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CFP Playable Southeast Asia (One month to go until abstract deadline)
by iskandar zulkarnain 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Apologies for cross-posting! Update: We have received initial interest from a major university press to publish our edited collection under their Asian Media series Call for Contribution: Playable Southeast Asia: Gaming Cultures, Politics, and Aesthetics in a Multiethnic Region edited volume Editors: Peichi Chung, Byron Fong, Iskandar Zulkarnain Deadline for abstract: December 1, 2025 Notification of abstract acceptance: February 1, 2026 Deadline for full chapter: December 1, 2026 Expected date of publication: 2027 While video games have always been a global phenomenon, they have been received, played, and created differently in different regions and localities (Hjorth and Chan 2009; Huntemann and Aslinger 2013; Penix-Tadsen 2019). These differences add multiple levels of complexity to how we experience them. Games can be, and often are more than just an entertainment medium, capable of serving as a subversive means of self-expression under authoritarian regimes (Svelch 2018), or being converted into cultural currency for both game designers and players (Penix-Tadsen 2016). Games can also exist as platforms of ideological protest, representing voices from below (Mukherjee 2017), or can reveal the “upside/down” logics that have defined the Asia/America geopolitical relationship since the 19th century (Patterson and Fickle 2024). Especially important is how they can also be used as a lens to explore how nations struggle with the legacies of war, colonialism and religious strife that define part of the nation-building process (Kang, Yang, Mochocki, Majewski, and Schreiber 2024). Yet, despite these valuable insights, much of the purportedly global focus of video game studies still emphasizes the experience of regions in the Global North and other conventionally prominent centers for the production and consumption of games, while largely omitting the experiences of the Global South from consideration. By following the path of scholars who focus on regions that have traditionally been underserved by dominant industry players, and thus aiming to rectify the broadly lacking examination of these regions by journalists and academics, this edited collection will focus on gaming cultures, politics, and aesthetics in Southeast Asia. As a region, Southeast Asia offers layered, vast levels of complexity. It is a geopolitical and economic construct deeply rooted within the history of global colonialism. It invites multiple approaches in its mapping and description. The region’s nuances are evident in its most prominent geopolitical construction, ASEAN, as an anti-communist bloc while also having two nominally communist countries in the region (Vietnam and Laos). There is mainland Southeast Asia and there is also maritime Southeast Asia. The southern region has a predominantly Muslim population and the northern region is predominantly Buddhist. Meanwhile, the Philippines and East Timor are the only predominantly catholic countries in the region. The region also has the largest number of Chinese diaspora in the world, mostly living in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. All these cultural connections and political configurations have shaped and are currently being shaped by the production, circulation, and consumption of video games both from within and outside the region. In terms of video game theory, for instance, a specific play practice in Southeast Asia–Balinese cockfight–contributes to the theoretical formulation of “gamic action” (Galloway 2006), even though it is somewhat underexplored. Furthermore, within the video game industry framework, there is a conscious effort–driven by data analytics–of “mythifying” Southeast Asia as “the world’s fastest growing game region” to attract foreign (i.e. western) investors, creating a depoliticized configuration of the region and flattening cultural and racial differences (Wong 2023). Meanwhile, in an effort to collectively re-imagine Southeast Asia’s regional identity through game art, some independent game studios in the region have adopted two types of approaches: following the production formula of global popular media to achieve “niche globality,” or presenting their version of “contested regionalism” (Chung 2016). In some cases, game developers and professional players in Southeast Asia also participate in the promotion of digital nationalism (Zulkarnain 2014; Jiwandono 2024). In this context, this edited collection aims to further study gaming practices in Southeast Asia that