Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross-postings and duplications: please distribute to interested Ph.D. Students. On behalf of our instructors and organizers, we are pleased to invite applications to a Ph.D. course in the Media Studies Department, Aarhus University: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Researching Mobile and Locative Media: Methods and Ethics Instructors and organizers: Rich Ling, IT-University Copenhagen, Jonas Larsen, Roskilde University. Charles Ess, Aarhus University    Anne Marit Waade, Aarhus University    Sarah Schorr, Ph.D. Fellow, Aarhus University    Description: We invite Ph.D. students who deal with mobile media as a cultural, spatial and social phenomenon to participate in a Ph.D. course at Aarhus University. In this course, we will emphasize the methodological approaches, as well as the ethical questions that surround the empirical study of mobile and locative media. For example, the use of mobile methods is one way to study mobile media, whereas mobility and conversation analyses offer another approach for researching mobile media. Furthermore, mobile media might even be used as a method and tool to study specific cultural and social phenomenon. The methods reflect and inform the basic research questions, particularly in the context of design, aesthetics, communication, sociality or media use. As technologies such as smart phones, tablets, digital cameras and GPS receivers enable the facile registration of location in research settings, which methods effectively investigate the potential of this component of mobility? As our physical location becomes a research element, the rest of our exploration must consider this loaded variable. The methodological challenges also include some ethical considerations on how far and in which ways we can intervene in people¹s private and everyday lives. This course encourages Ph.D. students to contemplate these connections, implications, and questions in the context of their Ph.D. project. Program: 11.00 ­ 11:15: Introduction: Mobile media, methods and ethics. 11:15 - 12:45 Presentations by the teachers: Rich Ling: Researching mobile communication Jonas Larsen: Mobile methods and the visual 12:45 -1:30 Lunch 1:30 - 3:00: Ph.D. presentations and feedback 3.00 ­ 3.30: Break 3.30 ­ 4.30: Ph.D. presentations and feedback 4.30 ­ 5:00: Break 5 :00­ 6:00: Ph.D. presentations and feedback 7 pm Dinner for the workshop keynotes & organizers Related research workshop 29 ­ 30 March 2012 All participants in the Ph.D.-course are welcome to take part in the 2-day research workshop on Mobile communication - Mobility, Place and Locative media that take place in Aarhus the following days. We have invited international guests for the workshop, Naomi Baron, US, Leopoldina Fortunati, Italy and Rich Ling, DK. There is a separate registration for the workshop. For more information about the workshop, please contact Charles Ess, Anne Marit Waade or Sarah Schorr at Media Studies, Aarhus University, e-mail: imvsgs@hum.au.dk. DEADLINES FOR PARTICIPATION: Ph.D. Project Abstract Submission (250 words max): January 15, 2012. Describe your methodological and ethical approaches and questions, and how it is related to your research question. Successful applicants will be notified by Feb 1, 2012. Registration for the Ph.D.-course: Send your abstract to Sarah Shorr: e-mail: imvsgs@hum.au.dk. If you want to take part in the research workshop as well, please tell us when you register. Preparation and participation for the Ph.D.-course: -Reading (TBA) -5-page paper outlining your research due March 1, 2012 -10-minute presentation of your research Meals, travel and accommodation is on the participant¹s own expense. Credit:  2 ECTS points Language:  English Venue: Aarhus University, Media Studies, Faculty of Arts (meeting room TBA) Many thanks in advance, Charles Ess Institut for Informations- og Medievidenskab Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Århus N. Denmark mail: <imvce@hum.au.dk> tel: (+45) 8942 9250 Professor, Philosophy and Religion Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23