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Call for participation: Surveillance Capitalism Conference (Pavia, 7-8 September)
by Alessandro Caliandro 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Dear All (sorry for cross-posting), We are pleased to announce that the final conference of the project “V-Data - The value of digital data: enhancing citizens’ awareness and voice about surveillance capitalism”, funded by Fondazione Cariplo, 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 30 April 2023. What are you waiting for? 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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IERLab & TCRN visiting fellowship positions (4): Open Call for Applications, 2023
by Jin Lee 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Hello colleagues, On behalf of the TikTok Cultures Research Network ( https://tiktokcultures.com/) and Influencer Ethnography Research Lab ( https://ierlab.com/) I invite you to apply for our inaugural visiting fellow schemes. The TCRN and IERLab Visiting Fellowship is an opportunity for HDRs (Higher Degree by Research) and ECRs (Early Career Researchers) to conduct research examining TikTok cultures and Influencer cultures in collaboration with scholars of TCRN and IERLab at Curtin University. In 2023, we will be awarding *4 fellowships*: 1 x TCRN HDR Visiting Fellowship, 1 x TCRN ECR Visiting Fellowship, 1 x IERLab HDR Visiting Fellowship, 1 x IERLab ECR Visiting Fellowship. All 4 fellowship positions are for a duration of 4 weeks, between May–November 2023. *About* - The *TikTok Cultures Research Network (TCRN) *is a portal for scholarly resources, research projects, and events that connects networks of qualitative scholars of various disciplines from around the world, supported by Curtin University. - The *Influencer Ethnography Research Lab (IERLab)* comprises an interdisciplinary and international group of social scientists who study the sociocultural impact of Influencers, supported by Curtin University. *Eligibility* Applicants can apply from Australia or Overseas. However, they must ensure they are able to obtain the appropriate visa for entry into Australia. We particularly welcome applicants from the Asia Pacific region. - HDR scheme: Applicants must be actively enrolled in a Masters or PhD program at the time of application. - ECR scheme: Applicants must have received their PhD in the last 5 years, or have eligible commensurate career disruption *Terms* It is expected that Fellows will be based physically at Curtin University’s Bentley campus in Perth, Western Australia, for at least 4 weeks. Fellows must commence and complete any time between June–November 2023. Fellows will need to organize their own flights, visas, accommodation, and everyday logistics. TCRN, IERLab and Curtin University will award each Fellow a one-off stipend of AUD5000 to assist with costs, and it is anticipated that Fellows will supplement this with another source of funding from their host institute. *Expectations* The TCRN/ IERLab Visiting Fellowship scheme is aimed at facilitating collaborative research opportunities and outputs. Upon completion of the programme, it is expected that Fellows will have: - Presented 1 research talk at a seminar facilitated by IERLab - Prepared 1 collaborative/co-authored journal article in close-to-completion form, aimed for publication in a high-ranking journal in the fields of media studies, communication, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, or a related field - For ECR Fellows only: Conducted 1 HDR meet-and-greet session to offer students mentoring in an area of their choosing (i.e. career development, research methods, grant applications, etc.) *How to apply:* - Please submit a 1-page CV and 1-page collaboration intent letter, and indicate when you wish to undertake the Fellowship (at least 4 weeks) by *30 April, 2023*. The collaboration intent letter should briefly include the proposed project or research topic, proposed researchers involved, and proposed output. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 5 May 2023. - To submit your application, for further information, and for any queries, please contact TCRN Founder / IERLab Director *Professor Crystal Abidin* at *crystal.abidin[at]curtin.edu.au <http://curtin.edu.au/>*. - Shortlisted applicants will be invited to submit further materials detailing their research plan, project timeline, and methods by 19 May 2023. Successful applicants will be notified by 26 May 2023. For more info, please visit our websites: TCRN < https://tiktokcultures.com/fellowships/>, IERLab < https://ierlab.com/2023/04/03/call-for-applications-ierlab-visiting-fellows… > Thank you, Jin -- Jin Lee, PhD Research Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University & ARC Centre of Digital Child Affiliated researcher, Korean Research Centre of Western Australia Visit my website <https://ljin8788.wixsite.com/website> for more

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Generative AI and the Future of the University: Three Events at the University of Manchester
by Mark Carrigan 02 Apr '23

02 Apr '23

*May 10th, 17th and 24th - 3pm to 5pm (BST) at the University of Manchester, UK* Since it was launched in November 2022, Open AI’s ChatGPT has enthralled millions with its uncanny ability to respond to queries in a conversational manner. Its capacity to immediately respond to natural language questions with detailed factual knowledge has sparked debate about whether the typical forms of university-based assessment can survive this technological innovation. While there are many questions remaining to be answered about how different groups within the student community perceive these developments, and the extent to which they are already being used in assessment, there is a widespread belief within the university sector that something fundamental has shifted. This rapid growth in generative AI’s capacity to automatically produce authoritative cultural forms presents a challenge to the university as a custodian of knowledge and conferrer of credentials. In the months since this launch the underlying technology has already been incorporated into office software, search engines and productivity tools. The next iteration of Open AI’s GPT model has already been released, with vastly expanded capabilities, while universities are only beginning to come to terms with the implications of its predecessor. These developments will only accelerate as a result of intense competition within the technology sector, with capital flowing into investment in generative AI in pursuit of market dominance. Our students will work in environments where the automated production of content is ubiquitous, leaving us with the challenge of preparing them for this future while preserving the integrity of university assessments. Furthermore, our own working practices are already being changed by generative AI, with scholarly publishers already formulating policies about co-authorship with tools like Chat-GPT. If generative AI continues to develop in this way then any field which involves knowledge production or knowledge exchange will inevitably be transformed. This has profound implications not only for how we teach and assess our students, but also the working lives which they will lead over coming decades. Many questions are raised by these developments including: How do we prepare our students for these developments? How do we help them distinguish between better and worse uses of generative AI? How do we ensure they understand the epistemic limits of these systems? How can we support students in finding ways to work creatively with generative AI rather than relying on it as a substitute for their own engagement? There is little prospect of final answers in the near future but it feels urgent for us to begin discussing the questions. It is for this reason that DTCE Research & Scholarship are organising three in person open discussions in May in order to map out three different dimensions of this issue, reflecting an agenda which emerged from our first event in March. - How do we embed critical AI literacy in our teaching and professional training? What are the implications of generative AI for equity and social justice? What are the epistemic limitations and how are they changing? How can curricula keep up with the accelerating pace of technological change? May 10th, 3pm to 5pm, University of Manchester - How do we develop an agenda for assessment reform in a way which is adequate to these challenges? To what extent do existing definitions of ‘malpractice’ stand in the way of creative responses? Should we reconsider what we are assessing and why? How can we prepare students for a working world where generative AI is likely to be ubiquitous? May 17th, 3pm to 5pm, University of Manchester - How will training for academic staff need to change in order to cope with the speed of technological developments? What new systems and approaches could support more agile forms of knowledge sharing? What are the potential implications for academic labour and professional autonomy? May 24th, 3pm to 5pm, University of Manchester We invite colleagues to propose a 5-minute conversation starter in which they informally raise an issue which can be discussed with other attendees. This would be an informal suggestion of an issue for discussion rather than an expectation of a detailed proposal or formal presentation. Each event will involve a series of these discussions with a view to opening out conversations within a small group and identifying areas for further collaboration. Numbers will be limited to facilitate open discussion so please register as soon as you’re able to confirm attendance. We will confirm registration and finalise schedules for the three events by April 28th. *Please register and submit conversation starters here: https://forms.gle/DBcguYd84CGjagmP8 <https://forms.gle/DBcguYd84CGjagmP8>* *Please note these are not hybrid events and they will not be recorded in order to encourage the sharing of provisional ideas. It is entirely face-to-face with the intention of building on our existing scoping event in March. There are a number of online initiatives we have planned over the coming months which will facilitate participation by those who cannot attend these events in person.* markcarrigan.net <http://www.markcarrigan.net/> | @theplatformuni <http://www.twitter.com/theplatformuni/> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-c-516017123/> | Soundcloud <https://soundcloud.com/mark-carrigan> | Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflmX41wlvtXPIhy51Wfonw/videos> | Recent publications <https://manchester.padlet.org/j04936mc/jbob1uin0weo43dh> *I occasionally send e-mail outside of normal hours as my preferred way of balancing multiple commitments. Please don't feel obligated to respond to this e-mail until your own working hours have resumed. *

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LaborTech Inaugural Book & Graduate Student Paper Awards
by Tammy Katsabian 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

Labor Tech Research Network <https://www.labortechresearchnetwork.org/> (LaborTech) invites submissions for our second annual Book and Graduate Student Paper Awards, and first annual Social Justice Award. <https://www.labortechresearchnetwork.org/> *About Us* LaborTech is an interdisciplinary and transnational group of experts concerned with the intersection of technology and labor. We aim to reframe conversations about technology and labor towards issues of power, inequality, and social justice, and incorporate themes of feminism, anti-racism, and transnationalism. We also seek to foster an interdisciplinary, cross-regional, and community-oriented space for discussion, collaboration, and empowerment. For a deeper discussion of our mission, please see the 'About Us' <http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/index.php/about-us/> page on our website as well as examples of topics in our decade-long Speaker Series <http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/index.php/speaker-series/>. *Call for Nominations* As part of our mission to promote scholarship and activism towards more equitable forms of labor and technology, LaborTech is announcing a call for three awards -- Book, Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice. These will honor projects which: - have distinctive intellectual merit or activist impact; - advance the knowledge about labor and technology in the global society; and - address our core focus on labor and technology and which may simultaneously address feminism, anti-racism, and/or transnationalism. *Eligibility: Works from all disciplines and methodologies are eligible for nomination. Nominations are open to members and non-members of LaborTech. We welcome self-nominations especially, but also nominations from publishers, colleagues, and others familiar with the projects. We encourage submissions from women, people of color, queer communities, and those from the global south.* *Prizes: Winners receive a small cash award and a certificate (which we hope to expand further in years ahead, as we are still a growing nonprofit organization :). In addition, we offer our infrastructural supports at LaborTech to promote visibility of your projects: by connecting with our 400+ expert members; by making a video of winners and distributing it both in and outside of our network to enhance public attention and exposure; and by creating a space and opportunity for sharing your work at out end of year virtual celebration. Winners will be announced in December.* *Deadline and Contact: The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2023. Send questions to labortechresearchnetwork(a)gmail.com <labortechresearchnetwork(a)gmail.com>. See below for separate criteria and instructions for the various awards.* *Book and Graduate Student Paper Awards* *Submission Details:* Please submit the following items in English to labortechresearchnetwork(a)gmail.com: 1. An electronic version in PDF format (contact us if only print form is available for books) 2. The author's contact email address 3. A one-page nomination letter stating the significance and contribution of the work 4. For Graduate Student Paper, please also include in the cover letter: a) when the PhD was started and, if applicable, granted b) if the paper was published, then state when and in what journal c) if co-authored with faculty/advisors/other PhDs, please include a paragraph attesting to the student's dominant role in generating the paper (such as working on its theoretical components, doing the research, and writing it up). In addition, we ask that the cover letter is signed (digitally, or otherwise) by all co-authors, so that they are aware of this submission. *Book Award Criteria:* - Monographs only (no edited volumes or anthologies) - Multiple authors accepted - Published in the last three years (2021-23) *Graduate Student Paper Award Criteria:* - Written by students currently enrolled in a graduate program or who have graduated in 2023 - Single-authored pieces are preferred, but co-authored pieces will be accepted with the above conditions in Submission Details - Papers may be published within the last three years (2021-23) or unpublished - Page length: 25-40 pages, double-spaced *Social Justice Award * *Submission details:* - Fill out this online form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdq_wJIthm5mbq05UVrzIGN6wYARoogkTO…>, which includes a few short questions of 400-700 words each, regarding the significance and contribution of your social justice activities - Please submit all items in English. If you have a submission in another language, contact us and we'll attempt to find a translator in our group. *Criteria:* - Those who are interfacing with technology in the course of their organizing, or who are organizing against inequitable technologies, in the context of labor, feminism, anti-racism, transnationalism struggles. This may include: - tech workers - labor organizers, whether in unions or other workers' associations - feminist, immigrant, community, and ethnic rights activists - scholar-activists. For this, we are not looking for purely academic work (i.e., scholars who are studying activism), but rather those who are participating in activism themselves, or who are promoting collaborations between activists and scholars. - people creating design alternatives for social justice, like engineers and designers - Open to individuals, small groups, and if appropriate, organizations - Focus will be on a particular campaign or project that is done with the aim of social justice regarding labor and/or technology. These projects may be broad (such as educating the public on a social justice issue) or specific (such as organizing a protest for higher wages). They may use a variety of strategies (e.g., art, design, social media, marches and strikes, policy interventions, etc.). We'd like to honor activists who, through these projects, have developed novel approaches or who are pioneers in the fight for more equitable relations of technology and/or labor.

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WEBCAST MAR 31 – NARALO/ISOC-NY Universal Acceptance Day
by Joly MacFie 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

UA Day is in fact UA week, and there have been plenty of events <https://uasg.tech/ua-day/>, from ISOC Chapters, and others. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16461>On *Friday March 31 2023* from *12:00-15:00 EDT* (16:00-19:00 UTC) ICANN's *North America At-Large Regional Organization <https://naralo.org/>* (NARALO) and the *Internet Society New York Chapter <https://isoc-ny.org/>* (ISOC-NY) will host *NARALO/ISOC-NY Universal Acceptance Day <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/naraloisoc-ny-universal-acceptance-day-tickets…>* at the Chrysler Building in NYC. This event is part of *UA Day <https://uasg.tech/ua-day/>*, rallying local, regional, and global communities and organizations to spread Universal Acceptance (UA) awareness and to encourage UA adoption with key stakeholders. The day will consist of UA training, awareness, and strategy sessions held by the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), ICANN, global partners, and regional and local organizations. UA is a technical requirement that ensures all valid domain names and email addresses, regardless of script, language, or character length, can be equally used by all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems. *SPEAKERS* *Greg Shatan*, NARALO Chair *Sarah Deutsch*, ICANN Board *Jonathan Zuck*, ALAC Chair *Joe Catapano*, ICANN GSE *Louis Houle*, Omicron / ISOC Quebec *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/na-uaday <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/na-uaday>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3KpovEs <https://bit.ly/3KpovEs>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3K2bxL5 <https://bit.ly/3K2bxL5>* *TWITTER #UniversalAcceptance #UADay <https://bit.ly/3ZxDssj> #Internet4All #NARALO @ISOCNY @ICANN @ICANNAtLarge @GregShatan @JosephCatapano @Jvzuck* *MASTODON #UniversalAcceptance <https://mastodon.social/tags/UniversalAcceptance>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.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/na-uaday <https://archive.org/details/na-uaday>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16461 <https://isoc.live/16461>* -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Re: [Air-L] TikTok video analysis
by Unger, Johann 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

Hi Karyn & All, Replying mainly to interrupt the ever increasing nested replies that include multiple versions of the digest, which I suspect will eventually contain enough text to power the next version of GPT! But as I’m writing anyway, a few thoughts: I don’t think there is a definitive text on multimodal DA of TikTok yet, as others have suggested. But for general approaches, I can recommend “Introduction to Multimodal Analysis” by Per Ledin and David Machin. That is an introductory textbook, so if you’d like a more theoretical take you could try “Multimodality: Foundations, research and analysis–A problem-oriented introduction” by John Bateman, Janina Wildfeuer and Tuomo Hiippala (and other work by these authors). I’d strongly recommend Kendra Calhoun’s article about Vine (https://doi.org/10.1111/jola.12206) as a great example of discourse analysis of short video formats (and I believe she’s publishing something about TikTok soon). Finally, if you’ll allow me a bit of self-promotion, my own co-authored textbook “Researching Language and Social Media” (Page, Barton, Lee, Unger & Zappavigna) has a number of additional sections on multimodality in the 2nd (2022) edition. Chapter 5 in particular deals with discourse and qualitative analysis. Hope this helps, Johnny Message: 1 Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:23:54 +0000 From: Karyn Hollis <karyn.hollis(a)villanova.edu> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Tik Tok Video Analysis Message-ID: <MN2PR03MB5327BDA9B3C82B69F42AF9CA948F9(a)MN2PR03MB5327.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Hi All? Can anyone suggest a basic text for getting started with multimodal discourse analysis (or another method) for analyzing Tik Tok videos? Many, many thanks, Karyn Hollis

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Tik Tok Video Analysis
by Karyn Hollis 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

Hi All— Can anyone suggest a basic text for getting started with multimodal discourse analysis (or another method) for analyzing Tik Tok videos? Many, many thanks, Karyn Hollis Karyn Hollis, Ph.D Director, Cultural Studies Program<https://www1.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/programs/global…> English/Global Interdisciplinary Studies Villanova University From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> Date: Friday, March 31, 2023 at 4:04 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Air-L Digest, Vol 224, Issue 39 Send Air-L mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.a… or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. [CFP] ACM Hypertext 2023 - EXTENDED DEADLINE 21 Apr 2023 (Leah Henrickson) 2. Games & Gaming CfP (Nathaniel Poor) 3. Glossary of Decentralised Technosocial Systems (Julian Morgan) 4. Job vacancy: Professorship (W2) for Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change (ZeMKI) 5. WEBCAST MAR 31 ? NARALO/ISOC-NY Universal Acceptance Day (Joly MacFie) 6. Call for submissions | Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (nikki fragala barnes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:19:32 +0000 From: Leah Henrickson <L.R.Henrickson(a)leeds.ac.uk> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] [CFP] ACM Hypertext 2023 - EXTENDED DEADLINE 21 Apr 2023 Message-ID: <DB9PR03MB75331D04038EFE14BAF66DA2818E9(a)DB9PR03MB7533.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ************************************************************************ ACM Hypertext 2023 4-8 September 2023, Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, Italy https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fht.acm.or… Deadline: 21 April 2023 23.59 AOE ************************************************************************ Important Dates * Regular papers - Submission: 21 April 2023 AoE - Notification: 31 May 2023 AoE * Workshops - Submission: 31 Mar 2023 AoE - Notification: 7 Apr 2023 AoE * Late breaking, blue sky, demos, traversals, and doctoral consortium - Submission: 26 May 2023 AoE - Notification: 26 June 2023 AoE * Camera ready version of accepted papers - 14 July 2023: 23 July 2023 AoE * Conference 4-8 September 2023 Note: The submission times are 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems, applications, publishing, artwork and related practices. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social and intelligent media, narrative systems and applications, authoring, reading and publishing hypertext, workflows and infrastructures as well as reflections and approaches. All accepted contributions will be published by ACM and will be available in the Proceedings via the ACM Digital Library. Selected contributions will be invited to submit an expanded version after the conference to a special issue of the New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia. Submissions are welcome in the following tracks: Interactive Media: Art and Design Track chair Dr Sam Brooker (Richmond American University London, UK) This track is dedicated to papers that explore creative expression through digital technology. Submissions may showcase new approaches to - or applications of - interactive media technology for creative expression, or evaluate existing work from a new perspective. Hybrid presentations that mix theory and practice are welcome, though work should be rooted in hypertext as method or approach. Topics include but not limited to: * Demonstrations: Live exhibition or exploration of a new or existing creative work. * Critical analysis: Reflection on or discussion of pre-existing works or theoretical approaches. * Traversals: Demonstrations performed on historically appropriate platforms, with participation and commentary by the authors of the works. * Interdisciplinary creative work: Evaluation or demonstration of creative work that crosses disciplinary boundaries Authoring, Reading, Publishing Track chair Dr Leah Henrickson (University of Leeds, UK) This track is dedicated to exploring how hypertext has transformed authoring, reading, and publishing by disrupting, subverting, or complementing book and media culture and practice. Submissions may focus on specific case studies or theories of new emerging practices, rhetorical analyses, or methodological reflections that take inspiration from fields such as book history, digital humanities and/or media studies. Topics include, but not limited to: * Authorship: Contextualising the production of hypertexts. * Book history: Historically-informed frameworks, theories, and concepts for understanding hypertextual production, dissemination, and reception. * Digital scholarly editions and adaptations: Hypertextual representations and reconceptualisations of extant texts. * Digital storytelling and electronic literature: How hypertexts are used to communicate ideas and facilitate alternative textual experiences. * Reading practices and reader response: How hypertexts are read (or not read) and interpreted. * Rhetorics and poetics: How hypertexts are framed in popular and scholarly discourse, as well as theoretical considerations on forms of expression supported by hypertextual formats. * Text, paratext, and multimodality: Manifestations and effects of digital forms of intra- and intertextual connectivity., Workflows and Infrastructures Track chair Dr Davide Picca (Universit? de Lausanne, CH) This track is dedicated to hypertext systems and their professional applications to the GLAM field in order to facilitate access to cultural knowledge. The main purpose is to illustrate through the different contributions to the track, how STEM disciplines can help and support the preservation and dissemination of tangible and intangible cultural resources. This track welcomes contributions that present real-world applications of hypertext systems, with a focus on the benefits, challenges, and gaps that emerge from daily practice in fields of study such as (but not limited to) Digital Museology, Intangible Cultural Heritage applications and NLP approaches to cultural resources. Topics include, but not limited to: * Semantic knowledge: How formal ontologies and formal modelling can contribute to organise cultural knowledge * GLAM applications: Pipelines and digital curations for restoration and preservation of cultural artefacts * Digital Museology: Innovations, trends as well as practical challenges encountered in the fields of museology * Intangible Cultural Heritage applications: How Big Data workflows and digital transformation methods can be applied to cultural objects * NLP approaches to cultural resources: Computational semantics and pragmatics, machine translation and multilingual NLP for cultural objects Social and Intelligent Media Track chair Dr Gr?goire Burel (Knowledge Media Institute, UK) The social and intelligent media track is dedicated to the understanding and modelling of sociotechnical systems and their role in shaping communication and information access, both virtually and offline. Submissions should consider any online systems that include socially and AI-mediated information such as social networks, recommender systems, online publication tools and discussion platforms. As the focus of this year conference is "Humanity within", authors are encouraged to submit interdisciplinary articles centred around the impact of social media and AI on how hyperlinked content is accessed and consumed and its impact on Humanity. This track welcomes submissions that further the understanding of the technical inworkings of digital communities and their societal impact, as well as novel methods and algorithms that shape online communication, content creation and socially-mediated information access. Topics include, but not limited to: * Privacy and Anonymity in Social Media - The way social media protect and/or blur the lines between the real and virtual world. * Inclusiveness of Social Media - The role of social media in including minorities, disabilities and minoritised communities. * Diversity and Representativeness of Social Media - The way social media favour (or not) content diversity and its representativeness as well as the involvement of individuals (e.g., echo chambers, content moderation). * Immersive Social Media (e.g., metaverse) - The development and impact of new interaction paradigms on real-world interactions and online communication. * Network Effects in Social Media - The impact of social and hyperlink ties on content access and distribution e.g., information access, ranking, misinformation and bot networks). * Social Media Algorithms - The structure, development, design, and analysis of social media platforms and algorithms. Reflections and Approaches Track chair Dr Mariusz Pisarski (University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, PL) This track considers how hypertext has transformed society and its tools: new perspectives, future directions, and ongoing transformations that challenge our assumptions about hypertext. This track welcomes submissions focused on (but not limited to) critical reflection on the evolution of hypertext systems, paradigms for new hypertext applications, as well as theories for understanding and navigating the complexity of digital communities enabled by hypertext design and systems. Topics include, but not limited to: * Histories of hypertext: hypertext systems in critical discourse, technology discourse and in the arts community. * Histories of social media: how the pioneering formulas of early systems - such as BBS, MUD and email discussion groups - evolved to modern social media. * Designs, paradigms and theories: evolution of hypertext in scholarly and artistic practice * Self-reflectivity of systems: historical impact of one hypertext system upon another; remediations, migrations and borrowings of features in contemporary writing/reading platforms * Visual histories and meta-histories of social media and hypertext: hypertext and social media communities and ideas in visual and big-data analysis. Submissions https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair… Submission deadline: 31 March 2023 ______________________________ Dr Leah Henrickson (she/her), FHEA Lecturer in Digital Media Programme Leader, MA New Media School of Media and Communication University of Leeds Social Media Editor, SHARP News<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsharpweb.o…> Manager, University of Leeds Sociologies of AI Network (SAIN) Leah Henrickson. 2023. Chatting with the dead: the hermeneutics of thanabots. Media, Culture & Society: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2… Leah Henrickson. 2022. "Ummmmm, guys? Don't microwave your books": Readers, Authors, and Institutions in #PandemicReading Tweets. In: Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic, ed. by Corinna Norrick-R?hl and Shafquat Towheed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 259-279: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2… Leah Henrickson, William Jephcote, and Rhys Comissiong. 2022. Soft skills, stories, and self-reflection: Applied digital storytelling for self-branding. Convergence: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2… ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:52:03 -0400 From: Nathaniel Poor <natpoor(a)gmail.com> To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Games & Gaming CfP Message-ID: <D5C749B9-5008-44B6-B9E8-6CDF81BEA3B6(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii HICSS CfP: Game Scholars and Hawaii in January! Games & Gaming (Social and Digital Media track) 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) January 3-6, 2024, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort For the eighth straight year, the Games & Gaming minitrack at HICSS is seeking papers that examine the social aspects of digital gaming. We feature work related to digital games and sociality that covers a variety of methods: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods papers are welcome, ranging from interviews to big data analyses, detailed observations of games and associated social or streaming networks, as well as theoretical papers looking at digital gaming practices in general. Types of games studied may include mobile, social, free to play, AAA, MMOs, PC, console, multiplayer, and indie games. As part of the Digital and Social Media track, papers must contain a social dimension, examining, for example, sociability, social practices, communities (in-game, out-game, across multiple spaces or time), use of social affordances, or some other social dimension. Student authors are welcome! See here for HICSS author instructions and guidelines: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhicss.hawa…. There are several mini-tracks related to gaming, and we all coordinate. They include Gamification (in Decision Analytics and Service Science), Streaming Media in Entertainment (in Digital and Social Media), Esports (in Internet and the Digital Economy), Digitalization of Work (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), Game-based Learning (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), and the Metaverse (in Organizational Systems and Technology). DATES April 15: Submission site opens (see https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhicss.hawa…) June 15, 11:59 pm HST: Papers due August 17: Decision notification September 22: Camera ready version due October 1: Deadline for at least one author to register for HICSS-56 January 3-6, 2024: Conference! G&G TOPICS Cooperative and competitive play Community management Fans and fan communities Player communities Network analysis of groups and communities in games Social practices (in-game, out-game, both) Toxicity online Multiplayer games Multigenerational play Intercultural play Streaming gameplay (e.g., Twitch, YouTube Live, etc.) Game curation via sites like Steam Social affordances of games Social issues in game development Game design for sociality LINKS HICSS: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhicss.hawa… Author Instructions: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhicss.hawa… Digital and Social Media track: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhicss.haw… Papers from 2023: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handl… Papers from 2022: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholarsp… Papers from 2021: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholarsp… CO-CHAIRS Nathaniel Poor (Primary Contact Co-Chair) Underwood Institute natpoor(a)gmail.com Steph Orme Key Lime Interactive orme.stephanie(a)gmail.com Andy Phelps American University & University of Canterbury andymphelps(a)gmail.com ------------------------------- Nathaniel Poor, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Underwood Institute https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.underw… https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com… https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnatpoor.bl… https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsites.goog… ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:58:42 +0200 From: Julian Morgan <julian.morgan(a)hu-berlin.de> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Glossary of Decentralised Technosocial Systems Message-ID: <3c54584f93382d2b76f34415b6dc35b4(a)hu-berlin.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Internet Policy Review Glossary of Decentralised technosocial systems - Call for entries https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpolicyrev… The glossary of decentralised technosocial systems launched in 2021 aimed to build a shared working vocabulary regarding specific aspects of decentralised techno-social systems among researchers in an interdisciplinary fashion. Indeed, a comprehensive understanding of the technical, economic, and political aspects of these types of technologies transcends traditional boundaries of scientific fields and demands an interdisciplinary approach that seeks to better conceptualise and critically evaluate specific mechanisms or processes inherent to distributed technologies. The objective of this new Call for contributions is to enable researchers and practitioners to engage with techno-social developments, relevant academic debates, and a normative appraisal of their ability and efficiency to resist the prevalent dynamics of centralisation and erosion of autonomy. In turn, the concept of decentralisation in the Glossary is understood to include the developments within the infrastructure and systems of information sharing and distribution of various types of content that seek to challenge and/or provide alternatives to the current organizational structures through distributed technologies. Additionally, the glossary aims to consolidate the current list of terms in a way that allows for broad engagement across academic communities to inform parallel research in different fields by broadening current theoretical frameworks through analysis of the processes, structures and societal outcomes of decentralisation. Important dates - 25 April 2023 - 200-word abstracts should be emailed to julian.morgan(a)hu-berlin.de - 10 May 2023 - Decisions will be communicated to the authors by - 10 July 2023 - Submission of full entries (between 1,000 and 2,000 words) - 1 October 2023 - Submission of the revised paper to the journal - December - Publication The initiative is led by The Blockchain and Society Policy Research Lab (University of Amsterdam), in collaboration with the P2P Models (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Trust in Distributed Environments (Weizenbaum Institut, Berlin) and Blockchain Gov teams (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris). -- Julian Morgan (He/Him) Humboldt-Univertity of Berlin ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:11:24 +0200 From: ZeMKI <news(a)zemki.de> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Job vacancy: Professorship (W2) for Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change Message-ID: <A97396FE-1C6F-4E1A-9B4E-F4B13ECBD785(a)zemki.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Job vacancy: Professorship (W2) for Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change The University of Bremen, Faculty 9 Cultural Studies, is seeking to appoint a Professor of Communication and Media Studies. Professorship (f/m/d) Appointment Gr. W2 (tenured civil servant) for the area Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change (Reference number: P889/23) The candidate (f/m/d) is expected to represent the area of media change through excellent approaches to research and teaching. A record of research on current and historical changes in communication, their underlying (digital) media and the (hybrid) media system as context is expected. We are looking for a personality who strengthens the existing research profile of the University of Bremen and of the ZeMKI (Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research) on questions related to transformations in media and communications reflecting processes of automation, digitalization, mediatization and communicative artificial intelligence with a long-term perspective The ideal candidate will bring new ideas and perspectives and is open to the discussion on currently pressing fields such as sustainability and the concept of the "good life". The acquisition of third-party funds, participation in collaborative research, and in structured doctoral training for the ZeMKI are fundamental requirements. In German- and English-language teaching in communication and media studies, the professorship is responsible for modules on media change and media systems. It develops innovative teaching concepts and participates in the ongoing development of the study programs. The following qualifications are expected for the professorship: Completed university studies and appropriate qualifications (doctorate and habilitation or habilitation-equivalent achievements) in communications and media or related disciplines, Teaching experience in communications and media, especially with regard to media change (bachelor's and/or master's level), Willingness to teach in English, Experience in applying for external funding, Willingness to participate in advanced training in higher education didactics. Also desirable: Experience in interdisciplinary, internationally oriented, collaborative research, International research experience, Experience in considering gender-focused approached to research and teaching, Proven continuing education/qualification in higher education didactics. Non-German-speaking applicants are expected to participate in German-language teaching after 2-3 years. The appointment is based on ? 18 BremHG and ? 116 BremBG. For further information, please contact the spokesperson of the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (Andreas.Hepp(a)uni-bremen.de <>). The University of Bremen strives to increase the proportion of women in science. Among other things, it has received several awards in DFG programs on gender equality. Applications from female and male scientists with a migration background as well as international applications are expressly welcomed. Severely disabled applicants are given priority if they have essentially the same professional and personal qualifications. The university offers a wide range of services to support newly appointed staff, such as a Welcome Center, opportunities for childcare and dual careers, and offers for personal development and continuing education. 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Our complete archive is available on Manifold here <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcuny.mani…>. The announcement is at https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcuny.mani… as well as below. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions. You are also welcome (and encouraged!) to share this call. Important Dates Submission deadline for full manuscripts is 31 May 2023. Anticipated publication via Manifold Scholarship <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcuny.mani…> is December 2023. Please view our submission guidelines on our commons site <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjitp.comm…> for information about submitting to the Journal. Full call, followed by submission guidelines and review process: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly (especially creative and experimental) work that contributes to or is informed by the liberatory pedagogical legacy of bell hooks. Paying special attention to texts like Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994) and Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (2003), this special themed issue explores how collaborative, community-centered, and/or multimodal engagements with technology?as informed by hooks?s work?can transform frameworks and outcomes for instruction, as well open up new shared spaces for learning. Drawing on hooks?s radical, inclusive, disruptive, and recuperative legacy?and the scholars informed by it?this issue will highlight the use of digital technology in teaching, educational organizing, and anti-oppressive praxes within, alongside, and beyond academia. We ask: What kinds of embodied and communal interactions are enabled by teaching with technology? How can we reconcile the inherent contradictions in a learning community where technology functions at once as a tool for social justice and for surveillance capitalism? We are especially interested in the intersection of technologies and - anti-colonial, anti-classist, anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal frameworks - Black liberatory, Black feminist, and socially just forms of teaching, learning, and community organizing. Besides scholarly papers, the submissions can consist of audio or visual presentations; interviews, dialogues, or conversations; and creative, artistic, experimental, and multimodal engagements with hooks?s work. A consideration of digital tools and technology in the context of hooks?s pedagogical scholarship might address: - engagements with open technology - radical collaboration and/or creativity in the classroom and beyond - systemic critiques of digital tools in teaching and learning - the labor and care considerations of academic technology projects - critical and community-centered teaching and learning frameworks - the ethics and politics of publishing student and/or community-centered work - social justice pedagogies involving radical reimaginations of pedagogical structures and communities - academic mentorship, advisement, and committee work - theorizing praxis through lived experience - technological infrastructures and the promise of radical co-liberation Brief Guidelines for Submissions Research-based submissions should include discussions of approach, method, and analysis. When possible, research data should be made publicly available and accessible via the Web and/or other digital mechanisms, a process that JITP can and will support as necessary. Successes and interesting failures are equally welcome. Submissions that focus on pedagogy should balance theoretical frameworks with practical considerations of how new technologies play out in both formal and informal educational settings. Discipline-specific submissions should be written for non-specialists. For further information on style and formatting, accessibility requirements, and multimedia submissions, consult JITP?s accessibility guidelines <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjitp.comm…>, style guide <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjitp.comm…>, and multimedia submission guidelines <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjitp.comm…> . Submission and Review Process All work appearing in the Issues section of JITP is reviewed by the issue editors and independently by two scholars in the field, who provide formative feedback to the author(s) during the review process. We practice signed, as opposed to anonymous or so-called ?blind,? peer review. We intend that the journal itself?both in our process and in our digital product?serves as an opportunity to reveal, reflect on, and revise academic publication and classroom practices. As a courtesy to our reviewers, we will not consider simultaneous submissions, but we will do our best to reply to you within three months of the submission deadline. The expected length for finished manuscripts is under 5,000 words or an equivalent length or scope for timed or other forms of media (e.g. roughly 20?25 minutes of dialogue, 45 minutes of a spoken presentation, etc.). Both text-based and multimedia should be prepared to undergo review for their relationship to scholarly and related conversations, as well as be amenable to revision. All work should be original and previously unpublished. Essays or presentations posted on a personal blog may be accepted, provided they are substantially revised; please contact us with questions at admin(a)jitpedagogy.org. 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Call for submissions | Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
by nikki fragala barnes 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

Hi all, Our Editorial Collective at the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/) has an open call for submissions <https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-call-for-submissions/> for our upcoming themed issue: The Liberatory Legacy of bell hooks: Pedagogies and Praxes that Heal and Disrupt This is the first issue on Manifold for the entire process. Our complete archive is available on Manifold here <https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/journals/all>. The announcement is at https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-call-for-submissions/ as well as below. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions. You are also welcome (and encouraged!) to share this call. Important Dates Submission deadline for full manuscripts is 31 May 2023. Anticipated publication via Manifold Scholarship <https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/> is December 2023. Please view our submission guidelines on our commons site <https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/> for information about submitting to the Journal. Full call, followed by submission guidelines and review process: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly (especially creative and experimental) work that contributes to or is informed by the liberatory pedagogical legacy of bell hooks. Paying special attention to texts like Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994) and Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (2003), this special themed issue explores how collaborative, community-centered, and/or multimodal engagements with technology—as informed by hooks’s work—can transform frameworks and outcomes for instruction, as well open up new shared spaces for learning. Drawing on hooks’s radical, inclusive, disruptive, and recuperative legacy—and the scholars informed by it—this issue will highlight the use of digital technology in teaching, educational organizing, and anti-oppressive praxes within, alongside, and beyond academia. We ask: What kinds of embodied and communal interactions are enabled by teaching with technology? How can we reconcile the inherent contradictions in a learning community where technology functions at once as a tool for social justice and for surveillance capitalism? We are especially interested in the intersection of technologies and - anti-colonial, anti-classist, anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal frameworks - Black liberatory, Black feminist, and socially just forms of teaching, learning, and community organizing. Besides scholarly papers, the submissions can consist of audio or visual presentations; interviews, dialogues, or conversations; and creative, artistic, experimental, and multimodal engagements with hooks’s work. A consideration of digital tools and technology in the context of hooks’s pedagogical scholarship might address: - engagements with open technology - radical collaboration and/or creativity in the classroom and beyond - systemic critiques of digital tools in teaching and learning - the labor and care considerations of academic technology projects - critical and community-centered teaching and learning frameworks - the ethics and politics of publishing student and/or community-centered work - social justice pedagogies involving radical reimaginations of pedagogical structures and communities - academic mentorship, advisement, and committee work - theorizing praxis through lived experience - technological infrastructures and the promise of radical co-liberation Brief Guidelines for Submissions Research-based submissions should include discussions of approach, method, and analysis. When possible, research data should be made publicly available and accessible via the Web and/or other digital mechanisms, a process that JITP can and will support as necessary. Successes and interesting failures are equally welcome. Submissions that focus on pedagogy should balance theoretical frameworks with practical considerations of how new technologies play out in both formal and informal educational settings. Discipline-specific submissions should be written for non-specialists. For further information on style and formatting, accessibility requirements, and multimedia submissions, consult JITP’s accessibility guidelines <https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/#accessibility>, style guide <https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/#style-guide>, and multimedia submission guidelines <https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/multimedia-submission-guidelines-and-best-…> . Submission and Review Process All work appearing in the Issues section of JITP is reviewed by the issue editors and independently by two scholars in the field, who provide formative feedback to the author(s) during the review process. We practice signed, as opposed to anonymous or so-called “blind,” peer review. We intend that the journal itself—both in our process and in our digital product—serves as an opportunity to reveal, reflect on, and revise academic publication and classroom practices. As a courtesy to our reviewers, we will not consider simultaneous submissions, but we will do our best to reply to you within three months of the submission deadline. The expected length for finished manuscripts is under 5,000 words or an equivalent length or scope for timed or other forms of media (e.g. roughly 20–25 minutes of dialogue, 45 minutes of a spoken presentation, etc.). Both text-based and multimedia should be prepared to undergo review for their relationship to scholarly and related conversations, as well as be amenable to revision. All work should be original and previously unpublished. Essays or presentations posted on a personal blog may be accepted, provided they are substantially revised; please contact us with questions at admin(a)jitpedagogy.org. Best, Nikki Nikki Fragala Barnes Texts & Technology University of Central Florida bynikkibarnes.com | @bynikkibarnes she / they [why <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why>?]

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Job vacancy: Professorship (W2) for Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change
by ZeMKI 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

Job vacancy: Professorship (W2) for Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change The University of Bremen, Faculty 9 Cultural Studies, is seeking to appoint a Professor of Communication and Media Studies. Professorship (f/m/d) Appointment Gr. W2 (tenured civil servant) for the area Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change (Reference number: P889/23) The candidate (f/m/d) is expected to represent the area of media change through excellent approaches to research and teaching. A record of research on current and historical changes in communication, their underlying (digital) media and the (hybrid) media system as context is expected. We are looking for a personality who strengthens the existing research profile of the University of Bremen and of the ZeMKI (Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research) on questions related to transformations in media and communications reflecting processes of automation, digitalization, mediatization and communicative artificial intelligence with a long-term perspective The ideal candidate will bring new ideas and perspectives and is open to the discussion on currently pressing fields such as sustainability and the concept of the "good life". The acquisition of third-party funds, participation in collaborative research, and in structured doctoral training for the ZeMKI are fundamental requirements. In German- and English-language teaching in communication and media studies, the professorship is responsible for modules on media change and media systems. It develops innovative teaching concepts and participates in the ongoing development of the study programs. The following qualifications are expected for the professorship: Completed university studies and appropriate qualifications (doctorate and habilitation or habilitation-equivalent achievements) in communications and media or related disciplines, Teaching experience in communications and media, especially with regard to media change (bachelor's and/or master's level), Willingness to teach in English, Experience in applying for external funding, Willingness to participate in advanced training in higher education didactics. Also desirable: Experience in interdisciplinary, internationally oriented, collaborative research, International research experience, Experience in considering gender-focused approached to research and teaching, Proven continuing education/qualification in higher education didactics. Non-German-speaking applicants are expected to participate in German-language teaching after 2-3 years. The appointment is based on § 18 BremHG and § 116 BremBG. For further information, please contact the spokesperson of the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (Andreas.Hepp(a)uni-bremen.de <>). The University of Bremen strives to increase the proportion of women in science. Among other things, it has received several awards in DFG programs on gender equality. Applications from female and male scientists with a migration background as well as international applications are expressly welcomed. Severely disabled applicants are given priority if they have essentially the same professional and personal qualifications. The university offers a wide range of services to support newly appointed staff, such as a Welcome Center, opportunities for childcare and dual careers, and offers for personal development and continuing education. Please send your application with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, publication and teaching record, research concepts, teaching concepts, and certificates), quoting the above reference number, by April 30th, 2023 to The Dean of Faculty 9 - Cultural Studies Prof. Dr. Dagmar Borchers University of Bremen P.O. Box 330 440 28334 Bremen www.uni-bremen.de <http://www.uni-bremen.de/> or electronically to the Dean Prof. Dr. Dagmar Borchers (bewerbungenfb9(a)uni-bremen.de) For more information on appointment procedures at the University of Bremen, please visit: www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career/appointment-process <https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career/appointment-process> Download the job ad here <https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/docs…>.

