CMCL Graduate Program

Indian Ambassador to United States Public Lecture Cancelled

2012-02-02T06:07:00.000-08:00

Indiana University has announced that Thursdayevening's scheduled lecture by Nirupama Rao, India's ambassador to the UnitedStates, has been canceled, owing to unforeseen circumstances.

Rao expressed regrets for having to cancel her appearanceunexpectedly and said she expects to reschedule her visit to IU Bloomington inthe future.

In addition to giving a public lecture, Rao was to behosted by IU President Michael A. McRobbie at a private dinner. Rao's visit wassponsored by the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs and theMadhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program.

Congratulations to MA Students!

2012-01-31T07:46:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to the students who passed the MA Exam the January:

Ben Grimwood
Rudo Mudiwa
Bridget Sutherland

That's the way to do it, y'all!

New Directions in Media Ethnography Lecture Series

2012-01-30T07:57:00.000-08:00

Debating Ethnic andProfessional Identity in an Online Magicians' Forum

Graham Jones (MIT)

Friday, February 3, 4:00-5:00

Classroom Office Building 100(800 East Third St.)

Also, at 1:00-2:00, ClassroomOffice Building 272

Discussion with graduatestudents about his article

"Talking Text and TalkingBack: ‘My BFF Jill’ from Boob Tube to YouTube”

In 2009, a young and virtuallyunknown magician of North African descent began making weekly appearances on aprimetime French talk show, performing card tricks for invited guests. It isuncommon for magic to feature so prominently on television and, not surprisingly,magicians themselves watched closely, voicing their assessments in a thrivingonline forum devoted to Francophone magic culture. Eventually, this threadwould swell to over 600 posts, becoming the longest, and arguably mostdivisive, in the forum’s ten-year history. Drawing on long-term ethnographicresearch among French magicians, I analyze this thread as a social drama thatrevealed tensions and precipitated schisms within this secretive community ofentertainers. Debates about the significance of ethnic background in explainingthis particular magician’s success reflected vexed attitudes towards ethnicityin contemporary France; they also articulated with questions of professionaltheodicy: why does anyone succeed or fail in this line of work, and what doesthis reveal about the cultural status of magic? In examining how considerationsof ethnic and professional identity intersect within this thread, I alsoaddress the significance of the forum itself as a channel of communication withdistinctive conventions and affordances.

Graham Jones is a cultural andlinguistic anthropologist, whose research focuses on knowledge and rationalityin practice, performance, and interaction. After studying literature at ReedCollege (BA, 1998) and anthropology at New York University (PhD, 2007), he wasa postdoctoral member of the Princeton University Society of Fellows(2007-2010). Based on almost two years of field research, his first bookexplores the secretive subculture of entertainment magic in contemporary Paris,revealing how French magicians acquire the knowledge and skill necessary toproduce their mystifying illusions. His related research explores thehistorical significance of magic in colonial spaces of interculturalperformance, and the use of magic tricks as a medium for religious messages byEvangelical “gospel magicians” in the contemporary United States. He has alsocarried out extensive research on the linguistic dimensions ofcomputer-mediated communication (particularly instant and text messaging), anarea he continues to pursue. His new book is Trade of the Tricks: Inside theMagician's Craft (University of California Press, 2011).

Anthropology Speaker Series Today: "The Ethnography of Information"

2012-01-30T07:50:00.001-08:00

A talk by David Hakken

Professor of Social Informatics

Indiana University, Bloomington

Monday, January 30 at 4:00pm

Fine arts Building, Room 102

Can "information" be studiedethnographically? If so, what are somekey reasons for such research and some central questions in its pursuit? How do these articulate with the broaderresearch agendas of Informatics and Anthropology?

David Hakken is an anthropologist whose career hascentered on the study of digital technologies and socio-cultural change. After27 years teaching anthropology in SUNY, in 2004 he joined the new school ofInformatics and Computing at IU Bloomington, whose Social Informatics group hecurrently coordinates. He was the firstrecipient of the AAA's Textor Prize in Anticipatory Anthropology in 1999 andwas the founder of the AAA's Committee on the Anthropology of Science,Technology, and Computing.

Italian Language Proficiency Exam-Spring 2012

2012-01-30T07:30:00.000-08:00

TheItalian Language Proficiency exam has been scheduled this semester for Friday,February 24 from 9:00-11:00 am in BH 011. In order to sign up, please email Valerie Puiatti(fritgs@indiana.edu) the following information by February 20:

-Name

-Department

-Student ID #.

Theexam entails the translation from Italian into English of one or two articlesfrom a current newspaper or journal.

Pleasenote that DICTIONARIES are NOT allowed at the exam.

Ifyou would like to have a better idea about what the exam entails, you may cometo BH642 to request copies of the articles used for the exam in previous years.

PhD Defense Announcements Go Electronic

2012-01-30T07:04:00.000-08:00

PhD Defense announcments should now be submitted online using the new edoc system. Find links to this on the University Graduate School Forms page in Onestart, or click HERE.

Teach at the Collins Living-Learning Center

2012-01-27T11:13:00.000-08:00

Isthere a course you've always wanted to teach, but never had the opportunity?

Have you designed amultidisciplinary course that doesn't quite fit into your department'scurriculum?

The Collins Living-Learning Center invites faculty membersand advanced graduate students with teaching experience to submit courseproposals each semester for the following year. This is an opportunity toteach a unique course in a special setting.

Collins courses carry university credit and are open to all IU undergraduates.

PROPOSAL DEADLINE FOR CLASSES TO BE TAUGHT IN SPRING2013: THURSDAY, MARCH 15 at 5 pm

There will be an optionalinformation session for potential Collins instructors on Friday, February 10 inthe Edmondson Formal Lounge at 5 PM.

The 3-credit Collins seminars arelimited to a maximum of 20 students (15 in the case of fine arts classes) andmeet at the Collins Living-Learning Center, which is fully-equipped formulti-media teaching.

Graduate student instructors receive$6728 for a 3-credit course. In addition, they are given $400 to spend onmaterials or activities, meal points for dining with students, and aparking pass.

Collins is also accepting applications from faculty to teach overload courses (with appropriate compensation).

GO TO http://www.indiana.edu/~llc/instructors/ fordetails.

Questions? Call or email Carl Ipsen: 5-8905, cipsen@indiana.edu

The In/Visibility of America's 21st Century Wars Lecture Series Presents Nina Berman

2012-01-26T08:29:00.000-08:00

Thursday, January 26
Wodburn Hall, room 120
7-8:30 pm

"Performance and Spectacle: Constructing the American Homeland Security State"

CFP The Co-production of Knowledge: Social Media, STS and...

2012-01-24T06:43:00.000-08:00

The ubiquitous social and cultural adoption of social media, such as Twitter, Google, Wikipedia, YouTube and Facebook can be seen to present a significant example of scientific and technological innovation in many contemporary societies. While some studies of social media and, more specifically, Web 2.0 platforms built around user-generated content, have made reference to the importance of the field of science and technology studies (STS) for understanding their development and diffusion, scholars working within this academic framework have yet to fully turn their focus on this area. This three-day symposium is intended to explore the intersection between STS and social media inquiry, with a specific focus on how Web 2.0 is both generative and challenging of different forms of knowledge (co-)production and the authority it commands.

The user-centred and mass-collaboration characteristics of social media platforms have a clear affinity with recent STS models of the co-construction of technologies. Notions such as 'prosumerism' have been used to describe this blurring of the relationship between the consumer and producer. However, we need to ask whether this is to be seen as co-construction or primarily a re-engineering of labour relations and the locus of production? We also need to ask whether the ubiquity extends across all social media for all types of content. In other words, are new forms of expertise being inscribed, or are old knowledge hierarchies being reinforced?
STS challenges the traditional perception of scientific 'discovery' and technological advancement, to demonstrate the co-production of claims to knowledge and the different forms and assemblages of knowledge this involves: how does this map onto commentaries on the importance of lay knowledge and 'citizen science' found in Web 2.0 as individuals and groups distribute ideas and information across their social networks? Could this provide a new impetus for 'public interest science'?
How do the same issues relate to the social sciences themselves: how might Web 2.0 provide opportunities for new forms of data and data analytics (for example, as 'virtual knowledge' via crowdsourcing, real-time data streaming, by-product data etc) and in what ways do these challenge conventional social science by opening up questions about what data itself constitutes and what order of being it represents?
How might lay, amateur knowledge be mobilised as 'citizen science' and what warrant, authorisation and location in established science might it secure? How might the contribution of Web 2.0 science platforms differ from the amateur societies of the 19th and 20th centuries?
It has been claimed that algorithms and code play an increasingly powerful part in shaping and constituting everyday life, it has even been claimed that algorithms are creating new rules and power structures that unknowingly come to restructure social hierarchies and divisions. How, for example, do algorithms make decisions for us? How do algorithms bypass or re-craft human agency? What are the implications of this? Exactly how do algorithms, code and metrics shape everyday life and access to knowledge?
Do the open source platforms and social media tools of Web 2.0 come into tension with the international standardisation and codification of global ICT infrastructures and local and global knowledge infrastructures?
Finally, the more celebratory characterisations of social media emanating from the marketing world typically lack a critical focus: can social media and STS analyses build a political economy of Web 2.0 to provide such a focus, by explicitly addressing issues of participatory surveillance, exclusion and control?

Papers are invited that explore these broad questions around a number of possible themes, including:

The boundaries and future of social media as a medium of knowledge creation, dissemination, and regulation
The co-production of knowledge via Web 2.0 platforms
Knowledge, expertise and disruptive/disrupted authority
Capturing social media: the commercial/political exploitation by or empowering of Web 2.0
Ownership, dissemination and use of scientific knowledge
E-governance and the regulation of knowledge within social media
National practices and global opportunities
Novel forms of knowledge creation through group processes, archiving, digitization etc.
Public and visible science
Scientific controversies online
For more information, including submission and registration instructions, please click HERE.

Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series

2012-01-24T06:06:00.000-08:00

Friday, January 27

12:30-1:45pm

room RTV 180

Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series

Spring 2012

please join us this Friday for the second round in ourSpring 2012 Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series, with talks about currentresearch projects by Bridget Rubenking and Travis Ross, and a response byspecial guest Eliot R. Smith, Chancellors Professor of Psychological and BrainSciences at IU. coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided as usual!

Dynamic disgust: Dimensional underpinnings of responsesto blood, brutality and politics - by Bridget Rubenking

This preliminary study explores summative and over timemeasures of dimensional emotion responses (positivity, negativity, and arousal)and the discrete emotion of disgust to disgust-eliciting television messages.Responses to different types of disgust eliciting content - from body productsand gory deaths to higher-order, socio-moral disgusts, such as overt racism,and suggestions of sexual abuse are explored across 102 participants.Additionally, individual differences in trait motivational activation, gender,and political ideology are explored in response to these disgust-elicitors, aswell as content featuring opposing political viewpoints and gay malecharacters.

The Impact of Norms on Player Behavior - by Travis Ross

Research regarding player motivation in video games hastypically focused on how the content of games taps intrinsic and extrinsicmotivations. However games have become shared social experiences, and so it isimportant to understand how the social context contributes to the perceptions,attitudes, and behaviors of players. Research in sociology and economics hasidentified that norms serve a number of roles in social/cultural interaction.They can provide information and/or carry expectations of what is, or is not,socially acceptable.

Research also indicates that norms are sensitive tocontextual factors such as the network connections, incentive structures, andframing, so therefore only have salience under certain conditions. Beyond theirinteresting cognitive and economic consequences, norms can provide gamedevelopers with a plausible motivational tool. However, if this is to be thecase then norms must be understood at both the individual andsocietal-level. Research at anindividual-level should identify conditions where norms will have an impact andcontexts where norms are a better solutions than other motivational features.At the societal-level research should examine if and how the norms of an onlinesocial system can be changed, and if early adoption and information cascadescan lead a community to a preferred outcome. This talk will discuss earlyresults from Travis' Dissertation, which examines the impact of norms on playerbehavior.

Bios:

Eliot R. Smith, Ph.D., is Chancellors Professor ofPsychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington. His researchinterests include the emotions that people experience when they identify withsocial groups and their role in intergroup behavior; the cognitive processesand representations involved in perceiving other people and groups; andembodied and socially situated cognition. His research has been recognized by the 2004 Thomas M. Ostrom Award forlifetime contributions to social cognition, as well as the 2005 TheoreticalInnovation Prize from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology(SPSP). He is Editor of *Journal ofPersonality and Social Psychology:

Attitudes and Social Cognition*. Website:

http://www.indiana.edu/~soccog/home.html.

Bridget Rubenking is a PhD Candidate in the Department ofTelecommunications at IU. Her research explores the relevant individualdifferences of media consumers and the content and structural features of mediathat influence cognitive and emotional processing of media, as well as attitudechange and discrete behavior outcomes.

Travis Ross is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Joint Ph.D.Program in Telecommunication and Cognitive Science at Indiana University. Hefocuses on two research paths. The first examines the motivational aspects ofdesign - particularly decision structures in game and interface design.

The second examines how social and institutional forcesshape behavior via social norms, rules, and laws.

Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series

Every Friday

12:30-1:45pm

RTV 180

full info & schedule: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/news/t600.shtml

Employment Opportunity: Kent State University

2012-01-24T05:50:00.000-08:00

The School of Communication Studies at Kent State University invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track position at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor. This is a teaching position, and applicants will be considered primarily on the basis of teaching credentials. M.A. in Communication Studies is required, Ph.D. is preferred.

Of interest are candidates who can teach a range of diverse courses in mass/mediated communication, global/international communication, and/or organizational communication.

The School offers undergraduate concentrations in organizational, public, global, interpersonal, applied, and health communication. The School of Communication Studies is part of the College of Communication and Information headed by Dean Stanley. T. Wearden, former director of the School of Communication Studies. The College encourages interdisciplinary work among the Schools of Communication Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, Library and Information Science, and Visual Communication Design, as well as a program in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management. The School of Communication Studies places high value on collaborative work.

Kent State University, with 24,000 students on the Kent campus, has been ranked by Times Higher Education, a London-based higher education magazine, as one of the top 200 universities in the world. The Kent campus is located in the rolling hills of northeastern Ohio. Kent State is a major research university with a commitment to innovative strategies for learning and civic engagement. The town of Kent offers a delightful combination of a small but vibrant college-town environment and close proximity to the cultural, dining and professional sports activities of major cities, along with and the recreational opportunities of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and many lakes in the region.

Review of applications will begin on April 20, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. We anticipate an employment start date of August 2012 or January 2013.

For more information, including application requirements and instructions, please click HERE.

Open-Access Publishing

2012-01-24T05:33:00.000-08:00

Getpublished! Submit your manuscript to SAGE Open—an open-accesspublication.

Publish in SAGEOpen, SAGE's groundbreaking, open-accesspublication of peer-reviewed, original research and review articles, spanningthe full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.More than 975 manuscripts have been submitted in the last year.

Submityour manuscript through SAGE Track, SAGE's web-based peerreview and submission system, powered by ScholarOne Manuscripts™. Submitting your manuscript is free.

If you areaccepted, then pay the author acceptance fee of $395 (discounted from theregular price of $695)! For more information, view the SAGE Open manuscript submission guidelines.

Learn more about who's publishing inSAGE Openand its various features:

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CFP - ICA CAT Doctoral Consortium

2012-01-23T12:27:00.000-08:00

he consortium intends to bring together PhD candidates working on Communication and Technology to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the event are to provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on their in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the doctoral consortium will provide the opportunity to meet
experts as well as fellow PhD candidates from different backgrounds working on related topics.

During the consortium, students will be invited to present their work, following which they will receive feedback from their fellow students and
faculty participants, all of whom will have read the proposals in advance of the Doctoral Consortium. In addition, one faculty participant will be assigned to respond in detail to each proposal. Besides the presentations of proposals, there will also be discussion of other topics such as ethics, research methods, publishing the thesis, and positioning one's work for the job market.

Applicants must be advanced to candidacy, and have their dissertation proposal topic. Ideally, students will be in the early stages of their
dissertation, where feedback would be helpful in refining and advancing their work. To apply, students must submit a proposal describing their research.

For more information, and application instructions, please click HERE.

CFP - Black Diasporas: Reimagining Race, Space, and Community

2012-01-23T09:50:00.000-08:00

The Ninth Annual Herman C Hudson Symposium at Indiana University emphasizes the complex ways in which the concepts of “Black” and “Geography” inform each other and shape the formation of individual and community identities by examining the relationships between “Geography” and “Race” in historical and contemporary diasporic space and through the lived and imagined experiences of diasporic communities. Although the symposium privileges “Black” Diasporas, we welcome abstracts that can offer comparative perspectives. We encourage papers and artwork that deal with (but are not limited to) the following topics:

Writing the Body and Geographies of Race
Queer Geographies/Diasporas
The Body as a Geographic Object
The Mind as a Geographic Space
Displacement/Dislocation & Race
Memory & Space
Futuristic Geographies of Race
Environmental/Social Justice
Sound, Space & Race
Sexualized Space(s)
Religion & Space
Eroticism & Space

We welcome submissions from graduate and undergraduate students, scholars, creative artists and community and cultural workers. Interested panelists should submit a 150-word abstract and a 50-75-word bio. Presenters who are interested in displaying visual art should submit a CD with a digital copy of their work in JPEG format along with a 150-word project statement that speaks to the symposium’s theme. Those interested in exhibiting their topic via poster board should follow the guidelines for submitting a paper and visual art abstract.

Proposals for panels should include the name and description of the panel, a 150-word abstract of each paper, the name of the panel

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2012

For submission instructions, please click HERE.

Congratulations to Aleena Chia!

2012-01-23T08:50:00.000-08:00

Congratulations are due to CMCL PhD candidate Aleena Chia, who has just passed her PhD exam with distinction!

The In/Visibility of America's 21st Century Wars Series - Nina Berman

2012-01-23T08:44:00.000-08:00

"Performance and Spectacle: Constructing the American Homeland Security State"

Thursday, January 26th

Woodburn Hall, 120

7-8:30 pm

Nina Berman is a documentaryphotographer with a primary interest in the American political and sociallandscape. Her work has been extensively published, exhibited and collected,receiving awards in art and journalism from the New York Foundation for theArts, the World Press Photo Foundation and the Open Society Institutedocumentary photography fund among others. Her images of wounded Americanveterans from the Iraq War are internationally known with recent exhibitions atDublin Contemporary, the Whitney Museum 2010 Biennial, the Milano Triennaleand, Princeton University. She is the author of two monographs, Purple Hearts –Back from Iraq, and Homeland, both published by Trolley. She is a member ofthe NOOR photo collective based in Amsterdam. She lives in New YorkCity.

Brown Bag with Nina Berman

2012-01-23T08:38:00.001-08:00

Brown Bag with Nina Berman,

before her lecture, "Performance and Spectacle: Constructingthe American Homeland Security State"

Thursday, January 26
Swain Hall West 220, 12.30 to 2 p.m.

(undergraduates welcome)

Her broad lens includes glimpses of "fracking" inPennsylvania, veterans in various settings, the production of a security state,mega-churches, occupy protests in Times Square, and more. See:

http://www.ninaberman.com/

CFP: Cinephile 8.1, The Voice-Over

2012-01-23T08:31:00.001-08:00

During the past three decades, studying the voice hasintrigued many film theorists and thinkers. Arguing that the cinematic image isan audiovisual space largely structured according to human body and voice, somescholars (Mary Ann Doane, Sarah Kozloff, and Michel Chion, among others) havebeen drawn to the various manifestations and mysterious connotations of thenon-visualized voice.

If off-screen voices foster a need to categorize and perhapscontrol their elusive nature, then the voice-over raises some challengingquestions about its uncanny attributes and powers. Defined by a paradoxicalpresent-absence, the voice-over adds layers to the narrative discourse of filmthat require further and closer analyses.

For our Spring 2012 issue, Cinephile welcomes essaysaiming to critically organize and academically explain the variety ofoff-screen voices, study the evolution of voice-over in the history of globalcinema, analyze the narrative and non-narrative applications and functions ofit in different audiovisual experiences, and delve deeper into thesocio-political and psychoanalytical aspects of this technique with regards torace, class, and gender implications.

For more information, please click here.

CFP: Global Villiage Call for Course Proposals - Spring 2013

2012-01-23T08:07:00.000-08:00

Please note: This call, the FAQs, and the apps have been forwarded to CMCL Grad Students.

A MULTILINGUAL, MULTINATIONAL,MULTICULTURAL, AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENCE AT IU

A Callfor Course Proposals for Spring 2013

Indiana University’s GlobalVillage Living-Learning Center is seeking faculty and advanced graduatestudents to submit proposals for courses to be taught SPRING 2013. Proposedcourses must consider contemporary global topics or issues using amultidisciplinary approach. RecentGlobal Village courses include:

Ø Global Celebrations

Ø Diseases that Changed the World: How Epidemics ImpactSociety

Ø Guitar Culture Around the World

Ø International Drug Control Policy

Ø History of Hell in the West

Ø Manifestos: Persuading Unbelievers and IncitingRevolutions

Ø Global Media, Consumerism, and Commercial NationMaking

All seminars earn students 3credits toward graduation, carry distribution credit (CASE A&H or CASES&H), are limited to a maximum of 20 students, and are open to all IUundergraduates. Classes meet in theclassrooms of the Global Village in Foster-Martin, which are equipped with acomputer, DVD and VHS video, video projector, a standard overhead projector,multiple chalkboards, and wireless access. The Global Village offers full administrative support as well. Instructors are compensated on a per coursebasis; instructor perks include fee remission, health insurance, a parkingpass, and meal points for dining with students.

Eligibility: Applicants must be advanced graduatestudents in the College of Arts & Sciences who do not hold anotherAI, GA, or teaching/staff appointment for the Spring 2013 semester. International students must confirm theirwork eligibility with the Office of International Services before applying forthe position.

Teach aCourse of Your Own Design

An information session for graduatestudents interested in proposing a course for Spring 2013 will be heldWednesday, February 1^st, 2012 from 6:00–6:45pm in the GlobalVillage, Foster Martin 012B classroom (1000 N. Fee Lane). Attendance is highly encouraged.

When submitting a proposal,please include the following:

· a completedGlobal Village Cover Sheet (pages 3 and 4 of this document)

· a currentcurriculum vitae

· a detailed coursesyllabus including:

o a course description	o proposed methods of assessment
o the learning objectives of the course (see FAQs)	o potential reading/viewing list
o types of assignments to be completed	o an indication of A&H or S&H

Note: Please have your CV proofed by your graduateadvisor or the Career Development Center and have your syllabus proofed by yourgraduate advisor or Campus Instructional Consulting.

Make sure that your course addresses contemporaryglobal topics and uses a multi-disciplinary approach.

Materials can be emailed asattachments to Assistant Director Lauren Caldarera at lcaldare@indiana.edu. If youhave any questions about the Global Village or our teaching opportunities,please feel free to contact us at 812-855-4552. The deadline for submission forcourses to be taught SPRING 2013 is Wednesday,February 15, 2012.

What isthe Global Village?

Indiana University’s GlobalVillage Living-Learning Center is an undergraduate residence hall committed topreparing students with a broad range of international interests for life inthe globalized world of the 21st century. Open to all IU students—freshmen through seniors—the Global Villagestrives to expand student knowledge of foreign languages and cultures and worldaffairs, prepare students for study and travel overseas, and assist students inaccessing IU’s and Bloomington’s vast international resources. With the guidance of an internationallyexperienced staff and the support of the College of Arts and Sciences, theGlobal Village helps prepare IU students to become tomorrow’s global leaders.

Learn more at www.indiana.edu/~college/global/

Suncem Kocer's Practice Job Talk Cancelled

2012-01-20T12:09:00.000-08:00

Due to scheduling issues, the Practice job talk that was to have been held on Monday has been cancelled.

Department of Anthropology Spring 2012 Speaker Series

2012-01-20T08:19:00.000-08:00

"The Ethnography of Information"

A talk by David Hakken
Professor of Social Informatics
Indiana University, Bloomington

Monday, January 30 at 4:00pm
Fine arts Building, Room 102

Can "information" be studied ethnographically? If so, what are some key reasons for such research and some central questions in its pursuit? How do these articulate with the broader research agendas of Informatics and Anthropology?

David Hakken is an anthropologist whose career has centered on the study of digital technologies and socio-cultural change. After 27 years teaching anthropology in SUNY, in 2004 he joined the new school of Informatics and Computing at IU Bloomington, whose Social Informatics group he currently coordinates. He was the first recipient of the AAA's Textor Prize in Anticipatory Anthropology in 1999 and was the founder of the AAA's Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing.

IU Welcomes Indian Ambassador to United States

2012-01-20T08:15:00.000-08:00

Indo-U.S. Relations: Where We Stand, Where Are We Headed?

Indian Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 5 P.M.
WHITTENBERGER AUDITORIUM, INDIANA MEMORIAL UNION
RECEPTION, 6 P.M., UNIVERSITY CLUB, INDIANA MEMORIAL UNION

For inquiries contact: ovpia@indiana.edu.
Sponsored by Office of the Vice President for International Affairs,
Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program

This event is free and open to the public.

Spring 2012 Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series

2012-01-20T08:06:00.000-08:00

Friday, January 20
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180

Daphna Yeshua-Katz(Telecommunications) and Professor Bernice Pescosolido (Sociology) on communicating stigma online. please join us today and hopefully every Friday from 12:30-1:45pm in room RTV 180 for cross-campus, interdisciplinary presentations, discussions (and not to forget: coffee, tea, fruit, and cookies)!

CMCL Departmental Colloquium Today!

2012-01-20T05:58:00.000-08:00

"Web Sheriff, Rickrolling, and Collected Animals: The Contested Circulation of An Album Non-Leak"

Eric Harvey
Friday, January 29
Classroom Office Building, Room 100
4-5 pm

For a full schedule of Spring 2012 CMCL Colloquia, please click here.

C121 as "Themester" Courses

2012-01-17T11:43:00.000-08:00

In the Fall of 2012, 5 sections of C121 will be taught as part of the "Themester" curriculum bundle. The Fall 2012 theme is "Good behavior, Bad behavior: Molecules to Morality."
More about the theme, and some descriptions of the courses in the bundle are viewable here.

Cindy Smith will be teaching 1 section of C121 as a Themester class, and is looking for two experienced graduate students to teach the remaining 4 sections.

Please contact Cindy at cds@indiana.edu if you're interested in working together to develop variations on this theme for the Fall.

You'd need to designate C121 as your preferred teaching assignment for the fall, it is recommended that you talk with your advisor during your decision-making process.

Precise logistics for the spring of 2013, are not yet determined, but you may be able to teach something other than C121 in the spring.

In any event, if this sounds cool to you, contact Cindy Smith!

CMCL Alumnus, Jason Sperb, wins SCMS Honorable Mention

2012-01-17T06:53:00.000-08:00

For the second year in a row, one of our graduate students (alumnus, in this case), now teaching at MSU, has received recognition from the SCMS Awards committees.

Jason Sperb published an article in Cinema Journal, the Society for Cinema and Media Studies' national publication, that won Honorable Mention in the Katherine Singer Kovacs outstanding essay in the field competition. The name of the essay is: "Reassuring Convergence: Online Fandom, Race, and Disney's Notorious Song of the South."

Book Reviewers Needed

2012-01-17T06:40:00.000-08:00

Joan Hawkins has sent me the following request for Book Reviewers. Joan mentions that this would be a break-in publication for a grad student.

"As the book review editor for the Reception Study Society's journal, I'm currently sitting on several books for which I'm looking for reviewers. The books are

Hector Amaya, Screening Cuba: Film Criticism as Political Performance During the Cold War. U of Illinois P, 2010

Elena Razlogova, The Listener's Voice: Early Radio and the American Public, U of Pennsylvania P, 2011

Gillian Roberts, Prizing Literature: The Celebration and Circulation of National Culture, U of Toronto P, 2011

Should any of these volumes sound intriguing, more information is available about each on their respective press's website. If any of you would be interested in reviewing one of these books for the 2012 issue of the journal, please get back to me.

Jim Machor - machor@k-state.edu
Kansas State University"

Screening: La Palabra en el Bosque

2012-01-09T13:43:00.000-08:00

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is please to host the debut Indiana screening of Jeff Gould's new documentary, La Palabra en el Bosque.

Tuesday, January 10
7 p.m.
IU Cinema

The screening will be followed by a Director's Q&A, also in the IU Cinema, and then a reception with refreshments at CLACS (1125 East Atwater Avenue).

Please visit the IU Cinema website for more details. We hope that you will plan to join us for this special event.

CFP: Theorizing the Web 2012

2011-12-12T06:24:00.000-08:00

The goal of the second annual Theorizing the Web conference is to expand the range and depth of theory used to help us make sense of how the Internet, digitality, and technology have changed the ways humans live. We hope to bring together researchers from a range of disciplines, including sociology, communications, philosophy, economics, English, history, political science, information science, the performing arts and many more. In addition, we invite session and other proposals by tech-industry professionals, journalists, and other figures outside of academia. Submit abstracts online at http://tinyurl.com/TtW12.

Topics include:

Citizen/participant journalism and media curation
Identity, self-documentation and self-presentation
Privacy and publicity on the Web
Cyborgism and the technologically-mediated body (e.g., body modification)
Political mobilization, uprisings, revolutions and riots on social media (including the Arab Spring/Fall, Occupy)
Repression and the Web: Surveillance, wire-tapping, anonymity, pseudonymity
Code, values and design
Epistemology of the Web: Wikipedia, Global Voices, "filter bubbles" and the presumption of information
Theorizing whose Web? How power and inequality (e.g., the Digital Divide) manifest on the Web
Mobile computing, online/offline space
Digital dualism and "augmented reality"
What art/literature can offer research and theory of the Web
Intersections of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability with respect to any of the above topics

For more information, please click here.

