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fembot: Ada CFP, Issue 3, Feminist Science Fiction
by Kate O'Riordan 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Some possible cross over. all the best Kate ------------------------------------- Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology | adanewmedia.org Issue 3: Feminist Science Fiction In the 1985 essay that defined the terms for feminist thinking about science and technology in the decades since, Donna Haraway observed that "the boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion." She drew together the cybernetic organisms of fact and fiction, the beings of shiny technology and messy biological stuff, and her terms and her ideas came as much from the creative thinkers of feminist science fiction (Octavia Butler, Joanna Russ) as they did from technologists, political thinkers, and philosophers. It's 2013, and the cyborg manifesto is old enough to vote. Where are feminist science fictions now, and what can they tell us about feminism and technology? New media make our experiences of social reality resonant with classics of speculative fiction, particularly works that accounted for the uneven distribution of futuristic technologies and their participation in hierarchies of race, gender, capital, and ability. Literary scholars continue to explore the intricacies of works by Octavia Butler, James Tiptree Jr., Joanna Russ, et al., while the aesthetic and political techniques of critical and creative speculative thinking that these writers pioneered are taken up in multiple forms. Fiction writers like Nalo Hopkinson, Andrea Hairston, L. Timmel Duchamp, and many more bring questions of language, culture, race, and violence into the fray, as social media platforms like blogs, twitter, and Facebook deepen conversations between writers and fans. Small presses continue to support the older technology of the printed page and to articulate why written visions matter for a possible feminist future. Feminist science fiction has never only existed between the bindings of books, however. Fictional speculation is part of how we understand ourselves in relationship to technology; from the way our smartphones seem to extend our embodied being, to the difference it makes when we shift our perspective and think instead of the being of the gendered bodies who made them, to the imaginative constructions we produce of the wireless waves and fiber optic cables that link us to collaborators, interlocutors, and friends. Ada is published by the Fembot Collective’s academic network, which is itself a feminist science fiction. An imagined array of co-conspirators made real, its name indexes the power in reworking the venerable sci-fi trope of the gendered automaton. Technological speculation is our social reality, and feminist science fiction has the tools to code it to the specifications of our politics. Feminist science fiction describes a diverse landscape of multimodal, multiplatform, multifaceted cultural production. It is a means for thinking marked bodies into technological contexts, from Ada Lovelace herself to Janelle Monae's racialized android Cindi Merriweather. It is also the visual and conversational online cultures that endlessly repeat, reblog, argue, and fight back about what real and imagined futures of gender, race, technology, and representation ought to be like. It may even be the new philosophical modalities of materialist speculation, when they acknowledge that the hierarchized markings on bodies we name as race and gender are not limited to some narrowly defined conception of the human. And it is the unpredictable future of what cybernetics and organisms could be and could become, in the flesh and in plastic, silicon, steel. The third issue of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology seeks essays on any of these and more. We welcome unpublished work from scholars of any discipline and background, including collaborative, nontraditional, or multimodal approaches that can especially benefit from the journal’s open access online status. Topics and approaches might include, but are not limited to: • Key works of feminist science fiction and their relevance for new media and technology studies • Gender, race, sexuality, and/or disability in science fiction literature, film, and television • Feminist speculation in new media production • Feminist science fiction’s online fan cultures • Speculative or science-fictional tropes in new media and technology theory and practice General Submission Requirements Authors should submit essays of 4000-9000 words directly to the editor in Rich Text Format (.rtf) or MS Word format (.doc) by 1 May 2013. We encourage you to discuss potential contributions in advance of the submission deadline, particularly for those contributors interested in multimodal contributions. Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; please contact the editor to discuss specifications. All submissions should be accompanied by the following information in the email message with your submission attachment: • Name(s), affiliation(s), email address(es) of the person(s) submitting. • Title of the text and the issue for which it is submitted. • An abstract of no more than 100 words. • A short paragraph (40-60 words) about the contributor(s). Further guidelines for submission format can be found here: http://adanewmedia.org/submissions/ Please include text descriptions for images and transcripts or subtitles for audio or video files. Send submissions and correspondence to Alexis Lothian: ada(a)queergeektheory.org About Ada Ada is an online, open access, open source, peer-reviewed journal run on a nonprofit basis by feminist media scholars from Canada, the UK, and the US. The journal’s first issue was published online in November 2012 and has so far received more than 75,000 page views. Ada operates a review process that combines the feminist mentorship of fan communities with the rigor of peer review. Read more at http://adanewmedia.org/beta-reader-and-review-policy/. We do not -- and will never -- charge fees for publishing your materials, and we will share those materials using a Creative Commons License.

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Critical Ethnography
by David Nemer 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Dear AoIR-ers, Do you have any recommendations for books on critical ethnography? Thanks -- *David Nemer* PhD Candidate in Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Editor of the Social Informatics Blog - http://socialinformaticsblog.com http://www.dnemer.com dnemer(a)indiana.edu

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AHRC Studentship for MA Social Media, University of Salford, UK
by Yuwei Lin 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Dear all, The School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford is offering an AHRC Professional Preparation Masters Award in Film, Digital and Media Production (fees and funding, £13.6k, untaxed), for an October 2013 start. MA in Social Media is amongst the eligible courses. Details are below. The deadline for applications is 8 March 2013 (5.00pm). Your must submit your AHRC case for support and portfolio of your creative written work by email to Deborah Woodman [d.woodman(a)salford.ac.uk] College of Arts & Social Sciences by 5pm on 8 March 2013. More information can be found at http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/ahrc-studentsh… For more information about the MA Social Media course at the University of Salford (UK) can be found at http://www.salford.ac.uk/courses/social-media If you have any questions about MA Social Media, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Yuwei Lin [y.lin {at} salford.ac.uk]. Thank you. ================================== AHRC Professional Preparation Masters Award ================================== AHRC Studentships are available only to UK and EU students. To be eligible for a full studentship award (fees plus maintenance stipend) a student must have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years prior to the start of the course. British citizenship or holding a British passport in itself does not satisfy the residential eligibility requirement. To be eligible for the full award, EU Nationals must satisfy the UK residency requirement. EU Nationals who do not meet the residency requirement are eligible for a fees-only award, provided that they have been ordinarily resident in the EU for at least three years prior to the start of their proposed course. Full information on AHRC eligibility criteria can be found here http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funding-Opportunities/Pages/Funding-Opportunities.aspx If you are unsure about eligibility please contact us prior to submitting your application. How to apply To apply for an AHRC Masters award you must complete the following: * The University online postgraduate admissions application form (http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/applying/applying-for-taught-co…) for your chosen MA course (please see list of eligible courses at http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/ahrc-studentsh…) Your transcripts and references will be included in this. * A case for support of no more than 500 words. * A 15 page portfolio of your creative written work (either a sinlge complete piece or a number of extracts). You must submit your online application by 5pm on 8 March 2013. Your must submit your AHRC case for support and portfolio of your creative written work by email to Deborah Woodman (d.woodman(a)salford.ac.uk) College of Arts & Social Sciences by 5pm on 8 March 2013. Further guidance for completion of the outline research proposal This is a key document in assessing your application. In preparing this statement you should consider the following (you may wish to use these as subheadings): Professional Preparation scheme 1. How will taking this course contribute to your career aims? * State briefly why you wish to pursue this course * How will the course support your future career aims? 2. Brief description of the course of study * How does the course relate to practice in your chosen field and how will it be of benefit to you in developing your career? This will enable you to convey your interest in the course of study * Major project/dissertation: give a brief description of the area in which you anticipate doing your major project/dissertation. 3. Preparation and previous experience * Give an indication of any previous professional experience in your field of study (including relevant paid and voluntary work) * Give an indication of the training and preparation you have already undertaken that is relevant to your proposed study, how this training has prepared you for the course and your future career, and what further training you will require References You should provide two references as part of your online application. These should be from individuals who are in a position to assess your suitability for postgraduate study and the appropriateness of the course to your career/research goals. As competition for these awards is so fierce, you are strongly advised to ask your referees to consider the guidance notes for referees provided (http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/ahrc-studentsh…) The selection process All applications will be assessed by a panel of senior academics from within the subject area and shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in early April 2013. Timetable: 8 March 2013 (5.00pm) - Deadline for Applications March 2013 - Short-listing April 2013 - Interviews for Short-listed Applicants April/May 2013 - Applicants informed of outcomes and nominations forwarded to AHRC The final offer of an AHRC Studentship is subject to confirmation by AHRC. Please direct all other enquiries to the College of Arts & Social Sciences. Deborah Woodman Tel. 0161 295 5876 Email: d.woodman(a)salford.ac.uk

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New journal: RESET
by Francesca Musiani 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the release of a new scientific online journal, RESET. Its first issue is devoted to the relevance of the social class notion. Please find below the table of contents and the URL of the journal website. RESET. Social Science Research on the Internet is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal. It publishes research articles (in French or in English) where the Internet appears as a field and/or an object of study useful to the understanding of social phenomena. RESET aims at integrating the study of the Internet into the general social sciences rather than considering solely the singularity of this medium. For the editorial board, Samuel Coavoux (ENS Lyon, France)& Sébastien François (TELECOM ParisTech, France) Vol. 1, No 1 (2012) Des classes sociales 2.0 ? / Social Classes 2.0? Numéro coordonné par/Special issue edited by Samuel Coavoux& Sébastien François http://www.journal-reset.org/index.php/RESET/issue/current Présentation/Presentation RESET. Recherches en sciences sociales sur Internet Comité de rédaction/Editorial Board Introduction/Introduction Introduction. Des classes sociales 2.0 ? Samuel Coavoux Dossier/Thematic Articles La stratification sociale des pratiques numériques des adolescents Pierre Mercklé& Sylvie Octobre Les pratiques des écrans des jeunes français. Déterminants sociaux et pratiques culturelles associées Fabienne Gire& Fabien Granjon Information-Seeking 2.0. The Effects of Informational Advantage Laura Robinson Antiracisme ordinaire et (re)catégorisations sociales dans les commentaires d’internautes Matthieu Mazzega Perspectives/Perspectives Espace urbain et stratification sociale. Une lecture spatiale des inégalités sociales à l’heure d’Internet Margot Beauchamps Actualité des classiques/Revisiting the Classics Elective Affinities 2.0? A Bourdieusian Approach to Couple Formation and the Methodology of E-Dating Andreas Schmitz -- Francesca Musiani, PhD 2012-13 Yahoo! Fellow in Residence Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University 1316 36th Street NW Washington, DC 20057-1025 Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University Research engineer, Center for the Sociology of Innovation, MINES ParisTech Section Head and Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR (http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn) Outreach officer, GigaNet (http://giga-net.org) http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/Perso/Musiani/

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Looking for research
by AJ Kelton 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Looking for recommendations of articles that discuss: * the issue of "no significant different" when it comes to f2f vs. hybrid/online learning * when one section of a course is taught hybrid/online and the other f2f - if a comparison is made * what type of student takes online courses at a traditionally brick/mortar institution, and why Any leads greatly appreciated. -- ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2013 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> CALL for PROPOSALS http://eld.montclair.edu/call-for-proposals/ ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton <http://twitter.com/aj_kelton>

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Call for Presentations | Libre Graphics Meeting 2013 Madrid
by Medialab-Prado Comunicación 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

*MEDIALAB-PRADO* Área de Las Artes del Ayuntamiento de Madrid Arts Department of the Madrid City Council http://medialab-prado.es* * * * Libre Graphics Meeting. Open Call for Presentations Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) 2013: Future Tools will take place in Medialab-Prado from April 10 to 13 in Madrid, Spain. LGM is seeking for proposals to be presented within the program of the event. The Meeting is a unique opportunity for software developers, artists and designers from all over the world to collaborate and develop present and future tools. By Libre Graphics we mean Free, Libre and Open Source tools for design, illustration, photography, typography, art, graphics, page layout, publishing, cartography, animation and video. The Libre Graphics Meeting is not just about software, but extends to standards, file formats and actual use of these in creative work. The call is looking for in-depth presentations on Libre Graphics technologies, showcases of excellent work made using Libre Graphics tools, new projects, updates from existing projects, current status, future roadmaps, prototypes... Click here to see find out what kind of proposals are suitable for this call: *http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/call-for-presentations/* Deadline: February 15, 2013. Submit your proposal now!! -- Nerea García Garmendia Comunicación / Press Medialab-Prado Intermediae Matadero Madrid Paseo de la Chopera, 14 28045 Madrid (Temporary Location) Tel. +34 915 177 288 difusion(a)medialab-prado.es www.medialab-prado.es http://www.facebook.com/MedialabPradoMadrid Twitter: @medialabprado

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Ethnography Matters: The Openness Edition
by Heather Ford 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

The team over at Ethnography Matters, a community of ethnographers and internet researchers using grounded methods, have just published our editorial for this month's theme: The Openness Edition where we discuss why we think it's important to broaden the debate about openness in the ethnographic research community http://ethnographymatters.net/2013/02/07/february-2013-the-openness-edition/. Since there has been some discussion about this here, I thought I'd send along. We've also published the themes for the coming few months http://ethnographymatters.net/2013/02/06/2013-themes/ and are inviting contributions: March 2013 edited by Tricia Wang: “Stories to insights to action!” The role of narrative in ethnographic practice April 2013 edited by Nicolas Nova: Ethnomining: Combining qualitative and quantitative data May 2013 edited by Jenna Burrell: How to talk to companies and organisations about ethnographic fieldwork June 2013 edited by Rachelle Annechino: Pseudonyms in qualitative research Let us know if you'd like to be a guest contributor :) Best, Heather. Heather Ford Oxford Internet Institute Doctoral Programme www.ethnographymatters.net<http://www.ethnographymatters.net/> @hfordsa @ethnomatters http://hblog.org<http://hblog.org/>

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Call for papers: Social Media & Learning, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
by Haythornthwaite, Caroline 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Call for papers: Social Media & Learning Chairs: Maarten de Laat, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Shane Dawson & Dan Suthers *** NOTE: This is in the new HICSS track DIGITAL & SOCIAL MEDIA *** Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 47, January 6-9, 2014, Waikoloa, Big Island, HI PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2013 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/47cfp.pdf http://www.open.ou.nl/rslmlt/HICSS_CFP_SocialMedia&Learning.htm Social Media & Learning This minitrack calls for papers that address leading edge use of technology, research methods and system design to analyze and support learning in social networks. The ability to generate and maintain rich networked connections through social media, social networking, crowdsourcing, cloud technology, and social computing has a profound impact on the way we solve problems, learn, innovate and develop our identities, and the value this creates for individuals and groups. This minitrack will bring together state of the art research that furthers social theories of networking and learning, such as networked learning, collaborative learning, viral learning, and social capital, in combination with for example social and learning analytics and social network analysis to help visualize, develop and facilitate formal, non-formal and informal networking and learning settings. We call for papers that use, analyze and/or develop technology and online tools to examine social networking and learning phenomena through social media. We specifically welcome papers that address new and exciting areas of research in the networking and learning potential of social media or the potential value social media creates for connectivity, development, and growth. Some of this work might be driven by social media and networking research in relation to education, organizations, gaming, simulation and 3d worlds. We encourage papers that address learning and value creation through social media in any setting: education, work, daily life, home, and ‘serious leisure’. Appropriate social media and learning behavior ranges from same-time, same-place to anytime, anywhere that increases interactions among participants via social media in formal and informal learning settings and mixtures thereof, and may include collectives from learning crowds to communities, teams and networks of practice. We envision that papers will: -examine the foundations for social media and learning in online networks, crowds and communities; -analyze and/or support the role of social media and networks in learning; -address value creation in social media and online communities and networks; -develop methods for analyzing social media and learning; -implement social network analysis to reflect social media, networking and learning processes; -address awareness and visualization of social networks and communities; -develop metrics for characterizing and following social networking and learning trends; -implement and develop tools for automated data capture and data analytics on social networking and learning; -discuss empirical trends in social networking and learning on and through the Internet, including issues and opportunities relating to information literacy, literacy and new media, ubiquitous learning, viral learning and entrepreneurial learning; -examine economic models, trends and markets for social media and learning, including open source and open access and viral models; -examine the design and facilitation of social media and learning in online networks, crowds and communities; -show development and use of new social media tools, devices (laptops, mobiles, OLPC ), and spaces and their networking and value creation potential; or -discuss ethical issues relating to learning online, including issues relating to data capture, analysis and display, and learning about controversial subjects or anti-social activities. This minitrack – SOCIAL MEDIA & LEARNING -- is part of the DIGITAL & SOCIAL MEDIA track at HICSS. ORGANIZERS Maarten de Laat, Open University of the Netherlands maarten.delaat(a)ou.nl Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia c.haythorn(a)ubc.ca Shane Dawson, University of South Australia shane.dawson(a)unisa.edu.au Dan Suthers, University of Hawaii suthers(a)hawaii.edu ======================================= ABOUT HICSS CONFERENCES http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library. How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions posted on the conference web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/47cfp.pdf HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process. Abstracts are optional, but strongly recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content. Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting. Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15. IMPORTANT 2012 DEADLINES FOR AUTHORS June 15 -- SUBMIT FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR REVIEW as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names. Aug 15 -- Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees – including visa or your organization’s fiscal funding procedures – should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss. Sept 15 -- SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.) Oct 1 -- Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2. Oct 15 -- Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office. Cancellation and Refund Policy All conference cancellation requests must be in writing. A fee will be charged for cancellation of registration after Oct 15, at which time the paper is subject to withdrawal from the Proceedings. There is no registration refund after December 1. Cancellations for accommodations must be handled directly with the hotel.

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Online course in infoviz
by Natalie Sappleton 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Dear AOIR members Is anyone aware of a Masters course in Data/Information Visualization (or one that features a large component of info viz) and is available via distance learning? I'd appreciate any suggestions. With thanks in advance Natalie "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "

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affect or affective labor panel for ir14?
by Holly Kruse 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Is anyone organizing a panel about online affect or affective labor for the AoIR conference? I'm organizing a roundtable on a different topic for the conference, and I'm in the midst of organizing a paper panel for another conference, so I thought I'd check and see if someone out there was putting together an affect panel. I am all panel-organized-out! If there isn't a panel I'll just send my paper in as a stand-alone paper submission, but it seemed worth checking here first. Thanks, Holly

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