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IAMCR Webinar for Early Career Scholars
by Devina Sarwatay 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

With apologies for crossposting: Are you an MA/ PhD research student or Early Career Scholar in Communication & Media Studies? Looking to participate in the upcoming IAMCR 2024 Annual Conference? ( iamcr.org/christchurch2024/cfp) Submitting/ reviewing for an international conference for the 1st time? Please join us for the IAMCR Webinar Taming the butterflies: How to write good abstracts & constructively review for Early Career Scholars! ( iamcr.org/webinars/tamingthebutterflies) This webinar will: 1. familiarise the audience with IAMCR, Media Education Research (MER) & Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) Sections, 2. identify resources available to support people submitting to & reviewing for the IAMCR conference for the 1st time, & 3. discuss the nature of good abstracts & reviews to set expectations for the upcoming conference. Speakers: Steph Hill, University of Leicester & Devina Sarwatay, City, University of London. Co-sponsored by: IAMCR MER & ESN. Date: 15 January, 2024. Time: 2 pm UTC. IAMCR members register: iamcr.org/webinars/register-taming-butterflies Non-members: Email register4iamcrwebinar(a)gmail.com with subject "Taming the butterflies" to be added to the attendees list. Registration deadline: 13 January, 2024. Join IAMCR: iamcr.org/join/individual *Devina Sarwatay, PhD* Presidential Fellow <https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/devina-sarwatay> Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries School of Communication & Creativity City, University of London Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB My pronouns are she/her Email: Devina.Sarwatay(a)city.ac.uk www.city.ac.uk Vice-Chair, Media Education Research, IAMCR <https://iamcr.org/> International Liaison, Children Adolescents and Media Division, ICA <https://www.icahdq.org/> Core Team, Media Education Lab <https://mediaeducationlab.com/> *Confidentiality Notice* This message (including any attachments) contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorised to receive for the intended recipient), you may not read, print, retain, use, copy, distribute or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message (including any attachments). Thank you.

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REMINDER JAN. 3 DEADLINE: In-Betweenness of Play Conference
by David Murphy 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

Apologies for Crossposting Hello Friends, This is a gentle reminder that the final submission deadline for The In-Betweenness of Play joint hybrid conference is tomorrow (Wednesday, January 3rd). This conference is free of charge for those who choose to present online and the CFP can be found below. CALL FOR A PAPERS DIGRA Brazil / British DIGRA Joint Hybrid Conference The In-Betweenness of Play As part of a broader initiative aimed at amplifying diverse voices within the interdisciplinary field of game studies, DIGRA Brazil and British DIGRA invite short panel and paper proposals to a special two-day joint hybrid conference on the 'in-betweenness' of play that will take place from April 12-13 at Staffordshire University London. In 1971, Brazilian Cultural Critic Silviano Santiago introduced the concept of 'in-betweenness' as a vital lens for understanding the intricate dynamics emerging from the clash of modern Western theories with the complexities of contemporary non-Western cultural production. It offered depth to the experiences of artists and intellectuals involved in the production of identities, economies, and aesthetic strategies caught between nativism and cosmopolitanism while challenging the untrustworthy, often exploitative, Western notions of cultural originality. It also helped shape the understanding of the ongoing influence of colonial legacies and power dynamics in cultural encounters. In addition to outlining a critical position, the concept of in-betweenness also refers to productive spaces where new collaborations can flourish—spaces where shared feelings of cultural in-betweenness give-rise to the creative reimagining of ontologies, technologies, methodologies and practices. A space in-between, in other words, is also a place of learning by way of emulation, adaptation, collaboration and critical reflection. To promote as much participation as possible, panel (750-1000 words including bibliography) and paper (250-500 words including bibliography) proposals on any aspect of game or gaming adjacent research written in English or Portuguese are welcome. Attendees can present online or in person; the deadline for submissions is Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024, and proposals can be sent to inbetweenessofplay(a)googlegroups.com. Online participation is free and both organizations are also seeking postgraduate student support for this and future events, so if you are an MA or PhD student interested in volunteering for the event planning committee please send a short email expressing your interest to inbetweenessofplay(a)googlegroups.com. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, research on the spaces in-between: - Sustainability and Development - Accessibility and Design - Analog and Digital Games - Amateurs and Professionals - Studios, Workers, and Publishers - Players, Fans, and Spectators - Bodies and Affects - Labour and Leisure - Storytelling and Design - Platforms and Cultures - Learning and Teaching - Institutions and Esports - Research and Practice - Representation and Identity - Post-colonialism and Decolonization - Posthumanism and Agency - Automation and Art CHAMADA DE TRABALHOS Conferência Híbrida Conjunta DIGRA Brasil/British DIGRA Os Entre-Lugares do Jogo Como parte de uma iniciativa mais ampla destinada a ampliar vozes diversas no campo interdisciplinar dos game studies, os chapters brasileiro e britânico da Digital Games Research Association - DIGRA Brasil e British DIGRA, respectivamente - convidam propostas curtas de painéis e artigos para uma conferência híbrida especial de dois dias sobre a 'intermediariedade' do jogo, que acontecerá de 12 a 13 de abril de 2024 na Universidade de Staffordshire, em Londres. Em 1971, o crítico cultural brasileiro Silviano Santiago introduziu o conceito de 'Entre-Lugar' como uma lente vital para entender as dinâmicas intrincadas que surgem do choque das teorias ocidentais modernas com as complexidades da produção cultural contemporânea não-ocidental. Isso ofereceu profundidade às experiências de artistas e intelectuais envolvidos na produção de identidades, economias e estratégias estéticas presas entre o nativismo e o cosmopolitismo, desafiando também as noções ocidentais de originalidade cultural. Além disso, ajudou a moldar a compreensão da influência contínua das heranças coloniais e das dinâmicas de poder nos encontros culturais. Além de delinear uma posição crítica, o conceito de Entre-Lugar também se refere a espaços produtivos onde novas colaborações podem florescer - espaços onde sentimentos compartilhados dão origem à recriação criativa de ontologias, tecnologias, metodologias e práticas. Um espaço intermediário, em outras palavras, é também um lugar de aprendizado por meio de emulação, adaptação, colaboração e reflexão crítica. Para promover o máximo de participação possível, são bem-vindas propostas de painéis (750-1000 palavras) e artigos (250-500 palavras) sobre qualquer aspecto da pesquisa de jogos ou relacionada a jogos, escritas em inglês ou português. Os participantes podem apresentar online ou presencialmente; o prazo para envio de propostas é terça-feira, 3 de janeiro de 2024, e as propostas podem ser enviadas para inbetweenessofplay(a)googlegroups.com. Tópicos sugeridos incluem, mas não se limitam a, pesquisa sobre os espaços intermediários: - Sustentabilidade e Desenvolvimento - Acessibilidade e Design - Jogos Analógicos e Digitais - Amadores e Profissionais - Estúdios, Trabalhadores e Editores - Jogadores, Fãs e Espectadores - Corpos e Afetos - Trabalho e Lazer - Narrativa e Design - Plataformas e Culturas - Aprendizado e Ensino - Instituições e Esportes Eletrônicos - Pesquisa e Prática - Representação e Identidade - Pós-colonialismo e Descolonização - Pós-humanismo e Agência - Automação e Arte - Bibliografia Selecionada *Selected Bibliography* Amaro, M., & Fragoso, S. (2020). East meets South: The creative appropriation of Nintendo and Sega videogames in Brazil. *In Proceedings of the 2020 DIGRA International Conference: Play Anywhere*. http://www.digra.org/digital-library/forums/digra2020/page/11/. Blanco, B., & Job Da Silca, A. C. (2021). From The Scratchware Manifesto to Game Workers Unite: manifestos and labor claims in two decades of indie video games. *Contracampo*, 40(2). Chia, A. (2022). The artist and the automaton in digital game production. *Convergence*, 28(2), 389-412. de Paula, B. (2021). “Emergent countries play, too!”: The Zeebo console as a (partial) decolonial project.*Contracampo*, 40(2). Gallagher, R. (2022). Humanising gaming? The politics of posthuman agency in autobiographical videogames. *Convergence*, 28(2), 359-373. MacCallum-Stewart, E. (2013). Diggy Holes and Jaffa Cakes: The rise of the elite fanproducer in video-gaming culture. *Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds*, 5(2), 165-182. Ruffino, P., & Woodcock, J. (2021). Game workers and the empire: Unionisation in the UK video game industry. *Games and Culture*, 16(3), 317-328. Trigo, A. (2004). *The Space In-Between: Essays on Latin American Culture*. By Silviano Santiago. Edited by Anna Lúcia Gazzola. Translated by Tom Burns, Ana Lúcia Gazzola, and Gareth Williams. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. Pp. 188. Webber, N. (2020). The Britishness of ‘British Video Games’. *International Journal of Cultural Policy*, 26(2), 135-149.

