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Last days for abstract submission to the NZ Discourse Conference, 10-11 December, 2021
by Philippa Smith 28 Jul '21

28 Jul '21

Apologies for cross posting - but a reminder below from the NZDC co-convenor, Assoc Prof Donald Matheson, that the deadline for abstract submissions to the New Zealand Discourse Conference | Korerorero Aotearoa, closes at the end of the day on 2 August, 2021. There are some great keynotes (see below), including Angela Moewaka Barnes from the Whariki Research Centre at Massey, NZ. We’ve kept registration costs as low as possible, starting at NZ $60, to make the event accessible to all. Regards Philippa Smith 8th New Zealand Discourse Conference (NZDC8) Location: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand and virtually via Zoom Dates: 10-11 December 2021 https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/nzdc8/ Call for papers The New Zealand Discourse Conference is a biennial event which brings together scholars working in a range of fields who study some form of discourse or use discourse analysis to understand other phenomena. The conference welcomes contributions that consider discourse and interaction in a variety of contexts, including interpersonal talk, institutional settings, organisational communication, mediated communication, as well as policy, political and cultural lenses on discourse. The conference welcomes diversity in theoretical and analytical approaches. Suggested areas of interest include: Political discourse Communication in bicultural and multicultural contexts Discourse and identity Language, gender and sexuality Leadership discourse Corpus approaches to discourse analysis Multimodal discourse analysis Narrative, stance and positioning Life stories Media discourse Interpretive discourses Discursive tensions and conflict Digitisation and discourse Plenary speakers include: Dr Angela Moewaka Barnes, Massey University, NZ https://shoreandwhariki.ac.nz/angela-barnes Prof Gail Fairhurst, University of Cincinnati, USA https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/fairhug Prof Monica Heller, University of Toronto, Canada https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/sje/People/1615/Monica_Heller.html Dr Majid KhosraviNik, Newcastle University, UK https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/people/profile/majidkhosravinik.html Deadline for abstracts and panel proposals: 5pm NZT, 2 August 2021 Decision on acceptance: Monday 12 September 2021 All abstracts will be blind peer-reviewed and must be between 750 and 1000 words. A selection will be invited to submit full 7000 word papers for a special issue of Communication Research and Practice. Waged, attending in person: NZ$200 Student and unwaged, attending in person: NZ$95 Waged, attending virtually: NZ$110 Student and unwaged, attending virtually: $60 Further information and registration see https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/nzdc8/ Email: nzdc8(a)canterbury.ac.nz<mailto:nzdc8@canterbury.ac.nz> Format The conference will operate live during Aotearoa New Zealand day time, although sessions will be recorded and available afterwards. You can participate by attending in Christchurch or from your home town via Zoom. Plenary presentations will take place live. Other presentations (7-10 minutes long) should be recorded, but at least one presenter of each paper should attend their session in person or on Zoom. The conference will encourage discussion and provide time in each session for face-to-face questions and Zoom chat. At sites with multiple participants, we will help you gather and with providing morning and afternoon tea (according to what is possible while following good public health advice for the region). Because travel to Aotearoa New Zealand from outside the bubble with Australia is uncertain, we recommend international participants plan to take part remotely. In case of New Zealand entering Covid-19 level 3 or 4, the conference will move entirely online. Submission guidelines Please email abstracts of papers and proposals for panels to nzdc8(a)canterbury.ac.nz<mailto:nzdc8@canterbury.ac.nz>. Abstracts should be 750-1000 words in total. Please specify the area of your presentation and provide keywords to help us put together the sessions. Panel proposals should provide an overall justification of 300-500 words, name of chair/respondent and also specify how each participant will contribute (300 words per presenter). When proposing panels, please let us know the format you suggest would work best for the panel. Panels may be either face-to-face or Zoom-based. All abstract and panel proposals will be reviewed by our conference team and invited reviewers. Conference convenors Assoc Prof Donald Matheson donald.matheson(a)canterbury.ac.nz<mailto:donald.matheson@canterbury.ac.nz> Prof Colleen Mills colleen.mills(a)canterbury.ac.nz

