Hi Sanni, I wrote my master's thesis on online political humor memes. There are a few notable readings in there, but you'd probably find more on that KnowYourMeme thread from a few emails ago. Anyway, my thesis is available here: http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/7091 Cheers, Geniesa On Aug 28, 2013, at 10:00 AM, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:

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1. Re: Research on memes and internet fail sites (Sanni Pennanen) (Sean Rintel) 2. Deadline Approaching: European Fandom and Fan Studies Conference, Abstracts Sept 10 (Eqmj) 3. Informal meeting in DC (tfolkes1 .) 4. CFP: CSCW 2014 Doctoral Colloquium (Irina Shklovski)

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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:17:19 +0000 From: Sean Rintel <s.rintel@uq.edu.au> To: "<air-l@listserv.aoir.org>" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Research on memes and internet fail sites (Sanni Pennanen) Message-ID: <8B9F9BDF-DB6D-4BEE-A401-B033A575150C@uq.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"

G'day Sanni,

I've written on crisis memes and, informally for The Conversation, several news-y articles about memes, including the roles of memes in slacktivism and snarktivism.

Rintel, S. (2013). Crisis Memes: The Importance of Templatability to Internet Culture and Freedom of Expression. Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 2(2): 253-271. DOI: 10.1386/ajpc.2.2.253_1 (Happy to send a PDF if you can't get access).

Rintel, S. (2013, April 10). ?Slacktivism? vs ?snarktivism?: how do you take your online activism? The Conversation (Online).https://theconversation.com/slacktivism-vs-snarktivism-how-do-you-take-your-...

Until anon,

Sean

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On 27/08/2013, at 1:31 AM, <air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org>> <air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org>> wrote:

Message: 6 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:13:13 +0300 From: Sanni Pennanen <sanni.pennanen@gmail.com<mailto:sanni.pennanen@gmail.com>> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Research on memes and internet fail sites Message-ID: <CANJ6VZVqHncnt9TkXJJ2vV5B0ydSDow6DNEMM+2RUsjp5YM0wg@mail.gmail.com<mailto:CANJ6VZVqHncnt9TkXJJ2vV5B0ydSDow6DNEMM+2RUsjp5YM0wg@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Dear all,

I would be interested to know if there are researchers amongst you who would be focusing on memes and/or internet fails (for example lamebook etc.). Also tips about readings on the matter would be highly appreciated. I'm currently planning my PhD studies in folkloristics with the topic of Internet fails, memes and questions of authenticity in online communication.

Thanks!

Sanni Pennanen M.A., Folkloristics University of Turku Finland

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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:34:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Eqmj <eqmj@aol.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Deadline Approaching: European Fandom and Fan Studies Conference, Abstracts Sept 10 Message-ID: <8D07128219D55CA-1E38-19557@webmail-d220.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

European Fandom and Fan Studies: Localization and Translation One Day Symposium, 9 November 2013 Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis and University of Amsterdam Department of Media Studies Call for Papers

The increasingly global circulation of media often threatens to obscure local contexts of reception, identification, interpretation, and translation. This one day symposium at the University of Amsterdam seeks to explore the state of Fan Studies and the variety of Fandoms focused within the social and geographical boundaries of Europe, particularlywith regard to processes of localization and translation, broadly interpreted. Inter-disciplinary papers are invited to explore the natureof the field itself, how different fandoms function within Europe, and how European fan cultures re-interpret, re-imagine, translate, and localize foreign media texts or foreign fan practices. Potentialavenues of exploration may include how Fan Studies is represented, studied, and received within European universities, by funding bodies and publishers. Paperson fandoms may explore how European (English and non-English speaking) fans of European and non-European objects of fan appreciation parti cipate in fandom, the differences between internet fandoms and local/national/international fan practices, and objectsof fan appreciation that originate within Europe.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

-Regional fan histories. -Negotiation between international and local fan infrastructures. -Local and national adaptation of fan cultures and identities. -European fans? impact on international public policy and industry practice. -Fans? relationships to national media industries and public policy. -National and transnational economies within fandom and/or fan studies. -Crossing national, cultural, and language boundaries in fandom and fan studies. -Translation, both linguistic and cultural. -Fans? local and international languages and economies of desire. -Framing local European fan objects and cultures within fan studies. -Processes of translation, adaptation, and localization in European fans? interaction with global media.

The symposium is associated with a special issue of the journal of Transformative Works and Cultures tentatively slated for 2015, with full papers due January 1, 2014.

Event Details The symposium will be held in the center of Amsterdam, easily accessible from Amsterdam international airport.

Submission Process Please send a 300 word abstract along with a short (100 word) biographical note to Anne Kustritz (A.M.Kustritz@uva.nl)or Emma England (E.E.England@uva.nl)by 10 September.

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Message: 3 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:04:55 -0700 From: "tfolkes1 ." <folkes.tom@gmail.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Informal meeting in DC Message-ID: <CACYUm3XrfizfbhutXPiS1BNiPFMeH=2xunRfd7+AtzeOLptV9w@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I have been developing internet research tools for over ten years and comes out of my work on context. My tools encompass AI, the use of multiple nomenclatures at the same time, polling multiple sources, and KM. I have also developed a non Boolean method of managing records, which is both easy and accurate. I was wondering what other tools and needs people had in the DC area.

So I propose an informal get together in the DC area.

Anyone interested? _

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Message: 4 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:48:26 +0000 From: Irina Shklovski <irsh@itu.dk> To: "air-l@listserv.aoir.org" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>, Carpentier Nico <nico.carpentier@vub.ac.be>, "id_group@itu.dk" <id_group@itu.dk>, caos <caos@itu.dk>, pitlab <pitlab@itu.dk>, CITASA List <citasa@list.citasa.org> Subject: [Air-L] CFP: CSCW 2014 Doctoral Colloquium Message-ID: <CE42EB33.1B768%irsh@itu.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

***Please forward to Ph.D. students at your institution***

The Doctoral Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. students meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced CSCW researchers and practitioners. The colloquium itself will begin with dinner Saturday night February 15, 2014 and continue all day Sunday February 16, 2014.

All submissions must be received by the chairs by 5:00pm (17:00) Pacific Time on October 7, 2014. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. All submissions will be acknowledged by email.

We welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches that inform CSCW, including anthropology, sociology, computer science, cognitive science, organizational studies, and related fields. We are particularly interested in applications from institutions and groups that have not traditionally been well-represented at past CSCW conferences.

Applicants should be Ph.D. students with an already well-established direction of research relevant to CSCW, but whose research would benefit from guidance provided by peers and senior colleagues at the Doctoral Colloquium. Preference will be given to students who have a defined topic and program of work e.g., who have proposed their topics and are within 2 years of graduation within a 5 year program or are half way through a 3 (or 4) year program.

The Colloquium committee will select approximately 15 participants who will be expected to give short, informal presentations of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by extensive group discussion. Participants will also present their research in an interactive poster session during the main technical program of the conference.

Applicants should submit the following items by email to dc2014@cscw.acm.org with the subject line "CSCW2014 Colloquium Submission." All items below should be collated into one PDF file named YOURNAME_CSCWDC2014.pdf (substitute your full name where it reads YOURNAME):

* A FOUR-page overview of your doctoral research that describes your research question, work in progress, and expected contributions. This overview should also include (1) a paragraph that articulates what you hope to gain from attending the CSCW Doctoral Colloquium, and (2) an abstract of no more than 100 words. Your overview will be published in the ACM Digital Library and distributed to all attendees as part of the Conference Extended Abstracts. Please submit your overview in the Extended Abstracts Format. * A short (2-3 paragraph) biographical sketch on another page. * An up-to-date curriculum vitae. * Optionally, one publication that you feel best illustrates your progress in your research. * An email letter from your supervisor sent to dc2014@cscw.acm.org indicating that they support your application to the colloquium and that they agree that your research is at an appropriate stage for participation. These letters should also make reference to how you might benefit from the Doctoral Colloquium and how they expect that you might benefit the other students in this group experience. The email should have "CSCW Doctoral Colloquium: " + YOUR NAME in the subject header.

Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs

Claus Bossen, Aarhus University Darren Gergle, Northwestern University dc2014@cscw.acm.org

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