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The difficult conversations that we’ve already had
by Prof. David G. Schwartz 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

As others have stated, I also have skin in the game - living in Israel for over 30 years with some meaningful time here in the early-1980’s as well. In fact I may be one of the few on this list who have actually been shopping in the Khan Younis market - it was a great place to buy fruit in the early ‘80s - Gaza had thriving agriculture, growing boutique tourism, and relatively peaceful relationships - and Israel had full military control. I would stop by on route to visit friends living in the northern Sinai. The first difficult conversation that we’ve already had came in the early 1980’s, when Israel withdrew completely from the Sinai peninsula, returning it to Egyptian rule in 1982. That involved displacing thousands of Israelis from towns in northern Sinai, but after very hard discussions, and harder protests on both sides of the decision, it was done. To this day the Sinai remains largely demilitarized and peaceful (except for the occasional Israeli-Egyptian joint operations to eliminate the ISIS terror cells that pose a threat to us all). Egypt had no ‘from the river to the sea’ aspirations, nor a desire to reenact the Islamic conquering of Jerusalem. So that difficult conversation has resulted in a stable peace. The next difficult conversation that we’ve already had was in 2005 when Israel unilaterally withdrew completely from Gaza, and handed Gaza to its citizens to govern. Unlike the Egyptian-Sinai experience, however, Gazans have accepted Hamas as their governing body and the last 18 years have been dedicated to digging combat tunnels and building up missile stockpiles. Unlike Egypt, the ruling government of Gaza has openly declared that Israel and all its Jewish citizens, present company included, should be wiped out. Egypt, by the way, a powerful Muslim country, 'blockades' the southern border of Gaza to prevent the spread of Islamist terror into its own territory - so that might also be an interesting conversation to have. Does this make the Gazan people innocent bystanders? Perhaps. After Israel's unilateral withdrawal, optimistic Israeli’s hailed the potential to create “the Singapore of the middle east”, a booming tourist industry, flourishing agriculture. Instead, Gazans welcomed Hamas, a terror organization whose goal was not to build Gaza and its future, but to destroy Israel and its future. For almost 20 years the ruling government of Gaza has poured Western and Arab State aid into building networks of attack tunnels, stationed weapons and military ordnance in homes across the strip, in schools, hospitals, and yes, Universities. For those concerned that the reports of combat tunnels under hospitals, schools and private homes are “Israeli propaganda” - I can tell you of my first-hand conversations with 8 different soldiers and officers, some my students, who have been in those tunnels, hospitals, schools, and homes. It is very real, and it is very embedded in the civilian infrastructure - and it has to be destroyed. Regarding some form of AOIR condemnation of attacks and destruction of Universities - well, perhaps a good starting point for that discussion are the 23 missile attacks launched towards my University since 7/10/23. The most recent missile attack on my University was on December 21st 2023 as I was meeting with a PhD student in my office. When the sirens went off we had 90 seconds to get down to the basement bomb shelter where we waited until hearing the explosions overhead. Forgive me if I don’t feel the need to apologize for the fact that Israel has good air defenses and my student and I were not killed in these attacks launched by Hamas from Gaza. You might ask yourself the “difficult question” of where these missiles were launched from? Which Gazan hospital grounds, UNRWA site, University campus, or ‘civilian’ neighborhood? If you want to start the difficult conversation we should be having, and are sincerely looking for ‘next steps’, start with an International outcry to have Hamas lay down their arms, return the 136 hostages, and leave Gaza - that’s the surest and fastest way to save Gazan civilian lives. If the Nazi army had capitulated in January 1945 perhaps the Allied bombing of Dresden killing tens of thousand civilians could have been avoided. If the citizens of Germany had overthrown the Nazis perhaps 350,000 to 500,000 German civilian lives might have been saved overall from Allied bombing. But they didn’t. --David ================ David G. Schwartz Professor of Information Systems Bar-Ilan University, Israel

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WEBCAST JAN 23 – The UN Cybercrime Convention Negotiations: Implications for Human Rights and Internet Openness
by Joly MacFie 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Next Tuesday, yet another hot potato topic from the Columbia folks. This was already discussed at Chatham House on Dec 18 2023. https://youtu.be/UG3MFcLdjZk If you would like to attend the AHC concluding session in person as a multistakeholder delegate, the deadline to apply is Jan 22. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/cybercrime/ad_hoc_committee/ahc_concluding_s… [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=996ba8d8f8882169fe11aa0…> On* Tuesday January 23, 2024*, at *11:00-12:30 EST* (16:00-17:30 UTC), the *Columbia Institute for Tele-Information <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3465dae8d33fc79c8d4d97b…>*, as part of its *Global Digital Governance series <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=fffbaa6ee439f91d2a92c43…>*, presents a webinar '*The UN Cybercrime Convention Negotiations: Implications for Human Rights and Internet Openness <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d84e4a7f95356aa55eb6564…>* '. In December 2019, the UN General Assembly approved on a 79-60 vote (with 33 abstentions) a resolution calling for the negotiation of a comprehensive international convention on cybercrime. Sponsored by Russia with support from China, Iran and other like-minded countries, the resolution established an *Ad Hoc Committee <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=fae0d4b3e208c5675c46ffe…>* (AHC) charged with elaborating a text. The AHC held six sessions in 2022 and 2023 and will have a *concluding session <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f5d29d6f45d27336cf18522…>* from January 29 to February 9, 2024 in New York. The draft treaty will then be taken up by the UN General Assembly in September. The treaty’s ardent proponents maintain that existing intergovernmental mechanisms like the 2001 Budapest Convention on Cybercrime are inadequate, and that a stronger and more broadly scoped UN mechanism is needed to tackle the evolving landscape of cybercrime. The treaty’s critics counter that the* draft text <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=bbd65d4b26d628eac0447ab…>* is far too expansive (and indeed goes beyond cybercrime), criminalizes an arbitrary laundry list of speech and behavior, undermines multiple civil liberties, unduly constrains technology providers and users, and promotes extraterritorial surveillance and mutual law enforcement procedures that could extend the reach of repressive policing. Other governments have taken various positions along the continuum between these polar stances. Convened a week before the final AHC negotiation, this webinar assembles a panel of leading analysts and participants in the cybercrime treaty debate in order to illuminate the state of play. They will assess the major issues with the draft text, the international coalitions and bargaining dynamics that are shaping the process, and the possible scenarios for a negotiated outcome in the months ahead. As always, the panelists’ conversation will be followed by an open dialogue among all webinar participants. It is simulcast live under the auspices of the* Internet Society New York Chapter <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8706333f7378b70da641710…>* (ISOC-NY). *INTRODUCTION* *Eli Noam*, Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School. *PANEL* *Nick Ashton-Hart*, Senior Director for Digital Economy Policy, APCO Worldwide. *Katitza Rodriguez*, Global Privacy Policy Director, Electronic Frontiers Foundation *Tatiana Tropina*, Assistant Professor in cybersecurity governanc, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University *MODERATOR* *William J. 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Re: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having
by Paul Frosh 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

I would like to add some new information aimed especially at the suggestion of an academic boycott of Israeli universities. For the last four years (until August 2023) I was Chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, many of whose faculty and students are very active in AoIR. About 20% of the students in our department are Palestinians, a term which includes those who come from within the “green line” (the pre-1967 borders of Israel) and who define themselves variously as Palestinian, Israeli, or Israeli-Palestinian (i.e. it’s complicated), and many students from East Jerusalem. Our faculty and department have instituted programmes to foster their participation and success in our programmes (which are mainly conducted in Hebrew), including special courses in Arabic, and group and individual mentoring at undergraduate and graduate levels. Our students, notably but not only women, and notably but not only the first generation in their families to attend university, have successfully completed degrees and have - among other things - conducted ground-breaking studies of Palestinian social media use and activism (especially in East Jerusalem) and (often highly critical) research on the experience of Palestinian students in Israeli academia. In one particular current faculty-led research project, 2 Palestinian women and 2 Jewish women together analyse TikTok posts by Palestinians and Israeli Jews from the 2021 Gaza war, focusing on questions of polysemy, critique and diversity of interpretation. They have continued to do this, I should add, even during the current war. Have our department and university programmes created a utopia of diversity and harmonious academic (and social) exchange across the battle-lines? Of course not: we all recognise the very severe constraints, asymmetries and near-insurmountable challenges of our geopolitical and existential situation. As I write this, classes are being held in which Palestinian students, with relatives and friends in Gaza and the West Bank, are sitting next to Jewish students who have family members held hostage in Gaza (or who were victims on 7.10), or who have just returned from fighting in Gaza. That they manage to do this without violence breaking out in the classroom is a testimony to them, and to our the support systems the university and its staff have instituted (it also shames the tone of some of the contributors to this thread). The walking wounded are everywhere on campus - even if you cannot easily see the wounds. But our programmes are producing, at least according to many of our Palestinian students, new life-transforming possibilities for them, and we hope that in the longer term they will foster a generational cohort of outstanding graduates who can be recruited as full-time faculty in the future. I should add that ours is not the only department at the Hebrew University with programmes like these, and that other Israeli universities are also engaged in similar initiatives. So: if you are in favour of a boycott, this is the institution, and the people in it, who you will be excluding from the universe of legitimate discourse about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and any other relevant topic (digital media and Judaism!!!), where instead you could be engaging in conversation and even showing solidarity with our extraordinarily challenging situation. Know who you will be shunning, and be sure your sense of entitlement to excommunicate us isn’t sanctimonious narcissism disguised as moral principle. Finally, the argument that boycotts are only institutional and do not affect individuals is at best a legalistic fantasy, and at worst a downright lie. To give a recent example from my own personal knowledge (and to extrapolate from it): an Australian media and culture scholar declined a request to be a reader of a doctorate written by a student at an Israeli university, on the basis of supporting the academic boycott. There is no use pretending that the student wasn’t being punished for being Israeli (not all Israelis have the life circumstances that allow then to leave Israel and study at what this scholar would consider a “kosher” institution). Let’s assume that the student was Jewish - but had the student been Palestinian, with an identifiably Arabic name, the would-be-boycotter would be presented with a dilemma: s/he could either enforce the boycott, on the basis that a Palestinian student at an Israeli university is basically some kind of collaborator and doesn’t deserve exceptional treatment, or s/he - baulking at potentially worsening the life chances of a Palestinian - could decide to make an exception and agree to review the dissertation, thereby effectively discriminating against other students from the same university purely on the basis of them being Jewish. There is no way around this kind of harm: institutions contain and are constituted by people. Again, know who you shun as a result of your gesture politics, and what its consequences are. Yours in the hope of a just and lasting solution to this conflict for Israelis and Palestinians, Paul Frosh Prof. Paul Frosh Department of Communication and Journalism The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Website <https://en.communication.huji.ac.il/people/prof-paul-prosh?ref_tid=6565> Core Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies <https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-collegium-advanced-studies/people/curre…> My latest book is The Poetics of Digital Media. <http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9780745651316> For a short excerpt see here <https://www.academia.edu/37682296/The_Poetics_of_Digital_Media_-_Cover_and_…>. > On 23. Jan 2024, at 0.56, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having > (Sky Croeser) > 2. Re: The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having > (Serhat Tutkal) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:52:45 +0800 > From: Sky Croeser <scroeser(a)gmail.com> > To: Vanessa Siebler <vanessa.siebler(a)mail.huji.ac.il> > Cc: Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>, Aparajita Bhandari > <ab2725(a)cornell.edu> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be > having > Message-ID: > <CAO+saMyRGQTZkKBwaR2OfDBJniFswuKAhYx0jyYgbWOGAN=uog(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > The Anthropology boycott listed focuses on institutions, not individuals. > > However, it seems you have a strong concern about collective punishment. > Even where some academic institutions and academics clearly endorse and > support the actions of the Israeli government, they should not be subject > to having access to fewer academic opportunities. > > Given your concerns about punishing academics for where they live and work, > can we take this as an endorsement of some statement in solidarity with > students and academics who have had their universities bombed, and who have > been killed, injured, and displaced simply because they live (or lived) in > Gaza? > > On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 6:38?am, Vanessa Siebler via Air-L < > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > >> Let?s be clear: You are endorsing academic boycotts of your colleagues on >> this list, in this association, reading right now, in many cases those that >> built it and nurtured it; Jewish, Muslim, Christian or whatever their >> denomination, because they are Israeli or work at Israeli institutions. >> >> There is no courage in singling out your colleagues for where they are from >> or who they are. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 5:01?PM Aparajita Bhandari via Air-L < >> air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: >> >>> Thank you so much Sky and others for having the courage to start this >>> conversation. I would agree with Alia and others to say that in addition >> to >>> a statement it would be helpful to consider momentum for an academic >>> boycott akin to the one recently passed by colleagues in Anthropology: >>> https://www.anthroboycott.org/ to move towards a concrete action. >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> Aparajita >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 8:23?AM Josir Gomes via Air-L < >>> air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Sky for this courageous email. >>>> In unconditional agreement and solidarity. >>>> Stop the Palestinian genocide. >>>> >>>> Josir Cardoso Gomes >>>> Phd in Information Science / Programmer / Teacher >>>> Rio de Janeiro / Brazil >>>> >>>> Em seg., 22 de jan. de 2024 ?s 00:37, Sky Croeser via Air-L < >>>> air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> escreveu: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This is a difficult message to write, and I know that it will >> probably >>>> open >>>>> some difficult conversations. I realised this morning that I was >> shying >>>>> away from having these conversations because I don?t want to create >>>>> problems for the many colleagues who I respect and am fond of within >>>> AoIR. >>>>> And while I do care about all of you, sometimes care means being >> brave >>>> (and >>>>> perhaps annoying) instead of being polite. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So. We need to talk about Gaza. And we need to talk about Israel. >> Many >>> of >>>>> us have been speaking up individually, but our voices have more power >>>> when >>>>> we bring them together. I have signed on to other open letters, but I >>>> think >>>>> there are also important reasons for the Association of Internet >>>>> Researchers to take a stance. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *What I am suggesting?* >>>>> >>>>> I am asking for us to have a discussion about some form of public >>>>> solidarity with Palestinians who are currently under attack, and with >>>> those >>>>> within Israel and around the world who are speaking up against the >>>> actions >>>>> of the Israeli state. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It might involve a statement of solidarity for those who are under >>> attack >>>>> in Gaza and other parts of Palestine, and for people engaged in >>>> non-violent >>>>> resistance to the actions of the Israeli state. It might involve >>> joining >>>>> the international call for an academic boycott of Israeli >> institutions >>>>> complicit in the ongoing violence against Palestinians (the >> guidelines >>>> for >>>>> which are available here <https://bdsmovement.net/academic-boycott >>> ). >>> It >>>>> might involve a commitment to ask our own academic institutions to >> cut >>>>> their ties with the Israeli state. It might take some other format. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Why now?* >>>>> >>>>> There are many acts of violence and oppression happening around the >>>> world. >>>>> Why should our academic organisation speak up on this, specifically? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Because the scale of the violence is immense and continuing >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/daily-death-rate-gaza-higher-any-ot… >>>>>> , >>>>> exceeding that of any recent armed conflict. There is no end in >> sight, >>>> and >>>>> the deliberate restriction of food, water, and medicine means that >>> people >>>>> within Gaza face starvation and disease as well as bombing and other >>>> forms >>>>> of direct violence. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Because many of us are based in countries which are prepared to >> condemn >>>>> other atrocities, but are unwilling to issue more than lukewarm >>>> statements >>>>> about the Israeli state?s violence against Palestinians. For example, >>>>> Australia?s >>>>> foreign minister Penny Wong >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/17/penny-wong-meets-isr… >>>>>> >>>>> ?has met with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and assured >>>> them >>>>> that she will continue to use Australia?s voice to call for the >>>> immediate, >>>>> unconditional and safe return of all hostages? and affirmed >> Australian >>>>> support for Israel, while only ?raising concerns? about the >>> humanitarian >>>>> situation in Gaza. Australia has also supported the US/UK bombing of >>>> Yemen >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/12/australia-military-s… >>>>>> >>>>> in retailation for their disruption of shipping routes to Israel. >> Where >>>> our >>>>> own governments will not speak up for human rights, we have an >>> obligation >>>>> to raise our voices. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Because AoIR is <https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/> ?is >>>>> committed >>>>> to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of >>>>> opportunity, and human dignity.? The last university in Gaza has now >>> been >>>>> destroyed >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.thenational.scot/news/24059315.israel-destroys-last-university-… >>>>>> >>>>> by the Israeli army, along with many schools. Students from these >>>>> universities feel their loss keenly >>>>> <https://wearenotnumbers.org/lament-for-the-universities/>, even >> while >>>>> trying to stay alive through bombings and the denial of their basic >>> human >>>>> needs. Countless Palestinian academics >>>>> < >>>> >>> >> https://wearenotnumbers.org/tributes-to-refaat-alareer-killed-dec-9-2023/ >>>>>> >>>>> and students >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://wearenotnumbers.org/tributes-to-mohammed-zaher-hamo-killed-nov-24-2… >>>>>> >>>>> have been killed, injured, and displaced >>>>> <https://wearenotnumbers.org/i-have-left-all-my-books-behind/>. >>> Attacks >>>> on >>>>> Palestinian educational institutions are not new >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://protectingeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/impact_attackeducation_p… >>>>>> . >>>>> Calls for protection >>>>> <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057925.2021.1987192> >>>> have >>>>> gone unheeded. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Because the digital technologies that many of us research are woven >>>> through >>>>> this conflict. Israeli authorities are using facial recognition >>>> technology >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/israel-opt-israeli-authoriti… >>>>>> >>>>> to entrench apartheid. The Israeli military is using an ?AI? system >> to >>>>> ?generate targets? >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1218643254/israel-is-using-an-ai-system-to-f… >>>>>> . >>>>> Telecommunications systems are shut down >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/27/israel-intensifies-gaza-bombardme… >>>>>> , >>>>> making it difficult for people in Gaza to communicate while under >>> attack. >>>>> Large tech companies have been providing key systems to the Israeli >>>>> government <https://notechforapartheid.com/>. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Because Israeli citizens who protest >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.npr.org/2024/01/19/1225651180/israel-tel-aviv-protest-gaza-war >>>>>> >>>>> the actions of their government (including on social media) face >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/12/israel-free-speech-arrests-… >>>>>> >>>>> jail >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-police-crack-down-arab-ci… >>>>>> >>>>> and threats of violence >>>>> <https://www.972mag.com/israeli-protest-gaza-war-repression/>, as do >>>> those >>>>> who refuse to serve in the army >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240115-israel-s-war-resisters-risk-… >>>>>> . >>>>> They deserve our support and solidarity. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Why **are we** silent?* >>>>> >>>>> I do not think that AoIR has tended to position itself as a neutral >> or >>>>> apolitical organisation. Past conference themes >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Internet_Researchers> >>> have >>>>> included ?Revolutions? and ?Decolonising the Internet?. My sense is >>> that >>>>> there was also a response and a discussion within the organisation to >>> the >>>>> Black Lives Matter movement, among other issues. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Of course, I am aware that academic organisations will not often >>> respond >>>> to >>>>> international events. Perhaps the silence so far is entirely for this >>>>> reason. Perhaps we are afraid that if we speak up on this we will >> also >>> be >>>>> asked to speak about Sudan, Congo, and other issues (would that be >>>>> terrible?) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> However, I think that we must also acknowledge the chilling effect >> that >>>>> many academics and others experience specifically on the matter of >>>> Israel. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Antisemitism is a real and significant problem in the world. However, >>> the >>>>> ongoing attempt to conflate all criticism of Israel with antisemitism >>> is >>>>> intellectually dishonest and dangerous >>>>> < >>> https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/09/antisemitism-dangerous/ >>>>> . >>>>> It also frequently glosses over the long history of Jewish >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.wrmea.org/2008-december/israel-and-judaism-the-long-and-largely… >>>>>> >>>>> opposition >>>>> < >>> https://jacobin.com/2020/07/israel-palestine-anti-zionism-history-left> >>>>> to >>>>> the formation of Israel. Organisations like the ADL put forward >> claims >>>> that >>>>> groups like A Jewish Voice for Peace are antisemitic *because* they >> are >>>>> anti-Zionist. Similarly, Canary Mission lists university students, >>>>> professors, and organisations that criticise the Israeli state >>> alongside >>>>> neo-nazi organisations like the ?Daily Stormer?, conflating >> legitimate >>>>> criticism of the Israeli government with violent antisemitism. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I understand that many people do not want to contribute to the real >>>>> antisemitism faced by our friends, colleagues, and students face. We >>> all >>>>> have a duty to oppose antisemitism in our communities and >> universities. >>>>> Perhaps that leads to a reluctance to speak out about the Israeli >>> state?s >>>>> actions. However, I believe that we can oppose both antisemitism and >>>>> Israeli state violence. The Israeli state does not speak for, or act >>> for, >>>>> all >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/23/us/jewish-palestinian-protest-israel-gaz… >>>>>> >>>>> Jewish >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-jewish-group-protests-eight-cities-gaza… >>>>>> >>>>> people >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/19/jewish-protest-israel-gaza-wa… >>>>>> . >>>>> We should not allow them to claim that they do. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We also must be aware that organisations like Canary Mission work >> hard >>> to >>>>> impose >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://truthout.org/articles/advocacy-for-palestinians-has-been-outright-c… >>>>>> >>>>> a high >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/8/doxxing-students-palestine-fea… >>>>>> >>>>> cost >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://www.cuindependent.com/2023/11/05/ethnic-studies-pro-palestine-state… >>>>>> >>>>> on students and teachers within universities who do speak up. A >> variety >>>> of >>>>> governments have also worked to ban the Boycott-Divest-Sanctions >>> movement >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws>. There are therefore >>> real >>>>> material consequences for speaking against the actions of the Israeli >>>>> state. Perhaps that is enough that we do not want to put AoIR as an >>>>> organisation, or fellow academics within AoIR, in a difficult >> position. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> But if that?s the case, let?s at least acknowledge it. Let?s make it >>>>> visible. Let us be aware that our organisation, and its commitments >> to >>>>> values like diversity and inclusion >>>>> <https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/>, are constrained and >>>>> limited. >>>>> That our interest in hearing from those who are currently at the >>> margins >>>> of >>>>> our academic spaces (as set out in the ?revolutions? CfP >>>>> <https://aoir.org/aoir2023/aoir2023cfp/>) does not, perhaps, extend >> as >>>> far >>>>> as some of us might hope. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> With love, solidarity, and significant trepidation, >>>>> >>>>> sky. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >>>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>>> >>>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>> >>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:55:49 -0600 > From: Serhat Tutkal <stutkal(a)unal.edu.co> > To: "Katz, Vikki" <vikkikatz(a)chapman.edu> > Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>, Miriyam > Aouragh <M.Aouragh(a)westminster.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be > having > Message-ID: > <CADO6DOXCVH31L_AuEizKqDxbVc7Ns296TrUgOG+BCRjA9g3DbQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dr. Vikki Katz, > > I see that you take the silence of most participants as a sign of support > to your position in the issue. I am of the opinion that the aggressive and > insulting responses have rightly dissuaded most people from participating > in the discussion. In any case, at this point the only possible action > regarding an AoIR statement is, as Dr. Sinnreich stated, to wait for an > official proposal by the AoIR Executive Committee. > > Dr. Aouragh, on the other hand, has never suggested that some people write > a statement and force it to the rest of the AoIR members as a joint > statement. I fear that singling her out in this way for an email prior to > your last message can lead to making her a target for mass harassment. I > sure hope that this was not your aim, but it is always good to be extra > careful during discussions about mass violence. > > I will repost what I had previously shared regarding the discussions. I > wrote it three months ago, but I am not seeing new arguments, so I think it > is still a good enough response to colleagues who are genuinely asking for > elaboration: > https://academicborderlands.substack.com/p/the-noise-of-state-violence > > In the end, I am not that interested in whether AoIR will make a statement > or not. I was more interested in the discussion. As it frequently happens, > I am disappointed in the results. > > Dr. Serhat Tutkal > > El lun, 22 ene 2024 a las 15:56, Katz, Vikki via Air-L (< > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>) escribi?: > >> Miriyam: >> It seems to me that Sky was assessing AoIR members' support for making a >> statement, and from the responses to their initial message, the support for >> such a statement is mixed at best. >> >> If you are suggesting taking the conversation into a private forum to >> craft a statement that represents the individuals involved in drafting such >> a statement rather than AoIR as a whole, that is of course your right. If >> you are suggesting doing so in order to present some kind of finished >> product to a membership where a minority of people have weighed in with >> vastly different viewpoints, that strikes me as neither transparent nor >> democratic. >> >> Vikki >> >> -- >> Vikki Katz, Ph.D. >> Professor | Chapman University School of Communication >> 1 University Drive, Orange CA 92866 >> >> Editor | Journal of Children and Media< >> https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rchm20> >> >> Cell: 310.918.0428 | Website<http://www.vikkikatz.com/> | Faculty >> Profile<https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/vikki-katz> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Miriyam >> Aouragh via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2024 5:50 AM >> To: Adi Kuntsman <adi_kuntsman(a)yahoo.com>; air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org < >> air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having >> >> External Message >> >> >> [External Message] >> >> Thank you for your message Sky, >> Thanks for your bravery and please don?t despair. I was initially shocked >> by the silence here, but soon didn?t expect much else because the moral >> arguments has led to trench tactics in a lot of formal spaces but also in >> the general catch-22 (risk being called antisemitic/condoning Hamas is a >> real concern for poc and junior academics). What is indeed different is >> that this has especially dominated professional academic spaces?previously >> the purvey of critical, anti-war, transgressive, intellectual thinking. We >> can see the impact of decades of neoliberalism and managerial task forces. >> But thankfully our professional groups are not a barometer. Obviously the >> rift between ordinary peoples - both in the UK and across the world and our >> institutions/politicians - has never been this wide. It?s exactly as Adi >> Kuntsman outlines, for which I thank them, by creating a false Us vs Them >> framework and by disseminating government-echoed hasbara that is delivered >> as ordinary voices, merely concern, the discussions are derailed before >> they even started. but as Adi reminds, this is totally expected so thank >> you for reminding us to not waste our time on this too much. >> As someone who works on this, Hasbara< >> https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandf… >> <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19436149.2016.1179432>> is >> essentially a form of gaslighting/distracting so we focus on defending, >> explaining and retorting this and that, instead of working in our union >> branches build solidarity and in our community collectives to increase >> justice. >> Let us by all means organise and mobilise, share petitions and sign them, >> but let us not mistakenly think that any form of liberation comes from >> discursive struggles where we try to convince people on mailing lists. >> Probably the best is for those who do want to think further, to contact you >> directly, and then together with those who already responded positively, >> you reach out outside of this list, and we can all organise an online >> meeting to discuss what further options there are? I am happy to help. >> There are also those who tried to organise the MeCCSA letter about British >> coverage, they had to endure a lot of abuse, but still did an amazing job. >> Why not join forces as I see much overlap? I think this was the original >> letter and list of signatories, some are internet researchers >> https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog… >> < >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EGZ2ubh_rKyRq3TXPPELXBGKOrjpIAKgMaWpnXA…> >> . If you want to discuss further please reply directly. >> Miriyam Aouragh >> >> >> >> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Adi Kuntsman >> via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >> Date: Monday, 22 January 2024 at 12:52 >> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>, Ayelet >> Baram-Tsabari <ayelet(a)technion.ac.il> >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having >> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University. Do not >> click on any links or open attachments unless you trust the sender and know >> the content is safe. >> >> Dear everyone >> A response like one by Ayelet below is expected - we hear it all too often >> in the heated international debate. "yes but". Somehow, the years of >> Israeli brutal occupation of Gaza and its military and economic control of >> it which has not at all stopped after Israel's so called "withdrawal"; and >> the 75-and-counting years of Israeli settler colonialism are conveniently >> omitted in the requests like this, to focus on what has "triggered" the >> war, as if the trigger happened in a vacuum. >> >> No, I do not excuse Hamas or what happened in October. However, I do think >> Israel is a violent settler colonial state, ejoying international >> immpunity- for a very long time and especially in the last 3 months. Yes, >> the attack on Israelis on the 7th of October is beyond horrific and like >> many other people with Jewish/Israeli connections, I mourn every child, >> elder, family assaulted or displaced. But no, this does not excise the wipe >> out of lives, hopes, schools, hospitals, doctors, journalists in Gaza- not >> in the last three months and not before- and its a great shame to any >> Jewish person to allow this to be done in their name. I abhore Israel's >> manipulation of pain and death, and its abandonment of its own citizens >> including those the kidnapped. If anyone wants to bring up names and mourn >> Harry Potters -- which we should! ---make sure these aren't only limited to >> your own community. The faces and names of every Gazan child killed, and >> their devastated parents if they were lucky enough to survive, should haunt >> us all, if we have any humanty left in us. And yet I don't see their names >> on this thread >> >> I shall stop here as the last thing I do is to have two Jewish people >> dominating the discussion about the horrendous level of violence which is >> inexcusable- but it was important for me to say this . >> in solidarityAdi >> >> >> On Monday, January 22, 2024 at 10:43:11 AM GMT, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari >> via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: >> >> Dear Air-Ls, >> As you, I am worried about the loss of life in Gaza, but I cannot but >> wonder about the omission of the trigger for the war: In the wake of >> Saturday, October 7th, Israel was attacked by about 5000 Hamas terrorists, >> who systematically slaughtered and burned alive family after family in >> villages near the Gaza border, rapped women before killing them in the >> music festival in Re?im, and sadistically tortured kids in front of their >> parents. One of those murdered was Yasmin Zohar, a M.Sc. student of a >> friend of mine. Yasmin, her two daughters, her husband, and her father were >> all brutally slaughtered in their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz that Saturday >> morning. Only her son Ariel, almost 13, survived. He moved to live with his >> uncles in the city of Rishon LeZion ? where I grew up. So many Harry >> Potters were created that day. >> This is a complex situation with a long history. At the moment, Israel is >> responding to an immediate unprovoked terrorist attack against civilians by >> Hamas, who publicly promised to do that again. Looking at the affiliations >> of those responding in the list, I can safely say that your countries would >> have ? and in fact have already done so in the past ? reacted similarly to >> such attacks. >> Like you, I also follow with horror what happens in Gaza. But sometimes, >> it seems to me, that I care more about the hungry and futureless kids in >> Gaza, than the Western Pro-Palestinians protesters who, in fact, work hard >> to allow the continuation of Hamas control there. As I see it, this is >> practically like supporting the Taliban's control over Afghanistan instead >> of supporting Afghanis who try to get rid of the Taliban. >> Best >> Ayelet Baram-Tsabari >> Technion ? Israel Institute of Technology >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of Alia ElKattan >> via Air-L >> Sent: Monday, 22 January 2024 10:39 >> To: Sky Croeser <scroeser(a)gmail.com> >> Cc: Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having >> >> Thanks so much for this Sky. >> >> Especially as every university in Gaza had been partially or fully >> destroyed, hundreds of professors and academics have been killed, and >> academic institutions outside Gaza have engaged in targeting and >> suppression of pro-Palestine speech, I am fully supportive of an academic >> boycott and a clear stance of public solidarity and action. Also interested >> in any research efforts to better understand internet research in the >> Palestinian context. >> >> Given the online and livestreamed nature of this genocide where we've seen >> people telling us the horrific atrocities committed against them in real >> time on all our internet platforms, often followed by news of their murder, >> it is imperative for an association of internet researchers to take a >> stance. >> >> Not to mention the nature of online suppression, disinformation, doxxing, >> and harassment that has been at the center of a campaign to justify and >> even celebrate the murder of over 30,000 people and the forced starvation >> and displacement of millions amidst an intentional destruction of >> lifesaving healthcare and telecommunication (including internet) facilities. >> >> Thank you for initiating this, and please count me in for any efforts >> moving forward. >> >> Best, >> Alia ElKattan >> NYU Politics PhD student >> >> On Sun, 21 Jan 2024, 10:33 pm Sky Croeser via Air-L, < >> air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> >>> This is a difficult message to write, and I know that it will probably >>> open some difficult conversations. I realised this morning that I was >>> shying away from having these conversations because I don?t want to >>> create problems for the many colleagues who I respect and am fond of >> within AoIR. >>> And while I do care about all of you, sometimes care means being brave >>> (and perhaps annoying) instead of being polite. >>> >>> >>> So. We need to talk about Gaza. And we need to talk about Israel. Many >>> of us have been speaking up individually, but our voices have more >>> power when we bring them together. I have signed on to other open >>> letters, but I think there are also important reasons for the >>> Association of Internet Researchers to take a stance. >>> >>> >>> *What I am suggesting?* >>> >>> I am asking for us to have a discussion about some form of public >>> solidarity with Palestinians who are currently under attack, and with >>> those within Israel and around the world who are speaking up against >>> the actions of the Israeli state. >>> >>> >>> It might involve a statement of solidarity for those who are under >>> attack in Gaza and other parts of Palestine, and for people engaged in >>> non-violent resistance to the actions of the Israeli state. It might >>> involve joining the international call for an academic boycott of >>> Israeli institutions complicit in the ongoing violence against >>> Palestinians (the guidelines for which are available here < >>> https://prot/ >>> ect.checkpoint.com%2Fv2%2F___https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2 >>> Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttps-3A__bdsmovement.net_academic-2Dboycott%26d%3DDwI >>> GaQ%26c%3DslrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ%26r%3D_qxx8hR7VThFwWvNFxP6nQ%26m%3DnI >>> TU5p9O-sngHqMCv9uJophceBAbhVeAPnRtuMSSssf6GRmC-UG5g8B7aYj9pqtG%26s%3DV >>> WYyUrwvfdi6Dj-iZznUqpiO-w2cSjpoU1kPDpJN4BM%26e%3D___.YzJlOnRlY2huaW9uO >>> mM6bzplMzJmMzg5OGQ5YjM3MDNjNTY5N2EwOTRjOWYzNTE0Mjo2OjgzOTg6YjViN2NhMDV >>> kNjdjMDU1Yzc4ZDg3MDYwYjkwNjk3ZmViNGRhMWE4YmUwMDg4MTI2Yzk0MWQ3MjlkODJhM >>> TliZTpwOlQ&data=05%7C02%7Cayelet%40technion.ac.il%7C0b68e34e633343f73a >>> 8808dc1b265754%7Cf1502c4cee2e411c9715c855f6753b84%7C1%7C0%7C6384150987 >>> 22457179%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiL >>> CJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UG4qjjAuwDr%2BU3Qu >>> sL9gx89MOeI5sSmug5DtQEXbd4E%3D&reserved=0 >>>> ). It >>> might involve a commitment to ask our own academic institutions to cut >>> their ties with the Israeli state. It might take some other format. >>> >>> >>> *Why now?* >>> >>> There are many acts of violence and oppression happening around the >> world. >>> Why should our academic organisation speak up on this, specifically? >>> >>> >>> Because the scale of the violence is immense and continuing < >>> https://prot/ >>> ect.checkpoint.com%2Fv2%2F___https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2 >>> Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttps-3A__ >> https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfam.… >>> ath-2Drate-2Dgaza-2Dhigher-2Dany-2Dother-2Dmajor-2D21st-2Dcentury-2Dco >>> nflict-2Doxfam%26d%3DDwIGaQ%26c%3DslrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ%26r%3D_qxx8hR >>> 7VThFwWvNFxP6nQ%26m%3DnITU5p9O-sngHqMCv9uJophceBAbhVeAPnRtuMSSssf6GRmC >>> -UG5g8B7aYj9pqtG%26s%3DEs7P284K75TmQTGEDWDU-KYL-r_nZz66TYORiCEdSjY%26e >>> %3D___.YzJlOnRlY2huaW9uOmM6bzplMzJmMzg5OGQ5YjM3MDNjNTY5N2EwOTRjOWYzNTE >>> 0Mjo2OmRlZDU6NTk0MjllYWNiN2VjODBhNzlkNjBmZmU3NTY5MTJkYzcxODQzYTkxMTFlM >>> jQ1ODZjMTg4NzdlYzI3MzNiZjg5ZDpwOlQ&data=05%7C02%7Cayelet%40technion.ac >>> .il%7C0b68e34e633343f73a8808dc1b265754%7Cf1502c4cee2e411c9715c855f6753 >>> b84%7C1%7C0%7C638415098722468741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wL >>> jAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C& >>> sdata=jlFoDFRZtptQmLmkzwEPkGRoVepjm1Kda5veB%2BoLQGM%3D&reserved=0 >>>> , >>> exceeding that of any recent armed conflict. There is no end in sight, >>> and the deliberate restriction of food, water, and medicine means that >>> people within Gaza face starvation and disease as well as bombing and >>> other forms of direct violence. >>> >>> >>> Because many of us are based in countries which are prepared to >>> condemn other atrocities, but are unwilling to issue more than >>> lukewarm statements about the Israeli state?s violence against >>> Palestinians. 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There are therefore real >>> material consequences for speaking against the actions of the Israeli >>> state. Perhaps that is enough that we do not want to put AoIR as an >>> organisation, or fellow academics within AoIR, in a difficult position. >>> >>> >>> But if that?s the case, let?s at least acknowledge it. Let?s make it >>> visible. 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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 234, Issue 27
by Anders Sundnes Løvlie 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Thank you, Sky! I wholeheartedly support this proposal. Best regards, Anders Sundnes Løvlie Associate Professor, IT University of Copenhagen Head of the research group MAD: Media, Art and Design<mad.itu.dk> The IT University of Copenhagen may process personal data about you. Read more about our processing in our privacy policy in English<https://en.itu.dk/About-ITU/Privacy> or Danish<https://itu.dk/Om-ITU/Privatliv>. Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:24:55 +0800 From: Sky Croeser <scroeser(a)gmail.com> To: Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having Message-ID: <CAO+saMzhfNcuJ1gF4CFR1EJKSXL9buOkmuXEAwHq1svFg64WTQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi everyone, This is a difficult message to write, and I know that it will probably open some difficult conversations. I realised this morning that I was shying away from having these conversations because I don?t want to create problems for the many colleagues who I respect and am fond of within AoIR. And while I do care about all of you, sometimes care means being brave (and perhaps annoying) instead of being polite. So. We need to talk about Gaza. And we need to talk about Israel. Many of us have been speaking up individually, but our voices have more power when we bring them together. I have signed on to other open letters, but I think there are also important reasons for the Association of Internet Researchers to take a stance. *What I am suggesting?* I am asking for us to have a discussion about some form of public solidarity with Palestinians who are currently under attack, and with those within Israel and around the world who are speaking up against the actions of the Israeli state. It might involve a statement of solidarity for those who are under attack in Gaza and other parts of Palestine, and for people engaged in non-violent resistance to the actions of the Israeli state. It might involve joining the international call for an academic boycott of Israeli institutions complicit in the ongoing violence against Palestinians (the guidelines for which are available here <https://bdsmovement.net/academic-boycott>). It might involve a commitment to ask our own academic institutions to cut their ties with the Israeli state. It might take some other format. *Why now?* There are many acts of violence and oppression happening around the world. Why should our academic organisation speak up on this, specifically? Because the scale of the violence is immense and continuing <https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/daily-death-rate-gaza-higher-any-ot…>, exceeding that of any recent armed conflict. There is no end in sight, and the deliberate restriction of food, water, and medicine means that people within Gaza face starvation and disease as well as bombing and other forms of direct violence. Because many of us are based in countries which are prepared to condemn other atrocities, but are unwilling to issue more than lukewarm statements about the Israeli state?s violence against Palestinians. For example, Australia?s foreign minister Penny Wong <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/17/penny-wong-meets-isr…> ?has met with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and assured them that she will continue to use Australia?s voice to call for the immediate, unconditional and safe return of all hostages? and affirmed Australian support for Israel, while only ?raising concerns? about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Australia has also supported the US/UK bombing of Yemen <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/12/australia-military-s…> in retailation for their disruption of shipping routes to Israel. Where our own governments will not speak up for human rights, we have an obligation to raise our voices. Because AoIR is <https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/> ?is committed to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity.? The last university in Gaza has now been destroyed <https://www.thenational.scot/news/24059315.israel-destroys-last-university-…> by the Israeli army, along with many schools. Students from these universities feel their loss keenly <https://wearenotnumbers.org/lament-for-the-universities/>, even while trying to stay alive through bombings and the denial of their basic human needs. Countless Palestinian academics <https://wearenotnumbers.org/tributes-to-refaat-alareer-killed-dec-9-2023/> and students <https://wearenotnumbers.org/tributes-to-mohammed-zaher-hamo-killed-nov-24-2…> have been killed, injured, and displaced <https://wearenotnumbers.org/i-have-left-all-my-books-behind/>. Attacks on Palestinian educational institutions are not new <https://protectingeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/impact_attackeducation_p…>. Calls for protection <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057925.2021.1987192> have gone unheeded. Because the digital technologies that many of us research are woven through this conflict. Israeli authorities are using facial recognition technology <https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/israel-opt-israeli-authoriti…> to entrench apartheid. The Israeli military is using an ?AI? system to ?generate targets? <https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1218643254/israel-is-using-an-ai-system-to-f…>. Telecommunications systems are shut down <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/27/israel-intensifies-gaza-bombardme…>, making it difficult for people in Gaza to communicate while under attack. Large tech companies have been providing key systems to the Israeli government <https://notechforapartheid.com/>. Because Israeli citizens who protest <https://www.npr.org/2024/01/19/1225651180/israel-tel-aviv-protest-gaza-war> the actions of their government (including on social media) face <https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/12/israel-free-speech-arrests-…> jail <https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-police-crack-down-arab-ci…> and threats of violence <https://www.972mag.com/israeli-protest-gaza-war-repression/>, as do those who refuse to serve in the army <https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240115-israel-s-war-resisters-risk-…>. They deserve our support and solidarity. *Why **are we** silent?* I do not think that AoIR has tended to position itself as a neutral or apolitical organisation. Past conference themes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Internet_Researchers> have included ?Revolutions? and ?Decolonising the Internet?. My sense is that there was also a response and a discussion within the organisation to the Black Lives Matter movement, among other issues. Of course, I am aware that academic organisations will not often respond to international events. Perhaps the silence so far is entirely for this reason. Perhaps we are afraid that if we speak up on this we will also be asked to speak about Sudan, Congo, and other issues (would that be terrible?) However, I think that we must also acknowledge the chilling effect that many academics and others experience specifically on the matter of Israel. Antisemitism is a real and significant problem in the world. However, the ongoing attempt to conflate all criticism of Israel with antisemitism is intellectually dishonest and dangerous <https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/09/antisemitism-dangerous/>. It also frequently glosses over the long history of Jewish <https://www.wrmea.org/2008-december/israel-and-judaism-the-long-and-largely…> opposition <https://jacobin.com/2020/07/israel-palestine-anti-zionism-history-left> to the formation of Israel. Organisations like the ADL put forward claims that groups like A Jewish Voice for Peace are antisemitic *because* they are anti-Zionist. Similarly, Canary Mission lists university students, professors, and organisations that criticise the Israeli state alongside neo-nazi organisations like the ?Daily Stormer?, conflating legitimate criticism of the Israeli government with violent antisemitism. I understand that many people do not want to contribute to the real antisemitism faced by our friends, colleagues, and students face. We all have a duty to oppose antisemitism in our communities and universities. Perhaps that leads to a reluctance to speak out about the Israeli state?s actions. However, I believe that we can oppose both antisemitism and Israeli state violence. The Israeli state does not speak for, or act for, all <https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/23/us/jewish-palestinian-protest-israel-gaz…> Jewish <https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-jewish-group-protests-eight-cities-gaza…> people <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/19/jewish-protest-israel-gaza-wa…>. We should not allow them to claim that they do. We also must be aware that organisations like Canary Mission work hard to impose <https://truthout.org/articles/advocacy-for-palestinians-has-been-outright-c…> a high <https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/8/doxxing-students-palestine-fea…> cost <https://www.cuindependent.com/2023/11/05/ethnic-studies-pro-palestine-state…> on students and teachers within universities who do speak up. A variety of governments have also worked to ban the Boycott-Divest-Sanctions movement <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws>. There are therefore real material consequences for speaking against the actions of the Israeli state. Perhaps that is enough that we do not want to put AoIR as an organisation, or fellow academics within AoIR, in a difficult position. But if that?s the case, let?s at least acknowledge it. Let?s make it visible. Let us be aware that our organisation, and its commitments to values like diversity and inclusion <https://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/>, are constrained and limited. That our interest in hearing from those who are currently at the margins of our academic spaces (as set out in the ?revolutions? CfP <https://aoir.org/aoir2023/aoir2023cfp/>) does not, perhaps, extend as far as some of us might hope. With love, solidarity, and significant trepidation, sky.