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Defining Web 3.0 - sources inquiry
by kelly boudreau 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Hi, I am looking for relatively recent academic work (2017+) defining Web 3.0 Any help would be greatly appreciated! Kelly *________________________________________________* *Kelly Boudreau, PhD; **HEA Fellow* <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heaca…> Associate Professor, Interactive Media Theory & Design Purposeful Games Design Concentration Lead Curriculum Committee Chair Rm 1021, 717-901-5100, ext 1657 Harrisburg University of Science & Technology Harrisburg, PA. USA

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Feeding the Civic Imagination - CFP
by Paulina Lanz 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

*With apologies for cross-posting* I would like to share the CFP of a peer-reviewed forum that I thought could be of interest. Let me know if you have any questions! Paulina ___ Forum: Feeding the Civic Imagination! Abstract proposals of 200 words due July 30, 2021 (form <https://forms.gle/UNhrccsSG1dYU1QF7>) Completed submissions of 2,000 words due January 15, 2022 You stroll by a bakery. The door opens, spilling the smell of fresh bread onto the street. You cannot resist. Soon you hold a warm loaf in your hands. Your fingers scrape the flaky golden-brown crust <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stoPYwdPU-E>. Will you taste it or wait to share it? Will you be motivated to learn more about where this food came from? Will you be inspired to embark on your own baking adventure? Or, perhaps you stumble onto a cooking video on YouTube. Mesmerized, you watch spices sizzle before other ingredients are added to create a Punjabi-style cauliflower *sabji*. Before you know it, you are transported to another time and place, immersed in a memory of a meal shared many years ago. In an instant, the past collides with the present, inviting you to weave together the sprawling connections that are revealed. Food can nourish and inspire us. Food can be used to shame us. Food can connect us to each other. Food can divide us. Food can remind us of the past. It can also inspire us to think about the future, to imagine culinary possibilities, even as we encounter real world constraints, tensions, and challenges. With a mindfulness towards how food has historically often been used in framing racist, gendered, ableist, fatphobic, heteropatriarchal, colonialist, and ethnonationalist imaginings of civic participation, we aim to channel our collective energies and shared emotions in relation to food to pave the way for tangible social change. It’s not about choosing one food item over another. It’s about reaffirming and challenging our beliefs in the power of food to protect our rights and fight for justice. It’s about charting paths through the creative, ambivalent, or painful ways that food shows up in our lives. How can we imagine more just and inclusive ways to involve food in civic imagining? Help us explore these connections! This is a call to practitioners, artists, community leaders, scholars, and others who want to share their lived and observed experiences with baking, cooking, and eating as a shared, emotional, critical, challenging, creative, civic, even nostalgic experience. We invite you to contribute to a *Lateral* Forum focused on food and civic imagination, curated by the Civic Paths Group <https://civicpaths.uscannenberg.org/> at the University of Southern California. The Civic Paths Group explores continuities between online participatory culture and civic engagement through outreach, creative work, popular culture, storytelling, research, and academic inquiry. We define *civic imagination* as the capacity to imagine alternatives to current cultural, social, political, or economic conditions; one cannot change the world unless one can imagine what a better world might look like. Civic Imagination is the foundation of a greater process in which members of a society come together to share their memories and future change they want to see in their world. We think of imagination as a force with power, and collective imaginations as civic arenas where serious issues can be explored, critiqued, and aspirational futures can be crafted through, among other things, eating, cooking, and baking. Whether it is cooking a recipe passed down over generations, fighting food injustice, valuing the fleeting experience of a shared meal, relearning how we relate to what we eat, exploring a flavor combination learned over YouTube, or deepening the connections we make by sharing our bakes on social media in the midst of a pandemic lockdown, food has the power to connect, challenge, and inspire us. For this *Lateral* Forum, we welcome contributions focusing on different dimensions of the relationships (emergent and long standing) between appreciating and questioning food, cooking, baking, imagination, and memory. Some questions of special interest include: - How does food inspire or stifle an inclusive imagination? How can we encourage ways to involve food in civic imagination and debates on justice? - How can we inspire our shared imagination as we prepare meals, serve dishes and eat what we made? How does food connect with our memories and aspirations? - How can the media and popular culture support food and civic imagination? What are the opportunities? What are the challenges? How to reckon with the history and heritage of the food we fuse? - How do we connect imagination, cooking, and political meaning? - How can we confront the structural barriers and limitations around food justice, that go beyond a poor food system onto the legacies of settler colonialism? - How can we resist and imagine alternatives to (racist, sexist, ableist) power structures that dictate who and which bodies are “allowed” to interact with foods? - What has the pandemic taught us about food and framing the imagination? What examples and approaches need to be documented at this moment in time? - How can we cook with civic imagination? What are the “recipes” that could guide us? - How do we want cooking practices to look like in the future? We aim to create a space for these conversations around food and the civic imagination. We are open to experiences, case studies, annotated recipes, or critical short pieces that provoke thought and reflection. Written submissions should adhere to the 2,000 word limit. Media-rich and interactive pieces that make use of *Lateral* as an open-access, web-based platform will be scoped on a case-by-case basis. To Potential Authors Please submit a 200-word description of your piece, the media you plan to use, and a brief 50-word bio by filling out this form <https://forms.gle/UNhrccsSG1dYU1QF7> before July 30, 2021 to be considered for publication. Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors by September 30, 2021. Completed submissions will be expected on January 15, 2022. All submissions will undergo a double-anonymous peer review process according to journal policies. *-* *Paulina Lanz* Doctoral Candidate | *USC* Annenberg Organizer | *Critical Mediations <http://criticalmediations.org/>* she/her/hers

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Position opening, University of Illinois Chicago - Gaming studies, human augmentics and AI
by Jones, Steve 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

GAMING STUDIES, HUMAN AUGMENTICS AND AI The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track position in Gaming Studies, Human Augmentics and AI. The position focuses on gaming, game studies, mobile interfaces, wearable technology/smartwear and interfaces of the future. Emphasis is placed on technologies that are prevalent now and on the ability to work with AR/VR interfaces that may dominate future media ecology. Parallel/complementary areas of emphasis include the politics of AI, algorithmic bias, augmented and virtual systems of representation, human machine communication (HMC), human augmentics, and sentient technologies/robotics. The candidate will have earned a doctorate in Communication or a related field, will demonstrate strong promise of scholarly achievement and teaching success (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) appropriate for appointment as Assistant Professor, will show good prospects for external research funding, and will demonstrate commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship. UIC is a Carnegie Research Extensive University (Research I), is the largest institution of higher education in the Chicago area, is in the top 50 U.S. universities in federal research funding, and is among the top 200 universities in the world. Recently ranked in the top 50 worldwide, the Department of Communication at UIC focuses on New Media, and offers a BA, MA and PhD with emphasis in: social media + social networks political communication mass media + journalism studies cultural studies gaming + game studies intercultural communication mobile media health communication policy + platform politics science + technology studies human augmentics social computational sciences Located in the heart of Chicago, we collaborate with the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory, the pre-eminent virtual reality and high-speed networking research site. The Department is the birthplace and current home of New Media and Society, the leading journal in the field, and the only department to host three leading journals: Mobile Media and Communication and the open access and free journal, Social Media & Society in addition to NMS. The desired appointment date for the position is August 16, 2022, subject to budgetary approval. Electronic applications accepted only. Interested parties should complete the on-line application and submit a letter of interest, a full curriculum vitae, samples of relevant scholarly publications, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and names of and contact information for three references at https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=149814 Review of applications will commence September 15, 2021. Applications received by then will receive full consideration. The search will proceed until the position is filled. The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity and is particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, see the HR website.

