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CfP: The future of conspiracy scholarship: New epistemologies and imaginaries
by Zelly Claire Eliane Martin Geurink 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

Hello, AoIR community! Please see below our Call for Papers<https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/journal-information-techn…> in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics (with apologies for cross-posting). Drs. Trauthig, Marwick, Woolley, and I are excited to guest edit this issue of JITP alongside editors Laura Copeland, Jason Gainous, and Terri Towner. Please submit full manuscripts directly to the JITP submission portal (select our special issue: "The future of conspiracy" where prompted) by December 31, 2023 for consideration. Please write to me at zelly(a)utexas.edu with questions. Dear Colleagues, We invite full paper submissions for a special issue of Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP) on new epistemologies and imaginaries in conspiracy theory scholarship. This special issue aims to push the boundaries of conspiracy studies beyond extant work, which primarily focuses on the alt-right, health, and Western understandings of conspiracy (Halafoff et al., 2022; Mahl et al., 2022, 2022; Marwick et al., 2022). We answer calls to expand understandings of conspiracy beyond Western epistemology (Mahl et al., 2022) to contribute to a fuller conceptualization of “conspiracy-believing” (Parmigiani, 2021). We examine the troubling content and implications of conspiracies in a manifold manner while acknowledging their potentially harmful impact. We invite those interested in conspiracy as it applies to epistemology, knowledge production, technological artifacts, gender/race/class, and reception, inter alia. Importantly, papers must engage with technology and political communication scholarship in some form. Special Issue Editors: Zelly C. Martin, Inga K. Trauthig, Alice E. Marwick, Samuel C. Woolley Scope: Conspiracy theories are increasingly present in mainstream American political discourse, from those around Covid-19 to the idea that political forces conspired to “steal” the election from former President Trump. While researchers from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds (psychology, communication, history, political science and so forth) have taken up conspiracy theories as an object of study, many contemporary scholars have focused on right-wing conspiracies, such as Stop the Steal (DeCook & Forestal, 2022), QAnon (Bloom & Moskalenko, 2021), and the Great Replacement Theory (Ekman, 2022). Most recently, researchers have interrogated the blurry boundaries between left- and right-leaning conspiracy adherents on topics like anti-vaccination and spirituality (Chia et al., 2021; Griera et al., 2022). A key element of current scholarship on conspiracies is the extent to which social media facilitates their spread (Enders et al., 2021; Theocharis et al., 2021) and/or allows conspiratorial knowledge-production to thrive (Marwick & Partin, 2022). Although the stereotype of “the conspiracy theorist” is a “white, working-class, middle-aged man” (Drochon, 2018, p. 344) people from all identity groups believe and produce conspiracies (Bost, 2018). For American communities of color, though, conspiracy theories may be a natural reaction to the invalidation of their embodied experiences (Bogart et al., 2021; Dozono, 2021). The same could be said of other marginalized groups in America, such as queer folks and women (Ngai, 2001). In what ways is “conspiracy-believing” a response to feeling displaced in the public sphere, and perhaps even an attempt to reconfigure a sense of community and recognition (Parmigiani, 2021)? What might researchers learn by rethinking conspiracism? What particular threats do conspiracy theories pose when they are crafted and/or believed by those from marginalized communities? How has the internet contributed to the fringe becoming mainstream? How does this impact and/or relate to contemporary political developments? We invite papers that engage with the following questions: * * What avenues of conspiracy are understudied when we prioritize the “loudest” conspiracy theories? * * What can we learn from interdisciplinary research on conspiracy? * * How do conspiracy theory beliefs stem from embodied experience? * * What are the boundaries of knowledge-production that we encounter when we demarcate conspiracy from disinformation and from embodied experience? * * Which democratic dangers stem from conspiracies? Papers may focus on topics such as, but not limited to: * * Conspiracy theories and their relation to emerging social media and technology, e.g., TikTok, generative AI, etc., particularly as they relate to political and electoral implications, * * Conspiracy theory content as it is imbricated with geopolitical phenomena, particularly in the Majority World (Global South), * * Conspiracy theories as related to the ongoing war in Ukraine, * * Conspiracy theories as alternative forms of knowledge production and creation, for instance as rooted in cultural or embodied truths. Zelly Martin | PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant Center for Media Engagement | Moody College of Communication | The University of Texas at Austin mediaengagement.org/propaganda/<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediaengag…>| @zellycmartin Latest publication: Inga K Trauthig, Zelly C Martin, and Samuel C Woolley. Messaging Apps: A Rising Tool for Informational Autocrats. Political Research Quarterly. 19 July 2023. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10659129231190932