CFP: Of Monsters and Miracles

2011-12-12T06:12:00.001-08:00

“I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself,” Michel de Montaigne writes in his essays. This conference aims to explore society’s obsession with monstrosity and the marvellous. Montaigne’s assertion neatly encapsulates the duality that simultaneously frightens and awes us, and its grounding in the human. Symbols of what constitute the monstrous and the miraculous transgress historical eras and cultural boundaries, as manifestations of a given society’s anxieties and/or delights. Contemporary cultural critic Jeffrey Jerome Cohen argues, “the monster signifies something other than itself: it is always a displacement, always inhabits the gap between the time of upheaval that created it and the moment into which it is to be received, to be born again” (Monster Theory 4). As this quotation demonstrates, figures of the monstrous may easily morph and slide into figures of the miraculous. From Jesus Christ to True Blood, from Frankenstein to Alien—today’s culture reveals that humans are as fascinated with and repelled by the “extraordinary” as we ever were. But must we (can we? should we?) expel the “monstrous” in order to reconcile ourselves with it? May we take up Cohen’s notion of renewal, and may we divine a “miraculous” in our world?

We welcome you to the 14th Annual Graduate Student Conference hosted by the Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies programs at the University of Western Ontario. This event will take place from March 1-3, 2012. Conference organizers particularly welcome papers that are inter-disciplinary, including but not limited to literature, theory, cultural studies, film studies, visual arts, music, theatre and popular culture. Suggested paper topics may include but are certainly not limited to the following:

“monstrous” creatures: humans, werewolves, witches, vampires, zombies
“miraculous”/ “heavenly” creatures: humans, angels, fairies, nymphs
genres: dream visions, gothic, grotesque, horror, slasher, supernatural, sci-fi, speculative, magic realism
constructions and discourses of the “Other”: women, pregnancy
desiring machines, infernal and divine
degeneration/ regeneration/ transmutation
borders: transcending, transgression, deviance
aggression, violence, peace
monstrous languages
miraculous and/or monstrous creativity
sites, sacred and/or profane: geography, technology
corporality and spirituality body modification
cyborgs, surgeries, tattoos, piercings, scarring body & soul: subject, object, abject
perception: ghosts, hauntings, visions, artificial intelligence

Individuals interested in presenting 20-minute papers must submit a 300 word abstract to uwo.grad.conference2012@gmail.com before January 31st 2012. We ask participants to please include name, affiliation, technical requirements and a 50 word bio with the abstract. As this is a conference organized by two programs, we will accept abstracts and papers in both English and Spanish. For further information, please check out our Facebook page.

Victoria Wolff (Faculty Advisor)

Anaid Pérez Mata Grajales (Organizer, Hispanic Studies)

Janice Zehentbauer (Organizer, Comparative Literature)

Call for Research Proposals: Technology and Human Trafficking

2011-12-12T05:57:00.000-08:00

Networked technologies – including the internet, mobile phones, and social media – alter how information flows and how people communicate. There is little doubt that technology is increasingly playing a role in the practices and processes surrounding human trafficking: the illegal trade of people for commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, and other forms of modern-day slavery.

Yet, little is known about costs and benefits of technology's role. We do not know if there are more human trafficking victims as a result of technology, nor do we know if law enforcement can identify perpetrators better as a result of the traces that they leave. One thing that we do know is that technology makes many aspects of human trafficking more visible and more traceable, for better and for worse. Focusing on whether technology is good or bad misses the point; it is here to stay and it is imperative that we understand the role that it is playing. More importantly, we need to develop innovative ways of using technology to address the horrors of human trafficking.

To date, there is little empirical research into the role that technology plays in human trafficking. As a result, new interventions and policies are being driven by intuition, speculation, and extrapolation from highly publicized incidents. There's no doubt that all forms human trafficking and modern day slavery are horrible, but if we actually want to help those that are victimized, we need to recognize that this is a complex issue and work to understand how the puzzle pieces fits together. My team at Microsoft Research is trying to untangle technology's role in different facets of the human trafficking ecosystem, fully recognizing how complicated and messy it is. This is why we need your help.

Thanks to the generous support of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit and Microsoft Research, I'm proud to announce a pool of grant money for researchers who can help us understand critical elements of the puzzle. Please forward this far and wide because we're hoping to find scholars with the skills, domain knowledge, and passion to really help us interrogate how technology is used in human trafficking. We need anthropologists, communications scholars, computer scientists, criminologists, psychologists, sociologists, etc.

To read the full request for proposals, click here.

Deadline for proposals: February 17, 2012
Notification of results: March 23, 2012
Initial pool of money: $150,000

To read the Framing document for this grant, click here

Email for more information: httech@microsoft.com

We are also looking to identify scholars who are working in this space, including graduate students and postdocs and researchers whose work is not yet published. Even if you're not looking for grant money, please drop us a line if you're grappling with technology's role in human trafficking.

Employment Opportunity: Ithaca College

2011-12-12T05:43:00.000-08:00

Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications invites applications for a full-time, tenure-eligible position in Screen Studies, beginning AY 2012-13.

In addition to teaching Screen Studies at the undergraduate level, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop and teach courses for the new integrated core curriculum at Ithaca College. Successful candidates will demonstrate an ability to teach and research in Screen Studies, which incorporates studies in film, television, new media, and emerging forms from interdisciplinary critical and theoretical perspectives with a narrative emphasis.

In addition, a candidate must demonstrate the ability to teach in at least two of the following areas: industry/production studies; international cinema, television, and/or new media; film and television theory and criticism; and gender/race/class studies. Courses associated with this position span introductory, intermediate and advanced levels as well interdisciplinary courses for the new integrated liberal education core curriculum at Ithaca College.

Qualifications : Teaching experience and publications required. PhD in Cinema, Television, Communications or related field required. ABDs with a 2012 defense date may also be considered.

Ithaca College continually strives to build an inclusive and welcoming community of individuals, with diverse talents and skills from a multitude of backgrounds, who are committed to civility, mutual respect, social justice, and the free and open exchange of ideas. Successful candidates will demonstrate an ability to teach in ways that value the varied learning needs and interests of a culturally diverse student population and that reflect a commitment to encouraging the success of all students. Ithaca College, a comprehensive residential campus community of 7,000 students, offers a learning experience that combines the best of the liberal arts and professional education.

Our new strategic plan IC 20/20 positions us to offer a truly distinct integrative learning experience that allows us to graduate students who are ready for the personal, professional, and global challenges of our age. We seek candidates who embrace integrative learning and want to be a part of this exciting time in Ithaca College history.

Nestled in the heart of New York State's scenic Finger Lakes region, Ithaca College sits atop South Hill overlooking picturesque Cayuga Lake and is just minutes away from the city center. Combining small town warmth and charm with the vibrancy of a college community, the thriving and culturally diverse city of Ithaca has been rated by Kiplinger's as one of the top 10 places to live in the U.S.

For more information, including application instructions, please click here.

Employment Opportunity: University of British Columbia-Okanagan

2011-12-12T05:39:00.000-08:00

Application Deadline: February 15, 2012.

The Department of Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus invites applications for a tenure-track position within the Cultural Studies program. The appointment will be at the level of Assistant Professor and will begin on July 1, 2012.
Candidates must have a PhD in Cultural Studies or a related discipline, an active research profile, and evidence of teaching experience in the area of social activism in visual media and culture. This might include, but is not limited to the scholarship and practice of digital media, film, contemporary and street art. The position will include responsibility for the creation and or teaching of introductory, upper level undergraduate, and graduate-level Cultural Studies courses that may be cross-listed with courses in the Art History and Visual Culture program. Teacher-researchers whose scholarly focus is on issues of marginality (eg., gender, race, (dis)ability, and aboriginality) and who utilize intersectional critical approaches are especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct and disseminate research in his/her area of specialization and to engage with the interdisciplinary nature of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Cultural Studies program at UBC’s Okanagan campus is housed in the vibrant Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.. The Cultural Studies program is organized around three thematic streams, and requires students to complete courses in each stream: Media and Popular Cultures; Global Cultural Studies; and Critical and Cultural Theory. The collegial learning environment of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies focuses on effective teaching, the integration of research, and a commitment to developing a locally involved and globally aware community. The Faculty offers both discipline-based and interdisciplinary programs at the undergraduate and graduate level, including programs in Art History and Visual Culture, Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, English, French, Interdisciplinary Performance, Spanish and Visual Arts, along with courses in Japanese, German, and Ancient Languages.

For more information, including application instructions, click here.

Summer Teaching Opportunities

2011-12-09T05:19:00.000-08:00

The Institute of Reading Development is seeking candidates for summer 2012 teaching positions. We seek applicants with an undergraduate degree or higher from any discipline. We provide a paid training program and comprehensive on-going support.

Summer teaching positions with the Institute offer the opportunity to:

•Earn more than $6,000 during the summer. Teachers typically earn between $500 and $700 per week while teaching.
•Gain over 300 hours of teacher-training and teaching experience with a variety of age groups.
•Help students of all ages develop their reading skills and ability to become imaginatively absorbed in books.

The Institute is an educational service provider that teaches developmental reading programs in partnership with the continuing education departments of more than 100 colleges and universities across the United States. Our classes for students of all ages improve their reading skills and teach them to experience absorption in literature.

We hire people who:
•Have strong reading skills and read for pleasure
•Have a Bachelor's Degree in any discipline
•Are responsible and hard working
•Have good communication and organizational skills
•Will be patient and supportive with students
•Have regular access to a reliable car

We invite you to submit an online application and learn more about teaching for the Institute at our website:
http://instituteofreadingdevelopmentteachingjobs.com/

If this link does not work, please copy and paste it into your browser.

Postdoc Position: Microsoft Research in Social Media

2011-12-06T13:09:00.000-08:00

The Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for a social media postdoctoral researcher for next year. This position is an ideal opportunity for a scholar whose work touches on social media, internet studies, technology policy, and/or science and technology studies.

Application deadline: December 12, 2011.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/jobs/fulltime/postdoc.aspx

Microsoft Research provides a vibrant multidisciplinary research environment with an open publications policy and with close links to top academic institutions around the world. Postdoc researcher positions provide an opportunity to develop your research career and to interact with some of the top minds in the research community, with the potential to have your research realized in products and services that will be used world-wide. Postdoc researchers are invited to define their own research agenda and demonstrate their ability to drive forward an effective program of research. Successful candidates will have a well-established research track record as demonstrated by journal publications and conference papers, as well as participation on program committees, editorial boards, and advisory panels.

Postdoc researchers receive a competitive salary and benefits package, and are eligible for relocation expenses. Postdoc researchers are hired for a one- or two-year fixed term appointment following the academic calendar, starting in July 2012. Applicants must have completed the requirements for a PhD, including submission of their dissertation, prior to joining Microsoft Research.

For further information, including applicaiotn instructions, please click here.

Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Fall 2011 Speaker Series

2011-12-01T06:48:00.000-08:00

PUTTING ACTIVITY BACK INTO OUR TOOLS

Please join us for the fourth in the fall semester series of talks sponsored by the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics.
Speaker: Joshua Danish, Learning Sciences, School of Education, Indiana University
Topic: Putting Activity Back into Our Tools
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
Time: 1:45pm-3:00pm
Place: Rm. 001, Wells Library (SLIS side)

Talk preceded by an informal gathering with cookies, tea, and coffee, available after 1:35pm. There will be an informal meeting with graduate students following the talk.

Abstract
When exploring the success or failure of technologies designed for learning (or any other goal), it is all too easy to focus exclusively on the design of the tool itself, or on a thriving ecosystem in which a tool is one simple element. In this talk, I suggest that we re-focus on the role of activity in shaping the impact of tools in learning environments. I will briefly summarize Cultural Historical Activity Theory as a framework for exploring the role that technological tools play in activity systems. Then, I draw upon examples from my own research and teaching with technology to suggest three ways of expanding our thinking: beyond the tool, beyond the screen, and beyond the culture. To move beyond the tool, I highlight the importance of social structures, peers, and teachers in shaping one’s experiences with educational software. To move beyond the computer, I focus on alternative interfaces outside of the traditional desktop environment, such as augmented reality or ePuppet. Finally, I end with a consideration of the kinds of assumptions we make regarding the cultures of our users, and describe work in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy as a way of moving beyond traditional framing to support more diverse populations of users.

Biographical Sketch
Joshua Danish is an assistant professor in the Learning Sciences program in the School of Education at Indiana University. To explore learning in activity systems, he experiments with computer simulations, augmented reality, programming languages, and other technologies in and out of the classroom and combines play, technology, and active learning. In 2010, he received a Sakai Foundation “Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award” honorable mention for his submission “Computational Technologies in Educational Ecosystems.” Prior to his academic career, he spent seven years as a software engineer, designer, and producer in the educational software industry. For more about his research and examples of recent software, see his website at: http://www.joshuadanish.com.

This series is designed to introduce faculty, students, and staff across the university to current research in social informatics conducted at IU and around the world. The Center is jointly sponsored by the IU Schools of Informatics and Library & Information Science, and the Kelley School of Business. For more information about the Center, please visit http://rkcsi.indiana.edu

Research Presentation-Digital Media Search Candidate

2011-11-30T06:32:00.000-08:00

Hollis Griffin

Friday, December 2, 2011
Classroom Office Building Room 100
4:00pm

Affective Convergences: Digital Media and the Felt Politics of Difference

All are welcome. Please forward widely-CV Available upon request

Research Presentation-Digital Media Search Candidate

2011-11-30T06:31:00.000-08:00

Liz Ellcessor

Monday, December 5th
4:00pm
Ballantine Hall, room 242

“Negotiating Participation: Digital Access and Disability”

All are welcome. Please forward widely-CV Available upon request

CFP: Visible and Invisible Authorships

2011-11-28T13:18:00.000-08:00

The University of York's Film and Literature programme, in association with the Centre for Modern Studies, is delighted to be hosting the 7th annual international conference of the AAS. The conference will invite reflection on the relationship of acts of authoring to the ongoing lives of adapted texts.

• How have different authorial voices and authorial inscriptions (screen writers, directors, designers, editors, studios, actors, composers, writers, illustrators etc) of inherited tales been present in, and/or effaced by the processes of transmission?

• How might we reflect on these processes of authorial visibility and invisibility in the cultural circulation of adapted texts across media and moment?

• What is it to ‘author’ a contemporary telling of a tale that is already authored, or even that is received from history as, in effect, implicitly but eloquently authorless? And what happens in the process of visiting a revised or renewed authorial inscription upon a work?

• Why do some adapted works slough off almost all authorial designations (or cling to unlikely or peripheral ones) in their cultural reputations while others are emphatically branded in terms of an identifiable authorial voice?

For submission information, please click here/

APSA ITP Section 2012 Best Book Award

2011-11-28T12:54:00.001-08:00

The Best Book Award recognizes the very best research on information technology and politics. The contest is limited to books with a publication date in the 2011 calendar year. The committee encourages nominations from people other than the author whose book is nominated, but we welcome nominations from a book’s author. Nominations must be received by February 15th, 2012, and nominations may be received by email, or in hardcopy.

If the nomination is being made by email, please send three digital documents:
one file that contains the full manuscript in either “prepublication”
or published form; one nomination letter that explains the merit and impact of the book; one file that contains any published reviews of the book. The three documents must be in *.pdf form, and should be sent to Dr. Philip N. Howard (pnhoward #$^ uw.edu). We will not accept poor scans, collections of chapters as MS Word documents, early unpublished versions of the manuscript, and incomplete versions without tables of contents, indices, and other front or back matter. We recommend that the authors obtain the published manuscript, in pdf form, directly from their publisher.

If the nomination is being made in hardcopy, each committee member must be sent a copy of the nomination materials. Please mail a complete nomination package that contains the book, nomination letter, and any reviews to each of the five committee members: Dr. Jessica Beyer (Center for Global Studies, International Studies Program, University of Washington, Box 353650, Seattle, WA 98195), Dr. Philip Howard (Associate Professor, Department of Communication, 102 Communications Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-3740), Dr. Cecilia G. Manrique (Professor and Chair, Political Science/Public Administration, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601), Dr. Bryan McQuide (University of Idaho, Department of Political Science,
875 Perimeter Drive, 205 Administration Building, Moscow, ID 83844-3165), Dr.
Alice Robbin (SLIS, Wells Library, Rm. 023, Indiana University, 1320 E.
10th St., Bloomington, IN 47405-3907).

CFP: The "Newness" of New Media

2011-11-28T12:33:00.000-08:00

Call for essays: Culture Theory and Critique special themed issue on

The "Newness" of New Media

Editors: Ilana Gershon, Indiana University (igershon@indiana.edu) and Joshua A. Bell, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution (bellja@si.edu)

Outside of the West, communities have traditionally innovated and engaged different forms of media, whether using textiles, dog's teeth, valuables or abacus. These myriad forms remain integral to the networks of communications and relations. Today the new media technologies of the Internet, mobile phones and social networking sites provide another venue for innovation and continuity. Within the Western context, historians of media have demonstrated how new media sparks exaggerated fears that intimate connections will be harmed when a technology is introduced. Thus part of the "newness" of new media is an often-repeated expectation that new forms of representation will disrupt established social organization. In this special issue, we hope to explore how the "newness" of new media is experienced outside of Euro-America, ranging from how communities have and are responding to the introduction of writing to the introduction of mobile phones and social networking sites. This has a strong historical component; many of our questions arise from the aftermath of colonial encounters. Two themes guide these ethnographic explorations: the "newness" of new media for dialogue and the "newness" of new media for representation.

The first theme explores the ways new media is understood to change how dialogue and dissemination are intertwined. In Speaking Into the Air, John Durham Peters argues that in the Western context, people historically feared new media because every new medium alters a precarious balance between dialogue (dyadic conversational turn-taking) and dissemination (broadcasting). As new media becomes incorporated into daily life, each technology becomes valued accordingly. People see each new technology as changing how dialogue or dissemination take place, which introduce new possibilities and new risks to communication. In this issue, authors ask: how are the ways people?s historically situated understandings of how dialogue and dissemination should be interwoven affecting how people responded to new media? How are people's epistemological assumptions and social organization shaping how they incorporate particular communicative technologies?

The second theme examines how new media become grounds by which communities can challenge misrepresentations, and assert their identities. If new media enable new forms of collaboration and participation, how then have they enabled communities to manage more effectively how their representations travel? How has this shifted historically from colonial to postcolonial moments? What new forms of creative play have emerged in the process, and how have older forms been extended? If the materiality of media matters as argued by Webb Keane and others, how have these new media forms altered or continued existing representational economies? Whose networks are being extended or cut in the process? To what extent is new media understood as re-structuring previously established forms of exchange and knowledge circulation? How have these evolving relationships shifted the ways in which scholarship is being, and or should be done?

We welcome essays that address either of these themes. The questions are not meant to be proscriptive, however, and we welcome queries about possible article content and submissions from graduate students.

For moreinformation and submission instructions, please click here.

CFP: Out of Bounds? Queer Intercultural Communication

2011-11-28T11:34:00.000-08:00

Special Forum Editor: Karma R. Chávez

There is immense potential for productive engagement between queer and trans studies, and intercultural communication scholarship. In the last decade, conversations in the humanities and social sciences have flourished on such issues as homonormativity, homonationalism, homocolonialism, gay imperialism, queer postcolonialism, queer necropolitics, queer cosmopolitanism, queer migration, queer political economy and queer borders. These discussions have revolutionized understandings of phenomena such as nationalism and imperialism, for example, by showing the profound ways racialized genders and sexualities work to challenge, uphold and promote them. Moreover, conceptualizations of citizenship have been radically rethought through queer and trans lenses to uncover the previously unexamined normativities upon which cultural and global citizenship is predicated.

Clearly, contemporary conversations in queer studies have significant implications for a vast array of communicative, mediated and rhetorical practices, cultural exchange and representation. Queer studies are tangibly and compellingly intercultural. Still, the intersections and interplays between the queer and the intercultural need to be explicitly explicated, elucidated, and elaborated within communication studies.

Accordingly, the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication is hosting a groundbreaking special forum that considers the broad intersection of queer studies and intercultural communication scholarship. We invite submissions that address, but are not limited to, the following questions: a) What do explicitly communicative approaches contribute to ongoing queer theoretical conversations?; b) What do these queer conversations bring to the study of culture and communication?; c) What intercultural communication phenomena might be most productively understood through a queer lens?; d) How can contemporary discussions of transnationalism, postcolonialism and hybridity in communication studies be challenged by queer perspectives?

For information about submitting your proposal, please click here.

The In/Visibility of America's 21st Century Wars" Lecture Series

2011-11-28T10:50:00.000-08:00

presents "Virtual War," a lecture by Dr. Dianne Rubenstein of Cornell University. The lecture takes place on

Thursday December 1
7:15pm
Swain Hall East Room 105

Professor Diane Rubenstein is a remarkable cultural critic who uses psychoanalytical and semiotic theories to analyze political phenomena in original and perceptive ways. She has a particular interest in political rhetoric and ideology.

Her most recent book, on the postmodern American presidency is This is not a President: Sense, Nonsense, and the American Political Imaginary (NYU Press, 2008). In it Professor Rubenstein focuses on the gaps and blind spots in American presidential politics since Reagan that are symptomatic of profound and disturbing changes in American politics and the national imaginary. Looking at the ways in which the presidency functions in popular culture she explains the paradoxical ways in which citizens in their everyday lives encounter presidents who engage in wars while those everyday lives seem to continue as normal.

We will look to Professor Rubenstein to guide us in thinking through the paradox of contemporary wars being both present and absent, seen and unseen, and to extend her analyses into the Obama presidency and its ongoing wars.

THE OCEAN IN A THIMBLE

2011-11-28T07:24:00.000-08:00

Friday, December 2nd
3:00 to 5:00 pm
IU Cinema

Hildegard Keller, professor of Germanic Studies and Medieval Studies, presents an afternoon of time travel at the IU Cinema. Using the new sound system at the theater, Prof. Keller will present an abbreviated film version of her audio book, The Ocean in a Thimble, a fictitious encounter of four extraordinary women who lived in different centuries: Hildegard von Bingen, Mechthild von Magdeburg, Hadewijch, and Etty Hillesum. The presentation will be in German. Admission is free and tickets are not required.

The film The Ocean in a Thimble (in German, no subtitles), was specially produced for the IU CINEMA and exploits the theater’s sound technology. The sound track takes the form of an abbreviated version of the audio play, Der Ozean im Fingerhut.

Production: Russell Sheaffer (Department of Communication and Culture) and Hildegard Elisabeth Keller (Germanic Studies Department).

For more information, please click here.

January Exam Applications

2011-11-22T05:23:00.000-08:00

If you are planning to take either your MA Comprehensive Exam or your PhD Qualifying Exam this January, please submit your application to Kathy by Friday, December 2, 2011.

For a downloadable exam app for either exam, click here, then scroll to the bottom of the page.

If you have any questions, please contact Kathy.

Course Ad: POLS-Y675: Political Philosophy: Approaches and Issues

2011-11-21T05:51:00.000-08:00

Y675, Section 24740 Political Philosophy: Approaches and Issues (3 cr.)
Thursdays
2-4 pm
Woodburn Hall 200
Professor Aurelian Craiutu

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to a variety of approaches and issues in political philosophy. Half of the class will be devoted to reading and commenting on primary texts such as: Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Politics, Machiavelli’s The Prince, Hobbes’s Leviathan, Burke’s Reflections on the Revolutions in France and Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. After examining in detail each of these classic texts, we shall explore various ways in which these works have been interpreted by mainly fours schools: contextualist (Quentin Skinner and his disciples), post-modern (Sheldon Wolin and his disciples), Straussian (Leo Strauss and his disciples), and intellectual history (Isaiah Berlin etc.). Students will also be encouraged to comment on feminist and analytical interpretations of these primary texts. On a general level, this course has several pedagogical aims. First, it seeks to provide an overview of a few canonical texts and authors. Second, the course seeks to help students develop the capacity to engage in advanced textual exegesis and to critically evaluate alternative approaches and interpretive methods. The requirements include a choice between a longer research paper or two shorter seminar essays, and an annotated bibliography on a specific subject to be determined in keeping with each student's research interests The purpose of this course is to introduce students to a variety of approaches and issues in political philosophy. Half of the class will be devoted to reading and commenting on primary texts such as: Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Politics, Machiavelli’s The Prince, Hobbes’s Leviathan, Burke’s Reflections on the Revolutions in France and Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. After examining in detail each of these classic texts, we shall explore various ways in which these works have been interpreted by mainly fours schools: contextualist (Quentin Skinner and his disciples), post-modern (Sheldon Wolin and his disciples), Straussian (Leo Strauss and his disciples), and intellectual history (Isaiah Berlin etc.). Students will also be encouraged to comment on feminist and analytical interpretations of these primary texts. On a general level, this course has several pedagogical aims. First, it seeks to provide an overview of a few canonical texts and authors. Second, the course seeks to help students develop the capacity to engage in advanced textual exegesis and to critically evaluate alternative approaches and interpretive methods. The requirements include a choice between a longer research paper or two shorter seminar essays, and an annotated bibliography on a specific subject to be determined in keeping with each student's research interests

Research Presentation-Digital Media Search

2011-11-17T08:21:00.000-08:00

Please join the Department of Communication and Culture as we welcome

Aymar Jean Christian

Candidate for a position in Digital Media

Research Presentation
Monday, November 28th at 4:00pm
Kirkwood Hall Room 203

Speaking on:

"Off the Line: Independent Television and the Pitch to Reinvent Hollywood"

All are welcome. Please forward widely

Employment Opportunity: Northeastern University

2011-11-17T05:28:00.000-08:00

The College of Arts, Media, and Design at Northeastern University is planning to reconfigure its Cinema Studies program to become a program of Media and Screen Studies. We seek an exceptional candidate with demonstrated commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and service to join our program as a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor beginning Fall 2012. Our proposed courses examine the historical, social and political contexts of media forms and texts, as well as a range of critical and theoretical approaches.

We are looking for a new colleague with research expertise in technology and culture with specialization in one or more of the following areas: the critical analysis of digital, network, and mobile media technologies; the social impact of new technologies, the transition from print to digital media, the social construction of technology, how the emergence of digital, networked, and mobile communication has impacted existing media and institutions, or the ways that digital platforms are impacting everyday lives (including representation and identity). Applications from outstanding candidates in other related areas will also be considered.

For more information, please click here.

CMCL Reception at NCA

2011-11-16T05:52:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder that the CMCL Reception at the 2011 NCA in New Orleans will be held

Friday, November 18
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
New Orleans Marriott Hotel Preservation Hall Studio 10

If you'd like to bookmark reminder, please click here.

Employment Opportunity: Arizona State University

2011-11-16T05:44:00.000-08:00

The *Hugh Downs School of Human Communication* in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University is seeking a tenure-earning assistant professor in communication studies and new media to begin in Fall 2012.

Successful applicants will articulate teaching and research efforts in relation to our school’s mission within the New American University model. Our mission aims to produce transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching that responds to pressing issues in the world today. Specifically, we seek a new media scholar whose interests align with our research initiatives in strategic communication; health communication; conflict transformation; wellness and work-life; as well as our core expertise in interpersonal, intercultural, and organizational communication, rhetoric and performance studies. We are searching for an outstanding candidate whose teaching, research, and service complements our vibrant faculty and program.

For further information, including instructions for applying, please click here.

Course Ad: INFO-I590 - Interaction Culture

2011-11-11T07:31:00.000-08:00

TR
1:00 - 2:15
Instructor: Jeffrey Bardzell

Course Description
Interaction Culture is a graduate course in Human-Computer Interaction Design, which focuses on the cultural aspects of digital interaction, including experience design, affective interaction, embodied interaction, entertainment computing, etc. Breaking from the user-centered design tradition, with its emphasis on deriving implications for design from empirical studies of users, Interaction Culture instead seeks to generate insights derived from design theory and the critical humanities. In particular, students will explore a number of approaches to interaction criticism, drawing on theories that emphasize the creative and expressive role of the designer, the styles and semiotics of interactive artifacts, the experiential qualities of interaction in use, and the social context (and consequences) of interaction. Along the way, we will adapt and reappropriate theories from film, fashion, visual cultural studies, product design, and philosophical aesthetics. The course has no prerequisites and interested students from all disciplines are welcome.

About the Instructor
Jeffrey Bardzell is an Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Design and New Media at the School of Informatics and Affiliated Faculty of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University Bloomington. Having done his doctoral work in Comparative Literature and Philosophy, Bardzell brings a humanist perspective to HCI and is known for developing a theory of interaction criticism. His other HCI specialties include aesthetic interaction, user experience design, amateur multimedia design theory and practice, and digital creativity. Bardzell co-directs the Cultural Research in Technology (CRIT http://crit.soic.indiana.edu/) group at Indiana University.

Course Ad: FINA-A650 (26253) Photography in Africa Graduate Seminar

2011-11-11T07:27:00.000-08:00

FINA A650 (sec. 26253): Problems in African Art
Topic: Photography in Africa
Tuesdays, 9–11 a.m.
Instructor: D. Pelrine

This seminar will explore a range of pictures, including documentary, portrait, and fine art photographs, as they relate to topics such as aesthetics, depictions of “the Other,” identity, appropriation, and history. Our emphasis will be on photographs by Africans, particularly contemporary artists, but we will also consider images of the continent and its peoples made by non-Africans ranging from Western colonials, businesspeople, and missionaries to National Geographic photographers.
Requirements: class discussions and presentations and a research paper.