reflect and reshape cultural paradigms in local and regional settings while simultaneously attending to global gaming progression. Here, we want to frame the concept of “Southeast Asia as a method,” following the theoretical formulation of Kuan-Hsing Chen (2010), to emphasize the use of Southeast Asia as an imaginary anchoring point that allows for inter-referentiality between countries within and outside of the region in terms of their gaming cultural practices (e.g. E-sports, industry, indie games, streaming, etc). We are also interested in having a mix of contributions from scholars from the region (or in close proximity to the region, geographically and/or culturally) and perspectives from/interviews with people who are involved in Southeast Asian gaming cultures (e.g. game developers, studios, archivists, gaming communities, etc). Possible topics might include, but not limited to: - Early histories of video game cultures - Identity (e.g. national, gender, racial, sexual, religious) - “Asiatic” style or form in SEA games - Nostalgic aesthetic/themes in SEA games - Labor exploitation and unionization (or lack of) in SEA gaming industry - Historical and counterhistorical representation in SEA games - Inter-regional citation practice among indie or AAA game developers - Significance of paratextual elements in SEA games (e.g. streaming, game magazines, gaming clubs) - Cultural representations in SEA games (e.g. religious, linguistic, or national) - The roles of the state in SEA gaming cultures - Archival initiatives of SEA games - Decolonizing SEA in video games - Gaming platforms in Southeast Asian context - Video games as a heritage - Gaming preservation - E-sports cultures in SEA - Mobile gaming cultures - Video game bans by the state/state apparatuses Abstract submissions should comprise of: 1. Abstract (250-500 words) 2. Author information (short biographical statement of 200 words) Submissions should be sent to playablesea(a)gmail.com. Abstract submissions will then undergo an internal editorial review process. Authors will be notified of the outcome as soon as reports are received. Chapter submissions should comprise of: 1. Full-length article (5000-9000 words), including references and a bibliography, or 2. Perspectives/Interviews (3000-5000 words) in English or translated 3. Final author information (short biographical statement of 200 words) Feel free to send us questions regarding this proposed edited collection. References: Chen, Kuan-Hsing, Asia as Method: Toward Deimperialization, Duke UP (2010) Chung, Peichi, “The Globalization of Game Art in Southeast Asia,” in Hjorth, Larissa, and Olivia Khoo (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia, Routledge (2016) Galloway, Alexander, Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture, University of Minnesota Press (2006) Hjorth, Larissa, and Dean Chan (Eds.), Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific, Routledge (2009) Huntemann, Nina B., and Ben Aslinger (Eds.) Gaming Globally: Production, Play, and Place, Palgrave Macmillan (2013) Jiwandono, Haryo Pambuko, “Mobile Game Esports as an Indonesian National Identity,” in Kang, Yowei, Kenneth C.C. Yang, Michal Mochocki, Jakub Majewski, and Pawel Schreiber (Eds.), Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games, Routledge (2024) Kang, Yowei, Kenneth C.C. Yang, Michal Mochocki, Jakub Majewski, and Pawel Schreiber (Eds.), Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games, Routledge (2024) Mukherjee, Souvik, Videogames and Postcolonialism: Empire Plays Back, Palgrave Macmillan (2017) Patterson, Christopher B., Open World Empire: Race, Erotics, and the Global Rise of Video Games, NYU Press (2020) Patterson, Christopher B., and Tara Fickle (Eds.), Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) About Us, Duke UP (2024) Penix-Tadsen, Phillip, Cultural Code: Video Games and Latin America, The MIT Press (2016) ___________ (Ed.), Video Games and the Global South, ETC Press/Carnegie Mellon University (2019) Švelch, Jaroslav, Gaming the Iron Curtain, The MIT Press (2018) Wong, K. T., “The Data-Driven Myth and the Deceptive Futurity of ‘The World’s Fastest Growing Games Region’: Selling the Southeast Asian Games Market via Game Analytics,” Games and Culture, Vol. 18(1), 2023: 42-61 Zulkarnain, Iskandar, “‘Playable’ Nationalism: Nusantara Online and the ‘Gamic’ Reconstructions of National History,” SOJOURN, Vol. 29(1), 2014: 31-62 -- Iskandar "Izul" Zulkarnain, Ph.D. (He/him) Assistant Professor of Media and Society Global Digital Media Hobart and William Smith Colleges Personal website: https://www.digitalperipheries.com/ "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!"

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The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026): Fourth Call for Contributions to the Special Tracks
by Announce 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

*** Fourth Call for Contributions to the Special Tracks *** The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026) May 25-29, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> AAMAS 2026 received 1455 full paper submissions for the Main Track, after an initial submission of 1800 abstracts. This is by far the highest number of submissions (around 50% more than the previous highest number). Although the deadline for submissions to the Main Track is now over, we welcome submissions to the Special Tracks of AAMAS 2026. AAMAS 2026 will feature five special tracks: AAAI Track, JAAMAS Track, Blue Sky Ideas Track, Demo Track, and Competitions Track, as well as the Doctoral Consortium. AAMAS 2026 also welcomes proposals for workshops and tutorials. The AAAI Track welcomes AAAI-25 submissions rejected from the main AAAI track that are relevant to the AAMAS research community and received no reject review recommendations (all review scores are weak reject or above). The JAAMAS Track offers authors of papers recently published in the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (JAAMAS) that have not previously appeared as full papers in an archival conference the opportunity to present their work at AAMAS 2026. The focus of the Blue Sky Ideas Track is on visionary ideas, long-term challenges, new research opportunities, and controversial debate. The Demo Track allows participants from both academia and industry to showcase their latest developments in agent-based and robotic systems. The Competitions Track is an effective mechanism for motivating researchers to enhance discussions, share knowledge, and boost the development and evaluation of theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent systems. Finally, AAMAS invites PhD students working in the research areas covered by AAMAS to take part in the Doctoral Consortium (DC). The DC is an opportunity to interact closely with established researchers in your field as well as other PhD students to receive feedback on your work and to get advice on managing your career. The calls for each track above and for the Doctoral Consortium, along with the respective important dates, are available on the AAMAS 2026 web site. Workshops and Tutorials Furthermore, AAMAS 2026 invites proposals for workshops and tutorials. These will be held on May 25-26, 2026, immediately before the main program of the AAMAS conference. The objectives of the AAMAS 2026 workshop program are to stimulate and facilitate discussion, interaction, and comparison of approaches, methods, and ideas related to specific topics, both theoretical and applied, in the general area of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. The AAMAS 2026 workshops will provide an informal setting where participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics, fostering the active exchange of ideas and supporting community development. Tutorials will be half-day long and will be in person — online/remote versions will not be accepted. A few full-day tutorials may be considered, but the proponents need to motivate their request when submitting their proposal. The calls for workshop and tutorial proposals, along with the respective important dates, are available on the AAMAS 2026 web site. Organizing Committee AAMAS 2026 General Chairs • Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy • John Thangarajah, RMIT University, Australia AAMAS 2026 Program Chairs • Chris Amato, Northeastern University, United States of America • Louise Dennis, University of Manchester, United Kingdom AAMAS 2026 Local Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Chair) • Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Vice Chair) If you have additional questions, please contact the Program Chairs using aamas2026pcs(a)gmail.com .

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RECORDING: ICANN 84 - DNS Security Without Sacrificing Rights: HRIA on RDRS
by Joly MacFie 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

<https://isoc.live/19819> [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/19819>*YOUTUBE <https://youtu.be/hhNyjGi45TA>* | *PATREON <https://www.patreon.com/posts/142555603/>* | *TRANSCRIPT <https://archive.org/download/icann84-RDRS/icann84-RDRS.EN.TRANSCRIPT.pdf> * | *ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/icann84-RDRS>* | *PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19819>* On *October 25, 2025*, the *Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gnsononcomstake/overview>* (NCSG) in the *Generic Name Supporting Organization <https://gnso.icann.org/en>* (GNSO) hosted a session at the *Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Annual General Meeting <https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann84/>*, in Dublin, Eire – ‘*DNS Security Without Sacrificing Rights: HRIA on RDRS <https://icann84.sched.com/event/29QGf/gnso-dns-security-without-sacrificing…>* ‘ The *Registrant Data Request Service <https://www.icann.org/rdrs-en>* (RDRS) is a pilot project — ICANN’s first effort, since *WHOIS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHOIS> *was disrupted by the *GDPR <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation>* — to centralize and standardize the triage of requests for non-public registration data. It does this by providing a unified form and routing system that directs such requests to participating (opt-in) registrars. In* August 2025,* the GNSO Standing Committee delivered *its report on the RDRS <https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/generic-names-supporting-organization-co…>*, which was then *open for public comment <https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/generic-names-supporting-organization-co…>*, until just days prior to this meeting (October 20). By creating a common pathway for registrars to receive requests, RDRS raises fundamental questions about how disclosure decisions are made: when does a requester’s “legitimate interest” outweigh the registrant’s right to privacy, and how should the fundamental rights balancing test be applied across jurisdictions? This session provided an initial human rights impact assessment of the system, asking what aspects of disclosure triage can be standardized in a rights-respecting way beyond the form itself. This session aimed to go beyond the report and situate the conversation on broader challenges, such as cases where abuse is real but not obvious outside certain linguistic or cultural contexts (e.g. phishing against banks that are household names in one market but obscure elsewhere); the uneven practices of registries and registrars regarding disclosure. Subsequent to this meeting (*October 30*), ICANN issued an *RDRS Policy Alignment Analysis <https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/registration-data-request-service-rdrs/r…>*, which is *open for public comment <https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/registration-data-reques…>* until *December 9*. *SPEAKERS* *Rafik Dannak* – NCSG *Reg Levy* – Tucows / RrSG *Alan Woods* – Clean DNS *Sarah Wyld* – Tucows / RrSG *Thomas Rickert* – eco Association *Michele Neylon* – Blacknight / RrSG *Michaela Shapiro* – NCSG *Naoum Mengoudis* – Hellenic Police *Manju Hatolkar* – GNSO *Beth Marty* – name.com / RrSG *Sebastien Ducos* – GNSO RDRS Standing Committee #ICANN84 #RDRS #HumanRights -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Join: Digital Feminisms in Asia: Cultural Studies Postgraduate Symposium|14 Nov 2025|Hong Kong
by WONG, Ka Hei 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Dear all, You are cordially invited to an afternoon of critical dialogue at the Digital Feminisms in Asia: Cultural Studies Postgraduate Symposium at The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 14 November 2025, amid the current global wave of anti‑feminism. Register Now: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=3806239 The symposium opens with a keynote titled “Against On‑Demandness and Objective Neutrality: Feminist Media from the Asian Diaspora” by Prof. Feng‑Mei Heberer (New York University). Following the keynote, two RPg panels will showcase the latest research on the critical intersections of media, technology, and feminisms across Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, and India. These presentations will be discussed by Prof. Lucetta Kam (Hong Kong Baptist University) and Prof. Ling Han (The Chinese University of Hong Kong). Symposium Details Date: 14 November 2025 Time: 2:00 – 6:30 p.m. Venue: SWH 1 (G/F), Fung King Hey Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Register (by 10  November 2025): https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=3806239 Programme: Opening Keynote: Against On-Demandness and Objective Neutrality: Feminist Media from the Asian Diaspora Speaker: Prof. Feng-Mei Heberer (Department of Cinema Studies, New York University) Abstract: On-demandness is a defining feature of digital media. It manifests in the often taken-for-granted expectation of instant accessibility and nonstop service. This talk features feminist media practices from the Asian diaspora, from onscreen performance to on-set production, to explore how on-demandness is also key to the imperial legacy of Asian gendered racialization. In dialogue with the media work of Asian diasporans, I ask how we may reframe the function of digital media in ways that intervene in often violently neutralizing discourses and theories of digitality. Moderator: Prof. Jia Tan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Panel 1: Platform Governance and Feminist Activisms Discussant: Prof. Ling Han (Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Papers: * Algorithmic Necropolitics and the Post-Biological State: Governing Digital Futurity in Japan’s Moonshot Research & Development Program Maari Sugawara, City University of Hong Kong * Crossing Borders, Making Histories: Transnational Feminist Practices of Young Chinese Women Sugyeong Son, Seoul National University * Simulating the Unseen: Lisa's Crazy Horse Show and Its Controversy in Chinese Digital Feminism Chengsi Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong * Survival, Companionship, and Visibility with Platforms: (Re)producing Solidarity in Hong Kong Queer Spaces Roland Cheng, University of Toronto & University of Hong Kong Panel 2: Anti-Gender Politics and Queer Feminisms Discussant: Prof. Lucetta Kam (Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Hong Kong Baptist University) Papers: * ‘Let Games be Games!’: Why Have Feminism and Inclusivity Become Growingly Incompatible with Video Game Culture? Jamie W.T Tse, The Chinese University of Hong Kong * Trans-(lat)ing law: Trans legal activism and livestreaming culture in Hong Kong Cecilia Ka Hei Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong * Recognising the Stranger—Queer unhomeliness and the woman as Other in Postcolonial Indian queer cinema. Radhika Vang Jensen, Hong Kong Baptist University * Love on Hold: Queer Temporality and the Politics of Affection between Queer Women and Their Heterosexual Mothers in Javanese Muslim Families Dayu Ajeng Anggrahita, Universitas Gadjah Mada More details: https://rih.cuhk.edu.hk/news-and-events/dfinasia_rpg_symposium/ The Digital Feminisms in Asia Network website is available here: https://rih.cuhk.edu.hk/news-and-events/df-in-asia/ We look forward to seeing you there for an engaging afternoon of feminist dialogue. For enquiries, please contact Cecilia Ka Hei Wong (Symposium Convenor) – ceciliawongkh(a)link.cuhk.edu.hk<mailto:ceciliawongkh@link.cuhk.edu.hk> or Issac Li (Symposium Coordinator) – issacli(a)cuhk.edu.hk<mailto:issacli@cuhk.edu.hk> Warm regards, Cecilia Convenor Digital Feminisms in Asia: Cultural Studies Postgraduate Symposium Cecilia Ka Hei Wong (she/ her) PhD Candidate Cultural Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ceciliawongkh(a)link.cuhk.edu.hk<mailto:ceciliawongkh@link.cuhk.edu.hk> ORCID<https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8994-628X>|Twitter<https://twitter.com/ceciliawongkh>|LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliawongkh/>|More<https://linktr.ee/ceciliawongkh> Recent publication: Feminist activist-creator practices of exposing: Navigating gender hate, algorithmic moderation, and state regulation in Hong Kong (Forthcoming in Dec 2025). In T. Bidav, & S. Mehta (Eds), Global South Creator Cultures. Routledge. In press. Navigating gender hate in manospheres: women’s affective dissonance and refusal on LIHKG in the 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill movement<https://bit.ly/3UZRW5c>. 2024. Communication, Culture and Critique. The Pepe the Frog Image-Meme in Hong Kong: Visual Recurrences and Gender Fluidity on the LIHKG Forum<https://bit.ly/3wz0OW3>. 2023. Journal of Digital Social Research.

