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Senior Research and Teaching Associate/Postdoc Position in Media & Internet Governance, University of Zurich
by Alena Birrer 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Dear community members, The Media & Internet Governance Division (Prof. Dr. Natascha Just) of the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich invites applications for an open position of Senior Research and Teaching Associate/Postdoc (80%). Start of employment: at the earliest possible / upon agreement. The Media & Internet Governance Division studies media policy and media economics in the convergent communications sector. Alongside research on traditional mass media, the division focuses on Internet Governance and Platform Studies. The successful applicant will work on dedicated topics that align with the division's research program. Further information and application details: https://jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/senior-research-and-teaching-associate-p… Review of applications starts immediately, but the position will remain open until a qualified candidate is found. Please contact Alena Birrer, MA (a.birrer(a)ikmz.uzh.ch<mailto:a.birrer@ikmz.uzh.ch>) if you have any questions.

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Call for ART. Book project: realities of Autonomous Weapon Systems
by Jascha Bareis 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

--- please also forward to other artists and tech & art affiliated mailing lists / universities --- The realities of autonomous weapons Call for Art (full call attached) This call for art invites work that advances synergies between artistic and academic publishing. The book project “The realities of autonomous weapons” explores this controversial technology by analysing the imagined futures that are associated with military AI. It covers not only political images and narratives but also fictional expressions and interpretations. The ties between fact and fiction are characteristic of the different realities that autonomous weapons systems (AWS) embody. To strengthen these connections, the editors are looking for a contribution coming from the visual arts that helps make sense of these complex relations between fact and fiction, the virtual and the real. What we are looking for: * - A chapter of artistic works that feature the hybrid space of autonomous weapon systems, illustrated in a short portfolio of 10-15 pages & an abstract of 250 words of description. * - Chapter portfolio in pdf. Artworks have be a minimum 300 dpi. Text in a supplementary file in Word, pdf, or rtf. What we offer: * - The selected artist will be featured in a comprehensive chapter of the printed book (fully open access) next to the academic texts. * - Further, the selected artist will be featured on a website where we host the academic chapters. * - The book will be disseminated widely by the publisher and the editors to different academic, public and art institutions - trying to enable further synergies and collaborations between artists and publishers. * - A royalty of 1000 euros. The volume is open access and will be published with Bristol University Press in 2024. Please submit your proposals by November 10, 2023 via autonomous-weapons(a)hiig.de 0. Thomas Christian Bächle Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin Jascha Bareis Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Karlsruhe

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Global Media and China Published the Latest Special Issue—September 2023
by Xiao Han 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

Dear All, We are pleased to announce that our journal, Global Media and China, has published its latest issue (Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2023). And also we sincerely welcome your contribution to our journals. If you are interested and have the time, it is a great honour for us to receive your submission. Here is the submission portal: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac. For more information about Global Media and China, please go to gch.sagepub.com. You can also find detailed submission guidelines there. You can freely read this new issue at: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/GCH/current (Follow us at Twitter: https://twitter.com/GCHjournal) *Special Issue: China’s digital infrastructure: Networks, systems, standards* *Guest Editor: * *Gabriele de Seta* *Introduction:* *China’s digital infrastructure: Networks, systems, standards* *Gabriele de Seta* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231202203 *Special Issue Articles:* *Discourse as infrastructure: How “New Infrastructure” policies re-infrastructure China* *Yichen Rao* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231198605 *Geopolitics in the infrastructural ideology of 5G* *Maxigas** and **Niels ten Oever* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231193950 *Technologies of migration and citizenship: Life and work at the base of Shanghai’s digital infrastructure stack* *Leif Johnson* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231188201 *Civilized cities or social credit? Overlap and tension between emergent governance infrastructures in China* *Alexander Trauth-Goik* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231163444 *Surveillance infrastructure in China: Key concepts and mechanisms enhancing the Party-state’s governance ambitions* *Susan Trevaskes** and **Ausma Bernot* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231171013 *Infrastructure at home: Technology, intimacy, and ageing in China* *Gladys Pak Lei Chong* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231184109 *QR code: The global making of an infrastructural gateway* *Gabriele de Seta* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231183618 *Health Code as ‘access infrastructure’: Innovative practices and concerns of mediated governance* *Yu Zou** and **Jing Di* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231184110 * <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20594364231198289>* *Connectivity, centrality, and adaptation: The coproduction of political space in China’s standardization of autonomous driving technologies <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20594364231198289>* *Nicolas Huppenbauer* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231198289

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WEBCAST SEP 28 – 4th GFCE Triple-I workshop in India
by Joly MacFie 28 Sep '23

28 Sep '23

This is under way. Full programme! Morning Real Time Text is https://bit.ly/3F09nJO [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16920>On *Thursday 28th September 2023* the *4th GFCE Triple-I workshop in India <https://triple-i-workshop-2023.gfce-events.com/>* will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati (IIT-G), and in conjunction with *InSIG 2023 <https://insig.in/>*. The *GFCE Triple-I initiative <https://thegfce.org/>* facilitates awareness raising and capacity building events in different regions of the world in order to enhance justified trust in the use of Internet and/or email in those regions through multistakeholder cooperation. This workshop is fully devoted to support the *Digital India Action plan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_India>*, and aims at bringing together local stakeholders with local, national and global experts to explore together what steps to take to enhance justified trust in the use of the Internet and/or email in the region. *PROGRAMME* (All times IST = UTC+5.5) *https://triple-i-workshop-2023.gfce-events.com/page/1352843 <https://triple-i-workshop-2023.gfce-events.com/page/1352843>* *09:00 Opening by Host and Moderator: Welcome and Intent of the Day* *Satish Babu*, India School for Internet Governance *Maarten Botterman*., GFCE Triple-I moderator, *Prof. Sukumar Nandi*, Senior Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, India Institute of Technology, Guwahati *09:30 Block I: Better Use of Today’s Open Internet Standards*: *Section 1: DNSSEC, TLS and DANE*: *Yazid Akanho* and *Jia Rong Low* (ICANN) *Section 2: RPKI and ROA: APNIC* – *Terry Sweetser* (APNIC) *Section 3: DMARC, DKIM, SPF* – *Gerasim Hovhannisyan* (EasyDMARC) *Section 4: IPv6: Anurag Bhatia* (Hurricane Electric) *Section 5: Current status of adoption based on internet.nl <http://internet.nl/> measuring: **Anand Raje*. *11:15 Block II part 1: Inspiration from Good Practice Actions* *Internet Resilience Index*: *Sarah Lake* (ISOC) *MANRS: * *Anand Raje* (MANRS Ambassador) *KINDNS: Jia Rong Low* (ICANN). *13:30 Block II part 2: Inspiration from Good Practice Actions* *DDOS mitigation: Octavia de Weerdt*, NBIP *IoT security: Maarten Botterman* (IGF DC IoT) *UA/IDN status overview for India: Jia-Rong Low (ICANN), Anil Jain* (NIXI/UASG) *15:15 Block III: Planning for a More Trusted Internet: Marketplace for Action* Facilitated brainstorm *16:45 Conclusions and Closing Remarks* *MODERATOR* *Maarten Botterman*, GFCE Triple I Coordinator *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/GFCE-India4 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/GFCE-India4>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/16920>*) *TWITTER #theGFCE <https://bit.ly/theGFCE> #CyberCapacityBuilding @theGFCE* *MASTODON #theGFCE <https://mastodon.social/tags/theGFCE>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/GFCE-India4 <https://archive.org/details/GFCE-India4>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16920 <https://isoc.live/16920>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Schedule Unveiled for the 2023 Connected Learning Summit
by Cindy Hau 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

CLS2023 Schedule Now Available! The schedule for the 2023 Connected Learning Summit is now available! View the schedule <https://connectedlearning.news/CLS2023-Schedule-LS> & register today <https://connectedlearning.news/CLS2023-Register-LS> to start planning your time at the summit. ------------------------------ Our Program Our program will start on October 26 with a pre-conference day for conversation around topics of shared interest, including affinity group meetings, as well as meetups for Research Paper and Showcase contributors. The Main Conference, on October 27-28, will include keynote talks <https://clalliance.org/blog/announcing-the-keynotes-for-the-2023-connected-…> from Dr. Luci Pangrazio and Diana Nucera AKA Mother Cyborg, plenary sessions, and workshops organized by CLA partners. The majority of the event will be programmed during work hours in North America, but will also include some programming in the morning hours of Asia and Australia. ------------------------------ Certificates Starting this year (2023), we’re offering professional development certificates for CLS attendance upon request, which can be displayed on websites or social media platforms such as Linkedin. ------------------------------ Need Group Discounts for Students and Practitioners? We have had requests to purchase group registrations to better facilitate student and practitioner participation. There are a number of exciting workshops and sessions on: games & learning, computing & AI, connected wellbeing, and digital literacies. If you would like to purchase a registration bundle, please contact Don Miller (donmiller(a)connectedcamps.com) to create a custom solution and discount. ------------------------------ About the Connected Learning Summit With a unique focus on cross-sector connections and progressive and catalytic innovation, the Connected Learning Summit brings together leading researchers, educators, and developers. Our mission is to fuel a growing movement of innovators harnessing the power of emerging technology to expand access to participatory, playful, and creative learning. We offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities for organizations to demonstrate their commitment to connected learning while aligning with their goals and initiatives. CLS was first convened in 2018 <https://2018.connectedlearningsummit.org/>, launched as a merger between three community events with this shared vision and values: the Digital Media and Learning Conference <https://dmlhub.net/conference/index.html>, the Games+Learning+Society Conference <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games,_Learning_%26_Society_Conference>, and Sandbox Summit <https://www.pgpedia.com/s/sandbox-summit>. The hosting and stewardship of the event has continued to evolve in tandem with the changing conditions of the global pandemic. The UC Irvine’s Connected Learning Lab <https://connectedlearning.uci.edu/> and MIT’s Scheller Teacher Education Program and Education Arcade <https://education.mit.edu/> were the founding hosts of the event. As we have moved online and become a more international event, we have expanded our roster of partners and hosts. For more information, please visit our website <https://connectedlearningsummit.org/> and sign up for updates <https://connectedlearningsummit.org/about/> about the Connected Learning Summit.