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REMINDER CfP: World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress 2024
by Ricardo A. Fagoaga H. 01 Jan '24

01 Jan '24

REMINDER CfP: World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress 2024 Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Perspectives, Practices, and Power Johannesburg, South Africa 11th-15th November 2024 CfP Deadline: January 22, 2024. Info: https://bit.ly/WAUcongress2024 Registration: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressPANELS Anthropology Southern Africa warmly invites you to join us in Mzansi/South Africa for the inaugural World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress from November 11 to 15, 2024. Organized by Anthropology Southern Africa and hosted by the University of Johannesburg, this groundbreaking event promises a rich exploration of anthropological knowledge under the theme: Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Perspectives, Practices, and Power Submit a Panel Proposal: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressPANELS Anthropology, as with other disciplines in the arts and social sciences, has engaged over decades with multiple paradigmatic shifts and critiques of the ways in which anthropological knowledge is gathered, organised, presented and theorised. From the 1960s onwards, anthropological knowledge has engaged with, and seen concomitant shifts in practice as a result of [post - ] theoretical movements: Post-structuralism; Post-modernism; Post-colonialism; Post-socialism; Post-humanism; Post- post-colonialism -> decolonial shift; Post-truth. Recent shifts in some spaces have also critiqued even the notion of ‘post-’, such as the decolonial movement, for example, which argues that post-colonialism does not take critique far enough, and that social theory should strive instead for decolonial approaches. All of these critiques share a core concern with recognising the constructedness of knowledge, and the power relations that underlie what we know and how we know it. Anthropology has a slightly different perspective to many other social science disciplines in that the discipline itself is premised on a recognition of the inherent value of plural knowledge forms, through cultural relativism and an historic and contemporary disciplinary stance against ethnocentrism. Against this set of concerns, we propose a WAU Congress that engages with anthropological knowledge making in its various forms, recognising theoretical, geographical, socio-political contextual and ontological differences in how anthropological knowledge is made, transmitted and distributed in varied spaces. We seek panels that speak, but are not limited, to: • Changing fields of anthropological subdisciplines; • The politics of producing social, cultural, linguistic, biological and paleo- anthropological knowledge; • Ideas and ideals of ethnographic and ethnological practice; • Post-covid practices in anthropological knowledge making; • Digital worlds and the role of new technologies in fieldwork; • The legitimacy of museums and collections as knowledge repositories; • Ideas of truth and/ or post-truth in knowledge-making and representation; • Anthropology as the humbling practice of learning; • Tensions between local knowledge production and academic knowledge production; • Disaggregating local knowledges in light of critical decolonial perspectives; • Challenges and successes of the decolonial imperative; • Decoloniality and criticality: overlaps, tensions, and differences; • The politics of disseminating knowledges; • Manifestations of hegemony in knowledge production, and their dangers; • The knowledges which one can’t quite see, hear, touch, feel, smell; • Survival, revival and flourishing in a “post”- catastrophic world; • Changing ethics, methods and techniques in ethnographic research; • (Re)production of hegemony and hierarchy in anthropological research; • Pleasure, joy and fun in anthropological research; • Anthropology out of the “Ivory towers”; • “Studying up” and anthropology of institutions/elites etc; • Creativity and the art in/of/as research. Submit a Panel Proposal: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressPANELS Rules for submission of panels: • All proposals are submitted online through the Congress website. • Each person can submit only one panel proposal. • Panel conveners must choose whether their panel is in person only, online only, or open to the possibility of being hybrid. • A panel proposal should have at least two (or more) conveners. At least two of the conveners must be from different countries and institutional affiliations. At least one of the panel conveners must hold a PhD at the time of proposal submission. • Reflecting Africa’s language diversity, the Congress is running Francophone and Lusophone language streams. All panel proposals must indicate the language of their panel and provide the panel title/abstracts in both English and language of presentation. Details required for submission of a panel proposal: • Convener details with their institutional affiliations. • Online or in person • Language of presentation • Title (maximum 20 words) • A long abstract stating the subject and objectives of the proposal, highlighting its academic or practical relevance to the anthropological sciences (maximum 500 words). • Five keywords. • Name of affiliating commission/s (if applicable) • A person can convene only one panel. However, a convener can have two roles such as a convener/co-convener of a panel, paper presenter, etc. Affiliations with IUAES Commission/s It is recommended the panel proposer seek affiliation with an IUAES Commission/s according to a topic of common interest. Our Commissions promote networking among their members, engaging them in joint activities, such as webinars and panels for international IUAES conferences, as well as disseminating activities and publications of their members through social media. Panel proposers should contact the convener of any of the IUAES commissions for support. The process of collaboration needs to be completed before the submission of the panel proposal. Panel conveners, however, retain full intellectual authority and autonomy over their panel. Evaluation of the panel proposal The Scientific Committee will evaluate the relevance and quality of the proposals received and will be responsible for the selection of the panels. The conveners will be informed about the decision of the scientific committee by the organisers. This will be followed by the call for papers and other relevant forms of participation. Timelines: Description Dates Call for Panels (onsite and online): 1 Dec 2023 - 22 Jan 2024 Evaluation of Panels: 22 February 2024 Announcement of Accepted Panels: 01 March 2024 Calls for Papers (abstract submission): 8 March - 30 April 2024 Calls for Roundtables (onsite only): 8 March - 30 April 2024 Call for Legotla (onsite only): 8 March - 30 April 2024 Call for Films, Art Installations etc (onsite only): 8 March - 30 April 2024 Call for Book Launches (onsite only): 8 March - 30 April 2024 Evaluation of Papers: 31 May 2024 Announcement of Accepted Papers etc: 07 June 2024 NB: The Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA) annual conference is being hosted by the University of Johannesburg from 6-8 November 2024. We welcome you to attend and learn more about the exciting scholarship emanating from southern Africa. Discounts are available if you attend both the ASnA Conference and the WAU Congress. Please see ASnA web page for the call for panels/papers. Join us in reimagining anthropological knowledge - let your voice be heard in this transformative gathering! World Anthropological Union Congress 2024 Organizing Committee *°°°°°°°* *Ricardo A. Fagoaga Hernández* Antropólogo e Historiador *ORCID* <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5642-457X> | *Google Scholar* <https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=-FgY5JQAAAAJ> | *Linkedin* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rfagoaga/> | *Bluesky* <https://bsky.app/profile/fagoaga.bsky.social> | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/rfagoaga>* *Academic Digital Impact Consultant* for the World Council of Anthropological Associations (*WCAA*) and the World Anthropological Union ( *WAU*). *Associate Editor *of the *History of Anthropology Review* (*HAR <https://histanthro.org>*).

