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Theorizing the Web Presents: Surveillance of Black Lives
by Tetyana Lokot 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

Dear AoIR Community, As you may have heard, due to the continued impact of Covid-19, we’ve made the hard decision to cancel Theorizing the Web 2020 at the Museum of the Moving Image on October 16 & 17. As much as we’d wanted to celebrate 10 years of Theorizing the Web in person, we owe it to you and to all of our communities not to risk facilitating the spread of the novel coronavirus. That said, we haven’t given up: Although there won’t be an in-person conference this year, we’ve come up with something that we hope can fill the TtW-shaped hole in your hearts and minds. We’re excited to announce *TtW Presents <https://theorizingtheweb.org/p2020/>*, our new online discussion series! TtW Presents will feature live video discussions in partnership with the Museum of the Moving Image. Some of these talks will be in the style of our evening keynotes, while others will be more like our daytime sessions. To kick off *TtW Presents*, we’re launching with a powerful and timely dialogue: *Dr. Allissa Richardson <https://annenberg.usc.edu/faculty/allissa-v-richardson>* and *Mutale Nkonde <https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/mutale-nkonde>* will discuss the layered and multifaceted impact of surveillance on Black people in the context of the Movement for Black Lives and the Covid-19 pandemic. Moderated by TtW Committee member *Dr. Apryl Williams <https://aprylwilliams.com/>*, this talk will demonstrate how facial recognition systems used in policing; tracing software associated with the pandemic; and Black death imagery have created a treacherous techno-mediascape that extends both state matrices of power and systems of racialized, anti-Black oppression in the United States. This discussion will take place on *Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 7PM EDT* and will stream live both on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYaJQAhUEM4>and on Zoom. A recording will be available on our website <https://theorizingtheweb.org/p/p2020/video-2/>. You can sign up here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVpv43z_TH9YDdj6ZZp0t9-IjlXCPq70I…> to receive the Zoom link and reminders about future episodes of TtW Presents. We also welcome the TtW Presents audience to hang out and discuss the talks in our new Discord! You can join through this link <https://discord.gg/4RkEDfK>. We hope to see you there! Cheers, Tanya Lokot (on behalf of the TtW Committee)

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Talk: Louise Amoore and Nick Seaver discuss Cloud Ethics
by nathaniel tkacz 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

Monday 20th July, 4-5pm BST (London Time) The Centre for Digital Inquiry at the University of Warwick will host a discussion between anthropologist Nick Seaver and political geographer Louise Amoore about Amoore's new book Cloud Ethics: Algorithms and the Attributes of Ourselves and Others. The talk will be streamed. Register here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cdi/ Tw: @digital_inquiry Regards, Nate Tkacz

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Call: “Engels@200: Friedrich Engels in the Age of Digital Capitalism” tripleC special issue edited by Christian Fuchs
by Christian Fuchs 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

Call for Abstracts/Papers: tripleC special issue: “Engels@200: Friedrich Engels in the Age of Digital Capitalism” Edited by Christian Fuchs Deadline for abstract submission: August 7, 2020 https://triple-c.at/public/site/images/Engels%40200_CfP.pdf https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/38 November 28, 2020, marks the 200th birthday of Friedrich Engels. The journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critque (http://www.triple-c.at) celebrates Engels’ birthday with a special issue, in which critical theorists reflect on the relevance of Engels’ works for the analysis of digital and communicative capitalism. The special issue’s contributions shall provide perspectives that address the question: How do Friedrich Engels’ works matter for the critical analysis of digital and communicative capitalism? Contributions focus on single or several of Friedrich Engels’ works. Example questions that can, based on Engels, be treated in contributions include but are not limited to: - How do the digital conditions of the working class look like today? - What are digital working class struggles and how do they operate? - What is the role of reproductive labour, including digital housework and digital housewifisation, in digital capitalism? - What are Engels’ contributions to a Marxist-humanist critique of digital capitalism? - What is digital scientific socialism? - How can we make sense of digital utopias today? The contributions in this special issue will shed light on the relevance of Engels today for the critique of the political economy of communication and digital media, critical digital research, and critical media and communication studies. Schedule: Deadline for abstract submission: August 7, 2020 250 words, per e-mail to christian.fuchs(a)triple-c.at, please include a submission/article title, your name and contact, a 100-word short bio, and an abstract of 250 words and send the submission in a Word- or text-file. Acceptance decisions: until August 31, 2020 Submission of full reflection articles (maximum of 8,000 words, including all references, footnotes and tables): October 12, 2020 Online publication of the special issue: November 28, 2020 (= Friedrich Engels’ 200th birthday). Recommended Readings: Engels’ original works plus: Paul Blackledge. 2019. Friedrich Engels and Modern Social and Political Theory. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Gustav Mayer. 1935. Friedrich Engels. A Biography. London: Chapman & Hall. Janet Sayers, Mary Evans and Nanneke Redclift, eds. 1987. Engels Revisited. New Feminist Essays, eds. 37-56. London: Tavistock. Christopher J. Arthur, ed. 1996. Engels Today. A Centenary Appreciation. Basingstoke: Macmillan. -- Prof. Christian Fuchs Co-Editor of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique http://www.triple-c.at @fuchschristian christian.fuchs(a)triple-c.at

