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CFP: DPASSH2017 - Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - 14-15 June 2017, Brighton UK
by Natalie Harrower 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Dear Air-L: I’m pleased to announce that a second DPASSH conference is being planned for June 2017, in Brighton UK. We are interested in papers on all aspects of digital preservation in the domains of arts, social sciences and humanities. CFP below: DPASSH 2017 Call for Papers The Sussex Humanities Lab and the Digital Repository of Ireland are pleased to announce that the second Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Science, and Humanities conference will take place 14-15 June 2017 at the University of Sussex, Brighton. The CFP has now been released, the submission deadline is midnight Sunday 11 December 2016 (GMT) Website: www.dpassh.org<http://www.dpassh.org/> Twitter: @DPASSHConf Email: dpassh2017(a)gmail.com<mailto:dpassh2017@gmail.com> DPASSH 2017 Conference Theme: ‘Preserving Abundance: The Challenge of Saving Everything’ The collaboration between SHL and DRI focuses on two major challenges for long-term digital preservation: maintaining access to the form and functionality of digital objects, and managing, filtering, interpreting, and critically engaging with these petabytes of information, now and in the future. While developments in long-term digital preservation enable ongoing access, the question of how these developments impact the way we interact with, use, reuse, investigate, and interpret our heritage, remains. What, for example, are the cultural and scholarly repercussions of saving “everything”? DPASSH 2017 will, for instance, explore the implications of asking disciplines that evolved in a world of scarcity, to engage with an expanding abundance of historical records. As such, DPASSH 2017 will focus on both the technical, cultural, and societal challenges of digital preservation and the impact on research when (and if) everything is saved. It asks: now that the human record is digital, what methods, approaches, tools, or skills will researchers, and society, require to understand these colossal datasets? Submissions are particularly sought from researchers, practitioners, and scholars in the fields of digital history, digital humanities, digital materiality, digital performance, digital arts and music, cultural heritage and research institutions, as well as libraries, archives and industry. We also invite submissions for papers that critically reflect on any area relating to digital preservation in the humanities and social sciences, arts, and cultural heritage domains. Conference themes include but are not limited to: Preserving digital humanities research; Capturing and archiving artistic performance; Methods and tools for computational humanities and/or digital history; Preservation metadata as research objects; Linking research data and ‘publication’; Stakeholder engagement and community approaches to preservation; Advocacy and national approaches to sustainability and open access; Aesthetics of preservation and content curation; Preservation and Trust; Technical challenges posed by datasets in arts/humanities/social sciences;Preservation and discovery infrastructures, software and tools. We look forward to welcoming you to Brighton. Best wishes, Sharon, on behalf of the DPASSH Organising and Programme Committee Dr. Sharon Webb (Chair) Lecturer in Digital Humanities, Sussex Humanities Lab, School of History, Art History and Philosophy, University of Sussex, Falmer DPASSH 2017 Organising Committee • Sharon Webb – Sussex Humanities Lab, University of Sussex (Chair) • Dermot Frost – Digital Repository of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin • Natalie Harrower —Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy (Outgoing Chair) • Jane Harvell – Library, University of Sussex • Clare Lanigan – The Digital Arts and Humanities PhD Program, Royal Irish Academy • Paddi Leinster -Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy _________________ _________________ Dr. Natalie Harrower | Director (Acting), Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy | 19 Dawson St. Dublin 2 n.harrower(a)ria.ie<mailto:n.harrower@ria.ie> | @natalieharrower | @dri_ireland | www.dri.ie<http://www.dri.ie> To subscribe to our mailing list, send an email to LISTSERV(a)listserv.heanet.ie<mailto:LISTSERV@listserv.heanet.ie> with SUBSCRIBE DRI-FRIENDS FirstName LastName in the body of the message The Royal Irish Academy is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 2014 and is compliant with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003. For further information see our website www.ria.ie

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Smart Cities Postdoctoral Scholar position - University of Calgary