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CfP - Common sense for humans and machines. Seminar Dec. 7-8, 2023, Copenhagen
by Sille Obelitz Søe 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

Dear all, Please find below a call for presentations including some information on our first seminar in the project Absence of information in decision-making processes (ABSENCE). Best wishes, Sille Call for Presentations: Common sense for humans and machines. Making decisions in the absence of information Seminar on December 7-8, 2023 at University of Copenhagen Artificial intelligence, deep neural networks, and machine learning systems all make use of data, lots of data. But what about the data or information that is not present? The absent? People make everyday decisions, while lacking information about the options and their outcomes. To do that, we engage abductive inference (taking the best guess). This type of thinking is often referred to as common sense and it works for humans. But what about machines? Can we make algorithms use human-level common sense? Should we? At this seminar, we will be discussing what we can learn from human intelligence, rationality and types of decision-making, and how this knowledge can be used in developing algorithmic decision-making. Specifically, we will be focusing on the productive force of absence in decision-making processes. Keynotes: Associate Prof. Kira Vrist Rønn (University of Southern Denmark) and Prof. Michael P. Lynch (University of Connecticut). We invite abstracts for presentations, which may address, but are not limited to, the following topics: · Notions of absence and related concepts (e.g. silence, invisibility, etc.) · Differences between human and machines in decision-making contexts · Epistemology of absence-based inference · Over-reliance on algorithmic decision-making · Absences in automated decision-making · Absence as a productive force in decision-making · Synthetic data as a solution to absence in algorithmic decision-making Abstracts of 300 words should be send to Ekaterina Pashevich at kpas(a)hum.ku.dk<mailto:kpas@hum.ku.dk> Attendance is free and does not require presentation, but registration is needed. Registration through: https://komm.ku.dk/forskning/information-teknologi-og-relationer/absence/ (opens soon) Important dates: · Deadline for abstracts is October 23, 2023. · Notifications of accept/reject is October 30, 2023. · Deadline for registration November 10, 2023. · Seminar, December 7-8, 2023 The seminar is organized by Ekaterina Pashevich and Sille Obelitz Søe, University of Copenhagen, as part of the project Absence of information in decision-making processes (ABSENCE) funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark (Grant no. 2097-00015B). Sille Obelitz Søe Tenure Track Assistant Professor Philosophy of Information University of Copenhagen Department of Communication Karen Blixens Plads 8 2300 København S DIR +45 35 32 14 09 sille.obelitz(a)hum.ku.dk<mailto:sille.obelitz@hum.ku.dk> www.komm.ku.dk<http://www.komm.ku.dk/>

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36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2024): Last Call for Workshop Proposals
by Announce 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