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Co-authoring an article on E-gov policy evaluation in Thailand
by Mergen 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

Dear Air-L community, 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼-𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿? I have been writing a paper on evaluating E-gov policy implementation in modern Thailand. It was supposed to come out as a chapter of the Handbook of Asian Public Administration but due to technical reasons the book project did not develop. If someone is willing to co-author (perhaps with a slightly different title of the paper), or recommend a relevant expert in the area, please let me know:) Title of a paper in progress: 𝗘-𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲? Abstract This paper primarily investigates the current e-government and ICT development policy in Thailand from an actor-centered perspective. In so doing, it attempts to review existing literature on e-government implementation, while looking into the interaction of government institutions and citizens. It seeks to answer questions, such as the following. What are the key actors in driving the implementation of e-government policies in Thailand? How do Thai citizens perceive e-government efforts and ICT policy implementation especially in the context of present military government power? What are some of the risk factors typically embedded in e-government initiatives and policies implemented in Thailand? Some scholars (e.g. Bukht & Heeks 2018, Sagarik et al. 2018) specifically emphasize the key role of central government institutions in driving the e-government and ICT policy implementation pointing at its readiness to transform toward E-government 4.0. These observations notwithstanding, issues related to the often-omitted crucial role of citizens (e.g. Sukasame 2004) and local customers (Kawtrakul et al. 2011) in driving policy implementation and the problem of digital divide remain across much of the developing world (Margetts et al., 2016), Thailand included (Sagarik et al. 2018). Other issues, e.g. concentration of political power and resources at the central government level versus capacity building of local government institutions (Sagarik et al. 2018) and a range of other actors (Gunawong & Gao 2017, Khampachua & Wisitpongphan 2015) should be also taken into consideration. The paper analyzes remaining unresolved issues related to e-government implementation, including high-level political corruption (Mutebi 2008, as cited in Dyussenov 2017) that persists in modern Thailand in the context of military power. It is concluded with a summary of key remaining issues, along with policy recommendations. Shortly about myself: Mergen Dyussenov is currently Advisor to the Minister of culture and sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan overseeing anti-corruption policy formulation. Since Jan 2019, Mergen has been teaching Public policy analysis (part-time) at the Academy of public administration based in Astana. He completed his PhD at Lee Kuan Yew School of public policy (NUS, Singapore) in 2019, and an MPA from Columbia University SIPA in 2011. Thanks, and looking for new opportunities! Regards, Mergen

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Experiences using synchronous video-based communication technology
by Patrick Lowenthal 12 Jul '20

12 Jul '20

Colleagues and I are investigating faculty experiences using synchronous video-based communication technology (e.g., Zoom, WebEx) and how recent experiences working from home and teaching at a distance might influence future use of communication technologies. The survey *takes five minutes*. This study involves no foreseeable serious risks. Leave any questions blank that make you feel uncomfortable or you would prefer to skip. Contact Patrick Lowenthal (208-426-2426 patricklowenthal(a)boisestate.edu) with questions or concerns about study. For questions about rights as a research participant, contact Boise State University Institutional Review Board, which focuses on protecting volunteers in research projects, M-F (8am-5pm) at 208- 426-5401 or Institutional Review Board, Office of Research Compliance, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr Boise ID 83725. Access the survey: https://boisestate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d5uVJxDSwvsZf6Z <https://secure-web.cisco.com/17ZneKuLqOr8Fr_W8u5sku3WDu_QcAetdslO3nj68w9SQz…> ______________________________________ *Patrick R. Lowenthal, Ph.D.**Associate Professor & Co-Coordinator of Ed.D in Educational Technology* Department of Educational Technology, Boise State University http://patricklowenthal.com

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“How I Met Marshall McLuhan”
by Paul Levinson 12 Jul '20

12 Jul '20

Just published “How I Met Marshall McLuhan” http://newexplorations.net/ -- *Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time * - digital <https://open.spotify.com/album/4S1oaV75qF6tRFfdDwDczE>, CD <http://paullev.com/product/welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time-cd/>, vinyl <https://lightintheattic.net/releases/6371-welcome-up-songs-of-space-and-time> "As otherworldly, mystical and far-out as the subject matter may be, the songs burst with love and warmth and humanity." -- Evan LeVine, Swan Fungus, 3 February 2020 <https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/join_mailing_list/artist_86705>

