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Global Webinar: Contagious Cities: Facing and Understanding the Pandemic
by Natalia Grincheva 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

Hope everybody is staying safe! The Cultural Research Network invites everybody to our global webinar that can answer many of your questions on the pandemic outbreak and its impacts. Please, come along and spread the word! Everybody is welcome! *Contagious Cities: Facing and Understanding the Pandemic**.* Are we ready to face the global challenge of Covid-19 pandemic outbreak? Do we know how microbes, migration and metropolises cohabitate or relate to each other? Can we tap into the artistic and cultural creativity to better understand the global infectious diseases or even investigate how they travel across urban and human borders? The webinar will raise and discuss these questions in a live conversation with artists, curators, researchers and cultural producers of the Contagious Cities <https://wellcome.ac.uk/what-we-do/our-work/contagious-cities>. This international cultural project was developed by Wellcome Trust <https://wellcome.ac.uk/> in 2018 to mark the centenary of the 1918 flu pandemic that infected a third of the world’s population and killed 50 million people. The VSG will share important insights from the Contagious Cities project, that brought together international curators, artists and scientists through residences across New York, Hong Kong and Geneva to explore how epidemics spread in urban environments. The webinar will be available via zoom. To register please visit here: https://contagious-cities.eventbrite.com *Date & Time:* April 30, 2020 New York 8:30 AM London 1:30 PM Moscow 3:30 PM Hong Kong 8:30 PM Sydney 10:30 PM *Panelists:* Ken Arnold - Creative Director at Wellcome (London, UK) Sarah Henry - Chief Curator and Deputy Director at the Museum of the City of New York (New York, USA) Ying Kwok - Curator of Contagious Cities: Far Away, Too Close at Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong, China) Matt Adams - Co-founder of Blast Theory (London, UK) James Doeser - Freelance cultural researcher (London, UK) *Moderator:* Natalia Grincheva

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Seeking support for a project to connect researchers
by Ayushi Tandon 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

Hi all, I am writing this email seeking support for a project started by a senior fellow of mine Mohamed El-Moghazi <https://www.ptc.org/2017/08/ptc-young-scholars-where-are-they-now-dr-mohame…>. He is working towards a project called Global Telecom Policy Research Network (GTPRN). We met early this year (at PTC 2020 conference) and felt a need for a network connecting researchers working in the broad space of telecommunications (sociotechnical systems, ICT4D, social media, media ethics, policy, IT and people), especially where opportunities could be shared on a single platform. Prime motivation is that students from Indian subcontinent and Africa, many times miss out on the latest development in the field (because of paywall), application for funding, applying for phd/ post doctoral and other research opportunities, entrepreneurship funding, grants and other opportunities. Taking this agenda forward there is a registered website https://gtprn.org <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure-we…>. We have drafted the basics of the first newsletter and would be great if we could make some announcements on your part in the newsletter. The main objectives of GTPRN are to connect researchers around the world and to align the goals of telecom policy conferences, centers, educational departments, scholars and students. It also aims to provide updates on timely news of importance, job announcements, and most importantly to exchange briefs about our research activities though the GTPRN website and newsletter. We are looking forward to any small piece of opinion or news to be included in our 1st newsletter on the 1st of May. Thanks -- Ayushi Tandon PhD Candidate | Information Systems Area ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-29 | R-33 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad - 380015 M: 8008900319 | Land phone: (079) 6632 2933

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COVID-19 seminar #1: Professor Priscilla Wald, Duke University
by Thao Phan 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

*COVID-19 Seminar #1: Professor Priscilla Wald, Duke University* https://priscillawald-seminar.eventbrite.com.au Please join us for the first seminar in the COVID-19 seminar series, co-hosted by the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship & Globalisation (ADI) <https://www.deakin.edu.au/adi> and the Science and Society Network (SSN) <https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/>. *Date/time:* Tuesday 28th April, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern Standard Time, GMT+10) *Title:* Contagion: COVID-19, the Outbreak Narrative, and Why We Need to Change the Story *Abstract:* COVID-19 is the name of a pathogen—a disease-causing microbe—but if it is a “newly emerging infection,” it is also a newly emerging, though familiar, story: the latest version of “the outbreak narrative.” Accounts of newly surfacing diseases appeared in scientific publications and the mainstream media in the Global North with increasing frequency following the introduction of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the mid-1980s. They put the vocabulary of disease outbreaks into circulation, and they introduced the concept of "emerging infections." The repetition of particular phrases, images and story lines produced a formula that quickly became conventional as it formed the plot of the popular novels and films in the mid-1990s. These stories have consequences. As they disseminate information, they affect survival rates and contagion routes. They promote or mitigate the stigmatizing of individuals, groups, populations, spaces and locales (regional and global), behaviors and lifestyles, and they change economies. They also influence how both scientists and the lay public understand the nature and consequences of infection, how we imagine the threat and why we react so fearfully, and which problems merit our attention and resources. *About the speaker:* Priscilla Wald is R. Florence Brinkley Professor of English and Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University. She is the author of Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative (Duke University 2008). *Watch the seminar:* Seminar will be available to stream on YouTube live. Access using the live link: https://youtu.be/eJsN8Ym85y4 Q&A with the speaker to follow. To send questions/participate in the chat, you'll need to sign-in using a YouTube account <https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-comment-on-youtube?r=AU&IR=T>.

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VIDEO: ‘A Global Perspective on Regional Accessibility’ webinar
by Joly MacFie 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

A wide ranging discussion with participants from Japan, Canada, Kenya, and Australia. Topics included, as might be expected, remote participation prospects for GAAD <https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/>, coming up on May 21. Note that the link to download text on the Diamond event page is currently broken (goes to a previous webinar), but I made a pdf <https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/A-Global-Perspective-on-Region…> which is good. ISOC Live posted: "Diamond have posted the recording of their April 16 2020 webinar ' A Global Perspective on Regional Accessibility'. A panel of experts from around the world gathered to discuss accessibility challenges and how various countries address them, moderated by " [image: YouTube] <https://youtu.be/OFPtwJwfwJs>*Diamond <https://diamond.la/>* have posted the recording of their April 16 2020 webinar '* A Global Perspective on Regional Accessibility* <https://pages.diamond.la/en/webinars/a-global-perspective-on-regional-acces…>'. A panel of experts from around the world gathered to discuss accessibility challenges and how various countries address them, moderated by a co-founder of *Global Accessibility Awareness Day* <https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/>. Panelists: *Makoto Ueki*, Infoaxia (Japan); *Irene Mbari-Kirika*, inABLE, (Kenya); *Patrick Dunphy*, CBC Radio (Canada); *Charlii Parker*, Vision Australia (Australia). Moderator: *Joe Devon*, Diamond. *YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/OFPtwJwfwJs <https://youtu.be/OFPtwJwfwJs>* *TRANSCRIPT: **pdf <https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/A-Global-Perspective-on-Region…> | txt <https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/A-Global-Perspective-on-Region…>* *TWITTER: Diamond + #a11y <http://bit.ly/diamonda11y>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11981/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Content Analysis of Public Facebook Groups
by Jenkins, Joshua 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

Hi all, I am a doctoral student in NYC writing my dissertation proposal. One component of my project is nonparticipant observation and analysis of a public Facebook group for teachers. If you have research similar to this you can recommend, I would really appreciate it! Best, Josh -- Joshua Jenkins Ed.D. Student Department of Curriculum and Teaching Teachers College, Columbia University Pronouns: he/him

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Ask for Recommended Studies on closed facebook groups
by basma elmahdy 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

Hi Network, I hope you are doing well and healthy. I am an early-career researcher from Egypt. My focus is the gender media studies. As I work on my PhD proposal, I wonder if you can recommend papers as examples for best research practices related to closed Facebook groups. Any leads are much appreciated Sincerely, Basma

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Affordances, features and social support survey scales
by yeshuad＠bgu.ac.il 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