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Winter 2024 Disrupting Disruptions schedule of events (the feminist and accessible publishing, communications, and tech speaker and workshop series)
by Alexandra Ketchum 28 Dec '23

28 Dec '23

We are so excited to announce the Winter 2024 schedule of events for Disrupting Disruptions: the Feminist and Accessible Publishing, Communications, and Tech Speaker and Workshop Series! All events are free, virtual or hybrid (so join us in person in Montreal for the hybrid events if you'd like), and professionally CART captioned. You need to register for the events to get the zoom link. Below is our winter 2024 schedule-- for more information go to: http://disruptingdisruptions.com or https://www.feministandaccessiblepublishingandtechnology.com/p/schedule-of-…. We are going to add another 1-2 events in the coming weeks. *January 4, 2024: Alisha B Wormsley on Shrines for the Familiar: Radical World Building through Collective Dreaming <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alisha-b-wormsley-on-radical-world-building-th…>, 6 PM ET (virtual) * *January 9, 2024: Dr. Aron Lee Rosenberg on Jacking Out: A Year Spent Offline <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dr-aron-lee-rosenberg-on-jacking-out-a-year-spe…>, Noon- 1:30 PM ET (hybrid)* *January 16, 2024: Dr. Margaret Galvan on In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-margaret-galvan-on-in-visible-archives-quee…>, 6 PM ET (virtual)* *January 24, 2024: Dr. Jaipreet Virdi on Deaf Futurity <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-jaipreet-virdi-on-deaf-futurity-virtual-tic…>, 6 PM ET (virtual), in addition to CART captioning, we will have ASL interpretation* *January 29, 2024: Dr. Sasha Luccioni on AI and Climate Change: Equating Positive Impacts with Negative Effects, <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-sasha-luccioni-on-ai-and-climate-change-hyb…> Noon ET (hyrbid)* *February 7, 2024: Tawana Petty on In Pursuit of Data Justice: When Opting Out Becomes Improbable <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tawana-petty-virtual-tickets-779705138057?aff=…>, 6 PM ET (virtual)* *February 13, 2024: Dr. Brenna Clarke Gray on Every Technology Was Somebody’s Choice: Resisting Inevitability Discourse and Recognizing Power in the Generative AI “Revolution," <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-brenna-clarke-gray-virtual-tickets-77971283…>6 PM ET (virtual)* *February 15, 2024: Khari Johnson on AI and Journalism <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/khari-johnson-on-ai-and-journalism-tickets-782…>, 6 PM (virtual)* February 21, 2024: Dr. Mél Hogan on the Environmental Impacts of Chat GPT and AI Technologies <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-mel-hogan-on-the-environmental-impacts-of-c…>, 6 PM ET (virtual) May 7, 2024: Dr. Ashley Shew on Against Technoableism <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-ashley-shew-on-against-technoableism-virtua…>, 6 PM ET (virtual). This event is part of the Ada X HTMlles festival Events are organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum at McGill University's Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. Thank you to our funders: SSHRC Connection Grant: Digital Citizen Research, the Sustainability Projects Fund, Ada X, IGSF, Indigenous Futures Research Centre, MILA, Digs Lab, Algorithmic Observatory, and more! .

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OEWG 6 - Recording / Transcripts
by Joly MacFie 27 Dec '23

27 Dec '23

I don't know what you did over Xmas but I took the opportunity to marshall my recordings + transcripts of the recent Open Ended Working Group 6th Session into somewhat digestible form. https://bit.ly/oewg6 Let me be clear, this is a personal project, independent of ISOC, on behalf of the Internet Governance community. The transcripts are straight out of Otter, and contain many errors. Everything EN only. One thing that stood out was India's refinement of its proposal for a "GLOBAL CYBER SECURITY COOPERATION PORTAL" which, if implemented, could do much to enhance multijurisdictional collaboration. https://share.descript.com/view/InH9wi8nc5q The slides are at https://bit.ly/3vm6uBx I never did find a copy of the session agenda, but here a couple of links. The OEWG homepage https://meetings.unoda.org/open-ended-working-group-on-information-and-comm… The UNODA OEWG page (not updated since 2021). https://disarmament.unoda.org/open-ended-working-group/ Comprehensive background https://dig.watch/processes/un-gge -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Seeking Support for PhD Scholarship Application in Law or Public Policy
by Jameson Pierre-Louis 24 Dec '23

24 Dec '23

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ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos
by Wanling Cai 24 Dec '23

24 Dec '23

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-lbr-and-demos/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy July 1-4, 2024 The 32nd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024) is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP 2024 is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI<https://sigchi.org/> and SIGWEB<https://www.sigweb.org/>. User Modeling Inc.<https://um.org/>, as the core Steering Committee, oversees the conference organization. ACM UMAP operates under the ACM Conference Code of Conduct<https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment>. The proceedings, published by ACM, will be part of the ACM Digital Library. ACM UMAP 2024 invites Late-Breaking Results (LBR) papers as well as Demonstrations (demos) of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). The topics for these submissions are the same as the ones included in the Call for Full and Short Papers<https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-full-and-short-papers/>. However, their scope and timing is different. In particular, although short papers (from the main track) and the LBR papers of this call have the same maximum length, LBR papers are expected to present innovative ideas that are being explored and have already shown some promising results. It is also a dissemination channel for new research directions. Mature results which have already gone through experimental validation are more suitable for the general call, either as a full or short paper. Thus, rejected papers from the main track are not expected to be a valuable contribution as an LBR paper unless their contents are revised to address the scope of this track. Note also that LBR papers are to be presented physically during the conference in a poster format, allowing for more informal discussions on the ideas shared. Demos are intended to present systems that have been used to achieve the research outcomes presented as full and short papers. Thus, we highly recommend authors of accepted full and short papers to also prepare a submission for a demo of their system to be showcased at the conference in the LBR and Demo session. ** Important Dates ** Submission: April 18, 2024 Notification: May 9 2024 Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 Conference: July 1 – 4, 2024 Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. Submission All submissions must be written in English. Papers should be submitted electronically, in a PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Late Breaking Results and Demo Papers” track ** Length and Formatting ** -- Late-Breaking Results Format -- * Page Limits. Up to 7 pages, plus up to 2 additional pages for references (figures, tables, proofs, appendixes, acknowledgments, and any other content count toward the page limit). * Proceedings. Publication in ACM UMAP 2024 adjunct proceedings. * Presentation. Physically presented as a poster during the conference. * Description. LBRs are research-in-progress that must contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, addressing both the theory and practice of UMAP. In addition, papers introducing recently started research projects or summarizing project results are welcome as well. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit late-breaking work as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. In case that papers rejected in the main track (i.e. submitted as full or short papers) are submitted to this track, they should be revised not only to take into account the comments made to help improve the paper, but to fulfill the scope of the LBR, which emphasizes novelty of ideas. This is also valid for papers that have been recommended as an LBR when rejected in the main track. -- Demos Format -- * Page Limits *. Up to 5 pages, plus up to 1 additional page for references (figures, tables, proofs, appendixes, acknowledgments, and any other content count toward the page limit). On an extra page (not to be published), submissions should include a specification of the technical requirements for demonstrating the system at UMAP 2024. * Supporting Material *. Video or external material demonstrating the system. * Proceedings *. Publication in ACM UMAP 2024 adjunct proceedings. * Presentation * . Physically presented as a demo plus as a poster during the conference. * Description *. Demos will showcase research prototypes and commercially available products in a dedicated session. Demo submissions must be based on an implemented and tested system that pursues one or more innovative ideas in the interest areas of the conference. Demonstrations are an excellent and exciting way to showcase implementations and get valuable feedback from the community, especially for those papers that have been presented in the main track. Each demo submission must make clear which aspects of the system will be demonstrated, and how these will be demonstrated on-site as well as online. To better identify the value of demos, we also encourage authors to submit a pointer to a screencast (max. 5 minutes on Vimeo or YouTube) or any external material related to the demo (e.g., shared code on GitHub). Non-Anonymity. Submissions will be reviewed single-masked (i.e., authors’ names should be included in the papers) thus there is no need to be anonymized before submission. Template for the Research Description. Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, all authors should submit manuscripts for review in the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for authors are given below: * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript, review, anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with LaTeX<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…>. * Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Overleaf<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/overleaf>. * Word. Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Microsoft Word<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…> Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com<mailto:acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com> for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries. * Accessibility *. Authors are strongly encouraged to provide “alt text” (alternative text) for floats (images, tables, etc.) in their content so that readers with disabilities can be given descriptive information for these floats that are important to the work. The descriptive text will be displayed in place of a float if the float cannot be loaded. This benefits the author and it broadens the reader base for the author’s work. Moreover, the alt text provides in-depth float descriptions to search engine crawlers, which helps to properly index these floats. Additionally, authors should follow the ACM Accessibility Recommendations for Publishing in Color and SIG ACCESS guidelines on describing figures<https://authors.acm.org/journals/accessibility-recommendations-for-publishi…>. ** Review Process & Camera-ready Submission ** * Review * Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. They will be assessed based on their originality and novelty, potential contribution to the research field, potential impact in particular use cases, and the usefulness of presented experiences, as well as their overall readability. Papers that exceed the page limits or do not adhere to the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. The ACM Code of Ethics<https://ethics.acm.org/> gives the UMAP program committee the right to (desk-)reject papers that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes/implications that clearly disadvantage minority communities. Further, reviewers will be explicitly asked to consider whether the research was conducted in compliance with professional ethical standards and applicable regulatory guidelines. Failure to do so could lead to a (desk-)rejection. * Camera-ready Information *. Accepted papers will be subject to further revision to meet the requirements of the camera-ready format required by ACM. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues. Instructions for preparing the camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be provided after acceptance. This might include instructions to prepare a video of the accepted contribution. Camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be later submitted using ACM’s new production platform<https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template> where authors will be able to review PDF and HTML output formats before publication. ** Registration and Presentation Policy ** Each accepted paper must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each accepted paper must be presented in person to be included in the conference adjunct proceedings, published by ACM and available via the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. During the conference, all categories will be presented at the poster reception, in the form of a poster and/or a software demonstration following poster format. This form of presentation will provide presenters with an opportunity to obtain direct feedback about their work from a wide audience during the conference. ** Late-Breaking Results and Demos Chairs ** * Bamshad Mobasher, DePaul University, USA * Hanna Hauptmann, Utrecht University, Netherlands * Olga C. Santos, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Spain Contact information: umap2024-lbr at um.org

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Planetary Data Infrastructures call for contributions, EASST-4S 2024 c
by N M-F 23 Dec '23

23 Dec '23

Planetary Data Infrastructures call for contributions, EASST-4S 2024 conference Amsterdam, 16-19 July 2024. "Planetary Data Infrastructures" is a convergence (panel) that explores expanded engagements with networked infrastructures, intimate, concrete and speculative, that help foster more response-able, aesthetic, cooperative, and sustainable planetary relations. We invite conventional and experimental formats in presentation abstracts (spoken word, performance, social sculpture, fictocriticism, poetry... ) For presentation at 'Making and doing transformations' EASST-4S 2024 conference Amsterdam, 16-19 July 2024. More info here https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/panel/14242 and here https://networkcultures.org/performanceofcode/2023/12/23/planetary-data-inf… Nancy Mauro-Flude

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CFP: Social Media and Society in India
by Joyojeet Pal 22 Dec '23

22 Dec '23

The University of Michigan is hosting a hybrid conference on Social Media and Society in India, April 8-9, 2024, featuring a host of speakers to discuss various ways in which social media is impacting contemporary life in India. The event is in its fourth iteration at the University of Michigan and is a premier venue for conversations around social media and society in India. Website: https://influencers.conference.si.umich.edu/ And papers are presented on site, and online, and are archived. We invite student researchers who are interested in the intersection of social media influencers and social media practices in India to submit position papers under the following themes: - Social media platforms and influencers’ practices in India, e.g., patterns of behavior, i.e. how they use different social media platform features. - Influencer strategies and impact, i.e. how they gain and maintain popularity, how their influence gets operationalized. - Collaborative influencing; social media influencers’ impacts on the social, political, cultural, and economic landscapes in the regions. Proceedings of the 2023 conference are archived here for a sense of what kinds of work are included. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/177147 Those interested in participating are asked to submit a position paper (~3000 words without references) or an extended abstract (1000 words). Call for papers (Student Session): https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/smsi-cfp.html Feel free to reach out to sohamde(a)uw.edu for any questions/ clarifications. Best, Arshia, Sarah and Soham Student Session Chairs, SMSI 2024

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CfP Special Issue of the Journal of Creative Communictation
by Piotr Siuda 22 Dec '23