by ryan burns 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Hi all, see below for an announcement for a new post-doc position in my department. --Ryan Burns *UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY* *Postdoctoral Scholar position* Area: Urban Studies/Smart Cities Duration: 1 year, with possibility of extension pending funding Start date: July 1, 2017 Salary: $50,000 plus benefits The *Urban Studies Program *in the *Faculty of Arts *at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in “The Social and Environmental Implications of Smart Cities*.”* *Job Description:* The Urban Studies Research Group at the University of Calgary seeks a postdoctoral scholar to conduct and manage research for the University of Calgary Human Dynamics Research Strategy project, “The Social and Environmental Implications of Smart Cities.” The postdoctoral scholar will work closely with the PI of the project, Dr. Byron Miller, the chairs of the five Smart Cities working groups (Dr. Victoria Fast, Dr. Matt Patterson, Dr. Eliot Tretter, Dr. Ryan Burns, Dr. Dean Curran), the Global Urban Studies Canada Research Chair, Dr. Marit Rosol, and other members of the Urban Studies Research Group. The Social and Environmental Implications of Smart Cities is a global comparative research project with numerous international collaborators, seeking to understand the ways in which the social and environmental implications of smart cities vary around the world, and why. The postdoctoral scholar will conduct research on a specific smart city initiative (appropriate to the postdoc’s area of expertise), assist in the preparation of grant proposals and research reports, assist in the coordination of international research projects, and perform other responsibilities in collaboration with members of the Research Group. *Qualifications:* § Ph.D. in an urban-related discipline such as Anthropology, Geography, History, Planning, Political Science, Sociology, Science, Technology, and Society, or a cognate discipline § International research experience § An ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively, and to multi-task § Excellent written and verbal communication skills § Excellent time-management and other organizational skills, problem-solving, and analytical skills *Application details:* For more information on the above-mentioned members of the research team please see their web pages: https://geog.ucalgary.ca/profiles/1-7419978 (Ryan Burns) https://soci.ucalgary.ca/dev2015/profiles/dean-curran https://geog.ucalgary.ca/profiles/victoria-fast https://geog.ucalgary.ca/profiles/byron-miller https://soci.ucalgary.ca/dev2015/profiles/matt-patterson https://geog.ucalgary.ca/profiles/marit-rosol https://geog.ucalgary.ca/profiles/eliot-tretter Please direct questions to the* Principal Investigator, Dr. Byron Miller (Department of Geography)*: bavrmill(a)ucalgary.ca Interested applicants are asked to email the following documents *in a single pdf-file* to Dr. Miller at bavrmill(a)ucalgary.ca *by January 31, 2017* § cover letter/ statement of interest § current CV § names and contact details of two potential referees § transcripts *About the University of Calgary* The University of Calgary is a leading Canadian university located in the nation’s most enterprising city. The university has a clear strategic direction to become one of Canada’s top five research universities by 2016, where innovative teaching and groundbreaking research go hand in hand, and where we fully engage the communities we both serve and lead. The strategy is called *Eyes High*, inspired by our Gaelic motto, which translates to ‘I will lift up my eyes.’ To succeed as one of Canada’s top universities, where new ideas are created, tested and applied through first-class teaching and research, the University of Calgary needs more of the best minds in our classrooms and labs. We’re increasing our scholarly capacity by investing in people <http://www.ucalgary.ca/risingstars/postdoc> who want to change the world, bringing the best and brightest to Calgary to form a global intellectual hub and achieve advances that matter to everyone. *About Calgary*Named a cultural capital of Canada and one of the best places to live in the world, Calgary is a city of leaders – in business, community, philanthropy and volunteerism. Calgarians benefit from a highly diverse and highly educated citizenry, more days of sunshine per year than any other major Canadian city, location less than an hour’s drive from the majestic Rocky Mountains, and the most extensive urban pathway and bikeway network in North America. *All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Calgary respects, appreciates, and encourages diversity.* -- Ryan Burns, PhD Dept of Geography University of Calgary http://burnsr77.github.io

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Reminder: Submit to IJOC special issue "Privacy at the Margins" by 12/6
by Alice E. Marwick 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Hi all, Just a quick reminder that the submission date for abstracts for our IJOC special issue is coming up soon! (December 6, next Tuesday). We're looking for great empirical work on the privacy experiences of people/populations/users/communities that usually don't appear in privacy research and are open to a wide variety of methods and approaches. Full call: https://datasociety.net/blog/2016/09/06/ijoc-cfp-privacy-at-the-margins/ Questions? Email me/danah at ijoc-privacy(a)lists.datasociety.net Thanks! Happy December! -- Alice E. Marwick, PhD Fellow, Data & Society Assistant Professor, Department of Communication University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (as of 2017) amarwick(a)gmail.com http://www.tiara.org <http://www.tiara.org>

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IFIP 8.5 eGov/ePart 2017 - eParticipation track
by Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

*** 16th IFIP International Conference on eGovernment (IFIP EGOV 2017) and 9th IFIP International Conference on eParticipation (IFIP ePart 2017) *** 4 -7 September 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia, http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2017/egov-2017 General eParticipation Track - Call for Papers The General eParticipation track aims to present the best of recent developments in the multidisciplinary field of electronic Participation (eParticipation), covering a wide range of technical, political and social areas in this expanding discipline. The track will focus on, but is not limited to, the following topics: * Foundations of eParticipation research including theories, methods, models and approaches; * The role of social and mobile media and Web 2.0 in eParticipation; * Transparency and open access for eParticipation; * Design and co-creation of participatory public services; bottom-up initiatives; * Privacy, security and ethical considerations in eParticipation; * Advances in eParticipation Domains: Online deliberation and discourse, participatory budgeting, eConsultation, ePolling, and eLegislation, eElectioneering, eCampaigning and eVoting * Advances in participatory policy making using policy modelling, simulation, impact assessment and visualisation methods and tools; * eParticipation and big data; * The role of eParticipation in national and global crisis situations; * Comparative analyses of eParticipation practices; * Impact assessment and public value considerations of eParticipation on real world decision making; * Digital literacy and its consequences for eParticipation; * eParticipation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality and impact Submission types * Completed research papers (up to 12 pages, published in LCNS Springer). Papers in this category deal with completed research. They will be peer reviewed for rigour, relevance, originality and clarity of presentation. * Ongoing research and innovative projects papers (up to 8 pages, published by IOS Press). These papers can describe novel concepts, works-in-progress, or other ideas and issues that are not currently suitable for a completed research paper. They will also be peer reviewed but the emphasis is on relevance more than scientific rigour. * Workshops and panels on pertinent issues (2 pages, published by IOS Press). Proposals for workshops and panels should include rationale, objectives, expected outcomes and approach to audience participation. * Poster proposals (2 pages, published by IOS Press). Authors of accepted submissions are expected to bring their posters which will be displayed to the conference audience. Posters proposals will not be blind reviewed. * PhD colloquium submissions (up to 8 pages, published by IOS Press). A PhD student colloquium will be held prior to the conference. Papers of accepted submissions will be included in the proceedings. Proceedings All accepted completed research papers will be published by Springer Verlag (LNCS). Accepted submissions in all other categories will be published by IOS Press. Important Dates 15 February 2017: Submission of papers 15 March 2017: Submission of workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium contributions 1 April 2017: Notification of decisions for papers/workshops/panels/posters/PhD colloquium contributions 20 May 2017: Camera-ready papers of accepted completed research/ongoing research/workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium contributions Track chairs Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK Oystein Saebo, University of Agder, Norway

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New Book: LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe
by Szulc Lukasz 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Dear colleagues, It's a pleasure for us to announce the publication of our edited volume on 'LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe', published by Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies. The book includes a foreword by Richard Dyer and an afterword by Sharif Mowlabocus, and is available at: https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138649477. Below, you can find a brief summary of the book and its table of contents. Dhoest, A., Szulc, L. & Eeckhout, B., eds. (2017) LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe. New York: Routledge. Media matter, particularly to social minorities like lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Rather than one homogenised idea of the 'global gay', what we find today is a range of historically and culturally specific expressions of gender and sexuality, which are reflected and explored across an ever increasing range of media outlets. This collection zooms in on a number of facets of this kaleidoscope, each chapter discussing the intersection of a particular European context and a particular medium with its affordances and limitations. While traditional mass media form the starting point of this book, the primary focus is on digital media such as SNS (Social Networking Sites), blogs and online dating sites. All contributions are based on recent, original empirical research, using a plethora of qualitative methods to offer a holistic view on the ways media matter to particular LGBTQ individuals and communities. Together the chapters cover the diversity of European countries and regions, of LGBTQ communities, and of the contemporary media ecology. Resisting the urge to extrapolate, they argue for specificity, contextualisation and a provincialized understanding of the connections between media, culture, gender and sexuality. TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword - Richard Dyer Introduction - Alexander Dhoest, Lukasz Szulc and Bart Eeckhout Part I. Histories of Representation in Mass Media and Beyond 1. Respectably Gay: Homodomesticity in Ireland's First Public Broadcast of a Homosexual Couple - Páraic Kerrigan 2. Breaking the Silence: The Early Portuguese Lesbian Press - Ana Maria Brandão, Tânia Cristina Machado and Joana Afonso 3. 'I Am My Own Special Creation': Sexual and Gender Differences in the Music Performances of an Antwerp Drag Show Company - Robbe Herreman and Alexander Dhoest Part II. Media Consumption, Identification and Role Models 4. Coming Out in the Digital Age: The Opportunities and Limitations of Internet Use in Queer-Lesbian Coming-Out Experiences in Germany - Ulrike Roth 5. 