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Digital Advocacy & Politics - Big Trends in 2023
by Colin Delany 03 May '23

03 May '23

Hi folks, I've published the Big Trends chapter from my digital campaigning ebook as a standalone article: https://www.epolitics.com/2023/05/01/big-trends-in-digital-politics-and-adv… Ten relatively in-depth sections, not surprisingly led off by a new analysis of artificial intelligence and politics, but also including social media, political data, grassroots tech and a lot more. I hope it's a useful resource. This article is an excerpt from: http://www.epolitics.com/winning/ You can also check out my pieces earlier this year for Campaigns & Elections covering AI and social media in more detail: https://campaignsandelections.com/campaigntech/ai-and-political-campaigns-l… https://campaignsandelections.com/campaigntech/campaign-social-media-in-202… Happy to chat about these topics and more, if you have a project you're working on or if you want to toss around ideas. Enjoy! --cpd Colin Delany Epolitics.com -- digital strategy for politics and advocacy http://www.epolitics.com 202-422-4682 cpd(a)epolitics.com @epolitics

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Lecture:
by Gerald Voorhees 03 May '23

03 May '23

Dear Colleagues, Please join the Games Institute <https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/> at the University of Waterloo for a Lecture “From Custer's Revenge to Red Dead Redemption: Changing the Language of Indigenous Representation in Video Games” with Dr. Ashley Bird on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 — 1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM EDT/UTC-4. This is a free and hybrid event! *Registration is required. <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/changing-the-language-of-indigenous-representat…>* Dr. Bird will emphasize the two types of language taking place in video games: mechanical, coded language, and visual, representational language. She presents the importance of teaching the history of Indigenous representation in games and will break down various examples from Custer’s Revenge to the Mortal Kombat and Red Dead Redemption series to demonstrate these types of gamic language. Building upon these examples, she centers on the problematic ways players have historically translated the messages they are being presented within the digital medium of the video game. She illustrates how these translations result in harmful narratives about Indigenous avatars becoming cemented within the overarching discourse and design of games. Finally, she will look at new Indigenous works and how inclusive and decolonial game design and practices like ROM hacking can push back against these established narratives and the ways in which players read them, and instead create sovereign digital spaces for Indigenous peoples. About the Speaker: Dr Bird is a Native American game designer and PhD in Native American Studies. She is Western Abenaki and originally hails from the Champlain Valley of Vermont. Her work theorizes digital sovereignty, drawing on Native American studies, media studies, and game studies to address representations of Native American characters in video games. The work analyzes specific colonial methodologies being replicated within game spaces in order to then replace these with decolonial methods of game design being undertaken by herself and fellow Native game designers with a focus on what she terms “synthetic Indigenous identity,” oriented around promoting Indigenous futures. Her work has been featured in the InDigital Space at the ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Festival in 2018 and 2019 respectively. She is also a founding member of the UC Davis ModLab, an experimental laboratory for media research and digital humanities. ------------------------------ Gerald Voorhees, Ph.D. (he/him) Associate Professor Department of Communication Arts University of Waterloo 257A ML, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1 President, Canadian Game Studies Association ------------------------------ *I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometers on each side of the Grand River. *

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Deadline extension: Surveillance Capitalism Conference (Pavia, 7-8 September)
by Alessandro Caliandro 03 May '23

