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POSTPONED: Study-in on AI + Race + Art, Melbourne
by Thao Phan 06 Sep '23

06 Sep '23

Hello AoIR-ists, As many of you will have heard, the date for the Australian Indigenous Voice Referendum was last week announced for Saturday October 14, 2023. Unfortunately, this now clashes with the date for the Study-In on AI + Race + Art and after discussion with our partners at CoVA and Art & Australia, *we have decided to take a step back and postpone the event.* As organisers, we feel that the significance and weight of the Voice as a collective, historical event outweighs our own individual priorities. So with this in mind, the new details for the study-in event are: - *Date: Saturday 2nd December, 2023, 10am - 6pm* - *Venue: TBC, Melbourne/Naarm.* The application deadline has also been extended to Friday 6 October, 2023 with notification outcomes by late October 2023. Visit the Art + Australia website for more information: https://www.artandaustralia.com/58_1/p143/study-in-on-ai-race-art Please circulate widely. All the best, Thao, Andrew & Joel --- *Study-In on AI + Race + Art* ****NEW DATE, LOCATION, & APPLICATION DEADLINE**** *Time & Location (updated!):* —Saturday 2nd December 2023, 10am-6.00pm —Venue TBC *Deadline for applications (updated):* Friday 6 October, 2023, midnight (extended, previously 8 September) *Curated by:* Thao Phan (Monash), Andrew Brooks (UNSW), and Joel Stern (RMIT) *Details on how to apply visit:* https://www.artandaustralia.com/58_1/p143/study-in-on-ai-race-art *About the event:* What is study? For Stefano Harney and Fred Moten, study is a form of sociality. It is a meeting with, a brushing against, a bumping up of people, texts, ideas and things. It is the creation of a mutual and unpayable debt; a debt that is 'without count, without interest, without repayment.' As Moten states: study is what you do with other people. It’s talking and walking around > with other people, working, dancing, suffering, some irreducible > convergence of all three, held under the name of speculative practice. This event is an exercise in precisely this kind of practice. It invites writers, researchers, activists, artists and others together for a day of speculative thinking, talking, listening and experimentation on the topic of AI, race, and art. Terms like ‘AI’ are already associated with speculation—speculative fictions, speculative profits, speculative job losses, speculative risks and harms. Art also finds value in its connection to the speculative—speculative practice, speculative experiments, speculative funding, speculative futures. And critical work on race also productively turns to speculation when the empirical facts of inequity and injustice fail to create social change—speculative world-making and speculative methods to realise racial justice. This event combines these different strands of speculation, holding together disparate threads that may gesture to abstract and indeterminate futures but are all irreducibly historical, political, and situated. It focuses on AI, race and art because these are topics that need to be studied, that must be studied because they have implications on such things as subjectivity, politics, inequality, and aesthetics. It takes the form of a ‘Study-in’, that is, a temporary school that will interrogate AI and race, developing new methods and approaches to study that draw from and feed into artistic methods and strategies. It begins from the proposition that the challenge of understanding race in the contemporary moment requires responses that are equal parts creative, critical, technical, and collective. Through the process of collective study, the event will also build what might be called a speculative curriculum. Here, we take the traces of what Harney and Moten describe as the 'empty shell of what used to be called education' to cobble together a resource that can exceed the time and place of the ‘Study-in’ as an event and can be used by ourselves and others as an occasion for future study. The event is motivated by questions such as: - How are bodies classified, recognised, and operationalised by Artifical Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems that are situated within colonial and imperial histories and contexts? - How are group-based differentials—such as race, gender, sexuality—shaped by data-driven technologies and AI systems? - How do these technologies move us beyond understanding race and gender as either purely biological or purely cultural? - And how might contemporary artistic practice help us to experiment, challenge, trouble, blow apart, and piece back together entanglements with technology, embodiment, and difference? The Study-in is a day interrogating these questions and is curated by Thao Phan, Andrew Brooks, and Joel Stern in collaboration with CoVA, Art + Australia, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). *Applications close:* Friday 6 October September, 2023, midnight (extended, previously 8 September) *For more information or to apply, visit: * https://www.artandaustralia.com/58_1/p143/study-in-on-ai-race-art

