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Archival Reckonings: Asserting Queer and Trans Power in Information Environments
by Joe Edward Hatfield 21 Sep '21

21 Sep '21

*The Gender Studies Program at the University of Arkansas presents: * *"Archival Reckonings: Asserting Queer and Trans Power in Information Environments"* *A virtual lecture by Dr. KJ Rawson (Northeastern University), founder and director of the Digital Transgender Archive * *TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 at 6:00 PM (CST) * In 2016, the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) was launched to improve public access to documentations of people who have transgressed gender norms throughout history. Yet even as the DTA responds to archival absences, the project has revealed others, including the severe overrepresentation of white people in trans-related archival collections. In this talk, Dr. Rawson will discuss the ways that archival initiatives favor white people’s histories and, in many cases, advance white supremacy, even when they may be addressing other representational inequalities. He will then turn to several examples of cutting-edge projects that are doing transformational work to reveal archival biases, upend institutional power, and infuse queer, community-based language practices throughout diverse information environments. All are welcome to attend via Zoom. Feel free to forward this message to any potentially interested parties. ZOOM MEETING LINK: http://tinyurl.com/2944tfdw ZOOM MEETING ID: 859 7430 5644 PASSWORD: UARK!kjr21 (the password is case-sensitive) QUESTIONS? Contact Dr. Joe E. Hatfield jeh058(a)uark.edu CO-SPONSORS: Department of Communication; Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education; University of Arkansas Libraries; University of Arkansas Humanities Center; The Brown Chair in English Literacy Initiative

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WEBCAST SEP 20-SEP 22: Caribbean Telecommunications Union ICT Week 2021
by Joly MacFie 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

This has kicked off. Today's agenda: 13:30 Opening Remarks & Welcome to New Members - Mr. Rodney Taylor, Secretary General, CTU 13:20 Keynote Address: Regional Imperatives for Accelerating Digital Transformation Post COVID-19 - Mr. John Curran, Chief Executive Officer, ARIN 13:30 Cultural Interlude – Saxophonist - Mr. Arturo Tappin, Barbados 13:35 Accelerating 21st Century Government Post COVID-19: Digital Responses to COVID-19 Challenges - Mr. Gary Kalloo, ICT Policy Consultant, CTU Digital ID Implementation for CARICOM - Mr. Junior Mc Intyre, ICT Consultant, CTU 13:50 Caribbean Internet Governance Forum 17 - Mr. Nigel Cassimire, Telecommunications Specialist, CTU 14:00 World Telecommunication Development Conference 2021 (WTDC21): Review of Regional Priorities - Mr. Rodney Taylor, CTU 14:10 Caribbean Spectrum Management Update - Mr. Nigel Cassimire, CTU 14:25 Caribbean Video Assistance Service - Mr. Trevor Prevatt, Consultant, CTU [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CTUICTWeek2021> On *Monday 20 September - Friday 24 September, 2021* the *Caribbean Telecommunications Union <https://ctu.int/>* hosts *CTU ICT Week 2021 <https://ctu.int/event/ict-week-september-2021/>* with the theme '*Regional Imperatives for Digital Transformation Post COVID-19*'. There have been many COVID-19 success stories at the national level within CARICOM Member States, including digital platforms to manage testing, vaccination programmes, and travel. ICT Week presents an opportunity for Caribbean countries to learn from each other regarding what has worked well, and what opportunities exist to share knowledge and build capacity regionally. This is particularly important as regional governments seek to create a travel “bubble” within CARICOM that would facilitate easy and safe movement within the Single Space. *Two public sessions will be livestreamed.* (all times AST = UTC-4) *Monday 20th September 2021, 1:30pm-4:00pm – Joint Meeting of 43rd Executive Council(EC43) + 24th General Conference of Ministers (GC24) <https://ctu.int/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/EC43Joint-Meeting-Agenda.pdf>* This session will feature presentations of the projects and initiatives of the CTU Secretariat and Members. *Wednesday 22nd September 2021, 9:00am -3:30pm – 17th Ministerial Seminar <https://ctu.int/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ministerial-Seminar-v21.09.07.pdf>* This session will feature presentations by various ICT industry leaders and is designed to bring policy-makers up to speed with new and emerging technology trends that may require public policy interventions. *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CTUICTWeek2021 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CTUICTWeek2021>* *FULL AGENDA https://ctu.int/event/ict-week-september-2021/#tab-2 <https://ctu.int/event/ict-week-september-2021/#tab-2>* *PARTICIPATION https://events.hubilo.com/ict-week/register <https://events.hubilo.com/ict-week/register>* *TWITTER #CTUICTWeek2021 <http://bit.ly/CTUICTWeek2021> @TheCtunion* *SIMULCASTS* *http://bit.ly/CTUICTWeeklive* <http://bit.ly/CTUICTWeeklive>(CTU YouTube) *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/>* *https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion <https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanTelecommunicationsUnion>* *https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean <https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/CTUICTWeek2021 <https://archive.org/details/CTUICTWeek2021>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14508/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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1-year postdoc for ethnography of cybersecurity, Warwick, UK
by nathaniel tkacz 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

In brief: Vacancy Type/Job category Research Only Department Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies Salary £31,406 - £40,927 per annum Location University of Warwick, Coventry Vacancy Overview Full time, fixed term contract for 12 months. We are seeking to appoint a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow for 12 months commencing January 2022. You will be employed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow as part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship funded project “Scaling Trust: An Anthropology of Cyber Security”, based at the University of Warwick’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies. The post-holder will be working in close cooperation with the PI Dr Matt Spencer. The post-holder should expect both to travel for research and to attend regular team meetings/events on campus. Full details here: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTg3OTM2MCZ2dF90…

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Overview CAMRI Seminars (University of Westminster) - Autumn term
by camrievent 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

 [Re-sending this as there was a problem with one of the links] Please join us at the CAMRI Research Seminars planned for this term. Time: Thursdays, 17:00-19:00 Location: Online event - Zoom Meeting Registration: All seminars are free, but we kindly ask you to register using the links below. Thursday, 7 October 2021 Gavin Mueller (University of Amsterdam) - Breaking Things at Work https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-things-at-work-tickets-170527897532 Thursday, 28 October 2021 Benedetta Brevini (University of Sydney) - Is AI Good for the Planet? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-good-for-the-planet-tickets-1705283087… Thursday, 25 November 2021 Taina Bucher (University of Oslo) - Facebook https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/facebook-tickets-172310093127 Thursday, 9 December 2021 Matthew Flisfeder (University of Winnipeg) - Algorithmic Desire and the Ideology of Twenty-First Century Capitalism https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorithmic-desire-and-the-ideology-of-twent… The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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Future Digileaders 2021 at Digital Futures - Call for participation
by Airi Lampinen 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

Dear all, I am writing to bring to your attention Future Digileaders ( https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/news/future-digileaders/) an event for early career researchers interested in the broad area of digitalisation, who are women or non-binary. The event consists of a career workshop with talks, panels, and sincere discussions. We will cover professional development, and provide opportunities to meet inspiring role models and to network with each other. This year, its third edition will be held fully online on October 19, 13:00 to 18:00 (CET). I kindly ask you to encourage senior PhD students, postdocs, and even fresh assistant professors in your circles to apply (deadline: September 30). You can find more details on the event website (including eligibility criteria), but please let me know if you would like to hear more about it. Best wishes and have a nice week, Airi, on behalf of the Future Digileaders 2021 Organising Committee (Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Airi Lampinen, Asreen Rostami, Fatemeh Rahimian, Yvonne Stürz, Stacy Vallis, and Claudia Núñez-Pacheco) -- Airi Lampinen Associate Professor (Docent) Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) Stockholm University airi(a)dsv.su.se | @airi_ | airilampinen.fi Weekly newsletter: tinyletter.com/airi_/

