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“The Age of ‘Infopolitics'” by UO Professor Colin Koopman

We understandably do not want to see ourselves as bits and bytes. But unless we begin conceptualizing ourselves in this way, we leave it to others to do it for us. 

Read all of Colin Koopman’s “The Age of ‘Infopolitics'” in The Stone section of the NY Times here

 

Koopman is an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, where he is also a resident scholar at the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. He is the author of “Genealogy as Critique” and “Pragmatism as Transition,” and is at work on a book about infopolitics.

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“The Dark Side of Data” TED talks

Data can be used for good, harnessed for the betterment of society, but it can also be abused. Find out about some hidden not-so-sunny uses of Big Data and check out TED’s “The Dark Side of Data” playlist of lectures:

 

1. Malte Spitz, Your phone company is watching

2. Mikko Hypponen, How the NSA betrayed the world’s trust — time to act

3. Heather Brooke, My battle to expose government corruption

4. Ben Goldacre, Battling bad science

5. Alessandro Acquisti, Why privacy matters

6. Hasan Elahi, FBI, here I am!

7. Mikko Hypponen, Three types of online attack

8. Kevin Slavin, How algorithms shape our world

9. Avi Rubin, All your devices can be hacked

10. Todd Humphreys, How to fool a GPS

11. Christopher “moot” Poole, The case for anonymity online

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Gender and sexual diversity in games history CFP

Call for Submissions: Gender and sexual diversity in games history
Memory Insufficient – the games history ezine

To accompany the LGBT pride festivals celebrated in many countries during the month of June, the next issue of Memory Insufficient takes up histories of gender and sexual diversity in games.

Submissions that complicate or challenge the issue’s topic titles are very much welcome. Every topic can be read with the words jumbled up. That means you could, for example, write up your history of being gendered in games, or you could write about minority sexualities in a game about history, or submit a history of the gaming of gender expression, or any other permutation imaginable.

Any kind of history will be accepted: social, biographic, documentary, personal, descriptive or polemical. Submissions are unlikely to be rejected for being ‘not history,’ because nobody has the authority to decide what that means. Likewise, nobody has the authority to decide what a game is. Digital and non-digital games are both covered.

See details here

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IJORCS – Vol 4, Issue 4 CFP

International Journal of Research in Computer Science

It is our immense pleasure to invite you to submit your manuscripts for publication in International Journal of Research in Computer Sciences, a double blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the propagation and elucidation of scholarly research results.

IJORCS aims to disseminate quality research work and to enhance the ethics and morale of the research community. Besides providing a platform for the reinforcement of science, fast operative publication, IJORCS disseminates the published research work in major indexing databases all over the world which includes, Citeseer, ProQuest, BASE, Q-Sensei, Google Scholar, DOAJ, Cabell’s Directory and many more.

IJORCS is now associated with CrossRef (The Citation Linking Backbone) as a Member. A DOI Prefix: “10.7815” has been assigned byCrossRef and as a result your manuscript, if published in IJORCS would be assigned a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number which would be unique in the world each article.

Welcoming the research scholars, scientists around the globe in the Open Access Dimension, IJORCS is now accepting manuscripts for its next issue (Volume 4, Issue 4). Authors are encouraged to contribute to the research community by submitting to IJORCS, articles that clarify new research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in field of computer science.

Deadline: 1st June 2014
Notification: 15th June 2014
Revision: 25th June 2014
Publication: 5th July 2014

See full details regarding topics and submission guidelines here

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Director of Marketing, Communications & Outreach, Arizona State University

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) seeks a dynamic and creative individual for the position of Director of CLAS Marketing, Communications, & Outreach. The Director will report to the Dean of CLAS and will work closely with other members of the College’s senior leadership team. This individual will strategically and tactically lead efforts in the area of marketing, advertising, digital communication, and print that target a range of audiences, including prospective students and their families, alumni, donors and to help our faculty cultivate national and international recognition. In addition, this position will oversee and direct the implementation of a marketing plan and public relations efforts through the day-to-day operations with assigned staff.

A detailed description of the position and instructions for applying are available at: https://cfo.asu.edu/hr-applicant
Click on: External Applicant/Search Openings/All
Look for: Requisition ID 4470BR (Director of CLAS Marketing, Communications & Outreach)

The deadline for applications is June 13, 2014

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Metadata Strategist, Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seeks an innovative, highly motivated individual to provide leadership and expertise in the development and implementation of metadata strategies to support digital initiatives. The Metadata Strategist will take a holistic approach to metadata development and management to maximize discovery of the Libraries’ content, understanding the various standards, practices, and emerging technologies required for effective curation of digital content, including data sets. In collaboration with librarians, archivists, and developers, the successful candidate will lead in the design and implementation of a roadmap for metadata strategy for the Libraries’ current and future applications built using the Hydra/Fedora technology stack. Two such applications are the ScholarSphere repository service and ArchiveSphere, which manages and preserves born-digital archival records. The incumbent will engage in data modeling, working closely with colleagues in Information Technology Services and the Libraries, to leverage linked data technologies for integration in our Hydra applications. Consultations with users who are in need of metadata guidance in the context of digital projects and data management planning efforts is also expected.

Apply to job 51366 at http://www.psu.jobs or go here to see full details

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Digital Scholarship Specialist, University of Oklahoma Libraries

The University of Oklahoma Libraries seeks a Digital Scholarship Specialist for a newly created position.  The Digital Scholarship Specialist will establish and grow a dynamic, multi-faceted program that addresses the growing demand for digital arts and humanities support on campus. Working with arts and humanities scholars, faculty and students, the Digital Scholarship Specialist will foster successful adoption and application of the digital arts and humanities approaches to research, teaching, and learning.

Applicant screening to begin immediately; search will remain open until filled.  For complete information and to apply, go to https://jobs.ou.edu and search for Requisition Number 19527.

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iConference 2015 CFP (Newport Beach, CA)

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Location: Newport Beach, California
Venue: Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa
Date: March 24-27, 2015
Host: University of California, Irvine: The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences

Since 2005, the iConference series has provided forums in which information scholars, researchers and professionals share their insights on critical information issues in contemporary society. An openness to new ideas and research fields in information science is a primary characteristics of the event. Attendance has grown every year; participants appreciate the inspiring sense of community, high quality research presentations, and myriad opportunities for engagement.

The iConference series is presented by the iSchools, a worldwide association of Information Schools dedicated to advancing the information field, and preparing students to meet the information challenges of the 21st Century. Affiliation with the iSchools is not required—all information scholars, researchers and practitioners are welcome at the iConference.

We invite your participation in the tenth annual iConference, which takes place March 24-27, 2015, in Newport Beach, California. Visit the submission area of your interest for specific instructions:

We will begin accepting submissions in June 2014. Click here to view the conference master timeline.

See the original post at http://ischools.org/the-iconference/

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Critical Digital Pedagogy CFP

Hybrid Pedagogy is not ideologically neutral. The threads of our discussions and the underlying philosophy of the journal are grounded in critical pedagogy — an approach to teaching and learning predicated on fostering agency and empowering learners (implicitly and explicitly critiquing oppressive power structures). As a digital journal, our work is further nuanced by a consideration of technologies and cultures — how the digital changes the way we work, think, and create, and how we as humans can use tools (like chalkboards and computers) to form critically engaged communities.

We are issuing this call for participation for articles on critical digital pedagogy. Submissions should help to map (or represent) the terrain of the field, while considering the following questions:

  1. How can digital technologies and cultures interrogate and/or deconstruct the roles of student and teacher?

  2. How does critical pedagogy change the way we see teachers and students as socially, economically, politically, and emotionally situated in a learning space? How is this changed in the wake of online and hybrid education?

  3. What must we know about existing and invisible obstacles to learner agency in order to disrupt them?

  4. What is the role of interactivity, engagement, and critical contribution in the digital or digitally-enhanced classroom?

  5. How can we make something valuable — something ethical — from the collective intelligence of the web, and not merely be swept along by its numbing flow?

  6. How do we make our classrooms sites of intrinsic motivation, networked learning, and critical practice?

  7. How can the work of writers and educators like Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Henry Giroux, and John Dewey help us navigate our new educational terrain? And how are educators like Cathy Davidson and Howard Rheingold helping to further reimagine learning that happens in digital space.

  8. What is digital agency? What are its incumbent privileges and responsibilities?

Articles should be approximately 1,000 – 2,500 words and work in some way toward the purpose of this call. We also encourage multimedia experimentation. This is a rolling call, so we will accept submissions starting immediately with a deadline of July 15, 2014.  See full details here

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HarvardX Research Fellow (Computational Focus), Harvard University (MA)

The HarvardX Research Team is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Computational Focus) to conduct research about online learning in HarvardX courses.  The fellow will report directly to a faculty member of the HarvardX Research Committee selected according to the incumbent’s academic training, at the discretion of the co-chairs of the research committee.  This position is intended for a dedicated scholar with exceptional research skills who has a relevant background in computer science or quantitative social science.  The position requires experience with “big data” research and analytics and an interest in advancing higher education through evidence-based, innovative methods of online learning.  The competitive salary and unique opportunities for independent, high-impact research are intended to attract unusually talented candidates, particularly those interested in tenure-track faculty positions.

See full details and application instructions here