From johan.soderberg at sts.gu.se Wed Aug 7 08:59:41 2013 From: johan.soderberg at sts.gu.se (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Johan_S=F6derberg?=) Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 06:59:41 +0000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: "The Critical Power of Free Software: From Intellectual Property to Epistemologies?" Journal of Peer Production, Issue 3 Message-ID: <407D780F3E26B94EA7B14343F9986C7C0118FC56D6@GU-MBX06.ad.gumail.local> "The Critical Power of Free Software: From Intellectual Property to Epistemologies?" Journal of Peer Production, Issue 3 The Journal of Peer Production Editorial Board and the issue editors, Maurizio Teli and Vincenzo D'Andrea, are happy to announce the publication of the Special Issue titled "The Critical Power of Free Software: From Intellectual Property to Epistemologies?". The issue explores the contemporary ability of Free Software to constitute a form of epistemological and material critique OF contemporary societies. It does so with five research papers and three pieces in a "debate section". The Journal of Peer Production is an Open Access journal. Table of contents: Editorial Notes An Introduction to ?The Critical Power of Free Software: from Intellectual Property to Epistemologies?? by Maurizio Teli and Vincenzo D?Andrea peer reviewed papers P2P Search as an Alternative to Google: Recapturing network value through decentralized search by Tyler Handley Free software and the law. Out of the frying pan and into the fire: how shaking up intellectual property suits competition just fine by Angela Daly The Ethic of the Code: An Ethnography of a ?Humanitarian Hacking? Community by Douglas Haywood From Free Software to Artisan Science by Dan McQuillan Free Software trajectories: from organized publics to formal social enterprises? by Morgan Currie, Christopher Kelty, and Luis Felipe Rosado Murillo, University of California, Los Angeles Debate There is no free software. by Christopher Kelty Desired becomings by Katja Mayer and Judith Simon An Envisioning of Free Software?s potential as a form of cultural, practical, and material critique: A New perspective on the implications of FS peer production for social change? by David Hakken ------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhuns at vt.edu Mon Aug 12 22:44:19 2013 From: jhuns at vt.edu (jeremy hunsinger) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:44:19 -0400 Subject: ::fibreculture:: cfp: CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF CULTURAL STUDIES January 16-19, 2014 Message-ID: (sorry for x-posting,-jh) CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF CULTURAL STUDIES / ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE des ?TUDES CULTURELLES NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2014 January 16-19, 2014 Balsillie School of International Affairs Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Dispersions The Canadian Association of Cultural Studies invites proposals on all topics of relevance to cultural studies from both current and future members for its upcoming conference. The conference theme Dispersions encourages submissions devoted to exploring all forms of distributed culture. This may include papers that investigate dispersions of people, social groups and communities; flows of cultural objects and materialities; or the dispersion of cultural studies scholars (so often now housed in vulnerable departments) across disciplines. We are curious about the implications of these dispersions. Do they result in fugitives? Or new forms of belonging? Do they constitute new forms of culture? Hybridities? Transgressions? Alienations? Transformations? Sedimentations? What does it mean to scavenge cultural belonging in the context of cultural dispersion? Is culture atavised? Or preserved? We hope to open up discussion and critical reflection about culture in the context of fragmentation, convergence, and accumulation. We welcome papers that focus on (but are not limited to): * Explorations at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, nationality * Critical interventions into concepts of the transnational, transcultural, multicultural * Examinations of unruly cultures, fugitive cultures, border cultures, diasporic cultures * Distributed art cultures and practices (aesthetics; new mediations, etc.) * Mobilities, immobilities, and constellations of flows * Co-constitutions of animal subjects and animal culture * Tensions between local and global cultures * Dispersions of the unconscious * Foodscapes and food cultures Submission Guidelines: Please submit electronically to cacs at wlu.ca an abstract (appended as a .doc or a .docx attachment) of no more than 300 words by Sept30, 2013. Please include with your proposal,a paper title, your name and affiliation, 5-8 keywords that represent the major foci of your proposal. Notifications will be sent out by Oct. 30, 2013. Early bird registration for the conference will open Nov. 1, 2013 at http://cacs-acec.ca/. Regular registration fees will apply after Dec. 1, 2013 Host/Location: This conference is hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University, located in Waterloo, Ontario (Canada). Waterloo is located in southwestern Ontario, approximately 110km from Toronto. The city is easily accessed from Toronto Pearson Airport. There are also direct flights into the Waterloo International Airport from Chicago, Ottawa, and Calgary (with connections to Vancouver, Edmonton, and other major western cities). VIA Rail service runs to the city from Montreal,Toronto and points west (Windsor, London, etc.). GO train and bus service also connects Waterloo to Toronto. WLU is one of Canada?s fastest growing universities and is home to a vibrant Faculty of Arts, which houses one of only a handful of dedicated Cultural Studies programs in the country. It is also home to several research groups and centres including the International Migration Research Centre, and is partnered with the think tank Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, where the conference will be located. As a city located in the heart of Canada?s ?Technology Triangle,? home to institutions ranging from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics to notable arts institutions including CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Area) and The Museum, it is a place that often sees cultural production at the intersection of science, technology and the arts. Further information about Wilfrid Laurier University, and the Waterloo Region (including transportation and accommodation) will be available on our website; http://www.cacs-acec.ca/. Check back for updates. Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron