From ned at nedrossiter.org Fri May 9 03:16:00 2014 From: ned at nedrossiter.org (Ned Rossiter) Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 11:16:00 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Lecturer in Convergent Media Production, University of Western Sydney Message-ID: <536C2C50.8040300@nedrossiter.org> https://uws.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.jati&returnToEvent=jobs.home&jobID=a1b6030e-e72d-e479-eac1-7fc8f632c794&audienceTypeCode=EXT&UseAudienceTypeLanguage=1 The School of Humanities and Communication Arts seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Convergent Media Production to contribute to teaching and research. This is an ongoing position that is linked to studies in both theory and practice that engage with practice-based research approaches and methods in convergent media communications and dynamic contemporary contexts at the Penrith and Parramatta campuses of UWS. The School takes pride in educating students in an environment that is contemporary, challenging and adapted to a rapidly evolving world, and we seek enthusiastic academics and emerging leaders to join our team. This position is linked to both practice-based studies in the Media Arts Production major, including television and transmedia production; and core theory studies in Media Law and Ethics, Communication Research Project and Media Memory. The position will develop and lead teaching and learning student productions in collaboration with TVS, Sydney?s community TV channel (digital 44), located on the UWS Penrith campus. The successful applicant will have a PhD or equivalent in a related field, extensive professional and industry experience in convergent media production, across a range of clients and community contexts, and demonstrated industry experience in producing, scripting, and project management, production planning, sound and vision, and post-production consistent with convergent media productions. The successful applicant will have demonstrated experience in quality and innovative teaching at tertiary level, including a demonstrated capacity to work effectively and strategically with student production teams. The successful applicant will have demonstrated achievement in high quality research and publications that may include practice-based creative outcomes. Remuneration Package: Academic Level B $104,814 to $123,680 p.a. (comprising Salary $88,569 to $104,584 p.a., plus 17% Superannuation, plus Leave Loading) Position Enquiries: For more information on this position, please email Associate Professor Kaye Shumack at k.shumack at uws.edu.au or Professor Lynette Sheridan Burns l.sheridanburns at uws.edu.au Closing Date: 30 May 2014 From jhuns at vt.edu Tue May 20 15:15:07 2014 From: jhuns at vt.edu (jeremy hunsinger) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 09:15:07 -0400 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Call for Abstracts for Chapters Volume 2 of the International Handbook of Internet Research Message-ID: <545DF287-0C18-4E50-823A-B5CFB0E77DE4@vt.edu> Apologies for crossposting, please distribute as appropriate: Call for Abstracts for Chapters Volume 2 of the International Handbook of Internet Research (editors Jeremy Hunsinger, Lisbeth Klastrup, and Matthew Allen) Abstracts due June 1 2014; full chapters due Sept. 1 2015 After the remarkable success of the first International Handbook of Internet Research (2010), Springer has contracted with its editors to produce a second volume. This new volume will be arranged in three sections, that address one of three different aspects of internet research: foundations, futures, and critiques. Each of these meta-themes will have its own section of the new handbook. Foundations will approach a method, a theory, a perspective, a topic or field that has been and is still a location of significant internet research. These chapters will engage with the current and historical scholarly literature through extended reviews and also as a way of developing insights into the internet and internet research. Futures will engage with the directions the field of internet research might take over the next five years. These chapters will engage current methods, topics, perspectives, or fields that will expand and re-invent the field of internet research, particularly in light of emerging social and technological trends. The material for these chapters will define the topic they describe within the framework of internet research so that it can be understand as a place of future inquiry. Critique chapters will define and develop critical positions in the field of internet research. They can engage a theoretical perspective, a methodological perspective, a historical trend or topic in internet research and provide a critical perspective. These chapters might also define one type of critical perspective, tradition, or field in the field of internet research. We value the way in which this call for papers will itself shape the contents, themes, and coverage of the Handbook. We encourage potential authors to present abstracts that will consolidate current internet research, critically analyse its directions past and future, and re-invent the field for the decade to come. Contributions about the internet and internet research are sought from scholars in any discipline, and from many points of view. We therefore invite internet researchers working within the fields of communication, culture, politics, sociology, law and privacy, aesthetics, games and play, surveillance and mobility, amongst others, to consider contributing to the volume. Initially, we ask scholars and researchers to submit an 500 word abstract detailing their own chapter for one of the three sections outlined above. The abstract must follow the format presented below. After the initial round of submissions, there may be a further call for papers and/or approaches to individuals to complete the volume. The final chapters will be chosen from the submitted abstracts by the editors or invited by the editors. The chapter writers will be notified of acceptance by January 1st, 2015. The chapters will be due September 2015, should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words (inclusive of references, biographical statement and all other text). Each abstract needs to be presented in the following form: ? Section (Either Foundations, Futures, or Critiques) ? Title of chapter ? Author name/s, institutional details ? Corresponding author?s email address ? Keywords (no more than 5) ? Abstract (no more than 500 words) ? References Please e-mail your abstract/s to: internet.research.handbook at gmail.com We look forward to your submissions and working with you