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[Job] Asst. Prof., Media Studies, Uni. of Toronto
by Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Hey AoIR, There is an open position in my department at the University of Toronto for an Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Teaching Stream. Please see the details below. https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor%2C-Teaching-Stream… Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Media Studies Date Posted: 08/12/2026 Closing Date: 10/01/2026, 11:59PM ET Req ID: 49391 Job Category: Faculty - Teaching Stream (continuing) Faculty/Division: University of Toronto Scarborough Department: University of Toronto Scarborough: Department of Arts, Culture & Media Campus: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Existing Vacancy: Yes POSITION DESCRIPTION The Department of Arts, Culture and Media (ACM) at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a full-time teaching stream position in Media Studies. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027. This search aligns with the University’s commitment to strategically and proactively promote diversity among our community members (Statement on Equity, Diversity & Excellence<https://governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/system/files/import-files/a1004-11ii19…>). Recognizing that Black, Indigenous, and other Racialized communities have experienced inequities that have developed historically and are ongoing, we strongly welcome and encourage candidates from those communities to apply. REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS Applicants must have earned a PhD degree in Media Studies, Communication Studies, or a related field by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter, with a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching in media and communication studies. We seek candidates whose teaching interests address areas of growth within the Media and Communication Studies (MCS) program and complement and enhance our existing departmental strengths<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/faculty>. The successful candidate will be able to teach in at least two of the program's thematic areas – i) Media and the Arts; ii) Media and Society; iii) Media and Institutions – with emphasis on the third area. The successful candidate will also demonstrate expertise in one or more of the following fields: media industries and institutions, creator and influencer cultures, media production studies, community-engaged media, media policy, media governance, and media management. We welcome applications from candidates who take a critical, comparative, and global approach to media industries, and have experience teaching in media production studies; critical AI studies; information and disinformation; critical algorithm justice; media management; and/or have professional experience in media industries. We are especially interested in candidates whose background and expertise position them to contribute to collaborative curricular innovation with other ACM programs, including Arts and Media Management. Candidates must have teaching experience in a degree-granting program, including lecture preparation and delivery, curriculum development, and development of online material/lectures. Additionally, candidates must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellent pedagogical inquiry and a demonstrated interest in teaching-related scholarly activities. Evidence of excellence in teaching and a commitment to excellent pedagogical inquiry will be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, awards and accolades, presentations at significant conferences, the teaching dossier (including the required materials outlined below), and strong letters of reference. Candidates must also show evidence of a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and to the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment, as demonstrated through the application materials. RESPONSIBILITIES The successful candidate will be assigned a teaching and service load, and will be expected to: * teach undergraduate courses in Media Studies, including large introductory courses and upper-level seminars; * contribute to curriculum development and program innovation in the Media and Communication Studies program; * engage in pedagogical scholarship and other teaching-related scholarly activities; * supervise undergraduate research, experiential learning, and capstone projects as needed; * participate in departmental, campus, and University service activities; * support the development of innovative in-person, hybrid, and digitally enhanced teaching practices. ABOUT US The University of Toronto (U of T) is an internationally renowned research-intensive university, ranking 1st in Canada and 16th in the world (U.S. News & World Report, 2025). Home to 16,500 faculty members, U of T hosts over 100,000 undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral trainees across 900 programs of study. U of T has three campuses, St. George, Scarborough, and Mississauga, and affiliations with high-profile institutions such as the Rotman School of Management and the University Health Network. The University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) is a rapidly growing world-class research and teaching institution. Guided by its strategic plan, Inspiring Inclusive Excellence, UTSC boasts a diverse student body of over 14,500 undergraduate students, 400 graduate students, and 160 postdoctoral fellows in over 250 programs. The Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/> (ACM) is a dynamic, interdisciplinary department at UTSC that is home to nine undergraduate programs with more than 2,500 students and 40 full-time faculty members, 7 part-time faculty, 3 contractually limited term appointments, and around 30 contract instructors committed to research, teaching, and the study of the humanities across the full range of artistic, scholarly, and professional contexts. ACM’s programs span art history and visual culture, arts management, journalism, media and communication studies, music, music industry and technology, new media studies, studio art, and theatre and performance, making it one of the most wide-ranging humanities departments at the University of Toronto. Located within one of the Greater Toronto Area’s most diverse communities, ACM values interdisciplinary collaboration, creative inquiry, and socially engaged scholarship. The department supports innovative teaching and learning that connects academic study with creative practice, community engagement, research, and experiential learning, preparing students to think critically and creatively about the challenges of the twenty-first century. The Media & Communication Studies Program<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/media-and-communication-studies> consists of ten full-time faculty members who are diverse in terms of their research and geographical focus, with expertise in Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Brazilian, and Western European media cultures, as well as Indigenous media practices. ACM’s research culture is well known for its strong emphasis on community-oriented research, research-creation, and knowledge mobilization activities. For more information on working at the University of Toronto, please visit https://www.utoronto.ca/research-innovation/working-at-uoft. APPLICATION PROCESS All application materials, including recent reference letters, must be received by October 1, 2026. All qualified candidates are invited to apply online by clicking the link below. Your CV and cover letter should be uploaded into the dedicated fields. Please combine additional application materials into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. Applicants must submit the following materials: * a cover letter; * a current curriculum vitae; * a recent writing sample; * a complete teaching dossier, including * a teaching statement, * sample syllabi and course materials, and * teaching evaluations; and * the name and contact information of three references. At least one reference letter must primarily address the candidate’s teaching. The University of Toronto’s recruiting tool will automatically solicit and collect letters of reference from each referee within 48 hours of an application being submitted. Applicants remain responsible for ensuring that references submit recent letters (on letterhead, dated and signed) by the closing date. Submission guidelines and details on the automatic reference letter collection, including timelines, are available in the candidate FAQ<https://jobs.utoronto.ca/content/Frequently-Asked-Questions/?locale=en_US>. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Rosanne King at acm-ca(a)utsc.utoronto.ca<https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor%2C-Teaching-Stream…>. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Diversity Statement The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP. Accessibility Statement The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers(a)utoronto.ca<mailto:uoft.careers@utoronto.ca>. -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann> Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/> University of Toronto Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/> Research Associate, University of Oxford<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/rafael-grohmann/> Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS> Principal Investigator, Worker-led AI Governance Principal Investigator, Digital Sovereignty Archives<https://creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca/blog/digital-sovereignty-project-w…> Co-Lead, Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF)<https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-labour-critical-futures/> Researcher, AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work<https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-wor…> Senior Fellow, Massey College<https://www.masseycollege.ca/> Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society<https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/> <https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/>

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by Sigrid Stjernswärd 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Vänliga hälsningar, Sigrid Stjernswärd

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UK workshop on web archives for social research - 15-16 Sept, Bristol
by Jessica Ogden 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Hi all Quick turn-around here, but we’re advertising for another UK-based workshop as part of our ESRC project on capacity building around smart data for social science research. Please find our call attached below - if you could circulate to relevant folks, I’d be grateful. Any questions do get in touch! All the best Jess ----- Follow the Data: Web Archives Data A workshop from the Digging into Digital Footprints Data project We are pleased to announce the second in our series of free, intensive two-day workshops for social researchers on digital footprints data. In this workshop, we will explore how the archived web is made, and what it makes possible for digital social research. The archived web is one of the largest records of social life we have, spanning decades of pages, platforms and communities that are otherwise long gone. But crawlers, curators and collection policies all shape what gets collected, how often, and what is kept, and those decisions determine what can later be asked of these data. Follow the Data brings together social researchers to critically engage with these questions: where these data come from, how they are shaped, and what they can and cannot tell us about the social world, now and in the past. The workshop combines capacity building with methodological and ethical debate, working with social researchers who are interested in using web archives in their research. No prior experience with web archives is needed. We welcome participants from across career stages and disciplinary backgrounds. 15-16 September 2026, Bristol Digital Futures Institute, Bristol Free to attend. Limited travel bursaries are available for early career researchers. Fill out a short Expression of Interest form to register your interest in attending here (Deadline for applications is 26th August): https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MTpk2tNnV4 The Follow the Data workshops are part of the ESRC Smart Data Research UK Accelerator project: Digging into Digital Footprints Data. Funding from the ESRC is gratefully acknowledged, grant number ES/Y010892/1. Dr Jessica Ogden Lecturer in Digital Futures, Bristol Digital Futures Institute (BDFI<https://www.bristol.ac.uk/bristol-digital-futures-institute/>) ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF<https://www.bristol.ac.uk/research/centres/sociodigital-futures/>) School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS<https://www.bristol.ac.uk/spais/>) University of Bristol Web profile: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/jessica-ogden

