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Postdoc position on fair recommender systems available!
by Ansgar Koene 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Please see below regarding a postdoc job opening at U. Edinburgh on a project that we're also involved in. Cheers, Ansgar Dr. Ansgar Koene CaSMa - Citizen centric approaches to social media analysis Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute University of Nottingham https://sites.google.com/site/arkoene/ http://casma.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://www.horizon.ac.uk/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:51:49 +0100 (BST) From: Michael Rovatsos <mrovatso(a)inf.ed.ac.uk> To: research-staff(a)inf.ed.ac.uk, phd-degree-students(a)inf.ed.ac.uk Subject: Postdoc position on fair recommender systems available! Dear all, we are offering a 2-year postdoc position in the EPSRC-funded unBias project (http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/N02785X/1) starting from 1st September - check out https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs… for details. Closing date is 14th July - happy to respond to informal enquiries! Best Michael -- ... .. . .. ... .... ..... .... ... .. . .. ... .. . .. .. michael rovatsos senior lecturer school of informatics the university of edinburgh informatics forum 2.12a mrovatso(a)inf.ed.ac.uk +44 131 6513263 homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mrovatso . .. ... .... ..... .... ... .. . .. ... .... ..... .... . This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

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New LinkedIn Group on Remote Teaming
by Pam Estes Brewer 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Dear Colleagues- Some of you have participated in my research projects to help remote teams work more successfully. Thank you. I have just started a new LinkedIn group: Remote Teaming Network. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8539985 Please join us if you would like to share and receive information on how to manage your remote teams successfully. Pam Pam Estes Brewer, Ph.D. Associate Professor Director MS in Technical Communication Management Department of Technical Communication School of Engineering Mercer University Brewer_pe(a)mercer.edu<mailto:Brewer_pe@mercer.edu> 478.301.4146

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EVENTS THIS WEEK: Cannataci on privacy, TheThingsNYC, nanog67, fragmentation, nynog tv, ipnsig virtual meeting
by Joly MacFie 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

I felt a tad guilty last week that I got so wrapped up in the excellent Hong Kong <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8535> and Curacao <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8539> events that I never sent out notices on Eurodig <http://www.eurodig.org/eurodig-2016/>, which was packed with ISOC speakers <http://www.internetsociety.org/events/eurodig-2016>, and the Decentralised Web Summit <http://www.decentralizedweb.net/> which had folks like Vint and Tim. I expected that everyone knew already, and also I could later link to the nicely segmented archived webcasts. Delay Tolerant Networking one might call it. Perhaps I was over optimistic. Because as far as Eurodig goes, the only video currently available is the Council of Europe's Director General briefly bemoaning bad stuff on the web <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUNXpvB1Irs>, and as for the other, just one huge decentralized 8 hour block <https://youtu.be/Yth7O6yeZRE>. At least you can go straight to Vint <https://youtu.be/Yth7O6yeZRE?t=1369> . The Internet really has been taking it from all sides it seems these last few days, Vint had to defend it's capitalization <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/03/capitalize_internet_or_not/>, while Ken Burns, speaking at Stanford, blamed "an amoral Internet" <https://youtu.be/ze5DZn_F310?t=265> for Donald Trump! At least he capitalized it.. So this week I hope to get ahead of the game with a full a la carte menu. Plenty to pick and choose, and if you fancy some F2F, tonight's Things Network Meetup is the place to be. Very much looking forward to Dave Farber's take on Fragmentation on Weds, and don't worry that will be recorded. As will, and I think I can take some credit for this, the ISOC BoT Public Forums at the weekend. Oh and, speaking of Delay Tolerant Networking.. don't miss Vint and co. on Thursday. joly posted: "Plenty of events online and off this week, depending on where you are. All times are NYC/EDT = UTC-4 Tuesday 14 June 10:30am-6:30pm NANOG 67 in Chicago, Day 2 Not everything will be webcast, but plenty will http://nanog.org/meetings/nanog67/agenda 11am-" Plenty of events online and off this week, depending on where you are. All times are NYC/EDT = UTC-4 *Tuesday 14 June* *10:30am-6:30pm* NANOG 