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CfP: Futures of Digital Death: Mobilities of Loss and Commemoration
by Selina Ellis Gray 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Death Studies Issue Call For Papers- 'Futures of Digital Death: Mobilities of Loss and Commemoration'. Deadline: 29th September 2017 As our lives and death become increasingly entangled within the digital, a new strand of research has emerged, exploring the opportunities and tensions that technologies can bring within the space of death, dying, and existential concern. A dominant focus has been on exploring and designing technologies supporting death-centric practices around remembrance of loved ones or inheritance of digital artifacts. However, less attention has been paid to how people are actively engaging in curating such data in both the physical and digital space for greater personal value. Ways in which we deal with digital selves, the body and its remains, the memorialization of lost ones, and the spatio-temporal and social context surrounding such practices have shifted the way in which we engage with death, from prescribed and formal to more dynamic, flexible and personally meaningful. This leads to a new range of research questions that require a genuinely interdisciplinary approach. This special issue focuses on the exploration of these emerging practices. We invite contributions that bring analytical, critical, practice-based and creative insights to the use, design and development of technologies entangled at the end of life. Theoretical, empirical, practical and design or art-based research and approaches are welcome. Themes may include: - Mobilities of death, loss and commemoration - The digital economies of death, dying, commemoration and loss - Dying online or digital mediations of death - Personalization and hybridization of rituals, digital memorialization, mourning practices - Digital afterlives, agency and the social presence of the dead - Digital remains, digital legacy, peri- or post mortem data - The multiple physical, informational, imaginative mobilities of death, loss and memory - The multiplying temporalities of practices, memories, experiences - Methodological considerations, e.g. ethics, privacy, value sensitive design - Methodological orientation to futures - e.g. use of utopia as method, scenarios, predictions, visions. For full details please visit:- http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/beh/futures-digital-death Warmest, Dr Selina Ellis-Gray @nina_ellis www.digitaloss.net www.researchgate.net/profile/Selina_Ellis_Gray

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Re: [Air-L] A Statement from Members of the AoIR Executive Committee
by Chris Brandmeir 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

presume you all read the executive order rather than get it 2nd hand. On Mar 2, 2017 8:15 AM, "Jennifer Stromer-Galley" <jstromer(a)syr.edu> wrote: In light of the United States' January 27, 2017 executive order restricting entry to its borders, based upon intersectional stereotypes of Islamic religious faith as embodied within Middle Eastern, African, and South Asian identity, we hereby restate our commitment to the fundamental values upon which the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) is founded. These values center upon human dignity, equality of opportunity, and the principles of academic freedom. AoIR vehemently opposes any entities, groups, measures, or activities that seek to undermine such principles, in scholarly research and in society at large, wherever in the world they may operate. AoIR, following its mission to provide and promote outstanding research upon the Internet's capacity to mediate transnational and global culture through networking, is proud to represent a diverse international community of Internet researchers. In affirming the shared values of our community, we encourage our members to exercise their inalienable right to speak out whenever and wherever they believe those values to be undermined or violated. In keeping with the principle of academic freedom, AoIR conferences themselves also support that free exercise by offering a venue for such discussions to be conducted respectfully. AoIR is constantly at work to ensure that our actions and our words are in sync. Therefore, we proudly state that we do not tolerate or create any undue barriers to the full and equal participation of its members because of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity or nationality, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religious affiliation, or socioeconomic status. This commitment means, in particular, that we will endeavor to not stage future conferences in locations where such participation cannot be guaranteed. As an organization, AoIR stands ready to support any colleague who may be directly or indirectly affected by this order. Members of the Executive Committee: André Brock Axel Bruns Jenny Korn Annette Markham Adrienne Massanari Susanna Paasonen Kelly Quinn Jennifer Stromer-Galley P.S.: Our full Statement of Principles and Statement of Inclusivity can be found here: https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)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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Re: [Air-L] A Statement from Members of the AoIR Executive Committee
by Jean Burgess 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

