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Up to 5 PhD Scholarships in the Sydney Games and Play Lab
by Marcus Carter 12 Sep '23

12 Sep '23

Hello friends! The Sydney Games and Play lab has been awarded up to 5 PhD scholarships in game studies (AU$37,207 pa). The scholarship includes all fees, is tax-free, and international students are eligible! You can read about the opportunity here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/study/scholarships/phd-scholarships/sydney-g… Please share with your students who might be thinking about doing a PhD in games and related topics (e.g. VR & AR). Successful applicants will be joining an established HDR cohort and terrific research environment. The application deadline is Oct 31, with more details on how to apply here: https://www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships/b/faculty-of-arts-and-social-science… We are prioritising projects that connect to our existing research projects. You can read more about our all current projects on the lab website: https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/our-research/research-projects/sydney-games-… Please reach out to me (marcus.carter(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:marcus.carter@sydney.edu.au>) if you have any questions or would like to learn more. Best wishes, MARCUS CARTER | Associate Professor in Digital Cultures, ARC Future Fellow Department of Media and Communications THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY S232 John Wooley Building | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 8627 5868 E marcus.carter(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:firstname.surname@sydney.edu.au>

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CFA FOR NASSP AT THE 2024 EASTERN DIVISION APA
by Laura W. Kane 12 Sep '23

12 Sep '23

*The North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP)* is seeking abstracts for participation on a panel on: *Social Ramifications of AI* for its group session at the Eastern Division APA to be held from Jan. 15th -18th, 2024, in New York, NY. (The specific date and time of the session will be announced later in the fall.) *We anticipate being able to accommodate online participation in a hybrid format if necessary.* We welcome submissions from both members and non-members, but we require that all presenters join the North American Society for Social Philosophy if their proposals are accepted and if they present at the conference. We anticipate that each panelist will present for 10 minutes before a general roundtable discussion. Individual abstracts of 300-400 words should be sent to the panel organizers, Laura Kane *laura.kane(a)worcester.edu <laura.kane(a)worcester.edu>* and Shannon Fyfe *sfyfe2(a)gmu.edu <sfyfe2(a)gmu.edu>**, *by *Sept. 30th, 2023.* Please email us with any questions. Topics may include, but are not limited to: The effects of AI on political relationships The effects of AI on economic relationships The effects of AI on social relationships, including intimate relationships Bot/human “relationships” The effects of AI on education, including the transmission of knowledge The effects of AI on artistic expression and artistic appreciation AI and Privacy AI and Data Security AI and Surveillance AI and Employment AI and Stereotyping Bias/Discrimination from AI or against AI Wealth distribution Humane treatment of AI Morale Users of autonomous weapons

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VIDEO: Routing Security Summit 2023 - Panel - ROV Research Review
by Joly MacFie 12 Sep '23

12 Sep '23

This is one that got away from July's Routing Security Summit. It clashed with another session so I recorded it, and embarked on correcting. This task actually proved too much for me, but I did make it about half way through.. Some interesting facts and figures. https://youtu.be/5hwHwQ3UTvI -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CfP: "Global Perspectives on Surveillance" (Jump Cut)
by Gary Kafer 12 Sep '23