03 May '23

Dear All (sorry for cross-posting), We would like to inform you that the deadline for participating in the *Surveillance Capitalism Conference* has been extended until the *12th May 2023*. We remind you that the conference is part of the project “V-Data - The value of digital data: enhancing citizens’ awareness and voice about surveillance capitalism”, funded by Fondazione Cariplo, and it will take place 7-8 September 2023 at the University of Pavia. Call for contributions and all info on programme, fees and accommodation available at: https://vdataresearch.com/outputs/cal-for-contributions/ The event will comprise panel presentations and one keynote session hosting the internationally renowned scholar Stefania Milan ( https://www.stefaniamilan.net/about-me/) A maximum of 25 papers will be selected for presentation. Preference will be given to speakers who plan to attend the conference in person, but a small number of remote presentations (no more than one per panel) may be included in the programme. We invite researchers who are active in the field of surveillance studies, surveillance capitalism, data justice, algorithmic studies, data ethics, Science and Technology Studies (STS), digital and computational methods, digital labour, media consumption and attitudes, critical consumer studies, platform studies (and many more) to submit proposals for paper presentations. Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) to the event organisers by sending it via email to vdataresearch(a)gmail.com by 12 May 2023. Come and join us! -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alessandro Caliandro Associate Professor in Sociology of Culture and Communication Researcher V-DATA project (Surveillance Capitalism in Italy): https://vdataresearch.com/ Research Stream 3 Leader of ACTIVE-IT: https://ageingsocieties.unimib.it/active-it/ Member of Ageing Societies: https://ageingsocieties.unimib.it/ Università degli Studi di Pavia Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali Strada Nuova 65 27100 Pavia phone: 0382 984325 e-mail: alessandro.caliandro(a)unipv.it Alessandro Caliandro's Personal Meeting Room (ZOOM) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8629741587 *If you please, check out my most recent publications ; ) * Audy Martínek, P., Caliandro, A., & Denegri-Knott, J. (2022). Digital practices tracing: studying consumer lurking in digital environments. *Journal of Marketing Management*, 1-31. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0267257X.2022.2105385 Caliandro, A., & Anselmi, G. (2021). Affordances-based brand relations: An inquire on memetic brands on Instagram. *Social Media+ Society*, 7(2), https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051211021367

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IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS - Application Deadline: 1 September 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 03 May '23

03 May '23

======================================================== We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFPs. We appreciate your help to contribute & forward this CFPs to your friends. ======================================================== IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS Conference Travel Grants (CTG) is a newly established IEEE ComSoc program which provides partial financial support for participation in IEEE ComSoc conferences. APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY To be eligible for a CTG, an applicant must be: 1. A a ComSoc member; 2. A GLOBECOM 2023 participant; and 3. Unable to obtain sufficient substantial funding from own institution or other sources, and forced to cover most of or all the associated expenses with own funds Priority will be given to: • Authors of GLOBECOM 2023 Conference Papers • Presenters of accepted talks at GLOBECOM 2023 • Those residing in a country with a low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita HOW TO APPLY FOR CTG? An application for a Conference Travel Grant should be submitted through EDAS<https://edas.info/listAllTravelgrants.php>. Select the “GLOBECOM 2023 Conference Travel Grant” to submit the application. The application must include the following materials in a single PDF file: 1. A statement that includes the reason for the trip and an estimate of the travel costs, attests that the applicant has not obtained any other funding for the trip, and explains the applicant’s financial need for the grant 2. Short CV (1-page) 3. Country of residence and country of birth. 4. ComSoc member number. 5. Accepted paper number (if any). Non-compliant requests will not be considered. SELECTION PROCESS A committee of volunteers will evaluate CTG applications. Applicants will be ranked in this order of decreasing priority: 1. GDP per capita of the country of residence/work. 2. Distance of the country of residence/work from the conference venue 3. Paper/talk review evaluation The CTG will be paid as reibursement after the conference and only if the goal of the request is achieved A recipient of a CTG may not receive any other ComSoc grants for the same conference. Depending on the number of eligible candidates, each conference travel grant at IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 will have a minimum value of US$700 and a maximum value of US$1,400. IMPORTANT DATES Application Deadline: 1 September 2023 Notification Date: 25 September 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Vice Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab’s News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” ~ Aristotle

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CFP // 4S Open Panel // Beyond Likes and Shares
by Aal, Konstantin 03 May '23

03 May '23

Dear colleagues, We are inviting submissions to our open panel 163. Beyond Likes and Shares: Unpacking the Impact of Social Media on Underprivileged Areas to be submitted to the 4S Conference (Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), which will take place in Honolulu, Hawai’i on November 8 - 11, 2023. Deadline for submission is May 26, 2023. Panel Description: Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives, connecting people from different parts of the world, and facilitating the exchange of information and ideas. However, the impact of social media on underprivileged areas remains a topic of concern. While social media can provide a platform for marginalized communities to voice their opinions and engage with others, it can also reinforce existing power structures and perpetuate inequalities, oppression, and discrimination. As such, there is a need to critically examine the role that social media play in these areas, positively and negatively and specifically, how social media are being used as a research field. This open panel wants to bring together researchers to share their insights and findings on the impact of social media in underprivileged communities and discuss the ethical considerations associated with conducting studies on social media in these contexts. We welcome conceptual and empirical contributions that address the implications of social media usage in underprivileged or disadvantaged areas and communities and specifically, the implications of social media environments as 'the research field'. Overall, this open panel seeks to provide a platform for researchers to share their findings and insights about the impact of social media on underprivileged areas and being used within oppressed communities. We hope to contribute to a better understanding of the role that social media play in reinforcing or challenging existing power structures in these communities and highlight the ethical considerations that researchers should consider when conducting studies on social media. Session Chairs: Konstantin Aal (konstantin.aal(a)uni-siegen.de<mailto:konstantin.aal@uni-siegen.de>) and Sarah Rüller (sarah.rueller(a)uni-siegen.de<mailto:sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de>) Keywords: University-Society Relations, Method and Practice, Decolonial and Postcolonial STS, Ethnography; Messiness; Authority Submissions: If you would like to participate in this session, please submit your individual abstract of approx. 250 words and follow the instructions described here: https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions.php ### The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is an international, nonprofit association founded in 1975 that fosters interdisciplinary and engaged scholarship in social studies of science, technology, and medicine (a field often referred to as STS). This year, 4S will be holding its annual meeting at the Honolulu Convention Center in Hawai’i, November 8-11, 2023. This year’s theme is “Sea, Sky, and Land: Engaging in Solidarity in Endangered Ecologies.” More information can be found here: https://www.4sonline.org/meeting.php -- 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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Can we 'reduce, reuse, refuse'.. the digital? Digital Politics Summer School, 5-6 June, online
by Adi Kuntsman 03 May '23

03 May '23

Can we 'reduce, reuse, refuse'.. the digital? Digital Politics Summer School, 5-6 June, 2023 Our third online Digital Politics Summer School is here! The school will consist of keynotes and workshops, and will offer participants a possibility to participate in a follow-up publication. Attendance is free but places are limited - pleaseclick here to register. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/can-we-reduce-reuse-refuse-the-digital-onlin… Digital technologies can inflict substantial human and environmental harms: from extractivist economies of mining to toxic e-waste; from unsafe and oppressive working conditions to rising carbon and heat emissions and electricity use; from individal and collective surveillance to economic subordination and emotional depletion. These harms are unevenly distributed and deeply connected to social, economic and racial injustices. And yet, conversations about digital sustainability, climate change and environmental justice rarely use the logic of 'refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, recycle' with regards to digital technologies. Scholarship and policy on digital sustainability continues to insist on green digital growth, instead of posing crucial questions of degrowth and reduction. This summer school brings togetherprinciples of environmentally driven degrowth; decolonial and anti-racist environmental justice; and digital disengagement and opt out to explore whether and how we can reduce, reuse and perhaps even refuse the digital. Please click here for Programme and speakers https://digitalpoliticsmanmet.bloggi.co/can-we-reduce-reuse-refuse-the-digi… Dr Adi Kuntsman, Reader in Digital Politics Programme Leader, MA in International Relations and Global Communications and MSc in Digital Society ; Coordinator, PhD pathway in Digital Politics Department of History, Politics and Philosophy | Manchester Metropolitan University Geoffrey Manton Building| Manchester | M15 6LL| Web | Digital Politics Blog Visiting Fellow, Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics The University of Brighton, June-July 2023 Recent publications: Paradoxes of Digital Disengagement(co-authored with Esperanza Miyake, 2022, Westminster U Press) is fully open access. Read the review in LSE blog Digital Politics, Digital Histories, Digital Futures (co-edited with Liu Xin, 2023, Emerald) is forthoming in May 2023. Listen to the podcast dedicated to the book "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "

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WEBCAST MAY 3 – National Symposium on Regulatory Frameworks for Cyberspace in Nepal!
by Joly MacFie 03 May '23

03 May '23

As may be discerned from the speaker line up featuring distinguished regulators, this is a very high level event in Nepal. Sorry, no interpretation, all sessions will be in Nepali except the 'Business Perspective' at 15:30 NPT / 09:45 UTC which will be in English. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16528>On *Wednesday May 3 2023*, on the occasion of *National ICT Day 2023 <https://twitter.com/Hello_MoCIT/status/1652547918883348481>* and *World Press Freedom Day 2023 <https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/world-press-freedom-day-2023>*, the *Digital Freedom Coalition <https://digitalfreedom.org.np/>* and *Nepal Bar Association <https://nepalbar.org.np/>* will hold a symposium '*Regulatory Frameworks for Cyberspace in Nepal <https://digitalfreedom.org.np/ict-policy-symposium-2023/>*' A webcast will be provided by the *Internet Society Internet for Education Special Interest Group <https://www.internetsociety.org/sigs/>.* *AGENDA* (NPT = UTC +5:45) *13:30 Opening Ceremony* (NP) *Hon. Purna Bahadur Khadka*, Deputy Prime Minister / Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs *Hon. Rekha Sharma*, Minister, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology *Senior Advocate Gopal Krishna Ghimire*, President, Nepal Bar Association *14:00 Cyberspace Regulation in Nepal: Issues and Perspectives* (NP) *Hon. Gagan Kumar Thapa*, Member of Parliament, Nepali Congress *Hon. Gokul Prasad Banskota*, Member of Parliament,CPN (UML) *Hon. Sumana Shrestha*, Member of Parliament, Rastriya Swotantra Party *Hon. Bhanu Bhakta Joshi*, Member of Parliament, CPN (Unified Socialist) Moderator: *Er. Ananda Raj Khanal*, Former Senior Director, Nepal Telecommunication Authority *15:30 Cyberspace Regulation in Nepal: Business Perspective* (EN) *Mr. Abhishek Malhotra*, Managing Partner, TMT Law Practice *Ms. Ayesha Hashem*, Policy Head for Nepal, Meta *Mr. Kishor Panth*, Chair, NPIX *Mr. Umesh Ragubanshi*, CEO, InfoDevelopers Moderator: *Dr. Amrita Sharma*, Researcher, IIDS *16:30 Mass Media Regulation in Nepal: Issues and Perspectives* (NP) *Hon. Ramesh Lekhak*, Chief Whip, Nepali Congress *Hon. Padam Giri*, Chief Whip, CPN (UML) *Hon. Hit Raj Pandey,* Chief Whip, CPN (Maoist Center) *Hon. Santosh Pariyar*, Chief Whip, Rastriya Swatantra Party *Ms. Nitu Pandit* Moderator: *Mr. Narayan Kafle*, Past President, Society of Parliamentary Affairs Journalists *17:30 Closing Ceremony* (NP) *Advocate Babu Ram Aryal*, Chair, Digital Freedom Coalition *Mr. Purusottam Khanal*, Chairman, Nepal Telecommunication Authority *Mr. Bipul Pokharel*, President, Federation of Nepali Journalists *Advocate. Anjita Khanal*, Secretary General, Nepal Bar Association *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/np-ict-policy <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/np-ict-policy>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3nvdSXL <https://bit.ly/3nvdSXL>* *TWITTER #npictpolicy <https://bit.ly/3AJyTBf> #Nepal #netgov @igovinstitute @igovinstitute @DigitalMediaNP @MediaActionNpl @Educating_Nepal @yigfnepal @AntennaFN #NationalICTDAY2023 #NepalICTDAY2023* *MASTODON #Nepal <https://mastodon.social/tags/nepal>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> * *https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/np-ict-policy <https://archive.org/details/np-ict-policy>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16528 <https://isoc.live/16528>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP Handbook of Public Policy and the Internet
by Jeremy Hunsinger 02 May '23

02 May '23

Distribute as appropriate Call for Full Papers for the Handbook of Public Policy and the Internet The Handbook of Public Policy and the Internet in Edward Elgar's Handbooks in Public Policy Series is seeking full papers on topics related to public policy and the Internet. We especially seek papers with a background in critical or interpretive policy studies, but the book is methodologically pluralist and other backgrounds will be considered. Papers may have been published elsewhere if the authors retain copyright and are amenable to revisions to fit into the Handbook. Topics may include: Regulation Content Moderation Darknet/Dark Web Privacy Capta/Data Search Internet Governance IP National or Transnational issues Hackers/Hacktivism Non-human and human Rights Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Internet of Things Children and Adolescent Representation Internet-enabled Policy Making Or other topics that relate the Internet to Public Policy. The completed papers should be submitted to the editor: Jeremy Hunsinger at jhunsinger(a)wlu.ca and jhuns(a)vt.edu (ask questions to jhuns(a)vt.edu) Elgar House style guide is on their website. By July 15 2023 -- Jeremy Hunsinger Associate Professor Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University