👏👏👏 Thanks to all of you for your leadership on this. Jean On 3/03/2017, 2:14 AM, "Air-L on behalf of Jennifer Stromer-Galley" <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of jstromer(a)syr.edu> wrote: >In light of the United States' January 27, 2017 executive order restricting entry to its borders, based upon intersectional stereotypes of Islamic religious faith as embodied within Middle Eastern, African, and South Asian identity, we hereby restate our commitment to the fundamental values upon which the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) is founded. These values center upon human dignity, equality of opportunity, and the principles of academic freedom. AoIR vehemently opposes any entities, groups, measures, or activities that seek to undermine such principles, in scholarly research and in society at large, wherever in the world they may operate. >AoIR, following its mission to provide and promote outstanding research upon the Internet's capacity to mediate transnational and global culture through networking, is proud to represent a diverse international community of Internet researchers. In affirming the shared values of our community, we encourage our members to exercise their inalienable right to speak out whenever and wherever they believe those values to be undermined or violated. In keeping with the principle of academic freedom, AoIR conferences themselves also support that free exercise by offering a venue for such discussions to be conducted respectfully. >AoIR is constantly at work to ensure that our actions and our words are in sync. Therefore, we proudly state that we do not tolerate or create any undue barriers to the full and equal participation of its members because of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity or nationality, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religious affiliation, or socioeconomic status. This commitment means, in particular, that we will endeavor to not stage future conferences in locations where such participation cannot be guaranteed. As an organization, AoIR stands ready to support any colleague who may be directly or indirectly affected by this order. > >Members of the Executive Committee: >André Brock >Axel Bruns >Jenny Korn >Annette Markham >Adrienne Massanari >Susanna Paasonen >Kelly Quinn >Jennifer Stromer-Galley > >P.S.: Our full Statement of Principles and Statement of Inclusivity can be found here: >https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/ >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L(a)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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VIDEO: Internet Shutdowns and the Silencing of Dissent @Internews
by Joly MacFie 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

Stream from this morning. H/T to Judith Hellerstein for bringing it to our attention. [image: Internews] <https://www.internews.org/>Earlier today, *Thursday March 2 2017*, *Internews <https://www.internews.org/>* presented *Internet Shutdowns and the Silencing of Dissent <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-shutdowns-and-the-silencing-of-dissen…>* at Google in Washington DC. From nation-wide shutdowns in Uganda and Gambia to targeted ones in Cameroon and India, restrictions and full blackouts of internet service have become a favorite tool of autocratic and repressive regimes. Shutdowns have wide-ranging effects on everything from political speech to commerce. Internet freedom activists and policy experts from the front lines of shutdown battles discussed their advocacy work, the trends they are seeing, and how internet shutdowns affect the daily lives of their fellow citizens. Speakers: *Mishi Choudhary*, President and Founding Director for Software Freedom Law Center, India; *Arsene Tungali*, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Rudi International, the Democratic Republic of the Congo; *Carolina Botero*, Director of Fundacion Karisma, Colombia. Moderator: *Kat Duffy*, VP of Global Technology Programs, Internews. Video is below. *View on YouTube*: https://youtu.be/2CmpZCRKehc *Twitter*: #internetshutdowns <https://twitter.com/hashtag/internetshutdowns?f=tweets> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9016#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9016#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9016 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2017
by Mark D. Johns 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '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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James W. Carey Media Research Award 2017
by Mark D. Johns 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

James W. Carey Media Research Award 2017 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center invites nominations or self nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. Welcome are works on topics that were central to Carey's scholarship. Submissions might focus on technology, time & space and communication, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture – among others – taking these themes in new or different directions. Applications will be evaluated based on engagement with Carey's approaches and concepts, originality, and advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Dr. Kathy Roberts Forde, University of Massachusetts Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College Dr. John Pauly, Marquette University Dr. Linda Steiner, University of Maryland Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published or have been accepted for publication in a book or journal. To be considered for the 2017 award, works should have been published or accepted in 2016. Submitted works should be sent to Mark D. Johns, at the address below, according to the following directions: Works may be submitted electronically in plain text, Microsoft Word or PDF format. If a book is submitted, please send a copy of the table of contents and front matter electronically, along with a brief author statement (500 words maximum) describing how the book relates to Carey's thought. Then ask your publisher to furnish five (5) review copies for consideration by the committee. The application deadline is April 1, 2017. Notification of award application will be sent out by June 30. For questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact: Dr. Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 USA E mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