Employment Opportunity: Bowling Green State University

2011-11-11T06:46:00.000-08:00

The School of Cultural and Critical Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Cultural and Critical Studies to begin August 2012. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses on interdisciplinary methods of research and critical analysis used in cultural studies fields and to guide students in the application of critical methodologies in their own research projects. We are seeking candidates with expertise in interdisciplinary research on popular narratives (which may include film, television, literature, visual, interactive, new media, or other formats) as they shape and express intersecting identities of race, gender, sexuality, nationality and/or social class. Earned Ph.D. in a humanities or social science discipline or in an appropriate interdisciplinary field preferred; ABDs will be considered. The position will be a joint appointment between the School of Cultural and Critical Studies and the Department of Popular Culture.

Bowling Green State University's new School of Cultural and Critical Studies combines the departments of Popular Culture and Ethnic Studies and the programs of Women's Studies and American Culture Studies. The appointee will have the opportunity to teach and develop courses across all units of the school and to teach at the undergraduate, Masters, and doctoral level.

For the full posting, please click here.

Department of Gender Studies Presents:

2011-11-11T06:38:00.000-08:00

Chao-ju Chen
Associate Professor of Law
National Taiwan University

“When American Legal Feminism Traveled Abroad: Roe v. Wade and Transnational Feminism in Taiwan”

Wednesday, Nov. 16th
4:30-6:00 p.m.
IMU Sassafras Room

Decided in 1973, Roe v. Wade is one of the most renowned U.S. Supreme Court decisions. It has become an icon for women’s right to abortion, and is described as “an engine of controversy” (Balkin 2005). Far from being limited to the United States, Roe’s impact has extended to many countries around the world. In this talk, I will investigate the changing meanings of Roe in the legalization of abortion and the women’s reproductive rights movement in Taiwan, and argue that the meanings and impacts of Roe for Taiwan have been shaped by the people who introduced the legal case to the island and by the conditions surrounding its introduction. That is to say, whether or not Roe promotes reproductive autonomy and equality depends on the local contexts in which Roe was conceived and adapted. Roe has served as a catalyst for women’s reproductive rights when it, along with American legal feminism, announced itself outside the United States. Needless to say, conservatives have engaged in anti-abortion efforts after Roe to counter the legalization of abortion, or have adapted a narrow reading of Roe to support harsh restrictions on legal access to abortion. Various adoptions of Roe are also demonstrations of American hegemony under which Roe became a point of reference for both abortion proponents and abortion opponents. I will also consider the relationship between Taiwanese feminists and American legal feminism. Is Taiwanese feminists’ adaptation of Roe an illustration of the globalization of American legal feminism, under which American feminists’ legal framing of abortion rights became a universal legal framing of women’s reproductive rights as “the right to choose” or “the right of privacy,” therefore excluding the possibilities of an alternative framing of women’s reproductive rights? Or does Roe constitute a kind of transnational feminism, which has exemplified the possibility of political solidarity among feminists across the globe, according to the concrete experiences of women? The answer is both yes and no.

Co-Sponsored by the Maurer School of Law, Office of Vice President for International Affairs, and the Pan-Asia Institute

Course Ad: TEL-T603 - Creative Environments

2011-11-11T06:21:00.001-08:00

Instructor: Harmeet Sawhney

Time: Mondays 05:45P-08:15P

Course Description

Why do artists congregate in Paris? Perhaps they are there to be inspired by masters, stimulated by their peers, noticed by patrons, plugged into the buzz, and immersed in a cosmopolitan culture. It is for similar reasons that high tech entrepreneurs cluster together in Silicon Valley. We see the same phenomenon in the case of other creative industries such as advertising, publishing, and film. As we journey our way through Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and other creative places, we will examine the idiosyncratic factors that fuel creativity in each locale while keeping an eye out for overarching patterns.

After we have acquired insights into creative environments that were created serendipitously rather than by deliberate design, we will examine organizational strategies employed by Xerox PARC, Bell Laboratories, and other institutions noted for their creative output.

We will leave the seminar with concepts and insights that we can employ to generate and sustain creative environments in our places of work and play.

DML Research Associates Summer Institute 2012

2011-11-11T06:11:00.000-08:00

The Digital Media and Learning (DML) Research Hub invites advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars conducting research in the field of Digital Media and Learning to submit applications for the DML Research Associates Summer Institute to be held June 11-15, 2012, at Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

http://dmlcentral.net/call-for-applications-2012-summer-institute-program

This one-week institute, which is hosted by Danah Boyd, will examine where innovation and public policy collide, and how this introduces new challenges and opportunities for those invested in digital media and learning. The theme for this annual meeting will be "Thinking In and Out of the Box: How Innovation and Policy Shape Networked Learning."

Participants will have opportunities to engage with and be mentored by senior scholars working in the field. In partnership with Microsoft Research, the DML Research Hub will provide funding for up to 12 advanced graduate and current postdoctoral scholars to travel to the meeting (round-trip coach airfare, ground transportation), as well as meals, accommodation, and activities during the one-week summer institute.

We welcome applicants from all disciplines whose research touches on the issues related to DML, including social scientists, humanists, legal scholars, technologists, and education scholars. We are looking to create a diverse cohort representing different experiences and perspectives.

For full details on the Summer Institute and how to apply, please visit http://bit.ly/dmlsummer2012 for information. The application deadline is January 9, 2012; notifications of awards will be sent by February 13, 2012.

Any questions about the Summer Institute program or the application process may be sent to dmlhub@hri.uci.edu

To view exclusive interviews from the 2011 DML Summer Institute, visit the DML Research Hub's Vimeo channel: http://vimeo.com/channels/dmlresearchhub

Employment Opportunity: Western Washington University

2011-11-11T05:59:00.000-08:00

The Department of Communication at Western Washington University (WWU) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Media Studies. Starting date is September, 2012. We seek a colleague who specializes in Media Studies and also possesses the qualifications to teach at least one of the following required classes: Communication Theory; Communication Research Methods; and/or Ethics in Communication.

Required qualifications include: Communication Ph.D. completed no later than December 31, 2012; evidence of successful undergraduate teaching; demonstrated commitment to an active program of scholarship. Preferred: Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse group of students and faculty; evidence of commitment to university and community service.

For full posting, click here.

Employment Opportunity: Northeastern University

2011-11-11T05:45:00.000-08:00

The Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor to begin September 1, 2012. We are seeking candidates who will excel in the research and teaching of digital communications (e.g., youth, global development, social change and protest) and social networking services (e.g., Facebook, Google+, bookmarking). We are open to a range of methodological approaches and welcome multi- and inter-disciplinary scholarship though we are interested in candidates capable of teaching research methods or communication theory from a social science perspective. The successful candidate must be able to document teaching excellence and to speak to the importance of achieving and maintaining diversity in higher education. Women and members of underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate must have an earned doctorate by August 2012 in Communication or a related field.

The Department of Communication Studies is committed to excellence in research and teaching within a broad framework of experiential education and community engagement. Communication Studies is primarily an undergraduate-serving department with courses that range across a number of areas such as rhetorical studies, organizational communication, health communication, digital communications, and intercultural communication.

For the full job posting, click here.

Brown Bag Disscussion with Naremore Lecturer Charles Acland

2011-11-11T05:22:00.000-08:00

November 11, 2011
Classroom Office Building, room 102
12:30 - 1:30 pm

This Friday: Makeover TV w/ Katherine Sender (UPenn) and Brenda Weber (IU) @Telecommunications

2011-11-09T08:20:00.000-08:00

Media Arts and Sciences Colloquium: Dialogue with Brenda Weber
Friday, November 11th
12:45PM-1:30PM
RTV 180

Refreshments will be provided.
Co-sponsored by: Gender Studies, Telecommunications, and Journalism

The Reflexive Self: Makeover Television and its Audiences

Katherine Sender's forthcoming book is the first to consider the rapid rise of US makeover shows from the perspectives of their viewers. She argues that this genre of reality television continues a long history of self-improvement, shaped through contemporary media, technological, and economic contexts. Most people think that reality television viewers are ideological dupes and obliging consumers. Instead, Sender found that they have a much more nuanced and reflexive approach to the shows they watch. Audiences are critical of the instruction, the consumer plugs, and the manipulative editing in the shows. At the same time, they buy into the shows? imperative to construct a reflexive self: an inner self that can be seen as if from the outside, and must be explored and expressed to others. This book intervenes in debates about both reality television and audience research, offering the concept of the reflexive self to move these debates forward. It concludes by addressing the concept of reflexivity itself, and how we can rethink this to take account of people?s emotional and institutional investments.

Brenda Weber will reflect on Sender's presentation via her recent book "Makeover TV: Selfhood, Citizenship, and Celebrity" (Duke University Press, 2009). Based on her analysis of more than 2,500 hours of makeover TV, Weber argues in this work that the much-desired After-body speaks to and makes legible broader cultural narratives about selfhood, citizenship, celebrity, and Americanness. Although makeovers are directed at both male and female viewers, their gendered logic requires that feminized subjects submit to the controlling expertise wielded by authorities. The genre does not tolerate ambiguity. Conventional (middle-class, white, ethnically anonymous, heterosexual) femininity is the goal of makeovers for women. When subjects are male, makeovers often compensate for perceived challenges to masculine independence by offering men narrative options for resistance or control. Foregoing a binary model of power and subjugation, Weber provides an account of makeover television that is as appreciative as it is critical. She reveals the makeover show as a rich and complicated text that expresses cultural desires and fears through narratives of selfhood.

BIO:
Katherine Sender is an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of The Reflexive Self: Makeover Television and its Audiences, forthcoming from New York University Press. This investigates how US audiences use makeover television shows to reflect upon their engagements with reality television, their sense of interiority, and their presentation to others. She is co-editor of The Politics of Reality TV: Global Perspectives with Marwan Kraidy (Routledge, 2011). Her first book, Business, Not Politics: The Making of the Gay Market (2004, Columbia University Press) addresses the history, formation, and contours of the
gay consumer market in the United States. Katherine has produced, directed, and edited a number of documentaries, including a forthcoming video about makeover television: Brand New You: Makeover Television and the American Dream. She has also completed two documentaries about the history and politics of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender images on US television: Off the Straight and Narrow (1998) and Further off the Straight and Narrow (2006).