67 in Chicago, Day 2 Not everything will be webcast, but plenty will http://nanog.org/meetings/nanog67/agenda *11am-Noon* UN Special Rapporteur on privacy - Prof. Joseph Cannataci ISOC Members webinar on privacy http://bit.ly/isocprivacy *5:30pm-8pm* The Things Network NYC Community meetup #3 (no webcast) Burgeoning Open IoT Network's NYC team get together - https://thethingsnetwork.org/c/newyork/ *Wednesday 15 June* *8:30am-10am* Is the Internet Fragmenting? Part 2: The Technical Lens ISOC-DC and Microsoft ongoing series about keeping it together, or not. Opening keynote from Dave Farber https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fragmentation2 *10:00am-6:00pm* NANOG 67 in Chicago, Day 3 Not everything will be webcast, but plenty will http://nanog.org/meetings/nanog67/agenda *2pm-3pm* ISOC-NY TV Show - NYC’s Current State of Network Infrastructure The recent inaugural NYNOG meetup - http://www.mnn.org/LIVE/2-LIFESTYLE-CHANNEL *Thursday 16 June* *4pm-5pm* IPN-ISOC Virtual Chapter Meeting - http://bit.ly/ipnisoc2016 Code: 923 494 316 Password: 7pQcvHDF An opportunity to virtually meet with leading interplanetary networking experts like Vint Cerf, Keith Scott, Scott Burleigh and Jay Wyatt. *Friday 17 June* A big Happy Birthday to ISOC Chapters Director Joyce Dogniez! *Saturday 18 June * *10am-6pm* ISOC Board of Trustees Meeting #132 in Cancun – Day 1 http://www.internetsociety.org/board-meeting-agenda-no-132 Not all will be webcast (but Open Forum *5:30pm-6pm* will be and archived) *Sunday 19 June * *10am-5pm* ISOC Board of Trustees Meeting #132 in Cancun – Day 2 http://www.internetsociety.org/board-meeting-agenda-no-132 Not all will be webcast (but Open Forum *10:30am-11am* will be and archived) Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8547#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8547#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8547 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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ICCR 2016: The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent?
by Bala Christian 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Please circulate this invitation widely. Hope to see you in Bonn in September. Sorry for cross-postings. Thank you! Regards, Christian The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent? September 26-27, 2016 Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn, Ahrstr. 45, 53175 Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The Competence Center of Consumer Research North Rhine-Westphalia (CECORE NRW) invites to the second International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016 scheduled for September 26-27, 2016 at the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The theme of the conference is "The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent?". The aim of the conference is to discuss different views, concepts, and models of consumers and the implications for policy-making. The ICCR 2016 addresses questions like: Is there a way to protect vulnerable consumers more efficiently? Can responsible consumers get new tools to achieve healthy and sustainable societies? Is transparency an asset or a threat to consumers? Does nudging help to unfold self-governance of consumers? For further informations see below or visit our website: http://www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw/iccr-2016. Contact lab concepts on behalf of Consumer Association of North Rhine-Westphalia Bonner Talweg 64, D-53113 Bonn, Germany, E-Mail: ICCR2016-programme(a)lab-concepts.de Competence Center of Consumer Research | CECORE NRW Mintropstr. 27, D-40215 Düsseldorf, Germany, E-Mail: verbraucherforschung(a)verbraucherzentrale.nrw Internet: www.verbraucherforschung-nrw.de | Twitter (@kvf_nrw): www.twitter.com/kvf_nrw The ICCR 2016 is funded by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Registration and Information Registration: https://lcem.lab-concepts.de/registration/iccr2016/en (External link | An online service of lab concepts GmbH) Hotel Reservation: http://www.bonn-region.de/events/iccr-2016.html (External link | A service of the Tourismus & Congress GmbH Region Bonn / Rhein-Sieg / Ahrweiler) Venue: http://www.stifterverband.de/pdf/wz_bonn_flyer_english.pdf (External link | Leaflet by the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn) Programme Day 1: September 26, 2016 08:00 | Registration / Get Together 09:00-09:30 | Welcome Opening Remarks by Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Welcome Address by Svenja Schulze | Minister of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Welcome Address by Johannes Remmel | Minister of Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 09:30-10:15 | Keynote: The 21st century consumer: Living in a smart dictatorship? Prof. Dr Harald Welzer (Germany) | FUTURZWEI Foundation, Potsdam 10:15-10:30 | Award ceremony for excellent young consumer researches in North-Rhine Westphalia Moderation: Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Svenja Schulze | Minister of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Johannes Remmel | Minister of Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Laudatory Speech: Prof. Dr Jörn Lamla (Germany) | University of Kassel and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break 11:00-12:00 | Round-table discussion: The future of consumer research: Challenges, needs and wants Moderation: Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Prof. Dr Mirjam Jaquemoth (Germany) | Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board Prof. Dr Jörn Lamla (Germany) | University of Kassel and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board Prof. Robert Walker (United Kingdom) | University of Oxford Prof. Dr Harald Welzer (Germany) | FUTURZWEI Foundation, Potsdam N. N. | European Commission, DG Research and Innovation (requested) 12:00-13:00 | Lunch 13:00-15:30 | Sessions Session 1 | The (self-)quantified consumer: Wearables and life-logging Chair: Prof. Dr Remi Maier-Rigaud | Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden Rapporteur: Sarah-Lena Böning | University of Cologne Opening Speech Prof. Dr Stefan Selke (Germany) | Furtwangen University Citizen empowerment through ICT – a Swedish case David Andersson (Sweden) | Chalmers University of Technology The influence of self-quantification on individuals’ power perceptions Julia Wakonig and Prof. Dr Bernadette Kamleitner (Austria) | Vienna University of Economics and Business Session 2 | The well-fed Consumer: Sustainable and healthy food Chair: Prof. Dr Wiltrud Terlau | Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences Rapporteur: Dr Darya Hirsch | Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences Opening Speech Prof. Dr Christoph Klotter (Germany) | Fulda University of Applied Sciences The costs of a healthy diet Luca Casetti (Switzerland) | Bern University of Applied Science Making sustainability palatable? Changing practices of middle class food consumption in Bangalore Sunayana Ganguly (India and Switzerland) | Freie University Berlin Session 3 | The educated consumer: Chances and limits of consumer education Chair: Prof. Dr Birgit Weber | University of Cologne Rapporteur: Anja Bonfig | University of Cologne Opening Speech Prof. Sue McGregor (Canada) | Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax and McGregor Consulting Group Identifying the strategic conditions to develop and strengthen sustainable social innovations as enablers of sustainable living through consumption hot spots analysis and participatory (bottom-up) processes Georgina Guillen-Hanson (Germany) | Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Wuppertal Consumer education and socio-economic heterogeneity Ulrike Danier (Germany) | University of Cologne 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break 16:00-18:30 | Sessions Session 4 | The nudged consumer: The rise of behavioural governance Dr Kathrin Loer | University of Hagen Rapporteur: Dr Holger Straßheim | Humboldt-University Berlin and Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg Opening Speech Prof. Rhys Jones (United Kingdom) | Aberystwyth University Nudging the government – How open data can be used to make behavioural governance work both ways Prof. Dr Ulrich Greveler (Germany) | Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences Do health apps and wearables contribute to the individualisation of consumers? An empirical analysis of user behaviour and regulatory implications Prof. Dr Remi Maier-Rigaud (Germany)| Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden Sarah-Lena Böning (Germany) | University of Cologne Session 5 | The poor consumer: Poverty, debt overload and income inequality Chair: Prof. Dr Till van Treeck | University of Duisburg-Essen Rapporteur: Jan Behringer | Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Robert Walker (United Kingdom) | University of Oxford Insecure employment and pro-environmental consumption: An empirical analysis Dr Ortrud Leßmann (Germany and Austria) | ifz. International Research Centre for Social Ethics, Salzburg Torsten Masson (Germany) | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig Exploring consumers' financial fragility in Europe: Over-indebtedness, rainy days funds and the role of financial literacy Gianni Nicolini, Ph.D. (Italy) | University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Session 6 | The modest consumer: Good and sufficient lifestyles Chair: Prof. Dr Reinhard Loske | University Witten/Herdecke Rapporteur: N .N. Opening Speech Prof. Anders Hayden (Canada) | Dalhousie University Anti-consumption beliefs in the general public Jonas Nässén, Ph. D. (Sweden) | Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg Second-hand consumption as a lifestyle choice Prof. Dr. Adrienne Steffen (Germany) | Internationals University Heidelberg 18:30 | Get-together Day 2: September 27, 2016 09:00-10:00 | Round-table discussion: Sharing, access or gig economy? Moderation: N. N. Prof. Fleura Bardhi (United Kingdom) | Cass Business School, City University London Gerd Billen (Germany) | State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Oliver Bremer (Germany) | BlaBlaCar (Comuto Deutschland GmbH) Prof. Dr Justus Haucap (Germany) | University of Düsseldorf David Weingartner (Germany) | OuiShare 10:15-12:45 | Sessions Session 7 | The scored consumer: Privacy and Big Data Prof. Dr Ulrich Greveler | Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences Rapporteur: Timo Jakobi | University of Siegen Opening Speech Dr Walter Peissl (Austria) | Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Personalizing consumer information with Big Data: an opt-in model for data-driven personalization of consumer law Prof. Dr Christoph Busch (Germany) | Osnabrück University Personalized pricing in the light of consumer conversations Prof. Dr Sarah Hosell (Germany)| HMKW - University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication and Business, Cologne Prof. Dr Michael Schleusener (Germany) | Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences Session 8 | The political consumer: From activism to slacktivism, from advocacy to adhocracy? Chair: Prof. Dr Sigrid Baringhorst | University of Siegen Rapporteur: Katharina Witterhold | University of Siegen Opening Speech Prof. Michele Micheletti (Sweden) | Stockholm University The second-curve model: A promising framework for ethical consumption? Veganism as a case study Estela M. Díaz (Spain) | Comillas Pontifical University "By any means necessary": Political consumption and political participation in the United States Meredith A. Katz (USA) | Virginia Commonwealth University Session 9 | The ethical consumer: From corporate to consumer social responsibility? Chair: Prof. Dr Christian Wey | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Rapporteur: Miriam Thöne | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Timothy M. Devinney (United Kingdom) | Leeds University Business School The new meat consumers? Exploring the discourse on alternative meats and acceptance of radical change Minna Kanerva (Germany) | University of Bremen Company's monetary benefits from consumer social responsibility Dr Friederike Paetz (Germany)| Clausthal University of Technology Dr Daniel Guhl (Germany) | Humboldt University Berlin 12:45-13:45 | Lunch 13:45-16:15 | Sessions Session 10 | The new consumer: Sharing economy, collaborative consumption and peer production Chair: Prof. Dr Justus Haucap | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Rapporteur: Lisa Hamelmann | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Fleura Bardhi (United Kingdom) | Cass Business School, City University London Prosumption among young consumers – some research insights from Poland Prof. Maciej Mitrega and Agnieszka Malecka (Poland) | University of Economics, Katowice The responsible, sharing consumer – a closer look at the motivation of potential private durable goods‘ suppliers in the sharing economy Vita Zimmermann and Prof. Dr Michael Schleusener (Germany) | Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences Session 11 | The European consumer: Patterns and development of EU consumer policy Prof. Dr Christoph Strünck | University of Siegen Rapporteur: Anne-Kathrin Schwaab | University of Siegen Opening Speech Prof. Dr. Martin Schmidt-Kessel (Germany) | University of Bayreuth The 21st century digital consumer and international law – dilemmas in a brave new global consumer world Itai Apter (Israel) | University of Haifa The encroachment of Food Deserts in urban markets: Implications for public policy and consumer protection Marko Grünhagen (USA and Croatia) | Eastern Illinois University and University of Rijeka Irena Guszak Cerovecki (Croatia) | Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia Session 12 | The sustainable consumer: Patterns of consumption in private households Chair: Prof. Dr Christa Liedtke and Dr Carolin Baedeker | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Rapporteur: Julia Nordmann | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Opening Speech Prof. Dr Doris Fuchs (Germany) | University of Münster Thinking green but buying thoughtless? An empirical examination of the attitude behaviour gap among German clothing consumers Kathleen Krause, Lars Petersen, Jacob Hörisch and Dirk Battenfeld (Germany) | University of Potsdam 50 shades of green: The variability of values in sustainable family homes Dr Elaine L. Ritch (United Kingdom) | Glasgow Caledonian University 16:30-17:15 | Closing remarks: The way to the 21st century consumer: A historical perspective Prof. Frank Trentmann (United Kingdom) | Birkbeck University of London

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Marconi Young Scholar Awards - deadline 30June
by Joly MacFie 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

(Via Karen Schofield-Leca, Director, Foundation & Government Funding, Internet Society) The Marconi Society offers an annual award to about 10 young scholars in science and engineering – including telecommunications. The Paul Baran Young Scholar Award includes a cash prize of $4000 plus $1000 expenses to attend the Society’s annual awards gala. These awards recognize outstanding young scientists and engineers anywhere in the world who have demonstrated exceptional capabilities and potential. A nomination must be submitted on behalf of the candidate by a faculty or technical advisor. The deadline is June 30, 2016. To be eligible for this year’s awards, nominees must have been born in 1988 or later. By their own admission, they'd like to see more women apply. So check it out and apply or nominate now! **Deadline fast approaching for ‪@MarconiSociety Young Scholar Awards. Nominate by 6/30 at ‪http://bit.ly/1RZv36g -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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seminar: Visualisation and Digitisation – alternative approaches to traditional research in the Arts
by Natalia Grincheva 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

For those who are in Australia this seminar might be of interest: http://www.transformative-technologies.net/event/ttru-seminar1/ Transformative Technologies Research Unit Research *Seminar* *Visualisation and Digitisation – alternative approaches to traditional research in the Arts* *Room 216B, **John Medley Building (West)* *21st June, 1-2.30pm* This is the first in a monthly series of workshops/seminars organised by the Transformative Technologies Research Unit. The sessions will be informal, and presentations will be brief to allow for discussion. All welcome. *3D Visualisation Technologies and immersive experiences in reconstructed archaeological sites – Simon Young* As affordable 3D visualisation technology improves at a breathtaking pace, digital renderings of ancient cityscapes are now commonly employed in archaeological presentations and publications. With the development of a variety of head mounted virtual reality devices, many of which are currently hitting the market, it will not be long before this technology is used for archaeological demonstrations. Yet, as we strive for ever more photorealistic digital simulations of the ancient world, we must pause to assess the real usefulness of employing such technology to communicate archaeological theories and findings, and consider potential pitfalls that we may fall into in our haste to embrace these exciting new developments. *Simon Young* is a PhD student in Classical archaeology working on observer experiences of ancient cityscapes. During his research Simon has become acquainted with 3D visualisation software (and through the use of photogrammetry and 3D printing) and has created archaeologically correct digital reconstructions of ancient cityscapes. He has also incorporated Virtual Reality devices (particularly the Oculus Rift) to experience ancient cities on site. For further information about Simon’s immersive reality projects, go to his Lithodomos site. <http://lithodomos.net/> *Digitalising the Roman Campagna – Lisa Beaven and Katrina Grant* In their presentation Lisa and Kat will discuss the geo-mapping project, Digitalising the Roman Campagna, which is being developed in conjunction with the British School at Rome library. The aim ultimately is to create a digital map of the Roman Campagna that could function as a database and repository of information about both the classical and early modern Campagna. The aim is to take two rare, and rarely seen, maps of the Roman Campagna in the early modern period and transform them into new forms of technology and interdisciplinary resources for generations of scholars. The two maps digitalised so far are Giacomo Filippo Ameti’s Il Lazio con le sue conspicue Strade Antiche e Moderne (1693), and Giovani Battista Cingolani della Pergola’s Topografia Geometrica dell’Agro Romano, of 1704 (second edition). One of the primary aims of the project is to connect to the map some of the 1,200 photographs of the Campagna, also in the British School at Rome. *Lisa Beaven* is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ‘Change’ Program of the ARC Centre for the History of Emotions led by Professor Charles Zika. Her publications include An Ardent Patron: Cardinal Camillo Massimo and his artistic and antiquarian circle: Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin and Diego Velazquez was (2010). Her research interests are concentrated in the area of patronage and art collecting in seventeenth century Rome, digital mapping, and relics. Lisa is also a research investigator with the Transformative Technologies Research Unit. *Katrina Grant *is the editor of the Melbourne Art Network. Her publications include ‘Hedge Theatres of Lucca’ in Art, Site and Spectacle (ed. David R. Marshall), 2007, ‘Planting ‘Italian Gusto’ in ‘a Gothick Country’: The influence of Filippo Juvarra on William Kent’, in Roma Brittannica: Art Patronage and Cultural Exchange in Eighteenth-century Rome, 2011, and ‘Gardens in Lucca’, in Place: An Interdisciplinary e-journal, vol. 1, 2007.

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WSmGov 2016 - Call for Tutorial and Panels Proposals: The World Summit on mGovernment and Global mobileGov Awards
by Prof. I Kushchu 12 Jun '16

12 Jun '16

WSmGov 2016 - The World Summit on mGovernment and Global mobileGov Awards 5-7 October 2016 Oludeniz - Turkey "Designing Future of the eGovernment and the Public Transformation" __________________________________________________________________ The World Summit on mobileGovernment, a platform for sharing accumulated experiences of the last decade in moving from eGovernment to mobileGovernment, and The Global Awards for mGovernment, will be held during 5-7 October 2016. - The Summit will feature up to top 10 best mGovernment implementers in the world to share their experiences and lessons learned. - It also hosts the Global mobileGovernment awards - nominations open for existing solutions, apps, and projects of private and public sector organisations. The Organisation is soliciting experts to organise panels and tutorials on the key topics of mobileHGvernment Professionals from Industry, Public Sector, Third Sector and Academia tare welcome to apply. In the first instance, please visit http://www.m4life.org/conferences/mgovsummit2016/contact/ <http://www.m4life.org/conferences/mgovsummit2016/contact/> and fill in the interest form and state on the message section that you intend to organise a panel or give a tutorial at the Summit. You will then be requested to send in max three pages of summary of proposed panel or Tutorial together with a short bio and affiliation. All proposals will be evaluated by the technical committee members. More information on exhibiting, sponsoring and Global mGov Awards are available at the conference web site - www.m4life.org <http://www.m4life.org/> Looking forward to your speaking proposals. Best wishes Ibrahim KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Founding Director, Mobile Government, UK http://mgovernment.net/ <http://www.mgovernment.org/> ik(a)mgovernment.net <mailto:ik@mgovernment.net> +44 7740143135 - Visit mLife Conferences http://www.m4life.org <http://www.m4life.org/>

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Professorship for Sociology with a focus on technology, work, and society (FA-University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
by Glasze, Georg 12 Jun '16

12 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, our university is offering a professorship in sociology "with a focus on technology, work, and society" that might be interesting for scholars at the intersections of internet studies, sts, digital social sciences... Best wishes, Georg Glasze Prof. Dr. Georg Glasze Lehrstuhl für Kulturgeographie Institut für Geographie FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg NEU: Wetterkreuz 15 D-91058 Erlangen-Tennenlohe Tel. (Sekretariat Frau Donner): +49 9131/85-22633 Tel. (dir): +49 9131/85-22012 https://www.fau.eu/university/careers-at-fau/ Call for applications Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology invites applications for a W3 Professorship for Sociology with a focus on technology, work, and society at the Nuremberg Campus of Technology (NCT) and the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy to be filled by the earliest possible starting date. The professorship is an integral part of the new Center for Management, Technology & Society (CMTS) that is to be established in Nuremberg in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law, and the Nuremberg Campus of Technology (NCT). CMTS will conduct excellent technology-orientated research and teaching in the social sciences, business, economics, ethics and law. With considerable involvement from the appointed professor, the aim of CMTS will be to contribute to meeting society's need for relevant research findings and to strengthen the links between the FAU faculties involved. In this context, the successful candidate is expected to represent the field of sociology in relation to technology and current issues in work and society adequately in teaching and research. Candidates should ideally have experience in teaching programmes in science and technology studies. The majority of the appointed professor's teaching duties will be in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in Sociology and in planned degree programmes in the field of digital humanities and social sciences. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in German as well as English. Applicants should be internationally recognised researchers with an excellent publication record. Experience of working on interdisciplinary empirical research projects, ideally involving disciplines of engineering, is desirable. Collaboration with the other professors, institutes and employees involved in CMTS will be an integral part of the appointed professors' work. Prerequisites for the position are a university degree in, university level teaching experience, a doctoral degree, and additional academic qualifications. These should be in the form of a Habilitation (post-doctoral thesis) or equivalent academic publications. The necessary qualifications may also have been acquired in a non-university context or through a junior faculty position (e.g. W1 Professor or Assistant Professor). FAU expects applicants to become actively involved in the administration of academic affairs and welcomes experience in managing research projects and raising third-party funding. The University of Erlangen-Nürnberg pursues a policy of intense student mentoring and therefore expects its teaching staff to be present during lecture periods. FAU is a family-friendly employer and is also responsive to the needs of dual career couples. In its pursuit of academic excellence, FAU is committed to equality of opportunity and to a proactive and inclusive approach, which supports and encourages all under-represented groups, promotes an inclusive culture and values diversity. Please submit your complete application documents (CV, list of publications, list of lectures and courses taught, copies of certificates and degrees, list of third-party funding) to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, Prof. Dr. Rainer Trinczek, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hindenburgstr. 34, D-91054 Erlangen by 08.07.2016. Please also send an electronic version to phil-dekanat(a)fau.de<mailto:phil-dekanat@fau.de> .

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Extended RFP deadline for annual GIGANET symposium
by Joly MacFie 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

FYI (via Analia Aspis) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Daniel Oppermann* <dan.oppermann(a)gmail.com> Date: Friday, June 10, 2016 Subject: [GIGANET-MEMBERS] extended deadline for annual symposium To: GIGANET-MEMBERS(a)listserv.syr.edu Hi all, The deadline for the submission of proposals for the 2016 GigaNet Annual Symposium was extended until Friday 24 June 2016. Please send out this information to all your mailing lists together with the CFP: http://giga-net.org/page/2016-annual-symposium Thanks! Best, Daniel -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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cfp: Anarchist Technologies Repair Manual
by maxigas 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

Dear List, Please find a nice call for papers below. :) ----{ cut here! }----8k--------{ cut here! }----8k--------{ cut here! }---- Anarchist Technologies Repair Manual fixing the world through resistance and repair CFP: Call for Papers for an Edited Book Anarchism is experiencing a renaissance in locations all across the world. Facilitated by information technologies, new anarchist communities are forming and more established ones are gaining greater recognition. The decentralized, non-hierarchical, peer-to-peer nature of the relationships and social bonds which characterize these communities has inspired a recent surge of interest within both scholarly geographic and activist circles. Articles, conference sessions, and special issues of geographic journals have all appeared in recent years provoking debate and research within scholar-activism. Meanwhile, on the streets, these social forms which have recently become a subject of geographic study are broadening their scope, coalescing to form non-hierarchical movements which directly enable more equitable resource distribution while demanding an end to structural violence. Anarchism in its most basic form is the theory and practice of resisting, organizing, living and creating worlds without domination. Anarchist practice of resistance is twofold: firstly, fighting the range of exploitations and oppressions imposed by nation-states, corporations, international oligarchies and other systems of domination. Secondly, applying techniques of self-critique, acknowledging that the exercise of power results in an internalization of oppressive mechanisms, and fighting these as well. Organizing in spaces where the state does not provide reliable basic services such as health care, education, or access to food and clean water, collectives of people practicing horizontal decision-making work to meet basic needs and repair their communities. Within the domain of information technologies anarchism has also driven projects to protect populations from structural violence by creating security infrastructures which shelter their communications from surveillance. Rather than approaching internet surveillance with a "nothing to hide" attitude, anarchists understand governments as oppressive institutions; based on an arcane calculus of power justified as morality, governments are liable to arbitrarily categorize any number of activities sanctioned one day as prohibited the next. As people living on lands that have been privatized by capitalist property relations backed with state force, we are constantly subject to the whimsical decisions of those in power about who will constitute the oppressed class, be that on gender, class, racial, sexual, ethnic or spiritual lines. Information technologies have largely facilitated communication across many regions of the Earth, inspiring new ways of approaching problems, increasing access to resources and forming a new space for radical subjectivities to emerge. With the exponential expansion of information technologies over the past decades we have seen the practices of resisting violence and oppression change in spontaneous, dramatic and creative ways that have captured the attention and inspired the imagination of people all around the world. We need not describe here the manifold ways in which the networked world enables collaborations and intersections only dreamed about in the past, but it is important to be reminded of the material base it is built upon. Alluded to in the saying "there is no cloud, it's just other people's computers," data centers share with popular movements the fact that there are actual physical locations where they exist. Counterposed to this, the non-physicality of internet communications creates a theoretical and practical space like none we have known before. However, alongside growth of information technologies it is important to also recognize that the creation of these technologies themselves are subject to the often blood-drenched flows of capitalist commodity production and distribution. From the war-zones of coltan ore-mining operations in the Congo to the sweatshop conditions of the Shenzhen assembly line, the construction of the microchip leaves in its wake a fallout of both human and environmental destruction. The use of these devices enables massive industries to capture billions of dollars even with business models based solely on metadata, creating a massive concentration of wealth and new lines of exclusion. And finally when the machines are discarded, toxins are released damaging and transforming both the living and non-living environment. This book requests proposals for chapters exploring anarchism in both theory and practice as it relates to all aspects of information technologies for audiences that include the general public, activists and early career scholars. While the call is open, preference will be given to proposals for chapters that specifically focus on anarchism and information technologies within repair (in all metaphorical and material aspects), security, communications, organizing resistance movements, access to hardware and approaches to dealing with the destruction of both the human and more-than-human that occurs from creation to wasting. Please submit abstracts of up to 350 words, a short bio of up to 200 words and any other pertinent information to the editors by July 1st, 2016. Authors will be informed of selection by September 1st, 2016. First drafts of chapters will be due February 28, 2017, then following revisions, a final publication date will be around September 1st, 2017. Please feel free to contact the editors with any questions. Contact information: Erin Araujo: ela120 <at> mun <dot> ca Bill Budington: bill <at> inputoutput <dot> io About the Editors: Erin Araujo is a PhD Candidate in the department of Geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada as well as a member of the Cambalache Collective, a money-less economy located in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas as well as other parts of Mexico. She has resided in Chiapas for around nine years, is a life long anarchist and artist and has participated in a number of resistance movements throughout the Americas. ~~~~ https://www.embersrekindled.org/cfp/ ----{ cut here! }----8k--------{ cut here! }----8k--------{ cut here! }---- -- maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 http://relay70.metatron.ai/ In Solidarity with Library Genesis and Sci-hub http://custodians.online Share this letter - read it in public - leave it in the printer. Share your writing - digitize a book - upload your files. 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