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WEBCAST TODAY: Empowering Rural Community Webinar
by Joly MacFie 12 Jul '20

12 Jul '20

This is a webcast of yesterday's webinar. Two excellent presentations, full of information. Note a new feature, the ARCHIVE link at the bottom. Video, audio, slides, and a rough transcript will be available there, but later. ISOC Live posted: "On Sunday 12 July 2020 at 10am IST (04:30 UTC) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast the Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group (RuralISOCSIG) webinar ‘Empowering Rural Community‘ recorded on July 11 2020. SPEAKERS Dr. S" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ruralcommunity>On *Sunday 12 July 2020* at *10am IST* (04:30 UTC) the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://isoc.live>* will webcast the *Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group <https://ruralisocsig.org/>* (RuralISOCSIG) webinar ‘*Empowering Rural Community <https://ruralisocsig.org/empowering-rural-communit>*‘ recorded on July 11 2020. *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Sarbani Banerjee Belu*r, Senior Project Research Scientist, Gram Marg: Rural Broadband project, IIT Bombay *Dr. Shobha K. R.*, Associate Professor in telecommunication department, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, RIT) Bangalore *MODERATOR* *Adarsh B U*, Founder and President, RuralISOCSIG *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ruralcommunity <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ruralcommunity>* *TWITTER: @IsocSig #ruralcommunity <https://bit.ly/2Zi0yY2>* *SIMULCASTShttps://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live>https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/live <https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/live>* *ARCHIVEhttps://archive.org/details/ruralcommunity <https://archive.org/details/ruralcommunity>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12423/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Announcement: Publication of issue marking 25th anniversary of the “digital divide” w/ First Monday
by Laura Robinson 11 Jul '20

11 Jul '20

Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the publication of the issue “Global perspectives on digital inequalities and solutions to them” with First Monday at: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/index Best wishes, Co-Editors Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Noah McClain, Timothy M. Hale, Heloisa Pait, Massimo Ragnedda, Joseph D. Straubhaar, and Aneka Khilnani Table of Contents Global Perspectives on Digital Inequalities and Solutions to Them Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Massimo Ragnedda, Noah McClain, Timothy M. Hale, Heloisa Pait, Joseph D. Straubhaar, and Aneka Khilnani with Natalia Tolentino Digital Inequalities 2.0: Legacy Inequalities in the Information Age Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Grant Blank, Massimo Ragnedda, Hiroshi Ono, Bernie Hogan, Gustavo Mesch, Shelia R. Cotten, Susan B. Kretchmer, Timothy M. Hale, Tomasz Drabowicz, Pu Yan, Barry Wellman, Molly-Gloria Harper, Anabel Quan-Haase, Hopeton S. Dunn, Antonio A. Casilli, Paola Tubaro, Rod Carveth, Wenhong Chen, Julie B. Wiest, Matías Dodel, Michael J. Stern, Christopher Ball, Kuo-Ting Huang, and Aneka Khilnani Digital Inequalities 3.0: Emergent Inequalities in the Information Age Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Hopeton S. Dunn, Antonio A. Casilli, Paola Tubaro, Rod Carveth, Wenhong Chen, Julie B. Wiest, Matías Dodel, Michael J. Stern, Christopher Ball, Kuo-Ting Huang, Grant Blank, Massimo Ragnedda, Hiroshi Ono, Bernie Hogan, Gustavo Mesch, Shelia R. Cotten, Susan B. Kretchmer, Timothy M. Hale, Tomasz Drabowicz, Pu Yan, Barry Wellman, Molly-Gloria Harper, Anabel Quan-Haase, and Aneka Khilnani Who are the Limited Users of Digital Systems and Media? An Examination of U.K. evidence Simeon J. Yates, Elinor Carmi, Eleanor Lockley, Alicja Pawluczuk, Tom French, and Stephanie Vincent Determinants of Cyber-Safety Behaviors in a Developing Economy: The Role of Socioeconomic Inequalities, Digital Skills, and Perception of Cyber-Threats Matías Dodel, Daniela Kaiser, and Gustavo Mesch Digital Skills Levels and Political Participation in Northeast Anatolia, Turkey Duygu Özsoy, Eyyup Akbulut, Sait Sinan Atılgan, and Glenn W. Muschert Digital Capital and Online Activities: An Empirical Analysis of the Second Level of the Digital Divide Maria Laura Ruiu and Massimo Ragnedda Building Online Skills in Offline Realities: The SolarSPELL Initiative Laura Hosman, Coreen Walsh, Martín Pérez Comisso, and Jared Sidman Digital Inequalities: Homework Gap and Techno-Capital in Austin, Texas Melissa Santillana, Joe Straubhaar, Alexis Schrubbe, Jaewon Choi, and Sharon Strover ICT Policies in Latin America: Long-term Inequalities and the Role of Globalized Policy Making. Eduardo Villanueva-Mansilla Connecting Research to Policy: Understanding Macro and Micro Policy Makers and Their Processes Lloyd Levine Digital Inequalities in Time of Pandemic: COVID-19 Exposure Risk Profiles and New Forms of Vulnerability Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Aneka Khilnani, Hiroshi Ono, Shelia R. Cotten, Noah McClain, Lloyd Levine, Wenhong Chen, Gejun Huang, Antonio A. Casilli, Paola Tubaro, Matías Dodel, Anabel Quan-Haase, Maria Laura Ruiu, Massimo Ragnedda, Deb Aikat, and Natalia Tolentino -- Laura Robinson, PhD www.laurarobinson.org laura(a)laurarobinson.org

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A New Ebook for you.
by Marshall Dare 10 Jul '20

10 Jul '20

Dear Friends, I will like to introduce you to Marshall's new book. This is a very simple and great book tailored to the times we are in now. I want to appeal to you to please get this book. It addresses so much. You can click the image or link below to access the various stores with the book. Thank you so much and have a great weekend. Sincerely Yours. Link: https://books2read.com/u/bzjZ9Z

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cfp: Conviviality for the Day After “Normal”
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 Jul '20

10 Jul '20

A SPECIAL ISSUE of *The International Journal of Illich Studies* Conviviality for the Day After “Normal” Guest Editors, Jeremy Hunsinger and Gustavo Esteva, join co-editors Dana L. Stuchul and Madhu Suri Prakash in issuing this CFM. The *International Journal of Illich Studies* seeks original articles that address the following call. The end of an era of “normal”—given a confluence of crises—has arrived. For many millions, the tragic dismantling of their material and social conditions exacerbates the yearning for something—“solutions,” “a return to normal,” “law and order,” “different priorities.” The Covid-19 pandemic (and the prospect of the next pandemic), the legacies of racism/racist policies, climate collapse, gender-related inequities, rising authoritarianism, environmental destruction, epistemic issues, social isolation and polarization--the interconnections of these issues touch every living being, threatening the continued existence of all. Each of these situations developed within specific contexts and the contexts have themselves become normal. When faced with these problems within capitalism, then capitalism and its neoliberal markets are assumed to provide solutions. Akin to providing oxygen keeping a dying beast alive, such “normality” serves to extend hegemonic control. What’s more, the counterproductivity of institutions beyond a certain intensification—a warning offered by Ivan Illich over 50 years ago—is now laid bare. To address the crises, the time to look beyond the genesis of the problems is now. Many seek a return to “normality.” But “normality” was the problem. The time has come to leave it behind. It is in the spirit of Ivan Illich that the *International Journal of Illich Studies* proposes this special issue. We invite papers engaging with our new/old challenges. The papers should engage with Illich's ideas or build upon them to contribute to an understanding of the current situation and to explore alternative paths. We are not specifically seeking “solutions,” but a deeper understanding of the current collapse. Are we before the postextual world Ivan tried to resist? How to escape from the society of control and vigilance in the digital era? We seek ideas and real, enfleshed examples of how to deal with our current predicament in a convivial way. How does Illich’s “conviviality” clarify the “normality” to be avoided and ways of living through today’s crises? Topics may include but are not limited to issues of: - Alternative institutions and modes of living (austerity, the notion of sufficiency, the sense of proportion) - Climate Crisis (global warming, climate change) or climate collapse. - Conviviality - consideration of a modern society of responsibly limited tools, including a new politics - Industrial mode of production and violence - Regeneration of the commons, the new commons - Commodification of needs and desires - Counterproductivity - Environment/ecology - Education and schooling or learning in freedom; universities, academic cultures - De-patriarchalization - Experts/expertise/knowledge cultures/disabling professions/de-professionalization - Identities/intersectionality/intercultural dialogue/radical pluralism - Institutions/institutionalization/de-institutionalization - Labor, work, shadow work, un-laboring (abolition of work) - Networked communication - internet-based issues; “vigilance capitalism”/society of control, people’s digitalization - Pandemics and sociality - Use value and social re-structuring - From tools to systems Authors interested in submitting manuscripts for review should follow the instructions included here: https://journals.psu.edu/illichstudies/about/submissions Additionally, authors are encouraged to register themselves within the *IJIS*. Submit manuscripts (for review) by: September 1, 2020 Notification of acceptance/rejection/accept with revisions by: October 15, 2020 Issue publication: December 2020 Questions? Contact Dana Stuchul, dls268(a)psu.edu I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. -Pablo Picasso

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