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HICSS 57 Workshop on Systemic Abuse of Power featuring Safiya Umoja Noble, Sarah T. Roberts, and Jon Vaughn
by Ocepek, Melissa G 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Dear Colleagues, Please consider registering for our workshop, Envisioning and Realizing the Democratizing Power of System Sciences to Combat Systemic Abuses of Power at the upcoming HICSS 57<https://hicss.hawaii.edu/> on January 3rd in Honolulu, HI. The workshop will feature notable scholars, Safiya Umoja Noble (Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism) and Sarah T. Roberts (Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media), along with abuse survivor, activist, and former NFL Player Jon Vaughn. Please see the full workshop description below and let us know if you have any questions or would like more information. (W) Envisioning and Realizing the Democratizing Power of System Sciences to Combat Systemic Abuses of Power<https://hicss.hawaii.edu/swt/#w-envisioning-and-realizing-the-democratizing…> The goal of the workshop is to interactively engage diverse participants to develop a preliminary strategy to apply system sciences to collaboratively addressing the problem of systemic abuses of power in academia and beyond, as well as to outline a corresponding scientific research agenda; the workshop aspires to catalyze a foundation that unleashes a global cavalry of academics and activists alike to address this pressing societal challenge. The workshop will feature Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble (Author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism), Dr. Sarah Roberts (Author of Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media), and Mr. Jon Vaughn (Former NFL Player, Tech Entrepreneur, Abuse Survivor, and Activist), all sharing their respective work on studying abuse in socio-technical systems as well as their experiences as academics fighting for their work. This workshop is for anyone interested in abuse in systems or wanting to make a change in the systems, including the organizations, they are a part of. Examples of topics to discuss include: * Big abuses in academia * Stories of survivors’ experiences * Links to other issues affecting organizational culture in academia and beyond * Relationship to other types of abuses of power and to the constellation of other issues such as DEI, sustainability, and public health * The decline of innovation and its interconnections with systemic abuses of power * Connections to broader abuses and branches of trust at other public and private institutions in society * Preview of potential complementary technological and system sciences approaches * Next steps for collective action SWT Leaders: Joshua C. Rubin (Primary Contact) University of Michigan Medical School Josh(a)JoshCRubin.com Melissa Ocepek University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign mgocepek(a)illinois.edu Best, Josh Rubin, University of Michigan Medical School Melissa Ocepek, University of Illinois

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New open access book: Ageing with Smartphones in Uganda: Togetherness in the dotcom age (UCL Press)
by Coughlin, Margie 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

*** We apologise for any cross-posting*** UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book that may be of interest to list subscribers: Ageing with Smartphones in Uganda: Togetherness in the dotcom age by Charlotte Hawkins. Download it free: https://bit.ly/3Rzi4Ct ******************************************* Ageing with Smartphones in Uganda Togetherness in the dotcom age Charlotte Hawkins. Free download: https://bit.ly/3Rzi4Ct ******************************************* Ageing with Smartphones in Uganda is based on a 16-month ethnography about experiences of ageing in a neighbourhood in a diverse neighbourhood in Kampala, Uganda. It examines the impact of smartphones and mobile phones on older people's health and everyday lives as part of the global 'Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing' project. In taking the lens of the smartphone to understand experiences of ageing in this context, the monograph presents the articulation and practice of 'togetherness in the dotcom age'. Taking a 'convivial' approach, which celebrates multiple ways of knowing about social life, Charlotte Hawkins draws from these expressions about cooperative morality and modernity to consider the everyday mitigation of profound social change. 'Dotcom' is understood to encompass everything from the influence of social media to urban migration and lifestyles in the city, to shifts in ways of knowing and relating. At the same time, dotcom tools such as mobile phones and smartphones facilitate elder care through, for example, regular mobile money remittances. This book explores how dotcom relates to older people's health, in particular their care norms, social standing, values of respect and relatedness, and intergenerational relationships - both political and personal. It also re-frames the youth-centricity of research on the city and work, new media and technology, politics and service provision in Uganda. Through ethnographic consideration of everyday life and self-formation in this context, the monograph seeks to contribute to an ever-incomplete understanding of how we relate to each other and to the world around us. Free download: https://bit.ly/3Rzi4Ct ---------------------- uclpress.co.uk | @uclpress

