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Resource: Data analytics support from students
by Amit Jain 15 May '13

15 May '13

*An education researcher at Oxford is organizing an opportunity for researchers and nonprofits to receive free data analytics support from students in a massively open online course. Anyone can join the course and post real-world projects for tens of thousands of students to attempt to solve. Please read below and forward widely!* // *Calling all professors, researchers, and nonprofits* -- harness student learning to get free data analyses from the University of Washington's Introduction to Data Science <http://coursolve.org/courses/datascience/> course! Sign up now to recruit from tens of thousands of students to take on your organization's projects in data visualization, analysis, or predictive modeling. You may not need an internal store of data to benefit -- your organization can learn volumes through publicly available datasets. For details and project ideas, please visit: http://coursolve.org/courses/datascience/ Questions? Contact amit(a)coursolve.org. -- Amit Jain Coursolve (http://coursolve.org) Twitter: @coursolve <http://twitter.com/coursolve> | Facebook: Coursolve<http://www.facebook.com/coursolve> amit(a)coursolve.org | +1 617-752-2673

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Registration Open: Digital Media and Sacred Text, June 17 (Open University, London)
by Tim.Hutchings 15 May '13

15 May '13

DIGITAL MEDIA AND SACRED TEXT Monday 17 June 2013, Open University Camden Town, London, UK 9am - 6pm This one-day Open University conference will bring together academics interested in the study of digital sacred texts and religious e-reading, including sociologists, anthropologists, media scholars, computer scientists, historians and digital humanists. We also welcome religious practitioners and publishers engaged in creating digital sacred texts. We are delighted to announce that the keynote speaker will be Professor Heidi Campbell (Texas A&M University). Attendance at this event will cost £20. Thanks to generous funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, 30 free places are available for the first delegates to register. A full programme and online registration page can be accessed here: http://www.mediatingreligion.org/events/digital-media-and-sacred-text - Tim Hutchings, Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, Open University -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).

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Bad Influences: Invitation to read and participate in a blog fiction PhD project
by Emma Pooka 15 May '13

15 May '13

I want to announce my PhD project on this list, as I hope that it will be relevant to some researchers here. Please do pass on the details to any colleagues or students who you think would be interested in reading or participating. Bad Influences (http://badinfluences.org.uk) is a multi-character, real-time, interactive blog fiction. It began in January and will continue until November. The purpose of the project is to explore the poetics of blog fiction, especially those relating to the narrative time effects of real-time serialisation, a feature of epistolary fiction using a blog or social network as its platform. It is also an interactive creative writing project that I hope will be enjoyable to read and to participate in whether you have an academic interest in digital literatures and narratology or not! Bad Influences is set in 2026 and tells the story of a global pandemic flu virus through the blogs of four characters, based in London, New Jersey, Beijing and Canberra. The blogs are pre-written and are being posted in real-time (i.e., each post or comment goes up precisely 13 years before the event it relates). The comments sections of the blogs are open for reader participation (upon filling in a participation agreement http://badinfluences.org.uk/take-part/participation-agreement/) and the commentary is a mixture of pre-written character interaction and improvised interaction between reader-participants and characters. This project could be of interest to anybody teaching or researching digital literatures, interactive storytelling, narrative time, disaster fiction or creative writing. Please feel free to contact me on purplepooka(a)badinfluences.org.uk for more information, or explore the site and the story at http://badinfluences.org.uk. Questions and feedback are very welcome, and I'd love to hear about any use you make of the project in your own research or teaching. Many thanks, Emma Segar (Edge Hill University) purplepooka(a)badinfluences.org.uk

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Flossie 2013 CfP
by Paula Graham 15 May '13

15 May '13

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CfP: FLOSSIE 2013, 8/9 November, QMUL, London, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flossie 2013 is a two-day event for women who are interested in any aspect of open technology, open knowledge, digital arts, and social innovation. Whether you code, tinker, use FLOSS in your projects, or want to explore open alternatives, all women are welcome - from expert to novice, or anywhere in between. Flossie 2013 is a chance to showcase your project, share skills, or talk about something which really interests you. We're also scheduling plenty of time to network, share and build on ideas, and to meet new friends and old. Call for proposals: We’re inviting proposals for all aspects of the day. 1. Talk about your current project or a project you’d like to set up 2. Skills sharing workshops on any aspect of Free/Libre Open Source software, hardware, data – anything open! 3. Talk about social innovation and diversifying technology design 4. Send us your idea for an activity – as long as it's open! Even if you don’t feel you have the expertise yourself, and just have an idea, let us know. Deadline: 19 July 2013 Submit your proposal here: http://www.flossie.org/openconf/ If you have any questions, please email conf(a)flossie.org or find more information on our website at www.flossie.org --

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Flossie 2013 CfP
by Paula Graham 15 May '13

15 May '13

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CfP: FLOSSIE 2013, 8/9 November, QMUL, London, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flossie 2013 is a two-day event for women who are interested in any aspect of open technology, open knowledge, digital arts, and social innovation. Whether you code, tinker, use FLOSS in your projects, or want to explore open alternatives, all women are welcome - from expert to novice, or anywhere in between. Flossie 2013 is a chance to showcase your project, share skills, or talk about something which really interests you. We're also scheduling plenty of time to network, share and build on ideas, and to meet new friends and old. Call for proposals: We’re inviting proposals for all aspects of the day. 1. Talk about your current project or a project you’d like to set up 2. Skills sharing workshops on any aspect of Free/Libre Open Source software, hardware, data – anything open! 3. Talk about social innovation and diversifying technology design 4. Send us your idea for an activity – as long as it's open! Even if you don’t feel you have the expertise yourself, and just have an idea, let us know. Deadline: 19 July 2013 Submit your proposal here: http://www.flossie.org/openconf/ If you have any questions, please email conf(a)flossie.org or find more information on our website at www.flossie.org --

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Re: [Air-L] Journals Related to 'Free Labor' in the Online Economy (Ben Morton)
by Shriram Venkatraman 14 May '13

14 May '13

Have seen articles on Digital Labor in http://nms.sagepub.com/ (New Media and Society) Thanks, Shriram Venkatraman www.gsmis.org http://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-networking @UCLSocNet

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Journals Related to 'Free Labor' in the Online Economy
by Wallis, Jacob 14 May '13

14 May '13

Hi Ben, This sort of piece sounds like a great fit for either "Information, Communication & Society" or "The Information Society". Good luck! Jake Jake Wallis Lecturer | School of Information Studies Boorooma Street Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650 Australia Tel: +61 2 6933 4397 Fax: +61 2 6933 2733 Email: jwallis(a)csu.edu.au www.csu.edu.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 18:39:22 -0500 From: Ben Morton <benallenmorton(a)gmail.com> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Journals Related to 'Free Labor' in the Online Economy Message-ID: <CAEKywwYs9uvV4Kre0rFM_CUq5mk+GK-cV_rttB4V8geFBT8LbQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear Colleagues, I need some help finding a Journal suitable for my work. I recently completed a manuscript that critiques the usage of "free labor," "exploitation," and other such terms when studying the collective and often crowdsourced work of individuals within online networks. I am engaging with critical research of online economies, mostly by Tiziana Terranova, Mark Andrejevic, Jonathan Zittrain, and Nancy Baym. Although I am happy to be finished with the manuscript I need some help finding a Journal that might be suitable for this type of research. If I could exploit your free labor for a moment (see what I did there?), could you recommend any journals you think may benefit? Best, Ben Morton Charles Sturt University | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU. Charles Sturt University in Australia http://www.csu.edu.au The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Numbers: 00005F (NSW), 01947G (VIC), 02960B (ACT)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Charles Sturt University in Ontario http://www.charlessturt.ca 860 Harrington Court, Burlington Ontario Canada L7N 3N4 Registration: www.peqab.ca Consider the environment before printing this email. Disclaimer added by CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007 http://www.codetwo.com

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CFP Solid Interfaces & Urban Games: Digital Games in the Public Space
by Medialab-Prado Comunicación 14 May '13

14 May '13

Please spread! //////////////////////////////////////////// *Solid Interfaces & Urban Games: Digital Games in the Public Space. Call for Projects* Open Call for project proposals to be developed during a production workshop for the creation of video games related to public space and the city as an interface (July 1-7, 2013) in Medialab-Prado (Madrid, Spain). During seven days of intensive work, ideas will be tested and prototypes developed by working with partners and technical assistants. Deadline: May 31, 2013. More information and submissions: http://medialab-prado.es/article/convocatoria_interfaces_solidas _Framework_ In recent years, the video game experience has outgrown TV screens, game consoles and laptops, becoming increasingly ubiquitous. The availability of mobile devices, tablets, sensors, geolocation services, augmented realities and media facades has allowed the development of new game ideas experimentally and as a prototype. At the forefront of these game forms, which take place in some cases without the screen as an interface, is the interaction with other users and with the environment. Moreover, commercial controllers like Wiimote or Kinect have popularized the idea of the game away from the traditional game controller, transforming the game into a complete physical experience. This workshop proposes to think about games in the public space as an opportunity to generate other uses of the city and connections among its citizens. _Lines of Work_ The selection will consider ideas and projects that are already taking place and address one of the following elements: · The use of urban furniture as an interface for the game · Media Façade · Non-random Games · Interaction with the space · Place specific · Networked City _Methodology_ A maximum of 4 projects will be selected and developed collaboratively in this intensive workshop with the support of tutors, technical assistants and partners. Once projects are selected, there will be an open call for collaborators, who will be fairly selected by the organization and the project promoters. Open Call for collaborators. June 6 - 30, 2013

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CFP Doctoral Workshop on Digital Tools to Study Human Behavior in Online Environments
by Eszter Hargittai 14 May '13

14 May '13

Please help spread the word. And if you're eligible, please consider applying. (If you're not eligible, but interested, see below, we have a form for you, too.:) Thanks! Eszter Eszter Hargittai Delaney Family Professor, Communication Studies Department, Northwestern University Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: DOCTORAL WORKSHOP Developing Best Practices for Using Digital Tools to Study Human Behavior in Online Environments http://webuse.org/workshop2013/ We invite doctoral students who study human behavior in digital environments, and who are at the beginning stages of their dissertation work, to apply to a workshop focusing on methodological issues in this kind of research. (At a different stage in your work, but still interested? See below.) WHEN: August 18-20, 2013 WHERE: Evanston, Illinois, USA (just north of Chicago) COST: None, the workshop will cover participants' lodging and meals, and in most cases the full cost of their travel HOST: Web Use Project, School of Communication, Northwestern University The goal of the workshop is to bring together about a dozen junior and half-a-dozen senior scholars to discuss methodological best practices for the in-depth study of human behavior in digital environments. So-called "big data" offer lots of opportunities to study the social world, but may miss insights that methods such as in-person observations and interviews can discover. Bringing different types of data and methods together can help address challenges, such as biased data sets, and can help glean new insights. Workshop participants will discuss tools that exist and tools that need to be developed for sharable, sustainable, and scalable approaches to collecting, coding, and analyzing comparable data about human behavior in digital environments. The workshop welcomes applications from full-time doctoral students, regardless of citizenship. Ideally, applicants will not yet have begun data collection for their dissertation, or will be in the early stages of that process. Applicants should, however, have a well-defined dissertation research question. We welcome students from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to anthropology, communication, demography, economics, human computer interaction, information and library sciences, media studies, political science, science and technology studies, and sociology. Students need not be enrolled at a university in the U.S. to participate. NOT ELIGIBLE, BUT INTERESTED? We ask scholars working on related projects, but either not yet at the dissertation data collection stage or well into their projects to get in touch with us so that we can keep them posted of future meetings and funding opportunities. We welcome hearing from senior scholars as well. http://bit.ly/wupform13 Review of applications for the workshop will begin May 29, 2013. For full consideration, please send application materials before that date. TO APPLY: 1. Fill out and submit this online form: http://bit.ly/wrkshp13 2. Fill out the Application Form linked at http://webuse.org/workshop2013/ 3. Send the Application Form and a copy of your CV (with your last name, first name initial in the file name, e.g., HargittaiE-CV.pdf) as attachments to workshop2013(a)webuse.org . Questions? Please email workshop2013(a)webuse.org with any questions related to the workshop. Funding for the workshop is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. http://sloan.org

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Journals Related to 'Free Labor' in the Online Economy
by Ben Morton 13 May '13

13 May '13

Dear Colleagues, I need some help finding a Journal suitable for my work. I recently completed a manuscript that critiques the usage of "free labor," "exploitation," and other such terms when studying the collective and often crowdsourced work of individuals within online networks. I am engaging with critical research of online economies, mostly by Tiziana Terranova, Mark Andrejevic, Jonathan Zittrain, and Nancy Baym. Although I am happy to be finished with the manuscript I need some help finding a Journal that might be suitable for this type of research. If I could exploit your free labor for a moment (see what I did there?), could you recommend any journals you think may benefit? Best, Ben Morton

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