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Call: International Research Fellowships in Critical Digital & Social Media Studies
by Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Call: 2017 Westminster Institute for Advances Studies - International Research Fellowships in Critical Digital & Social Media Studies https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/2016/call-for-application s-wias-international-research-fellowships-in-critical-digita l-and-social-media-studies-2017 http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AUN132/westminster-institute-for-a dvanced-studies-international-research-fellowships-in-critic al-digital-and-social-media-studies-2017-call-for-applications/ The Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS) www.westminster.ac.uk/ wias is an academic space for independent critical thinking beyond borders. It is located at the University of Westminster in the heart of London. Prof Christian Fuchs is its Director. The WIAS’ research focus is critical digital and social media studies. The Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies has an open call for international resarch fellows who during a 3 month stay in 2017 conduct critical studies of digital and social media's role in society. The WIAS aims to contribute to bringing about a paradigm shift from big data analytics to critical digital and social media research methods and theories. Digital and social media research at WIAS uses and develops critical theories, is profoundly theoretical, and discusess the political relevance and implications of the studied topics. The WIAS’ Critical Digital and Social Media Studies Fellowship Programme is aimed at current and future research leaders, who engage in independent critical thinking. It enables them to undertake independent and collaborative research on original topics in a stimulating academic environment in London. Funded scholarships are only awarded as a result of open calls. Priority will be given to well-defined projects that result in published research outputs and demonstrate benefits for the applicant, her/his university and the University of Westminster's research interests. The regular scholarship duration is 3 months (start between 9 January and 1 May 2017). Later start dates are not possible. Application deadline: Friday October 28, 2016 More information, details and application: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/2016/call-for-application s-wias-international-research-fellowships-in-critical-digita l-and-social-media-studies-2017 Subcribe to the WIAS newsletter - https://www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter Best wishes, Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies

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22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): Last Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

** Last Call for Papers *** 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces IUI 2017 St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus March 13-16, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Overview ACM IUI 2017 is the 22nd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. The 22nd edition of the conference will be held in Limassol, Cyprus. Limassol (or Lemesos) is a multicultural bustling town, flanked by two ancient cities, Amathus and Kourion, and guarded by the Amathusian Aphrodite and Appolo Hylates. It is a town of great visual diversity and contrast from spectacular seafront views, historic places like the mediaeval Castle, and Byzantine churches. Along the 17 km long sandy beaches, two Marinas, world renowned 5 star hotels, and a most exciting dining, shopping, nightlife and yachting scene create a year-round vibrant lifestyle well beyond the expectations of a Mediterranean island. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design or the arts. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and machines, by leveraging both more traditional HCI approaches, as well as solutions that involve state-of-the art AI techniques such as machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from any relevant arena: academia, business, or non-profit organizations. Why you should submit to ACM IUI: At ACM IUI, we focus on the interaction between machine intelligence and human intelligence. While other conferences focus on one side or the other, we address the complex interaction between the two. We welcome research that explores how to make the interaction between computers and people smarter, which may leverage solutions from data mining, knowledge representation, novel interaction paradigms, and emerging technologies. We strongly encourage submissions that discuss research from both HCI and AI simultaneously, but also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other. The conference brings together people from academia, industry and non-profit organizations and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. It is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and doctoral consortium for graduate students. Submission Full and Short Papers We invite original paper submissions that describe novel user interfaces, applications, interactive and intelligent technologies, empirical studies, or design techniques. IUI 2017 especially encourages submissions on innovative and visionary new concepts or directions for the design of intelligent interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2017". Examples of ACM IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Intelligent visualization tools · User-Adaptive interaction and personalization · Recommender systems · Intelligent wearable, mobile and ubiquitous interfaces · Modeling and prediction of user behavior · Information retrieval and search · Education and learning-related technologies · Social media analysis · Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) · Natural language and speech processing · Generation of multimodal content · Big Data and analytics · Smart environments and tangible computing · Intelligent assistants for complex tasks · Collaborative interfaces · Persuasive and assistive technologies in IUI · Affective and aesthetic interfaces · Interactive machine learning · Planning and plan recognition for IUI · Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation · Proactive and agent-based user interaction · Example-and demonstration-based interfaces · Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces Submission Guidelines · Full paper (anonymized 10 pages, references do not count toward the page limit) should make substantial, novel, and relevant contribution to the field. · Short paper (anonymized 4 pages, references do not count toward the page limit) is a much more focused and succinct contribution to the field. Short papers are not expected to include a discussion of related work that is as broad and complete as that of full papers. · Anonymization: ACM IUI uses a double-blind review process. All submissions must be appropriately anonymized according to the following guidelines: 1. Author's names and affiliations are not visible anywhere in the paper. 2. Acknowledgements should be anonymized or removed during the review process. 3. Self-citations should be included where necessary, but must use the third person. For example, "... as shown in our previous user study [2] ..." is not allowed, whereas "... as shown in Smith et al. [2] " is acceptable (because in this case the citation [2] will NOT be perceived as self-citation). Failure to follow these guidelines may results in submissions being rejected without review. Submissions should follow the standard SigCHI format available here: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . You may use either the Microsoft Word template or the LaTeX template. Accepted full papers will be invited for oral presentation. Accepted short papers will be invited either as oral or poster presentation, depending on the quality of the papers. AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of your conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (For those rare conferences whose proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date remains the first day of the conference.) Important Dates · Abstracts: October 9, 2016 · Full and Short Papers: October 14, 2016 · Reviews to Authors: November 21, 2016 · Rebuttals: November 25, 2016 · Notification of Decisions: December 9, 2016 Committees General Chairs · Tsvika Kuflik, University of Haifa, Israel · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Committee Chairs · Fang Chen, NICTA, Australia · Carlos Duarte, University of Lisbon, Portugal · Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Posters/Demos Chairs · Andrina Granic, University of Split, Croatia · Denis Parra. PUC, Chile · Jingtaw Wang, University of Pittsburgh, USA Workshops/Tutorials Chairs · Shlomo Berkovsky, CSIRO, Australia · Bart Kninijnburg, Clemson University, USA Student Consortium Chairs · Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA · Katrien Verbert, KULeuven, Belgium Student Volunteers Chairs · Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Tobias Grosse-Puppendahl, Microsoft Research, UK · Julia Sheidin, University of Haifa, Israel Sponsorship Chairs · Daniel Sonntag, DFKI, Germany (for Europe) · Feng Tian, Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (for Asia) Treasurer · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Proceedings Chair · Daniel Afergan, Google, USA Web Master · Marios Christou, Easy Conferences, Cyprus · Kyriakos Georgiades, Easy Conferences, Cyprus

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities - University of Kansas
by Germaine R Halegoua 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

The Humanities Program of the University of Kansas invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Digital Humanities, to begin as early as August 18, 2017. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/7261BR . I will be at AoIR16 in Berlin this week. Happy to answer any questions about the position. Germaine More info: The Humanities Program invites applications for a full-time, academic year tenure-track assistant professor position in Digital Humanities, to begin as early as August 18, 2017. The faculty member will participate in the teaching mission of the Humanities Program, including teaching established courses at the introductory level (e.g., HUM 110 Intro. to Humanities) as well as working with KU’s Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) to further develop DH courses and research across humanities disciplines; conduct digital research in humanities leading to peer-reviewed scholarly production in appropriate venues and to external funding applications as appropriate; and engage in program, College, University, and national service. The successful candidate should have in hand the Ph.D. or be ABD in a humanities-related field of study, and demonstrate specialization in computationally-assisted analysis in a humanities discipline as evidenced through graduate coursework, dissertation research, publications, and/or externally funded research grants. Candidates must provide evidence of successful teaching and an active research agenda. KU is especially interested in hiring faculty members who can contribute to the climate of diversity in the College and to four key campus-wide strategic initiatives: (1) Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World: (2) Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures; (3) Building Communities, Expanding Opportunities; and (4) Harnessing Information, Multiplying Knowledge. For more information, see http://www.provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan/initiatives *.* The Humanities Program is a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program dedicated to integrated learning in the humanities. We are deeply committed to the aims of the liberal arts: educating students to read carefully and think critically, to write and speak articulately, to acquire broad intellectual and cultural understanding, and to make connections among diverse areas of knowledge. The University of Kansas (KU) is located in Lawrence, Kansas, a bustling and progressive college town of around 94,000 located 40 miles west of Kansas City. Lawrence offers numerous cultural events, sports and recreational opportunities, local shops, and a wide range of great restaurants. For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to: https://employment.ku.edu/academic/7261BR For a complete announcement and to apply online, go to: (1) letter of application describing experience and accomplishments; (2) CV; (3) teaching statement and supplemental materials (e.g., sample syllabi, peer evaluations, student surveys); (4) research statement and supplemental materials (e.g., representative publications; links to relevant websites); and, (5) the names and contact information for three professional references. Address queries to: Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz, Director/Search Committee Chair, Humanities Program, 308 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrence, KS 66045; email hwcdirector(a)ku.edu . Initial review of applications begins November 1, 2016 and continues as needed to ensure a large, high quality, and diverse applicant pool. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination <https://documents.ku.edu/policies/IOA/Nondiscrimination.htm> on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, retaliation, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and is the University’s Title IX Coordinator: the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA(a)ku.edu <ioa(a)ku.edu>, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. -- Germaine R. Halegoua Assistant Professor Dept. of Film and Media Studies University of Kansas 225 Oldfather Studios 1621 W. Ninth St. Lawrence, KS 66044 grhalegoua(a)ku.edu

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XP-02: Invitation to participate
by Jason Archer 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Greetings AoIR 2016 attendees, As part of our Carnival of Privacy and Security, we are inviting interested attendees to participate in a fitness tracker swap that will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5th. The swap will entail exchanging your tracking device with another participant along with contact information to correspond with other participants to retrieve your personal trackers. The organizers of the panel will be participating in the swap as well, and we have a couple extra devices if you would like to participate and do no have your own device. We hope the swap will encourage rich discussion around issues of the privacy and security of trackers during our session on Friday, when we will finish the swap experiment and return devices to their owners. If you are interested in participating, please email Jason Archer ( jarche2(a)uic.edu) and Nathanael Bassett (nbasse2(a)uic.edu) so we can contact you with further details about the exact time and location of the swap. We anticipate doing the swap immediately following the last workshop sessions on Wednesday but still need to finalize a meetup location. We trust that as a member of the AoIR community all participants, understanding that participation is voluntary, will apply an ethics of care and act in good faith to take care of others' personal devices, which includes doing nothing to compromise the functioning or security of the device, and with the promise of retuning devices either during our Friday session or making other arrangements if you will be unable to attend. If you are not interested in participating in the swap, we hope you still consider attending our session on Friday to enjoy the other Carnival acts we have in store. Looking forward to seeing you all soon, Jason Archer and Nathanael Bassett

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UMD Journalism Post on Digital Media / Visual Communication -- Assistant or Associate Prof
by Sarah Ann Oates 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Hi, we are hiring in an area that I think would interest a lot of people on the list. Please help us get the word out. If you have informal questions, get in touch! I am the search chair. Sarah Oates soates(a)umd.edu full ad is here https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/46536 but I will paste highlights below The Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland College Park invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Digital Media, with an emphasis on visual communication, to start in August 2017. We seek a scholar with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary research and excellence in teaching visual communication, including data visualization, design (including interaction design), visual media, virtual/augmented reality, and/or video storytelling. We are particularly interested in scholars whose work employing quantitative methods seeks to improve and advance journalistic practices and sustainability. The successful candidate will be able to translate research into teaching of journalistic practice to undergraduate and master’s students, as well as supervise Ph.D. students in Journalism Studies, and secure external research funding. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism is dedicated to training excellent journalists and producing world-leading research in the field of Journalism Studies. Our college is a limited-enrollment program at the University of Maryland and our high-achieving undergraduates and master’s students have an outstanding record of gaining jobs in the profession. In the past 10 years, 80 percent of our Ph.D. graduates have secured tenure-track jobs or are employed in the media or government agencies. As the most prominent journalism program in the Washington area, we provide students with unparalleled access to professional and research opportunities. Ph.D. at date of hire strongly preferred. As a multi-disciplinary college, Merrill has professors with doctoral degrees ranging from American Studies to Computer Science. Our primary interest is whether the candidate’s research is related to journalism and the fields outlined above. Previous teaching and/or mentoring experience is preferred, as well as a demonstrated track record of external research/project funding. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland College Park invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Digital Media, with an emphasis on visual communication, to start in August 2017. We seek a scholar with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary research and excellence in teaching visual communication, including data visualization, design (including interaction design), visual media, virtual/augmented reality, and/or video storytelling. We are particularly interested in scholars whose work employing quantitative methods seeks to improve and advance journalistic practices and sustainability. The successful candidate will be able to translate research into teaching of journalistic practice to undergraduate and master’s students, as well as supervise Ph.D. students in Journalism Studies, and secure external research funding. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism is dedicated to training excellent journalists and producing world-leading research in the field of Journalism Studies. Our college is a limited-enrollment program at the University of Maryland and our high-achieving undergraduates and master’s students have an outstanding record of gaining jobs in the profession. In the past 10 years, 80 percent of our Ph.D. graduates have secured tenure-track jobs or are employed in the media or government agencies. As the most prominent journalism program in the Washington area, we provide students with unparalleled access to professional and research opportunities.full ad is here https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/46536 -- Sarah Oates Professor and Senior Scholar Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland College Park, MD 20457 Email: soates(a)umd.edu Phone: 301 405 4510

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temporary position in Paris on the governance of alternative communication networks
by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

-- sorry for crossposting -- Dear all, We are hiring a researcher to work on the European H2020 project netCommons (http://netcommons.eu/) on the governance of alternative communication networks. Thanks for forwarding our job offer to your networks: http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article2271 (also pasted below) -- Melanie Dulong de Rosnay http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article1558 Associate Research Professor (Permanent researcher) French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Institute of Communication Sciences (CNRS - Paris Sorbonne University - UPMC) -- Temporary research contract on the governance of alternative communication networks http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article2271 The Institute of Communication Sciences (CNRS - Paris Sorbonne University - UPMC) is recruiting a researcher in sociology or management of organizations (at the post-doctoral, PhD or master level with a research experience) for a period of 4 to 6 months to conduct research on the governance of alternative communications networks, as part of the European H2020 project netCommons (http://netcommons.eu/) The interdisciplinary project netCommons (2016-2018) focuses on the study of Internet community networks in Europe managed as commons. Within the project, part of the research focuses on the governance of these communities, which mostly operate as associative, cooperative or non-for-profit entities, and which bring together people with different skills to build and manage telecom networks, considered as commons. In partnership with researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, which also participate in the project, the researcher will study the variety of governance tools implemented within these groups (statutes, regulations, by-laws, decision making processes, etc.) and formulate propositions for improvement to ensure the proper functioning, sustainability and expansion of these communities. Through the organization of interviews, workshops and meetings, this research-action will ultimately lead to monitoring the implementation of these recommendations within voluntary groups. The candidate will either hold a doctorate or be in the process of obtaining one, or hold a master degree in sociology and management of organizations. A good knowledge of the commons theory and of ICT will be appreciated. Very good command of English (written especially) is also necessary. Travels within Europe are expected. The candidate is invited to send to ISCC, before October 23, her/his application containing the following documents: - a resume; - a cover letter; - a selection of works (3 max.). The complete application must be submitted by email to felix.treguer(a)cnrs.fr indicating “Application netCommons” in the message title. Selected candidates will be contacted for an interview which will be held on November 3 afternoon in the premises of the ISCC, in Paris, or by video conference if necessary. The contract duration will be 4 to 6 months from February 2017, subject to availability and profile of the candidate who must demonstrate an address in Paris. The monthly salary will depend on the applicant’s level of education and on the remuneration grid of CNRS.

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Geneva Internet Platform WTO Public Forum session reports
by Joly MacFie 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

If Trade is your thing, very useful! http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events/wto-public-forum -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST WED: NY-Metro Joint Cyber Security Conference 2016
by Joly MacFie 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

As one of the community organizers of this event this year, we are very happy to announce that it is absolutely sold out! For those who missed out, we will be webcasting it, but with some qualifications:1) Larry Clinton's keynote will not be streamed. 2) only the main room (CPW) will be streamed live 3) the other three tracks will be recorded and streamed over subsequent days. To keep up it's suggested you 'follow' the event by clicking the heart on the Livestream page <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nymjcsc>. joly posted: "On Wednesday October 5 2016 the NY-Metro Joint Cyber Security Conference will take place in NYC. The NYMJCSC is an annual collaborative event cooperatively developed, organized and sponsored by the leading area information security industry organizations " [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nymjcsc/>On *Wednesday October 5 2016* the *NY-Metro Joint Cyber Security Conference <http://www.nymjcsc.org/>* will take place in NYC. The NYMJCSC is an annual collaborative event cooperatively developed, organized and sponsored by the leading area information security industry organizations and chapters, including *InfraGard <http://www.nym-infragard.us/>*, *ISACA <http://www.isaca.org/chapters2/new-york-metropolitan/Pages/default.aspx>*, *OWASP <https://www.meetup.com/OWASP-NYC/>*,* (ISC)2 <https://isc2chapternj.org/>*, *ISSA <http://www.nymissa.org/>*, *ACFE <http://www.acfe.com/>, *and* ISOC-NY <http://isoc-ny.org/>*. The conference, which is sold out, will be webcast live via the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/>.* *What: NY-Metro Joint Cyber-Security Conference 2016 <http://www.nymjcsc.org/> Where: Microsoft Tech Center, NYC When: Wednesday October 5 2016 9am - 5pm EDT | 13:00-21:00 UTC Agenda: http://nymjcsc.org/event-page/ <http://nymjcsc.org/event-page/> Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nymjcsc <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nymjcsc> Twitter: #nymjcsc https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYMJCSC <https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYMJCSC>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8692#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8692#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8692 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Join us at the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2016 in Asia or Submit for 2017 in Austria
by Noella Edelmann 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Apologies for Cross Posting! ***************************** Dear All, We kindly invite you to join us at CeDEM Asia 2016 or submit a paper to CeDEM17 in Austria. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CeDEM Asia 2016 7-9 December 2016 in Daegu, South Korea In collaboration with #DISC2016-conference www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedemasia2016 Keynotes: * Michael L. Best: Institute on Computing and Society, United Nations University, Macau * Rich Ling: Shaw Foundation Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * Eun-Ju Lee: Department of Communication at Seoul National University, Seoul Find the talks and panels of CeDEM Asia 2016 on the conference website. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CeDEM 17 17-19 May 2017, Danube University Krems, Austria Submission deadline: 12 December 2016 www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem17 CfP: http://tinyurl.com/cedem17cfp Keynotes: *Ramon Gil-Garcia (Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, US) *Ines Mergel (Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany) *Wolfgang Drechsler (Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance, Technical University Tallinn, EST) *Further keynotes to be confirmed. Tracks: *E-Democracy and E-Participation *Social Media, Public Administration and Citizen Engagement *Open Collaborative Government *Open Data, Transparency and Open Innovation *Citizens' Participation in Democratic Governance Processes through ICT in Africa *Open Access *Communities, Participation and Civic Engagement *Information Visualization for the People *Connected Smart City *E-Voting *Political Communication & Public Spheres in a Digital Age *Identity, Privacy and Security *Emerging Issues in E-Democracy and Open Government You Can Also Submit: *Reflections *Workshop Proposals *PhD Papers (PhD Bursary: http://tinyurl.com/cedem17phd) *Open Space - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Would you like to review CeDEM17 papers? Register your interests here: http://goo.gl/forms/u4nW0iD9hU Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cedem.community - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Best regards Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Research Fellow Department for E-Governance and Administration Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov CeDEM Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Society Lab http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/

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CFP: Illness Narratives, Networked Subjects, and Intimate Publics
by Tamara Kneese 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience *Call for Papers* *Edited by Tamara Kneese and Beza Merid* We invite submissions to a peer-reviewed, themed section of *Catalyst* on the topic of “Illness Narratives, Networked Subjects, and Intimate Publics.” Illness, injury, dying, and death have been recent sites of scholarly investigation in fields like feminist critical theory, STS, and medical anthropology (Braidotti 2013, Fassin 2007, Jain 2006, Mialet 2012, Serlin 2010). Through the production and circulation of personal narratives about experiences with pain and loss, new publics are created while networked subjectivities are negotiated. Complex publics and subjectivities form through encounters between patients and caregivers, among networks of mourners, and through subjects who trade paradigms for “how best to live on, considering” (Berlant 2011). Those who are sick or dying may describe their affective, embodied, psychological, and existential conditions over social media platforms, through illness blogs or comedy performances, over Kickstarter campaigns seeking money to help with medical costs, during in-person support group meetings, or in emails sent to update established social networks. Caregivers may give voice to their own experiences through similar outlets, producing and circulating knowledge about their position as care workers who, facing burnout or illness, need care themselves. Face-to-face interactions, privately sent emails, posts on semi-public Facebook walls, and the public comment sections of personal illness blogs all participate in the production of both subjects and publics. Given the complex, relational aspects of illness, injury, dying, and death, submissions might take inspiration from a range of voices, including those in feminist work on affect and embodied care. Possible themes of accepted papers might include: - The relationship between social media platforms and care work - Digital media where experiences of and knowledge production about illness are shared - Imaginings of the self in relation to illness, injury, or mortality - Networks formed, reinforced, or maintained through sickness, dying, and death - New taxonomies of kinship induced by networked publics and experiences of illness - Articulations of and negotiations with biomedical risk - The affects/effects of health and illness - The conceptualization of health as a personal, moral, and civic responsibility - Performances and narratives surrounding illness, death, and enduring - The temporal experiences of illness, dying, and care - Institutional, infrastructural, and personal life spans Titles and abstracts for submissions must be received by *November 30, 2016*. Please send abstracts to illnessnarrativescfp(a)gmail.com. Selected authors will then be asked to submit draft articles to Catalyst through the online submission portal by *March 15, 2017*. Selected submissions will be published pending peer review. See the announcement online at http://catalystjournal.org/ojs/index.php/catalyst/announcement/view/4

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