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WEBCAST SEP 26 – ICANN and ISOC Norway ‘Discussing Cryptography’
by Joly MacFie 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

A deep dive into cryptography courtesy ISOC Norway [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16912>On *Tuesday October 26 2023* at *17:00-20:00 CEST* (15:00-18:00 UTC) the *Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <https://icann.org/>* (ICANN) and the* Internet Society Norway Chapter <https://isoc.no/> *(ISOC Norway) will hold a session '*Discussing Cryptography <https://isoc.no/event/a-session-discussing-cryptography/>*' at Rebel in Oslo. Experts in applied cryptography will discuss current practices, including key management and quantum key cryptography, and generally talk about the state of cryptography in ICT in 2023. *AGENDA* *Quantum-readiness and high function crypto* *Arne Tobias Malkenes Ødegaard*, Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM) *Automated key rollovers in the DNS* *Lars-Johan Liman*, Netnod *Real-world crypto mistakes* *Tor Erling Bjørstad*, Mnemonic *A Brief Primer on Managing the Keys to the Internet* *David Huberman*, ICANN *MODERATOR* *Steinar Grøtterød* - President, ISOC Norway *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/discussingcryptography <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/discussingcryptography>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/456aZwj <https://bit.ly/456aZwj>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE*) *TWITTER #cryptography @ICANN @ISOCNorway <https://bit.ly/3taBaVt> @NSM_no @netnod @mnemonic_sec @sgrotter #encryption #encryptionday #quantumkey* *MASTODON #cryptography <https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptography> @isocnorway@mastodon.social* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/discussingcryptography <https://archive.org/details/discussingcryptography>* Permalink https://isoc.live/16912 -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Registrations closing for the 2023 Policy & Internet Conference - Policy Innovation for Inclusive Internet Governance
by Jonathon Hutchinson 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

Dear Colleagues, **Registrations closing Wednesday, 27 September** It is our great pleasure to invite you to register for the 2023 Policy & Internet Conference to be held at the University of Sydney, Sydney Australia, 28-29 September, 2023, 8:30am – 4:30pm: https://internet-policy-meco.sydney.edu.au The Policy & Internet conference will bring together a range of international voices to demonstrate how varying approaches towards internet policy are established, embodied and engaged with by a variety of stakeholders. Together, scholars and policymakers will discuss current practices, alternative designs and the ‘unknowns’ that are required for inclusive internet governance. With keynotes from Professor Johanna Weaver, Director of the Tech Policy Design Centre (Australian National University), and Dr Justine Humphry Senior Lecturer Digital Cultures (University of Sydney), alongside a range of panels composed of platform regulators, advocates and researchers, there will be two days of engaged policy discussion. There is also a selection of accepted papers with a strong focus on the Asia Pacific, First Nations and digital hostility, where the 2023 Policy & Internet Conference will showcase some of the premier research emerging from the region. Extra bonuses during the event include a workshop from the Australian Text Analytics Platform team on wrangling data analysis through their new platform, and the local research team from the University of Sydney will launch their public report funded by the eSafety Commissioner, Emerging Online Safety Issues: Co-Creating Social Media Education with Young People. Registration includes access to all events and presentations. https://internet-policy-meco.sydney.edu.au While the keynotes will be recorded, this is an in-person event only. Please contact myself, Dr Joanne Gray [j.gray(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:j.gray@sydney.edu.au>] or Ms Milly Stilinovic [milica.stilinovic(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:milica.stilinovic@sydney.edu.au>] with any questions or queries. Regards Jonathon. DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON Chair of Discipline, Media and Communication President of Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Editor-in-Chief, Policy & Internet Journal [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19442866] THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm N233, John Woolley Building (A20) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 2821 | F +61 2 9351 2434 E jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:jonathon.hutchinson@sydney.edu.au> | W sydney.edu.au<http://sydney.edu.au> | W jonathonhutchinson.com.au<http://www.jonathonhutchinson.com.au/> CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments.

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CNET article on urban community networks
by Joly MacFie 25 Sep '23

25 Sep '23

https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/internet-for-the-people-the-mov… -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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