to produce another definitive collection of thought-provoking internet research. Please feel free to distribute this CfP widely. Thank you Jeremy, Lisbeth, and Matt Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.tmttlt.com You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain From jhuns at vt.edu Tue May 20 15:35:16 2014 From: jhuns at vt.edu (jeremy hunsinger) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 09:35:16 -0400 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Call for Abstracts for Chapters Volume 2 of the International Handbook of Internet Research Message-ID: <8E998B69-F39C-49C1-82FC-992D93F70001@vt.edu> Apologies for crossposting, please distribute as appropriate: Call for Abstracts for Chapters Volume 2 of the International Handbook of Internet Research (editors Jeremy Hunsinger, Lisbeth Klastrup, and Matthew Allen) Abstracts due June 1 2014; full chapters due Sept. 1 2015 After the remarkable success of the first International Handbook of Internet Research (2010), Springer has contracted with its editors to produce a second volume. This new volume will be arranged in three sections, that address one of three different aspects of internet research: foundations, futures, and critiques. Each of these meta-themes will have its own section of the new handbook. Foundations will approach a method, a theory, a perspective, a topic or field that has been and is still a location of significant internet research. These chapters will engage with the current and historical scholarly literature through extended reviews and also as a way of developing insights into the internet and internet research. Futures will engage with the directions the field of internet research might take over the next five years. These chapters will engage current methods, topics, perspectives, or fields that will expand and re-invent the field of internet research, particularly in light of emerging social and technological trends. The material for these chapters will define the topic they describe within the framework of internet research so that it can be understand as a place of future inquiry. Critique chapters will define and develop critical positions in the field of internet research. They can engage a theoretical perspective, a methodological perspective, a historical trend or topic in internet research and provide a critical perspective. These chapters might also define one type of critical perspective, tradition, or field in the field of internet research. We value the way in which this call for papers will itself shape the contents, themes, and coverage of the Handbook. We encourage potential authors to present abstracts that will consolidate current internet research, critically analyse its directions past and future, and re-invent the field for the decade to come. Contributions about the internet and internet research are sought from scholars in any discipline, and from many points of view. We therefore invite internet researchers working within the fields of communication, culture, politics, sociology, law and privacy, aesthetics, games and play, surveillance and mobility, amongst others, to consider contributing to the volume. Initially, we ask scholars and researchers to submit an 500 word abstract detailing their own chapter for one of the three sections outlined above. The abstract must follow the format presented below. After the initial round of submissions, there may be a further call for papers and/or approaches to individuals to complete the volume. The final chapters will be chosen from the submitted abstracts by the editors or invited by the editors. The chapter writers will be notified of acceptance by January 1st, 2015. The chapters will be due September 2015, should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words (inclusive of references, biographical statement and all other text). Each abstract needs to be presented in the following form: ? Section (Either Foundations, Futures, or Critiques) ? Title of chapter ? Author name/s, institutional details ? Corresponding author?s email address ? Keywords (no more than 5) ? Abstract (no more than 500 words) ? References Please e-mail your abstract/s to: internet.research.handbook at gmail.com We look forward to your submissions and working with you to produce another definitive collection of thought-provoking internet research. Please feel free to distribute this CfP widely. Thank you Jeremy, Lisbeth, and Matt Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.tmttlt.com You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain From difusion at medialab-prado.es Wed May 28 19:46:20 2014 From: difusion at medialab-prado.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Medialab-Prado_Comunicaci=F3n?=) Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 19:46:20 +0200 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Open Call for Collaborators> Interactivos? Birmingham: Responsive and immersive future technologies Message-ID: <538620EC.4090504@medialab-prado.es> *MEDIALAB-PRADO* *Plaza**de las Letras** **Calle Ala**meda, 15** **28014 Madrid T. 912 191 157** ****www.medialab-prado.es** ****Entrada gratuita * * * Interactivos? 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It will bring together theorists and practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and knowledge institutions to debate these issues in relation to the following themes: * Asia Pacific Cultural Economies * Cultures of Finance * Economic Diversity * Digital Life * Fragile Environments KEYNOTE SPEAKERS * Aihwa Ong, Professor of Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley * Timothy Mitchell, Professor and Chair of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University * Chris Gibson, Professor of Human Geography, Director UOW Global Challenges Program, Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research, University of Wollongong * Katherine Gibson, Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney PAPER AND PANEL PROPOSALS Paper and panel proposals addressing the conference themes are invited. Proposals spanning one or more themes are especially welcome. * Individual paper proposals (200-300 words) * Panel proposals (200 words for the panel concept and 200-300 words on each panel paper) Visit the Conference Online website to submit your abstract. The deadline for abstract submissions is 15 June, 2014. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Ien Ang Tony Bennett Katherine Gibson Donald McNeill Brett Neilson Ned Rossiter Shanthi Robertson Emma Waterton Administrative contact: Kristy Davidson K.Davidson at uws.edu.au Download the conference flyer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: