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LiveStream of Gillian Rose talk at University of Calgary
by Ryan Burns 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Dear colleagues, On behalf of the UC Cities research group at University of Calgary, I'd like to notify you that we will be live broadcasting Dr. Gillian Rose's (University of Oxford) talk in two weeks. We hope that this will make the conversation accessible to audiences unable to physically attend. You can find a LiveStream video embedded on the group's main page here<http://uccities.ca/> (http:uccities.ca<http://uccities.ca/>), and we will have further information regarding an archive to follow. The broadcast will begin just before her talk on Tuesday, March 26th at 3pm (MDT). For those of you in the Southern Alberta region, please feel welcomed to attend in EEEL 161 at UofC, and find a link below to register. The event is generously supported by the Calgary Institute for the Humanities<http://arts.ucalgary.ca/cih>, and in particular its "Social Justice in the Smart City<https://arts.ucalgary.ca/cih/smartcityiwg>" working group. See below for the official announcement, including the abstract and Dr. Rose's brief bio. Best wishes, Ryan Burns [http://go.ucalgary.ca/rs/161-OLN-990/images/UCalgary-Logo-Horz-Color.png]<http://em.ucalgary.ca/dc/mYyjONeLIwRv-d0pLFtx9zQ-h0uu8BF6DOrO7kVxheQ=/R00K7…> Calgary Institute for the Humanities [marketo-david-sarkisov-1181035-unsplash.jpg] THE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE SMART CITY INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKING GROUP AT THE CALGARY INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES PRESENTS data bodies, smart bodies and sensible bodies: posthuman corporeality in the digitally mediated city A LECTURE BY DR. GILLIAN ROSE PROFESSOR OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2019 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Energy Environment Experiential Learning Building Room 161 University of Calgary 750 Campus Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4H9 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER<http://em.ucalgary.ca/HO0002G08c6E6N70K3L00oG> Unable to attend? Watch the live video stream of this talk on Mar. 26: arts.ucalgary.ca/labs/global-urban-research/<http://em.ucalgary.ca/JL0KOG0p3N0876E2Gc00070> ________________________________ Digital technologies of various kinds are now the means through which many cities are made visible and their spatialities negotiated. From casual snaps shared on Instagram to elaborate photo‐realistic visualisations, digital technologies for making, distributing and viewing cities are more and more pervasive. This talk will explore some of the implications of that digital mediation for the bodies assembled in digitally mediated urban spaces. What forms of embodiment are being made visible in these digitally mediated cities, and how? Through what configuration of urban temporality, spatiality and sociality? And how should that picturing be theorised? Drawing on recent work on the visualisation of so‐called 'smart cities', the lecture will suggest the scale and pervasiveness of digital imagery now means that notions of 'representation' have to be rethought. Cities and their inhabitants are increasingly mediated through a febrile cloud of streaming image files; as well as representing cities, this cloud also operationalises particular ways of being urban. The lecture will explore some of the implications of this shift for both theory and method as well as critique. BIOGRAPHY Gillian Rose is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. She is the author of Feminism and Geography(Polity, 1993), Doing Family Photography (Ashgate, 2010) and Visual Methodologies(Sage, fourth edition 2016), as well as a many papers on images, visualising technologies and ways of seeing in urban, domestic and archival spaces. She is leading the ESRC‐funded project Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes; her particular interest is how digital visualisations of many kinds operationalise smart cities (SCiM‐MK.org) She also curates the digital | visual | cultural series of events (dvcultural.org<http://em.ucalgary.ca/s0q60K30EL880O2G7c00G0N>). Gillian’s webpage is at www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/grose.html<http://em.ucalgary.ca/K00G7OL00K6r09GEc2380N0>; she blogs at visual/method/culture and can be found on Twitter @ProfGillian<http://em.ucalgary.ca/F3ELK00sa2O0c06G000NG87>. HOST Dr. Rose's visit to Calgary is organized by the Social Justice and the Smart City Interdisciplinary Working Group at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities. To find out more about the group and to contact the conveners about participating in their research activities, please visit their website<http://em.ucalgary.ca/VELb002G630N000OK7Gct80>. -- Ryan Burns Department of Geography Engaging Open Data Research O'Brien Institute for Public Health Book Review Editor, The Canadian Geographer University of Calgary http://burnsr77.github.io<http://burnsr77.github.io/>

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Announcing our 2019 AoIR Conference Keynote Speaker!!
by Jonathon Hutchinson 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Dear AoIRists, We are pleased to announce Professor Bronwyn Carlson from Macquarie University is our 2019 Keynote Speaker for the upcoming AoIR Conference in Brisbane. Professor Carlson is a leading scholar in the field of Indigenous Studies and her research interests include Indigenous identities, Digital Indigenous Humanities and Global Indigeneity. Her latest project, Aboriginal Help-Seeking Behaviours on Social Media explored the rapid uptake of social media by Indigenous people, informal help-seeking and the way Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people engage digital communication technologies. Professor Carlson will address the 2019 conference theme of Trust in the System with her Keynote, Indigenous Internet users: Learning to trust ourselves. She describes the presentation as: “Trust in the System” is contentious, if not spurious for many Indigenous Internet users. “Trust” signifies as a term that embodies (and disembodies) our experiences from over two hundred years of colonisation. Research has shown that Indigenous people have always been early adopters of technology. Over the last decade or so, social media technologies have gradually become a central part of our everyday lives. It offers opportunities to connect across vast distances and diverse populations. It provides a platform to express one’s identity, connect with community, learn, play, seek love, organise political action, find lost friends and family, search for employment, seek help in times of need—and much more. Almost every aspect of everyday life has in some way been shaped, modified or enhanced by social media technologies. Indigenous people have made particular use of social media for agitating for social justice. Information can be distributed, events coordinated and alliances spontaneously forged across great distances largely outside of the surveillance and control of state actors. Assessing the actual impact of online activism is not a straightforward matter—any concept of ‘trust in the system’ demands that we begin to infiltrate that system in order to force ‘it’ to incorporate the views and experiences of Indigenous actors and activists online. We are incredibly honoured to have Professor Carlson deliver our Keynote Address this year and we welcome her to the AoIR Community. You can check out her Academic profile here<https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/bronwyn-carlson/projects/> and she tweets from @BronwynCarlson. Warm Regards Jonathon Hutchinson 2019 AoIR Program Chair DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON | Lecturer Online Communication and Media Department of Media and Communication | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 2018-2019 Visiting Research Fellow Hans Bredow Institute THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm N233, John Woolley Building (A20) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 2821 | F +61 2 9351 2434 | M +61 421 178 971 E jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:jonathon.hutchinson@sydney.edu.au> | W sydney.edu.au<http://sydney.edu.au> | W jonathonhutchinson.com.au<http://www.jonathonhutchinson.com.au/>

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Call for submissions - special issue on wearable robotics
by Charles M. Ess 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Dear AoIRists, on behalf of my colleagues in the H2020 cost action on wearable robotics, I am very pleased to call your attention to the call for submissions for a special issue on "Ethical, Legal, and Societal Aspects of Wearable Robots," to be published in the De Gryter open access journal, Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics. Broadly, the cost action group aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the ethical, legal, and societal issues in Wearable Robotics, especially as related to the design, deployment and practical use of wearable robots. The special issue is part of their strategy for doing so: you can read the full call here - <https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/1932> Especially as Human-Machine Communication (HMC) is becoming increasingly significant, both in its own right and for more and more of us in AoIR, I thought this would be of interest to many of us. Please also feel free to distribute to other networks through whatever channels that might be appropriate. Many thanks, - charles ess -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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Social media data analysis and GDPR
by Schaefer, M.T. (Mirko) 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Hello list, I am wondering who else on this list does social media data analysis and is concerned about GDPR compliance. Our research group, Utrecht Data School, works with a number of protocols to comply with rules in terms of data management, data processing, cooperation with third parties etc. However, we were pointed to the limits of the exceptions granted for academic, artistic and journalistic use of of data under the GDPR Implementation Act in the Netherlands. Does anyone here has experience in dealing with GDPR and social media data analysis. We would very much like to start a conversation and develop procedures for doing research and complying with the GDPR. Looking forward to learn more about this. Best, mirko Mirko Tobias Schäfer | Associate Professor for New Media & Digital Culture | Project leader at Utrecht Data School|Utrecht University | Media & Culture Studies | Muntstraat 2a | 3512 EV Utrecht | T: +31-644620751 | M: m.t.schaefer(a)uu.nl<mailto:m.t.schaefer@uu.nl> | W: www.mtschaefer.net<http://www.mtschaefer.net> mtschaefer | front<http://www.mtschaefer.net/> www.mtschaefer.net Mirko Tobias Schäfer / Assistant Professor University of Utrecht Department for Media and Culture Studies

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WEBCAST TODAY: World Wide Web 30th Anniversary Celebrations
by Joly MacFie 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

30 years! Time just flies when you're having fun! This is a restream of the two events in Geneva and London yesterday, with some fixing of sync and levels. London featured a surprise appearance by the city's Mayor. And even royalty have shown interest <https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1103633095213936640> in Sir Tim's NeXT. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/web30>In 1989 the world’s largest physics laboratory, *CERN <https://home.cern/>*, was a hive of ideas and information stored on multiple incompatible computers. *Sir Tim Berners-Lee* envisioned a unifying structure for linking information across different computers, and wrote a proposal in March 1989 called "*Information Management: A Proposal <http://info.cern.ch/Proposal.html>*". By 1991 this vision of universal connectivity had become the World Wide Web. To celebrate 30 years since Sir Tim Berners-Lee's proposal and to kick-start a series of celebrations worldwide, CERN hosted a *30th Anniversary event <https://web30.web.cern.ch/>* in the morning of 12 March 2019 in partnership with the *World Wide Web Consortium <https://www.w3.org/>* (W3C) and with the *World Wide Web Foundation <https://webfoundation.org/>*. Later in the day the *Science Museum <https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/>* in London, the home of *the original NeXT Computer <http://bit.ly/2DZeF8O> *used by Sir Tim to design the World Wide Web, ran a *second event <https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/webs-30th-birthday-sir-tim-bern…>*, also in partnership with the World Wide Web Foundation. Sir Tim spoke at both events, and both will be restreamed in full today* Wednesday 13 March* on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/>*, starting at *09:00 EDT* (13:00 UTC). *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM*: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/web30 (No captions) CERN GENEVA *Welcome and Introduction* - Welcome by *Anna Cook* - master of ceremonies - Opening talk by *Fabiola Gianotti* - CERN Director General *Let’s Share What We Know* - panel discussion - Chair: *Frédéric Donck* - Speakers: *Tim Berners-Lee*, *Robert Cailliau*, *Jean-François Groff*, *Lou Montulli*, *Zeynep Tufekci* *For Everyone *- conversation - Sir *Tim Berners-Lee* and *Bruno Giussani* *Towards the Future* - panel discussion - Chair:* Bruno Giussani* - Speakers: *Doreen Bogdan-Martin*, *Jovan Kurbalija*, *Monique Morrow*, *Zeynep Tufekci* *Closing Remarks* - *Charlotte Warakaulle* - CERN Director for International Relations *PHOTOS*: https://cds.cern.ch/record/2665683 SCIENCE MUSEUM LONDON - *Imogen Heap* — Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer. - *Matt Brittin* — President, EMEA Business & Operations at Google - *Roya Mahboob* — The NewNow Leader, Tech Entrepreneur & Women’s Rights Activist - *Taylor Wilson* — The NewNow Leader, Nuclear Physicist, Science Advocate & Inventor - *Dr. Anne-Marie Imafido*n MBE — Technology thought leader and founder and CEO of STEMettes - *Sadiq Khan*, Mayor of London - *Sir Tim Berners-Lee* in conversation with BBC journalist *Samira Ahmed* *TWITTER*: #web30 https://bit.ly/web30tweets *Permalink* https://isoc.live/10969/ - -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Sydney big data analytics workshop
by Gohar F. Khan 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Just to remind you that the early bird registration deadline is 31 March for Sydney analytics workshop (sorry for cross and re-posting): https://www.analyticsworkshops.com/home *Date: 26-28 June 2019* This hands-on workshop includes lectures, tutorials, group problem solving, and discussions on creating value with big data analytics. The seminar discusses both structural (sales and financial) and nonstructural data (tweets and networks) tools, techniques, and strategies. *What is covered?* 1. Business Analytics 2. Social Media Analytics 3. Marketing Analytics 4. Location Analytics 5. Financial Analytics 6. Network Analytics 7. Search Engine Analytics 8. Text Analytics 9. Analytics-Business Alignment 10. Data Security and Privacy *Tools covered*: R, Matlab, NodeXL, SPSS, etc. *Specifics * - Where: The University of Technology Sydney, Thomas room, UTS Building 10 Level 7, 235 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia. - When: 26-28 June 2019 - Who: Academics, students, researchers, business owners, managers, executives, and consultants, etc. - Seats: Seats are limited. First come, first serve basis. - Layout: Round-table sessions followed by Hands-on exercises. Please bring your own device. - Atmosphere: Warm, friendly, and collegial! - Registration Deadline: Early Bird: 31st March 2019; Late: 31st May 2019 Early bird registration is now open: https://www.deepdigital.co.nz/events-1/creating-value-with-analytics-2019 Cheers, Khan -- *Gohar Khan **|* *Senior Lecturer of Digital Business* *|* *Undergraduate and Graduate Convenor for Digital Business* *|* *School of Management & Marketing **|** Faculty of Management **|* *University of Waikato* *Private Bag 3105* *|* *Hamilton 3240* *|* *New Zealand**|* *+64 7 838 4233* *|** gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz <gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz> ** | o**ffice: MSB.2.32D / Web*: gfkhan.wordpress.com *Check out my books on* social media analytics <https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Value-Social-Media-Analytics/dp/1977543979/…> and digital marketing analytics <https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Analytics-for-Marketing/Sponder-Khan/p/bo…>

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Tenure-track position: Digital Media Arts and Communication (U of Waterloo, Communication Arts)
by Gerald Voorhees 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Please circulate as you see fit: *Digital Media Arts and Communication, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor* The Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in digital media arts and communication. Based in a liberal arts faculty, in a research-intensive university, the Department of Communication Arts has undergraduate programs in Speech Communication, Theatre & Performance, and Digital Arts Communication, and currently serves approximately 200 majors and 150 minors. In addition, the Department delivers approximately 100 sections of communication courses to students from several different programs across the University. The successful candidate will have an exceptional research and/or practitioner profile, demonstrated excellence in teaching, and a background in digital media/arts and communication. Applicants are expected to have a PhD in hand or be ABD with dissertation near completion. Ideal candidates will bring an ability to contribute to the Digital Arts Communication minor, the Speech Communication major, and courses designed and delivered for students from across the university. In addition, candidates will be expected to contribute to the integration of digital arts practice into courses across the department. It is expected that the candidate will be engaged in scholarship or creative activities associated with digital arts as both a mode of production and an area of theoretical and critical inquiry. In particular, candidates may have expertise in digital design, interactive media, digital storytelling, game design, tangible media, online digital platforms, or some other related area. A demonstrated pedagogical commitment to theoretically-informed practice, student-centered learning, and engagement of broad public issues is desirable. Additional expertise in critical race, indigenous, dis/ability, trans, feminist, and/or queer approaches to the practice and study digital media and communication are welcome. Ideal applicants will have a high degree of technological literacy, the ability to secure external funding, collaborative potential with other faculty across the University, the ability to engage in outreach activities with industry in their area and be able to contribute to the growth of the department. The salary range for this position at the Assistant Professor rank is $80,000 to $100,000. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applications must include the following: letter of application addressed to Dr. Robert Danisch (Department Chair), CV, one sample scholarly publication, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three confidential letters of recommendation. Qualified candidates should complete an online application at: http://arts-ofas.uwaterloo.ca/communication-arts Deadline to apply: April 18, 2019 The University of Waterloo regards diversity as an integral part of academic excellence and is committed to employment equity and accessibility for all employees. As such, we encourage applications from women, Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) peoples, persons with disabilities, members of diverse gender identities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. At Waterloo, you will have the opportunity to work across disciplines and collaborate with an international community of scholars and a diverse student body, situated in a rapidly growing community that has been termed a “hub of innovation”. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will receive priority in the recruitment process. Three reasons to apply: http://uwaterloo.ca/fauw/why.

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ICADIWT 2019
by ijwa＠dline.info 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

The Tenth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2019) May 20-22, 2019, Casablanca, Morocco July 07-09, 2019 Luton, UK (www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt) The Tenth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2019) is a forum for researchers to present the intensive and innovative research, ideas, developments and applications in the areas of Computer Communications, Communication networks, Communication Software Communication Technologies and Applications, and other related themes. This conference (ICADIWT Edition IX) will include presentations of contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers. Digital Technologies is embeeded in the research activiites of large number of people and it ensures the Ubiquitous reaching of more number of people in the recent years. Research in digital technologies has been carried out in many directions using various resources and tools and on the other side, the application issues are addressed by more volume of researchers not necessarily limited to information and computing technology. Thus the proposed conference series realize its value and potential and manifest the requirements in the form of the international conference. This edition will address the following outlined themes (but not limited to) Internet Communication Internet Technologies Web Applications Internet Software Data Access and Transmission Digital Communication Software Digital Networks Web Communication Interfaces Adaptive Systems Internet of Things Internet of breath Augmented Reality Databases and applications Web Systems Engineering Design Intelligent Agent systems Semantic Web Studies Adaptive Web applications and personalization Actuators and sensors Robotics and Machine Vision Vibration and noise control Smart cities and structures Control Automation Human-machine interfaces Real-time simulation Digital Technologies for Mechanical and other designs Publication and Indexing The accepted full papers will be published in the IOS series (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA))and submitted for inclusion in many indexes. Accepted full papers will be submitted for indexing to multiple abstract and indexing partners. The papers will be indexed in many databases as given at http://www.frontiersinai.com/?q=indexing The accepted papers will be published as a post-conference publication. During the conference, the pre-conference volume will be distributed. The previous ICADIWT proceedings ars indexed in Web of Science Honorary Chairs Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, (Opole University, Poland) Co-Chair Chafik Okar, ENSA, Hassan 1st University, Berrechid, Morocco. General Chairs Abdelali El Bouchti, Institute for Forecasting and Futuristics (I2F), FS, Hassan 2nd University, Casablanca, Morocco Program Chairs Yao-Liang Chung, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, (Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) Important Dates Submission of papers- April 01, 2019 Notification- May 01, 2019 Camera ready- June 01, 2019 Registration- June 01, 2019 Conference Dates- July 07-09, 2019 Paper Submission at http://www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt/paper-submission/ Contact: icadiwt(a)socio.org.uk or diwt(a)dirf.org ----------------------

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ECIS Workshop: Surveillance in the Digital Society
by Marie Griffiths 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Surveillance in the Digital Society Hi All Can I please share with you our workshop details: Workshop announcement: See for details ‘Surveillance in the Digital Society <http://ecis2019.eu/programme/workshops-and-tutorials/surveillance-in-the-di…>’ Surveillance is not a new phenomenon, digitalization has however enabled surveillance of a magnitude we have not seen before. On social media people share the intimacies of their lives, leading to a huge repository of information. Additionally the volume of digital surveillance devices, such as stationary surveillance systems (CCTV), mobile devices such as smartphones, body-worn cameras, cameras in cars, drones and a variety of sensors. The development in algorithms and artificial intelligence, advances also the analytical step in surveillance, for example by face and motion recognition. The workshop invites short papers that reflect upon surveillance in the digital society by looking at how these practices are constructed, organised, experienced and regulated. A non-exhaustive list of different angles may include (but are not limited to): Self-surveillance - The attention one pays to one’s behaviour whilst, actuality or virtuality, being observed. Organizational surveillance - Digitized work-places enabling the monitoring of employees, partners, and customers posing ethical dilemmas Societal surveillance - The disproportionate, unlimited citizen online monitoring, enabled