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Post: Join the Transcultural Digital Intimacies Research Network (TransDI)!
by Liang Ge 31 Oct '25

31 Oct '25

Dear Colleagues, It will be much appreciated if you could help me to post the call for new members for our TransDI research network via Air-L! Hi folks! Our Transcultural Digital Intimacies Research Network (TransDI) is now calling for new members! Feel free to fill in the form and join us via the link below. 🌏 Join the Transcultural Digital Intimacies Research Network (TransDI)! How is intimacy changing in our hyper-connected world? From AI companions and digital platforms to gaming and embodied technologies, digital media are reshaping how we connect, care, and desire across cultures. The Transcultural Digital Intimacies Research Network (TransDI) critically explores how technologies blur boundaries between online/offline lives and human/non-human connections. We bring together global researchers to examine the shifting landscapes of connection, affect, and sociality in digital cultures. Now chaired by Liang Ge (Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester) and Tingting Hu (Assistant Professor in Media and Communications, University of Liverpool), TransDI is expanding its community of scholars, artists, and practitioners interested in digital intimacies, transcultural communication, and mediated relationships. 💌 Join and Subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated on upcoming events, collaborations, and opportunities: 👉 https://www.liangge.blog/transdi-subscription Let’s explore together how intimacy, technology, and culture intersect in today’s digital world. Sincere thanks and best wishes, Liang Dr Liang Ge (they/them), PhD, FHEA Lecturer in Sociology 3.054, Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Chair, Transcultural Digital Intimacies Network (TransDI)<https://bsky.app/profile/transdi.bsky.social> Honorary Research Fellow, Social research Institute, University College London Executive Member, Race Equality Network (REN) Email: liang.ge(a)manchester.ac.uk<mailto:liang.ge@manchester.ac.uk> Tel: +44 0161 306 2816 Web: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/liang-ge Blog: https://www.liangge.blog Office Hour: Mondays 14.30-16.30 for SEM 1 2025/26<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/fd73a2555d074f23a8f775bba8380232…> Liang Ge - Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=wq4A_RUAAAAJ> Plz Check My New Publications here: Ge, L. (2027). The Grammar of Ambivalences: Subjects, Desires and Affects in the Digital Production and Consumption of Boys’ Love. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Ge, L. (2025). Ambivalent desiring subjects: young women, agency and post-(socialist-)feminist sensibilities in China. Feminist Theory, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/14647001251334949 Ge, L., Luther, J. D., & Li, E. C.-Y. (2025). Editorial introduction: Queer Asia as Method. Media, Culture & Society, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437251351143 Ge, L., & Hu, T. (2025). Gamifying intimacy: AI-driven affective engagement and human-virtual human relationships. Media, Culture & Society, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437251337239 Hu, T., & Ge, L. (2025). Datafication of Digital Intimacy: The Dual Logic of Empowerment and Commodification. Games and Culture, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120251358522 Ge, L. (2025). Feminization of labor: Over-representation, invisibility and vulnerability of women workers in the digital audio drama industry. Convergence, Online First. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13548565251325531 Ge, L. (2025). The Haitang Incident 2024 and the ugliness of danmei culture/industry. European Journal of Cultural Studies, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494251326775 Yang, Z., Liu, L. and Ge, L. (2025) ‘Claiming queerness on Weibo: Public interaction discourse towards Chinese queer women athletes and their chugui’, Women’s Studies International Forum, 110, p. 103082. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103082. Ge, L. (2024). Ambivalent affective labor: The datafication of qing and danmei writers in the cultural industry. European Journal of Cultural Studies, Online First.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13675494241270468 My working hours might not be yours – please don’t feel obliged to respond outside your usual working time.

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War in the Smartphone Age, book talk and discussion with Matthew Ford, December 3rd, 3-5pm
by Patrick Smith 31 Oct '25

31 Oct '25

Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting. The Emergent Nonfiction Lab (part of the Counter Evidentiary Futures project) at the University of Salford welcomes Matthew Ford (Associate Professor, Department of War Studies, Swedish Defence University) for this online talk on his new book *War in the Smartphone Age: Conflict, Connectivity and the Crises at Our Fingertips*, with respondent Miglė Bareikytė (Assistant Professor of Digital Studies, European University Viadrina). You can register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-in-the-smartphone-age-book-talk-and-disc… Thanks to smartphones, war is everywhere, all the time. Anyone can view, analyse and comment on photos, videos or other warzone media. Where did this technology come from? And what does it mean for the future of war? This book explains why you see what you do on your phone, and how these devices shape our knowledge, conduct and representation of war in the 2020s. It shows why smartphones are indispensable in peace and wartime: every device is a potential weapon, lines blur between war and daily life, and conflict becomes a shared digital experience. Social media platforms displace state-controlled narratives, amplifying violence and shaping war’s legitimacy. Apps democratise conflict, enabling anyone to identify and attack perceived enemies. As the Ukraine war has shown, this new reality involves complex, unevenly distributed infrastructures, merging civilian communication with military targeting. With war accelerating beyond our comprehension, militaries have raced to benefit from and adapt to the smartphone age. Matthew Ford explores critical questions about today’s hyper-connected battlefield. Matthew Ford is an academic focusing on war and the data-saturated battlefields of the 21st century. His previous book - Radical War (Hurst & Co, London and Oxford University Press, New York 2022) - with Professor Andrew Hoskins from Edinburgh University traces war’s data trajectories, from the epicentres of battle out to distant parts of the world, into history, memory and as it is memed into the platforms that mediate digital culture. Matthew's first book, 'Weapon of Choice - Small Arms and the Culture of Military Innovation', is an analysis of military innovation and culture and was published by Hurst & Co, London and Oxford University Press, New York in 2017. Matthew is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK); an Associate of the IWM Institute; a senior non-resident fellow at the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida; an Honorary Historical Consultant to the Royal Armouries (UK); a former visiting scholar at the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA; a former West Point fellow; and the founding Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal for Military History. Miglė Bareikytė holds the Chair of Digital Studies at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), where she is a dual member of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences and the European New School of Digital Studies (ENS). She has been researching digitalisation for many years, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2022, she has been leading the CRC 1187 project “War Sensing”, which involves investigating civilian media and data practices, digital war witnessing on Telegram messenger, and AI imaginaries during Russia’s war against Ukraine in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Siegen, the Center for Urban History in Lviv, the University of Bern, and beyond. In addition, Bareikytė’s research extends to the study of historical and contemporary disinformation practices and conflicts in platform economies. Best, Patrick Dr. Patrick Brian Smith Assistant Professor and University Fellow School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology University of Salford patrickbriansmith.com

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LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Social Science job!
by Zoe Glatt 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

Hello AoIRistas! Come work with me at LSE100! A new position for a Fellow in Interdisciplinary Social Science has just opened, with a focus on AI. Tight turnaround with a start date of 5th January 2026, so PhD needs to be in hand before then. I've been in the role for a couple of months now and can say with confidence that it's a great gig for someone who's passionate about teaching – lovely colleagues, super bright students, intellectually rigorous material, good pay (for the UK), 3 year position, an amazing opportunity to develop a very sophisticated understanding of interdisciplinary pedagogy, time to work on your own research alongside teaching, the list goes on! Feel free to reach out to me if you’re interested and want to hear more, I’m happy to share my job materials as well. Here's the job listing with more details: https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/1333/0/459602/15539/lse-fellow-in-interd… And here is more about LSE100: https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/lse100 I was very sad not to see people in Rio, looked like an amazing conference! I hope you’re all doing well. All the bet, Zoë ________________________ Dr Zoë Glatt www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com/> LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Social Science Co-Founder: The Content Creator Scholars Network<https://www.ccsn.site/> Co-Founder: The Digital Ethnography Collective<https://zoeglatt.com/?page_id=545> LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/zo%C3%AB-glatt-2b333861/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/ZoeGlatt> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/Zedstergal>

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The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Last Call for Industry/Short Papers/Posters/ERA/RENE/Tool Demo/JF/RR Tracks
by Announce 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

*** Last Call for Industry/Short Papers/Posters/ERA/RENE/Tool Demo/JF/RR Tracks *** The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026) 17-20 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> SANER 2026 attracted for the research track 213 full paper submissions, the third highest in the 33 years of running. Although the submission deadline for the research track is now over, there are plenty of other tracks for which the submission deadline is still open, for just a few more days! SANER 2026 welcomes high-quality submissions of papers describing original and unpublished research results. We encourage submissions describing various types of research, including empirical, theoretical, and tool-oriented studies. TOPICS OF INTEREST The topics of the submissions should be of direct interest to the software analysis, evolution, and reengineering community (including researchers, practitioners, educators). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • AI for Software Engineering and Software Engineering for AI (see note below); • Generative AI and LLM Applied to Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering of Software; • Software Analysis, Parsing, and Fact Extraction; • Software Maintenance and Evolution, Evolution Analysis; • Software Reverse Engineering and Reengineering; • Program Comprehension; • Software Architecture Recovery and Reverse Architecting; • Program Transformation and Refactoring; • Mining Software Repositories and Software Analytics; • Software Visualization; • Software Reconstruction and Migration; • Program Repair; • Software Release Engineering, Continuous Integration and Delivery; • Software Security, Safety, Reliability and Quality Analysis; • Software Tools for Software Evolution and Maintenance; • Human Factors and Legal Aspects in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering; • Empirical Studies in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering; • Education and Training in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process and will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. Submissions must be original, not published, accepted, or under review elsewhere. All submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines. • Industrial Papers: Submissions should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only) for full papers; talk proposals should not exceed 2 pages. • Short Papers and Posters: Submissions should not exceed 6 pages (including all text, figures, references, and appendices); posters should not exceed 2 pages. • Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track: Submissions should not exceed 6 pages (with the last 1 page reserved for references only). • Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track: Submissions should not exceed 5 pages for appendices to conference submissions or previous work and should not exceed 12 pages for new reproducibility studies and new descriptions of negative results (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only). • Tool Demo Track: Submissions should not exceed 5 pages. • Journal-First Papers Track: Submissions should not exceed 1 page (for the main submission). • Registered Report Track: Submissions should not exceed 7 pages (with the last 1 page reserved for references only). Important Note: Short Papers and Posters, ERA, and RENE Tracks follow a double- anonymous review process. Please refer to the conference website for details specific to each different track. Submission Link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> PAPERS INVOLVING AI AND ML Papers involving AI or ML must either (a) concern a software system as a whole, or a subsystem, and not simply its AI or ML component, (b) consider software engineering artifacts, (c) target a novel context for a software engineering task, or (d) study human, social, socio-technical, and organizational aspects in the development of AI- or ML- intensive software systems (see also "Scoping Software Engineering for AI: The TSE Perspective", 10.1109/TSE.2024.3470368). Papers involving AI or ML must explicitly explain how they address a software engineering problem. Papers not meeting these criteria may be more suitable for AI- or ML-focused venues instead. Papers that do not clearly explain how they address a software engineering problem or don't meet the above criteria will be desk-rejected. IMPORTANT DATES (All deadlines are 23:59h "Anywhere on Earth" time) Industrial Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Short Papers and Posters Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Tool Demo Track • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Journal-First Track • Paper Submission Deadline: 8 December, 2025 • Notifications: 22 December, 2025 Registered Report Track • Submission Deadline: 7 November, 2025 • First Notification (Reviews): 5 December, 2025 • Second Round Submission (Rebuttal & Revised Report): 12 December, 2025 • Final Notification (Stage 1): 22 December, 2025 • Accepted Report to arXiv Submission: 9 January, 2026 ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organizing Chair • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Eunjong Choi, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan • Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Industrial Chairs • Anne Etien, University of Lille, France • Tushar Sharma, Dalhousie University, Canada ERA Chairs • Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands • Christoph Treude, Singapore Management University, Singapore Short Papers and Posters Chairs • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Sandro Schulze, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany RENE Chairs • Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Sebastian Proksch, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Workshop/Tutorial Chairs • Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil • Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy Journal-First Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy • Yuxia Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Registered Report Chairs • Sherlock A. Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand • Sebastiano Panichella, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland Tool Demo Chairs • Maliheh Izadi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands • Roberto Verdecchia, University of Florence, Italy Diversity, Inclusion, and Newcomers Chairs • Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy • Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia Proceedings Chair • Raula Gaikovina Kula, Osaka University, Japan Most Influential Paper Award Chairs • Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Michele Lanza, Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Switzerland Sustainability Chair • Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity and Social Media Chair • Erina Makihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