*** Last Call for Workshop Proposals *** 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'24) June 3-7, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: October 13, 2023 AoE ***) CAiSE is a well-established, highly visible conference series on Advanced Information Systems (IS) Engineering. It covers all relevant topics in the area, including methodologies and approaches for IS engineering, innovative platforms, architectures and technologies, and engineering of specific kinds of IS. CAiSE conferences also have the tradition of hosting workshops in related fields. Workshops are intended to focus on particular topics and provide ample room for discussions of new ideas and developments. CAiSE 2024, the 36th edition of the CAiSE series, invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the main conference, related to the CAiSE topics, covering new emerging topics and targeting innovative papers in special focus areas. Prospective workshop organisers should specify whether they plan an event with a presentation-oriented track, a discussion-oriented track, or both. Presentation-oriented track This track focuses on accepted papers with presentations followed by Q&A sessions, akin to conferences. The proceedings of these workshops are intended to be published in a joint volume in the Springer LNBIP series. Submissions must  conform to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP format and should  not exceed 12 pages. According to the Springer standards, the overall acceptance rate cannot exceed 45%-50%. Discussion-oriented track This track emphasizes discussions facilitated by paper presentations revolving around novel ideas and early-stage research. Since the main criterion for paper acceptance in such workshops is relevance and potential for raising discussion, they are not expected to have their proceedings in the Springer LNBIP volume. The edition of a joint proceedings volume next to the LNBIP one for the discussion-oriented track is underway. Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication. Details on this aspect will be provided separately. Proposal submission Workshop proposals should be submitted via EasyChair at the following address:  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=caise2024  Please select the Author role and the CAiSE 2024 Workshops track. Prior contact with the workshop chairs (caise2024-workshops(a)easychair.org) is encouraged. The organizer(s) of approved workshops will be responsible for advertising their workshop, eliciting high-quality submissions, organizing the reviewing process of their workshop’s papers according to the principles and guidelines of CAiSE, and collecting camera-ready copies of accepted papers (verifying that they comply with the formatting rules). Organizers (including co-organizers) are expected to attend their entire workshop. Detailed instructions for workshop proposers The proposal (up to 1000 words) should cover the following points: • Workshop title, duration (1 day or 2 days), preferred date (3-4 June 2024) • Workshop type (presentation-oriented or discussion-oriented, or both). • Information on the organizers (PC chairs, other organizers who will be present at the workshop or are otherwise involved, including the person responsible for web presence and communication). Please include names, addresses, and affiliations, indicating the main responsible person. The submission should include a one-paragraph biographical sketch for each organizer, describing relevant qualifications and experience. Please specify at least one PC chair. PC chairs will not be allowed to submit papers to the workshop, but other organizers (who will have no oversight over the review process) are encouraged to do so. • Purpose: What are the main goals of the workshop? Please list the workshop topics. How does the focus of the workshop differ from the main conference? How does the focus of the workshop differ from other potential CAiSE events? (Proponents are advised to look at the workshops and working conferences held at CAiSE 2022 and CAiSE 2023 and differentiate your scope from theirs.) • Organization of the workshop: Specify the type of contributions, distribution into sessions, type of sessions, etc. Mention if you plan to have any keynote speaker (please note that the conference organization will not cover fees, travel expenses, accommodation and registration costs of keynote speakers). Include any special requirements regarding infrastructure and room layout. • Tentative list of PC members. • An estimate of the number of papers to be accepted, and the number of attendees. If applicable, short information on previous editions of the workshop series (this should include submission, acceptance, and attendance information). Short information on your plans for advertising your workshop and making it highly visible. Services provided by CAiSE • EasyChair installation for the management of the workshop submissions (each organizer will be made chair of their own workshop). • Publication of papers in an LNBIP volume for presentation-oriented tracks, and in a CEUR-WS.org online volume for discussion-oriented tracks. • One free workshop-only registration if more than 10 people are registered for the workshop. Organizers willing to attend the whole event (main conference) will have to register for the conference at their own expense. • Local organizational infrastructure and administrative support (registration, badges, refreshments, beamers, screens, etc.). In particular, all venue issues (rooms, meals and catering, social dinner, etc.) as well as the management of the registrations and the financing/administrative issues will be handled by the CAiSE Organization Board and are not under the responsibility of the workshop organizers. • Advertisement of the workshop on the CAiSE 2024 homepage and mailings. Please note that the workshop may be canceled if the number of registrations is less than 10. Also, in the case of workshops with topics that are similar, two or more workshops may be suggested to merge together. Key Dates • Submission of workshops proposals (via Easychair): October 13th, 2023 (AoE) • Workshop notifications: November 3rd, 2023 • Workshop paper submission (tentative, recommended for presentation-oriented tracks): March 6th, 2024 (AoE) • Workshop paper decision (recommended for presentation-oriented tracks): April 3rd, 2024 • Camera-ready due (recommended for presentation-oriented tracks): April 22nd, 2024 • Author registration for workshops papers: April 22nd, 2024 • Workshops: June 3rd-4th, 2024 Contact For more information and inquiries, please feel free and welcome to contact the Workshop Chairs at the following address: caise2024-workshops(a)easychair.org

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CFP now open: Cross-cultural impacts of XR (Topical Collection with Digital Society)
by Emma Elizabeth Hine - emma.hine＠studio.unibo.it 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