by new anti-terrorism laws, criticized for turning citizens into suspects. Sousveillance - The act of surveilling others as they surveil you Resistance towards surveillance - The use of strategies to avoid or disrupt the surveillance mechanisms The purpose with the workshop A half-day workshop that will consist of a keynote speaker Professor Ben Light and presentation of accepted papers in a round table fashion. The workshop should be seen as a springboard for ideas and early-stage manuscripts. The format is meant to encourage reflective discussions between researchers interested in surveillance in the digital society. The workshop will target junior and established academics that are attending ECIS, and we particularly encourage early career and PhD students to submit. Submissions will be screened but not reviewed, and we will apply a generous policy in this “first round” and accept all papers that fall within the above stated theme/scope of the workshop. Relevant Dates Workshop will be held on June 11 at Kista Campus, Stockholm University Submissions due by April 1 Replies by April 15 Submission Guidelines All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference except for the ECIS 2019 main conference. It is okay to submit a short version of a paper that has been submitted to ECIS, regardless of whether it has been accepted or rejected. All papers should be in PDF format and may not exceed 4 pages (references are excluded from this page count). The format is meant to encourage reflective discussions between researchers interested in surveillance in the digital society. Submissions will be screened but not reviewed, and we will apply a generous policy in this “first round” and accept all papers that fall within the theme/scope of the workshop. Submit your papers here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecis2019 <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychai…> Questions could be sent to: marie.eneman(a)gu.se <mailto:marie.eneman@gu.se> Keynote speaker We are delighted to announce that Professor Ben Light will be keynote speaker at our workshop. Ben Light, Professor of Digital Society, University of Salford, Manchester, UK.

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CfP - Resisting Digital Culture: dystopias, distortions, disconnections - 10th May 2019, King's College London
by Gerbaudo, Paolo 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Dear Colleagues, I am happy to announce that the annual KCL digital culture conference will take place on 10th May 2019. The Call for papers closes on 28th March 2019. 200 words abstracts can be submitted via Easychair https://easychair.org/cfp/ResistDigital2019 Best Regards, Paolo Gerbaudo // Resisting Digital Culture: dystopias, distortions, disconnections - 10th May 2019, King's College London Current debates about digital technology are caught in a death spiral of gloom, doom and anxiety. After a long period of optimism that accompanied the explosion of social media and assumptions of their democratic potential, today’s discourse is dominated by fear. Fear about the unchecked power of digital monopolies like Facebook, Google and Amazon; about the (ab)use of social media by far right political movements; about the psychopathologies, risks and trade-offs associated with constant and unyielding connectivity; fears about the radical surveillance enabled by the digital. What are the actual dangers we face in a world where almost every aspect of our life is digitally mediated? What are the ways people are trying to respond to these dangers, individually and collectively? What solutions do society and technology offer for challenging total digital interpellation? This international conference will explore the digital pessimism that is currently engulfing our understanding of the internet and social media, and assess possibilities for resistance. We shall explore a number of connected topics: risks connected to datafication and surveillance; dangers connected to authoritarian uses of the internet; the psychological perils of pervasive connection; and citizen/activist efforts to respond to these threats. The conference will include various panels, on a number of issues including Digital Overload/Digital Detox, Precarity and Automation, Activism and Oppression, Surveillance, Algorithmic Discrimination, Digital Politics. The conference is organised by the Centre for Digital Culture and will take place on Friday May 10th 2019 At King's College London To present at the conference please submit a 200 words abstract here: https://easychair.org/cfp/ResistDigital2019 The Call for Papers closes on 28th March 2019. Acceptance notices will be given by April 10th. <https://easychair.org/cfp/ResistDigital2019> Dr Paolo Gerbaudo, Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, Department of Digital Humanities Director of the Centre for Digital Culture King's College London, Room S3.10, Strand Building, 3rd Floor, Strand London WC2, England Phone: +44 (0)20 78481576

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