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Instruction on how to unsubscribe
by Michiel Leenaars 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Dear all, (and in particular Fabio and Sigrid) this serves as a good reminder of two things: - tens of thousands of people will receive your message to unsubscribe. Please be mindful of other people's time, and the pollution causes by these messages being stored in each and everyone's inbox - people don't read the messages they get in full, because otherwise they would see that the instruction on how to unsubscribe is given at the bottom of every email to this list [1]. There appear to be some grammatical errors in that footer text for quite a while, but that is another point. Everyone: have a great day! Kind regards, Michiel Leenaars PS. Disappointingly, digital signatures (OpenPGP) are not allowed on the list and actually blocked - which is a disservice to validation. [1] The current text reads: > The To unsubscribe send an email to air-l-leave(a)lists.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/

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FW: Editor openings on a new open access journal
by Breen, Eileen 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Dear all Routledge/Taylor & Francis is launching a new journal: 'Cogent: Communication & Information'. The journal will be open access. Please see https://editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recruitment/section-edi…<https://editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recruitment/section-edi…> for details on how to express an interest. Very best wishes Eileen Breen Journals Manager, Routledge/T&F Information Classification: General

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Digital Queers and High Tech Gays: The History of LGBTQ+ Cyber Activism
by Alex Ketchum 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

I am happy to share that my newest book *Digital Queers and High Tech Gays: The History of LGBTQ+ Cyber Activism (MIT Press, 2027) is now available for pre-order**.* https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262058100/digital-queers-and-high-tech-gays/ To get a sense of the book, here is the table of contents (and I have paste the book description below that) *Table of Contents* Introduction 1 *Part I: Building the Network* 1 LGBTQ+ Labor Organizing Outside the Workplace: Developing Regional, National, and International Organizations of LGBTQ+ Associations of Engineers, Scientists, and High- Tech Professionals 2 LGBTQ+ Labor Organizing Within Companies: Queer Employee Resource Groups Reshaping the Tech Industry *Part II: The Cyber Queer Agenda* 3 We’re Here! We’re Queer! We Have E- mail!: Digital Queers and Getting LGBTQ+ Organizations Online 4 Techno Dykes and Teaching the Internet *Part III: Organizations in Transition Between Media Technologies* 5 From Phone Lines to Online: LGBTQ+ Hotlines and HIV/AIDS Switchboards 6 LGBTQ2S+ Archives: Digital Futures and Preserving the Past Conclusion: Net Value and the Dream of a Queerer Internet *Description of the book:* *How LGBTQ+ cyber activists in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom shaped the Internet and how the Internet shaped LGBTQ+ activism.* *Digital Queers and High Tech Gays* tells the history of LGBTQ+ cyber activism in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom and how it ultimately shaped the Internet as we know it. Beginning in 1980, queer cyber activists founded regional, national, and international organizations of engineers, scientists, and high-tech professionals. From advocating for tech workers’ rights to equipping LGBTQ+ organizations with the hardware and software needed to do their work to creating in-person and online spaces where they shared information, socialized, and preserved queer histories, LGBTQ+ cyber activists used analog and digital technologies to transform queer folks’ lives both on the Internet and away from the keyboard. Queer cyber activists also built crucial Internet infrastructures and expanded the idea of who could be an Internet user. And, through their work with LGBTQ2S+ archives, they ultimately created the tools needed to preserve their own history. In this book, Alex Ketchum shares their untold, pathbreaking story. -- Alex Ketchum, PhD Associate Professor at McGill University's Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Director of the Just Feminist Tech and Scholarship Lab Author of *Digital Queers and High Tech Gays: the History of LGBTQ+ Cyber Activism* (MIT Press, 2027) Co-editor of *Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food *(Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025) Founder of Disrupting Disruptions and Creator of The Feminist Restaurant Project Author of* Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses* (Concordia Uni Press, 2022) Author of *Engage in Public Scholarship!: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication* (Concordia Uni Press, 2022) alexketchum(dot)ca| pronouns she/her

