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Call for Contributions: MoneyLab #6 in Siegen, March 7-8, 2019
by Geert Lovink 23 Nov '18

23 Nov '18

MoneyLab #6: Infrastructures of Money Call for contributions Siegen (Germany), 7-8 March 2019 The cryptocurrency spectacle might not be over yet, but its spectacular boom and bust has given way to the banality of the blockchain, to a more subtle and pervasive set of effects. So what is happening in this current post-hype situation? Imaginaries of a “cashless society” are becoming very real now, a vision rapidly being realised through cryptocurrencies and other token-based digital moneys. Banks are anxious to avoid falling behind. If institutions start to worry about “disruption” and “not being digital enough”, the tides might really start to shift. Yet going beyond finance to think more broadly, the affordances of blockchain applications allow for novel forms of exchange and data practices. Commercial platforms see a new architecture for extraction that might replace the crumbling ad-based model of monetisation. Artists, activists and journalists see an infrastructure ripe for critical intervention and appropriation. At MoneyLab #6 we want to explore the new relations between money, valuation and (digital) infrastructures. “Infrastructures of Money” addresses money both as practice and as the social infrastructure and condition for cooperation. Money is not just a number written in dollars and cents, but a medium of relation and a token of trust. Situated in Siegen University’s broader Media Studies department, the Collaborative Research Center “Media of Cooperation” invites you to inquire into the socio-materialities of monetary and valuation practices. In the tradition of MoneyLab, we encourage contributors to critique social media, to explore practices of digital infrastructures, and to investigate valorisations of social life. We aim to address the tensions between global corporate infrastructures and local practices and enactments. What if we were capable of reinventing money as a medium of cooperation? We invite artistic, creative and activist contributions on “Infrastructures of Money”. Please send your contributions to moneylab(a)uni-siegen.de by 31 December 2018. Themes For MoneyLab #6 in Siegen, we welcome contributions on the following 6 themes: 1. Anthropology of Money Money is as much a question of practice as it is of infrastructure. Things are bought and sold. Money changes hands. The anthropology of money has a long tradition of exploring these localised practices of exchange through ethnographic inquiries into the relations between money, gift and credit. The quantified data units of platforms and their new digital tokens of value not only introduce new standards of exchange but also challenge anthropologists to account for situated practices and global infrastructures at the same time. It seems sociality, like everything else, can be monetised. How do these changing infrastructures alter monetary practices and our account of value? Are we in need of a new general monetary theory? 2. Finance, Automation and Surveillance Financial surveillance is still on its way up. Though practices of surveillance date back to the 19th century, there is a new intensity and ubiquity to them today. Think of transnational transparency regimes (Basel III), think of new EU regulations concerning identification in payments technologies, think of credit card transaction leaks that are quickly de-anonymised by researchers. These developments foreground the fact that technologies of accounting, scoring, and subjectivation are at the core of digital and mobile network media now. How can we think about the new distributedness and temporalisation of monetary practices? And how does machine learning transform monetary valuation, algo-trading, fintech platforms, their APIs, and financial decision-making? As regimes that automatically intervene in real-time transactions, such technologies establish, perpetuate, and remediate “orders of worth”. Of course, this desire for automation has been part of every computerisation movement. But we also recognise that money often serves as a medium of heteromation and dis-automation. Financial surveillance is frequently accompanied by infrastructural frictions and calls for accountability. We want to hear about practices that explore the seams and ruptures, the moments of break down and manual intervention. 3. Aesthetics of Financial Flows There is a rich tradition of visualising financial flows going all the way back to the 1920s. In the wake of the 2008 financial crash, understanding the often opaque operations of finance suddenly became more urgent. Visualisation practices have since been taken up by a broad array of artists and activists. By following internet cables, dissecting financial architecture, and mapping the timelines of flash crashes, these maps have given us renewed insights into a notoriously complex and incredibly high speed sector. But what do we do after the mapping is over? Are there routes from the visual to the political? How can knowledge of these systems lead to new regulation, local action and increased agency? 