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resources for Interface and Interaction Design/Visual Design
by Anja Venter 17 May '19

17 May '19

Hi All, I hope this finds you well. I am compiling a list of resources for a UX course I'm teaching in a couple of months. Looking for resources on - Interface and Interaction Design - Visual Design Anybody have any stand-out readings or resources to add? I will share my final list with the group. Many thanks, Anja *Dr Anja Venter, PhD* *illustration, design, research* *www.nannaventer.co.za <http://www.nannaventer.co.za> * *+27 84 929 4647 * *@nannaventer*

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Workshop Digitalization and Religious Contact
by Giulia Evolvi 17 May '19

17 May '19

Dear Colleagues, Here a CFP for people (especially early career) working on religion and digital media. Hope it may be of interest to some. Are you doing research on digitalization and religious contact? Or do you have a general interest in learning more about methods and theories in media and religious studies to address the ethical and social consequences of digitalization? Then you might like to actively join the round table at our workshop and share information about your project. This is an opportunity for early career researchers to receive funding to come to Bochum (Germany) for a two-day workshop. The workshop “*Digitalization and Religious Contact*” ( http://bit.ly/DigitalizationWS*)* will take place on *14-15 November 2019* at Ruhr University, in Bochum. It will be organized by two research centers: the Center for Religious Studies (CERES), which is an interdisciplinary and international center studying the dynamics of religious change and religious encounters in Europe and Asia ( www.ceres.rub.de) and the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), a research center where scholars can study the opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation (http://bit.ly/CAISEvent) During our workshop we want to address the following practical questions: How can scholars collect data about digital religion and analyze them? Which framework can better capture the role of the Internet in relation to religious contact? What kind of impact does digitalization have on religion, and how can it be analyzed? The workshop will include presentations from leading scholars in the field, including Mona Abdel-Fadil (University of Oslo), Oren Golan (University of Haifa), Tim Hutchings (University of Nottingham), Mehmet Karacuka (Ege University), Stephen Philaja (Newman University), Susanne Stadlbauer (University of Colorado), Johanna Sumiala (University of Helsinki). The second day will host the round table that will bring together senior researchers and early career scholars. We are willing to have early career scholars (including PhD students) who are interested in taking part in the round table. If you want to participate in this round table, please send us your abstract (300-400 words) before *30 July 2019* (to: giulia.evolvi(a)rub.de*; nina.hahne(a)cais.nrw*) The abstract should sum up your current research and point out your interest in the workshop and the input you plan to give. Travel and accommodation costs will be fully covered. Kind regards, Nina Hahne (CAIS) and Giulia Evolvi (CERES)

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Postdoc position in ethnography and technology at Stockholm University
by Airi Lampinen 16 May '19

16 May '19

Dear all, our research group at Stockholm University is hiring a postdoc for a fully-funded, two-year position. More details below. My colleague Barry Brown (barry(a)dsv.su.se) is in charge of the search & he will be happy to take questions, but you are of course welcome to be in touch with me, too. Please spread the word to people who might be interested. Thanks! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Barry Brown <barry(a)dsv.su.se> Hello! We have an interesting two year post doc opportunity open. The position is working at Stockholm University as part of the "Securing things: Human Centred Internet of Things Security" VR funded research project. The project’s goal is to develop the cultural, political and empirical understandings that will be needed to regulate, manage, and design for secure technology. The focus for this position is on conducting ethnographic research on those who hack computers, and in particular, embedded systems. We are looking for an experienced ethnographer, who might not necessary have particular technical skills, but who has experience investigating and understanding technical communities. The goal of this research will be to inform the design of computer security, in collaboration with our project partners at RISE. Sweden is one of the best places in the world to do a postdoc - an open, friendly, environment, with a good salary and conditions. Our research group currently has eight researchers working on a range of topics across the computing & social sciences. We publish at a high level with a supportive international environment. Applicants for both positions need to have a PhD in a relevant field (or be about to complete one). Send an email to either myself <barry(a)dsv.su.se> if you have any specific questions. Please apply! The deadline is the 30th May. https://www.su.se/english/about/working-at-su/jobs?rmpage=job&rmjob=9019&rm… Best, Barry ~ Professor Barry Brown, DSV, University of Stockholm Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham barry(a)dsv.su.se, Swedish Mobile: +46 70-284 50 31 barrybrown.se -- Airi Lampinen Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) Stockholm University airi(a)dsv.su.se | @airi_ | airilampinen.fi Weekly newsletter: tinyletter.com/airi_/

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recently out: Invisible Search and Online Search Engines (Routledge, 2019)
by Jutta Haider 16 May '19

16 May '19

Book announcement: Jutta Haider & Olof Sundin (2019), Invisible Search and Online Search Engines. The Ubiquity of Search in Everyday Life", London & NY: Routledge "This is a marvelously written, beautifully researched volume which explores the centrality of search to our lives. It ranges fluently across a number of fields to produce fresh insights into topics such as the creation of new temporalities and meaning-making in information infrastructures." Geoffrey Bowker, University of California Irvine, USA "This is an excellent book that provides a unique perspective on the field of web search studies. Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin place search where it is best placed: in everyday life. … This book, which is well-grounded in the literature from different fields, provides an excellent basis for understanding search as an integral part of everyday life." Dirk Lewandowski, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany "… it represents an important new voice in this extremely important field. " Birger Hjørland, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Description: Invisible Search and Online Search Engines considers the use of search engines in contemporary everyday life and the challenges this poses for media and information literacy. Looking for mediated information is mostly done online and arbitrated by the various tools and devices that people carry with them on a daily basis. Because of this, search engines have a significant impact on the structure of our lives, and personal and public memories. Haider and Sundin consider what this means for society, whilst also uniting research on information retrieval with research on how people actually look for and encounter information. Contents: Introduction \ Perspectives on search \ The materialities of search \ Search in everyday Life \ Search and media and information literacy \ Researching search and search as research \ Conclusion Book information can be found here: https://www.routledge.com/Invisible-Search-and-Online-Search-Engines-The-Ub… [sorry for crossposting]

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RACI Call for Applications
by Gergana Petrova 16 May '19

16 May '19

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) is again looking for talented academics in the field of Internet technology. Successful applicants receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. If you are working on something interesting, please apply! If you know someone in your network who is, please forward them this message. https://www.ripe.net/raci You can apply for the following two meetings by submitting an abstract and draft slides by *7 August*: - RIPE NCC Regional Meeting (24-25 September, Kyiv) - RIPE 79 (14-19 October, Rotterdam) Examples of relevant research topics include: - Network measurements and analyses - IPv6 deployment - BGP routing - Network security - Internet governance - Peering and interconnectivity - Internet of Things RACI mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list Twitter: https://twitter.com/raci_ripe RACI LinkedIn Group: https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin You can help by spreading the word to your academic networks. For any questions about the initiative or about applying, please email me back. Best regards, Gergana Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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Reminder - CfP: EASA Media Anthropology Network Workshop "The Digital Turn in Media Anthropology"
by sahana udupa 16 May '19

16 May '19

Dear All, Apologies for cross-posting. A gentle reminder that the deadline for submitting abstracts for the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Media Anthropology Network Workshop "The Digital Turn in Media Anthropology" on the 11th of October 2019 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich is getting closer (please see details below). All the best. ***** *Organizers* Sahana Udupa (LMU Munich) Elisabetta Costa (University of Groningen) Philipp Budka (University of Vienna)* * *Date & Venue* 11 October 2019 Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich, Germany *Abstract* By building on the Media Anthropology Network panel at the EASA 2018 conference in Stockholm and the follow-up e-seminar from 16 Oct. - 9 Nov. 2018 (http://www.media-anthropology.net/index.php/e-seminars) this workshop critically explores “the digital turn” in the anthropological study of media, and aims to push further ethnographic knowledge into the role that digital media technologies play in people's everyday life and broader sociopolitical transformations. In so doing, this workshop contributes to the reassessment of media anthropology in digital times, and raises critical questions on how digital media have posed new epistemological challenges, inspired methodological innovations, and offered opportunities for political activism for media anthropologists. A key question that drives this discussion is whether the digital turn has reconfigured the classic distinction between “home” and “field” through temporally intensified “horizontal” networks on a global scale. Have these connections – culturally translated across different societies – collapsed the distinction between “home” and “field”? As users and researchers of digital media, how do we rework anthropology’s classic conundrum of home-field, distance-nearness and us-other in radically progressive ways? What does the “digital turn” entail in terms of how we engage research participants, and how do we use these new pathways to critique the multidirectional “colonial matrix of power” (Mignalo & Walsh, 2007) that is riding on the very infrastructure of contemporary digital media? We invite scholars to engage with these questions through various topic fields they are researching, and consider this reflexive move as an important step towards challenging “the global fact” of racial, gender, ethnic and religion-based exclusions. We also invite scholars to bring cases of innovative use of digital research to overcome prevailing hierarchies in anthropological knowledge production – between researchers and research participants, as well as within the academic community. Drawing from their own research, and from their engagement with relevant literatures, workshop participants will ask the following questions: What is the present state of anthropological study on digital media technologies and their impact on culture and society? What are the main questions in need of urgent research (especially in connection to decolonizing media/digital anthropology, gender, visuality, extreme movements and speech)? How have digital technologies transformed (media) anthropology and how does the future look for media anthropologists? What is the role of digital technology in transforming knowledge production and dissemination in media anthropology? How can anthropologists contribute to the interdisciplinary effort of theorizing digital media practices and digital technologies? Who will be the main beneficiaries of this research, both in academia and beyond? We invite ethnographic and/or theoretical papers that focus on the above questions. Participants who need travel support to attend the workshop are invited to mention the same (limited financial support is available for travel and accommodation). *In a single word document, please send your abstracts of 1000 words and a short bio (100 words) stating your current affiliation, mentioning whether you are an EASA member.* Please use the filename format: authorlastname_digitalturnworkshop2019, and send this *no later than 1 June 2019* to digitalturnworkshop(a)ethnologie.lmu.de Selected participants will be notified by 30 June 2019. EASA members will get the first preference in travel bursaries. *** Sahana Udupa Professor of Media Anthropology Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich Principal Investigator ERC Project: www.fordigitaldignity.com Politics of Abusive Exchange on Social Media <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444817698776>(*New Media & Society*) Extreme speech online <https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5843>(*International Journal of Communication*)

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Just out: Geert Lovink, Sad by Design, On Platform Nihilism (Pluto Press, 2019)
by Geert Lovink 15 May '19

15 May '19

"A scathing indictment of a technology that transforms the very notion of self into a sharing platform" Eva Illouz, author of Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation "Lovink dissects our digital addictions with the dynamite power of critical theory. A savage journey into the heart of the digital self, and a wake-up call to break free of our own enslavement" Donatella della Ratta, author of Shooting a Revolution "A searing criticism of platform nihilism, considered above all as a perversion of computational design" Bernard Stiegler, author of The Age of Disruption Sadness is now a design problem. The highs and lows of melancholy are coded into social media platforms. After all the clicking, browsing, swiping and liking, all we are left with is the flat and empty aftermath of time lost to the app. Sad by Design offers a critical analysis of the growing social media controversies such as fake news, toxic viral memes and online addiction. The failed search for a grand design has resulted in depoliticed internet studies which are unable to generate either radical critique or a search for alternatives. The table of content: Introduction: Society of the Social Overcoming the Disillusioned Internet Social Media as Ideology Distraction and its Discontents Sad by Design Media-Network-Platform: Three Architectures From Registration to Extermination: On Technological Violence Narcissus Confirmed: Technologies of the Minimal Selfie Mask Design as Aesthetics of the Faceless Memes as Strategy: European Origins and Debates Before Building the Avant-Garde of the Commons Sad by Design came out in Italian late March and will also appear in Spanish and German in July/September 2019. Book information about the English edition can be found here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745339344/sad-by-design/ <https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745339344/sad-by-design/>. There will be a book launch in London on May 23 2019 where Geert Lovink will have a dialogue with Athina Karatzogianni: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sad-by-design-on-platform-nihilism-w-geert-l… <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sad-by-design-on-platform-nihilism-w-geert-l…> An Amsterdam event is scheduled in the @droog space (Staalstraat) on June 18 at 17.00. See: www.selfdesign.nl <http://www.selfdesign.nl/>.

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Research position in Cyprus on social aspects of algorithms
by Jahna Otterbacher 15 May '19

15 May '19

Dear Colleagues, [Apologies for cross-postings] The Open University of Cyprus accepts positions for the fulfillment of one (1) Research Associate position with full-time employment over two years, in the context of the H2020 project “CyCAT: Cyprus Center for Algorithmic Transparency.” The project is funded by the program H2020 – Widespread – Twinning. The project aims at developing interventions that support the needs of users, raising their awareness of algorithmic biases (i.e., social biases that are observed in algorithmic systems and tools used regularly by the public for information access, such as search engines and social media platforms). The interventions to be developed include both digital tools and educational materials for digital literacy, with an emphasis on those that shall support the specific needs of Cypriot educators, information specialists and the public more generally. CyCAT researchers based at OUC collaborate closely with our advanced partners, located at leading universities across Europe and Israel ((University of Edinburgh, University of Trento, University of Sheffield, and University of Haifa). In addition, the project provides support for carrying out scientific exchanges abroad, as well as for researchers’ participation in international scientific conferences. More information on the project and team can be found here: http://www.cycat.io/ <http://www.cycat.io/> Applications should be submitted electronically at https://recruitment.ouc.ac.cy/apply <https://recruitment.ouc.ac.cy/apply> by 10 June 2019. Feel free to contact me more directly for information about the position. Best regards, Jahna Otterbacher

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Chris Kelty interviews Lilly Irani about Chasing Innovation - fixed link
by Ilana Gershon 15 May '19

15 May '19

Dear Colleagues, Chris Kelty chatted with Lilly Irani about her new book, Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India. It was a free-ranging discussion, touching on what it means to engage in design thinking in India, whether it is important to orient oneself toward a utopia, and so on. Please check it out: www.campanthropology.org Best, Ilana

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Fwd: New Book: Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa. A Mediated Analysis
by Massimo Ragnedda 15 May '19

15 May '19

Apologies for cross posting *Out now* Bruce Mustvairo and Massimo Ragnedda, *Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa. A Mediated Analysis. *Amsterdam University Press https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462986855/mapping-the-digital-divide-in-afri… *Description* Despite issues associated with the digital divide, mobile telephony is growing on the continent and the rise of smartphones has given citizens easy access to social networking sites. But the digital divide, which mostly reflects on one's race, gender, socioeconomic status or geographical location, stands in the way of digital progress. What opportunities are available to tame digital disparities? How are different societies in Africa handling digital problems? What innovative methods are being used to provide citizens with access to critical information that can help improve their lives? Experiences from various locations in several sub-Saharan African countries have been carefully selected in this collection with the aim of providing an updated account on the digital divide and its impact in Africa. *Reviews* "For many years ‘the digital divide’ has been a catchphrase, often with little analytical content. This book provides studies of how the concept can be understood within an African context. The different contributions address problems related to digital opportunities as well as inhibitions to growth; thus, it has implications for how to comprehend technological, political, economic, social, and cultural development in a wider world. Of particular importance is that the book provides a theoretical understanding as well as an account of the impact of different technologies such as mobile phones." - *Helge Rønning, Professor*, Department of Media and Communications, University of Oslo, Norway "You need to take a different perspective of both the digital divide and Africa to understand the complexity of social and digital inequality in Africa. The digital divide is different in every part of the world. Reading this book you will grasp the complexity of the social, cultural and political affairs of Africa that are reinforcing the digital divide. Surprisingly, while mobile telephony is booming here, ICTs are in fact only reinforcing existing social inequality." - *Jan A.G.M. van Dijk, Professor*, Department of Communication, University of Twente, the Netherlands "This is a timely and much-needed collection that fills an important gap in the literature. It offers excellent conceptual tools and a selection of case studies that provide a useful map of the digital divide across the African continent and between Africa and the rest of the world. I especially appreciate the editors’ efforts to address African issues on their own terms and to problematize interpretive paradigms from the global north. It is a book that many will look forward to reading. I will recommend it to my students." - *Pier Paolo Frassinelli, Professor,* School of Communication, University of Johannesburg, South Africa ______________ *Massimo Ragnedda* <http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda> Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication Squires Building 306f, Northumbria University, NE8 1ST Newcastle (UK) Tel: 01912437444 Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University <http://www.journ.msu.ru/eng/news/27610/> Most recent books: Bruce Mutsvairo and Massimo Ragnedda eds (2019) Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa. A Mediated Analysis. <https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462986855/mapping-the-digital-divide-in-afri…> Amsterdam University Press Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo, eds (2018) *Digital Inclusion. An International Comparative Analysis <https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498562126/Digital-Inclusion-An-International-Co…>*, Lexington Books. Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn Muschert, eds (2018) *Theorizing Digital Divide* <http://bit.ly/2y9WSLm>, Routledge Massimo Ragnedda (2017) *The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian approach to digital inequalities* <http://bit.ly/2f8FObg>, Routledge. Latest articles: Massimo Ragnedda (2018) Conceptualizing Digital Capital <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585318309316?via%3Di…>, Telematics and Informatics Massimo Ragnedda and Hanna Kreitem (2018), The three lelves of digital divide in East EU countries <http://worldofmedia.ru/volumes/2018/The%20three%20levels%20of%20digital%20d…>, World of Media Vice chair of Digital Divide Working Group, IAMCR <https://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/DID> Co-convenors of NINSO (Northumbria Internet and Society Research Group <https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/northumbria-law…> )

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