Hi there, I’m currently running a research in which we build online communities of support. Does anyone know about existing survey scales that measure users’ perception of the way technology affords social support or the way different features enable or constrain social support exchange in online communities? Thanks so much, Daphna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daphna Yeshua-Katz, Ph.D. Department of Communication Studies Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ד״ר דפנה ישועה-כ״ץ המחלקה לתקשורת הפקולטה למדעי הרוח והחברה yeshuad(a)bgu.ac.il Tel:+972-8-6479017 www.daphnayeshuakatz.com

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#confinedverses: a project by POSTDATA "Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data"
by LEYRE LEGUINA CASAS 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

Dear all, In these days of confinement, poetry and music are the best company. Social networks are dazzling with creativity, thanks to the poems and songs shared by recognized and anonymous individuals about their day to day experiences in confinement. The POSTDATA "Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data" team, is compiling all these poems and lyrics to give testimony of this collective experience, and make them available to all, in order to make the quarantine more bearable. Join our initiative and help us create this compilation about confinement. Send us your original poem or song, in Spanish or English, through this link: #confinedverses<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SHBYtXCgrUO2VCCjHpstmQV…> All the poems and lyrics we collect will be available in the POSTDATA github: https://github.com/linhd-postdata/confinaversos For more information, please visit our website: http://postdata.linhd.uned.es/confinedverses/ We hope you enjoy it! Best regards, stay safe, The POSTDATA Team ------------- POSTDATA “Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data”: This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement Nº [679528]). All contributed poems retain their individual copyright but are released to the public on a GitHub repository under the terms of a CC-BY 4.0 license. Leire Leguina R&D Project Manager POSTDATA – Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data LINHD - Laboratorio de Innovación en Humanidades Digitales Communications and Control Systems Deparment School of Computer Science - UNED Juan del Rosal, 16 28040 MADRID tel. +34 913988239 www.linhduned.es<http://www.linhduned.es> www.postdata.uned.es<http://www.postdata.uned.es> AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Departamento de Política Jurídica de Seguridad de la Información<https://www.uned.es/dpj>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://sede.uned.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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#confinedverses: a project by POSTDATA "Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data"
by LEYRE LEGUINA CASAS 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Dear all, In these days of confinement, poetry and music are the best company. Social networks are dazzling with creativity, thanks to the poems and songs shared by recognized and anonymous individuals about their day to day experiences in confinement. The POSTDATA "Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data" team, is compiling all these poems and lyrics to give testimony of this collective experience, and make them available to all, in order to make the quarantine more bearable. Join our initiative and help us create this compilation about confinement. Send us your original poem or song, in Spanish or English, through this link: #confinedverses<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SHBYtXCgrUO2VCCjHpstmQV…> All the poems and lyrics we collect will be available in the POSTDATA github: https://github.com/linhd-postdata/confinaversos For more information, please visit our website: http://postdata.linhd.uned.es/confinedverses/ We hope you enjoy it! Best regards, stay safe, The POSTDATA Team ------------- POSTDATA “Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data”: This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement Nº [679528]). All contributed poems retain their individual copyright but are released to the public on a GitHub repository under the terms of a CC-BY 4.0 license. Leire Leguina R&D Project Manager POSTDATA – Poetry Standardization and Linked Open Data LINHD - Laboratorio de Innovación en Humanidades Digitales Communications and Control Systems Deparment School of Computer Science - UNED Juan del Rosal, 16 28040 MADRID tel. +34 913988239 www.linhduned.es<http://www.linhduned.es> www.postdata.uned.es<http://www.postdata.uned.es> AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Departamento de Política Jurídica de Seguridad de la Información<https://www.uned.es/dpj>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://sede.uned.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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Research funds related to Central Asia/ Southeast Asia
by Mergen 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Dear AIR-L community, Greetings! It would be great to collaborate with someone on policy research grants related to Central Asia/ Eurasia. I also have done research on Thailand and currently working with an Indonesia-based university, and completed a PhD in public policy at NUS (Singapore). My research areas are corruption policy, economic diversification, and ICT & E-government. Would be great to work on research projects! Best regards, Mergen -- Regards, Mergen Dyussenov, *Deputy Director at the Institute of Management,* *Lecturer (Public policy analysis, Research methods & design)The Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan* PhD Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS 2019), Singapore Cell phone: +7 707 1539833

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