For anyone who is interested (and apologies for the cross-post): Digital Society’s Topical Collection, “The Situated Metaverse: Cross-Cultural Philosophical and Practical Implications of Extended Reality<https://link.springer.com/collections/jdbeeejfed>,” is open for submission through February. TC pasted below: Extended reality (XR) is growing in importance worldwide. From augmented reality (AR) games to virtual reality (VR) surgery to the “metaverse,” the technology is proliferating across different aspects of life. Companies, local governments, national governments, and supranational organizations are creating XR development—and, occasionally, regulation—plans, with goals varying by body and location. For instance, the Chinese government issued an Action Plan on VR, while individual cities are developing metaverse plans, and recently, the European Commission held three Citizens’ Panels on “virtual worlds” to draft recommendations for a European Commission action. Meta is launching “Metaverse Academies” in France and Saudi Arabia, while Nigeria hosted an XR storytelling event showcasing African XR creators. While most XR development is concentrated in a few countries, its use and impacts will be global. Despite this, most analyses of the potential impacts of XR focus on the American and European contexts. This not only overlooks several of the major XR development powerhouses, but also how XR technologies and experiences will have global impacts, including on human rights and the ways we interact with each other. This Topical Collection aims to address how XR’s impacts will be understood in different cultural contexts. While researching emerging technologies involves some amount of prediction, the rich science-fiction tradition surrounding XR promotes often baseless speculation. In order to promote XR as a topic of legitimate academic discourse, this Topical Collection welcomes clearheaded analyses of how XR will impact education, health, socializing, and work, especially those that consider under-addressed topics and locations, as well as explorations of the implications of XR across different philosophical traditions. Topics that could be addressed include but are not limited to include: - The role of XR in shaping diverse educational practices and pedagogies. - The applications and impact of XR in healthcare, especially for overlooked conditions and populations. - What impacts XR may have on mental and physical health, both positive and negative. - The social implications of XR, especially as regards connectivity and dislocation. - How XR may impact the future of work, labor relations, and practices. - What sociotechnical imaginaries of XR are being forwarded by under-studied entities. - The philosophical implications of the role and nature of XR in our societies, particularly those that foreground non-Western perspectives. - How the “metaverse” is defined and developed in different contexts. - The cultural implications of XR adoption, especially as regards under-represented locations and communities. - Ethical challenges of widespread XR use. I’ll be guest editing it (EIC is Federica Russo) and am happy to answer any questions! Best, Emmie Hine ---------------------- Emmie Hine PhD Candidate in Law, Science, and Technology @ University of Bologna emmiehine.com

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36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2024): First Call for Papers
by Announce 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

*** First Call for Papers *** 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'24) June 3-7, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: November 24, 2023 AoE ***) The CAiSE’24 organization calls for full papers with a special emphasis on the theme of Information Systems in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative technology, revolutionizing various industries, and its significance in Information Systems cannot be overstated. AI-powered systems have the potential to streamline operations, enhance decision-making processes, and drive innovation across organizations. From data analysis to automated processes, AI is reshaping the way we leverage information in the digital age. The relevance of AI in IS extends beyond internal operations. AI-powered predictive analytics enables organizations to forecast trends, anticipate customer needs, and optimize resource allocation. This empowers businesses to adapt swiftly to changing market dynamics, gain a competitive edge, and make proactive decisions. AI algorithms can also detect anomalies and patterns that indicate potential security breaches, contributing to robust cybersecurity measures in information systems. However, while acknowledging the benefits, it is essential to consider the ethical implications of AI in information systems. Ensuring data privacy, addressing bias in algorithms, and maintaining transparency are vital aspects that need to be carefully managed and regulated to foster trust and accountability. In addition to offering an exciting scientific program, CAiSE’24 will feature a best paper award, a journal special issue, and a PhD-thesis award: • Best Paper Award‚ prize EUR 1000 (sponsored by Springer) • A small selection of best papers will be invited to submit enhanced versions for consideration in a special issue of Elsevier Information Systems journal dedicated to this conference. • PhD-Thesis Award • Best PhD thesis of a past CAiSE Doctoral Consortium author (co-sponsored by the CAiSE Steering Committee and Springer) Papers should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions must conform to Springer‚ LNCS format and should not exceed 15 pages, including all text, figures, references, and appendices. Submissions not conforming to the LNCS format, exceeding 15 pages, or being obviously out of the scope of the conference, will be rejected without review. See the guidelines here: https://www.springer.com/comp/lncs/authors.html . The results described must be unpublished and must not be under review elsewhere. Three to five keywords characterizing the paper should be listed at the end of the abstract. Each paper will be reviewed by at least two program committee members and, if positively evaluated, by one additional program board member. The selected papers will be discussed among the paper reviewers online and during the program board meeting. As the review process is not blind, please indicate your name and affiliation on your submission. Accepted papers will be presented at CAiSE’24 and published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) conference proceedings. We invite three types of original and scientific papers. The type of submission must be indicated in the submission system. Each contribution should explicitly address the engineering or the operation of information systems, clearly identify the information systems problem addressed, the expected impact of the contribution to information system engineering or operation, and the research method used. We strongly advise authors to clearly emphasize these aspects in their paper, including the abstract. Technical papers describe original solutions (theoretical, methodological or conceptual) in the field of IS Engineering. A technical paper should clearly describe the situation or problem tackled, the relevant state of the art, the position or solution suggested and its potential‚ as well as demonstrate the benefits of the contribution through a rigorous evaluation. Empirical papers evaluate existing problem situations including problems encountered in practice, or validate proposed solutions with scientific means, i.e., by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, experience reports, simulations, etc. Scientific reflection on problems and practices in industry also falls into this category. The topic of the evaluation presented in the paper as well as its causal or logical properties must be clearly stated. The research method must be sound and appropriate. Exploratory papers describe completely new research positions or approaches, in order to face a generic situation arising because of new ICT tools, new kinds of activities, or new IS challenges. They must precisely describe the situation and demonstrate why current methods, tools, ways of reasoning, or meta-models are inadequate. They must also rigorously present their approach and demonstrate its pertinence and correctness in addressing the identified situation. The topics of contribution include but are not limited to: • Novel Approaches to IS Engineering ◦ Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning ◦ Robotic Process Automation (RPA) ◦ Big Data, Data Science and Analytics ◦ Blockchain applications in IS ◦ Simulation and Digital Twins  ◦ IS for collaboration and social computing  ◦ Virtual reality / Augmented Reality ◦ Context-aware, autonomous and adaptive IS • Models, Methods and Techniques in IS Engineering ◦ Ontologies and Ontology Engineering ◦ Conceptual modeling, languages and design ◦ Requirements engineering ◦ Process modeling, analysis and improvement ◦ Process automation, mining and monitoring ◦ Models and methods for evolution and reuse ◦ Domain and method engineering ◦ Product lines, variability and configuration management ◦ Compliance and alignment handling ◦ Active and interactive models ◦ Quality of IS models for analysis and design ◦ Visualization techniques in IS ◦ Decision models and business intelligence ◦ Knowledge graphs ◦ Human-centered techniques • Architectures and Platforms for IS Engineering ◦ Distributed, mobile and open architecture ◦ Big Data architectures ◦ Cloud- and edge-based IS engineering ◦ Service oriented and multi-agent IS engineering ◦ Multi-platform IS engineering ◦ Cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things (IoT) ◦ Workflow and Process Aware Information Systems (PAIS) ◦ Handling of real time data streams ◦ Content management and semantic Web ◦ Crowdsourcing platforms ◦ Conversational agents (chatbots) ◦ Microservices design and deployment • Domain-specific and Multi-aspect IS Engineering ◦ IT governance ◦ eGovernment ◦ Autonomous and smart systems (smart city management, smart vehicles, etc.) ◦ IS for healthcare ◦ Educational Systems and Learning Analytics ◦ Value and supply chain management ◦ Industry 4.0 ◦ Sustainability and social responsibility management ◦ Privacy, security, trust, and safety management ◦ IS in the post-COVID world Submit your paper using the Easy Chair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=caise2024 . IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submission: 24th November 2023 (AoE) • Paper Submission: 1st December 2023 (AoE) • Notification of Acceptance: 4th March 2024 • Camera-ready Papers: 5th April 2024 • Author registration: 5th April 2024 ORGANISATION General Chairs • Haris Mouratidis, University of Essex, UK • Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel Local Organizing and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Giancarlo Guizzardi, University of Twente, The Netherlands • Flavia Maria Santoro, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Other Committee Members https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/committees/

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Media Communication Faculty Positions (UAE)
by Sohail Dahdal 30 Sep '23

30 Sep '23

Dear All, I thought I share this with list in case anyone looking https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37535197/faculty-positions-in-media-communic… With best regards, Sohail. Sohail Dahdal, PhD Head | Department of Media Communication College of Arts & Sciences Tel +971 6 515 2530 American University of Sharjah PO Box 26666, Sharjah United Arab Emirates http://www.aus.edu <http://www.aus.edu/>