'I Think I'm Quite Fluid with Those Kinds of Things': Exploring Music and Non-Heterosexual Women's Identities - Marion Wasserbauer 6. 'I Worry That They'll Pick on Someone I Care about': Trans People's Perceptions of the British Mass Media and Its Impact on Their Mental Health and Well-Being - Louis Bailey, Jay McNeil and Sonja J. Ellis Part III. LGBTQs as Producers in the Digital Age: Blogging 7. Safe Space, Dangerous Space: Counterpublic Discourses in the Russian LGBT Blogging Community - Evgeniya Boklage 8. Is the Pope Judging You? Digital Narratives on Religion and Homosexuality in Italy - Giulia Evolvi 9. Contesting Hegemonic Gender and Sexuality Discourses on the Web: A Semiotic Analysis of Latvian and Polish LGBTQ and Feminist Blogs - Joanna Chojnicka Part IV. Discourses on and by LGBTQs on Social Media 10. Homosexuality on Dutch and Flemish Facebook Pages: Situational Meanings, Situational Attitudes? - Tim Savenije 11. Gay the Correct Way: Mundane Queer Flaming Practices in Online Discussions of Politics - Jakob Svensson 12. 'I Sort of Knew What I Was, So I Wanted to See What Awaited Me': Portuguese LGB Youngsters and Their Situated Experiences with New Media - Daniel Cardoso Part V. Self-presentation and Intimacy on Online Dating Sites 13. Exploring Networked Interactions through the Lens of Location-Based Dating Services: The Case of Italian Grindr Users - Lorenza Parisi and Francesca Comunello 14. New in Town: Gay Immigrants and Geosocial Media - Andrew DJ Shield 15. Strategic (In)visibilities and Bareback Subcultures: The Implications of Online Communication for HIV Transmission among Gay Men in Serbia - Zoran Milosavljevic Afterword: Writing at the Precipice - Sharif Mowlabocus With regards, Alexander, Lukasz & Bart Lukasz Szulc, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders University of Antwerp Department of Communication Studies Media, Policy & Culture M. 471 - Stadscampus - Sint-Jacobstraat 2 - B 2000 Antwerp, BELGIUM Tel. +32 3 265 50 34 www.lukaszszulc.com<http://www.lukaszszulc.com/> @LukaszSzulc<https://twitter.com/LukaszSzulc> RECENT PUBLICATIONs Dhoest, A. & Szulc, L. (2016) Navigating onlince selves: Social, cultural, and material contexts of social medi use by diasporic gay men. Social Media + Society 2(4): 1-10. Available at: http://sms.sagepub.com/content/2/4/2056305116672485.full

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CSCL 2017: Call for Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorials
by Gabriela T Richard 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

CSCL 2017: *Call for Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorials* The 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning June 18-22, 2017 Drexel University & The University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Conference theme: Making a Difference — Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL *Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorials Deadline - December 16, 2017* The CSCL 2017 Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorials Committee invites submissions of proposals for Pre-Conference Events. Full-day workshops will be scheduled on Sunday June 18th, and half-day workshops on Monday June 19th. The main conference program will begin on the afternoon of June 19th. Pre-conference events should cohere with the conference theme, *Making A Difference: Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL,* and be organized as a workshop or a tutorial.Specifically, 1. Workshops should be designed as collaborative knowledge-building sessions on a focused issue, where participants actively work together ( *e.g.*, analyzing data, discussing design criteria, collaborating on a research project). Substantial time should be allocated for interaction between participants. The presentation of a set of related papers (*e.g.*, a symposium) is not considered a workshop. 2. Tutorials should be designed as collaborative learning experiences for novices on a topic, technology, or methodology within CSCL, that are facilitated by experts. Tutorials should stimulate active participation and interaction between participants as well. Innovative format submissions are encouraged, provided they are within the scope of a workshop or tutorial. Submission details can be found here: https://cscl17.wordpress.com/pre-conference-workshops-tutorials/ Computer Supported Collaborative Learning is a premier conference of the International Society of the Learning Sciences that focuses on the study of social learning processes with and without technology as well as the development and evaluation of tools to enhance or improve collective thinking and learning. The conference is a major international event bringing together researchers with a wide variety of backgrounds and research interests including educational technology, design, HCI, information sciences, educational psychology, museum research, library science, curriculum and instruction, psychology, computer science, cognitive science, and many more. We welcome high quality conceptual, empirical, and theoretical contributions. This year's conference theme focuses on the need to consider issues such as equity, access, and inclusion in the design, implementation, and deployment of computer-supported learning environments. CSCL2017 will prioritize keynote speakers, workshops and papers that champion research and tools focused on equity and access relative to CSCL. Hosted by a diverse leadership team in the Learning Sciences, the conference will highlight work that discusses ways to broaden the CSCL pipeline, promotes and/or celebrates out of the box thinking, or that brings a wide range of viewpoints or voices to CSCL topics or tools. -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* *Assistant Professor * Learning, Design, and Technology Program Department of Learning and Performance Systems College of Education, Penn State University

