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Job: Lecturer in Digital Cultures at the University of Sydney
by Olga Boichak 28 May '22

28 May '22

The University of Sydney is hiring a Lecturer in Digital Cultures (Level B, full-time, continuing) to join the Department of Media and Communications. Please circulate among your networks and happy to answer any questions: https://usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXTERNAL_CAREER_SITE/details/…

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Guest blog post/ideas for SAGE Methodspace focus on Emerging Methods?
by Janet Salmons 27 May '22

27 May '22

Greetings AOIR friends, In June the SAGE Methodspace (www.methodspace.com) focus will be on Emerging Methods. Methodspace is about designing, conducting, teaching and writing about social research. Of course due to Covid and other changes many in academia are just catching up with the forward-thinking approaches AOIR-ers have been working on for years! If you would like to contribute a post, or have ideas, articles or resources (don't have to be exclusively SAGE) that our global readers might find of interest, please contact me off-list. Thanks, Janet Janet Salmons, Ph.D. Research Community Manager, SAGE Methodspace

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AoIR Doctoral Colloquium Submission deadline May 31, 2022
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 26 May '22

26 May '22

The AoIR Doctoral Colloquium will take place in November 2022 in conjunction with AoIR2022: Decolonising the Internet <https://aoir.org/aoir2022/>. For many years, this event has provided PhD students working in Internet research with the opportunity to workshop on research projects, to address methodological and theoretical challenges, and to exchange informal advice on juggling the multiple pressures associated with job searching, publishing, and finishing the dissertation with senior scholars. This year, there is both the traditional face-to-face (in person) Colloquium, which takes place on our preconference day, 2 November, and also an online Colloquium which takes the week before that, to allow AoIR PhD students who are unable to travel to still participate in an online version of the event. As always, we have excellent mentors in place and we are always looking for more! If you are interested in mentoring for the AoIR2022 Doctoral Colloquium please email ac(a)aoir.org. To apply for a place at the colloquium, please provide: a) a two-page summary of your research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods used, the progress to date, and primary concerns and issues that you’d like to discuss with others; b) A brief statement indicating why you want to participate in the doctoral colloquium and what you hope to get out of it. When applying, it’s important to select either the Face-to-face (In Person) Doctoral Colloquium OR the Online Doctoral Colloquium, so we have accurate numbers for each. Submissions for the colloquium should be uploaded via our submission website here: https://www.conftool.org/aoir2022/ *Submissions are due Tuesday, 31st May 2022.* If you have any questions, please do get in touch AoIRDCchair(a)aoir.org and please do circulate this message throughout your networks. We look forward to your submissions. Michelle AoIR Association Coordinator

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WEBCAST MAIO 25 – ISOC Portugal – Internet e Geopolítica – Uma Internet global, universal e aberta é possivel?
by Joly MacFie 25 May '22

25 May '22

About to start. This will be in Portuguese and English with no interpretation. In case you missed it, here is a brief #splinternet explainer video, from the folks at Surfshark, that includes ISOC's own Natalie Campbell and Neeti Biyani. https://youtu.be/RvPLHQLVcmk [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/15444>Na *quarta-feira 25 de maio de 2022* às *17:00-19:00 WEST* (16:00-18:00 UTC) a *Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação <https://apdsi.pt>* (APDSI) e *o Capítulo Português da Internet Society <https://isoc.pt>* (ISOC PT), com o apoio da *Universidade Aberta <https://uab.pt>*, anfitriã uma discussão '*Internet e Geopolítica - Uma Internet global, universal e aberta é possivel? <https://isoc.pt/internet-geopolitica/>*'. A guerra na Ucrânia e outras considerações políticas levarão a uma Internet fragmentada, também conhecida como 'Splinternet', apesar dos melhores esforços de organizações como ISOC e ICANN? Ou a 'soberania digital' pode ser desviada, como qualquer outro obstáculo? O painel de especialistas fará uma análise preliminar. *ORADORES* *Andrea Becalli* – Diretora Sênior de Engajamento de Partes Interessadas, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) *David Frautschy Heredia* – Diretor Sênior para Assuntos Regulatórios e Governamentais Europeus, Internet Society (ISOC) *José Legatheaux Martins* – Professor jubilado, FCT/UNL / ex-presidente, ISOC Portugal *Victor Angelo* – Ex-Secretário-Geral Adjunto, Nações Unidas *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetgeopolitica <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetgeopolitica>* *PARTICIPE VIA ZOOM https://pt.surveymonkey.com/r/Internet_Geopolitica <https://pt.surveymonkey.com/r/Internet_Geopolitica>* *TWITTER #splinternet <https://bit.ly/3lyjuMx> @isocpt @uaberta @apdsi @becktweet @ICANN @davidfrautschy @InternetSociety José Legatheaux Martins @vangelofreebird* *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/internetgeopolitica <https://archive.org/details/internetgeopolitica>* https://isoc.live/15444 - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Online Masterclasses on smart cities and the environment
by Adi Kuntsman 25 May '22

25 May '22

Dearall Weare running an online postgraduate Summer School onDigital Technologies and the Environment on 13-15 June; and still havespaces left at the following two Masterclasses, both dedicated to smart cities - Clusters of Broken Objects In this master class, the participants will upload images of a broken object of smart cities to Padlet. What counts as a broken object is kept open on purpose, as that would enable us to rethink what smartification practices promise to provide. We will then discuss what the forming of a cluster of these broken objects might mean and look like, and how such a cluster will facilitate our examination of the relation between the digital and the environment. - Urban Environmental imaginaries meet app studies Althoughnature and ecological concerns are usually not the primary focus of smartcities, many smart city initiatives include extensive environmental imaginariestell a story of how they would ultimately make the environment better. Thismasterclass will explore such environmental imaginaries, by studying smart cityapps, using a range of methodological tools from the field of app studies, suchas mapping the ecology of apps via a range of entry points, and deploying theApp Walk Through method. BothMasterclasses require to fill in a short form- please follow the links forfurther info. There will be a small task to prepare; and a follow uppublication opportunity. The Summer School is free to attend but places arelimited and priority is given to postgraduate students, early careerpostdoctoral and independent researchers who work on relevant topics Finally,we host a pre-School opening keynote by Benedetta Brevini, "Data DrivenCommunication, AI and the Climate Crisis". The keynote takes place on June10th, online and is open to all. Please register by followingthe link on the School webpage Lookingforward to seeing you there Adi Dr Adi Kuntsman, Reader in Digital Politics Programme Leader, MA in International Relations and Global Communications and MScin Digital Society Coordinator, PhD pathway in Digital Politics Department of Politics | Manchester Metropolitan University Geoffrey Manton Building| Manchester | M15 6LL| Web| Online office hours (term time only): Tuesday 3-4pm or by appointment- please email to arrange Digital Politics Blog

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#CMD talks - Henry Jenkins on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds"
by Inês Amaral 25 May '22

25 May '22

The new PhD in Computational Media Design welcomes Henry Jenkins to a talk on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds" on June 1st at 05:30 PM (Lisbon time). The academic community is invited to participate via Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/82094275403 *Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds* Often, film instructors tell their students that the story is the core, but in fact, with transmedia entertainment franchises, the world may be as much or more important as story in shaping this experience. This lecture will explore different understandings of fictional worlds and offer some examples of how they can be used to ground transmedia experiences. *Bio* Henry Jenkins is the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California and the founder and former co-director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. He is the author or editor of 20 books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including *Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture*, *Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide*, *Spreadable Media: Creating Meaning and Value in a Networked Culture *(with Sam Ford and Joshua Green), and *By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism* (with Sangita Shresthova and others). He has two more books that just came out this past spring -- *Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change* and *Comics and Stuff*. He is the co-host of the *How Do You Like It So Far?* podcast which explores popular culture in a changing world and has run the *Confessions of an Aca-Fan* blog for more than 15 years. -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Diretora do 1.º Ciclo de Estudos em Jornalismo e Comunicação | Director of the Undergraduate Program Studies in Journalism and Communication Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal Tel. | Phone: +351 239 410 090 E-mail: ines.amaral(a)uc.pt www.uc.pt | www.uc.pt/fluc

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#CMD talks - Henry Jenkins on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds"
by Inês Amaral 25 May '22

25 May '22

The new PhD in Computational Media Design welcomes Henry Jenkins to a talk on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds" on June 1st at 05:30 PM (Lisbon time). The academic community is invited to participate via Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/82094275403 *Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds* Often, film instructors tell their students that the story is the core, but in fact, with transmedia entertainment franchises, the world may be as much or more important as story in shaping this experience. This lecture will explore different understandings of fictional worlds and offer some examples of how they can be used to ground transmedia experiences. *Bio* Henry Jenkins is the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California and the founder and former co-director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. He is the author or editor of 20 books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including *Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture*, *Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide*, *Spreadable Media: Creating Meaning and Value in a Networked Culture *(with Sam Ford and Joshua Green), and *By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism* (with Sangita Shresthova and others). He has two more books that just came out this past spring -- *Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change* and *Comics and Stuff*. He is the co-host of the *How Do You Like It So Far?* podcast which explores popular culture in a changing world and has run the *Confessions of an Aca-Fan* blog for more than 15 years. -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Diretora do 1.º Ciclo de Estudos em Jornalismo e Comunicação | Director of the Undergraduate Program Studies in Journalism and Communication Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal Tel. | Phone: +351 239 410 090 E-mail: ines.amaral(a)uc.pt www.uc.pt | www.uc.pt/fluc

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WEBCAST MAY 25 – Offline: When Exams Disrupt Everyone’s Internet غير متصل بالإنترنت: عندما تعطل الاختبارات إنترنت الجميع
by Joly MacFie 25 May '22

25 May '22

This is under way. هذا جار. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/15451%20>On *Wednesday May 25 2022* at *09:00-10:00 UTC* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/middle-east/>* presents a panel '*Offline: When Exams Disrupt Everyone’s Internet <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/offline-when-exams-disrupt-everyones…>*'. Every year, throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, millions of people are cut off from the Internet for lengthy periods while students take their school exams. Often used as a method to stop questions being leaked prior to exams as well as to prevent cheating during exams, these Internet shutdowns harm societies, economies, and the global Internet infrastructure – and they often don’t deter the most determined cheaters. *PANEL* *Sarah Cupler*, Lead Researcher, SMEX *Khattab Hamad*, Media Researcher *Ahmad Aljanazrah*, Assistant VP For Academic Affairs, Birzeit University, Palestine *MODERATOR* *Hanna Kreitem*, Senior Advisor, Internet Technology and Development, MENA, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM (ENGLISH) http://livestream.com/internetsociety/mena3 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/mena3>* في يوم الأربعاء من *25 مايو 2022* في تمام الساعة *09: 00-10: 00* بالتوقيت العالمي المنسق ، تقدم جمعية الإنترنت لوحة "غير متصل: عندما تعطل الامتحانات إنترنت الجميع". في كل عام ، في جميع أنحاء منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا (MENA) ، ينقطع اتصال الملايين من الأشخاص بالإنترنت لفترات طويلة أثناء إجراء الطلاب لامتحاناتهم المدرسية. غالبًا ما تُستخدم كطريقة لإيقاف تسريب الأسئلة قبل الامتحانات وكذلك لمنع الغش أثناء الامتحانات ، تؤدي عمليات إغلاق الإنترنت هذه إلى إلحاق الضرر بالمجتمعات والاقتصادات والبنية التحتية للإنترنت العالمية - وغالبًا ما لا تردع الغشاشين الأكثر إصرارًا. *لوجة* *سارة كوبلير* ، باحثة رئيسية ، SMEX *خطاب حمد* ، باحث اعلامي *أحمد الجنازرة* ، مساعد نائب الرئيس للشؤون الأكاديمية ، جامعة بيرزيت ، فلسطين *منسق* *حنا كريتم* ، مستشار أول ، تكنولوجيا الإنترنت والتنمية ، الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا ، جمعية الإنترنت *LIVESTREAM (ARABIC) http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/mena3 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/mena3>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM*: https://bit.ly/3w6LFbw (EN/AR) *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/15451>*) *TWITTER* *#KeepitOn <https://bit.ly/3wHSajT>* @ISOC_MiddleEast @ga800l @hannaq @InternetSociety Sarah Cupler @SMEX Ahmad Aljanazrah @BirzeitU #MENA #examshutdowns *SIMULCASTS* https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* (EN only) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCMiddleEast <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCMiddleEast>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* https://archive.org/details/mena3 *PERMALINK https://isoc.live/15451 <https://isoc.live/15451>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Reminder to apply! Call for Applications for the 2022 AusSTS workshop
by Thao Phan 25 May '22

25 May '22

Call for Applications AusSTS2022: “Generation” <https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/> Date: Thurs 28th and Fri 29 July, 2022 *Deadline for applications: 30th May, 2022* As STS practitioners, we grapple with the understanding that generating knowledge and ideas are always practices in becoming, unfinished, and multiple, never isolated. We are asked to think about the socio-technical, material-discursive, and political relations that generate some worlds and ideas, and exclude others. These multiple configurations speak of the inevitability of interdependence, relationality, permeability, and boundaries. To think about generation in multiple senses means to think through the humble awareness of our indebtedness to other bodies, knowledges, histories, ecologies—as a part of a community in constant formation. This awareness can reflect in the ethics of our own praxis. It can inspire us to bring into conversation different generations and sensitivities of STS. It can also speak of the knowledges and material practices that shape memories of past generations, and expectations and promises about future ones. It can mean asking what relations get remembered, what relations are maintained, and who is harmed or excluded in the process. AusSTS is committed to bringing together STS scholars from across Australasia by offering a space where these conversations and reflections can happen freely and generously. Similarly to last year’s workshop, AusSTS 2022 will be a multi-sited event hosted across four locations: Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, and Wellington. The event will include shared online keynotes, short presentations, as well as local activities and get-togethers. We invite proposals for short presentations from early career and PhD/Masters researchers that respond broadly to the theme of ‘generation’. This includes, but is not limited to: - *Generation as era*: from historical epochs (18th century, 19th century, 20th century) to population clusters (boomers, millennials, gen z), to cultural movements (beat generation, MTV generation, digital natives, TikTok teens) - *Generation as reproduction*: intergenerational trauma, the passing on of genes, the mutation of viruses, interventions into the reproduction of humans, animals, crops, and other biological matter - *Generation as innovation*: AI, machine learning, and other computational processes that self-generate images, categories, or actions (e.g. generative adversarial networks (GANs)), the Anthropocene and new technologies for energy generation - *Generation as creativity:* pedagogy and the creation of generative spaces, generative frameworks, theories and methods for research, practices and techniques for generating art, language, and social relations - *Generation as hope:* regeneration, the next generation, techniques of conservation/preservation in the face of extinction/disaster/destruction *Confirmed keynote speakers*: *Anne Pollock* (King’s College London) Intergenerational Plenary: *Hana Burgess* (UoA), *Mythily Meher* (UoA), *Billy van Uitregt* (VUW) *Structure, cost and accessibility*: The workshop is a multi-sited, face-to-face event that will take place across four locations. Registration costs will vary depending on the events planned at each location: - Melbourne - Sydney - Darwin - Wellington We ask participants to apply to attend one of these face-to-face locations. All sites will take part in shared online keynote presentations. Each site will then host their own set of activities ranging from short presentations, workshops, and field trips. We endeavour to make all face-to-face venues accessible for our participants. Please do not hesitate to get in contact if you have any questions regarding accessibility requirements or have specific venue accessibility requests. All keynote events will be free and live-streamed for those who are unable to attend the workshop in-person. Details about cost will be shared in the coming months. AusSTS is committed to making these events affordable for all our participants, especially our HDRs and ECRs. *Submission guidelines:* This workshop departs from the traditional symposia format of long papers and short discussion. Participants can expect to present a short paper consisting of a question, problem, or provocation and take part in panel discussions and cross-disciplinary dialogues. We invite postgraduate and early career researchers (ECRs) from all disciplines and areas of expertise to apply, including life, environmental and materials science, social sciences and humanities, artists, social activists, and other practitioners. To apply, you will need to submit a proposal for *a 5-minute presentation* at the workshop on any topic that relates to the theme of ‘generation.’ Proposals must include a title, 250 word abstract, 5 keywords, and a short presenter bio. To submit a proposal complete the online application form *here* <https://forms.gle/SuHHb9uK6WLLBA8LA>. For more information visit: https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/ <https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/>

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Conference - Canadian Game Studies Association 2022 Conference
by Gerald Voorhees 24 May '22

24 May '22

Dear Colleagues, The fully online annual conference <https://gamestudies.ca/cgsa-2022/> of the Canadian Game Studies Association is happening soon. In line with our commitments to anti-racism and decolonization the conference theme is “ Action!” Recorded paper presentations can be accessed now and between May 31-June 3 there are live discussion panels with paper authors, workshops, and special events including keynotes by anti-imperialist narrative designer Meghna Jayanth (Horizon Zero Dawn, Sable, Thirsty Suitors) and self-proclaimed AfroGeek TreaAndrea M. Russworm (Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst). In all, the conference features 90+ papers from critical, humanities, and social-science approaches (see the online program <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/122KuSszq6iS7ycE03_6aLylsihTJE7U9qWN…> for more information and details about workshops, play sessions, and special events). With the online conference format, registration is free to CGSA members in good standing (though we are still accepting donations!). Student membership is only $15 CAD, faculty membership is only $60 CAD, and Black and/or Indigenous students can sign-up for free. You can become a member here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/209279579857>. We hope you’ll join us for an amazing online conference! Gerald ------------------------------ Gerald Voorhees, Ph.D. (he/him) Associate Professor Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies Department of Communication Arts University of Waterloo 257A ML, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1 ------------------------------ *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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