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CFP - Flowing Futures at 4S 2023 - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
by Martin Perez Comisso 02 May '23

02 May '23

Hello everyone, The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) will have its annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, between November 8th to 11th. The event will be hybrid. Our panel on the circulation of future thinking takes inspiration from the territory of the event and the epicenter of future studies, thinking, and intuitions in the Pacific. We invite you to share your work on future images circulating, scales of imagination, applied, speculative, and/or conceptual work. Please, feel free to consider participating. You can submit until May 26th your abstract (300 words). You can also participate in the multiple activities that 4S and local collaborators are organizing in preparation for this meeting. You can submit through here: https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions.php <https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions.php> *138. Flowing Futures: Ancestral, Mundane and Global Circulations on the Scales of Imagination* Martin Perez Comisso, SFIS - Arizona State University; Dayna Jeffrey, York University; Hawaií has been an epicenter of future-making since ancestral times: The temporalities of living on an island (Kuga, n/d), sustainable intergenerational practices (Chirico & Farley, 2015), narratives informed by indigenous futurisms (Amos, 2016), and the forward-thinking Hawaii Research Center of Futures Studies, which had pioneered the field and methods of future studies for many decades (Dator, 1998). The latter is also where Experiential Futures (XF) emerged over a decade ago (Candy, 2010), a practice that formalizes the connections between foresight and design in vivid and immersive ways (Candy and Kornet, 2019). As STS continues approaching the impacts of future thinking and anticipatory knowledge critically (Konrad et al. l, 2016), we would like to dedicate this panel to projects analyzing futures in movements spread through air, land, and sea, or humans, animals, media, etc. In this panel, we invite those working and thinking about circulation and scales of future knowledge -imaginaries, narratives, expectations, and visions-to dive into the concepts, strategies, and events that investigate the trajectories of technoscience in future. We aim to share and discuss futures moving through scales and fluxes of imagination, enduring infrastructures and/or fictitious worlds. The increasing research in STS on popular and mediatic techno visions such as the fourth industrial revolution, transhumanism, or metaverse are particularly welcome to land (physically and intellectually) in the continuous conversations around decentering and contesting images of the future (Pérez Comisso and Jeffrey, 2023 <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19467567231164460>) combining the wisdom of STS and the generativeness of futures studies in this session. Contact: mapc.088(a)gmail.com, daynajeffrey88(a)gmail.com Keywords: Forms and Practices of Expertise, Method and Practice, Transnational STS, Scales, Imagination, Futuring, Foresight, Future Studies, Imaginaries, Speculation -- -- Martín Pérez Comisso / @mapc <https://twitter.com/mapc> http://www.mapc.tech/ <http://www.mapc.tech/> To schedule a meeting with me https://calendly.com/perezcomisso Ph.D. Student, Human and Social Dimension of Science and Technology <https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3108937> School for the Future of Innovation in Society 土龍 Oscillating from 1988 +1 (480) 561 7033 (US)

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HASTAC 2023 - Early registration ends May 8
by Chris Alen Sula 02 May '23

02 May '23

Early registration <https://hastac2023.eventbrite.com/> rates for HASTAC 2023 – Critical Making & Social Justice are available through May 8, 2023. The conference will take place at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY from June 8–10 and feature a wide range of scholarly and creative work at the intersection of thinking, making, and social justice. Please see the conference schedule <https://hastac2023.sched.com/grid> for details about each session. The conference keynote on Friday, June 9 will be given by Sasha Costanza-Chock, author of Design Justice: Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need (MIT Press). For full details about the conference, please visit https://hastac2023.org. Discounted conference hotel rates are also available through May 8. --- Chris Alen Sula, Ph.D. (he/they) Interim Associate Provost for Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation Visiting Associate Professor, School of Information Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205 http://chrisalensula.org / csula(a)pratt.edu / 718.399.4256 Conference Chair HASTAC 2023 – Critical Making & Social Justice https://hastac2023.org

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