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Learn to analyze Social Media Data with ChatGPT and other Generative AI Tools - Webinar on February 1st
by Alessandro Zonin 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Dear Association of Internet Researcher Members, I'm thrilled to invite you to an *upcoming webinar on leveraging ChatGPT and other generative AI tools for social media data analysis*. During this webinar, we'll cover a range of topics related to social media data analysis with generative AI tools, including: 👉 Extracting social media data via web scraping 👉 What is generative AI and its applications for social media analysis 👉 Prompt design for generative AI tools 👉 Social media text analysis with generative AI tools 👉 Topic modeling of social conversations 👉 Extracting key insights from social media data 👉 Generating short articles to showcase social media analysis results Details and enrolments here: *🗓️ Thursday, February 1, 2024 from 19:00 to 21:00 (CEST)* https://www.eventbrite.it/e/turning-social-media-data-into-actionable-insig… *Please apply the discount code AIRONLY to enroll with a 10% discount.* I hope to e-meet you soon. -- Alessandro Zonin Digital Data Stories <https://digitaldatastories.it> | Socioviz <https://socioviz.net/> | LEAD <https://linkedinforbusiness.it/servizi/linkedin-per-gli-hr-manager/lead/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/AlessandroZonin>

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Re: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having
by Carmel Vaisman 22 Jan '24

22 Jan '24

> > I would actually appreciate it if every organization/association would > deal with the issues it was founded for, instead of issuing statements on > every other thing going on in the world as virtue signaling. Oh sorry, it's > not like statements are issued on ANY thing going on in the world, it's > only when it involves Israel, right? Do you even know of the dire > humanitarian crisis in Yemen that western media barely covers for some > reason? I'd say this awards a much more urgent statement, and it might > actually draw some media outlets to bother covering it. > Everyone loves these academic concepts, "context", decolonialization", "apartheid" "genocide". Few, though, care to educate themselves about the history of the BDS campaign to connect these trendy concepts with the Palestinian narrative and bind it to unrelated struggles in a way that no progressive person can even consider supporting anything else. As an Israeli, I am obviously biased, you shouldn't listen to me and I would not attempt to defend anything, certainly not the actions of a corrupt government everyone here wants to be rid of. I am just sick and tired of the lack of critical thinking in critical theory, so I will put up two provocations just to saw a bit of doubt in the use of the above categories in this context: 1. Are you sure colonialism is the framework you want to use for people who are native to the middle east according to all monotheist bibles? The Jew who used to be the "other" in Europe is now the archetype of the colonial European? It would have been funny/ironic, if it weren't a new dangerous form of anti-Semitism. 2. Gaza population has grown from a few hundred thousands to over 2 million people since the state of Israel was founded, and is one of the fastest growing populations in the world, despite growing rates of immigration. Israel seems to be doing a very bad job on the genocide front. In short, there is a good reason this list was not having this conversation until now, and I think it should stay that way.

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ICA Postconference CFP: Digital Sovereignty for Whom? Platforms and Infrastructures in a Global Context
by Olga Boichak 22 Jan '24

22 Jan '24

Dear Colleagues, Please find below the call for submissions to our ICA Postconference, *Digital Sovereignty for Whom? Platforms and Infrastructures in a Global Context*, deadline:* 15 February.* https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA24-DigitalSovereignty Digital sovereignty refers to a countries’ autonomy and control over its digital data, systems and infrastructures. It is a term that has been deployed widely—by liberal states to assert citizens’ rights over the data they produce and by authoritarian states to justify surveilling and controlling their populations. At the same time, flows and forms of digital life offer new constructions of territoriality, governance, and identity, on more personal and humanistic terms. This post-conference brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to assess how new actors, technologies and global power struggles have shaped the discourses, architectures, and practices through which nation-states exercise and experience digital sovereignty. Recent geopolitical crises necessitate a re-thinking of digital sovereignty and its implications for digital policy and international affairs. In contemporary armed conflicts, like in the case of Russia’s war against Ukraine, where battles unfold across all layers of the digital communication spectrum, control over digital data flows has become a key strategic objective. In this context, digital sovereignty can be used to justify policies that facilitate the expansion of state power beyond established territorial borders. At the same time, how critical socio-technical systems are governed and by whom also determines experiences of digital sovereignty. UNESCO's 2023 *Internet for Trust* report calls for the inclusion of diverse perspectives in the global governance of digital platforms. While this recommendation is admirable, it remains unclear how it can be achieved in practice. As we have seen from the last twenty years of internet research, well-meaning governance principles often lack meaningful consultation with the Global South and can be derailed by market forces. Moreover, the continued decentralisation of key internet technologies and postcolonial data practices suggest sovereigns might be reconfiguring away from statist assumptions. By bringing together researchers from diverse jurisdictions, this post-conference aims to explore a range of inclusive and decolonial approaches to digital platform policy and governance, as well as global perspectives on human rights, state power and territoriality under various digital sovereignty regimes. We invite participants to submit a 500-word abstract on topics that fall within the scope of platforms and infrastructure in a global context via email to sicss.admin(a)sydney.edu.au by 15 February 2024. Hosted by the Media & Communications discipline at The University of Sydney and the Critical Digital Infrastructures and Interfaces group at Deakin University, selected participants will be invited to present their work at the post-conference and to submit their papers to a special issue of *Policy & Internet Journal*. *Date* Wednesday, 26 June, 2024 *Location* The University of Sydney/Hybrid Camperdown, NSW *Transportation* The University of Sydney Camperdown campus is located walking distance from Sydney’s central station and CBD. There are numerous hotel and public transport options available around the campus. *This post-conference is organised by:* Joanne Gray (The U of Sydney) Olga Boichak (The U of Sydney) Jonathan Hutchinson (The U of Sydney) Siva Vaidhyanathan (The U of Virginia) Admire Mare (The U of Johannesburg) Luke Heemsbergen (Deakin U) Toija Cinque (Deakin U) We hope to see you there! Olga *Olga BOICHAK*, PhD Senior lecturer <https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/olga-boichak…>, ARC DECRA fellow Director, Computational Social Science Lab <https://computational-social-science.sydney.edu.au/> Early Career Research Network <https://intranet.sydney.edu.au/arts/research/ECR-network.html> coordinator Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences *University of Sydney* @olgarithmic | Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hHzcqw4AAAAJ&hl=en> | olgarithmic.net

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Deadline Extension for World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress 2024 - Your Opportunity to Reimagine Anthropological Knowledge!
by Ricardo A. Fagoaga H. 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Exciting news from the World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress 2024 Organizing Committee! The deadline for submitting Panel Proposals has been extended to January 31, 2024. Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Join us in Johannesburg, South Africa, from November 11th to 15th, 2024, for a transformative exploration of anthropological knowledge under the theme: "Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Perspectives, Practices, and Power." We invite you to contribute your insights to this groundbreaking event organized by Anthropology Southern Africa and hosted by the University of Johannesburg. Key Themes for Panel Proposals: - Changing fields of anthropological subdisciplines - Politics of producing social, cultural, linguistic, biological, and paleo-anthropological knowledge - Post-covid practices in anthropological knowledge-making - Digital worlds and the role of new technologies in fieldwork - Legitimacy of museums and collections as knowledge repositories - Truth and/or post-truth in knowledge-making and representation - Anthropology as the humbling practice of learning - Tensions between local and academic knowledge production - Disaggregating local knowledges in light of critical decolonial perspectives - Challenges and successes of the decolonial imperative Submit your panel proposal by January 31, 2024: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressPANELS Additional Key Dates: - Evaluation of Panels: February 22, 2024 - Announcement of Accepted Panels: March 1, 2024 - Call for Papers (abstract submission): March 8 - April 30, 2024 Don't miss the opportunity to: - Engage in interdisciplinary dialogue with leading scholars and emerging voices - Share your research and insights on the future of anthropological knowledge - Network with colleagues from around the world - Experience the vibrancy of Johannesburg and South Africa Join us in reimagining anthropological knowledge at the WAU Congress 2024! We look forward to welcoming you to Mzansi/South Africa! Sincerely, Organizing Committee The World Anthropological Union Congress 2024 P.S. Extend your stay and attend the Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA) annual conference from November 6-8, 2024: https://bit.ly/ASnA2024 *°°°°°°°* *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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Deadline extended to 26th Jan 2024 for abstract submissions to the 5th International Data Power conference (4th-6th Sept 2024)
by Helen Kennedy 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

The deadline has been extended for abstract submissions to Situating Data Practices Beyond Data Universalism, the 5th International Data Power Conference, 4th – 6th September 2024, online and in person in the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B), India and the University of Graz, Austria. *The new deadline is 26th January 2024.* - EXTENDED Abstract Deadline: 26th January 2024 - Communication of Acceptance: 15th March 2024 - More Information is available on the Data Power website <http://datapowerconference.org/data-power-2024/about-2024/>. *Call for abstracts* The Data Power Conference hosts critical reflections on data’s power and the social, political, economic and cultural consequences of data’s increasing presence in our lives, workplaces, and societies. The 5th International Data Power focuses on situating data practices and looking beyond data universalism. It aims to: - Situate data practices in the power relations that shape their creation and use in the world - Explore the importance of place, space, time and context in the making of data and the effects of data power - Examine the centres of data power and their infrastructures In addition, the conference asks: - What constitutes rigorous methods when it comes to researching data power locally and globally? - To what extent does critical data power research need to focus on specific instances of data power in action? - What generalised critiques can be made from our field? To facilitate dialogues across disciplines and with stakeholders, we welcome papers from interdisciplinary teams including disciplines incorporating aspects of data science, and papers which incorporate non-academic collaborators from a range of sectors. As always, the Data Power Conference remains concerned with in/equalities, discrimination, questions of justice, rights and freedoms, and agency and resistance. We welcome papers that engage with these matters. There will be a keynote speaker in each of the in-person locations, details to be confirmed. *Information on paper* *abstracts and proposals for making & doing sessions* - Whilst we welcome papers and session proposals of all kinds, please note that this conference focuses on critical questions about data’s power and also papers that are critical and/or reflective with regards to the social and cultural consequences of the rise of data’s power. - We also welcome proposals for making & doing sessions. These should aim to share practical interventions, practices of doing data studies research and other types of engaged or participatory research or hands-on workshops (e.g. data walks, data sprints, counter mapping). These sessions will take place in-person only. Remote participation in them will not be possible. (See the 4S website <https://www.4sonline.org/making_and_doing.php> for great advice on how to craft such sessions,). - Please submit a 250-300 word abstract for individual papers or making & doing sessions. Panel proposals should include a 250-300 word panel description + a 250-300 word abstract for each paper. - The deadline is 19th January 2024. - If you want to discuss special formats for paper sessions or making & doing sessions, please contact the organisers. *Information on conference attendance* - It will be possible to participate EITHER remotely OR in-person in one of the two locations in which the conference will take place – Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) at IIIT-Bangalore (India) and BANDAS Center & Department of Sociology at University of Graz (Austria). - Building on our experience in collectively organising hybrid conferences, the conference will seek to be accessible across time zones. - Conference fee: A modest fee for conference participation will be charged. Further details will be available once registration opens. Researchers without institutional support may apply for a waiver *Abstract submission* You can submit your abstract via our abstract submission system <https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/datapower> from 1st November. Organizing Committee - Janaki Srinivasan <https://www.iiitb.ac.in/faculty/janaki-srinivasan>, IIIT-Bangalore (India) - Amit Prakash <https://www.iiitb.ac.in/faculty/amit-prakash>, IIIT-Bangalore (India) - Juliane Jarke <https://online.uni-graz.at/kfu_online/visitenkarte.show_vcard?pPersonenId=2…>, University of Graz (Austria) - Helen Kennedy <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/people/academic-staff/helen-kennedy>, University of Sheffield (UK) - Jo Bates <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/people/academic/jo-bates>, University of Sheffield (UK) - Tracey P. Lauriault <https://carleton.ca/sjc/profile/lauriault-tracey/>, Carleton University (Canada) - Thomas Zenkl and Gwendolin Barnard, local organisers @ University of Graz (Austria) -- Helen Kennedy, Director, ESRC Digital Good Network <https://digitalgood.net/>, @digitalgoodnet Professor of Digital Society, @hmtk, Living With Data <https://livingwithdata.org/>, she/her Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences <https://acss.org.uk/> *LATEST PUBLICATIONS: * Challenging assumptions about the relationship between awareness of and attitudes to data uses amongst the UK public <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01972243.2023.2283729> (2023, w/Mark Taylor and Susan Oman, *The Information Society*) Socially meaningful transparency in data-based systems: reflections and proposals from practice <https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-01-2023-0006/full/ht…> (2023, w/Jo Bates, Itzelle Medina Perea, Susan Oman, Lulu Pinney, *Journal of Documentation*) Generic visuals of Covid-19 in the news: Invoking banal belonging through symbolic reiteration <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13678779211061415>(2022, w/Giorgia Aiello, Chris W Anderson, Camilla Mørk Røstvik, *I**nternational Journal of Cultural Studies*.

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New Book | Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating
by Apryl Williams 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Dear Colleagues, I'm happy to share that my book is available for pre-order with an official publication date of February 6, 2024. About: In *Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating <https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33064>*, Apryl Williams presents a socio-technical exploration of dating platforms' algorithms, their lack of transparency, the legal and ethical discourse in these companies' community guidelines, and accounts from individual users in order to argue that sexual racism is a central feature of today's online dating culture. She discusses this reality in the context of facial recognition and sorting software as well as user experiences, drawing parallels to the long history of eugenics and banned interracial partnerships. Ultimately, Williams calls for, both a reconceptualization of the technology and policies that govern dating agencies, and also a re-examination of sociocultural beliefs about attraction, beauty, and desirability. “We struggle to understand how we are shaping, and are shaped by, a technological apparatus like an online dating system that is designed for profit at all costs, even if it relies upon harmful tropes and ideologies to succeed. Apryl Williams has gifted us research that moves between these frames—the personal and the structural—so we can better understand the implications of a narrowing set of possibilities through digital and statistical matchmaking.” -- FOREWORD BY SAFIYA UMOJA NOBLE If you order from the publisher, Stanford University Press <https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33064>, you'll receive 20% off with the code: TYPE20. Please feel free to share the code! Cheers, Apryl Apryl A. Williams, PhD Assistant Professor | University of Michigan Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI | Mozilla Foundation Faculty Associate | Berkman Center for Internet & Society | Harvard University

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