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ACEPS | UJ | 6 November 2025 15:00-16:30 SAST | Prof Joaquim Giannotti | SDAAI Speaker Series
by Benton, Paige 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

Dear Colleagues, The African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (https://www.uj.ac.za/aceps) at the University of Johannesburg cordially invites you to our first speaker in our November line-up: Safeguarding Democracy in the Age of AI – Workshop Speaker Series. Speaker: Prof Joaquim Giannotti (Universidad Mayor and the director of Núcleo de Ciencias Sociales y Artes). Title: Generative Responsibility: Artificial and Human See: Abstract and Bio<https://www.uj.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/joaquim-giannotti-6-novembe…> When: 6 November 2025 15:00-16:30 SAST Where Microsoft Teams: Meeting link<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MzhiZGE0NGMtOGM1Yy00Nj…> Enquiries: Paige Benton pbenton(a)uj.ac.za<mailto:pbenton@uj.ac.za> ________________ Dr Paige Benton Post-doctoral Research Fellow African Centre for Epistemology & Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) University of Johannesburg UJ on Empire Level 5, room 15

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CFP: Game Studies and the Creative Industries - Deadline Extended
by Camila Freitas 29 Oct '25

29 Oct '25

Dear colleagues, The Brazilian Creative Industries Journal has *extended the submission deadline* for the thematic dossier *Game Studies and the Creative Industries <https://periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.php/braziliancreativeindustries/an…>*, now open until *20 December 2025.* We welcome original contributions that explore the intersections between Game Studies and the Creative Industries from theoretical, methodological, or empirical perspectives. Submissions are accepted in Portuguese, Spanish, or English, and all papers will undergo a double-blind peer review process. All manuscripts must follow the journal’s submission guidelines <https://periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.php/braziliancreativeindustries/ab…> . 👾 *New deadline: 20 December 2025* 👾 *Publication date: 2 March 2026* Guest editors: Dr. Samyr Paz (FEEVALE) | Dr. Camila Freitas (UFPB) | Dr. Beatriz Blanco (SENAC–SP) Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vanessa Valiati (FEEVALE) Best wishes, Camila. -- Camila Freitas Part-time professor in Digital Media (UFPB) Postdoc fellow in Media, Games and Communication (UFPB) Ph.D. in Communications (UFRGS) Lattes <http://lattes.cnpq.br/5340154241538256> | Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/fscamila/> | Lens <https://lensmedialab.info/> | Imaginalis <https://www.ufrgs.br/imaginalis/> | Bratsu <https://medium.com/@bratsu.scholar>

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