From emilne at swin.edu.au Wed Jun 13 02:43:21 2018 From: emilne at swin.edu.au (Esther Milne) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:43:21 +0000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: CALL FOR PAPERS: CODE A Media Conference of Platforms, Devices and Screens Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS: CODE A Media Conference of Platforms, Devices and Screens Swinburne University Melbourne, AUSTRALIA 19-20 November 2018 Keynote Speakers: *John Cheney-Lippold, University of Michigan (author of _We Are Data: Algorithms and the Making of our Digital Selves_ NYU Press, 2017). *Anna Munster, University of New South Wales (author of _An Aesthesia of Networks_ MIT Press, 2013). For contemporary media studies in the so called age of social media, the role of data has never been more complex. At the inaugural CODE conference six years ago, a collective of digital media academics and creative practitioners were negotiating the rapid emergence of new platforms and devices, and exploring new approaches to theorising, researching and doing digital media. Under the banner of software studies, platform politics, and digital media practice, the first CODE conference interrogated the multifaceted nature of code itself. At that stage, we only had an inkling of the coming impact of algorithms, automation, natural language processing, machine learning and neural nets, and the new wave of artificial intelligence. The time has come to take stock of our data streams. And, in particular, to ask how the notion of code, both materially shaped and conceptually understood, helps to orient media studies in 2018. CODE: A Media Conference of Platforms, Devices and Screens is a two day event consisting of workshops, studios, industry panels and papers. There are lots of opportunities to participate but specifically now we are seeking short research snapshots or provocations of five minutes. We are keen to move away from the old broadcast model of conference format with its death by PowerPoint approach. Instead, we want to hear about research plans, projects, methods, tools or critical perspectives. Whether it's an idea looking for partners, or the report from a project just completed, we encourage you to submit your work. Possible topics could include but are not limited to: *Automation and work futures *The ethics of algorithms *Data visualisation and the shifting boundaries of public and private life *Screen estate and making meaning *The literacies and uses of data analytics *Second screen and new audience measurements *New developments in machine learning *What is data driven media studies? *New screen texts: aesthetics and forms of the digital age (eg VR, the TVIV era) *On-demand screen cultures *Curatorial culture and the classificatory imagination *Shifting boundaries of screen performance (eg motion and performance capture) *Cultural heritage and GLAM industries *Pedagogies of code *Digital making and maker culture *Digital archives, archaeologies, and histories *****Preliminary Schedule***** DAY 1: MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER OPENING KEYNOTE KEYNOTE FORUM 10 min responses to the keynote RESEARCH SNAPSHOTS & PROVOCATIONS Five minute presentations from attendees DAY 2: TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER WORKSHOP: Methods for ECRs and PhD students WORKSHOP: Data literacies PANEL: DECRA applications INDUSTRY FORUM PANEL: Screen research and practice PANEL: Concepts, methods, keyworks CLOSING KEYNOTE KEYNOTE FORUM 10 min responses to the keynote *****Submission Guidelines***** Please submit proposals for individual (up to 500 words) or collaborative presentations (up to 2,000 words) by Friday 29 June 2018 to: codeconference at swin.edu.au Proposals must contain the following information: Name(s) of presenter; email address; brief bio; five keywords. Anticipated registration costs: Waged earlybird: $50 Waged standard: $60 Unwaged earlybird: $30 Unwaged standard: $40 Full details will be published at: code2k18.com Organising Committee: Cesar Albarran-Torres Jessica Balanzategui Dan Golding Anthony McCosker Esther Milne (Chair) Emily van der Nagel Supported by Swinburne's Department of Media and Communication. Associate Professor Esther Milne Department of Media and Communication School of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Swinburne University, Melbourne AUSTRALIA 3122 emilne at swin.edu.au ||| +61 3 92148195 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ned at nedrossiter.org Wed Jun 13 03:54:32 2018 From: ned at nedrossiter.org (Ned Rossiter) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:54:32 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: New book: Organization after Social Media In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <184fa974-3f62-8f9c-0218-3629ab564293@nedrossiter.org> New book published by Minor Compositions: Organization after Social Media By Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter Organized networks are an alternative to the social media logic of weak links and their secretive economy of data-mining. They put an end to freestyle friends, seeking forms of empowerment beyond the brief moment of joyful networking. This speculative manual calls for nothing less than social technologies based on enduring time. Analyzing contemporary practices of organization through networks as new institutional forms, organized networks provide an alternative to political parties, trade unions, NGOs, and traditional social movements. Dominant social media deliver remarkably little to advance decision-making within digital communication infrastructures. The world cries for action, not likes. /Organization after Social Media/?explores a range of social settings from arts and design, cultural politics, visual culture and creative industries, disorientated education and the crisis of pedagogy to media theory and activism. Lovink and Rossiter devise strategies of commitment to help claw ourselves out of the toxic morass of platform suffocation. Can be ordered and downloaded from here: ? http://www.minorcompositions.info/?cat=55 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew.murphie at gmail.com Wed Jun 13 08:19:34 2018 From: andrew.murphie at gmail.com (Andrew Murphie) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:19:34 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: New book: Organization after Social Media In-Reply-To: <184fa974-3f62-8f9c-0218-3629ab564293@nedrossiter.org> References: <184fa974-3f62-8f9c-0218-3629ab564293@nedrossiter.org> Message-ID: Looks great Ned! a On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 at 11:54, Ned Rossiter wrote: > New book published by Minor Compositions: > > > Organization after Social Media > > By Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter > > Organized networks are an alternative to the social media logic of weak > links and their secretive economy of data-mining. They put an end to > freestyle friends, seeking forms of empowerment beyond the brief moment of > joyful networking. This speculative manual calls for nothing less than > social technologies based on enduring time. Analyzing contemporary > practices of organization through networks as new institutional forms, > organized networks provide an alternative to political parties, trade > unions, NGOs, and traditional social movements. Dominant social media > deliver remarkably little to advance decision-making within digital > communication infrastructures. The world cries for action, not likes. > > *Organization after Social Media* explores a range of social settings > from arts and design, cultural politics, visual culture and creative > industries, disorientated education and the crisis of pedagogy to media > theory and activism. Lovink and Rossiter devise strategies of commitment to > help claw ourselves out of the toxic morass of platform suffocation. > > Can be ordered and downloaded from here: > > > > http://www.minorcompositions.info/?cat=55 > > --- > (un)subscribe info: > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture_listcultures.org > general website: > http://www.fibreculture.org > Fibreculture Journal: > http://journal.fibreculture.org/ -- *** "A traveller, who has lost his way, should not ask, Where am I? What he really wants to know is, Where are the other places" - Alfred North Whitehead "The greatest effort is not concerned with results" - At??a (982-1054; Vajrayana Buddhism, Bengal) Andrew Murphie - Associate Professor School of the Arts and Media, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2052 Editor - The Fibreculture Journal http://fibreculturejournal.org/> web: http://www.andrewmurphie.org/ tlf:612 93855548 fax:612 93856812 room 311H, Robert Webster Building -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew.murphie at gmail.com Fri Jun 15 02:44:39 2018 From: andrew.murphie at gmail.com (Andrew Murphie) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:44:39 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Fwd: UNSW Sydney - 4 year PhD scholarship to work on platform cooperativism In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good PhD possibility working on platform cooperativism. Sydney is expensive but the scholarship is a bit more than usual (around $40,000) and you get extra research funding ($10,000). And Bronwen is great. I'll be working with you as well. all the bet, Andrew ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Bronwen Morgan Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 at 19:34 Subject: UNSW Sydney - 4 year PhD scholarship to work on platform cooperativism Please forward to all relevant networks and potentially interested applicants: UNSW Sydney is offering a 4 year PhD scholarship for interested applicants to work on platform cooperativism. ?Enabling Cooperative Platform Economies: Tools, Rules and Practices? is a research agenda that recognises that contemporary economies are increasingly mediated by and through internet-based platforms, leading to heated debate over the positive and negative effects of such platforms. Platform cooperativism is an emergent response that brings the rules of formal cooperatives to the sharing economy and the tools of digital platforms to cooperatives. PhD research in this area will explore whether and how a cooperative platform economy can build and support collective economic agency, enacting a vision for a more participatory economy, where digital platforms enable place-based, collaborative and holistic economic development. It investigates how governance, ownership and control in the platform economy can be reframed to support this. The ideal candidate will have an outstanding academic record at Masters level in law, humanities or social sciences (either a Masters degree focusing on research methods, or if a coursework Masters then at least a 2(i) Honours degree at undergraduate level), along with demonstrated interest or experience in platform economies. The candidate will be able to work in an interdisciplinary setting, engaging with literature across legal and social science disciplines including law, political economy, political ecology, media, human geography or philosophy, and be interested in a mixed methods approach including interviews, policy, law and data analysis, and in framing policy recommendations. The Scientia Scholar will have experience writing literature reviews and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Previous research experience with research methods, including data collection and analysis, is desirable. More details are available at https://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply/scientia-phd-scholarships/enabling-cooperative-platform-economies-tools-rules-and-practices and interested applicants can also contact Professor Bronwen Morgan at B.Morgan at unsw.edu.au. -- *** "A traveller, who has lost his way, should not ask, Where am I? What he really wants to know is, Where are the other places" - Alfred North Whitehead "The greatest effort is not concerned with results" - At??a (982-1054; Vajrayana Buddhism, Bengal) Andrew Murphie - Associate Professor School of the Arts and Media, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2052 Editor - The Fibreculture Journal http://fibreculturejournal.org/> web: http://www.andrewmurphie.org/ tlf:612 93855548 fax:612 93856812 room 311H, Robert Webster Building -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: