema be considered a contagious medium that invites bodily and sensory engagement rather than relying on the distant gaze? How are the material dimensions of this contagious transmission reconfigured through the networks of digital circulation? Topics may include but are not limited to: - Swarms, insect, and viral media - Touch, haptics and phenomenologies of film - Zombies, vampires, and body horror - Discourses of racial purity and miscegenation - Gender-bending and queer representations in cinema - Immigrants, refugees and diasporas in film and media - Biopower, technology, and national security - Environmental contamination, pollution, and ecocide - HIV/AIDS and other epidemic media - Medical media (radiography, stethoscopy, and medical imaging) - Educational and pedagogical films on contagion In addition to panel presentations, we will have a keynote speaker, alumni respondents, and a faculty roundtable. Please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words for a 20 minute panel presentation and a short bio. Non-traditional, creative projects are welcome, as are individual papers or pre-constituted panels. Please email your submissions and inquiries to firstforumusc(a)gmail.com by June 20th, 2017. Debjani Dutta PhD Candidate, Division of Cinema and Media Studies School of Cinematic Arts University of Southern California

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CfP: Int. Workshop on Health Recommender Systems co-located with ACM RECSYS 2017
by Christoph Trattner 11 May '17

11 May '17

** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Health Recommender Systems, to be held in Como (Italy) co-located with ACM RECSYS 2017 (https://recsys.acm.org/) Website: http://healthrecsys.ur.de -------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** June, 22nd, 2017 Paper submission deadline ** June, 13th, 2017 Notification to authors ** July, 27th, 2017, Camera-Ready Version ** August, 27th-31st, 2017, HRS Workshop, RecSys conference Workshop Organizers: ==================== David Elsweiler (University of Regensburg, Germany) Santiago Hors-Fraile (University of Seville, Maastricht University) Bernd Ludwig (University of Regensburg, Germany) Alan Said (University of Skoevde, Sweden) Hanna Schaefer (TU Muenchen, Germany) Christoph Trattner (MODUL University Vienna, Austria) Helma Torkamaan (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Andre Calero Valdez (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Objectives & Topics: ==================== Health is at the center of our everyday lives. During the 1st Health Recommender Systems workshop we elaborated a great variety of fields in which recommender systems can improve our awareness, understanding and behavior regarding our own health. At the same time these application areas bring new challenges into the recommender community. Recommendations that influence the health status of a patient, need to be either liable or accompanied by domain experts. To make the recommender liable, complex domain specific user models need to be created, which on the other hand creates privacy issues. While trust into a recommendation needs to be explicitly earned by transparency, explanations and empowerment, other systems might want to persuade users into beneficial actions that would not be willingly chosen otherwise. The variety of those challenges also results from the number and diversity of stakeholders involved in health systems. Taking the patient perspective, simple interaction and safety against harmful recommendations might be the prior concern. For clinicians and experts, on the other hand, what matters is precise and accurate content. Finally, health care providers, insurance companies, and clinics are interested in success rates, study results, and financial benefits of the new systems. In this workshop, we want to go deeper into the discussions started last year and establish a roadmap of possible research topics in Health Recommender Systems. Our aim is to enhance the results of the first workshop in the following areas: ** Elaborate discussion topics of the first workshop ** Strengthen the community of researchers working on Health in RecSys ** Attract scientists from other domains to RecSys (e.g. health, psychology, ...) ** Find cross-domain collaboration projects and funding targets ** Establish shared infrastructure (datasets and tools) We invite submissions that may include the following topics, but are not limited to: ** Algorithms for HRS ** Domain Knowledge Representation ** Regulations and Standards ** Behavioral Change ** Medical evaluation techniques ** User Profiling ** Pervasive Systems ** Personalization ** Persuasion ** Social Motivation ** Gamification ** Empowerment ** Trust ** Explanations ** Nudging ** Patient Needs/Satisfaction ** User Interaction Design ** Expert-in-the-Loop ** Privacy ** Ethics The goal of this workshop is to share and discuss research and projects that reach beyond classic recommender techniques and discuss health domain related challenges of recommender systems. Submissions: ============ We solicit short research papers (4 pages) and short position papers (2 pages), both in the ACM conference paper style. Participants can decide between a research focused submission, resulting in a workshop presentation, and a project focused submission, resulting in a workshop poster. Papers should be submitted in EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=healthrecsys17 ** Submission category research: innovative research ideas, preliminary results or system prototypes ** Submission category project: funded research projects, industry and research collaborations or health-care and research collaborations Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must: ** Be written in English; ** Contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; ** Be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings Template with a font size no smaller than 9pt; ** Be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size; Link or demo in attachment are preferred in both cases. All papers will be peer-reviewed, must not be under review in any other conference, workshop or journal (at the time of submission), and must contain novel contributions. Accepted papers will be published according to the ACM RECSYS 2017 WS publication rules. Please use the workshop's EasyChair submission page for submitting your paper. Location: ========= RecSys 2017 will be hosted in Como, Italy, at the Teatro Sociale di Como from August 27-31, 2017. Please visit the RecSys 2017 website for more information about this location: https://recsys.acm.org/recsys17/location/ Contact: ======== If you have questions regarding the workshop, do not hesitate to contact the workshop chairs. David Elsweiler - david.elsweiler(a)ur.de Santiago Hors-Fraile - sanhorfra(a)gmail.com Bernd Ludwig - bernd.ludwg(a)ur.de Alan Said - alansaid(a)acm.org Hanna Schaefer - hanna.schaefer(a)tum.de Helma Torkamaan - h.torkamaan(a)acm.org Christoph Trattner - trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com Andre Calero Valdez - calero-valdez(a)comm.rwthaachen.de -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Assistant Professor MODUL University Vienna Department of New Media Technology E-mail: christoph.trattner(a)modul.ac.at Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info -------------------------------------------------------

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Chinese language social media data mining tools
by Helen Kennedy 11 May '17

11 May '17

Hello clever AOIR folks Asking for postgrad students: any recommendations of social media data mining tools that work on Chinese social media platforms / with Chinese languages? Thanks! Helen -- Professor Helen Kennedy, Chair in Digital Society Department of Sociological Studies / Faculty of Social Sciences Elmfield, Northumberland Road Sheffield S10 2TU T: 0114 2226488 E: h.kennedy(a)sheffield.ac.uk LATEST ARTICLE: *'*The Feeling of Numbers: emotions in everyday engagements with data and their visualisation <http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0038038516674675?journalCode=so…>', *Sociology*, 2017.

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Re: [Air-L] Articles introducing digital ethnography? - Sage book
by Ali Mohamed 11 May '17

11 May '17

Hi Donna, You may tell the Library in your University to buy it as a digital resource. Kinds, Ali Från: Donna Carmichael [mailto:DXC547@student.bham.ac.uk] Skickat: den 11 maj 2017 17:08 Till: Ali Mohamed <ali.mohamed(a)edu.su.se>; Alexandra Sandulescu Budea <alexandra.sandulescu(a)urjc.es>; Evelina Liliequist <evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se>; Air list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Ämne: RE: Articles introducing digital ethnography? - Sage book Ali - thanks for the link to the new Sage book, although it is pricey at £!20. Has anyone seen/read this book? Any comments or feedback on its usefulness? Donna Carmichael PhD Student Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage University of Birmingham, UK Twitter: @DonnaHeritage -----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of ali.mohamed(a)edu.su.se<mailto:ali.mohamed@edu.su.se> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 10:57 AM To: Alexandra Sandulescu Budea <alexandra.sandulescu(a)urjc.es<mailto:alexandra.sandulescu@urjc.es>>; Evelina Liliequist <evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se>>; Air list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Articles introducing digital ethnography? Hi, May be this new published book "The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods launches" will help you. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/press/the-sage-handbook-of-social-media-re… Kind regards, Ali Mohamed Doctoral student Department of Education Stockholm University SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: 0046 739 296915 ali.mohamed(a)edu.su.se<mailto:ali.mohamed@edu.su.se> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] För Alexandra Sandulescu Budea Skickat: den 11 maj 2017 08:59 Till: Evelina Liliequist <evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se>>; Air list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> Ämne: Re: [Air-L] Articles introducing digital ethnography? Hi!! You can start with: e-Seminars of the EASA Media Anthropology Network<http://www.media-anthropology.net/>: * Facebook as research field and research platform: http://www.media-anthropology.net/file/eseminar_facebook.pdf * Researching the internet: http://www.media-anthropology.net/braeuchler_eseminar.pdf Literature: Ethnography in virtual worlds: * Boellstorff, et al. (2012). Ethnography and virtual worlds: A handbook of method. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Ethnography and digital and social media: * Hjorth, L., et al. (Eds.). (2017). The Routledge Companion to digital ethnography, New York: Routledge. Forthcoming. * Miller, D., et al. (2016). How the world changed social media. London: UCL Press. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1474805/1/How-the-World-Changed-Social-Media.pdf * Pink, S., et al. (2016). Digital ethnography: Principles and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. * Postill, J., & Pink, S. (2012). Social media ethnography: The digital researcher in a messy web. Media International Australia, 145(1), 123-134. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1329878X1214500114 * Sanjek, R., & Tratner, S. W. (Eds.). (2016). eFieldnotes: The makings of anthropology in the digital world. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Blog posts: * John Postill about “doing digital ethnography”: https://johnpostill.com/2015/01/16/13-six-ways-of-researching-new-social-wo… * Wendy Hsu about “ethnography beyond text and print”: http://ethnographymatters.net/blog/2013/12/09/ethnography-beyond-text-and-p… Research centres: * Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University: http://digital-ethnography.com/ * Digital Ethnography at Kansas State University: http://mediatedcultures.net/<http://mediatedcultures.net/<http://mediatedcultures.net/%3chttp:/mediatedcultures.net/>> * OxDEG: The Oxford Digital Ethnography Group: https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/projects/oxdeg/ In our department we have initiatives related to web analytics, metrics and digital music or digital ethnography. Good luck and encouragement that tomorrow is Friday :) Alexandra Mª Sandulescu Budea Ciencias de la Comunicación y Sociología Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Campus de Madrid, España Teléfono: 914887849 alexandra.sandulescu(a)urjc.es<mailto:email@urjc.es<mailto:alexandra.sandulescu@urjc.es%3cmailto:email@urjc.es>> | www.urjc.es<http://www.urjc.es/<http://www.urjc.es%3chttp:/www.urjc.es/>> | @URJC | ________________________________ De: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org>> en nombre de Evelina Liliequist <evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se>> Enviado: jueves, 11 de mayo de 2017 8:30 Para: Air list Asunto: [Air-L] Articles introducing digital ethnography? Hello! I have been asked to teach students about digital ethnology, is there anyone here who can recommend a good article that introduces this? It is likely to be the students' first teaching opportunity on this field, so I'm looking for articles that fits in as an introduction. Thanks in advance, Evelina Liliequist Postgraduate student Ethnology, Digital humanities Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University Umeå University SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden Tel: +46 90 7866305 Email: evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se%3cmailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se>> _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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WEBCAST TODAY: A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies? @InternetSociety #thenext25
by Joly MacFie 11 May '17

11 May '17

This is under way. Very good high level overview of how far we've come in 25 years, and how we may progress. joly posted: "Today Thursday May 11 2017 the Internet Society and Royal Institute of International Affairs present A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies? at Chatham House in London UK. Part of the Internet Society's 25th Anniversary program, a round" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham>Today *Thursday May 11 2017* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/>* and *Royal Institute of International Affairs <https://www.chathamhouse.org/>* present *A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies? <https://www.internetsociety.org/25th/roundtable-may11>* at Chatham House in London UK. Part of the *Internet Society's 25th Anniversary program* <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/institutional/2017/01/2017-internet-so…>, a roundtable will examine the question: *Is the Internet eliminating divisions in society, or is it accentuating them? *. Keynote: *Prof. Dr. Erik Huizer*, CTO SURFnet. Speakers: *Dr. Ismail Syed Shah*, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority;* Mr. James Arroyo*, OBE, Director for Data, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; *Ms. Unoma Ndili Okarafor*, Ph.D. Founder & CEO at *Herbal Papaya*, WAAW Foundation; *Ms. Rebecca MacKinnon*, Director of the Ranking Digital Rights project at New America. Moderator: *Ms. Kathryn Brown*, President and CEO, Internet Society. The event will be webcast live on the* Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham>* and *YouTube <https://youtu.be/nCpaptHX0II>*. London is 5 hours ahead of NYC. *What: A Brave New World: How does the Internet Affect Societies? <https://www.internetsociety.org/25th/roundtable-may11> Where: Chatham House, London When: Thursday May 11 2017 12:30-14:00 BST | 11:30-13:00 UTC | 07:30-9:00 EDT Webcast 1: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/chatham> Webcast 2: https://youtu.be/nCpaptHX0II <https://youtu.be/nCpaptHX0II> Twitter: #thenext25 https://twitter.com/hashtag/thenext25 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/thenext25>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9181#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9181#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9181 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Ordinary Digital Humanities: The everyday life of digital technologies in pedagogy
by Scott Rodgers 11 May '17

11 May '17

Ordinary Digital Humanities The everyday life of digital technologies in pedagogy 15 May 2017, 6pm, Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD (part of Birkbeck Arts Week) Book your free place at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ordinary-digital-humanities-the-everyday-lif… When one hears the term ‘digital humanities’ what likely comes to mind are innovative applications of computational techniques and technologies to humanities research as well as pedagogy. Or, conversely, the application of concepts and philosophies rooted in the humanities toward the study of emergent digital objects. There are reasons however to think about the digital humanities in a more ordinary sense, beyond ‘cutting edge’ research or pedagogy. In the introduction to her book How We Think, N. Katherine Hayles suggests that in order to understand the implications of digital technologies for the humanities, we must first consider the ‘low level’ implications of digital technologies for academic life. For instance, the widespread normalisation of email, department websites, software applications, web searches, social media, and much more. For Hayles, a ‘digital humanities’ is more than just innovative new approaches to research and pedagogy. It is also inherently about transformations to the cognitive and embodied environments of academic life at the level of the habitual or everyday. This forum considers the banal dimensions of the digital humanities, focusing specifically (though not exclusively) on pedagogical practice. It begins with an opening lecture from Dr Lesley Gourlay (abstract below), followed by responses from Dr Grace Halden and Dr Tim Markham from Birkbeck, University of London. We will not only survey the everyday ways digital technologies are being used, and are asserting themselves, in academic life; but also, how humanities and other scholars might respond to the apparent opportunities and intrusions wrought by digitisation. The event will be followed by a wine reception. Flickering texts and the writing body: posthuman perspectives on the digital university Dr Lesley Gourlay, Reader in Education and Technology, UCL Institute of Education As digital technologies become increasingly central in our day-to-day lives, we see profound changes in how we search for information, communicate with others, and express ourselves. The university is also changing, as digital media becomes more central via online resources for distance learning, but also throughout the traditional campus, through the mainstream use of digital media for teaching, library provision and academic reading and writing. This has not only changed approaches to academic teaching, it has also fundamentally altered how we seek resources and how we read and generate new knowledge through writing and interaction. Drawing Hayle’s notion of ‘embodied virtuality’, this talk will explore this theme, analysing data from a research project which looked in detail at how a small group of students approached their studies over a six-month period, using drawings, photography and interviews to form an in-depth understanding of their day-to-day lives as students, and how they navigate the complex digital and material landscape of the contemporary university. It looks at how texts change when they move between paper-based and the digital, how students navigate the complexities of multiple devices and formats, how they make spaces for writing and knowledge while on the move, and how they form part of ‘posthuman’ networks of digital devices and material objects in order to engage in their studies. Taking a historical perspective, the talk concludes that textual practices have always been central to how higher education is organised and how we understand ‘knowledge’, and considers how digital media might continue to change what we call ‘the university’.

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