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Call For Abstract Proposals
by Kathleen Paciga 18 Sep '21

18 Sep '21

>From the Cradle to the Classroom: Teaching Media While Raising Kids in a Media Saturated World Penny Dreadfuls, comic books, radio serials, teen magazines, television, movies, D&D, MTV, rap music, video games, the Internet, social media...From the moment media industries began specifically targeting children and teens, parents have been bombarded with warnings and guidelines about how to manage media’s role in their kids’ everyday lives. Each new format seems to trigger extensive studies and reports, often with conflicting information and advice for parents. As content spreads across a multitude of devices and an array of media forms, it’s perhaps unsurprising that these concerns have only escalated. Parents now grapple not just with content but with how their kids (1) access that content and (2) even create and distribute their own media. And in 2020 and 2021, as many kids and parents spent the Coronavirus pandemic shuttered in their homes, the worlds of school, work and home blurred; the roles, limits, and uses for media and devices muddied even further. Much of the mainstream literature discussing children’s media use sets aside the lived realities of parents, focusing primarily on limitations. For example, the American Academy of Pediatrics intermittently updates their guidelines, but they often run in opposition to recommendations of pediatric ophthalmologists or behavioral therapists ( https://www.pathwaypeds.com/american-academy-of-pediatrics-announces-new-re…) It is rare to hear from media scholars and researchers who are themselves parents, explicitly foregrounding how their dual roles intersect. We hope to use this opportunity to engender such a discussion among media scholar parents. This proposed book project will take the form of an augmented anthology, with the author-editors writing structured chapters into which shorter pieces written by other scholar-parents will be placed and addressed. What issues face us as parents today in terms of our children's media use? How does being a media scholar filter how we approach our children's use of media and vice versa? How are we struggling just like everyone else to understand, control, and cultivate our kids’ media engagement? We invite media scholar parents to submit abstract proposals for contributions to an edited volume that will examine kids and media through the lens of this doubled position. A primary goal of this anthology is to reach beyond the circles of academia, so we are looking for short think pieces (1,000-2,000 words) that avoid jargon and that keep the direct use of theory to a minimum. Think “theory light.” These pieces should reflect your personality as well, and be written in an open and approachable manner. (Examples of such writing include Susan Douglas’ Where the Girls Are and The Rise of Enlightened Sexism, Peggy Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Kim Brooks’ Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear, and Mary Dalton and Laura Linder’s Screen Lessons.) We welcome any ideas that could take alternate forms (e.g. comic strips, 2D or 3D art, doodles, poems, etc.) as well, and we encourage a broad array of topics. For this volume “children” range in age from infants to teens. Possible questions to consider include but are not limited to: - Despite your role as a media scholar, do you still view media as an obstacle you must "parent through?" - How has media has helped you parent better or smarter? - How has the pandemic or your child’s own personal health, learning, or behavioral challenges put a wrinkle in how you approached media consumption or creation? - How does media factor into how your children learn about structures of race and racism, gender and sexuality, class and other socio-cultural lived realities? How do you use—or avoid—media when it comes to related socio-cultural issues? - How do you weigh the potential risks and rewards of media in your children’s lives? - In what ways have your children voiced their own desires regarding media use and how did you work through that dialogue? - In what ways has your job as a media scholar caused conflict between you and other parents when it came to media use? - Has having children directly impacted the way your write about or research media? For this volume, media is broadly and inclusively conceptualized: - Media consumption or production via YouTube, Tik Tok, and social media - Device culture (tablets, cell phones, laptops, computers, TV, video game platforms) - Video games, movies, TV shows, educational media, news - Streaming platforms, cable, broadcast - Media safety in multiplayer environments - Talking toys and AI objects - Marketing and advertising to kids and/or to parents - Media in schools, along with media literacy education Important Dates - CALL FOR ABSTRACT PROPOSALS: November 15, 2021 - DECISIONS ON ABSTRACT PROPOSALS: January 31, 2022 - FULL PAPER SUBMISSIONS: June 15, 2022 Please send 250-word abstract proposals with the submission form, attached or linked here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q0_MAvBMvIYwAWNiqcoY4npK0NgacmAp/view?usp=…>, by November 15, 2021 to the three editors of the volume. -- *Katie A. Paciga, PhD* Associate Professor of Education *Columbia College Chicago* <https://colum.academia.edu/KathleenPaciga> <http://katiepaciga.blogspot.com>

