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New article - History and Future of California's Constitutional Right to Privacy
by Nicole A. Ozer 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

Hi all - I have a new article in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal that I thought might be of interest to some on this list. The article is particularly timely given the political climate in the U.S. and the increased attention on the need to use state law to defend rights and protect people. The History and Future of California's Constitutional Right to Privacy to Defend and Promote Rights, Justice, and Democracy in the Modern Digital Age (39 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 961 2024). Abstract below and full article at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5013707 Best, Nicole Nicole A. Ozer Technology and Civil Liberties Director ACLU of Northern California www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleozer<http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleozer>; https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleozer.bsky.social www.aclunc.org/tech<http://www.aclunc.org/tech> Golden State Sword - The History and Future of California's Constitutional Right to Privacy to Defend and Promote Rights, Justice, and Democracy in the Modern Digital Age The importance of state law and constitutions to protect and promote rights has become even more salient given the reality of a United States Supreme Court that is increasingly hostile to privacy and other civil rights. As we face a period of both critical social justice fights and rapid technological change, now is the time to ensure that the California constitutional right to privacy is widely understood and to fight for it to be used as robustly as intended to defend and advance rights, justice, and democracy in the technology age. The California constitutional right to privacy was forged by intersectional social justice movements and integrated advocacy and passed by the voters in 1972 to be a modern right to privacy - to equally address both informational privacy and autonomy privacy and protect against privacy intrusions by both government and private parties. At the core of the California constitutional right to privacy is an allocation of power. In 1972, the California legislature and the people of California recognized that the combination of government, corporate, and technological power was going to stack the decks against people's rights in the digital age. The Privacy Amendment's legislative history, both as it initially moved through the California legislature, and then the ballot argument itself, makes it clear that the California constitutional right to privacy was passed to give people the power in how privacy questions were resolved in the technology age. But this Golden State Sword of the California constitutional right to privacy has been lying largely latent for the past thirty years, not being used to its full potential to protect against government surveillance and surveillance business models. This Article tells an important story about how the clarion call that the Privacy Amendment's passage served on the courts and policymakers has been improperly muted in recent decades, and how it must now regain its full strength to really work for the people. This article contributes to the literature in three ways. First, it recontextualizes the historical and legislative history of the California constitutional right to privacy and how it can inform innovative strategies to drive justice in the digital age. Second, it contributes deep legal and policy analysis of the successes and failures in using the constitutional right to privacy to defend and promote rights in the digital age and assesses the sociopolitical climate that has influenced these opportunities and challenges. Finally, it charts a path forward for what should happen in the courts and legislature to fully respect the fundamental right to privacy and properly protect rights, justice, and democracy in the modern digital age. Full article: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5013707

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Webinar, December 3rd: Towards People-Centred Digital Health Strategies: Gender, Rights and Participation
by Sara Leila Margaret Davis 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

*Webinar, December 3rd: **Towards People-Centred Digital Health Strategies: Gender, Rights and Participation* Join for an exciting conversation to launch the Digital Health and Rights Project’s participatory action research study into digital health, and learn about our new report <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-health-rights/publ…> with youth activists and WHO! Digital Health and Rights Project <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-health-rights/>is doing transnational participatory action research on digital health and human rights with hundreds of young adults in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam. We’ll introduce our innovative model of research and governance with a researcher from Vietnam and members of a national community advisory team in Kenya, with major findings coming out next year. We are also thrilled to launch our new report reviewing gender equality and human rights in 20 national digital health strategies <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-health-rights/publ…> . In 2021, the World Health Assembly approved the *Global Digital Health Strategy 2020-25* to promote a coordinated and equitable digital transformation of health. Objective 4 of the strategy emphasizes the importance of addressing gender equality and health equity to ensure digital technologies work for all. Working with the World Health Organisation, we reviewed how 20 national strategies address gender, inclusion and rights and have recommendations to WHO, national governments, international organisations, and civil society. *Event Details:* - *Date:* Tuesday, 3rd December 2024 - *Time:* 14:00 – 15:00 UK time - *Register here for the link <https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6d986cbb-3b56-48eb-ad52-f65f0f3c0c…>* *Speakers*: - *Meg Davis, Principal Investigator, Digital Health and Rights Project, University of Warwick* - *Hoang Le Tu, Researcher, Vietnam Network of People Living with HIV (VNP+)* - *Franco Serra, Researcher, University of Oxford* - *James Kiilu, Kenya-Community Advisory Team **(**K-CAT**)* - *Tahani Alabdah, **Technical Officer, Department of Digital Health and Innovation, **World Health Organization** (WHO)* Moderated by *Tabitha Ha**, Co-director of Advocacy, **STOPAIDS* *Jack Wilson*, *Postdoctoral fellow,* *University of Warwick*, chat host About the Digital Health and Rights Project: *https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-health-rights-backup/ <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-health-rights-back…>* Sign up for our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hTphqz Follow us on X/Twitter <https://x.com/DigHealthRights>and LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-health-and-rights-project/posts/?f…> Funders: Fondation Botnar, University of Warwick ESRC Impact Acceleration Accounts -- Sara (Meg) Davis Professor, Digital Health and Rights Director, Research and Impact Principal Investigator, Digital Health and Rights Project <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-health-rights/> *Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies** | **University of Warwick* Associated Researcher *Global Governance Centre** | **Geneva Graduate Institute* Book: The Uncounted: Politics of Data in Global Health <https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/uncounted/C0CC81C0F03D1822D05C13EE31FA…> Ted talk: The Uncounted: The people left out of health data <https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_meg_davis_the_uncounted_the_people_left_out_…> Pronouns: She, hers -- *Sara (Meg) Davis, Ph.D.* *Research Associate, *Global Governance Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute *Professor,* Digital Health and Rights, University of Warwick Digital Health and Rights Project <https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/research-projects/digital-…> Book: *The Uncounted: Politics of Data in Global Health <https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/uncounted/C0CC81C0F03D1822D05C13EE31FA…>* Ted talk: The Uncounted: The people left out of health data <https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_meg_davis_the_uncounted_the_people_left_out_…>

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TT Position (Social Sciences and Digital Technologies), UoT and Citizen Lab
by Richard Forno 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

An excellent early-career opportunity...... -- rick https://citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assistant-professor-social-sciences-and-digit… The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2025. The successful candidate will also hold an Endowed Professorship for a three-year term, renewable following a favourable review. Applicants must have earned a PhD degree in any relevant Social Science field by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter, with a clearly demonstrated record of research and teaching excellence in the area of information controls, data sciences, and digital accountability research. The position is open to a range of disciplines including but not limited to information studies, communications, sociology, political science, area studies, and law. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue innovative and independent research at the highest international level, and to establish an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program. Candidates must have a demonstrable interest in applied research and policy, along with interest in working with multi-disciplinary research teams. The Munk School seeks a scholar whose research and teaching interests complement and enhance one or more of our existing strengths <https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/>. The committee especially welcomes scholars who focus on the impact of digitalization on democratic theory, institutions and/or practices, the changing world order, or the political economy of innovation with a demonstrated track record of working in cross disciplinary teams, and a strong research portfolio that intersects with human rights, online repression, information controls, and digital security. The successful candidate will be expected to be a part of the Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School focusing on advanced research and development at the intersection of digital media, global security, and human rights. The committee will be searching for applicants whose research integrates with the Citizen Lab’s resources, existing areas of research, and global network. < - > https://citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assistant-professor-social-sciences-and-digit…

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WEBCAST NOV 28 – ICANN LAC-i Roadshow Caribbean Edition
by Joly MacFie 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

This event is taking place in an auditorium as part of a bigger Youth Day event, and thus very much focused on the education of ISOC/ICANN newcomers. *REAL TIME TEXT** https://bit.ly/4ePhU20 <https://bit.ly/4ePhU20> but there will be another link for the pm, as Otter times out at 4 hours.* [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5cdba281b877761f4252e18…> On *Thursday November 28 2024* the *Internet Society Jamaica Chapter <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=02bfe5ba47018aed8a958df…>* (ISOC Jamaica ) and the *Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=1f00c57e2f2ab0d174b3ba7…>* (ICANN) will jointly host the *ICANN LAC-i Roadshow Caribbean Edition <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=76df10ea7693487318808a2…>* as part of *Youth Day at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8034691292f88f11e8270b6…>* (UCC) in Kingston. The objective of the ICANN LAC - i roadshow is to educate and raise awareness about the Domain Name System (DNS), ICANN, and how to participate. *PROGRAM https://bit.ly/3Vd8TZx <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=76df10ea7693487318808a2…>* (ALL TIMES EST = UTC-5) *09:05 Welcome & Opening Remarks* *Natalie Rose* - President, ISOC Jamaica *Rodrigo De la Parra* - Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager, Caribbean, ICANN *Otis Osbourne* - Chairman, ISOC Jamaica / Head of IT, UCC *09:20 Keynote - Jamaica's Digital Future* *Gary Campbell* -Director of ICT, Office of the Prime Minister / Deputy Chair, ISOC Jamaica Chapter *09:40 Introduction to ICANN, NextGen Program, Fellowship Program, Universal Acceptance* *Albert Daniels* - Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager, Caribbean, ICANN *10:05 Next Round, Grant Program, Applicant Support Program* *Rodrigo De la Parra* - VP, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Latin America & Caribbean, ICANN *10:30 Introduction to ISOC Jamaica Chapter* *Carlton Samuels* - ICANN At-Large Constituency *10:50 Panel: Empowering the Caribbean's Digital Future – The Importance of Caribbean Stakehoder Engagement in ICANN Meetings* *Rodney Taylor* - Secretary General, CTU *Albert Daniels* - VP, Stakeholder Engagement / Managing Director, Latin America & Caribbean, ICANN *Michele Marius* – Director of ICT, Pulse Consulting Limited *Otis Osbourne* - Chairman, ISOC Jamaica / Head of IT, UCC *Rodrigo De la Parra* - VP, Stakeholder Engagement / Managing Director, Latin America & Caribbean, ICANN Moderator: *Shanelle McPherson* *12:00 ICANN Policy Development* *Rodrigo De la Parra* - VP, Stakeholder Engagement / Managing Director, Latin America & Caribbean, ICANN *13:00 Hands-On Technical Experience (DNS Security Basics, DNSSEC, KINDNS Program)* *Nicolas Antoniello* - Technical Engagement Sr. Manager, LAC, ICANN *15:00 Closing Remarks* *Otis Osbourne* - Chairman, ISOC Jamaica / Head of IT, UCC *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocjm-laci <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=7dc451db06eb2bbd3799926…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3VfIhqW <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8aa32f871eb8b5b483c51b7…>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5cdba281b877761f4252e18…>* ) *TWITTER #ICANN #LACi <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=58a0c7129181d4e1a651bea…> @ISOCJamaica @ICANN@UCCjamaica @lacnic @danielsah* *#LACi MASTODON <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d9b0fd8377759a12e6f6b1a…> | BLUESKY <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d8a30fb33cc65aad9838e80…> | INSTA <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=96b783b126f450a1a31e77e…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5f9ff0c5ae032c6c176ee91…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=bd07c384de00deb4192aedd…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b2bcba16a43d39502a70fea…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isocjm-laci <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e375618c0975511e4352d93…> (*when available) *** ISOC.LIVE is a free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - ISOC LIVE is currently unfunded - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor - contact support(a)isoc.live *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Internet Linguistics Survey
by Katelynne Shimkus 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

Dear all at AIR-L, I am a graduate student of English Linguistics and Literature at KU Leuven in Belgium, and I am writing my Masters Thesis on internet language. As part of my research, I've created a survey (my first!) using Google Forms <https://forms.gle/W5pCBxFL2Ea11L7k7> to gather sociolinguistic information about who is (and isn't) using a particular word that I believe emerged and spread online. This survey should only take 5-10 minutes and will not capture your email nor any personally identifiable information. I am hoping as many people as possible take it, even if they are not familiar with the word I'm researching - the more data, the better. As such, please feel empowered to share the survey link if you find the topic interesting - I will be collecting responses for at least a month. Google Forms URL: https://forms.gle/W5pCBxFL2Ea11L7k7 Feel free to contact me at my academic email ( Katelynne.Shimkus(a)student.kuleuven.be) with any questions, concerns, or other interest. My immense gratitude to all those who choose to participate. *Katelynne Shimkus* *Master of English Linguistics and Literature, 2024-2025* *KU Leuven*

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WEBCAST NOV 28 – APRALO ICANN81 Readout
by Joly MacFie 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

Under way. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3ZoZTDc [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=605160bd79875cad69b77c9…> On *Thursday November 28 2024,* at *06:00-07:30 UTC,* the *Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO) Policy Forum <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=66f558d5a3fe718cdb0e232…>* will host an interactive *ICANN81 Readout <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=733642dd0716241fa9fbb47…>* featuring At-Large, GAC, GNSO, and ccNSO panelists as well as an ICANN81 Fellow, all from the APAC region. Panelists will discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN81 and participants are welcomed to join in the conversation aimed at identifying where and how end-users may play a role in any next steps to each of those takeaways. *SPEAKERS* *Jasmine Ko* - APRALO (Hong Kong) *Edwin Sandys* - ICANN81 Fellow (Fiji) *Manju Chen* - GNSO (Taiwan) *Ingram Niblock* - GAC (Australia) *Yuri Takamatsu* - ccNSO (Japan) Moderator: *Ali Almeshal*, Vice Chair, APRALO (Bahrain) *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/apralo-icann81 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b63287b993b8df3325a2af9…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/4eRJRWI <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=cb1c62be98c7aba5eb84fd6…>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3ZoZTDc <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=62edbb6257f2cf178c410c2…>* *TWITTER #APRALO <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=9f09e4af1e93c4525dc72db…> #ICANN81 @ICANN @alialmeshal* *#APRALO - MASTODON <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=7ec3cf01d76a48acc3631bb…> | BLUESKY <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0b2bcf08d4a51d5afcbfd07…> | INSTA <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c8326933c10a651355ce11c…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/apralo-icann81 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=6f6d217a2385f9669eda78c…> *(when available) - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Book Release: "Twitch"
by Mark R Johnson 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

Hello everyone, I'd like to announce the publication of the book "Twitch", in Polity's "Digital Media and Society" series. It's the most up-to-date academic overview of Twitch out at the moment, and the first ever summation of an entire decade of Twitch research (a sentence that is alarming to write, since it feels like only yesterday I thought "you know what, this whole game streaming thing looks interesting"). You can check it out here: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=twitch--9781509558582 Take care everyone, Mark -- Dr Mark R Johnson Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures Department of Media and Communications University of Sydney, Australia @mrj_games / www.markrjohnsongames.com *Recent Papers:* - Humour and Comedy in Digital Game Live Streaming. *New Media and Society, *https://tinyurl.com/TwitchHumour - Twitch, Fish, Pokémon and Plumbers: Game live streaming by nonhuman actors. *Convergence, *https://tinyurl.com/TwitchNonhuman - Behind the Streams: The Off-Camera Labour of Game Live Streaming. *Games and Culture, *https://tinyurl.com/TwitchOffCamera

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WEBCAST NOV 27 – Women, Youth and Cybersecurity (3 Urgent Imperatives)
by Joly MacFie 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

A great collaboration. Shernon in the area! REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/4icCPir [image: isoc.live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e3e395fd21f5301a87ed82e…>On Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm AST (21:30-22:30 UTC) the *Internet Society, Barbados Chapter* <https://www.isocbarbados.org/> and *Caribbean Telecommunications Union* <https://ctu.int/> (CTU) host a webinar 'Women, Youth and Cybersecurity (3 Urgent Imperatives)' HOSTS *Rodney Taylor* - Secretary General, CTU *Jason Hynds* - Member, ISOC Barbados SPEAKERS *Francola John* - ITU NOW Rep, CTU *Tariq Mohammed*, CTU ICT Youth Network *Shernon Osepa*, Cybersecurity Consultant, CTU Moderator: *Rodney Lewis* - Consultant, CTU *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocbb-wyc <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocbb-wyc>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3CP7Dpd <https://bit.ly/3CP7Dpd>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/4icCPir <https://bit.ly/4icCPir>* *TWITTER #women #youth #cybersecurity @thectuunion @isocbb <https://x.com/search?q=isocbb&src=typed_query&f=live>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isocbb-wyc <https://archive.org/details/isocbb-wyc>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP: Social Media, Religion, and Culture edited Volume
by Dheepa Sundaram 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

Hi AOIR friends! Apologies for cross-posting. Please see the below CFP for an edited volume titled Social Media, Religion, and Culture (under contract with Routledge Press) Social Media, Religion, and Culture Call for Papers Editors: Dheepa Sundaram, University of Denver (dheepa.sundaram(a)du.edu) Cindy Tekobbe, University of Illinois-Chicago (ctek(a)uic.edu) Timeline: Submit a 300-word abstract and title by Dec 16, 2024. Also include name and affiliation (if any). Submit Proposals here: https://forms.gle/kqMWtHwBnN3Xd6ef7 Selected authors will be notified by January 10, 2025. 4000 word essays should be submitted to authors by July 31, 2025. Peer-review of chapters is available upon request. Full CFP and Description of the Volume: https://www.smrce.org/social-media-religion-and-culture-open-access Overview: Social media platforms are the modern public square, supporting and fostering publics and counterpublics (Castells 1996; Warner 2001). Networked counter/publics, as social technologies (Marres 2017), both reflect analog spaces and provide digital contact between ideologies, religious practices, political thought, and cultures. This volume delves into the cultural production apparatus of social media (Bourdieu 1983; Baym 2010). It also builds on earlier work on social media, religion, and digital culture, including conceptualizations of internet religion (Cowan and Hadden 2000; Basher, 2004; Hoover, 2006), religion, media, and branding (Einstein 2007) and digital religion and new media (Helland, 2002; Campbell, 2010, 2013), digital rituals and games (Wagner 2013; Campbell and Grieve (2014), religious authority online (Hoover 2016) and more recently, digital religion and third space (Echchaibi and Hoover 2023). Digital cultural studies and new media have progressed to consider how identity and intersectional politics impact digital spaces such as histories and imaginaries of software (Chun 2013); race, media, technology (Nakamura 2000, 2002, 2007, 2011; Browne 2015; Benjamin 2019a; Noble 2018; Buolawini 2023), digital iterations of gender and sexuality (O’Riordan and Phillips 2007; Cardenas 2022) and internet activism, social justice networks, and digital surveillance (Jackson, Bailey, and Welles 2020; Benjamin 2019b, 2024, Browne 2024). We are seeking contributions for our volume on social media, religion, and culture, with a focus on scholars/scholarship of the global south. This volume seeks to bring together “religion” and “culture” as broad, discursive fields within social media specifically and digital platforms more generally to understand how publics, communities, and meaning-making mechanisms are formed, how they interact with the analog world, and how the affordances of social media enable new iterative aspects of canon, praxis, and affinity. In this sense, “religion” includes institutional and non-institutional spiritual, devotional, and canonical traditions and beliefs, as well as, more broadly, the communities of practice that form in social media spaces. We engage the term “culture” to mean the affinities that form within social media spaces, which include narratives of belonging, spiritual connections, activism, political imagination, shared histories and stories, traditional teachings of identity, and other practices that serve to knit together communities. Potential topics include (but are not limited to): The role of AI in cultural production and/or religious identity AI, technosalvationism, and/or technolibertarianism AI, capitalism, and culture AI, labor, and religion Religion/Culture, brands, and social media Religion/Culture, identity, and social networks, platform moderation Religion, ethnonationalism, and social media Digital hate cultures and social media LGBTQIA+ activism, religion, and social media; particular interest in Transgender communities, identities, solidarities, activism and social media Black religions, cultures, and social networks Areligious, agnosticism, atheism, and “nones” and social media Race/Racialization, religion/culture, and social networking Anti-caste activism, publics, social networks, and solidarities Islamophobia and social networks Indigenous sacred spaces, rituals, communities and social networks Religious traditions, rituals, cultural practices, identities, communities, publics, and social networks. Religious affinity groups on social media platforms Social media, fascist politics, religion/culture Religion, environmentalism, identity and social media Intersections of social media and democracy Social media, memes, and identity Social media activism and affinity groups Social media, Indigenous cultures and communities, and identity Publics, counterpublics, and micropublics on social media Social media devotional publics and networks Global gurus and cultural influencers Meaning-making mechanisms and social media Social media cultural production Intersections between social media, religion, and capitalism Social media art and activism Digital canons and social media Social media and political religion Indigenous art, social media platforms, and commerce Virality, social media, and cultural movements Please contact Dheepa Sundaram (dheepa.sundaram(a)du.edu) and Cindy Tekobbe (ctek(a)uic.edu) with any questions. We look forward to receiving your proposals! Thank you! With best wishes, Dheepa and Cindy Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her/hers)<https://www.mypronouns.org/> Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Affiliate Faculty-IRISE Affiliate Faculty-Gender and Women's Studies Sturm Hall 269 303.871.2888 University of Denver Cheyenne and Arapaho Territories Co-chair, North American Hinduism Unit, American Academy of Religion Website: g<http://digitaldarsanparty.com/>lobalizingdharma.com<http://lobalizingdharma.com/> Twitter: @themodsisyphus

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[CFP] Hybrid Human Artificial Intelligence Conference (HHAI 2025) - June 9–13, Pisa, Italy
by Chiara Natali 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

-------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS HHAI 2025 - Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence https://hhai-conference.org/2025/ June 9–13, 2025, Pisa, Italy -------------------------------------------------- Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI) is an international conference series that focuses on the study of Artificial Intelligence systems that cooperate synergistically, proactively and purposefully with humans, amplifying instead of replacing human intelligence. HHAI aims for AI systems that work together with humans, emphasizing the need for adaptive, collaborative, responsible, interactive and human-centered intelligent systems. HHAI systems leverage human strengths and compensate for human weaknesses, while taking into account social, ethical and legal considerations. HHAI 2025 will be held on June 9–13, 2025, in Pisa, Italy, and is the fourth conference in the series. The HHAI field is driven by developments in AI, but it also requires fundamentally new approaches and solutions. Thus, we encourage collaborations across research domains such as AI, HCI, cognitive and social sciences, philosophy and ethics, complex systems, and others. In this fourth international conference, we invite scholars from these fields to submit their best original – new as well as in progress – works, and visionary ideas on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence. **Join the HHAI community and keep up with the news:** Website: https://hhai-conference.org/2025/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hhai-conference/ X: https://x.com/hhai_conference Mastodon: https://sigmoid.social/@hhai IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission: January 17th, 2025 Paper submission: January 24th, 2025 Acceptance notification: March 16th, 2025 Camera-ready version: April 13th, 2025 Conference: June 9-13, 2025 LOCATION HHAI 2025 will be an in-person, single-track conference organized in Pisa, Italy. Workshops and tutorials (9-10 June) will be held at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. The main conference (11-13 June) will be held at CNR. TOPICS We invite research on different challenges in Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence. The following list of topics is illustrative, not exhaustive: - Human-AI interaction, interpretation and collaboration - Adaptive human-AI co-learning and co-creation - Learning, reasoning and planning with humans and machines in the loop - User modeling and personalisation - Integration of learning and reasoning - Transparent, explainable, and accountable AI - Fair, ethical, responsible, and trustworthy AI - Societal awareness of AI - Multimodal machine perception of real-world settings - Social signal processing - Representations learning for Communicative or Collaborative AI - Symbolic representations for human-centric AI - Human-AI Coevolution - Foundation models and humans - Human cognition-aware AI - Decentralized human-AI systems - Reliability and robustness in human-AI systems - Applications of hybrid human-AI intelligence We welcome contributions about all types of technology, from robots and conversational agents to multi-agent systems and machine learning models. PAPER TYPES In this conference, we wish to stimulate the exchange of novel ideas and interdisciplinary perspectives. To do this, we will accept three different types of papers: - Full papers present original, impactful work (12 pages excluding references) - Blue sky papers present visionary ideas to stimulate the research community (8 pages excluding references) - Working papers present work in progress (8 pages excluding references) Accepted full papers and Blue sky papers will be published in the Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Hybrid Human-Machine Intelligence, in the Frontiers of AI series by IOS Press. Working papers can be included in these proceedings, unless the authors request the paper to remain unpublished. REVIEWING PROCESS & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions of full, blue-sky, and working papers should be original work without substantial overlap with pre-published papers. All submissions should adhere to IOS formatting guidelines. Papers should be written in English and detailed submission instructions can also be found here. **Important** HHAI 2025 will follow a double-blind reviewing process. Thus, submissions must exclude all information that might disclose the authors’ names or affiliations. All studies involving human participants should have received human-research ethics consent from the relevant institutions and mention this in the paper. Work should be submitted in PDF format via Easychair (link to be announced soon). On acceptance, at least one author should attend the conference. A significant contribution is expected from all authors. PROGRAM CHAIRS Chiara Boldrini (IIT-CNR, IT) Luca Pappalardo (ISTI-CNR, IT) Andrea Passerini (University of Trento, IT) Shenghui Wang (University of Twente, NL) CONFERENCE CHAIRS Michela Milano (University of Bologna, IT) Dino Pedreschi (University of Pisa, IT) Stuart Russell (University of California Berkeley, US) Ilaria Tiddi (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL) CONTACT INFORMATION For questions, you can reach the program chairs at: program(a)hhai-conference.org

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