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Requesting Grant/Funding related information.
by Uttaran Dutta 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Dear Sir/ Madam, I am Uttaran Dutta, a doctoral candidate/ graduate lecturer in the Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University. Currently, I am studying the knowledge systems and everyday struggles of indigenous communities of eastern India (with an emphasis on their communicative aspects). More specifically, the study is examining how the indigenous communities collectively identify their development needs and how they collaboratively formulate and design locally-situated intervention strategies to accomplish their development goals. I have already completed my preliminary research; and now I am planning to apply for grant(s) to conduct the final phase of the research project i.e. to collaboratively design the contextual solutions and making prototypes/ models, in the villages of eastern India. I will utilize the financial support/ grant money primarily for purchasing equipments, raw materials and paying wages to local indigenous participants. It will be of great help if you can suggest me some of the funding possibilities available/ allocated for conducting such studies/ projects. Many thanks for your time and kind attention. Best regards, Uttaran Dutta. p.s.- My LinkedIn public profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/uttaran-dutta/1/b6a/5b3

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CFP, Special Issue of Feminist Media Studies, From Veiling to Blogging: Women and Media in the Middle East, DEADLINE EXTENDED
by McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr. 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

***DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED TO MAY 1, 2012*** Special Issue of Feminist Media Studies: >From Veiling to Blogging: Women and Media in the Middle East Edited by Nahed Eltantawy Vol. 13, No.5, December 2013 Middle Eastern women have traditionally been viewed as weak and submissive, passively accepting male authority and leadership rather than seeking to be a leader in their own right. From Edward Said¹s Orientalism to Lila Abu-Lughod¹s ³Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?² women of the Middle East have been portrayed as helpless creatures who are often hidden behind the veil, quietly waiting to be liberated. Recent democratic movements in the Middle East, popularly grouped together under the banner of the ³Arab Spring,² signal the rise of a new kind of political activism across the region, made possible, in large part, by the now widespread use of social media. The world has witnessed millions across Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and Syria as they have marched to the squares and told their stories of life under repressive political regimes. How have women been involved in these events? What are their experiences and stories? In addition to the more widely known stories of political demonstrations in the region, there have also been more localized events, such as the women-led driving protests in Saudi Arabia, that suggest that there are many stories still to be told to unveil the realities of women¹s experiences in the Middle East. In what ways have women utilized media, including social media such as Twitter, Facebook and blogging for both personal and political expression and have these platforms contributed to the democratization of women¹s lives? This special issue seeks manuscripts that focus on Middle East women and their relationship with the media old and new how are women portrayed, how and why do women utilize media and technology, and women¹s media production. Topics of interest in relation to Middle East women and the media include but are not limited to: · Media portrayals of women · Women¹s use of social media · Women¹s utilization of media to promote the ³Arab Spring² revolutions · Women and cyberactivism · women¹s use of media (old & new) for self expression and identification · Women¹s utilization of media for empowerment · Women¹s media production Please submit a 350-word abstract to Dr Nahed Eltantawy at: neltanta(a)highpoint.edu by no later than May 1, 2012. AIMS and SCOPE OF FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES Feminist Media Studies provides a transdisciplinary, transnational forum for researchers pursuing feminist approaches to the field of media and communication studies, with attention to the historical, philosophical, cultural, social, political, and economic dimensions and analysis of sites including print and electronic media, film and the arts, and new media technologies. The journal invites contributions from feminist researchers working across a range of disciplines and conceptual perspectives. Feminist Media Studies offers a unique intellectual space bringing together scholars, professionals and activists from around the world to engage with feminist issues and debates in media and communication. Its editorial board and contributors reflect a commitment to the facilitation of international dialogue among researchers, through attention to local, national and global contexts for critical and empirical feminist media inquiry. For more information about Feminist Media Studies please visit: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rfms

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Comm. Technology Div. (AEJMC) Needs Help Reviewing
by Carmen Stavrositu 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Dear Colleagues, With the AEJMC submission deadline of April 1 just around the corner, I would like to make one final call for reviewers on behalf of the Communication Technology division. In the last two years, CTEC has received record numbers of submissions. As it is almost certain this will be another record year for CTEC, I kindly ask that you volunteer to review for the division. As a general rule, I will do my very best to assign no more than three papers per volunteer reviewer. Please help me achieve this! The more reviewers we have, the lower each individual reviewer's load. If you would like to serve as a reviewer, please take a minute to email me at ctec.research(a)gmail.com with the following information: 1. Your name and current email; 2. Your current affiliation; 3. Your area of specialization and preferred methodologies; 4. Your willingness to be a moderator and/or discussant for a CTEC panel. As a general rule, CTEC does not employ student reviewers. Thank you for your consideration. Your service to the division as paper reviewer and session moderator/discussant is deeply appreciated. All the best, Carmen Stavrositu Research Chair, CTEC/AEJMC -- Carmen Stavrositu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Colorado Colorado Springs Communication Department 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway Colorado Springs, CO 80918 719.255.4024 cstavros(a)uccs.edu

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Call for Proposals: 2012 Dupont Summit on Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
by Michael Horka 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Call for Proposals: Dupont Summit on Science, Technology and Environmental Policy The Policy Studies Organization (PSO) invites you to submit a proposal for the 2012 Dupont Summit focused on science, technology and environmental policy issues. The Summit will be held at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC on Friday, December 7, 2012. The purpose of the conference is to promote dialogue about current policy concerns and to provide a civil space for discussion across the political spectrum. The format will include panel discussions along with some individual presentations. You are welcomed to submit a topic proposal or a proposal that includes others beside yourself for a panel. We encourage proposals to be sent in before our early deadline of May 1, 2012 for priority consideration to PSO executive director Daniel Gutierrez-Sandoval at dgutierrezs(a)ipsonet.org. Proposals will continue to be accepted after May 1st until September 30, 2012, the final deadline. For more information, visit our website. The Policy Studies Organization publishes 11 academic journals and 3 book series. We promote discussion of policy concerns and further research and dissemination of policy scholarship. Please contact me with any questions. Regards, Michael Horka Policy Studies Organization Outreach Director 1527 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-349-9283 Fax: 202-483-2657 www.ipsonet.org

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CFP, Special Issue of Feminist Media Studies, From Veiling to Blogging: Women and Media in the Middle East
by McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr. 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Special Issue of Feminist Media Studies: >From Veiling to Blogging: Women and Media in the Middle East Edited by Nahed Eltantawy Vol. 13, No.5, December 2013 Middle Eastern women have traditionally been viewed as weak and submissive, passively accepting male authority and leadership rather than seeking to be a leader in their own right. From Edward Said¹s Orientalism to Lila Abu-Lughod¹s ³Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?² women of the Middle East have been portrayed as helpless creatures who are often hidden behind the veil, quietly waiting to be liberated. Recent democratic movements in the Middle East, popularly grouped together under the banner of the ³Arab Spring,² signal the rise of a new kind of political activism across the region, made possible, in large part, by the now widespread use of social media. The world has witnessed millions across Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and Syria as they have marched to the squares and told their stories of life under repressive political regimes. How have women been involved in these events? What are their experiences and stories? In addition to the more widely known stories of political demonstrations in the region, there have also been more localized events, such as the women-led driving protests in Saudi Arabia, that suggest that there are many stories still to be told to unveil the realities of women¹s experiences in the Middle East. In what ways have women utilized media, including social media such as Twitter, Facebook and blogging for both personal and political expression and have these platforms contributed to the democratization of women¹s lives? This special issue seeks manuscripts that focus on Middle East women and their relationship with the media old and new how are women portrayed, how and why do women utilize media and technology, and women¹s media production. Topics of interest in relation to Middle East women and the media include but are not limited to: · Media portrayals of women · Women¹s use of social media · Women¹s utilization of media to promote the ³Arab Spring² revolutions · Women and cyberactivism · women¹s use of media (old & new) for self expression and identification · Women¹s utilization of media for empowerment · Women¹s media production Please submit a 350-word abstract to Dr Nahed Eltantawy at: neltanta(a)highpoint.edu by no later than April 1, 2012. AIMS and SCOPE OF FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES Feminist Media Studies provides a transdisciplinary, transnational forum for researchers pursuing feminist approaches to the field of media and communication studies, with attention to the historical, philosophical, cultural, social, political, and economic dimensions and analysis of sites including print and electronic media, film and the arts, and new media technologies. The journal invites contributions from feminist researchers working across a range of disciplines and conceptual perspectives. Feminist Media Studies offers a unique intellectual space bringing together scholars, professionals and activists from around the world to engage with feminist issues and debates in media and communication. Its editorial board and contributors reflect a commitment to the facilitation of international dialogue among researchers, through attention to local, national and global contexts for critical and empirical feminist media inquiry. For more information about Feminist Media Studies please visit: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rfms

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Study Digital Rhetoric at MSU this summer
by Liza Potts 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Hi AOIR folks, The Rhetoric & Writing program and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures will once again offer three summer courses in the popular “sprint” hybrid format. These courses are designed to work well for students and researchers from a variety of disciplines. Credit and non-credit options are offered. AL 891 Tracing Digital Culture with Liza Potts AL 860 Visual Rhetoric with Danielle Devoss AL 881 Teaching with Technology with Bill Hart-Davidson More about each course is below and see our video descriptions here http://youtu.be/8ymaOdFyia4 How does the Sprint Format work? Modeled after NEH Summer Seminars, the courses meet online for 3-4 weeks, then come together for a week in residence consisting of four and a half days on the MSU campus. Participants then work on projects and review one another’s work for another 3-4 weeks before a final hybrid symposium where work is presented and discussed. Affordable accommodations are made available on campus for those coming to East Lansing from out of town. Room rates start at $35/day with meal options for $14/day. Families can stay too! Enrollment Options Courses can be taken for graduate credit by MSU students. They are also available for MSU lifelong education credit for students who may wish to transfer credit to another institution. Non-credit options are available as well, which allow faculty and students who do not wish to receive course credit to enroll. Fees for the courses vary according to the enrollment options. For more info about any of these options contact Administrative Assistant for the Graduate Program Melissa Arthurton at 517.355.2400. AL 891 Tracing Digital Culture Instructor: Liza Potts (lpotts(a)msu.edu) Online Meetings May 14-June 1 On Campus June June 4-8 (Friday is a half day) Symposium: July 6 In AL 891, we will develop your understanding of digital culture practices by tracing major and minor events as they move across different genres online. From Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, Facebook, Tumblr, etc. as well as mainstream media sites such as the BBC News and CNN, we will examine how people communicate online and exchange information. We will discuss relevant theories, methods, and practices such as actor network theory, activity theory, and articulation theory. By examining these events, we will offer you opportunities for learning to trace events through people and technologies as they travel across the Internet. As we trace the movements of data as it becomes information and transforms into knowledge, we will gain a greater understanding of how participants use these systems to communicate and how we as communicators and designers can improve these systems. AL 860 Visual Rhetoric Instructor: devossda(a)msu.edu Online Meetings May 29-June 15 On Campus June 18-22 (Friday is a half day) Symposium: Friday July 20 Today’s technologies challenge writers and teachers of writing to address how, when, and where images and words collide. In AL 860, we will explore how visuals work–alone and with text. We will analyze what it means to see, look at, and read visual elements, and we will examine the effects visual elements have on different readers/viewers/users. Visual compositions range from a book to the interface of a software application to an advertisement from a print magazine to the splash page of a web site. Visual elements we will work with include, but are not limited to, typography (font faces and sizes), graphics (clipart, photographs, diagrams), color, margins, paper and screen textures, and alignment. We will approach visual rhetoric from a variety of perspectives (e.g., from the perspectives of the fields of graphic art and technical communication; e.g., as writers, teachers, and designers). We will analyze different print and digital compositions and create and analyze our own compositions using different tools (e.g., software applications like Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop; using online image databases and materials we gather during the semester). Activities will allow us space to develop familiarity with different technologies for producing visuals. AL 881 Teaching with Technology Instructor: Bill Hart-Davidson (hartdav2(a)msu.edu) Online Meetings May 21 – June 8 On Campus June 11-15 (Friday is half day) Symposium: July 20 In AL 881 we will examine theoretical and practical frameworks for designing and/or evolving curriculum and pedagogy for digital delivery. Participants spend time designing or redesigning a course, which will include evaluating interaction needs for supporting learning goals, assessing affordances of specific technologies and designing course materials. You’ll get feedback from a scholar who both teaches with technology and who researches, theorizes and builds new technologies (that’s me, @billhd…and there will be some guests too!). Together we’ll work to create a space for reflection about the intellectual, ethical, and political consequences of teaching in digital spaces. Want to see what AL881 folks can do? Check out the 2011 Course Blog! _________________________________________ Liza Potts, Ph.D. Director of User Experience Design at WIDE @ MATRIX Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Email: lpotts(a)msu.edu | AIM: LizaPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Office: Bessey 291

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IEEE Life Members Prize
by Eden Medina 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Hello everyone, I want to announce the SHOT IEEE Life Member's Prize in Electrical History. The IEEE Life Members' Prize in Electrical History, supported by the IEEE Life Members' Fund and administered by the Society for the History of Technology, is awarded annually to the best paper in the history of electrotechnology—power, electronics, telecommunications, and computer science—published during the preceding year. Any article published in a learned periodical is eligible if it treats the art or engineering aspects of electrotechnology and its practitioners. The article must be written in English, although the journal or periodical in which it appears may be a foreign language publication. The prize consists of a cash award of $500 and a certificate. To nominate an article, please send a copy of the paper to each member of the prize committee. Deadline is 15 April. For more information, please contact the committee chair or Bernie Carlson, SHOT Secretary, 434.987.6230, shot(a)virginia.edu. 2012 IEEE Life Members' Prize Committee Ross Bassett, Chair (2011-2013) History Dept. North Carolina State University 350 Withers Hall Campus Box 8108 Raleigh, NC 27695-8108 USA history485(a)gmail.com Maja Fjaestad (2012-14) Division of History of Science and Technology Royal Institute of Technology SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden maja.fjaestad(a)abe.kth.se Eden Medina (2010-2012) School of Informatics and Computing Indiana University 901 E. 10th Street, Room 305 Bloomington, Indiana 47408 USA eden.medina(a)gmail.com More details are given in the link below. http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/ieee.html Best, Eden Medina

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AISB/IACAP 2012 World Congress
by Mariariosaria Taddeo 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Apologies for cross-posting. Dear Colleagues This year the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) http://www.aisb.org.uk/ and the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) http://www.ia-cap.org/ joined their annual congresses in honour of Alan Turing. The AISB/IACAP 2012 World Congress will be held at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK from July 2nd to 6th. The Congress has been inspired by a desire to honour Alan Turing and by the broad and deep significance of Turing's work to AI, to the philosophical and ethical ramifications of computing, and to philosophy and computing more generally. The Congress is one of the events forming the Alan Turing Year. The intent of the Congress is to stimulate a particularly rich interchange between AI and Philosophy on any areas of mutual interest, whether directly addressing Turing's own research output or not. Visit the congress website for more details http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/turing12/index.php or contact the symposia organisers for information about the submission process. The congress will host symposia (tracks) on the following topics: 1. Mathematical Practice and Cognition II 2. Hypercomputation and Artificial Intelligence 3. Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids: 4th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy 4. Computational Philosophy 5. Turing Arts Symposium 6. AI & Games (THIS SYMPOSIUM HAS BEEN CANCELLED) 7. Revisiting Turing and his Test: Comprehensiveness, Qualia, and the Real World 8. Linguistic and Cognitive Approaches To Dialog Agents (LaCATODA 2012) 9. History and Philosophy of Programming 10. Philosophy of Computer Science: PoC Meets AI and Law (Roundtable Discussion) 11. Social Computing - Social Cognition - Social Networks and Multiagent Systems 12. Understanding and Modelling Collective Phenomena (UMoCoP) 13. Framework for Responsible Research and Innovation in AI 14. The Machine Question: AI, Ethics, and Moral Responsibility 15. Moral Cognition & Theory of Mind 16. Natural and Unconventional Computing 17. Information and Computer Ethics in The Age of Information Revolution 18. Nature-Inspired Computing and Applications: 1st Symposium (NICA) -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Marie Curie Fellow - University of Hertfordshire Senior Research Associate - Information Ethics Group (IEG), University of Oxford http://taddeo.philosophyofinformation.net/index.html

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Participation Registration for the Conference "Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society"
by Christian Fuchs 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Critique, Democracy, and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society. Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. The Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference. Uppsala University. May 2nd-4th, 2012. Registration Deadline: March 31st, 2012 , 17:00, CET Details of how to register can be found under: http://www.icts-and-society.net/events/uppsala2012/ in the section "Attendance, Registration and Conference Fee" A unique event for networking, presentation of critical ideas, critical engagement, and featuring leading critical scholars in the area of Critical Internet Studies and Critical Studies of Media & Society.

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Registration for CATaC'12 now open
by Charles Ess 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Dear AoIRists, Registration for CATaC'12 - to take place at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, this coming June 18-20 - is now open on the conference website: <http://www.catacconference.org/> On the right side of the page is an Index, underneath which you'll find the link to registration. As a reminder: because of several large conferences taking place during this time in Aarhus, accommodation space is quite limited. We encourage anyone who is considering attending to go ahead and book accommodations now (following the guidance on the "Accommodation Options" page (also linked from the Index); they can be cancelled later on without penalty if you change your plans (though the specifics regarding cancellation deadlines will vary, of course - please look carefully at the relevant site). We look forward to welcoming you to Aarhus, "the city of smiles," this coming June. (And remember: you heard it here first! - smile) On behalf of the organizing committee, charles ess (Media Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark), Chair Fay Sudweeks (Professor Emerita, Murdoch University, Australia), honorary chair Herbert Hrachovec (University of Vienna, Austria) Leah Macfadyen (University of British Columbia, Canada) Jose Abdelnour Nocera (University of West London, UK) Kenneth Reeder (University of British Columbia, Canada) Ylva Hård af Segerstad (Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden) Michele M. Strano (Bridgewater College, Virginia, USA) Andra Siibak (University of Tartu, Estonia) Maja van der Velden (University of Oslo)

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