Hi all, Don't Miss Out on the ICA Mobile Pre-Conference! Registration closes in two weeks on Friday, May 31st. Join us at the stunning HOTA, Home of the Arts, in Gold Coast, Australia, on Wednesday, June 19th for an incredible program featuring keynote lectures, engaging workshops, and ample opportunities for socializing. For program details and registration, click here <https://www.icamobile.org/preconference>. This year's pre-conference theme: Mobile communication went from being new and revolutionary to a taken-for-granted and deeply embedded part of everyday life. However, very rarely has it been considered a human right, despite the fact that mobile communication has been co-extensive and deeply wound into the evolution of human rights. Whether related with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ Article 19, the rights of children and persons with disabilities, information, cultural, and sexual rights, or the rights of the environment and species—including the rights of the biosphere and more-than-humans--, mobile communication has offered platforms, ecosystems, cultures, practices, tools, and assemblages that enriched lives and worlds. This pre-conference considers mobile communication as a human right, while also recognizing ways in which mobile media use can suppress human rights. In the current post-smartphone era, in which mobile communication is much more pervasive and widespread, connecting humans, spaces, and things, we witness the perpetuation of enduring injustices, inequalities, and threats that emerge and develop in conjunction with the use of mobile communication devices. And in the ‘transition’, who sets the terms for mobile equalities and sustainable, inclusive futures? And what about the human right to ‘disconnect’? Sincerely, Adriana _________________________ Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D. University Faculty Scholar | Professor Dept. of Communication | NC State University www.souzaesilva.com <http://www.souzaesilva.com/> Co-Editor, Mobile Media & Communication <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/mmc> Vice-Chair, ICA Mobile Communication Division <https://www.icamobile.org/> Director, The Networked Mobilities Lab <https://nml.chass.ncsu.edu/> Associate Director, CRDM Ph.D. Program <https://crdm.chass.ncsu.edu/>