4. Blockchains Beyond Fintech Beyond the cryptocurrency hype of the last decade, the underlying principles and technologies known as the blockchain have now become widely dispersed. From health to academic research, energy to governance, copyright law to fine art, actors and organisations in various social fields are exploring the blockchain. Unleashed from its niche origins in cryptography and electronic currency, the blockchain’s data decentralisation is now held up as the solution for every problem. Sustainable energy? Blockchain! Higher quality research? Blockchain! Fairer globalisation? Blockchain! Today the blockchain is everywhere. But just as important as its ubiquity is its perceived maturity. No longer the risky venture of the startup or the experimental tinkering of cypherpunks, blockchains are quickly becoming part of commercial platforms with significant investment that implement the concept at scale. Alongside these corporate implementations, the blockchain has also found its way into civil society, grassroots initiatives, NGOs, and art institutions. Yet the ‘blockchain’ is ambiguous and open-ended. Whether impressive, peculiar, or even corrupt, each implementation asserts its own version of what a decentralised data practice means and what it should be used for. In this varied landscape, the tensions that make up its ‘trustless’ transactions—secure and transparent yet anonymous—become blurry or sometimes even mutually exclusive. In practice, excluding trust might require consent, or registration might trump anonymity. As new flavours and understandings of the blockchain proliferate, how can the blockchain be used “for the good”? And what are the real sociotechnical problems we need to address? 5. European Populism and the Geopolitics of Finance Like many places in the world, Europe is witnessing the establishment of a new political landscape where populism plays a major role. How does finance feature within this? How would the 5 Star Movement in Italy establish national sovereignty over the financial sector? How does the ECB and Brussels respond to all of this? And what is the state of Eastern European nationalism in this post-Brexit age? From its libertarian origins to our contemporary moment of alt-right nationalism, cryptocurrencies have always been as much a political vehicle as a strict medium of financial exchange. 6. Monetising the Social – Socialising Money The monetisation of the social is proliferating far beyond the crude ad-based models on early social media platforms. From influencer marketing on Instagram to third party app economies built on platforms and the constant re-valorisation of social media data in rankings, ratings and analytics, we ask how emergent digital infrastructures monetise the social today. At the same time, we seem to be witnessing an emerging socialisation of money, from financial literacy communities to DIY investment schemes and financial products that cut out the middleman of the bank. How will our social lives be the foundation of new economic models and how is the socialisation of money informing the financial sector? About MoneyLab The MoneyLab network was founded by the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam. MoneyLab considers, critiques and intervenes within our new digital economy. It is a network of artists, activists, and geeks experimenting with forms of financial democratisation in contexts such as crowdfunding, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain, cashless society, and Universal Basic Income. We question persistent beliefs, from Calvinist austerity, growth, and up-scaling, to trustless automated decision-making and freedom on the dark web, from (anarcho-)capitalist dreams of the days of yore to the special sauce of neoliberal entrepreneurialism and its right-wing libertarian counterparts. The black box of finance has been etched into the imagination of the public and there has rarely been a more generous context to manifest working alternatives for the 99%. Cooperative platforms, decentralised technologies and direct democracy movements indicate profound attempts to rebalance the distribution of wealth and power. As resistance towards poverty, precarity, tax havens, algorithmic speculation, and financial crimes grows, the challenge ahead is to find ways to improve and sustain such financial experiments and to intervene in current debates both inside and outside of our established political systems. Before arriving in Siegen, MoneyLab has included 5 international conferences and 2 globally distributed readers: MoneyLab #1 - Coining Alternatives: Amsterdam, 2014 MoneyLab #2 - Economies of Dissent: Amsterdam, 2015 MoneyLab Reader: An Intervention in Digital Economy, 2015 MoneyLab #3 - Failing Better: Amsterdam, 2016 MoneyLab Reader #2: Overcoming the Hype, 2018 MoneyLab #4 - Art, Culture, and Financial Activism: London, 2018 MoneyLab #5 - Matters of Currency: Buffalo, NY, 2018 Practical Information Moneylab #6 will take place from 7-8 March 2019 at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst <https://www.mgk-siegen.de/>, Unteres Schloß 1, 57072 Siegen. Further information about the schedule, directions and accommodations in Siegen will be released soon. For questions about the event, please email: moneylab(a)uni-siegen.de. We can issue letters of invitation to help you apply for travel grants. URL: https://www.networkcultures.org/moneylab/events/moneylab-6 Twitter handle: #inframoney Organised by Carolin Gerlitz, Sebastian Gießmann, Inte Gloerich, Geert Lovink and Ronja Trischler. MoneyLab #6 is a collaboration between the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam (NL) and the Cooperative Research Centre “Media of Cooperation”, Siegen (DE).

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Introductory readings on AI
by Luis Hestres 22 Nov '18

22 Nov '18

Hi everyone, I would like to include a unit or two about AI in the next iteration of my intro to digital communication course (a 200-level course). Can you recommend some accessible introductory readings about AI? Preferably I could get a couple that discuss the pros and cons of AI and also discuss how AI is already being applied vs. what’s coming down the pipeline. Thanks, Luis - - - - - Dr. Luis E. Hestres Assistant Professor Department of Communication The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249-0732 http://www.luishestres.com<http://www.luishestres.com/> Want to support our tax deductible nonprofit work by contributing to the UTSA department of communication? Please visit: https://giving.utsa.edu/FriendsofCommunication Thanks for your support!

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WhatsApp studies
by NORDIANA BINTI AHMAD KHARMAN SHAH 22 Nov '18

22 Nov '18

Hi, It would be very helpful if anyone could share current studies/materials on WhatsApp specifically as platform for knowledge sharing/communication? Thank you. -- " PENAFIAN: E-mel ini dan apa-apa fail yang dikepilkan bersamanya ("Mesej") adalah ditujukan hanya untuk kegunaan penerima(-penerima) yang termaklum di atas dan mungkin mengandungi maklumat sulit. Anda dengan ini dimaklumkan bahawa mengambil apa jua tindakan bersandarkan kepada, membuat penilaian, mengulang hantar, menghebah, mengedar, mencetak, atau menyalin Mesej ini atau sebahagian daripadanya oleh sesiapa selain daripada penerima(-penerima) yang termaklum di atas adalah dilarang. Jika anda telah menerima Mesej ini kerana kesilapan, anda mesti menghapuskan Mesej ini dengan segera dan memaklumkan kepada penghantar Mesej ini menerusi balasan e-mel. Pendapat-pendapat, rumusan-rumusan, dan sebarang maklumat lain di dalam Mesej ini yang tidak berkait dengan urusan rasmi Universiti Malaya adalah difahami sebagai bukan dikeluar atau diperakui oleh mana-mana pihak yang disebut. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it ("Message") is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential information. You are hereby notified that the taking of any action in reliance upon, or any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this Message or any part thereof by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this Message in error, you should delete this Message immediately and advise the sender by return e-mail. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this Message that do not relate to the official business of University of Malaya shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by any of the forementioned. "

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DEADLINE SAT DEC 1st: Funded PhD student opportunities at the School of Information Sciences at Illinois
by Jodi Schneider 22 Nov '18

22 Nov '18

I draw your attention to the upcoming deadline for PhD applications at the Illinois iSchool: Saturday December 1st. Faculty in the Conceptual Foundations Group are recruiting, including myself: Jodi Schneider - information quality, medical literature, argumentation theory, knowledge representation, semantic technology, and information organization Karen Wickett - Applications of logic, philosophy, and knowledge representation to metadata management and data curation Numerous other topics below. Feel free to reach out with questions. -Jodi http://jodischneider.com/jodi.html ---- Funded PhD student opportunities at the School of Information Sciences at Illinois We invite applications from highly motivated students from all backgrounds to join our world-renowned research and scholarship program at the School of Information Sciences, the iSchool at Illinois. Our PhD program in Library and Information Science is the oldest existing LIS doctoral program in the U.S. with over 240 graduates. Recent graduates from our PhD program have become faculty members at institutions such as the University of Michigan, University of Washington, University of Maryland, and UCLA, professionals at Baidu and Google, and academic library professionals at the Library of Congress, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago. We guarantee up to four years of funding in the form of research, teaching, and service assistantships, including tuition waivers and stipends. We also offer travel support for our PhD students. Students receive one-on-one mentorship from faculty with a global reputation for excellence in scholarship and high impact science. The School's flexible program ensures that each student is provided with the intellectual guidance and experiences necessary to prepare them for vibrant research careers in a wide range of academic, business, and government settings. We highly value interdisciplinary work at our school. Our faculty and students conduct exciting research on a broad range of topics: * Community informatics * Data curation * Data science * Digital archives and libraries * Digital humanities * Health and bioinformatics * History of information * Human-centered data science, Computational social science * Human-computer interaction, User experience, Computer supported cooperative work * Information access * Information literacy * Information policy, privacy, security, and ethics * Information retrieval * Information visualization * Informetrics * Libraries and librarianship * Machine learning * Natural language processing, Text mining, Text analysis * Network science * Organization of knowledge and information * Scientific data and knowledge practices * Youth services and digital youth For more on our vision see http://ischool.illinois.edu/research/vision For more about our faculty visit http://ischool.illinois.edu/people/faculty APPLICATION To apply, go to https://ischool.illinois.edu/degrees-programs/phd-library-and-information-s… This page also contains detailed information about the application process and the link for submitting your application. Application deadline is Saturday, December 01, 2018, at 11:00 p.m., Central Time. We especially encourage students from historically and statistically underrepresented minority groups to apply. MORE INFORMATION For additional information about our PhD program, see http://ischool.illinois.edu/academics/degrees/phd or contact ischool-phd(a)illinois.edu For questions, please contact Dr. Jana Diesner, PhD Program Director, at jdiesner(a)illinois.edu.

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Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Media and Creative-Cultural Industries - York University
by ganaele 22 Nov '18

22 Nov '18

Dear colleagues, Please find below a job posting in my department for a CRC in Media and Creative-Cultural Industries. All the best, Ganaele Langlois Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies York University Department of Communications Studies Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Media & Cultural/Creative Industries Posted: November 13, 2018 Deadline to Apply: December 31, 2018 The Department of Communication Studies at York University invites applications from outstanding early career scholars who specialize in Media & Cultural/Creative Industries to be nominated for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC). The successful CRC is expected to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed as a professorial tenure-track or tenured professor at the Assistant or Associate level. The start date for this position is July 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate must have a PhD in Communications or a related discipline: applications are welcome from any sub- field, with a preference for those with a specialization in Communications and Digital Media. The ideal candidate will be an excellent emerging world-class researcher with demonstrated potential for international recognition in his/her field integrating a pioneering approach to the study of the political and social benefits of research. The successful candidate will have demonstrated potential for excellence in the study of how to build, and engage in, collaborative research initiatives to address media and cultural/creative industries with an emphasis on digital cultures. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence or promise of excellence in teaching and scholarly research with a strong record of theoretical innovation. Preference will be given to those successful in obtaining peer-reviewed external research funding and with experience supervising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and/or the potential to attract, develop, and retain excellent students and future researchers, while contributing to curricular development in her/his area of specialization, and participate actively in the graduate program. The successful applicant shall be eligible for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Pedagogical innovation in high priority areas such as experiential education and technology enhanced learning is preferred. The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program seeks to attract outstanding researchers for careers at Canadian universities. Tier 2 Chairs are intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e., who, at the time of nomination, are within 10 years of attaining their highest degree, with consideration for career breaks) who have the acknowledged potential to lead their field of research. Appointment to a Tier 2 Chair is for five years, is renewable once, and comes with enhanced research support from the program. Applicants who are more than 10 years from their highest degree (and where career breaks exist, including maternity leave, extended sick leave, clinical training, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process. Please see the CRC website (http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/) for further eligibility details. As a research Chair, a CRC is expected to develop research linkages within and beyond York. In the case of this Chair, productive research trajectories may include collaborations with scholars across the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, as well as a number of York’s Research Centres and Institutes (www.yorku.ca/research/about/centres.html) for example: Sensorium, York’s Centre for Digital Arts and Technology , BRAIN, analysis and visualization of big data, VISTA, the Institute for Research on Innovation and Sustainability, the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, and the York Centre for Asian Research. The deadline for applications is December 31, 2018. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval. Candidates should submit a signed letter of application, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, a teaching dossier, a research and research leadership plan, and a sample publication, and arrange to have three signed letters of reference sent directly to: Professor Anne MacLennan, Chair Department of Communications Office: 3019 Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 Email: amaclenn(a)yorku.ca – (Subject line: “CRC Tier 2”) York University has a policy on Accommodation in Employment for Persons with Disabilities and is committed to working towards a barrier-free workplace and to expanding the accessibility of the workplace to persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation at any time during the hiring process, please contact Dr. MacLennan, Chair, Department of Communication Studies at comchair(a)yorku.ca. For this nomination, we are particularly interested in candidates with diverse backgrounds and especially encourage candidates in equity, diversity and inclusion categories, including members of the four designated groups (women, members of visible minorities (racialized groups), Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities) to apply. York acknowledges the potential impact that career interruptions (e.g. maternity leave, leave due to illness, etc.) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement. Applicants are encouraged to explain in their application the impact that career interruptions may have had on their record of research achievement; this will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process. York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and sexual diversity, within its community. The AA Program, which applies to Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and women, can be found at http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/ or by calling the AA office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens, Permanent Residents, and Indigenous people in Canada will be given priority. Canada_Reserach_Chair_Tier_2_in_Media_Cultural_Creative_Industries.pdf Applicants wishing to self-identify can do so by downloading, completing and submitting the forms found at: http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/. Please select the Affirmative Action tab under which forms pertaining to Citizenship and AA can be found. The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) brings together internationally recognized research, a devotion to effective teaching, and a commitment to diversity, equity and social justice. The range, global sensitivity and intensity of disciplinary and interdisciplinary degree programs are mirrored by the diversity and engagement of its professors and students. Within its 21 academic units, LA&PS provides a compelling learning experience for more than 23,000 undergraduate and 1,800 graduate students. Become part of LA&PS – Canada’s most comprehensive group of academic programs and researchers in social sciences, humanities and related professional fields. LA&PS Communications Department Background The Department of Communication Studies offers students an interdisciplinary and dynamic milieu where they can develop comprehensive and critical awareness of diverse communication and media environments. Our approach to communication emphasizes the questioning and analyzing of media and technology in their relationship to social and cultural practices and the circulation of ideas and values. The research interests of our faculty reflect our diversity and excellence as a Department. Our faculty engage with communications from diverse vantage points ranging from media policy, politics and power, international development and gender and identity. These faculty interests are reflected in our comprehensive curriculum which ranges from traditional forms of mass communication to mobile technologies, web 2.0 and nanotechnology. Our courses encompass three thematic areas that include: Media, Culture and Society, Politics and Policy, & Critical Technology Studies. The Department’s Graduate Program, the Joint Ryerson-York Program in Communication & Culture, spans two universities, five faculties at York University and includes almost 150 faculty members. -- Ganaele Langlois Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies York University

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WEBCAST TODAY: UK Internet Governance Forum #UKIGF18
by Joly MacFie 22 Nov '18

22 Nov '18

Under way. I am running AI captions on the stream, but please tolerate (occasionally amusing) errors due to struggles with the UK accents. As keynoter Kari Lawler so accurately pointed out in her speech, AI is only as good as the data it is trained on! In another opening keynote Minister James echoed Macron's remarks at last week's IGF, promising increased government regulation --- while still protecting innovation, and recognizing and supporting the MS model. <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/DigitalCooperation> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/coppaat20> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/CITIDFS-ICO> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ConnectedNE> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/js-nyc-nov18> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/swissigf18> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotsecurity2018-4> [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ukigf18>Today, *Thursday November 22 2018*, the *UK Internet Governance Forum <https://ukigf.org.uk/events/2018-events>* (UKIGF18) is convened in London. This year’s theme is *Solutions for The Digital Age*. Guest speakers include *Kari Lawler*, one of the UK’s youngest female tech entrepreneurs, *Margot James MP*, Minister of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, *Desiree Miloshevic*, Internet Society Trustee, and *Olivier Crepin-Leblond*, Chair of the Internet Society UK Chapter. The event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/>*. London is on UTC = 5 hours ahead of NYC. *View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ukigf18 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ukigf18>Agenda: https://ukigf.org.uk/events/2018-events/ <https://ukigf.org.uk/events/2018-events/>Twitter: #UKIGF18 http://bit.ly/ukigf18 <http://bit.ly/ukigf18>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/10697/ <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttps://isoc.live/10697/%E2%80%8B> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Media and Creative-Cultural Industries - York University
by ganaele 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

Dear colleagues, Please find below a job posting in my department for a CRC in Media and Creative-Cultural Industries. All the best, Ganaele Langlois Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies York University Canada_Reserach_Chair_Tier_2_in_Media_Cultural_Creative_Industries.pdf Department of Communications Studies Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Media & Cultural/Creative Industries Posted: November 13, 2018 Deadline to Apply: December 31, 2018 The Department of Communication Studies at York University invites applications from outstanding early career scholars who specialize in Media & Cultural/Creative Industries to be nominated for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC). The successful CRC is expected to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed as a professorial tenure-track or tenured professor at the Assistant or Associate level. The start date for this position is July 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate must have a PhD in Communications or a related discipline: applications are welcome from any sub- field, with a preference for those with a specialization in Communications and Digital Media. The ideal candidate will be an excellent emerging world-class researcher with demonstrated potential for international recognition in his/her field integrating a pioneering approach to the study of the political and social benefits of research. The successful candidate will have demonstrated potential for excellence in the study of how to build, and engage in, collaborative research initiatives to address media and cultural/creative industries with an emphasis on digital cultures. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence or promise of excellence in teaching and scholarly research with a strong record of theoretical innovation. Preference will be given to those successful in obtaining peer-reviewed external research funding and with experience supervising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and/or the potential to attract, develop, and retain excellent students and future researchers, while contributing to curricular development in her/his area of specialization, and participate actively in the graduate program. The successful applicant shall be eligible for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Pedagogical innovation in high priority areas such as experiential education and technology enhanced learning is preferred. The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program seeks to attract outstanding researchers for careers at Canadian universities. Tier 2 Chairs are intended for exceptional emerging scholars (i.e., who, at the time of nomination, are within 10 years of attaining their highest degree, with consideration for career breaks) who have the acknowledged potential to lead their field of research. Appointment to a Tier 2 Chair is for five years, is renewable once, and comes with enhanced research support from the program. Applicants who are more than 10 years from their highest degree (and where career breaks exist, including maternity leave, extended sick leave, clinical training, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process. Please see the CRC website (http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/) for further eligibility details. As a research Chair, a CRC is expected to develop research linkages within and beyond York. In the case of this Chair, productive research trajectories may include collaborations with scholars across the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, as well as a number of York’s Research Centres and Institutes (www.yorku.ca/research/about/centres.html) for example: Sensorium, York’s Centre for Digital Arts and Technology , BRAIN, analysis and visualization of big data, VISTA, the Institute for Research on Innovation and Sustainability, the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, and the York Centre for Asian Research. The deadline for applications is December 31, 2018. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval. Candidates should submit a signed letter of application, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, a teaching dossier, a research and research leadership plan, and a sample publication, and arrange to have three signed letters of reference sent directly to: Professor Anne MacLennan, Chair Department of Communications Office: 3019 Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 Email: amaclenn(a)yorku.ca – (Subject line: “CRC Tier 2”) York University has a policy on Accommodation in Employment for Persons with Disabilities and is committed to working towards a barrier-free workplace and to expanding the accessibility of the workplace to persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation at any time during the hiring process, please contact Dr. MacLennan, Chair, Department of Communication Studies at comchair(a)yorku.ca. For this nomination, we are particularly interested in candidates with diverse backgrounds and especially encourage candidates in equity, diversity and inclusion categories, including members of the four designated groups (women, members of visible minorities (racialized groups), Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities) to apply. York acknowledges the potential impact that career interruptions (e.g. maternity leave, leave due to illness, etc.) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement. Applicants are encouraged to explain in their application the impact that career interruptions may have had on their record of research achievement; this will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process. York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and sexual diversity, within its community. The AA Program, which applies to Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and women, can be found at http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/ or by calling the AA office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens, Permanent Residents, and Indigenous people in Canada will be given priority. Canada_Reserach_Chair_Tier_2_in_Media_Cultural_Creative_Industries.pdf Applicants wishing to self-identify can do so by downloading, completing and submitting the forms found at: http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/. Please select the Affirmative Action tab under which forms pertaining to Citizenship and AA can be found. The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) brings together internationally recognized research, a devotion to effective teaching, and a commitment to diversity, equity and social justice. The range, global sensitivity and intensity of disciplinary and interdisciplinary degree programs are mirrored by the diversity and engagement of its professors and students. Within its 21 academic units, LA&PS provides a compelling learning experience for more than 23,000 undergraduate and 1,800 graduate students. Become part of LA&PS – Canada’s most comprehensive group of academic programs and researchers in social sciences, humanities and related professional fields. LA&PS Communications Department Background The Department of Communication Studies offers students an interdisciplinary and dynamic milieu where they can develop comprehensive and critical awareness of diverse communication and media environments. Our approach to communication emphasizes the questioning and analyzing of media and technology in their relationship to social and cultural practices and the circulation of ideas and values. The research interests of our faculty reflect our diversity and excellence as a Department. Our faculty engage with communications from diverse vantage points ranging from media policy, politics and power, international development and gender and identity. These faculty interests are reflected in our comprehensive curriculum which ranges from traditional forms of mass communication to mobile technologies, web 2.0 and nanotechnology. Our courses encompass three thematic areas that include: Media, Culture and Society, Politics and Policy, & Critical Technology Studies. The Department’s Graduate Program, the Joint Ryerson-York Program in Communication & Culture, spans two universities, five faculties at York University and includes almost 150 faculty members.