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Position opening, University of Illinois Chicago - Technology, information literacy and wellbeing
by Jones, Steve 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

ΤECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION LITERACY AND WELLBEING The Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago invites applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track position in Technology, Information Literacy and Wellbeing. The position focuses on technology and its relation to toxicity, cultures of information and misinformation, literacy, and the promotion of wellbeing in everyday uses of technology. Secondary/parallel areas of emphasis include misinformation/disinformation, social computational studies, digital cultures of inclusion, exclusion and marginalization. The candidate will have earned a doctorate in Communication or a related field, will demonstrate strong promise of scholarly achievement and teaching success (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) appropriate for appointment as Assistant Professor, will show good prospects for external research funding, and will demonstrate commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship. UIC is a Carnegie Research Extensive University (Research I), is the largest institution of higher education in the Chicago area, is in the top 50 U.S. universities in federal research funding, and is among the top 200 universities in the world. Recently ranked in the top 50 worldwide, the Department of Communication at UIC focuses on New Media, and offers a BA, MA and PhD with emphasis in: social media + social networks political communication mass media + journalism studies cultural studies gaming + game studies intercultural communication mobile media health communication policy + platform politics science + technology studies human augmentics social computational sciences Located in the heart of Chicago, we collaborate with the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory, the pre-eminent virtual reality and high-speed networking research site. The Department is the birthplace and current home of New Media and Society, the leading journal in the field, and the only department to host three leading journals: Mobile Media and Communication and the open access and free journal, Social Media & Society in addition to NMS. The desired appointment date for the position is August 16, 2022, subject to budgetary approval. Electronic applications accepted only. Interested parties should complete the on-line application and submit a letter of interest, a full curriculum vitae, samples of relevant scholarly publications, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and names of and contact information for three references at https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=149805 Review of applications will commence September 15, 2021. Applications received by then will receive full consideration. The search will proceed until the position is filled. The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity and is particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, see the HR website.

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WEBCAST TODAY: Training and eLearning: Presentation of the Internet Society New Learning Platform / Formation et apprentissage en ligne : Présentation de la Internet Society nouvelle plateforme d’apprentissage
by Joly MacFie 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

As I understand it, this is a complete fresh generation of ISOC's eLearning platform. very exciting! One aspect is a more comprehensive approach to accessibility. Si je comprends bien, il s'agit d'une nouvelle génération complète de la plate-forme d'apprentissage en ligne de l'ISOC. très excitant! Un aspect est une approche plus globale de l'accessibilité. ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday July 27 2021 at 13:00-14:30 UTC the Internet Society hosts ' Training and eLearning: Presentation of the Internet Society New Learning Platform'. The session will include a presentation of "Learning @ Internet Society" and current online cours" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-elearning>On *Tuesday July 27 2021* at *13:00-14:30 UTC* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>* hosts ' *Training and eLearning: Presentation of the Internet Society New Learning Platform <https://bit.ly/3wHVHwM>*'. The session will include a presentation of "*Learning @ Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/learning/>*" and current online courses, plus a demo of the new Learning Management System (LMS). [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/isoc-elearning>Le *mardi 27 juillet 2021* de *13h00 à 14h30 UTC*, l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/regions/afrique/>* accueille « *Formation et apprentissage en ligne : présentation de la nouvelle plate-forme d'apprentissage de l'Internet Society <https://bit.ly/3wHVHwM>* ». La session comprendra une présentation de « *Learning @ Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/learning/>* » et des cours en ligne actuels, ainsi qu'une démonstration du nouveau système de gestion de l'apprentissage (LMS). *SPEAKERS / PRÉSENTATEURS* *Dr. Dawit Bekele*, Regional Vice President, Africa, Internet Society *Ronda Železný-Green, PhD*, Global Head, Training and e-Learning, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-elearning <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-elearning> *(ENGLISH) (captions) *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/isoc-elearning <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/isoc-elearning>* (FRANÇAISE) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3wHVHwM <https://bit.ly/3wHVHwM> * (EN/FR) (EN captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC> (English)* *TWITTER #elearning @InternetSociety <https://bit.ly/2VTTqSx> @ISOC_Africa @Dawit_bekele @rondaz_g* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <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/> * *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isoc-elearning <https://archive.org/details/isoc-elearning>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14326/ -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Job opening at the Center for Democracy & Technology: Research Fellow
by Dhanaraj Thakur 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Hello everyone, We have a job opening at the Center for Democracy & Technology <https://cdt.org/> for another Research Fellow <https://cdt.org/job/cdt-research-fellow/> to work on several projects including for example on meaningful transparency on social networking services, automated content moderation, or recommender systems and media pluralism. This is a great opportunity to use research to inform policy advocacy efforts in the US and EU. Please share with relevant colleagues. I am also happy to answer questions from interested applicants. This is a one-year full-time Fellowship, with the possibility of renewal for another year based on performance and availability of funds. Funding is available for approved research expenses associated with the Fellow’s project. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and interested persons are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The position is based at CDT’s Washington, DC office, with some allowance for remote work. Further details and application instructions are here <https://cdt.org/job/cdt-research-fellow/>. thanks, Dhanaraj -- *Dhanaraj Thakur* (he/him) | Research Director Center for Democracy & Technology |*cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>* *E:* dthakur(a)cdt.org <mailto:dthakur@cdt.org> | *P:* +1 202 407 8849 | @thakurdhanaraj

