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[CFP] Radical Teacher Special Issue: Teaching With Technology
by Sarah Roberts 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Radical Teacher Special Issue: Teaching With Technology Teaching today, from K-12 through graduate school, is ubiquitously tied to digital technology. From K-12 through graduate school, today's classroom is increasingly digital, and the call to make it more so grows. Institutional resources are increasingly directed toward classroom digital initiatives, libraries are merged with academic computing departments, and the instructional technologist has begun to occupy a central role on many campuses. New degree programs are popping up, and digital humanities is a newly, yet nebulously, defined discipline. As economic crisis continues to hold the country in its grip for a second year (at least), teachers and students are subjected to additional pressure to make themselves "competitive" as workers in a narrowly defined marketplace that demands technological skills as an end rather than a means to education. Much has already been published about the use of technology in the classroom, including a 2002 cluster of articles in Radical Teacher. It is unlikely that we will see any real decoupling of technology from teaching and learning in our future or lifetime, any more so than it is likely that we see it in any other aspect of our society. or culture at large. Given the fact that ignoring or rejecting technology wholesale is not a viable or palatable option for most of us, we must therefore continue to actively think about use the its use, of it, insist on approaching it with a critical eye, and ask questions at every turn about whose interests are being served, who benefits from our implementation of technology, and why when we choose to engage with technology in teaching and learning. Radical Teacher, the independent magazine for educational workers at all levels and in every kind of institution focusing on critical teaching practice, the political economy of education, and institutional struggles, solicits articles for an upcoming special issue devoted to teaching and technology. We welcome articles that focus centrally on critiques of teaching and technology, problematizations of technology, both in the classroom and at a macro, institutional level, and articles that contribute to an increasing understanding of how to use technology for radical political change and resistance in a range of settings. We are especially interested in discussions of ways such work, when addressed in educational contexts, deepens students' understanding of the social realities that affect their lives and shapes their willed ability to intervene in these realities. Focused on teaching and anchored in concrete examples, articles may concern an entire course, a unit within a course, or a project that takes place outside the traditional classroom. We especially invite submissions from contingent faculty, graduate students, librarians, and academic technologists who are often particularly marshaled in support of digital teaching initiatives. Possible topics might include: • Classroom deployments of digital tools such as blogs and microblogs (e.g., Twitter), wikis, video, and other digital and new media technologies to enhance or encourage radical teaching. • The implications of changing forms of digital labor in the academic environment, including demands to build technology skills, learn software packages, contribute intellectual material to university-owned and/or commercial databases, creating and populating online learning environments, etc. • How to harness technologies for their empowering potential, including supporting and training students to be active users of technology. • Commodification of intellectual material, including the modularization and "just in time" delivery of teaching material via commercial courseware on university-owned servers. • The surveillance and control of teachers and students when learning takes place in digital environments. • The ethical implications of the underlying political and ethical logics we teach when we use technology in our instruction and research. • Limitations on material and other types of access; or when "One Laptop Per Child" is simply not enough. • Demands on instructors to provide vocational training for careers to students; training them to use commercial software packages and delivering a labor force that skilled in technology, as opposed to having support, space and resources for the teaching of academic material. • The lopsided funding of technology projects over all else in academic institutions over the past decade and a half, and the collusion of academic institutions with high-tech business on joint ventures and for-profit activities. • The relationship between contingent labor and on-line teaching. • The relationship between technology and assessment. • Classroom and institutional use of open source and noncommercial softwares (e.g., Drupal) as alternatives to privatized and for-profit technologies. Inquiries, proposals, and drafts should be sent to Emily Drabinski, J. Elizabeth Clark and Sarah Roberts, editors, at emily.drabinski(a)liu.edu. Completed submissions are due September 15, 2010. Essays for Radical Teacher should be approximately 4,000 to 5,000 words and written in accessible prose. For more information, see "Submission Guidelines," http://www.radicalteacher.org/submit.asp. Radical Teacher is published by the University of Illinois Press. CFP available here: http://www.radicalteacher.org/calls.asp Please circulate widely. --- S a r a h T. R o b e r t s Doctoral Student and Fellow, Information in Society Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://www.lis.illinois.edu/programs/phd/infosociety/

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Reminder: Final Call for Paying Attention - 6-10 September, 2010
by Nick Triggs 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

‘Paying Attention’ – 6-10 September, Linköping, Sweden The Digital Cultures Research Centre (University of the West of England) invites final submissions for this exciting conference by May 1st. Paying Attention is concerned with the politics of search and its power to shape the digital media cultures of the web-native generation. Keynote presentations will be given by leading commentators in debates around “playbour,” the attention economy, critical media arts practice and peer-to-peer. This significant and timely trans-disciplinary intervention is convened as part of the European Science Foundations Humanities and Social Sciences conference program for 2010. The conference web application is at www.esf.org/conferences/10316<http://www.esf.org/conferences/10316>. The conference fee of €730 includes registration, accommodation, full board and conference reception, dinner and excursion. Please also note that the conference has substantial funds available to support part or all of these costs of attending. Professor Jonathan Dovey, Director and Patrick Crogan Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol

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Pre-Registration MEA Convention Maine June 10-13, 2010
by Janet Sternberg 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Pre-registration Announcement for the Media Ecology Association 2010 Annual Convention June 10-13, 2010 University of Maine Orono, Maine Theme: Media Ecology and Natural Environments Pre-registration for the 2010 MEA Convention is now officially open! We have a terrific line-up that you won’t want to miss. Our plenary speakers include Don Ihde, Mary Catheron Bateson, Chet Bowers, Urusla Hiese, and Andrea Polli. To take advantage of the early registration fee (for MEA members only), go to the MEA website (http://www.media-ecology.org/) and click on the convention link on the left side of the screen. You’ll find the link to the pre-registration form on the top right of the convention page. Please fill out the entire form, making sure to indicate if you would like to participate in the Saturday evening excursion to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park (the cost for the tour is $25, which we’ll collect prior to the excursion; dinner’s at your own cost). Please sign up early, so we can make sure we have enough buses to accommodate everyone. We’d appreciate if you would also select your meal preference for the Friday night banquet (cost is included in your convention fees). Unless you are a sustaining member, you should use the Electronic Payment link to pay your convention registration fee online. If you decide to stay on-campus (the Edith Patch Hall is a comfortable suite-style residence just a few minutes walk from the convention venues), please also make sure to click on the Campus Housing Registration Form link. You should complete and mail or fax the form directly to the University of Maine’s Conference Services no later than June 1 (Fax: 207-581-4097). Off-campus housing is available at the University Inn Academic Suites (http://www.universityinnorono.com/) about one mile away, where a block of rooms has been reserved until May 15, and the Best Western Black Bear Inn (http://www.blackbearinnorono.com/) about 2.5 miles away. Note: for those of you wanting to make arrangements for travel and accommodations, the convention is scheduled to begin at 9 am on Thursday, June 10 and to end at 2:30 on Sunday, June 13. A detailed program will be available on the convention webpage page by May 1. For any other questions or information, please contact convention co-coordinators Paul Grosswiler (paulg(a)maine.edu) or Ellen Rose (erose(a)unb.ca) http://www.media-ecology.org

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videos of wikipedia research conference now available online
by geert lovink 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

SESSION 1 http://vimeo.com/10605801 Ramon Reichert (AT) Rethinking Wikipedia: Power, Knowledge and the Technologies of the Self http://vimeo.com/10606220 Jeanette Hofmann (DE) Wikipedia between Emancipation and Self-Regulation http://vimeo.com/10606547 Mathieu O’Neil (FR/AU) The Critique of Law in Free Online Projects http://vimeo.com/10696489 Gerard Wormser(FR) The Knowledge Bar SESSION 2 http://vimeo.com/10607993 Joseph Reagle (USA) Wikipedia and Encyclopedic Anxiety http://vimeo.com/10608291 Charles van den Heuvel (NL) Authoritative Annotations, Encyclopedia Universalis Mundaneum, Wikipedia and the Stanford Encycloped http://vimeo.com/10697853 Dan O’Sullivan (UK) An Encyclopedia for the Times: Thoughts on Wikipedia from a His- torical Perspective http://vimeo.com/10699949 Alan Shapiro (USA/DE) Gustave Flaubert Laughs at Wikipedia http://www.vimeo.com/10607690 Discussion session 2 Encyclopedia Histories Moderaror: Nathaniel Tkacz Speakers: Joseph Reagle, Charles van den Heuvel, Dan O'Sullivan, Alan Shapiro SESSION 3 http://www.vimeo.com/10701587 Hendrik-Jan Grievink (NL) Wiki Loves Art http://www.vimeo.com/10702729 Scott Kildall (USA) Wikipedia Art: Citation as Performative Act http://vimeo.com/10741921 Patrick Lichty (USA) Social Media, Cultural Scaffolds, and Molecular Hegemonies. Musings on Anarchic Media, WIKIs, and De-territorialized Art http://www.vimeo.com/10607690 Discussion session 3 Wiki Art Moderator: Rachel Somers Miles Speakers: Hendrik-Jan Grievink, Scott Kildall, Patrick Lichty SESSION 4 http://vimeo.com/10747211 Felipe Ortega (ES) New Trends in the Evolution of Wikipedia http://vimeo.com/10748335 Stuart Geiger (USA) Bot Politics: The Domination, Subversion, and Negotiation of Code in Wikipedia http://vimeo.com/10748727 Hans Varghese Mathews (IN) Clustering the Contributors to a Wikipedia Page http://vimeo.com/10748888 Esther Weltevrede (NL) and Erik Borra (BE/NL) Controversy Analysis with Wikipedia http://www.vimeo.com/10749027 Discussion session 4 Wiki Analytics Moderator: NIshant Shah Speakers: Felipe Ortega, Stuart Geiger, Hans Varghese Mathews, Esther Weltevrede & Erik Borra SESSION 5 http://vimeo.com/10750350 Lawrence Liang (IN) Wikipedia and the authority of knowledge http://vimeo.com/10750495 Teemu Mikkonen (FI) Kosovo War on Wikipedia, Tracing the Conflict and Concensus on the Wikipedia Talk pages http://vimeo.com/10799887 Andrew Famiglietti (USA) Negotiating the Neutral Point of View: Politics and the Moral Economy of Wikipedia http://vimeo.com/10772241 Florian Cramer(DE/NL) The German WikiWars and the limits of objectivism http://www.vimeo.com/10799600 Discussion session 5 Designing Debate Moderator: Caroline Nevejan Speakers: Lawrence Liang, Teemu Mikkonen, Andrew Famiglietti, Florian Cramer SESSION 6 http://vimeo.com/10772313 Mayo Fuster Morell (IT) Wikimedia Governance: The Role of the Wikimedia Foundation and the Form and Geopolitics of its Internationalization http://vimeo.com/10800562 Athina Karatzogianni (UK) Wikipedia’s Impact on the Global Power-Knowledge Hierarchies http://vimeo.com/10800100 Maja van der Velden (NL/NO) When Knowledges Meet: Database Design and the Performance of Knowledge http://vimeo.com/10800206 Amit Basole (IN) Knowledge Satyagraha: Towards a People’s Knowledge Movement http://www.vimeo.com/10800354 Discussion session 6 Global Issues and Outlooks Moderator: Johanna Niesyto Speakers: Mayo Fuster Morell, Athina Karatzogianni, Maja van der Velden, Amit Basole

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Cases of police as friends on facebook.
by Peter Timusk 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

Does any one in legal studies or others, of course, know of law cases where facebook was involved for gathering law enforcement intelligence and or evidence? Not news stories I am looking for cases before a court with written judgements. I do not have access to a case law search service these days as I am no longer studying law. A number of protest students ( this is what I will call them) were just friended by three persons they don't know. Of course, some of these students added the person as a friend because they seemed to have so many mutual friends. The power of social networks eh? I would be interested in what judges have thought of this. The law tends to be behind on tech. Peter Timusk, B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa. just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week. kiitos paljon, merci, thank you and muchas gracias for reading.

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Call: Six postdoctoral fellowships in the digital humanities at HUMlab
by Patrik Svensson 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

Six international postdoctoral positions in the digital humanities are now available at HUMlab, Umeå University, Sweden from September 1, 2010 (January 2011 may also be a possibility, please indicate if this is your preference). The call is open, but 1-3 positions may be allocated to the areas of media places, archeological landscape visualization, and internet and religion. There are no teaching requirements associated with any of the positions. HUMlab is an internationally recognized center for the humanities and information technology. Much of the work takes place in a 5,300 square feet studio space at the center of the university and in different kinds of digital and hybrid environments. HUMlab is based on a double affiliation model where much of the work is done in close collaboration with the humanities (or other) departments. HUMlab offers an open, friendly, creative and intellectually rich milieu for doing work in the humanities and information technology. The fellowships are for one year. Applications should include a description of an envisioned postdoctoral year-long project. Call announcement: http://blog.humlab.umu.se/?p=1882 Call: http://blog.humlab.umu.se/postdoc2010 Deadline: May 20, 2010.

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SL internship at siemens 3-6m
by jeremy hunsinger 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

distribute as appropriate-jh Company Siemens Corporate Research Division SCR - Siemens Corporate Research Functional Area RD - Research/Development Location NJ - Princeton Req ID 87752 Job Type Internship Job Time Full-Time Experience Level Entry Level Required Education Masters Degree or equivalent experience Required Travel 0% Company Description Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. (SCR), based in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, is one of several Siemens Corporate Technology research and development centers worldwide. Since it was founded in 1977, it has helped pioneer a broad range of advancements in major industries, delivering innovations to the Siemens global family of operating companies as well as government agencies, academic institutions, and other organizations. We have over 225 scientists and engineers focused on researching and developing emerging technologies in areas such as imaging and visualization, software engineering, decision science and automation & control. Application of these technologies range from healthcare and communications to automation and security. Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. Job Description The KM GTF of Siemens Corporate Research (SCR), a division of Siemens Corporation has an immediate opening for a 3-6 month intern who will be working on Virtual World (VW) tools for object-location-based Knowledge Management (KM) using Second Life primitives, avatars, scripted behaviors, external interfaces, and user information inputs and edits. A 3D mashup will be developed, powered by tools that simplify knowledge inputs within the digital scene. Tools will include information authoring, evaluation, and editing, with the intent of supplying localized knowledge pertinent to the object being touched or viewed by an avatar. The desired information presented is appropriate for the user’s task, role, and history, and authorized users can add and edit information. The mashup will be designed to promote sensemaking and rapid context-understanding. Translating multi-department ontology-semantic styles into a more natural visual shared presentation will be a central concern. Data, information, and knowledge items will be indexed and stored in external data systems. User feedback and ranked information presentation will match current tasks and inquiries, using diverse media for further learning. A major goal is to simplify task-time flow-of-consciousness interchanges of information. Tracking of the tool use will be implemented, to be used in evaluations and improvements. Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Coding of Virtual World (VW) scripts • Modeling of task-focused information retrieval and object behaviors • Modeling of information retrieval and interactive displays • Development of tools such as HUDs (Heads-Up-Displays) • Database design and development for object-bound knowledge item references • External linkage to COTS (Common Off-The-Shelf) systems integration • External linkage stubs to Siemens software and equipment systems • Co-preparation of results to a conference or journal • Consideration of factors for productization and acceptance of tools Knowledge and Skills required: • Virtual World object behavior coding, preferably in Linden Scripting Language • Texture creation familiarity such as using Adobe Photoshop • Familiarity with a physics simulation engine such as Havok • User experience modeling • Database design and coding, preferably in an RDBMS such as Oracle • Strong web development skills and familiarity with HTML and XML • Innovative outlook and inquisitive nature – to explore multiple alternatives • Sensitivity to new technology introduction factors – barriers, costs, risks, balanced gains • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, English proficiency • Excellent teamwork collaboration and positive outlook • Must be organized and able to multi-task • Prior office/internship experience is a plus, but not required Knowledge and Skills also desired: • Avatar body creation using a tool such as Poser or BHV • Prim creation using a tool such as Autodesk Maya • Prim and sculpted creation using a tool such an Blender • Particle coding for Second Life with scripts • Second Life control of lighting, shadows, wind, and rain • Video and sound management in Second Life • Interface access between applications and databases – external APIs • Workflow and cognitive interactions - sensemaking and knowledge transfer Education: • M.S. in Computer Science, work toward Ph.D. preferred - Preferred experience in as many of the following as possible: • Social Science coursework – Psychology, Sociology, and/or Anthropology • Exposure to workplace economic and performance issues such as courses in Business, Operations Research or Industrial Engineering, and/or Product Design, Manufacturing, Competition, and Support • Coursework in Knowledge Management or related areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Ontologies and Natural Language, and/or Usability Design • Coursework in developing MMU (Massively Multi-User) digital games or 3D Worlds Duration of the internship: 3-6 months http://www.usa.siemens.com/en/jobs_careers/us_jobs.htm 87752 jeremy hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Submission Deadline Extended: 3rd ICTs-and-Society Meeting - June 29 - July 2, Barcelona
by jeremy hunsinger 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

I really could use some good papers on "Critical Internet Theory" for this conference:) -jh > > > CALL FOR CONTRIBUTION/PARTICIPATION > Deadline for submissions extended until 6th Mayl 2010! > > Third International Meeting of the ICTs-and-Society Network: > “Perspectives and Challenges” > Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain > 29 June – 2 July 2010 > > In 2008 the University of Salzburg, Austria, invited to a network launch meeting in the field of “ICTs and Society” which comprises different approaches of different disciplines with different tasks that originate from Information Society Studies, Internet Research, Social Informatics, New Media Studies, Human Computer Interaction, to name but a few. In 2009 a follow-up meeting was held at the University of Trento, Italy. > > The third annual meeting of the ICTs-and-Society Network 2010 is hosted by the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona, Spain and supported by the University of Salzburg, Austria. > > This meeting is as open to everyone engaged in ICTs-and-Society research, Internet research, Information Society research and related fields – whether you are a senior researcher or a PhD candidate – as the network is open itself. > > Topics will thus revolve around > - the impact of ICTs and society research on society, > - our basic concepts and our background theory, > - and our use of methodologies > > and may include but are not restricted to: > > - Normative Research and Meaningful Technology; > - Critical Theory; > - ICTs and Society – A New Transdiscipline? > - Communities of Action – From Message to Movement; > - Problems of Empirical Research; > - Towards a Science of Information, Information Society, and Information Technology! > - How to Reconcile Technology and Society in Curricula; > - The Future of the Network: ICTs-and-Society Network quo vadis? > > Since the meeting is to facilitate self-organisation of researchers for the sake of self-reflection of the field, the format of the meeting will differ from a traditional paper presentation conference: > > You are encouraged to suggest panels or round tables or other formats around the issues at stake. As usual, a session will last 90 minutes. We welcome your suggestions before May 06, 2010. > > If you prefer to write a paper, you are free to do so and invited to submit it to http://www.triple-c.at/ > > Please send an abstract before 6th May 2010 to Alexander Banfield-Mumb (Alexander.Banfield-Mumb(a)uti.at) > > Your abstract should contain > - a clear description of the format you propose (round table, panel, workshops, presentation) > - a statement why you consider this format appropriate > > Abstracts for workshops, round tables or panels should have about 500 words and contain information on the topic and how it will be structured, > Deadline: May 06, 2010 > > Abstracts for presentations should have max. 300 words (if possible with a suggestion for appropriate panels as can be found on URL schedule!) > Deadline: May 06, 2010 > > For those who suggest workshops, round tables or panels we will notify you before April 30, 2010. The first day of the meeting (June 30, 2010) will be shaped by PhD candidates’ presentations only. If you are a student and want to present, please submit a PhD concept. Be aware that your paper should not only deal with your dissertation thesis, but will be evaluated against the criteria of how you reflect the problems of the field as indicated above. Nine papers will be selected. For further questions on the PhD Consortium please contact Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt at pille.vengerfeldt(a)ut.ee and Celina Raffl at celina.raffl(a)sbg.ac.at. > > A preliminary schedule of the network meeting is available at http://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/schedule. Please adjust your contribution to one or more of the mentioned sessions, and/or suggest a new topic. > Besides the scheduled programme, the meeting will provide ample space and time for ad-hoc working groups, informal and formal discussion groups and networking. > > Important Dates: > Deadline for suggested sessions, round tables, workshops: May 06, 2010 > Feedback to authors due date: May 13, 2010 > Deadline for contributions (within sessions): May 06, 2010 > > PhD workshop abstract deadline (500 words): May 06, 2010 > Decision on PhD abstracts: May 20, 2010 > Full paper submission due date for PhD contributions: June 15, 2010 > > Besides, the meeting will provide ample space for ad-hoc working groups if need be. > > Keynote Speakers: > William Dutton (Oxford Internet Institute) > Juliet Webster (Work and Equality Research, London, UK) > > > If you have any inquires about the network meeting, please contact Alexander Banfield-Mumb at Alexander.Banfield-Mumb(a)uti.at. Please have a look at the website at http://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/ which will be updated on a regular basis. > > Meeting Preparation Committee: > Peng Hwa Ang > Alexander Banfield-Mumb > David Hakken > Wolfgang Hofkirchner > Jeremy Hunsinger > Josep Lladós > Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt > Celina Raffl > Meritxell Roca Sales > > _______________________________________________ > International Association for Media and Communication Research - http://iamcr.org > Announcements mailing list > > Join IAMCR | http://iamcr.org/about-iamcr/membership/join-iamcr-mainmenu-237 > > Follow IAMCR's updates on Twitter | http://twitter.com/IAMCRtweets > Visit IAMCR's Facebook Page | http://www.facebook.com/iamcr.org Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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Re: [Air-L] Thoughts on IRB and identity of researcher.
by Matthew Bernius 19 Apr '10

19 Apr '10

> > I also wonder if there is a generic IRB I can use or how an independent > scholar handles such things. I am just one term past school studies may be > my former school can help me. This has probably been answered here as I know > there have been many discussions on this topic. I ask anyways. I think may > be my school or employer could offer to do this process in an informal way. Peter, If you are not conducting this research as part of an institution that receives Federal funding, you do not have to apply for nor use IRB. This, of course, does not discharge ethical responsibilities towards your subjects. However, IRB approval/notification is only needed when one is conducting research for an institution that receives specific funds. That said, if you imagine that you might one day use said research for future academic purposes, it's in your best interest to reproduce IRB as best you can. However, said reproduction/performance of IRB and informed consent, does not necessarily mean that any future academic institution will **accept** whatever procedures that you use at any given moment before becoming a student or faculty member there. Hope this makes sense. - Matt ----------------------------- Matthew Bernius PhD Student | Cultural Anthropology | Cornell University | http://www.arts.cornell.edu/anthro/ Researcher At Large | Open Publishing Lab @ the Rochester Institute of Technology | http://opl.cias.rit.edu | @ritopl mBernius(a)gMail.com | http://www.waking-dream.com | @mattBernius

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cfp: DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media International Confere (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:38:05 -0400 From: Megan Boler <mboler(a)oise.utoronto.ca> Subject: cfp: DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media International Confere **dear colleagues, we would be very grateful if you could distribute and circulate widely, thank you! megan (apologies for cross-postings)** DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media Centre for the Study of the United States, Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto Nov 12-14, 2010 http://diycitizenship.com/ Call for papers/presentations: due May 20, 2010 Plenary speakers include: Anne Balsalmo, Suzanne de Castell, Ron Deibert, Paul Dourish, Henry Jenkins, Jennifer Jenson, Natalie Jeremijenko, Steve Mann, Trebor Scholz. Conference Organizers: Prof. Megan Boler, Associate Chair, Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Prof. Matthew Ratto Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto; Director, Critical Making Lab, University of Toronto A renewed emphasis on participatory forms of digitally-mediated production is transforming our social landscape. Making has become the dominant metaphor for a variety of digital and digitally-mediated practices. The web is exploding with independently produced digital content such as video diaries, conversations, stories, software, music, video gamesall of which are further transformed and morphed by modders, hackers, artists and activists who redeploy and repurpose corporately-produced content. Equally, communities of self-organized crafters, hackers, and enthusiasts are increasingly to be found online exchanging sewing and knitting patterns, technical guides, circuit layouts, detailed electronics tutorials and other forms of instruction and support. Many of these individuals and collaborators understand their work to be socially interventionist. Through practices of design, development, and exchange they challenge traditional divides between production and consumption and to redress the power differentials built into technologically-mediated societies. DIY Citizenship invokes the participatory nature of these diverse do-it-yourself modes of engagement, community, networks, and toolsall of which arguably replace traditional with remediated notions of citizenship. The term critical making refers to the increasing role making plays in critical forms of social reflection and engagement. This interactive conference seeks to extend conversations about new modes of engaged DIY citizenship and politics evidenced by the exponential increase of DIY media, user-generators, prosumers, hacktivists, tactical media interventionists, and other maker identities. We invite scholars, activists, artists, designers, programmers and others interested in the social and participatory dimensions of digitally-mediated practices, to engage in dialogue across disciplinary and professional divides. All methodological and theoretical approaches are welcomed. Submissions may include paper proposals, works of art and/or design, short video or audio segments, performances, video games, digital media, or other genres and forms. Potential topics include: the relation between social media and the making of new forms of citizenship engagementthus, for example, making movements; making community; making news; making play; making bodies; making health; making public; making education; making networks. For the full conference call, see: http://diycitizenship.com/

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