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Call for papers | II EPEA 2026 — Artificial Intelligence and Political Communication
by jcfcorreia＠gmail.com 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Dear Colleagues Dear Colleagues, I,m writing from Portugal, where I am a member of LabCom – Communication Lab. LabCom is a research unit that brings together researchers from media and communication studies, philosophy, sociology, and computer science, with a shared interest in digital and online phenomena. Let me present our new event: LabCom — Communication Laboratory of the University of Beira Interior (UBI) is organising, on 10–11 December 2026, the II EPEA — International Seminar “The Public Sphere in the Age of Algorithms”, under the theme Artificial Intelligence and Political Communication. The event will take place entirely online, via videoconference. From populism to disinformation, from deepfakes to polarisation, from surveillance to platform governance, the II EPEA sets out to examine the impact of AI on the public sphere. Thematic areas We particularly welcome proposals combining empirical research, theoretical reflection and critical analysis on: • AI, Populism and Authoritarian Leadership • Algorithmic Literacy and Digital Citizenship • AI and New Networked Social Movements • AI, the Public Sphere and the Crisis of Deliberation • Surveillance, Control and Predictive Policing • AI, Political Polarisation and Online Radicalisation • AI Regulation and Platform Governance • AI, Political Microtargeting and Electoral Communication • AI and New Forms of Agenda-Setting and Gatekeeping • Conspiracy Theories and Algorithmic Recommendation • Hate Speech, Symbolic Violence and Digital Harassment • Deepfakes, Disinformation and Data Authenticity • Algorithmic Transparency, Auditing and Accountability • AI Ethics, Algorithmic Discrimination and Human Rights How to take part • Abstracts of up to 350 words (excluding title, keywords and references), in Portuguese, English or Spanish. • Each author may submit up to two proposals. Deadline: 30 September 2026. • Submission: https://forms.gle/74uycCbZf412greo8 • Notification of acceptance: 15 October. Registration and payment: by 31 October. • Accepted papers will be published in a book edited by LabCom UBI. • Registration: €30 (free for LabCom UBI members). The event will be streamed live on the LabCom UBI YouTube channel. Committees, timeline and full information: https://labcom.ubi.pt/epea/ Contact: João Carlos Correia (jcorreia(a)ubi.pt) · Branco Di Fátima (brancodifatima(a)labcom.ubi.pt) Please feel free to circulate this call among colleagues and relevant academic networks. João Carlos Correia Department of Communication, Philosophy and Politics Faculty of Arts and Letters University of Beira Interior

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Job Opening: Postdoc in Computational Social Science / CS (ERC)
by Magdalena E Wojcieszak 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Dear all, I hope you are having a great summer. Still a week to apply for the post-doctoral position at the University of Warsaw. Please see below, distribute, and consider applying if relevant. Thank you! Dear Colleagues, We are inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position at the Centre of Excellence in Social Sciences as part of the ERC NEWSUSE project (PI: Magdalena Wojcieszak). Application Deadline: August 15, 2026 Details: https://cess.idub.uw.edu.pl/en/2026/07/new-job-opening-assistant-professor-… About the Role: Are you an expert in computational social science or computer science? Do you specialize in ML or LLMs, software development, and innovative online experiments? Are you interested in social media, their recommendation algorithms, polarization, and misinformation? The ERC NEWSUSE project explores how to incentivize exposure to quality and verified political news and information online to minimize polarization, misinformation, extremism, etc. The project includes experiments on mock platforms, social media field experiments, and computer and data science methods. The project may also entail algorithmic audits of social media platforms using automated sock puppets and prompt engineering. You will shape the specific questions and designs, and to envision and implement innovative technological solutions to increase the external validity of these designs. Please feel free to circulate this among any qualified candidates or relevant networks. Best regards, CESS Centrum Doskonałości w Naukach Społecznych Uniwersytet Warszawski ul. Dobra 56/66 pok. 2.90 00-312 Warszawa cess(a)uw.edu.pl<mailto:cess@uw.edu.pl> cess.idub.uw.edu.pl<http://cess.idub.uw.edu.pl> [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zYE1Ym90JNps-iC23syIG1_T7h…] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CESS_UW" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cess_uw+unsubscribe(a)uw.edu.pl<mailto:cess_uw+unsubscribe@uw.edu.pl>.

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Job Vacance: Digital Media and Storytelling at University of Maastricht
by Tim Jordan 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Dear all, A great job at the University of Maastricht with some excellent colleagues. It mixes digital media and story telling. I've been lucky enough to spend a bit of time there and it looks a terrific opportunity. Assistant Professor in Storytelling and Digital Media https://vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-Assistant-Professo… Our goal: We aim to strengthen our expertise in the study of narrative across media, especially how storytelling evolves across literary, audiovisual, interactive, and digital forms. Your colleagues: You will join the Literature and Art department and the research program Arts, Media, and Culture (AMC). Depending on your research focus, you may also collaborate with colleagues in one of our research centers, such as the Center for Gender and Diversity (CGD), the Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MACCH), and the Maastricht Center for Citizenship, Migration, and Development. Happy summer or winter wherever you are. Best Tim Jordan -- Tim Jordan, Emeritus Professor of Arts and Sciences, University College London.

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CFP: AoIR CDMX Preconference: In Defense of the Commons
by Zach McDowell 10 Aug '26

10 Aug '26

CFP / Announcement: Pre Conference workshop: October 14, 2026 AoIR Preconference: In Defense of the Commons Workshop facilitators: Zach McDowell, Fenwick McKelvey, Matt Vetter As the Internet becomes just a data dump for the next AI model, there is a growing demand to articulate the loss and what's at stake over the Internet's future. We argue the commons is a critical, normative concept that needs to be reasserted. Our workshop aims to build capacity in the development of new theory and practice through the The Critical Commons Research Network (CCRN), an international research collective focused on examining the sharing of digital public knowledge through infrastructural, political-economic, policy lenses, and other critical approaches. This network connects researchers, creating opportunities for mentorship and collaboration around the (digital) commons. The workshop aims to: 1. Coordinate research on Internet commons and other shared services online, including Wikipedia, the Creative Commons, open AI models, and emerging hardware or peer-to-peer server collectives; 2. Advance new theories of the commons as a normative concept for internet studies; 3. Advocate for alternative forms of resistance against new enclosures of the commons through the Critical Commons Network. A key function of the preconference is to coordinate researchers addressing the loss and threats to current Internet commons. We aim to gather 20 to 30 researchers working along themes around the commons for a focused workshop articulating a plan for the network and to coordinate global research on commons theory and practice. We invite participants to submit a brief biography, description of their research project, and relevant publications. The half-day workshop will be organized around three 60-minute thematic discussions developed from participant responses. Selected participants will be invited to give brief lightning talks to animate discussion. We anticipate themes to include: - Wikipedia: Fondly known as “the last best place on the Internet,” Wikipedia was founded on the utopian promise of a decentralized, collaborative, and nonproprietary model for creating and sharing “the sum of all human knowledge." Wikipedia remains a shining example of the digital “commons” — repositories of knowledge and information that have become infrastructural layers that support the Internet as we know it. - The future of free, libre, and open source collaboration: Beyond Wikipedia and its sister Wikimedia projects, the digital commons also includes open-source software projects (Debian, Pubpub), shadow libraries that circulate publicly funded research, and interoperable interfaces (such as RSS feeds and APIs). These institutional mechanisms for content, whether knowledge, data, multimedia, or code, eschew exclusive traditional property rights in favor of social governance, harnessing diverse, non-market motivations to create shared public goods. - AI Commons: AI drives new forms of extraction and enclosure of the commons through large language models (LLMs) that repurpose volunteer labor and open data in ways that may undermine the sustainability of the projects themselves. Open models, distributed model interfaces, and agentic-human collaborations function as both an alternative and a threat to growing empires of AI. Can open AI actually mitigate these negative externalities for the commons? - Theory and application of “traditional” commons systems (forestry, fisheries, etc) applying towards digital systems. The discussions will be recorded and collected as a report and included in a forthcoming special issue in communication +1. Whenever possible we will attribute contributions to participants, but participants should expect their contributions to inform these outputs. We encourage critical engagement with commons and commons theory. The ideal of the commons as an open, equitable, and self-regulating space exists under constant pressure, for many reasons. Internally, these projects are not the "mythical egalitarian space" they are often described as. They are characterized by power asymmetries, systemic biases, and complex bureaucracies that can exclude newcomers and marginalized communities who may wish to negotiate and challenge established norms. Half-day for short workshopping to ensure there is time for networking activities. Please submit by September 15th (earlier the better): 1. Your name and affiliation; 2. A 250 biography and/or description of your research program; 3. A 250-word interest statement on your idea that you’d like to develop and discuss Participants will be selected through a peer-review, and announced soon thereafter. *Please send CFP emails to: criticalcommonsresearchnetwork(a)gmail.com <criticalcommonsresearchnetwork(a)gmail.com>* (for any clarifications you can reply to me) live long and prosper, Zach -------------------- Zachary J. McDowell, PhD www.zachmcdowell.com New Book out: Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality Read online or on Kindle for free <https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003094081/wikipedia…>

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