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JOB: Open-Rank TT Position in Media Ethics and Law in the UMass Amherst Journalism Department
by Joshua Braun 05 Sep '23

05 Sep '23

Hi AoIR Folks, We're hiring for an open-rank position here in the UMass Amherst Journalism Department. As you'll see, the opening contains a good amount of flexibility with respect to folks' scholarship, "though the successful candidate will be expected to possess expertise in media law and ethics." The text of the posting is below and here's the official link to the ad on our HR platform<https://careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/job/520380/open-rank-tenure-track-j…>. Please spread this widely within your networks and feel free to direct questions to me, as I'm chairing the search committee. I am happy to call UMass home. I love my colleagues and students and have found it a lovely and exciting place to work. Josh Braun ________________________________ Open Rank Tenure Track — Journalism — Ethics and Law About University of Massachusetts Amherst UMass Amherst<https://www.umass.edu/>, the Commonwealth's flagship campus, is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1,450-acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, and offers a rich cultural environment in a bucolic setting close to major urban centers. In addition, the University is part of the Five Colleges (including Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College), which adds to the intellectual energy of the region. Job Description The Journalism Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is accepting applications for an open-rank, tenure-track professor position set to begin on September 1, 2024. The ideal candidate will constructively bridge the worlds of journalism studies and journalism practice, and contribute to our goal of providing an education that reflects and is responsive to our entire student body and the diverse industries in which they will become leaders. Candidates should have a demonstrated track record of outstanding academic or creative scholarship, as well as evidence of excellence in teaching and a commitment to service. The selected candidate will teach a 2/2 course load and contribute to the growth of the department in its offline, online, and multimodal endeavors. If hired at a senior rank, they will also be expected to help mentor their colleagues. The department is open to candidates with research interests in a range of areas and experience with any research methodology, though the successful candidate will be expected to possess expertise in media law and ethics. Requirements This is an open rank search. Teaching experience at the undergraduate level and a robust research or creative scholarship record are strongly preferred. ABD candidates with an expected completion date by August 31, 2024 will be considered. A candidate who is eligible to be appointed at a mid-career or senior-level position will be reviewed for tenure on an expedited basis if the qualifications permit. They are expected to have at least five (5) years of experience in a tenure-track professorship post in Journalism, Mass Communication, or a closely related field, preferably with undergraduate teaching experience and a robust record of research or creative scholarship. Ph.D. is required; preferably in Journalism, Mass Communication, or a closely related field. Additional Information Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications; salary and benefits are competitive. This position is eligible for membership in the Massachusetts Society of Professors<https://umassmsp.org/>, the faculty and librarian union at UMass Amherst. The Journalism Department<https://www.umass.edu/journalism/> is a collegial and dynamic group within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Our focus is on a superlative undergraduate classroom experience for our approximately 400 majors, which include students in our public relations and sports journalism concentrations. Our research profile in emerging media technologies, media distribution, history, and social justice has grown substantially over the past decade. We have also developed fruitful connections with our sibling units in the Department of Communication, the Computational Social Science Institute, and the Public Interest Technology Initiative. As a campus with an increasingly diverse student body, we are looking for candidates who can operate effectively in a diverse faculty and student community, and who value collegiality, collaboration, achievement, and integrity. We encourage applications from women, minorities or those from minoritized backgrounds, and individuals with a commitment to mentoring under-represented demographics within journalism and public relations. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths, those who have paused their careers for family or pandemic reasons, or who spent time outside of academia. We are committed to helping all constituents reach their full potential, creating best-in-practice operations to support faculty scholarship, and fostering excellence in student experiences inside and outside our department. UMass Amherst is a leader in providing institutional support for faculty to combine work and family/personal responsibilities, and was listed among the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For.” UMass is in the top 10% of public research-intensive universities in the COACHE survey for making having and raising children compatible with the tenure-track. For more information on work-life balance at UMass Amherst, see https://www.umass.edu/prospective-faculty/work/balance. Application Instructions Along with the application, please submit the following: 1. A letter of interest addressed to Professor Joshua Braun, Search Committee Chair, S414 Integrative Learning Center, 650 North Pleasant Street, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. 1. A curriculum vitae. 1. Up to three (3) sample works published within the past five (5) years that the applicant believes show their strongest work. 1. A teaching statement describing the candidate’s teaching philosophy and, if the candidate has prior teaching experience, evidence of quality teaching (such as summaries of teaching evaluations). 1. A one-page statement outlining the skills, experience, and commitment the candidate will bring to bear in teaching, mentoring, and professional service to promote equity, inclusion, and diversity for the University’s historically underrepresented and other marginalized groups of students, as well as for the discipline as a whole. 1. Names and contact information for three (3) professional references who are willing to submit letters upon request through the UMass online application system. Shortlisted candidates that are suitable for an upper rank position will be asked to provide materials that demonstrate the candidate's eligibility and qualifications to show they meet the criteria and the standards for tenure<https://www.umass.edu/provost/resources/all-resources/academic-personnel/po…> at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Evaluation of applications will begin October 15, 2023 and will continue until the position has been filled. Inquiries about the position can be addressed to Professor Joshua Braun, the Search Committee Chair, at jabraun(a)journ.umass.edu<mailto:jabraun@journ.umass.edu>. The University is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty and student body. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Because broad diversity is essential to an inclusive climate and critical to the University’s goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will holistically assess the many qualifications of each applicant and favorably consider an individual’s record working with students and colleagues with broadly diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds in educational, research or other work activities. We will also favorably consider experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career and degree. -- Josh Braun, Ph.D. Associate Professor // Journalism Department University of Massachusetts Amherst Mastodon: @josh@sciences.social Distribution Matters series @ The MIT Press https://mitpress.mit.edu/series/distribution-matters/ "Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more." William Least Heat-Moon

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[ACM IUI 2024] Call for Workshops and Tutorials
by Wanling Cai 05 Sep '23

05 Sep '23

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * ACM IUI 2024 - Call for Workshops and Tutorials In conjunction with the 29th International ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI 2024) Greenville, South Carolina, USA, March 18-21, 2024 https://iui.acm.org/2024/ Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs Julia Sheidin, Braude College of Engineering, Israel, julia(a)braude.ac.il<mailto:sheidin.julia@gmail.com> Axel Soto, CONICET and Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina, axel.soto(a)cs.uns.edu.ar<mailto:axel.soto@cs.uns.edu.ar> Eva Zangerle, University of Innsbruck, Austria, eva.zangerle(a)uibk.ac.at<mailto:eva.zangerle@uibk.ac.at> wt2024(a)iui.acm.org<mailto:wt2024@iui.acm.org> Call for Proposals We are pleased to invite proposals for workshops and tutorials to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Potential workshop topics should be related to the general theme of the conference. Tutorials are designed to provide fundamental knowledge and experience on topics related to intelligent user interfaces, and the intersection between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Note: We encourage you to contact the chairs with your ideas (wt2024(a)iui.acm.org<mailto:wt2024@iui.acm.org>), and work together to prepare an exciting proposal. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshop and tutorial formats and activities, including but not limited to: * "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. * Interactive formats to explore a certain topic during the workshop (e.g., through breakout rooms); such workshops may have their own paper submission and review process or target a report summarizing the outcome of the interactive discussions. * "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). * "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. * "Project centric" workshops that may be closely related to the scope of an existing large-scale (e.g. NSF, EU, etc. funded) project. * "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hackathons around selected topics with individual or team participation. * Tutorials on a specific topic relevant to IUI; for example, methods and approaches in HCI and/or AI, specific techniques or algorithms to develop intelligent user interfaces, etc. We invite submissions of proposals for full-day and half-day workshops or tutorials. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop and tutorial chairs. Workshops with few submissions may be canceled, shortened, merged with other workshops, or otherwise restructured. The organizers of accepted workshops and tutorials are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop and tutorial organizers will maintain their own website with information about the workshop or tutorial and the ACM IUI 2024 website will refer to this website. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process. A workshop and tutorials summary will be included in the ACM Digital Library for ACM IUI 2024, and we will separately publish a joint workshop proceedings for accepted workshop submissions (through CEUR or similar). Proposal Format Workshop or tutorial proposals should be a maximum of four pages long (single-column format). Prepare your submission using the latest templates: Word Submission Template<https://authors.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submi…>, or the LaTeX template<https://portalparts.acm.org/hippo/latex_templates/acmart-primary.zip>. The proposals should be organized as follows: * Name and title: A one-word acronym and a full title. Please indicate “(Workshop)” or “(Tutorial)” after the title, as appropriate. * Description of workshop or tutorial topic: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to IUI and its interest for the IUI 2024 audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop or tutorial is of particular interest. * Previous history: List of previous workshops or tutorials that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops or tutorials and the number of participants. * Organizer(s): Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the organizer(s). Provide a brief description of the background of the organizer(s). Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. Also please provide a list of other workshops or tutorials organized by workshop organizers in the past. * Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. * Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop or tutorial. If possible, include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in the workshop or tutorial. * Workshop or Tutorial activities: A brief description of the format regarding the mix of events or activities, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, teaching activities, hands-on practical exercises, general discussion. Please also list here any material you will make available to tutorial participants, e.g. slides, access to hardware/software, handouts, etc. * Workshop format: virtual, in-person, or hybrid. * Planned outcomes of the workshop or tutorials: What are you hoping to achieve by the end of the workshop or tutorials? Please list here any planned publications or other outputs arising from workshops. * Length: Full-day or half-day. Important Dates • Discuss your topic with the workshop and tutorials chairs: Oct 9, 2023 • Workshop Proposals due: Oct 16, 2023 • Workshop Proposals Decisions Sent: Nov 6, 2023