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Tenure-track assistant/associate/full professor position in Kyungpook National University (South Korea)
by Chankyung Pak 30 Sep '23

30 Sep '23

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Media and Communication Type: Full-Time (tenure track) Posted: 09/28/2023 Application Due: 10/13/2023 17:00 (Seoul Time; online application system will be open from 10/5 at 10:00) A tenure-track position at the assistant/associate/full professor level is open in the Department of Media and Communication at Kyungpook National University’s College of Social Sciences. The position will start in March 2024. We welcome applicants from all areas of media and communication who have a strong record of research and teaching. *Minimum Qualifications* - Ph.D. in media, communication, or related fields - Ability to teach in English - Potential for a scholarly ability in top publication venues - A solo-authored publication in a journal indexed by SSCI, or a comparable research accomplishment, in the past four years. *Apply online here:* https://prad.knu.ac.kr/ For more information about the position or the application process, please contact: Dr. Chankyung Pak (chankyungpak(a)knu.ac.kr) *Required Documents (online submission)* · Cover Letter (incl. research achievement, licenses, awards, etc.) · Research Statement · PhD Dissertation · Research Publications published in the last four years · BA/MA/PhD transcript and diploma *Kyungpook National University* Kyungpook National University (KNU) is one of the best flagship national universities in South Korea. KNU began as a regional education hub founded with the support of residents in 1946, and quickly gained a strong reputation as the best university south of Seoul. KNU became known for producing the top Korean intellectuals of the age, representing the Republic of Korea with pride. Our goal is to reaffirm the status long-held by KNU, bringing change and the spirit of innovation to the world. With one of the nation’s biggest campuses and infrastructures located in the Daegu Metropolitan Area, KNU offers a superb research environment and living conditions. Chankyung (CK) Pak / 박 찬 경 / 朴燦京 Assistant Professor Department of Media and Communication Kyungpook National University Mobile: +82-10-6847-5598 e-mail: paniked83(a)gmail.com, chankyungpak@ <chankyungpak(a)uic.edu.hk> knu.ac.kr

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Job Posting: Assistant Professor of Communication, Topical Focus in Health and UNC Charlotte Trash
by Justin Grandinetti 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

The Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for a tenure-track position in health and medical communication at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 15, 2024. Required qualifications include a Ph.D. in Communication Studies or a related area, along with the demonstration of: - An active research agenda that can lead to significant publications and external grants - The ability to teach courses in the theory, research, and practice of communication studies, with a topical focus in health - A commitment and ability to work with a diverse student population of undergraduate and graduate students - Dedication to interdisciplinary work and inter-university research opportunities The department seeks a versatile scholar who excels in an interdisciplinary environment, both within the department and on campus more broadly. We welcome applications from candidates with research interests in health and are open to scholars who are situated within or across any of the concentration areas in the department, including: health communication; organizational communication; media and technology studies; rhetoric, culture, and social change; and/or public relations. Ideally, the successful candidate should have familiarity with quantitative, mixed, critical, or emerging methodologies; demonstrate potential for community-engaged scholarship; and align their research with one or more of the university’s Research Areas of Focus and Distinction ( https://research.charlotte.edu/research-areas-focus-and-distinction <http://send.natcom.org/link.cfm?r=EZOsG_La6sjNGevnx9n2Gw~~&pe=paYTiH-ButtRl…>), including but not limited to socioeconomic mobility, urban health, migration and diaspora studies. They should be able to participate in multidisciplinary teams in the college and at the university and demonstrate potential for collaborations with faculty in the department that support the University’s “top tier” research mission. The department also seeks a committed teacher who can situate themselves within the university’s Strategic Plan ( https://strategicplan.charlotte.edu/full-plan-and-glossary <http://send.natcom.org/link.cfm?r=EZOsG_La6sjNGevnx9n2Gw~~&pe=QKN3mu93vpniK…>), which has a particular focus on engaging a diverse student body that includes many first generation, transfer, military, working, and non-traditional students. Finalists will be asked to discuss how their teaching practices engage students of different ages, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, identities, and abilities, helping to remove barriers in order to ensure the success of all students regardless of their entry pathway into the university. Successful candidates will teach undergraduate and Master’s students in the Department of Communication Studies. The standard teaching load is two classes each semester during the probationary period. Depending on scholarly interest, candidates may affiliate with doctoral programs (e.g., Organizational Science, Health Psychology, Public Health Sciences) or undergraduate programs (e.g., Data Science, Health and Medical Humanities, Capitalism Studies). The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://www.charlotte.edu/ <http://send.natcom.org/link.cfm?r=EZOsG_La6sjNGevnx9n2Gw~~&pe=4HTSpE1n76RHt…>) is a doctoral, research-intensive urban university, located on an expanding modern campus. The second largest of the 16 UNC System campuses, UNC Charlotte is a diverse and inclusive institution, offering more than 30,000 culturally and ethnically varied students a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The University is a Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement campus and an APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity University. It supports faculty with excellent family and medical leave policies, junior faculty development awards, internal faculty research grant opportunities, and other research opportunities. Charlotte offers a dynamic space to live, work and connect for faculty, students, alumni, and staff, with its outstanding cultural, recreational, and business amenities. As the 15th largest U.S. city, Charlotte is consistently ranked as one of the best cities to live (#20 on the 2021-22 list by U.S. News and World Report). The Department of Communication Studies ( https://communication.charlotte.edu/ <http://send.natcom.org/link.cfm?r=EZOsG_La6sjNGevnx9n2Gw~~&pe=w4_rILKOmwX9z…>) has 27 full-time faculty with areas of emphasis in health communication; organizational communication; public relations; media and technology studies; and rhetoric, culture, and social change. The department serves approximately 870 majors and minors and 25 Master’s students. The department’s primary mission is to provide high quality instruction to its undergraduate and graduate students, and to contribute significantly to the understanding of communication issues as they affect people’s lives, especially in the Charlotte metropolitan region. Through its teaching, scholarship and service the department is committed to serving diverse populations. The review of applications will begin October 22, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants must apply electronically at https://jobs.charlotte.edu/ <http://send.natcom.org/link.cfm?r=EZOsG_La6sjNGevnx9n2Gw~~&pe=LgfvoLnHLOYgN…>, position #5313. Please upload a cover letter responding to the qualifications listed above, a current CV, and contact information for three references. Contact Dr. Erin Basinger (erin.basinger(a)charlotte.edu, Search Committee Chair), or Dr. Dan Grano (dgrano(a)charlotte.edu, Chair of the Department of Communication Studies) with questions. As an EOE/AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained; the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages applications from all underrepresented groups. The candidate chosen for this position will be subject to criminal background check and will be required to provide an official transcript of their highest earned degree. This institution does not offer benefits to domestic partners. This institution offers benefits to spouses. This institution provides the following trans-affirming healthcare coverage: - None: Our healthcare plan does not include trans-affirming healthcare coverage for TGE faculty This institution provides the following support - This institution does not provide support for faculty-parents of TGE youth.