12 Sep '23

Dear colleagues, I write to share a CfP for a special section of *Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media* on the topic of "Global Perspectives on Surveillance." Deadline Jan 15. Please see the call below. We appreciate any help in spreading the word to your colleagues. Thanks! ### *Global Perspectives on Surveillance* Call for Papers *Special Section of Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media* (editor-in-chief Julia Lesage) *Section Editor*: Gary Kafer (University of Chicago) *Description:* This special section of Jump Cut seeks original research and review essays that examine the global circuits of surveillance that increasingly mark contemporary social and political life. Towards the end of the twentieth century, surveillance studies scholars proclaimed the arrival of a “surveillance society” (Marx 1985; Gandy 1989; Lyon 1994), which soon became global by the turn of the century following the attacks on 9/11 and the War on Terror (Lyon 2004; Murakami 2009; Ström 2020). In many ways indebted to the emergence of novel digital and communication tools, such critiques called attention to increasing levels of tracking practices by national governments and corporations to preempt threats and safeguard capital. No doubt, the global parameters of surveillance were put on full display with the Snowden leaks of 2013 as the world became cognizant of The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States), which was soon followed by media coverage of China’s Digital Silk Road Initiative. And yet, even as these developments exposed the globality of surveillance systems, such frameworks tend to maintain the ‘global’ as simply a reference point for the ‘Global North’ and its centers of data accumulation and exchange. Such narratives are troublesome, not in the least for the way that they ignore how surveillance has historically always been transnational in scope, such as in the development of biometrics and identification documents in chattel slavery and penal colonies across colonial and imperial regimes (Browne 2015; Heynen and van der Meulen 2019). At the same time, some global frameworks ignore how many surveillance devices are first developed and tested in sites of settler colonial and capitalist violence—often in the Global South—before being distributed by international defense industries for use elsewhere, such as in Israel’s occupation of Palestine (Halper 2015) or the repression of indigenous communities at the borders of settler states (Schaeffer 2022). Following suit, this special section of Jump Cut explores how the global remains a fraught, if not necessary, framework to grapple with the contemporary politics of surveillance. We invite research that approaches such issues from the fields of media studies, film studies, visual studies, communication studies, and related disciplines to consider how surveillance is a global process located within historically situated cultural, political, and social practices. Such research can address concerns in the twenty-first century as well as longer histories of surveillance. Potential topics include (but are not limited to): • Technologies of border security • Biometrics – past, present, future • Internet infrastructures • Ecologies of resource extraction • Platforms and outsourced labor • Militarization of police • Counter-practices to surveillance • Global surveillance and documentary aesthetics • Representations of global surveillance in entertainment media • Social media in the Global South • Algorithms and discrimination *Submission Information:* We welcome a range of submissions including article length essays, short reflection papers, opinion pieces, book reviews, and film reviews. Submissions will undergo a peer-review and revision process prior to publication. Submissions should be original work, neither previously published nor under consideration for publication elsewhere. All references to previous work by contributors should be masked in the text (e.g., “Author 2020”). Please submit your document in a MS Word-compatible format. *Timeline* Submissions should be emailed to gkafer(a)uchicago.edu by January 15, 2024. Please put “JC – Global Surveillance” in the subject line. Decisions will be communicated by the end of March 2024. Final revisions will be due June 1, 2024. The special section will be published in a forthcoming issue of Jump Cut in the winter of 2024. *References:* Browne, Simone. 2015. Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness. Durham: Duke University Press. Gandy, Oscar. 1989. “The Surveillance Society: Information Technology and Bureaucratic Social Control.” Journal of Communication 39: 61–76. Halper, Jeff. 2015. War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification. London: Pluto Press. Heynen, Robert, and Emily van der Meulen (eds.). 2019. Making Surveillance States: Transnational Histories. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Lyon, David. 1994. The Electronic Eye: The Rise of the Surveillance Society. Cambridge: Polity Press. Lyon, David. 2004. “Globalizing Surveillance.” International Sociology 19: 135–49. Marx, Gary. 1985. “The Surveillance Society: The Threat of 1984-style Techniques.” The Futurist 6: 21–6. Murakami Wood, David. 2009. “The ‘Surveillance Society’: Questions of History, Place and Culture.” European Journal of Criminology 6(2): 179-194. Schaeffer, Felicity Amaya. 2022. Unsettled Borders: The Militarized Science of Surveillance on Sacred Indigenous Land. Durham: Duke University Press. Ström, Timothy Erik. 2020. Globalizing Surveillance. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. -- Gary Kafer Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Department of Cinema and Media Studies University of Chicago gkafer(a)uchicago.edu

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Lecture and Panel: Black Game Studies
by Gerald Voorhees 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

Dear friends and colleagues, Please join us for two upcoming events (online or in-person) hosted the University of Waterloo Games Institute: 1. On Wednesday, 20 September from 11AM-12:30PM EDT/UTC+4: Emerging Voices in Black Game Studies <https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/panel-emerging-voices-black-gam…>, featuring Dr. Akil Fletcher, Cyan DeVeaux, and Dr. Steven Dashiell. Register for free using this Eventbrite link <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/710305652327?aff=oddtdtcreator>. This panel highlights emerging scholars in Black game studies. Panelists will present recent and/or ongoing work, sharing a glimpse of the emerging research questions animating the field. Topics include Black worldbuilding in and across games (Fletcher), perceptions of Black male exceptionalism in gaming cultures (Dashiell), and the relationship between avatar representation and Black user experience in social VR (DeVeaux). 2. On Monday, 25 September from 1PM-2:30PM EDT/UTC+4: Black Virtuality <https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/panel-emerging-voices-black-gam…>, a lecture by A.M. Darke. Register for free using this Eventbrite link <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/710316966167?aff=oddtdtcreator>. Across digital media, Black people are portrayed in ways that are derogatory and harmful–if we are depicted at all. The representation of afro-textured hair is noticeably limited, with options ranging from comically large afros, unstyled “dread” locs, and misshapen cornrows. Through projects like ‘Ye or Nay? and the Open Source Afro Hair Library, artist A.M. Darke explores the consumption of Black bodies and the construction of a Black virtuality. In this talk, Darke shares a critical and liberatory approach for engaging marginalized communities in games and digital media. Best regards, Gerald

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WEBCAST SEP 11-15 South School on Internet Governance / Escuela del Sur de Gobernanza de Internet / Escola Sul sobre Governança da Internet
by Joly MacFie 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

Massive attendance from multiple countries! 5 Days! The big keynotes will be on at lunchtime today (UTC-3). ¡Asistencia masiva de múltiples países! ¡5 dias! Las grandes conferencias tendrán lugar hoy a la hora del almuerzo (UTC-3). Participação massiva de vários países! 5 dias! As grandes palestras acontecerão na hora do almoço de hoje (UTC-3). [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16868>On *Monday-Friday September 11-15 2023* the 2023 the 15th *South School on internet Governance <https://www.gobernanzainternet.org/ssig2023/en/>* will be held in Campina Grande, Brazil. De *segunda a sexta-feira, de 11 a 15 de setembro de 2023*, a 15ª *Escola Sul sobre Governança da Internet <https://www.gobernanzainternet.org/ssig2023/pt/>* será realizada em Campina Grande, Brasil. Del *lunes al viernes 11 al 15 de septiembre de 2023* se llevará a cabo en Campina Grande, Brasil, la 15ª *Escuela del Sur sobre Gobernanza de Internet <https://www.gobernanzainternet.org/ssig2023/>*. *PROGRAM https://www.gobernanzainternet.org/ssig2023/tpl/pdf/ssig_2023.pdf <https://www.gobernanzainternet.org/ssig2023/tpl/pdf/ssig_2023.pdf>* *LIVESTREAM EN/ES/PT https://www.youtube.com/@ssiglac/streams <https://www.youtube.com/@ssiglac/streams>* *TWITTER #SSIGLAC <https://bit.ly/SSIGLAC> @SSIGLAC * *MASTODON #SSIGLAC <https://mastodon.social/tags/SSIGLAC>* -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CfA Spend a Research Sabbatical at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)
by Esther Laufer 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

Are you researching the social, political, economic, media-related or cultural effects of the digital transformation? You want more freedom to pursue your project and are interested in interdisciplinary exchange? A fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) releases you from your regular work obligations and opens up new perspectives. As a fellow, you can spend either six or three months in Bochum, Germany. During this period, we will finance your sabbatical leave from work through compensation (e.g. for a substitute). Alternatively, we will pay grants of up to 2.000 € per month. You can invite guests for collaboration and will receive financial support for research expenses. Individual offices and meeting rooms with modern facilities offer optimal working conditions. In addition, we will provide comfortable apartments free of charge. Become a member of the vibrant interdisciplinary research community at CAIS. Apply until 31 October 2023 for fellowships starting from October 2024. The funding program is open to excellent scholars and practitioners, to all career stages, disciplines and areas of investigation, as well as to pure research and to projects that are more applied in orientation. Find out more at https://www.cais-research.de/en/cais-college/fellowships/ We also fund working groups and still have some open slots from mid-June to the end of August 2024. Check out our flexible funding program for groups here: https://www.cais-research.de/en/cais-college/working-groups/ https://www.cais-research.de/en/cais-college/working-groups/ Further questions? Please contact esther.laufer(a)cais-research.de mailto:esther.laufer@cais-research.de.

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New open access book: Ageing with Smartphones in Urban China (UCL Press)
by Coughlin, Margie 11 Sep '23

11 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 Urban China, by Xinyuan Wang. Download it free: https://bit.ly/3PkbgHe ******************************************* Ageing with Smartphones in Urban China >From the cultural to the digital revolution in Shanghai Xinyuan Wang Free download: https://bit.ly/3PkbgHe ******************************************* If we want to understand contemporary China, the key is through understanding the older generation. This is the generation in China whose life courses almost perfectly synchronised with the emergence and growth of the 'New China' under the rule of the Communist Party (1949). People in their 70s and 80s have double the life expectancy of their parents' generation. The current oldest generation in Shanghai was born in a time when the average household could not afford electric lights, but today they can turn their lights off via their smartphone apps. Based on 16-month ethnographic fieldwork in Shanghai, Ageing with Smartphones in Urban China tackles the intersection between the 'two revolutions' experienced by the older generation in Shanghai: the contemporary smartphone-based digital revolution and the earlier communist revolutions. We find that we can only explain the smartphone revolution if we first appreciate the long-term consequences of these people's experiences during the communist revolutions. The context of this book is a wide range of dramatic social transformations in China, from the Cultural Revolution to the individualism and Confucianism in Digital China. Supported by detailed ethnographic material, the observations and analyses provide a panoramic view of the social landscape of contemporary China, including topics such as the digital and everyday life, ageing and healthcare, intergenerational relations and family development, community building and grassroots organizations, collective memories and political attitudes among ordinary Chinese people. Free download: https://bit.ly/3PkbgHe ---------------------- uclpress.co.uk | @uclpress

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OpenAI & Rev transcriptions: Ethics concern?
by Natalie Rock 09 Sep '23

09 Sep '23

Ethics mavens, your insights would be appreciated: should I be concerned about this note sent from Rev.com? I use Rev to create automated transcripts of research interviews. Does this note imply my transcripts might be used for AI training? Begin forwarded message: > From: Your Team at Rev <yourteam(a)rev.com> > Date: September 6, 2023 at 14:08:15 PDT > > In your Terms of Service and Data Processing Agreement with Rev, we commit to notifying you before any new third-party sub-processor starts processing applicable data. We’re sending this message because we’re planning to appoint a new third-party sub-processor for Rev to support an upcoming new feature. > > OpenAI - OpenAI is a company focused on AI research and deployment. Their API platform provides models, tools, and technologies for AI development. These services are utilized to enhance the efficiency, scalability, and flexibility of both human and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) services. > This new third-party sub-processor has been verified to ensure it meets Rev security and privacy standards and will meet Rev’s data processing terms. No customer owned data will be provided to this third party until the sub-processor notification period has passed.‌ > >

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Deadline approaching: Sign up by Sept. 15 to run your Wikipedia assignment this fall!
by Helaine Blumenthal 08 Sep '23

08 Sep '23

Deadline approaching: Sign up by *September 15 *to run a Wikipedia assignment this fall! Space is running out, so don't miss your chance! Find out how you and your students can change the world one word at a time by visiting teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/>. Attend an upcoming workshop! Attend <https://wikiedu.org/webinars/>one of our upcoming workshops to learn more about this unique pedagogical opportunity. Click here <https://wikiedu.org/webinars/> to register for a session. The next one will be Wednesday, September 13 at 9:00 AM Pacific. Wiki Education's support is fully funded, and there are no fees to participate. The program is open to post-secondary institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Monthly Speaker Series: Wikipedia in a Generative AI World Join us for our next program in our monthly speaker series! * What: Wikipedia in a Generative AI world * When: September 15 at 10:00 AM Pacific * Registration: Click here <https://wikiedu.org/speaker-series/> to register for the event. Empower your students to find their public voice this year! -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. (she/her) Senior Program Manager Wiki Education teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Twitter <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7C…>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/>

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