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Keynote at SIGDOC 2021 Conference
by Luke Thominet 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Dear Colleagues, We're pleased to announce the first keynote at the SIGDOC 2021 conference: Progress, Promise, and Perils in User Experience: A Midterm Report Card by Russell J. Branaghan. Dr. Branaghan is President of Research Collective, a Human Factors and User Experience (UX) consulting firm and laboratory in Tempe, AZ, and Professor Emeritus of Human Systems Engineering and UX at Arizona State University (ASU). In his keynote, Dr. Branaghan will discuss the transdisciplinary roots of UX in the 1982 ACM SIGCHI (Computer-Human Interaction) conference, the progress that UX has made in the past four decades, and changes we need to make to achieve our potential. More information about Dr. Branaghan's keynote<https://sigdoc.acm.org/conference/2021/keynote-by-russell-j-branaghan/> can be found on the SIGDOC 2021 website. Registration<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sigdoc.acm.org/conference/2021/registrat…> for SIGDOC 2021 is now open. We're looking forward to seeing you at the conference on October 12-14! Best, Luke Thominet SIGDOC Communications Manager

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Overview CAMRI Seminars (University of Westminster) - Autumn term
by camrievent 17 Sep '21

17 Sep '21

Please join us at the CAMRI Research Seminars planned for this term. Time: Thursdays, 17:00-19:00 (UK time) Location: Online event - Zoom Meeting Registration: All seminars are free, but we kindly ask you to register using the links below. Thursday, 7 October 2021 Gavin Mueller (University of Amsterdam) - Breaking Things at Work https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-things-at-work-tickets-170527897532 Thursday, 28 October 2021 Benedetta Brevini (University of Sydney) - Is AI Good for the Planet? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-good-for-the-planet-tickets-1705283087… Thursday, 25 November 2021 Taina Bucher (University of Oslo) - Facebook https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/facebook-tickets-172310093127 Thursday, 9 December 2021 Matthew Flisfeder (University of Winnipeg) - Algorithmic Desire and the Ideology of Twenty-First Century Capitalism https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorithmic-desire-and-the-ideology-of-twent… The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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M/C Journal CFP 'Conspiracy'
by Naomi Smith 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased announce a special issue on "Conspiracy" in M/C Journal. If there's something you're working on that you'd like to submit a tight 3K article on, we'll be keen to receive your 100-250w abstract and author bio. If you can submit your abstract to us by 30th September, we'll be inviting authors whose work aligns with the CFP to an online workshop to build engagement with these works and develop a research network around this topic. The full CFP is below. 'conspiracy' Conspiracies have assumed broad cultural and political resonance over the last century (Butter and Knight). While often framed as an American problem (Melley), social media has contributed to their global reach (Gerts et al.). Bruns, Harrington, and Hurcombe have traced the contemporary movement of conspiracy theories into the cultural mainstream. They identify the networked and cross-platform nature of conspiracy theory movement from fringe conspiracist groups on social media platforms such as Facebook through their greater uptake in more diverse communities and to substantial amplification by celebrities, sports stars, and media outlets. Consequently, conspiracy theories that were once the product of subcultural groups, have increasingly mixed into popular and authoritative media (Marwick and Lewis) and entertainment (Hyzen and Van den Bulck; Van den Bulck and Hyzen). The illusion of neat segmentation between the sites of conspiracy theorising and the mainstream media has vanished. As conspiracy theories push into the mainstream, they generate material engagement with government and social institutions as demonstrated in the 6 January 2021 storming of the US Capitol (Moskalenko and McCauley) and the COVID-19 pandemic (Baker, Wade, and Walsh). While conspiracies flourish online, this issue also aims to highlight the affective and aesthetic dimensions of conspiracy theories; including how the sensory and affective capacities of the body work alongside seemingly ‘rational’ informational practices and platform logics. This issue welcomes submissions on four broad themes: - Theorising conspiracy in digital contexts - Methodological approaches to conspiracy research in digital contexts - Contemporary conspiracies that span the body and digital environments - The consequences of digital conspiracies Prospective contributors should email an abstract of 100-250 words and a brief biography to the issue editors. Abstracts should include the article title and should describe your research question, approach, and argument. Biographies should be about three sentences (maximum 75 words) and should include your institutional affiliation and research interests. Articles should be 3000 words (plus bibliography). All articles will be double-blind refereed and must adhere to MLA style (6th edition). *Details* - Article deadline: 7 Jan. 2022 - Release date: 9 Mar. 2022 - Editors: Alexia Maddox, Stephanie Baker, Naomi Smith, and Clare Southerton Please submit articles through the M/C Journal website ( https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/information/author… ) Send any enquiries to conspiracy(a)journal.media-culture.org.au. Naomi Smith (with Alexia, Clare and Stephanie) Lecturer in Sociology | School of Arts Federation University Australia Office 221| Building 1E | Gippsland Campus PO Box 3191 Gippsland VIC 3841

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WEBCAST TODAY: Measuring the Internet in Africa Project (MIRA) Quarterly Update
by Joly MacFie 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

AFRINIC are hosting today's meeting, a MIRA progress report. English only this time round. ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 16 September 2021 at 13:00 UTC the Measuring the Internet in Africa (MIRA) project will hold its first quarterly update meeting. The project uses Internet measurements gathered by measurement devices called MIRA pods, which are located within " [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/miraupdate1>On *Thursday 16 September 2021* at *13:00 UTC* the *Measuring the Internet in Africa (MIRA) project <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/resilience>* will hold its *first quarterly update <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/6220>* meeting. The project uses Internet measurements gathered by measurement devices called MIRA pods, which are located within African countries, to 1) Determine levels of Internet resilience in African countries over time by recording specific metrics, including throughput and latency (the time it takes to reach various Internet destinations); 2) Increase the number of Internet measurement vantage points in Africa, i.e., the places from which measurements are taken; 3) Make the data available to everyone, everywhere on the *Internet Society’s Pulse platform <https://pulse.internetsociety.org>*. During this one hour webinar, topics include: The MIRA Internet Resilience Index; MIRA Pods deployment and hosting; MIRA Pods data visualization MIRA is a joint initiative between *African Network Information Centre <http://www.afrinic.org/>* (AFRINIC) and the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/>*. *SPEAKERS* *Arthur Carindal*, AFRINIC *Simon Seruyinda*, AFRINIC *Kevin Chege*, Internet Society *Amreesh Phokeer*, Internet Society *Dieudonne Munganga*, Researcher *Henok Sisay*, Researcher *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/miraupdate1 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/miraupdate1>* *AGENDA https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/6220 <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/6220>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3lvKlYW <https://bit.ly/3lvKlYW>* (ENGLISH ONLY) *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3Cghi2h <https://bit.ly/3Cghi2h>* *TWITTER #InternetResilience <https://twitter.com/hashtag/InternetResilience?src=hashtag_click> @isoc_pulse @afrinic @isoc_africa @InternetSociety* *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) *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/miraupdate1 <https://archive.org/details/miraupdate1>* *IMAGE: Gerd Altmann <https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/> from Pixabay* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14534/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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