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CfP: Infrastructure grad conference at UC—Irvine (3/8—3/9 2024)
by Alexander Rudenshiold 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Hi all! Excited to share (and sorry for any cross-posting) that next March 8th and 9th here at UC—Irvine we will be hosting an interdisciplinary graduate student conference (post-docs are also welcome) themed around critical approaches to infrastructure studies. If you are a grad student in Southern California, I’d strongly encourage you to apply! If you’re advising a grad student in the area, please pass this CfP along! We’re very excited to have Dr. Lisa Parks as a keynote representing contemporary approaches to infrastructure. This will be a great opportunity for students to connect with faculty and peers conducting like-minded work with a variety of different theoretical and methodological approaches. You will find that the potential topics are wide-ranging so as to encourage all kinds of submissions. Thank you in advance for sharing! — Alex > In the Burrow: Critical Approaches to Infrastructure Studies > Dates: March 8th & 9th 2024 > Place: University of California—Irvine > Keynotes: Dr. Lisa Parks (UCSB) & Dr. John Hopkins (NYU) > > This work is a rhizome, a burrow...We will enter, then, by any point whatsoever; none matters more than another, and no entrance is more privileged even if it seems an impasse, a tight passage, a siphon. > — Deleuze & Guattari, Toward a Minor Literature > > This conference seeks to bring together early career scholars (graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are particularly encouraged) to encounter one another’s infrastructural interests and perspectives. Papers which take an infrastructural approach to the ancient and premodern technologies are encouraged alongside those on modern and contemporary material; authors who take up infrastructure as object, method, both, or otherwise in their work on archaeology or media archeology, anthropology, informatics, literary studies, or art history, as well as other fields in the humanities and social sciences are all encouraged to participate. > > Burrowing describes a laborious process of moving through a dense medium — of confronting a mundane materiality with one’s own bodily experience. The burrow maps the void left by an organism through time within a subterranean, subaltern, or otherwise subliminal environment. Burrowing requires the adoption of an infrastructural disposition towards the world. > > From a desertified minor literature to the phatic labor of human speech acts to water conduits and digital media, the study of infrastructure has drawn upon, brought together, and absorbed a wide variety of discourses across the humanities and social sciences. Infrastructure encourages perspectives ‘from below,’ it excavates subsumed and alternative landscapes; it sublimates parallel biological and material worlds, giving breath to their underlying possibilities for life. As pipes, aqueducts, roads, fiber optic cables, maintenance labor, and catacombs — as minor literatures, artifacts, and temporalities — infrastructures offer us conceptual burrows with which to overhaul and undermine scholarly perspectives and methods which are often rooted in the nodes and networks articulated from positions of power and historical privilege. > > Papers might address topics ranging from (but not limited to): > Ancient economies and networks > Moments of deinvisibilization and rupture > Videogames: structures, simulations, simulacra > Visual, cultural representations of infrastructure > Premodern gift exchange > The living body as landscape > People as infrastructure: beyond flat ontology > Word of mouth, gossip, and hubbub > Environmental time in the urban landscape > Circulation and flow (or backflow) > Sublimated material relations > Affect and infrastructures of feeling > Wires, clouds, digital metaphors > Practices of minor mapping > Writing from below: hidden, subsumed, subliminal > Making and growing living infrastructures > Catacombs, cults, cryptids, concatenations > Send 300-500 word abstracts to uciinfrastructure2024(a)gmail.com by 11/15/2023. Please direct any questions to the above email as well. We hope to return decisions by 12/1/2023. Written papers (20 minute presentations) will be due a week prior to the conference. Panels will be assembled by theme rather than by discipline, and will be chaired by UCI faculty respondents who will facilitate discussion across talks within a panel. Organizers are in talks with the editors of AfterImage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism to construct a special issue based on the presentations made at this conference. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alexander <https://twitter.com/rudenshiold>@ <https://twitter.com/rudenshiold>Rudenshiold <https://twitter.com/rudenshiold> Film & Media Ph.D. student + UAW 2865 dept. steward + CATS Lab @ UC – Irvine Media, Culture, & Tech M.A. @ U.Va. rudenshiold.com <https://rudenshiold.com/> // Infant Island <https://infantisland.bandcamp.com/> // Mattachine <https://mattachine.bandcamp.com/>

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Socio-Informatics - An Antology of 25 Years of Research: online now (open access)
by Aal, Konstantin 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Dear colleagues, I gladly like to inform you that the Anthology of 25 Years of Research in Socio-Informatics at the University of Siegen is now online: https://www.iisi.de/en/2022_conference/e-reader/ Based on a collection of some 30 papers , the anthology also contains opinion pieces by Mark Ackerman (University of Michigan), Lance Bennett (University of Washington), Alan Borning (University of Washington), Geoff Bowker (University of California, Irvene), Peter Broedner (University of Siegen), Gerhard Fischer (University of Colorado), Geraldine Fitzpatrick (TU Vienna), Sigrid Kannengiesser (University of Muenster(, Kari Kuutti (University of Oulu), Anders Morch (University of Oslo), and Prob Procter (University of Warwick). Additionally you can find: (1) Introduction to Socio Informatics: Socio-Informatical Design for Social Practices – An Introduction to 25 Years of Research:https://www.iisi.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IRSIV19I1.pdf (2) Documentation of invited talks: Reflections on Socio-Informatics: Design for Social Practices: https://www.iisi.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/irsi_V19I4.pdf I hope you will find these materials interesting! My best, Konstantin -- Konstantin Aal Research assistant and PhD student pronouns: he/him/his Information Systems and New Media SFB 1187 "Medien der Kooperation" University of Siegen Kohlbettstr. 15, 57072 Siegen Raum. US-E-102 Tel. +49 (0)271 / 740 3383 Mob. +49 (0)176 / 30 780 007 http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb5/wirtschaftsinformatik/index.html.en?lang=en

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