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New Publication - Social Theory of Internet Use: Corroboration or Rejection among the Digital Natives? Correspondence Analysis of Adolescents in 2 Societies
by Tomasz Drabowicz 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Dear all, I would like to inform you about my paper: "Social Theory of Internet Use: Corroboration or Rejection among the Digital Natives? Correspondence Analysis of Adolescents in Two Societies" Abstract: This paper tests a theory of social uses of the Internet (López-Sintas, Filimon, & García-Álvarez, 2012), inspired by the work of Bourdieu (1984, 1986, 1989), outside the Spanish national context in which it was initially formulated. Using the OECD's PISA 2012 data for Germany and Norway, it specifically seeks to uncover differences in patterns of Information and Communication Technologies usage among fifteen-year olds and the factors structuring those differences. Simple Correspondence Analysis has been used as the method of investigation. The results of the analysis show similarities between usage spaces in Germany and Norway; where the first, dominant dimension represents the frequency of digital use and the secondary dimension represents the type of frequent digital use. Furthermore, in both countries gender, migration background, family structure, the parents' level of education, material access to the Internet at home, and the number of books at home explain no more than 8.6 percent of the variance in digital usage. At face value, these results suggest that the theory of social uses of the Internet should be rejected when applied to the adolescents in the countries under investigation. The paper argues, however, that the results should rather be interpreted as an indirect corroboration of the theory, with age being one of the most significant aspects of an individual's social standing affecting digital use. Keywords: Digital inequality; Digital natives; Informational capital; Correspondence analysis; PISA DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.10.004 It will be published in the February issue of Computers & Education (Vol. 105). If your institution does not subscribe to this journal, please do let me know off list so that I can send you a copy (my e-mail is tomasz.drabowicz(a)gmail.com) Apologies for cross-posting. Yours faithfully, tom

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New issue: Journal of Community Informatics
by Eduardo Villanueva 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Dear all, the Journal of Community Informatics has just published a new issue, dedicated to Data Literacy, thanks to guest editors Mark Frank, Johanna Walker, Judie Attard, Alan Tygel; plus regular content of the Journal as well. Please browse and read at: http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/59 Best, Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla Editor, The Journal of Community Informatics --------- Table of Contents: Editorial Editorial: Cosmopolitanism versus Traditionalism and the need to talk about a different divide <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1363> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1363/1235> Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla Data Literacy - What is it and how can we make it happen? <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1347> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1347/1223> Mark Frank, Johanna Walker, Judie Attard, Alan Tygel Articles, Special Issue on Data Literacy Creating an Understanding of Data Literacy for a Data-driven Society <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1286> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1286/1225> Annika Wolff, Daniel Gooch, Jose J. Cavero Montaner, Umar Rashid, Gerd Kortuem Data Literacy defined pro populo: To read this article, please provide a little information <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1290> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1290/1226> David Crusoe Data literacy conceptions, community capabilities <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1348> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1348/1222> Paul Matthews Urban Data in the primary classroom: bringing data literacy to the UK curriculum <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1289> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1289/1231> Annika Wolff, Jose J Cavero Montaner, Gerd Kortuem Contributions of Paulo Freire for a Critical Data Literacy: a Popular Education Approach <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1296> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1296/1232> Alan Freihof Tygel, Rosana Kirsch DataBasic: Design Principles, Tools and Activities for Data Literacy Learners <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1294> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1294/1229> Catherine D'Ignazio, Rahul Bhargava Perceptions of ICT use in rural Brazil: Factors that impact appropriation among marginalized communities <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1273> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1273/1233> Paola Prado, J. Alejandro Tirado-Alcaraz, Mauro Araújo Câmara Graphical Perception of Value Distributions: An Evaluation of Non-Expert Viewers' Data Literacy <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1275> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1275/1230> Arkaitz Zubiaga, Brian Mac Namee Articles Granny gets smarter but Junior hardly notices <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1161> UNTITLED <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1161/1234> Isabella Margarethe Venter, Karen Renaud, Renette Blignaut Digital Cultural Heritage and Social Sustainability <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1278> Chern Li Liew, Gobinda Chowdhury Case Studies Data Murals: Using the Arts to Build Data Literacy <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1276> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1276/1224> Rahul Bhargava, Ricardo Kadouaki, Emily Bhargava, Guilherme Castro, Catherine D'Ignazio Notes from the field Don't ask too much from data literacy <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1297> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1297/1228> Nicolas Kayser-Bril Data Literacy projects in Canada: Field notes from the Open Data Institute, Toronto node <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1302> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1302/1227> Andi Argast, Lydia Zvyagintseva Points of View Some Key Challenges for Data Literacy <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1349> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1349/1221> Mark Frank, Johanna Walker Critical Questions for Community Informatics in Practice <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1325> PDF <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1325/1236> Martin Wolske, Colin Rhinesmith

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Franco Berardi: "Towards a monetary holocaust?" Text written as an introduction to MoneyLab #3
by Ueberschlag Leila 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Telegram from Bologna: Towards a monetary holocaust? By Franco Berardi, November 30 2016 / Text written as an introduction to MoneyLab #3 Conference: <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2016/11/30/towards-a-monetary-holocaust/ <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2016/11/30/towards-a-monetary-holocaust/>> <>In a booklet published in 2014 with the title Capitalism a ghost story Arundathy Roy tells some interesting stories about the evolution of India in the neoliberal age: <>“When those who had been evicted went back where they came from, they found their villages had disappeared under great dams and dusty quarries. Their homes were occupied by hunger and policemen. People returned to live on city streets and pavements, n hovels on dusty construction sites, wondering which corner of this huge country was meant for them… In the drive to beautify Delhi fro commonwealth games, laws were passed that made the poor vanish, like laundry stains. Street vendors disappeared, rickshaw pullers lost their licenses, small sops and businesses were shut down. Beggars were rounded up tried by mobile magistrates in mobile courts, and dropped outride the city limits. The slum that remained were screened off, with vinyl billboards that said DELHIciously yours.” In the ‘90s the capitalist globalisation promised to pave the way to a future of prosperity for everybody, or at least for the majority of the world population. Then it became clear that the universal mobilisation of the energy of labor was not leading to prosperity for the majority, but only to huge enrichment for a small minority, a life of precarious exploitation for many, and marginalisation for the rest. Now globalisation is rolling back, stagnation is the likely prospect for the near future. So what is going to happen? What is the destiny of that 50% of the world population who have received nothing of the advantages of globalisation, but are now exposed to the effects of environmental devastation and social impoverishment that the current stagnation is going to provoke? The year 2016 has been marked by the sudden awareness that the process of neoliberal globalisation is failing, and is showing the emergence of a new alliance of neo-liberal extremism and conservative nationalism. The worst of two worlds that once upon a time appeared in opposition: anti-global reaction and simultaneously acceleration of the most destructive tendencies of the market. Norendra Modi, a hindu nationalist and a neoliberal extremist, is the Premier of India, a country of 1.2 billion humans. Modi, who makes part of this new brand of nazi market-worshippers who are winning the elections in many countries of the world, few days ago started an experiment that sounds as a turning point in the history of the world economy. It is called demonetisation but it may result into a great leap forward in the process of digitalisation of money. Steps towards the digitalisation of money have been taken in the last decades, (credit cards, digital payments…) but so far the economy of the countries of the world has been integrating physical money and online money, so allowing the survival of those people who are unable to deal with the digital technology. No more. The move of Modi seems to be intended to accelerate the pace of digitalisation in a country where, notwithstanding the expansion of IT technology in the last ten years, the digital divide still excludes a majority of the population from the possibility of entering the online economy. A wide part of the population is going to be pushed out of the economy like those poor people hidden by the DEHLIciously yours billboards that Arundathi Roy is talking about. Are we witnessing the first glimpses of the expulsion of half of the planetary population from the