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-- Just Out \\\ Algorithmic Anxiety in Contemporary Art
by Patricia de Vries 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Theory on Demand #33 Algorithmic Anxiety in Contemporary Art: A Kierkegaardian Inquiry into the Imaginary of Possibility by Patricia de Vries Available as open access E-pub or print-on-demand here <https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/tod33-algorithmic-anxiety-in-c…>: Over the past decade, a growing number of artists and critical practitioners have become engaged with algorithms. This artistic engagement has resulted in algorithmic theatre, bot art, and algorithmic media and performance art of various kinds that thematise the dissemination and deployment of algorithms in everyday life. Especially striking is the high volume of artistic engagements with facial recognition algorithms, trading algorithms and search engine algorithms over the past few years. The fact that these three types of algorithms have garnered more responses than other types of algorithms suggests that they form a popular subject of artistic critique. This critique addresses several significant, supra-individual anxieties of our decade: socio-political uncertainty and polarisation, the global economic crisis and cycles of recession, and the centralisation and corporatisation of access to online information. However, the constituents of these anxieties — which seem to be central to our experience of algorithmic culture — are rarely interrogated. They, therefore, merit closer attention. This dissertation uses prominent artistic representations of facial recognition algorithms, trading algorithms, and search algorithms as the entry point into an exploration of the constituents of the anxieties braided around these algorithms. It proposes that the work of Søren Kierkegaard—one of the first theorists of anxiety—helps us to investigate and critically analyse the constituents of ‘algorithmic anxiety’. Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam 2020

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NEW PUBLICATIONS
by Vico,S 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Dear colleagues, I hope you are all doing well. I have two new articles out that might be of interest to those of you researching issues of identity politics, migration and public diplomacy in relation to digital media. They both draw on an ethnographic study, and explore (from different perspectives) roles of intended public and social surveillance on social media. Destigmatisation strategies of Serbian Londoners on social media looks at banal expressions of nationalism and cosmopolitanism among Serbian Londoners on social media, and shows how cosmopolitanism can (paradoxically) reproduce national identities. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1527476420918384 'Globalised difference': identity politics on social media develops a new concept to refer to this emerging subtle and spontaneous identity politics, greatly brought about by social surveillance on social media, that seeks to reassert national identity and present it as both cosmopolitan and an exotic difference. This identity politics is normatively ambivalent - it is both a source of empowerment and it tends to commodify difference. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/gdm/2020/00000001/00000001… I hope you find them useful. All the best, Sanja -- Dr Sanja Vico Research Officer | European Institute Associate | LSEE - South Eastern Europe Research Unit The London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE e: s.vico(a)lse.ac.uk Website<http://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/people/research-staff/sanja-vico>

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Call for Papers: Building the Post-Pandemic University
by Mark Carrigan 14 Jun '20

14 Jun '20

Call for Papers: Building the Post-Pandemic University In a matter of months, the world has changed beyond recognition. Covid-19 has led to an unprecedented reorganisation of everyday life, with half the world’s population subject to lockdown measures at the peak of governmental response to the pandemic. These measures are being eased across the world, with uncertain and worrying consequences in the continued absence of the vaccine which would herald a potential resolution of the current situation. In its continued absence we face the necessity of institutionalising what has been called ‘social distancing’ but is perhaps better described as ‘physical distancing’, given the capacity of digital platforms to facilitate social interaction without the co-presence which is still frequently seen as its defining characteristic. The impending arrival of the forthcoming academic year means we urgently need to grapple with what this crisis means for the future of the university. How will higher education be transformed by lockdown and social distancing? What university do we hope to work within after this crisis? What contribution should we make to building this post-pandemic university? The current operations of the university are reliant on the affordances of digital platforms and this seems likely to grow in the coming years, even if some face to face meetings resume in the name of blended learning and research capacity. This includes digital platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom being incorporated into the core operations of the university in a manner which is likely to be difficult to unwind at a later date, as much as it has served a clear purpose in the present crisis. For this reason it’s essential we begin to incorporate the socio-technical into our established accounts of higher education, opening up the ‘black box’ in order to understand the role played by technology in building the post-pandemic university. However while we see digital technology as playing a crucial role in response to this crisis, the questions which the sector faces are much more than technical ones. Our intention is to facilitate a conversation which bridges theory and practice, analysis and intervention, animated by a shared concern about what this crisis means for the university and how we ought to respond to it. If we want to understand the challenges facing higher education, it is imperative this encompasses the range of potential responses to these difficulties and the interests and ideals served by these for the multitude of groups who will play a part in building the post-pandemic university. We hope this will be a broad and multifaceted conversation which brings together multidisciplinary expertise engaging with an eclectic range of topics rotating around the core problematic of ‘building the post-pandemic university’. We imagine this would include themes such as: - The built environment of the campus and how it is likely to change - The enactment of social distancing across the university’s activities - The impact of the pandemic on racialised, classed and gendered injustice - The implications of these changes for equality & diversity within the university - The impact of Covid-19 on the challenge of climate change - The search for new markets and products by education investors - The public role of the university and transition out of the crisis - Equality and diversity in the post-pandemic university - The geo-politics of Covid-19 and its relationship to global higher education - The challenge of academic mobility and the potential demise of the global conference circuit - The surveillance architecture inherent in the turn towards platforms - Labour relations during the crisis and what this means for the post-pandemic university - These are only suggestions and we welcome contributions on any topic which speaks to the broader theme of building the post-pandemic university, particularly if they also contribute to a broader exercise of mapping out the contours of the present crisis and possible transitions from it. Please send 300 word abstracts to mark(a)markcarrigan.net by July 31st with the subject line ‘Building the Post-Pandemic University’. We aim to inform contributors of acceptance by August 10th for an online conference due to take place at a date to be confirmed in September 2020. We hope this event will be the starting point for an edited book so please indicate when submitting your abstract if this is something which you might be interested in contributing to. We will release full details of the conference format soon after the confirmation of acceptance but at this stage we expect the bulk of the event to take place through Zoom with an as yet to be confirmed asynchronous component which will extend participation beyond those who are speaking at the conference. *I often work flexible hours that are outside the ‘traditional’ 09.00-17.00, Monday to Friday only office hours. If this e-mail arrives outside of your own preferred working pattern, please do not feel obligated to respond until your office hours have resumed.* Postdoctoral Research Associate Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge www.markcarrigan.net | @soc_imagination <http://www.twitter.com/soc_imagination/> www.cpgjcam.net | @cpgjcam <http://www.twitter.com/cpgjcam/> *The Isolation Pod: *A theoretical podcast about Covid-19 https://anchor.fm/theisolationpod

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Christina Dunbar-Hester talks about her new book
by Ilana Gershon 13 Jun '20

13 Jun '20

Dear Colleagues, Some of you might be interested in attending when Christina Dunbar-Hester visits the CaMP virtual reading group on June 26th . She will be talking about her new book, Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures. We are mainly be focusing on the introduction -- and I am happy to send you a link to the readings. If you would like to participate, please write to me here: campsemiotics(a)gmail.com Again -- Friday, June 26th -- 1 pm EST Hope you are having a good weekend, Ilana

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CFP Conference - Unstable democracies: Polarization, populism and disinformation in a hybrid media context
by Dolors.Palau＠uv.es 13 Jun '20

13 Jun '20

CFP Mediaflows Conference Unstable democracies: Polarization, populism and disinformation in a hybrid media context 11, 12 and 13 November 2020. Valencia (Spain) In order to present a paper, 250-word proposals should be sent through the specific section form to which it is addressed until July 25, 2020. http://mediaflows.es/en/call-for-papers/ The conference accepts papers in Spanish and English. Considering the health circumstances facing Covid-19, the conference will have a semi-virtual character. SECTIONS The conference includes six sections, whose specific cfp can be accessed on the website http://mediaflows.es/call-for-papers/ 1. Institutional crisis, democratic representation and media coverage. 2. Media consumption, and audiences in hybrid media systems. 3. Democratic values in times of populism and emotion: communication and leadership. 4. Strategy and democratic game: Surveys, pacts and political majority. 5. Research on hate discourse and disinformation. 6. Nuts and bolts of the power: Reality and fiction. PUBLISHING A selection of the accepted proposals will be published in a special edition of the Dígitos journal (www.revistadigitos.es) whose deadline for submission ends on December 15, 2020. Other publishing options will be shortly announced on the conference website. DEADLINES • July 25, 2020: the deadline for sending abstract proposals is closed. • July 31, 2020: communication of accepted papers. • September 15: Registration and fees payment opening. • November 1: deadline for sending complete proposals. • November 11, 12 and 13, 2020: Conference celebration.

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Twitter Archive - Recovery of Deleted Tweets
by Wolfram Schaffar 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

Dear list, dear colleagues, Twitter has just deleted over 170 000 accounts from China. Unluckily, I was not quick enough to save screenshots of the memes and tweets which were posted during April and May 2020 on #MilkTeaAlliance and on #nnevvy. Is there a way to get access to the original threads? If someone could help me, I would really happy. (And I promise to write a summary and post it back onto this list). All the best, Wolfram _____________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Wolfram Schaffar Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies Department of Japanese Studies Wilhelmstraße 90 72074 Tübingen テユービンゲン大学人文科学部アジア地域文化研究所日本学科 https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakultaet/fachbereiche/… <https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakultaet/fachbereiche/…>

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Calling all leaders and champions of VR/AR/MR (XR) initiatives at universities and colleges
by Lee, Mark 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

*** Calling all leaders and champions of VR/AR/MR (XR) initiatives at universities and colleges *** Champions in Higher Education of XR (CHEX) is a new consortium formed under the umbrella of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN at http://immersivelrn.org/ ) that brings together both administrators as well as faculty/staff grassroots leaders who are championing the adoption and use of XR and immersive technologies at colleges, universities, and college/university systems around the world. Many of these champions have oversight of XR initiatives at a campus, institution, or system-wide level (whether as part of their official job responsibilities or in a voluntary capacity), the scope of which may encompass some or all of the following: * Design, development, and delivery of XR-related academic courses and programs; * Application of XR technologies for learning, teaching, and assessment within and across various disciplines; * XR research, development, innovation, and commercialization; * Use of XR in other areas of higher education such as marketing/outreach, student services, and the library. The main goals of the CHEX Consortium are to: 1. Advocate for and accelerate the growth of XR and immersive technologies for learning across the higher education sector; 2. Cultivate cross-institutional and cross-national relationships and networks in the space; 3. Support and assist members in building a business case to senior administrators for investment in XR and immersive technologies; 4. Serve as a unified voice and a vehicle representing higher education institutions in their endeavors to build XR industry partnerships and collaborations; 5. Identify and promote best practices for facilitating collaborative XR projects and initiatives within and among higher education institutions, and between institutions and industry, that bring together diverse stakeholder interests, disciplines, and perspectives. The initial, "kickoff" meeting for CHEX will take place during the iLRN 2020 Virtual Conference ( http://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2020 ) Participation in the meeting is by invitation only, with a view to organizing a larger, dedicated Symposium, and opening up membership of and participation in the Consortium to a wider audience, following the conference. Ultimately, each campus, institution, or system will be allowed to nominate no more than one faculty or staff member as its designated representative to CHEX, and that person must be a member of iLRN in good standing. To indicate your interest in participating in CHEX and/or the kickoff meeting at iLRN 2020, please begin by registering for the conference (at http://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2020/ilrn-2020-fees-registration ) if you have not already done so. (Registration is free of charge for all non-presenters.) Then, click on the button below and provide your details the form: https://forms.gle/Qc1ut6TtvWmrSfx58 The coordinators of the kickoff meeting are Jeremy Nelson (University of Michigan) and David Bass-Clark (Unity College). For inquiries, please email chex(a)immersivelrn.org from your institutional email address. (Sent to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | BRISBANE | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with Charles Sturt University may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at Charles Sturt University. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Charles Sturt University. Charles Sturt University in Australia The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Number: 00005F (National)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Consider the environment before printing this email.

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WEBCAST TODAY: RURAL ISOC SIG Universal Acceptance Awareness Webinar
by Joly MacFie 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

Universal acceptance is such a no-brainer we shouldn't even have to talk about it. But nevertheless we definitely do. Come on, people! Enough already! If this session is too early for you, there's another one <https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Universal_Acceptance_%E2%80%93_a_technical_or_…> 3 hours later at EuroDIG. ISOC Live posted: "On Friday 12 June 2020 at 5pm-6pm IST (11:30-12:30 UTC) the Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group (RuralISOCSIG) presents a webinar 'Universal Acceptance Awareness'. Universal Acceptance (UA ensures that all domain names, including lon" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ua>On *Friday 12 June 2020* at *5pm-6pm IST* (11:30-12:30 UTC) the *Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group <https://ruralisocsig.org/>*(RuralISOCSIG) presents a webinar '*Universal Acceptance Awareness* <https://ruralisocsig.org/upcoming-event>'. Universal Acceptance (UA ensures that all domain names, including long new TLDs and IDNs, and email addresses are treated equally and can be used by all Internet-enabled applications, devices, and systems. *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Ajay Data* - Chair, Universal Acceptance Steering Group *Dr. Sarmad Hussain* - Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) Programs Director, ICANN *Samiran Gupta*, Head of India, ICANN *Harish Chowdhary*, Universal Acceptance Ambassador *MODERATOR* *Adarsh B U*, Founder and President, RuralISOCSIG *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ua <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ua>* *AGENDA https://ruralisocsig.org/upcoming-event <https://ruralisocsig.org/upcoming-event>* *TWITTER: @IsocSig <http://bit.ly/IsocSig> #universalacceptance <https://bit.ly/2UfAry3>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.facebook.com/groups/400301030546238/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/400301030546238/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ORGANIZERS* *https://ruralisocsig.org/ <https://ruralisocsig.org/>* *https://uasg.tech/ <https://uasg.tech/>* *PARTNERS* *http://www.ficci.in/ <http://www.ficci.in/>* *https://www.cisecurity.org/ <https://www.cisecurity.org/>* *http://www.git.edu/ <http://www.git.edu/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12236/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST TODAY: EuroDIG 2020 WS12 ‘Community networks and smart solutions in remote areas – a bottom-up approach to digital citizenship’
by Joly MacFie 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

This, and the pre07 'Successes & Failures <https://isoc.live/12206/>' one last Wednesday, are the only sessions that we are streaming from the EuroDIG this year. However almost every session is available on YouTube via their programme page <https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Consolidated_programme_2020>. ISOC Live posted: "On Friday 12 June 2020 at 09:30-11:00 UTC the EuroDIG Workshop 12 'Community networks and smart solutions in remote areas – a bottom-up approach to digital citizenship' will be convened online. The session offers a discussion about needs, challenges and b" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ws12>On *Friday 12 June 2020* at *09:30-11:00 UTC* the *EuroDIG <https://www.eurodig.org/index.php?id=76>* *Workshop 12* '*Community networks and smart solutions in remote areas – a bottom-up approach to digital citizenship <https://bit.ly/2Mz97Xj>*' will be convened online. The session offers a discussion about needs, challenges and best practices in offering applications and services based on broadband infrastructure developed with the participation of Rural communities. The session will cover recent events caused by COVID 19, however, it will also discuss issues that will exist in the aftermath of the current pandemic. *KEY PARTICIPANTS* - *Carola Croll* - Researcher, Digital Opportunities Foundation, Stiftung Digitale Chancen - *Gianluca Lentini* - Researcher and Project Manager, Poliedra, Politecnico di Milano - *Maarit Palovirta* - Director, Regulatory Affairs, ETNO - *Massimiliano Stucchi* - Technical Advisor, European Bureau, Internet Society - *Tom Puc* - IoT Evangelist and LoRAWAN Advocate, XIRIS, Institute for R&D of Internet of Things - *Vassilis Chryssos* - Co-founder, Sarantaporo.gr *MODERATOR* - *Frédéric Donck* Regional Vice President - Europe, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM *http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ws12 (open captions) *EURODIG YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/TLk6IvfHrck <https://youtu.be/TLk6IvfHrck>* *AGENDA https://bit.ly/2Mz97Xj <https://bit.ly/2Mz97Xj>* *FORUM https://bit.ly/2YsS7Hy <https://bit.ly/2YsS7Hy>* *REAL TIME TEXT: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-EuroDIG3 <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-EuroDIG3>* *TWITTER #EuroDIG2020 #WS12 <https://bit.ly/3fsSJUL> #CommunityNetworks* *SIMULCASTS* *https://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/pg/Internet Society/videos/ <https://www.facebook.com/pg/Internet%20Society/videos/>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12232/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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28th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2020)
by Oghenemaro Anuyah 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

*IMPORTANT NOTE* ============================ Due to COVID-19 restrictions, ACM UMAP2020 (Genoa, Italy) is going virtual: July 12-18, 2020. https://um.org/umap2020/ The program of the conference features two repetitions of each session, so to cover all the time zones and allow the widest participation. Live discussion follows each presentation. Registration fees are greatly reduced, "thanks to" the virtual format! *CONFERENCE SCHEDULE* ============================ *Day 1, July 12* Doctoral Consortium, Tutorials and Workshop *Day 2, July 13* Main Conference Sessions and Doctoral Consortium Keynote by Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia *Day 3, July 14* Main Conference Sessions Posters, Late–breaking Results and Demo 1 *Day 4, July 15* Main Conference Sessions Keynote by Giorgio Metta, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) Best papers awards *Day 5, July 16* Main Conference Sessions Posters, Late–breaking Results and Demo 2 *Day 6, July 17* Main Conference Sessions Keynote by Kori Inkpen, Microsoft Research *Day 7, July 18* Workshops *ORGANIZERS* ============================ *General chairs* Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa Ilaria Torre, University of Genoa *Program chairs* Robin Burke, University of Colorado, Boulder Cristina Gena, University of Turin Regards, Oghenemaro Anuyah Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering University of Notre Dame ACM UMAP Conference 2020 - *Co-publicity Chair* oanuyah(a)nd.edu <oghenemaroanuyah(a)u.boisestate.edu>

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