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“Ada” Issue 7 CFP

Issue 7, February 2015

Editors: Carol Stabile (University of Oregon) and Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State University)

Ada is an online, open access, open source, peer-reviewed journal run by feminist media scholars from Canada, the UK, and the US. The journal’s first issue was published online in November 2012. Since that launch, Ada has received more than 175,000 page views. Ada operates a review process that combines the feminist mentorship of fan communities with the rigor of peer review. We do not — and will never — charge fees for publishing your materials, and we will share those materials using a Creative Commons License.

We invite contributions to a peer-reviewed open call issue featuring research on gender, new media and technology. We are particularly interested in contributions that exemplify Ada’s commitments to politically-engaged, intersectional approaches to scholarship on gender, new media and technology

Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; please contact the editor to discuss specifications and/or multimodal contributions.

All submissions should be sent by AUGUST 7, to editor@adanemedia.org. Your contribution should be attached as a word document. Please use “Ada Open Call Contribution” for your subject line and include the following in the body of your message:

  • A 50 word abstract
  • Your name
  • A mailing address
  • Preferred email address.

Important dates:

– Deadline for full essays: August 7, 2014
– Expected publication date: February 2015

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Gordion Database and Web Developer, University of Pennsylvania

The Gordion Database and Web Developer is a one-year term position with the possibility of renewal that reports to the Curator-in-Charge of the Mediterranean Section and is responsible for the design and implementation of the Gordion Project’s digital resources. These include the back-end database which uses open-source software and the public website housed at http://sites.museum.upenn.edu/gordion/. The Gordion Project in central Turkey has been active since the 1950s and has collected a substantial and growing archive of paper-based and digital information. A significant portion of this archive has been digitized and is available in a content management system. This material is currently used by researchers working to publish the excavation’s results. The project is also committed to sharing this data via its website. The Gordion Database and Web Developer will work with the Gordion Project Archivist to facilitate both internal use and public access. The Gordion Database and Web Developer will also be responsible for database development for ongoing field research in Gordion. Participation in fieldwork at Gordion is also desirable.

See full details on the position here

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“Seven Billion Voices” and Digital Communities at Ars Electronica

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by MARTIN HIESLMAIR

There is hardly any other field that has changed our lives such as the technology that links us human beings worldwide. The World Wide Web brings people together with their concerns, their problems and their stories. We spoke with Laina Greene, member of the jury at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica of the category “Digital Communities,” about why digital communities can move us forward, if there could be the danger that we do not hear anyone when everybody starts to speak, and how important the social context is for the evaluation of projects.

Read more about the Digital Communities category at Ars Electronica on their blog

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Coordinator of Five College Blended Learning Instructional Technology (Amherst, MA)

The Coordinator of Five College Blended Learning Instructional Technology is responsible for coordinating and providing support for a broad range of faculty-driven pilot projects (6-10 per year) exploring blended learning in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. These projects will have been selected and awarded funding from grant supporting the Five College Blended Learning Project. The Coordinator consults with faculty members to indentify, analyze, and suggest opportunities for applying appropriate technologies to meet curricular and pedagogical goals through blended learning. The Corrdinator facilitates conversations, corrdinates support, and works in partnership with other information technology staff members at the campuses who are exploring and seeking innovative uses of technologies to enhance teaching and learning in humanities courses.

Review of applications will begin May 6, 2014, and full details are available here

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“Save the Data!” Symposium

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A Big Data Symposium on Aug. 8 will bring together industry experts, faculty to discuss challenges and opportunities. The event will be held at Ford Alumni Center.

In this current era of big data, scientists who can manipulate and analyze large data sets are in high demand. Big data impacts most industries in in Oregon and beyond.  Generating, managing and analyzing big data as rapidly as possible provides companies with competitive advantages.  This includes software and hardware industry, internet and information technology industry, gaming (video and web) industry, healthcare industry and service industry.

On August 8, the the University of Oregon office for Research, Innovation and Graduate Education is hosting a meeting to bring together Industry experts in big data and members of the University of Oregon and other state Universities to discuss the big data challenges and opportunities. The four sessions of the meeting will be (1) Big Data Challenges for Industry, (2) Big Data and Biology, (3) Medical Informatics and (4) Big Data, the Internet and Social Media. This meeting will be an excellent opportunity for students, faculty and private industry partners to create new connections in this exciting new scientific arena.

More information on the event and a preliminary schedule is available here

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University of Oregon Students & Faculty in Support of Digital Rights

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Students Against Surveillance invites you to sign their open letter in support of free speech against mass surveillance on academic campuses, and specifically at UO. This letter is in coordination with a similar effort underway at NYU, and was recently featured by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on their blog.

There will be a series of follow-up events which will take place in the Fall (2014), and details will be sent to all signatories.

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The Future of Museums Conference

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We are excited to announce the Future of Museums Conference. This free event will be held from 10am – 5pm US-Eastern Time on July 24th, 2014, and will feature keynote speakers and crowd-sourced presentations by your peers.  The conference will be a collaborative global conversation about technology, museums, and the future. More information on the conference is available here.

Conference partner NMC.org will also be hosting a special virtual symposium the day before as a signature (paid) event.

To attend the conference, to be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, and/or to submit to present, please 
join this network!

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2014 NMC Summer Conference

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The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting highly skilled professionals interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and creative inquiry.

Who should attend? The NMC invites all change agents within learning-focused institutions and organizations to make their mark at the 2014 NMC Summer Conference. Attendees will gain tremendous insight on planning for, implementing, and evaluating cutting-edge technologies to enhance teaching and learning. The NMC Summer Conference regularly attracts university CIOs and CTOs, faculty, teachers, technologists, K-12 administrators, education policymakers, museum and library leaders, and other key decision-makers, as well as education innovators across major corporations. This annual event gives many opportunities for the close-knit community of attendees to really get to know each other and discuss their work and big ideas — both formally and informally.

Who presents? NMC Summer Conference presenters are thought leaders within the education industry at colleges and universities, schools, museums, libraries, organizations, and companies. They are the people pushing the envelope to infuse innovation and creativity into learning experiences worldwide. Past plenary session speakers have included Father of the Internet and Google’s VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Vinton Cerf; MIT Media Lab Director, Joichi Ito; Chancellor of the Open University and Oscar-winning producer, Lord David Puttnam; and former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, Karen Cator.

What are the objectives and topics? The NMC Summer Conference continues to build a program that is action-oriented and informed by research and practice, while also being inventive and visionary. All sessions are organized by Horizon Project-inspired pathways, in order to focus on the technologies, trends, and challenges that are making a huge impact on teaching and learning: 3D Printing and Making, Data Visualization Technologies, Digital Strategies, Games and Gamification, Learning Technologies, Media Production, and Social Media Technologies, and Visualization Technologies. All pathways include topics related to higher education, K-12, libraries, museums, and informal learning.

See details on this year’s conference and register for the event here

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Arduino Workshop at the DSC

Untitledknight libThe UO Digital Scholarship Center (DSC) is excited to offer an Arduino workshop for UO faculty and staff!

Scott Austed, Instructional Technology Coordinator, will be conducting the workshop, which will focus on the basics of Arduino and creating a flashing game.

When: Friday, June 6th from 1-4pm
Where: DSC, Knight Library 142

Registration is limited, so please sign up soon! http://goo.gl/QhOo9c

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Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop

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Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop

 Monday, June 16th – Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

The Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop is an online, asynchronous, interdisciplinary, participant-driven workshop for scholars and individuals working on feminist-oriented research projects.  The goal of the workshop is to create an online space where participants can exchange scholarship and ideas.

Information about this year’s program is available here and you can follow along on Twitter #FSDW14