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8 New Posts in the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London
by Feldman, Zeena 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Dear friends and colleagues, The Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London has just announced 8 new full-time academic positions. Full details below. Cheers, Zeena — King’s College London is making a significant investment in the Department of Digital Humanities as part of an ambitious programme of growth in existing and emergent research areas and expansion in student numbers across its five MA programmes and the BA Digital Culture. We are seeking to recruit exceptional candidates to join the Department no later than 1st September, who can enthuse and inspire our students, conduct world-leading research, and contribute to the life and reputation of the Department through academic leadership and public engagement. Professor (1 post) – Candidates will be scholars of international standing with an outstanding research profile and publications record, including experience of successful grant capture from high-quality funders, and be able to provide inspiring and innovative teaching and supervision for students. The successful applicant will provide leadership across the full range of the Department’s activities, and be able to mentor and motivate staff at all levels. With a track record of successful partnerships, collaborations, and external networks, the post-holder will play a leading role in the strategic development and profile of the digital humanities at King’s and internationally. Senior Lecturer (up to 3 posts) – Candidates will be scholars of international standing with a strong research and publication record and evidence of or potential for research income generation. The successful applicants will play a key role in leading work across the Department to enhance our research strengths, to develop new and emergent research areas, to innovate in teaching practice and pedagogy, and to contribute to our underpinning values of co-research and collaboration. Lecturer posts (up to 4 posts) – Candidates will be on their way to becoming scholars of international standing with a research and publication trajectory that illustrates this ambition. They will contribute to the further development of the Department’s research strengths, provide high-quality teaching and supervision, and work collaboratively within the Department and beyond. We are seeking to recruit in the following areas: * Digital Asset Management, Curation, and Preservation, including: digital asset and media management fundamentals; digital rights management; information ethics; policy and strategy * Critical Humanities Infrastructure studies, including: critical technical practice; digital information and data infrastructures; participatory architectures; open and closed data; digital ecosystems * Digital Making in the Humanities, including: programming (as a creative process); interaction design; interface studies; maker culture * Digital Methods in the Arts and Humanities, including one or more of: cultural and social analytics; advanced humanities computational methods; network analysis, literacies, and effects; qualitative methods * Digital Economy, including: digital industries and internet cultures; consumers and audiences; data and marketing, advertising, brands and branding * Digital Culture and Society, including: global cultures; migration/mobility; ethnicity; gender; visual arts and culture * Theories of Digitality, including: theories of new media; critical debates in digital culture; algorithmic culture; the foundations of digital culture To apply for these posts, please go to https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=75212 and register to download and submit the specified application form. Please indicate on the application form which area you are interested in and at what level. For an informal discussion to find out more about the roles please contact Professor Sheila Anderson, Head of Department, at sheila.anderson(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:sheila.anderson@kcl.ac.uk> or 020 7848 1981. Dr Zeena Feldman Lecturer in Digital Culture Co-Director, BA Digital Culture King’s College London Department of Digital Humanities 26-29 Drury Lane, room 221 London WC2B 5RL +44 (0)20 7484 1421 / zeena.feldman(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:zeena.feldman@kcl.ac.uk> http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/academic/feldman.aspx

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CITI LUNCH WEBINAR TODAY: What Happens When Everyone Is Connected
by Joly MacFie 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

There is still time to register for this, but just to be safe I have included the webex link below. As noted it's a 'be there or be square' scenario as it will not be publicly archived. [image: CITI] <http://www.citicolumbia.org/>Today* Wednesday March 1st 2017* at *noon EST* (17:00 UTC) the *Columbia Institute for Tele-Information <http://www.citicolumbia.org/> * presents a lunch webinar *What Happens When Everyone Is Connected <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-everyone-is-connected-tickets-32268808876>*. FCC Chief Information Officer *Dr. David Bray* will examine what will be the outcomes if/when current efforts to connect the remaining 45% of the world are successful. Registration information (webex <https://citicolumbia.webex.com/citicolumbia/j.php?MTID=meddedadb8d3c11a0618…>) is available at *https://everyoneconnected.eventbrite.com <https://everyoneconnected.eventbrite.com/>* This event will not be archived. Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9013#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9013#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9013 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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New book: The Datafied Society. Studying Culture through Data
by Mirko Tobias Schaefer 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Dear colleagues, we are proud to announce that our book is now available (as embarrassingly expensive hard-cover AND as free download! See link below). A reasonably priced paperback will be out in August. Best wishes, mirko and Karin The Datafied Society. Studying Culture through Data Mirko Tobias Schäfer & Karin van Es (eds) From the back-cover The large corpus of empirical data and available tools for data collection and analysis are changing the ways knowledge is produced. For the humanities, this transformation requires not only that we must critically inquire into how technology affects our understanding of knowledge and how it alters our epistemic processes, but that we also need to employ the new data resources and technologies in new ways of scholarly investigation. The Datafied Society: Studying Culture Through Data thinks through the opportunities and pitfalls of doing research with data provides within the humanities (and media studies in particular). It covers different research methods, considers how researchers can engage with the datafied society, and reflects on moral and discrimination issues that need to be tackled when embarking on research. Through a series of four short interviews with leading scholars it furthermore pinpoints the key ideas in big data research. This book is a collection of scholarly investigations into computer-aided methods and practices. While several contributors offer essays representing their skills, methods and exemplary research projects, others reflect on the sensibilities and competencies that scholars need to develop in order to study contemporary culture through data. Together they make a volume that will stimulate and engage humanities scholars via their perspectives on debates and reflections on the theory and practices of digital data research./ / The book is published at Amsterdam University Press / Chicago University Press. You can order it at 20% discount using the code "ageofdata2017" <http://en.aup.nl/books/9789462981362-the-datafied-society.html> <http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/D/bo26268744.html> Free download: <http://oapen.org/search?identifier=624771> Contributors Julian Ausserhofer, Dominikus Baur, Thomas Boeschoten, Asher Boersma, Liliana Bounegru, Elizabeth Buchanan, Mercedes Bunz, Nicolás López Coombs, Nick Couldry, Karin van Es, Carolin Gerlitz, Daniel Goddemeyer, Jonathan Gray, Mathieu Jacomy, Koen Leurs, Lev Manovich, Annette Markham, Eef Masson, Evgeny Morozov, Christian Gosvig Olesen, Moritz Stefaner, Johannes Paßmann, Cornelius Puschmann, Bernhard Rieder, Theo Röhle, Richard Rogers, Natalia Sánchez-Querubin, Mirko Tobias Schäfer, Gerwin van Schie, Tamara Shepherd, William Uricchio, Tommaso Venturini, Irene Westra /------------------------------------ / "As our world gets increasingly connected and mediatised, input and expertise from the humanities and social science becomes essential to understanding the dynamics, ethics and pragmatics of a datafied society. This book is an important contribution to meet the challenges of the platform-driven, data-fueled world in which we have all come to live." <http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/d/i/j.f.t.m.v…>José van Dijck <https://www.knaw.nl/nl/leden/leden/7836>, President of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, author of /The Culture of Connectivity/ ------------------------------------------------------- "We all know - or should know by now - how extensively corporations surveil our actions and analyze the data we leave behind. But we mustn't let our horror at the misuse of data dissuade us from considering how big data can aid us in our quest as scholars and changemakers to understand society, and to establish best and ethical practices in those pursuits. This is the first comprehensive look at the possibilities for a humanist approach to big data. " Douglas Rushkoff <http://www.rushkoff.com/>, author of /Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus/ and /Program or Be Programmed/ --------------------------------------------------------- "/The Datafied Society. Studying Culture through Data/ provides an abundance of methodological tools and reflection. Through combining interesting empirical case studies with sound theoretical reasoning, this interdisciplinary anthology with its excellent and diverse contributions is a milestone in the study of culture through data." Judith Simon <http://bubblestudies.ku.dk/employees/judith-simon/>, Co-editor /Big Data and Societ/y /--------------------------------------------------------------/

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New Report: Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in a Digital Age
by Aljosha Karim Schapals 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Information Law and Policy Centre launches new report: Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in a Digital Age The emergence of an everyday digital culture and the increasing use of legal instruments by state actors to collect and access communications data has led to growing concern about the protection of journalistic sources and whistleblowers. With the support of Guardian News and Media, the Information Law and Policy Centre has published a new report to consider these developments entitled 'Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in a Digital Age'. The report is open access and available for download<http://infolawcentre.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2017/02/Sources-Report_webversio…>. Authored by Dr Judith Townend and Dr Richard Danbury, the report analyses how technological advances expose journalists and their sources to interference by state actors, corporate entities or individuals. The report also looks at how journalists can reduce threats to whistleblowing; examines the rights and responsibilities of journalists, whistleblowers and lawmakers; and makes a number of positive recommendations for policymakers, journalists, NGOs and researchers. The report's findings are based on discussions with 25 investigative journalists, representatives from relevant NGOs and media organisations, media lawyers and specialist researchers in September 2016. Protecting Sources and Whistleblowers in a Digital Age was officially launched on 22 February 2017 at the House of Lords. * Download the report here<http://infolawcentre.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2017/02/Sources-Report_webversio…> * Download the update here<http://infolawcentre.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2017/02/Update-Protecting-Source…> * Press coverage of the report here<http://infolawcentre.blogs.sas.ac.uk/press-coverage-of-protecting-sources-a…> Alongside the report, the Information Policy Law and Policy Centre has also published a range of open access resources on journalistic sources and whistleblowing which are available here<http://infolawcentre.blogs.sas.ac.uk/source-protection-report-2017/>. Acknowledgements: to Dr Andrew Scott (LSE) and Gillian Phillips (Guardian News and Media) for their input to the report (though errors remain the authors' own); and to Dr Daniel Bennett, Jenna Corderoy and Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals for additional research assistance. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals Research Associate Digital Media Research Centre School of Communication | Queensland University of Technology Room 416 The Hub, 22 Musk Avenue Kelvin Grove QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 3138 0 157 Email aljosha.schapals(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:aljosha.schapals@qut.edu.au> http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/schapals/

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