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Glossary of Decentralised Technosocial Systems
by Julian Morgan 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

Internet Policy Review Glossary of Decentralised technosocial systems - Call for entries https://policyreview.info/node/1702 The glossary of decentralised technosocial systems launched in 2021 aimed to build a shared working vocabulary regarding specific aspects of decentralised techno-social systems among researchers in an interdisciplinary fashion. Indeed, a comprehensive understanding of the technical, economic, and political aspects of these types of technologies transcends traditional boundaries of scientific fields and demands an interdisciplinary approach that seeks to better conceptualise and critically evaluate specific mechanisms or processes inherent to distributed technologies. The objective of this new Call for contributions is to enable researchers and practitioners to engage with techno-social developments, relevant academic debates, and a normative appraisal of their ability and efficiency to resist the prevalent dynamics of centralisation and erosion of autonomy. In turn, the concept of decentralisation in the Glossary is understood to include the developments within the infrastructure and systems of information sharing and distribution of various types of content that seek to challenge and/or provide alternatives to the current organizational structures through distributed technologies. Additionally, the glossary aims to consolidate the current list of terms in a way that allows for broad engagement across academic communities to inform parallel research in different fields by broadening current theoretical frameworks through analysis of the processes, structures and societal outcomes of decentralisation. Important dates - 25 April 2023 - 200-word abstracts should be emailed to julian.morgan(a)hu-berlin.de - 10 May 2023 - Decisions will be communicated to the authors by - 10 July 2023 - Submission of full entries (between 1,000 and 2,000 words) - 1 October 2023 - Submission of the revised paper to the journal - December - Publication The initiative is led by The Blockchain and Society Policy Research Lab (University of Amsterdam), in collaboration with the P2P Models (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Trust in Distributed Environments (Weizenbaum Institut, Berlin) and Blockchain Gov teams (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris). -- Julian Morgan (He/Him) Humboldt-Univertity of Berlin

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