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Professor of Game Design, Wilfred Laurier University (Brantford, Ontario, Canada)

Game design is a rapidly growing field that demands practitioners with a high degree of sophistication in understanding critical game studies along with the technical capabilities to create a finished game product or experience. A proposed program in Game Design and Development at the Brantford campus of Wilfrid Laurier University seeks a senior colleague to shape and guide the formative years of this program. Applications are being accepted for this position, beginning July 1, 2015, at the Associate or Full Professor level, subject to budgetary and program approval. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline and will have academic and practical expertise in the area of games. The academic home for this position is in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences.

The deadline for receipt of materials is May 15, 2014 at 4:30 pm. See full details here.

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Lecturer, Communication & Human-Computer Interaction, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)

The Department of Communication and Media in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY invites applications for a non-tenure track one year, renewable fixed term-appointment Lecturer position in Communication and Human-Computer Interaction. The Department is home to an interdisciplinary faculty whose research broadly engages communication in technologically mediated environments and is situated within the fields of rhetoric, communication, media studies and design, game studies and design, literature, and human-computer interaction. The department offers innovative interdisciplinary degree programs that lead to the BS, MS and PhD degrees and also contributes to the interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program in Electronic Media Arts & Communication in partnership with the Department of the Arts.

Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the positions are filled. Applications received by May 1, 2014 will receive full consideration. See full details here.

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“This Inspires Us 2014…” from Ars Electronica

 

This Inspires Us 2014…

by MAGDALENA LEITNER

This year’s Ars Electronica Festival is set for September 4-8. It’s being conceived as “a festival of extraordinary, creative, innovative ideas,” in the words of Ars Electronica Artistic Director Gerfried Stocker. “This will be a celebration of people and the amazing concepts they come up with.”

Two examples of incredible projects that Gerfried Stocker cites as sources of inspiration for this year’s festival theme, “C … what it takes to change,” are Projekt Daniel and Solar Mamas. “These two examples inspire me because both have a lot to do with technology, albeit technologies that, basically, the way they’re used in these projects, are pretty simple. When it comes to finding examples of how technology can strengthen and develop human beings and communities, these two examples come to mind first of all.” And that’s reason enough to take a closer look at them.

Read about Project Daniel: Prostheses from the 3-D printer and The Solar Mamas of Rajasthan on the Ars Electronica blog.

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Projects Administrator, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub

Position: DML Projects Administrator

Department: Humanities Research Institute
Req No.: 2014-0336
Location: UCI Campus – Irvine

The Digital Media and Learning Research Hub coordinates an interdisciplinary network of researchers around the country, providing program and meeting support, organizing special events, and providing online infrastructure and communications. The position of project administrator requires strong administrative, organizational, accounting and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to take initiative and work independently in a collaborative, networked team. Responsibilities include administering and coordinating program-related activities, meetings, and events, and managing grant-funded budgets, including processing honoraria, subawards, contracts, and reimbursements. Additional responsibilities include supporting major events (e.g. the annual DML Conference), assisting with academic recruitments, and editing of grant proposal and reports. Salary range: $43,000-$53,000. Apply online. Job #2014-0336

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Enculturation, a Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture

Enculturation, a Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, announces the launch of Intermezzo, a series dedicated to publishing long essays – between 20,000 and 80,000 words – that are too long for journal publication, but too short to be a monograph. Intermezzo fills a current gap within scholarly writing by allowing writers to express themselves outside of the constraints of formal academic publishing. Intermezzo asks writers to not only consider a variety of topics from within and without academia, but to be creative in doing so. Authors are encouraged to experiment with form, style, content, and approach in order to break down the barrier between the scholarly and the creative. Authors are also encouraged to contribute to existing conversations and to create new ones.

Intermezzo essays, published as ebooks, will broadly address topics of academic and general audience interest. Longform or Longreads essays have proliferated in recent years across blogs and online magazine outlets as writers create new spaces for thought. While some scholarly presses have begun to consider the extended essay as part of their overall publishing, scholarly writing, overall, still lacks enough venues for this type of writing. Intermezzo contributes to this nascent movement by providing new spaces for scholarly writing that the academic journal and monograph cannot accommodate.

See details for submitting proposals or completed essays for review  at http://www.enculturation.net/intermezzo-announcement

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2014 Emerging Scholar Monograph Competition

De Gruyter Open offers an opportunity for early-career scholars to publish books based on their dissertation research.

The 2014 Emerging Scholar Monograph Competition is a contest for young talent in the fields of science, mathematics, technology and the humanities. The international contest, funded exclusively by De Gruyter Open, is aimed at early-career researchers. De Gruyter Open offers an opportunity for promising researchers to have their work published and promoted by a professional Open Access publisher. The winning books will be distinguished by a stamp on the cover indicating “Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 Emerging Scholar Monograph Competition”.

The submission deadline is 10. June 2014. See full details at http://degruyteropen.com/thechallengeison/

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Business Development Director, Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) seeks a Business Development Director to help our organization achieve sustainability through the assessment of potential revenue models and the pursuit of one or more of those models. It is expected that the Business Development Director will forge extensive new relationships to build DPLA’s visibility, impact, and financial resources. A passion for DPLA’s mission of widespread access to the contents of America’s libraries, archives, and museums is essential.

Send a letter of interest, a resume/cv, and contact information for three references to jobs@dp.la by May 5, 2014. Full details are available here.

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Assistant Professor in Web & Graphic Design, The College of New Jersey

ASSISTANT GRAPHIC DESIGN PROFESSOR: WEB & GRAPHIC DESIGN

The College of New Jersey invites applications for a one year, temporary Assistant Professor in Web & Graphic Design in the Department of Art and Art History. Date of appointment: August 26, 2014.

We are seeking an inspiring, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic interactive designer to teach in TCNJ’s Graphic Design program. The annual teaching load for this position is 4 to 5 courses annually, with some administrative services such as the curricular development. The individual appointed to this position will teach primarily web design classes but might also teach basic graphic design courses such as Design Fundamentals and/or Typography.

A review of applications will begin May 1, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. See full details here.

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Vanessa Renwick: “Hunting Requires Optimism & Medusa Smack”

Vanessa Renwick: Hunting Requires Optimism & Medusa Smack

April 25, 2014 – June 29, 2014

In conjunction with Cinema Pacific and made possible by a JSMA Academic Support Grant, the JSMA is pleased to present two video installations by Portland-based artist Vanessa Renwick. Renwick’s installations address serious issues, related to our environment, in often humorous ways. Hunting Requires Optimism, on view in the Artist Project Space, contrasts the challenges wolves face in finding food with those of humans seeking sustenance. Medusa Smack, an immersive video installation in 240A (off the Barker Gallery), is inspired by this quote from Haruki Murakami: “What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get into the habit of thinking, this is the world, but that’s not true at all. The real world is a much darker and deeper place than this, and much of it is occupied by jellyfish and things.” The piece has a score composed and performed by Tara Jane ONeil that includes sounds recorded by the artist Harry Bertoia on his Sonambient sound sculptures. Renwick is one of the most highly regarded experimental filmmakers in the U.S. Her installations have been displayed at the Centre Pompidou, the Tacoma Art Museum, PDX Contemporary Art, and the Elizabeth Leach Gallery, and her films have screened internationally.

See more at: http://jsma.uoregon.edu/Renwick

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“Forbidden Voices”: A documentary by Barbara Miller

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FORBIDDEN VOICES: A documentary by Barbara Miller

Saturday, April 26, 1 p.m.
Bijou Art Cinemas, 429 E. 13th Ave. Eugene

Click here to purchase tickets

Watch the trailer

The Internet has provided a medium of expression that can, in the hands of courageous individuals, counter the power of repressive regimes. Forbidden Voices accompanies three brave young cyberfeminists as they risk their lives to challenge their governments. Eyewitness reports and clandestine footage show Yoani Sánchez’s brutal beating by Cuban police for criticizing her country’s regime on her blog, Generación Y; Chinese human rights activist Jinyan under house arrest for four years; and Iranian journalist and women’s advocate Farnaz Seifi forced into exile, where she blogs under a pseudonym. Tracing each woman’s use of social media to denounce and combat violations of human rights and free speech in her home country, Forbidden Voices attests to the Internet’s potential for building international awareness and political pressure.

Discussion to follow.

Sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics.

Part of the Cinema Pacific Film Festival.