22 Dec '23

Dear members of the AOiR list As an Associate Editor of the Journal of Creative Communication, I invite you to submit for our upcoming Special Issue titled 'Algorithmic Media: Shifting Agency, Content, and Everyday Uses.' I've attached the CFP below for all the details. The Special Issue will be co-edited by Professor Ruchi Tewari, Professor Susanne Eichner, and Professor Franziska Thiele. The deadline for papers is April 1, 2024. Submit here: https://peerreview.sagepub.com/crc The Journal of Creative Communication is published by SAGE Journals with current IF: 1.5. Here is the full CfP: Special Issue Call for Papers: Algorithmic Media: Shifting Agency, Content and Everyday Uses Special Issue Co-Editors: Susanne Eichner (s.eichner(a)filmuniversitaet.de) Film University Babelsberg, Germany Franziska Thiele (franziska.thiele(a)uni-rostock.de) University of Rostock, Germany Ruchi Tewari (ruchi.tewari(a)micamail.in) MICA-The School of Ideas, India Communication, as a field of study, research and practice, has always been strongly influenced by changes in communication technology. As a result, communication as a field has become highly diversified, stratified and nuanced. As communication is becoming more interlaced with or mediated by technology, it appears to be egalitarian. Yet, as we scratch the surface, we see the presence of hierarchical ownership structures, monetary and political interests. Every user of the internet and communication technology today is at the same time a communicator who has the potential power to articulate and share their views, ideas, and experiences. However, users do not have the same agency to be seen or heard. We are witnessing how creative ideas and contents are created in varied contexts that are articulated and distributed in unique formats. With every user of communication technology becoming a creator, communication agency and efficiency have been altered. People use new technology to experiment with novel ways to garner popularity and talk about new topics in the constant effort to reach a larger number of audiences, as virality of messages is a goal that many content creators chase. The production of user-generated content has become even more complex and sophisticated with the rise of free-for-all artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, which, by the end of 2022, had become an integral and transformative part of our society and relationships. Algorithms have been around even longer; they not only drive our media consumption but also shape our reality and alter human reasoning, affections, and affiliations. The process of decision-making is impacted by the choice of content, product display, political and social information, media content or even basic images that the algorithm-based media show. AI-supported algorithms have a power- pushed manipulative effect. All of this influences how new content is created, how it is communicated, and the responses and reactions it generates from the audience. Practices that once used to take place offline are becoming mediated or completely transferred into the online world—a process that has been especially accelerated in the wake of the pandemic. This cycle from content creation to response generation is very rapid, iterative and appears to be egalitarian, but it is implicitly held and controlled by technology and the different powers that further hold the reins of technology. It is critical to recognise that while it appears that the agency of content and communication production lies with the user, the production is in fact mediated, stratified and controlled by intermediaries and platforms. This dichotomy of communication as controlled by an invisible agency but extensively employed by users of technology makes it an interesting and important area of research for scholars. Given the complex and multidisciplinary nature of the problem, interdisciplinary and cross-domain studies will help to understand and unravel the issues. The research on the issues addressed is highly varied, and we welcome all kinds of methodological and theoretical approaches. The current Call for Papers encourages academics, scholars and practitioners to submit research papers that look at novel forms of content creation and technology, deal with novel ideas of communication, or examine creative ways in which a communicative product is articulated and shared in all spheres—public and private. We are also highly interested in how intermediaries interact on novel media, to what respect they share or allow the other to have agency, as well as how far users are controlled by a platform’s invisible agency. Another point of interest of the call is the integration of these new tools of content creation into everyday use and whether and how originally offline practices can become mediated. Possible topics for papers are (but are not limited to): New forms of content creation and technology One area of focus of this call for papers lies in the different forms and processes of content creation. Here, we are especially interested in how these forms are changed and altered by new media, algorithms, platforms and artificial intelligence. In the area of content creation, we are interested in how messages are drafted by users and perceived by other producers. Today, people in creative fields like art, public relations or graphic design feel that their work is being devalued by the existence of artificial intelligence and that their income and jobs are at risk. Studies directed at understanding and studying the actions and impacts of new forms of technology, power structures and content creation are welcome. Effects of everyday use, well-being and rituals Most technologies that have been integrated into users’ everyday lives are applied for special tasks. In this part, we are interested in how media technology has been integrated into people’s everyday practices and rituals, as well as how and why everyday practices, or rituals have been mediated. For example, what kind of media do people use for what, and is that the way it was intended by its creators? How is the telephone used in the bedroom, or what technology is usually used in the living room? What kind of mourning practices can we find in the online world? Do we become immortal by uploading our creations online? The integration of media technology into our everyday lives can have positive effects and support us in our goals, such as tracking tools that help us measure, maintain and improve our fitness. At the same time, overuse of these tools might also result in negative consequences for our health and well-being. Therefore, we are interested in the factors or combination of factors that shape physiological, cultural, emotional and social well-being when communication is mediated. Agency and algorithmic intermediaries Due to new communication technologies, users produce content on platforms that are subject to the pervasive influence of algorithms, the particular interests of tech-conglomerates, and political or lobbyist interests. The untransparent nature of algorithmic programming often leaves users in the dark as to what these platforms (might) use their content for, who controls these platforms, and whose interests are met. The concrete dynamics of these algorithmic intermediaries act as a black box for users, which can be navigated but never completely controlled. It creates a “tension” where the agentic powers of many different actors are moving fluidly in a network instead of forming a stable hierarchy. Accordingly, agency in digital media is increasingly being described as a “hybrid agency” since individual agency only develops in connection with a specific platform affordance and its algorithm. Papers dealing with these topics could address how individual and institutional agency and relationships, such as with the platforms, are impacted by the algorithms. On the one hand, the platforms have an apparent egalitarian potential as communicative products, as they are potentially accessible to every individual equipped to share their views and ideas on public platforms. On the other hand, users are obscurely controlled by platform algorithms. Submission Deadlines: Last date of manuscripts submission: April 1, 2024 Expected date of publication: March 1, 2025 Submission Guidelines: • Author guidelines must be strictly followed. Please see: https://journals.sagepub.com/ author-instructions/CRC Other relevant information: • Journal & Submission Website: https://peerreview.sagepub.com/crc • JOCC’s Previous Issues: https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/CRC • JOCC’s Aims and Scope: https://journals.sagepub.com/aims-scope/CRC Submission Types: We welcome research articles, case studies, research in brief, practitioner essays, and commentaries. Research articles should be of approximately 6,000–8,000 words in length, including references, tables, and figures. They should be written as a continuous expository narrative in a chapter or article style - not as lists of points. Shorter articles of 3,000–4,000 words (all included) can be published as commentaries/ brief research/ case studies/ essays, etc. Submission of manuscripts should be made electronically only. Please visit https://peerreview. sagepub.com/crc to create account/log in to upload your manuscript through the following steps: Step 1: Create an author account Step 2: Select submission under “Special Issue: Algorithmic Media: Shifting Agency, Content and Everyday Uses” -- *Piotr Siuda* (PhD, Professor of Media Studies) piotrsiuda.com Faculty of Cultural Studies Department of Game Studies and Digital Culture Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Associate Editor; *Journal of Creative Communication <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crc> *(SAGE Journals) *Recent papers:* -- *Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic*, *Bloomsbury Academic Press*, https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gaming-and-gamers-in-times-of-pandemic-979876… *-- The Next Level of Horror Entertainment: Facing Fear in Cooperative Interactive Drama Survival Horror Games*, *Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences* *-- The Problematic nature of evaluating esports' "genuineness" using traditional sports' criteria: In-depth interviews with traditional sports and electronic sports journalists,* *Leisure Studies*, https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2215471

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