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Study about love representation and physical attractiveness
by Isabel Helm 26 Jul '21

26 Jul '21

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a nice weekend. The iScience team of the University of Konstanz is currently investigating about love representation and physical attractiveness involving people from all over the world. We would really appreciate if you could spend a few minutes to answer the survey. It only takes about 15 minutes. Here is the link to the study: https://uwr.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_26pEImUU4x6fjAW?res=457&Q_lang=EN Thank you so much! Isabel Helm

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Launching studies on digital labour - Platforms, Power, and Politics [28 July 2021]
by Ambika Tandon 26 Jul '21

26 Jul '21

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I'm writing to invite you to a launch event on 'Platforms, Power and Politics: Digital Labour in India' being hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS). The event will launch studies on digital labour in India in three dominant industries: logistics, transportation, and domestic and care work. The studies were undertaken by researchers (currently and previously) hosted at CIS: Aayush Rathi, Ambika Tandon, Anushree Gupta, Noopur Raval, Sarah Zia, and Simiran Lalvani. Using deep ethnographic work, each of the studies highlights contours of power, control, and resistance that shape the experience and outcomes of working for digital platforms. Through the presentations and discussions that follow, we hope to unpack strategies for holding platforms accountable, and implications for platform and policy design. The concept note for the event and a reading list are available here: https://cis-india.org/raw/platforms-power-and-politics-digital-labour-in-in… Date: July 28, 2021 Time: 5pm - 6.45pm IST (11.30am-1.15pm UTC) Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dK1i_pvXSTSXS2gNq80qFA We hope you are able to join us at the launch event, and look forward to seeing you there. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Thanks and regards, Ambika -- Ambika Tandon Senior Researcher The Centre for Internet and Society

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WEBCAST TODAY: ISOC TT Conversations with… Mr Robindranath Maharaj, the Director of Networks Operations at Liberty Latin America (LLA)
by Joly MacFie 22 Jul '21

22 Jul '21

The second of today's ISOC TT webcasts will definitely be live! And has a livewire guest! [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoctt7>Today, *Thursday July 22nd 2021*, at *7pm AST* (23:00 UTC) the *Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Chapter <https://isoc.tt/>* presents '*Conversations with... Mr Robindranath Maharaj, the Director of Networks Operations at Liberty Latin America (LLA)* <http://t.ly/wjPq>'. In the 7th instalment of the “*Conversations with… <https://bit.ly/3pGTxLL>*” webinar series, guest* Robindranath Maharaj* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinmaharaj/> will be addressing the role telecom plays for students and businesses during the pandemic. Moderators: *Kevon Swift* and *Jacqueline Morris* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoctt7 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoctt7>* *PARTICIPATE VIA TEAMS http://t.ly/wjPq <http://t.ly/wjPq>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3iBLEUL <https://bit.ly/3iBLEUL>* *TWITTER @isoctt #conversationswith <https://bit.ly/3pGTxLL> @robsvenom @libertylatam @swiffay @triniwebdiva* *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/groups/ISOCTT/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ISOCTT/>* *https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean <https://www.facebook.com/NetGovCaribbean>* *http://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <http://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isoctt7 <https://archive.org/details/isoctt7>* *Permalink*: https://isoc.live/14369/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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