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Four Creative Economy Engagement Postdoctoral Fellowship posts, Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York
by Helen Kennedy 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

*What Constitutes ‘Good Data’ in the Creative Economy?*, an AHRC-funded project based at the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York, is recruiting four, six-month Creative Economy Engagement Fellows to start in January 2019. Four Fellows will each work with one partner organisation to devise and implement a programme of work that is relevant to each partner and our overarching research question. The Fellows will be supervised by the project team (Professor David Beer (York), Professor Helen Kennedy (Sheffield, fellowships coordinator), Dr Helen Thornham (Leeds), and Dr Mark Taylor (Sheffield). A PhD (or equivalent) in an arts, humanities, or social sciences subject and knowledge of the cultural and creative industries are essential criteria for these posts. For full job descriptions and person specifications and to apply, check out the following links: AT SHEFFIELD (closing date 29th November 2018) Go to https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs > vacancies > [search ‘creative economy’] AT YORK (closing date 30th November 2018) Go to https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_we… AT LEEDS (closing date 3rd December 2018): To view the advert: http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCMC1034 To access Vacancy Management: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/VM/Applications.aspx?jobId=13632 -- Professor Helen Kennedy, Chair in Digital Society University of Sheffield T: 0114 2226488 E: h.kennedy(a)sheffield.ac.uk OUT NOW: 'Living with data: aligning data studies and data activism through a focus on everyday experiences of datafication', *Krisis, Journal for Contemporary Philosophy*, 2018, http://krisis.eu.

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looking for a methodology course for PhD students
by Ali Mohamed 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

Hi all researchers, teachers and students, (sorry for cross-posting) I'm looking for a methodology course for PhD students (in Education) on social media reserchs; qualitative research, content analysis, analysis of discussion Facebook groups and discussion threads. Thank you for all the advice and tips you can contribute. Kind regards, Ali Mohamed PhD student Department of Education Stockholm University

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Book Announcement _ Personal Relationships and Intimacy in the Age of Social Media
by Miguel, Cristina 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

Hi all, I'm very pleased to announce that my first book "Personal relationships and intimacy in the age of social media" is out today!! https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030020613#aboutBook The back cover summary: The book examines how intimate relationships are built, negotiated and maintained through social media. The study takes a cross-platform approach, analysing three social media platforms of different genres - Badoo, CouchSurfing and Facebook - and exploring two interactive forces that shape the way people communicate through social media: the platforms architecture and policies, and actual practises of use. Combining analysis of the political economy of social media with users perspectives of their own practises - as well as exploring the tensions between the two - the book provides a detailed picture of intimacy as a complex structure of continuity and change. This is an important and timely book in which Cristina Miguel produces a sensitive and eloquent assessment of the leading debates surrounding changing intimacy practices online. Underpinned by original empirical material, Miguel produces a compelling analysis to explain the role played by social media platforms within intimate encounters and sustaining personal relationships in digital culture. Throwing new light on the intimate experience of social media users, Personal Relationships and Intimacy in the Age of Social Media makes a major contribution to the field of intimacy studies. -Deborah Chambers, Newcastle University, UK And a 20% discount code for the month of December: PM18TWENTY4? Best wishes, Dr. Cristina Miguel Senior Lecturer Leeds Business School Leeds Beckett University, RB465 , City Campus, Leeds LS1 3HE Email: C.Miguel(a)leedsbeckett.ac.uk Tel: 0113 81 25766 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to:- http://disclaimer.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/disclaimer/disclaimer.html

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