cycle of economic exchange? Is this the beginning of a sort of economic extermination? Is this the hidden mission of the dawning Trump-age? Actually the reasons that Modi has put forward to motivate his act of demonetisation seem quite weak: he speaks of a move against tax evasion and financial criminality, but in fact he is hitting hard on the average people, whilst tax evaders are notoriously investing their money abroad, and do not go around with packs of small banknotes. “This is like curse of God on us,” said Gian Prakash Gupta, 60, a soft-spoken paper wholesaler “We do not know how to use computers, how to do online transactions, how to use card-swiping machines.” The business of traders like Mr. Gupta, whose operations lie partly in the vast informal economy that makes up around 20 percent of India’s gross domestic product and more than 80 percent of its employment, has been virtually paralyzed since Nov. 8, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a surprise ban on the country’s two largest currency notes, the 500-rupee bill (worth about $7.30) and the 1,000-rupee bill.” (Geeta Anand, Hari Kumar: NYT 29 november 2016). Some of the comments in the Indian press, particularly in the newspapers that represent the pro-financial circles are joyful: India will enormously accelerate the race of growth. How so? getting rid of the dead weight, the majority of the population that is unable to dance at the rhythm, pushing them out of the economic circuit, throwing them down from the racing train. “The problem for many is they do not know how to do without cash. In the Chawri Bazar, generations of traders have bought and sold paper, from wedding cards to calendars to packing material, mostly in cash. Their customers paid cash, and they used it to pay their suppliers and workers.”(Geeta Anand Hari Kumar: NYT 29 november 2016) From the point of view of economic history the move of Modi seems inexplicable. It is not the first time that demonetisation is experimented: in November 1923, the German government introduced a new currency — the rentenmark — and declared all old reichsmark notes to be no longer legal tender, as domestic prices, already 14 times their 1913 levels in mid-1921 and 1,475 times towards end-1922, had skyrocketed to 1,422,900,000,000 times by November next year. As the currency lost value by the minute, people rushed to spend their wages the very moment they received them, fuelling further inflation. The only way to deal with this situation was demonetisation: purging the system of all existing notes and launching a new currency backed by solid assets — in this case, land belonging to the state. With credibility restored, inflation fell and the run on the currency, too, ended. On January 1, 1998 Boris Yeltsin changed the name of Russian currency, with a ‘new’ rouble being made equal to 1,000 ‘old’ roubles. with the intention of addressing rampant inflation. But the ‘new’ rouble’s exchange rate, which was 5.96 to the dollar on January 1, collapsed to 20.65 when the year ended, with consumer price inflation also soaring to 84.5%. The Narendra Modi demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes — constituting over 86% of the total value of currency in circulation — hasn’t been undertaken in response to any hyperinflation or loss of confidence in the rupee. The rupee has actually been quite strong and annual consumer price inflation was just 4.2% in October. That implies that the Modi demonetisation does not follow the conventional logic of a currency ‘stabilisation’ measure, but is a ‘structural reform’, targeted at fostering cashless economy. The present demonetisation triggers spurt in digital payments paving the way for India towards cashless economy. The demonetisation which initially paralysed the economy is now acting as a catalyst towards digital payment ecosystem. This seems to be the beginning of an economic transition. Indian newspapers relate that payment processing companies are overloaded and are racing the devil to accommodate the immense spike in traffic. But in India, most economic transactions take place in cash outside recorded market channels and hence go largely untaxed. This is fostering a parallel ‘black’ economy but this allows the majority of Indian population to survive. The brutal transformation of the currency system has already provoked panic, and casualties, but in the long run it may pave the way to a radical redrawing of the monetary field in the direction of radical digitalisation, and consequently to the expulsion of a majority of society. The digital divide may be turned into a tool for the elimination of the “non competitive” section of the human kind. Modi came to the fore fifteen years ago as responsible of the assassination of more than thousand Muslims in the city of Ayodhya. Now his projects are more ambitious, and he seems aimed to become the vanguard of a possible monetary Holocaust. Best regards, -- Leila Ueberschlag | Intern MoneyLab#3 Institute of Network Cultures Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | HvA MoneyLab <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/> | 1&2 Dec 2016 | Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam www.networkcultures.org <http://www.networkcultures.org/> @INCAmsterdam <https://twitter.com/INCAmsterdam>

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Call for papers - International Conference - Computer Networks Histories: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives 14-15 December 2017 Lugano, Switzerland
by Gianluigi Negro 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Dear AOIR colleagues Sorry for cross-posting. I would like to promote the international conference on Computer Network Histories that will take place in Lugano on 14-15 December 2017 at USI, Lugano - Switzerland. I am part of the organization team together with Prof. Gabriele Balbi and my colleague Paolo Bory from Univeristà della Svizzera italiana (USI). We hope you will join the event (free of charge) and to see in Lugano next year! Wish you a nice day Gianluigi International Conference - Computer Networks Histories: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives 14-15 December 2017 Lugano, Switzerland Aims and scope Recently several works in the fields of Internet Studies, Science and Technology Studies, and Media Studies have stressed the importance of early local, national and transnational computer networks histories for a deeper understanding of technological and social change in contemporary societies. This two-day conference has a triple aim. First, gathering scholars and researchers from a variety of disciplines working on theoretical and empirical analysis of computer network histories. Second, providing a wide perspective on these histories, including case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania as well as international organizations dealing with the control and management of networks: this interdisciplinary and international debate could be useful to compare worldwide experiences and to provide new frames on this topic. Third, the conference aims to develop new frameworks and a space of discussion on the historical role of computer networks, representing the starting point of an international community of scholars. Potential topics may include, but are in no way limited to, the following: - The origins and development of computer networks under a local, national, international, or transnational perspective; - Political, economic, and cultural representations of computer networks in Western and Eastern cultures; - Comparative analysis of early and late networks; - Physical infrastructures and materiality of computer networks; - The political economy of national digital infrastructures; - Histories of the digitalization of analogic networks; - The history of failed and forgotten computer networks projects; - The influence of early computer networks on the development of the Internet and of the World Wide Web; - The cultural and social history of computer networks communities (e.g. communitarian networks, academic networks, professional networks, civic networks). All the authors are invited to send an abstract of a max 500 words and a short bio by February 28, 2017 to nethistories(a)gmail.com. All invited speakers interested in publish their papers in the journal revue Histoire et Informatique will be asked to send a paper of max 5000 words by October 31, 2017. Conference venue The two-day conference will take place in Lugano, Switzerland, hosted by the Faculty of Communication Sciences of USI - Università della Svizzera italiana. The organizing committee comes from a collaboration between the Institute of Media and Journalism (IMeG) of USI and the Association Histoire & Informatique Suisse of Bern. Travel grants A limited number of travel grants may be available for participants without access to other financial resources. To request travel funding, please add to your proposal the motivation of your request and an estimate of the needed budget. Deadlines 28 February 2017 Deadline for abstract submission 31 March 2017 Notification of acceptance 31 October 2017 Short papers (max 5000 words) to be delivered 14-15 December 2017 2-days conference Organizers Association Histoire & Informatique Suisse - Bern <http://blog.ahc-ch.ch/> IMeG Institute of Media and Journalism, Università della Svizzera italiana - Lugano <http://www.imeg.com.usi.ch/> For further information please contact the organizational secretariat * Prof. Gabriele Balbi <http://search.usi.ch/en/people/9fca22404467d1801cfd4213b9fb7e7e/Balbi-Gabri…> * Paolo Bory <http://search.usi.ch/en/people/707f4dc7632673d2a6b44a4281bb5874/bory-paolo> * Gianluigi Negro <http://search.usi.ch/en/people/2166df9d09fa4387be828efc6a84441d/Negro-Gianl…> Keynote speakers Hu Yong is a professor at Peking University's School of Journalism and Communication, and a well-known new media critic and Chinese Internet pioneer. Hu Yong is a founding director for Communication Association of China (CAC) and China New Media Communication Association (CNMCA). His publications include Internet: The King Who Rules, the first book introducing the Internet to Chinese readers, and The Rising Cacophony: Personal Expression and Public Discussion in the Internet Age, documenting major transformations in the Chinese cyberspace. http://sjc.pku.edu.cn/English.aspx // Tweet @huyong Benjamin Peters is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Tulsa and affiliated fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. His research focuses on the cultural history and social theory of digital media, with emphases on the former Soviet Union and the West. Professor Peters has recently published two books: Digital Keywords: A Vocabulary of Information Society & Culture (Princeton University Press) and How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet (MIT Press) in which he offers an account of the Soviet Union's failed attempts to construct their own national computer networks for civilians during the height of the Cold War tech race. https://petersbenjamin.wordpress.com/ // Tweet @bjpeters Best wishes Gianluigi, Paolo and Gabriele ------------------------------------------------------------ Gianluigi Negro PhD in Communication Sciences Università della Svizzera italiana Via Giuseppe Buffi 13 CH-6900 Lugano

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