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▸ Livestreaming: keynotes & roundtable of ECREA’s Contested Visibilities conference
by Ana Marta M. Flores 04 Sep '23

04 Sep '23

*▸ Livestreaming: keynotes & roundtable of ECREA’s Contested Visibilities conference* The conference Contested Visibilities: Everyday politics and online imaginaries of the body, co-organised by the Digital Culture and Communication, Gender, Sexuality and Communication and Visual Cultures ECREA's sections and their YECREA representatives, will broadcast the keynote and roundtable sessions via Youtube. The event takes place in person from 6 to 8 September 2023, at Lusófona University, in Lisbon, Portugal, and features a programme of around 50 papers presented in thematic sessions over the three days of the event. In addition, at the opening session on Wednesday 6 September at 2 PM (Lisbon time), guest researcher Daniela Jaramillo-Dent (UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH) will lecture on "The platformed migrant: The politics of migrant bodies and their (in)visibility". On the 7th, at 5 PM (Lisbon time) the round table on the theme "Queer and feminist activisms on social media - experiences, challenges, pitfalls" will be debated with three references in Portuguese activism: Alexa Santos (CLUBE SAFO), Marta Martins (MANAMIGA) and Inês Mourão (NASTY WOMEN PORTUGAL). The keynote on the last day of the event, Friday 8 September, at 11 AM (Lisbon time) will be presented by Marloes Geboers (UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM), who will talk about "Feeling Rules: Embodiment, Visibility, and Affective Polarisation on WarTok". These three sessions will be available at www.youtube.com/@dccecrea/streams **Organisation** This ECREA conference is co-organised by the Digital Culture and Communication, Gender, Sexuality and Communication and Visual Cultures sections and their YECREA representatives. Hosted and sponsored by Lusófona University. The conference is partially supported by funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement Nº 101059460. For questions, please send an email to <ContestedVisibilities2023[at]gmail[dot]com> More info at <https://dccecrea.wordpress.com> ----- // ANA MARTA M. FLORES [+] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/anammflores> www.anamartaflores.com +351 910 678 694

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new book announcement
by Carmit Wiesslitz, Ph.D 04 Sep '23

04 Sep '23

Hello Everyone, I am delighted to announce the publication of my new book (edited collection): Women’s Activism Online and the Global Struggle for Social Change. Publisher: Palgrave-Macmillan. The book is a part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change<https://www.springer.com/series/14642>. Here is a direct link to the book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-31621-0 This book showcases the online activism of women’s groups around the world in the post-#MeToo era, and presents an overview of the diversity of its current expressions. The focus of this book extends beyond campaigns against rape culture to include women’s struggles on other political and environmental issues, such as the campaign against the radical right-wing in Austria. Moreover, the book's chapters highlight the genuine complexity of the efforts of women activists who are not only challenging the patriarchal order within male-controlled digital platforms but are also challenging the hegemonic voices within the women's movements. The book’s case studies attest to the proliferation of digital campaigns aimed not only against discrimination of women but against discrimination based on their color, age, ethnicity, and nationality. The internet helps them to voice their agenda and strive for social change as well as to create both connective and collective identities. Table of contents 1. Women’s Avenues of Digital Activism: Fighting for Their Own/ Carmit Wiesslitz Overcoming the Digital Divide and Going Viral: Women’s Online Struggles for Social Change 2. KN-IT-Working: Older Women’s Eco-Activism in the Digital Age—An Australian Case Study of the Knitting Nannas Against Gas and Greed’s Use of Social Media for Learning and Empowerment/ Larraine J. Larri 3. “I’m at 100!”: Protesting the Right-Wing Government in Austria/ Ricarda Drüeke 4. Feminists’ Social Media Protests and the Digital Public Sphere in Turkey/ Aysun Eyrek 5. A Technopolitical Approach of the Feminist Performance Un Violador en tu Camino [A Rapist in Your Path]: Exploratory Insights from Online Videos/ Valentina Carranza Weihmüller, Ana Lúcia NunesdeSousa, Karina de Cássia Caetano, V. C. Weihmüller, K. d. C. Caetano An Alternative Democratic Public Sphere: The Internet as a Safe Space 6. Intersectionality in Feminist Hashtags and Democracy: How the Black Women’s Day in Brazil Mobilizes Specificities within the Feminist Movement/ Bruna Silveira de Oliveira, Maiara Orlandini 7. “My Body is Not Your Crime Scene”: The Polarization and “Weaponization” of Women’s Online Activism on South Africa’s Twittersphere/Allen Munoriyarwa 8. #NoIsNo. Shaping Public Debate on Rape Culture and Sexual Assault in Spain through Social Media/ Elisa García-Mingo, Patricia Prieto-Blanco, Silvia Díaz-Fernández 9. Politicization of Motherhood as a Mode of Digital Activism: The Case of Iran’s Mourning Mothers/ Gilda Seddighi 10. Mobilizing the Everyday Activist: Digital Communication Toward Action as the Women’s March Advances from Grassroots Activism/ Kristine M. Nicolini, Sara Steffes Hansen Democratic Digital Discursive Spaces of and for Women: Unintended Consequences 11. Safe Spaces on Social Media Platforms: Selective Censorship and Content Moderation in Reddit’s r/TwoXChromosomes/ Amy Mowle 12. ‘Intersectional, Queer Feminist Magazine Made by White People’? An Analysis of Digital Feminist Debates on Popular Intersectionality in Germany/ Katrin Schindel 13. “Ca_Va_Saigner” (“There Will be Blood”): Digital Menstrual Activism in France/ Maria Kathryn Tomlinson 14. “Feminism in India” Framing #MeTooIndia: A Case of Digital Activism/ Ishani Mukherjee, Priya V. Shah, Tina E. Dexter 15. Conclusion/ Carmit Wiesslitz The book offers a holistic and wide-angled perspective on activism and it’d be a great fit to not only women's studies courses but also to topic courses on political organizing and democratic participation in general, social movements, alternative media, online communities and online campaigns. Best, Carmit Carmit Wiesslitz, Ph.D The Department of Politics and Communication Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel

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WEBCAST 28 AUG – Pacific Internet Governance Forum
by Joly MacFie 03 Sep '23

03 Sep '23

Info on this is a little hard to come by, since PICISOC's website <https://www.picisoc.org/> appears to be down, but you can always check Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/PICISOC>. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16810>On *Monday 28 August 2023* the Pacific Internet Governance Forum will be held in Brisbane as a Day 0 event of *APrIGF <https://www.aprigf.au/>*. The theme is "*Is the Pacific ready to tackle the challenges of an evolving Internet - exploring AI and emerging technologies, cybersecurity, privacy, digital trust and Internet regulations*." *PROGRAM https://www.aprigf.au/programs# <https://www.aprigf.au/programs#> * (UTC+10) *01 Overview of the Pacific IGF* *What to expect from 28 – 29 August Pacific* *Andrew Molivurae*, Pacific IGF Chair *Key Recommendations from 2021 Pacific IGF* *Sarai Tevita*, PICISOC Board Chair *A brief introduction on APrIGF, NetThing, Australia IGF* *Rajnesh Singh,* Internet Society *02 Opening Ceremony - Opening Remarks* *Rosemary Sinclair*, Chief Executive Officer – AUDA *Hon. Minister of Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo*, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Samoa *Tenanoia Simona* - Tuvalu Ministry of Telecommunication Moderator/Facilitator: *Anju Mangal* *03 Emerging Technologies in the Pacific – AI, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Cryptocurrency, e-commerce* *Winifred Kula*, VP and co-founder of PNG Digital Cluster/Incubation hub *Sam Saili*, Skyeye - Samoa *Craig Kirkland*, MasterCard Moderator/Facilitator: *Savenaca Siwatibau* *04 Digital Skills and Content* *Kevin Soli*, Founder of PNG Flying Labs, Papua New Guinea *Elisapeta Mauai*, Head of Computing Department, National University of Samoa *Rukshar Khan*, Analyst/Programmer *Doreen Leona* – Chair SMART Sistas Girls ICT Camp Moderator/Facilitator: *Swaran Ravindra* *05 Cybersecurity – legislations, policies, and capacity building* *Jemesa Lave*, Digital Forensic/Ministry of Defense, Fiji *Suetena Loia*, Managing Partner, Websafe Samoa *Sakaio Manoa*, Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Moderator/Facilitator: *Beau Tydd*, Australian Computer Society (ACS) *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/pacigf2023 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/pacigf2023>* *TWITTER #pacigf <https://bit.ly/45sEGJ9> #aprigf @picisoc @auda* *ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/pacigf2023 <https://archive.org/details/pacigf2023>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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

02 Sep '23

*** First Call for Workshop Proposals *** 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2024) 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 • Workshop notifications: November 3rd, 2023 • Workshop paper submission (tentative, recommended for presentation-oriented tracks): March 6th, 2024 • Workshop paper decision (recommended for presentation-oriented tracks): April 3rd, 2024 • Camera-ready due (recommended for presentation-oriented tracks): 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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Book announcement: Living with Digital Surveillance in China
by Ollier Malaterre, Ariane 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

Dear colleagues, I'm thrilled to announce that my book Living with Digital Surveillance in China is coming out! It explores how Chinese citizens make sense of digital surveillance and live with it. It provides Chinese and Western academic background on privacy, surveillance and the history of social governance in China, and an analysis of research interviews conducted in China. It is the latest release of the Routledge<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/> Studies in Surveillance series edited by Kirstie Ball, William Webster, Charles Raab, and Pete Fussey. I thank David Lyon, Genia Kostka, Rogier Creemers, and Chenchen Zhang for their generous endorsements. I will give a BOOK TALK on Sept 13 at 9amEST/2pmUK for the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP). Please join on TEAMS if you can (link at the bottom of the page). http://www.crisp-surveillance.com/event/262/living-digital-surveillance-chi… The book will also be discussed at the AoIR conference on Oct 20 with 3 other fantastic books by Natasha Tusikov and Blayne Haggart, Alice Marwick and Aram Sinnreich. A few links if I've piqued your curiosity: Have your library acquire the book and browse chapter abstracts<https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003403876/living-digit…> Request a free copy to write a book review<https://m.email.taylorandfrancis.com/review-copy-request-form> Request an inspection copy to assign it as a reading<https://www.routledge.com/textbooks/evaluation/9781003403876> Pre-order the book as of Sep 15<https://routledge.pub/Living-with-Digital-Surveillance-in-China> - 20% off with code EFL03 Apologies for cross-postings. Wishing you all a great day! Ariane Ollier-Malaterre

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Free online event - cancel culture
by Kim Toffoletti 30 Aug '23

30 Aug '23

Hi all, Just sharing the details of an upcoming panel discussion on 'cancel culture'. This event is part of Australian Social Sciences Week, and will be held online on Tuesday 5 September, 10-11am (Australian Eastern Standard Time). Details below and you can REGISTER HERE<https://www.monash.edu/arts/social-sciences/news-and-events/events/events/s…> (with apologies for cross-posting). Social Sciences Week 2023 - Cancelled?: Taking a Closer Look at 'Cancel Culture' Date: Tuesday 5 September 2023 | Time: 10-11am | Venue: Online Hosted by Monash University and Deakin University, the event is free and open to all. This session will bring together scholars and activists working at the intersections of digital media practices, social justice issues and political activism to consider the phenomenon of 'cancel culture' and the constraints, problems and benefits it generates for digital subjects and scholars. Panellists * Professor Gwen Bouvier<https://corpus.shisu.edu.cn/corpusen/69/d5/c12943a158165/page.psp> (Shanghai International Studies University, China) * Dr Jin Lee<https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/jin-lee-6c6d1376/> (Curtin University (WA), Australia) * Associate Professor Eve Ng<https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/media-arts-studies/nge> (Ohio University, USA) * Associate Professor Brady Robards<https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/brady-robards> (Monash University (VIC), Australia) Moderators * Dr Claire Tanner<https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/claire-tanner> (Monash University) * A/Prof Kim Toffoletti<https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/kim-toffoletti> (Deakin University) REGISTER HERE<https://www.monash.edu/arts/social-sciences/news-and-events/events/events/s…> Associate Professor Kim Toffoletti Sociology I School of Humanities and Social Sciences | Faculty of Arts & Education |Deakin University | 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood VIC 3125 Australia t: +61 (0) 3 924 43986 | e: kim.toffoletti(a)deakin.edu.au<mailto:kim.toffoletti@deakin.edu.au> |w: http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/kim-toffoletti I Follow @ktoffa Please note that I do not work on Friday. Recent publications: A feminist embodied ethics of social media use: Corporeal vulnerability and relational care practices<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448231171560>. New Media and Society (open access). Rethinking Women's "Performance and Image-Enhancing Drug Consumption": An Agenda for Ontopolitically-Oriented Research<https://doi.org/10.1177/00914509231154938>. Contemporary Drug Problems, early online (open access). Understanding Australian adolecent girls' use of digital technologies for healthy lifestyle purposes. BMC Public Health (open access). Series Editor New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures. Welcoming proposals: http://www.springer.com/series/15874 I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which I work, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nations, and pay my respects to Elders, past and present. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code 00113B Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free. Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free.

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Generative AI and university teaching
by Hamlet Lopez 30 Aug '23

30 Aug '23

Dear colleagues, I want to share with you the English version of a short article published in a Cuban cultural magazine, written in collaboration with Denise Ocampo, on the challenges of tools like ChatGPT and Claude in university education. The main thesis is that generative AI gives us new opportunities to promote critical thinking in our students. The article was written with readers from the Global South in mind. Here is the link to the English version: https://www.datoeneltejado.com/chatgpt_claude_and_the_challenges_of_teachin… Here the link to the original article, in Spanish: http://www.lajiribilla.cu/chatgpt-claude-y-los-desafios-de-la-ensenanza-las… Cheers! -- Dr.C. Hamlet López García Investigador Instituto Cubano de Investigación Cultural "Juan Marinello" Profesor Universidad de la Habana

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