Brenda Weber is Associate Professor of Gender Studies, and Adjunct Associate Professor of American Studies, Communication and Culture, Cultural Studies, and English at Indiana University. She studies the gendered politics of representation across a wide archive of mostly discredited cultural texts, including non-canonical nineteenth-century transatlantic women's literature and contemporary media, specifically literature, film, and television. Her workhas been published in journals such as Feminism & Psychology, the Journal of Men's Studies, and Celebrity Studies, and includes the books "Makeover TV: Selfhood, Citizenship, and Celebrity" (Duke University Press, 2009), "Women and Literary
Celebrity in the Nineteenth Century: The Transatlantic Production of Fame and Gender" (Ashgate, 2012; in-press), and she is the editor of "Reality Gendervision: Decoding Gender on Transatlantic Reality TV" (under contract with Duke University Press).

Former Congressman Roemer delivers the 1st O'Meara Lecture

2011-11-09T07:55:00.000-08:00

Today, at 4pm, in Whittenberger Auditorium of the IMU, Timothy J. Roemer, a former congressman, U.S. ambassador to India and 9/11 Commission member, will deliver the inaugural Patrick O'Meara International Lecture.

Roemer will speak on "India: Geopolitical, Economic and Strategic Partner for the 21st Century". The lecture is free and open to the public.

We urge you to attend if you’re able—the future is now for India at IU!

Course Ad: CMCL-C606 - Documentary and/on Television

2011-11-07T11:13:00.000-08:00

As the first book-length theoretical analysis of documentary film and video, Bill Nichols’ 1991 book Representing Reality spurred considerable interest in documentary as a field of critical inquiry. Expanding on a tradition of scholarship centered on the historical, the concrete, and with a decidedly liberal political bent, Nichols and other scholars such as Michael Renov and Brian Winston redirected the focus of the field by addressing questions of postmodernity. They asked what happens to a practice that (most often) aims to objectively represent the real during an era in which the image has apparently lost its referent? Moreover, they ask how the emergence of the digital further troubles what Nichols’ has described as documentary’s “double whammy”—the combination of its indexical status as a cinematic sign and its existence in lived reality. At the same time, scholars have recognized an apparent contradiction in the relationship between audience response to representations of the real and theoretical assertions about the decay of referentiality. It seems likely that even as digital images proliferate, representations of the real hold more power than ever to shape attitudes, values, and beliefs. The explosion of documentary images and situations in film, television, on the internet, in journals, in museums, in galleries, and on billboards, requires a range of theoretical and methodological approaches necessary to deal with diverse objects such as film, video, photography, radio, digital arts, and even non-digital animation.

If documentary’s core values were thought to be troubled by postmodern culture, television with its popularity, mass production, eclecticism, cultural specificity, and interactivity has often been seen as the quintessence of postmodernism. This seminar has two aims. First, we will explore the genealogy and present state of the interdisciplinary field of documentary studies. Second, we will do so with a particular emphasis on the historical role that documentary has played on television as well as the theoretical conjunctures between documentary and television. We will maintain a dual focus on ontological questions (what documentary and television are or what they are uniquely suited for) and questions of praxis. Throughout the semester, we will test the theory against a variety of documentary media texts, carefully interrogating the relationship between screen theory and screen practice.

In/Visibility of America's 21st Century Wars" Lecture Series

2011-11-07T06:55:00.000-08:00

"The In/Visibility of America's 21st Century Wars" lecture series continues this week with 2 special events featuring Roger Stahl, author of "Militainment" and a professor at the University of Georgia.

On Wednesday November 9 at 7pm in Myers Hall Room 130, Stahl will screen his latest documentary, "Returning Fire: Hacking War Game Culture." The film explores the actions of 3 hackers who attempt to infiltrate war games as a marker of dissent against the culture of "Militainment."

As part of the series, Stahl will deliver a lecture, "Sticks and
Stones: Digital War in the Public Mind," on Thursday November 10 at 7:15pm in Swain East 105. The presentation surveys war-themed game history, situating it within the shifting matrix of signs that that defines the citizen's relationship to war. It argues that the structure and dominant narratives of war-themed games contain clues for understanding the shape of the new warfare-state citizen and how this citizen is invited to participate (or not) in these ultimate political questions.

"The In/Visibility of America's 21st Century Wars" is a lecture series concerned with the paradox of a highly visualized contemporary American experience of war that is, on the one hand, ubiquitous and utterly present in public, popular culture; and on the other hand, invisible or absent, with no tangible sense that "America" is at war. This series is part of Themester, and is sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study Remak New Knowledge Seminar, College Arts and Humanities Institute, Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Cultural Studies Program, and the Departments of Communication and Culture, Gender Studies, and Political Science.

For further information about this event or the series in general, please contact James Paasche at jpaasche@indiana.edu or Jon Simons at simonsj@indiana.edu.

Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Fall 2011 Speaker Series

2011-11-07T06:47:00.000-08:00

Enterprise Uses of Social Media

Jonathan Grudin, Natural User Interface Group, Microsoft Research
Friday, November 11, 2011
1:30pm-3:00pm
Informatics East, Rm. 130, 919 E. 10th St.

The talk is preceded by an informal gathering with cookies, tea, and coffee, available at 1:15pm. There will be an informal meeting with graduate students following the talk.

We invite you to attend the RKCSI talk with Jonathan Grudin. He will be in town November 10 and 11. We would be happy to schedule a meeting with Jonathan if you like. Email Kelly McNamara (kmac@indiana.edu) for a meeting with him.

Abstract

For several years I have studied enterprise attitudes toward and uses of technologies that are primarily used by students and consumers, such as instant messaging, weblogs, wikis, and social networking sites. Email took decades to move from research and student use to full acceptance in enterprises. Today, communication and collaboration tools can make that transition far more quickly, but not instantaneously and not without encountering some of the same hurdles and other new challenges. In this talk I describe some patterns that have emerged and fit them into relevant literature on the social psychology of groups and organizational behavior.

Biographical Sketch

Jonathan Grudin is a Principal Researcher in the Natural User Interface group at Microsoft Research. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was Professor of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. He has also worked as a software engineer and in government research. He has been involved in CHI and CSCW conferences since each began. With Ron Baecker, Bill Buxton, and Saul Greenberg, he co-wrote and co-edited the second edition of Readings in Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000 (Morgan Kaufman Publ., 1995). He was Editor of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction from 1997-2003, is ACM Computing Surveys Associate Editor for HCI, and writes and edits an ACM Interactions column on HCI history. His publications on HCI include a chapter in the Annual Review of Information Science & Technology (Information Today, Inc., 2011).

The Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics is jointly sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science, School of Informatics and Computing, and Kelley School of Business. For more information about the Center, please visit http://rkcsi.indiana.edu

SLIS Brown Bag Talk:

2011-11-07T06:39:00.000-08:00

"Mode Effects in Multimodal Comment Threads: Technological Determinism Revisited"
Susan C. Herring & Bradford Demarest

November 9, 2011
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Wells Library 030, 1320 E. 10th Street, Bloomington IN

Abstract:

Voicethread.com is an interactive platform that allows commenting on multimodal slideshows in multiple modes—text, audio, or video—and displays all comments together in a single format. Such platforms raise questions about why, how, and to what effect users choose to participate in computer-mediated communication (CMC) in a given mode. In particular, the question arises as to whether “richer” modes such as video and audio are preferred for social communication and “leaner” text for more impersonal, contentious communication, as previous research has claimed (e.g., Daft & Lengel, 1984; Sproull & Kiesler, 1991). This talk will report on a recent study that investigates how participation and language use differ according to commenting mode and commenter gender in three extended public VoiceThreads. Text, audio, and video comments were analyzed for the frequency of metadiscourse terms that express social awareness and for the frequency and polarity of attitude categories. We found that video comments were made mostly by males, and male comments were more negative, consistent with previous research on gender and CMC. Mode differences were also found that provide support for the claims of early CMC theorists associating richer media with more social, interpersonal communication and text with critical judgment and negativity. These findings lead us to revisit claims in the literature that have previously been largely discredited, including technological determinism itself, and to suggest an alternative account that reconciles the VoiceThread findings with those of previous research (e.g., Walther, 1996) regarding the positive sociability of textual CMC.

English Department GSAC Annual Book Sale

2011-11-03T05:26:00.000-07:00

Announcing...

The English Department GSAC's Annual Book Sale

Please stop by and browse our selection of books. We have hundreds of texts, including literature, theory, criticism, and non-fiction. Come beef up your collection with some cheap books!

Ballantine Hall 419
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, November 7, 8, and 9
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day

Proceeds fund the initiatives of the English GSAC, including our annual graduate student conference.

Travel Grants 2011 - COAS and CMCL

2011-11-01T11:07:00.000-07:00

2011-2012 COAS Travel Grants

Applications open today, November 1st, for simultaneous application for COAS and CMCL travel grants for Fall 2011. Travel Grant Applications may be submitted until Tuesday, November 15th, 2011. This date is different than the deadline given by COAS! The GAC must have time to review these applications, so be sure to adhere to the CMCL date.

College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Travel Awards are usually in the range of $300. Departmental Travel Awards are usually in the range of $250, but may vary according to the budget requested.

This year COAS is running only one Travel Award competition, so there will not be one in Spring, but the Department will run its own competition in the spring, when we will re-consider a “reserve list” of Fall applications that were unsuccessful, as well any new applications.

In making its decisions, the GAC considers whether or not you have previously received a travel award (giving preference to those who have not previously received a Travel Award); the quality of your proposal; the significance of the conference both for your field and for your research; and how important it is for you to attend this particular conference at this stage of your career (giving preference to those who are currently on the job market). Please note that the combination of these criteria mean that it may be sensible to wait to apply for the award until you need exposure at conferences to further your job prospects.

To apply for the Travel Award this Fall you must both apply online to COAS

and

complete the departmental application form (sent to your IU email account). Please print this application, fill it out, and return three copies, along with three hardcopies of your COAS application to Kathy by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15th.

The GAC ranks the applications and nominates the top three for COAS Travel Awards. The Department has funds for approximately 5 awards this semester, which will be allocated first to whichever of the COAS nominations are unsuccessful, and thereafter to the applications ranked next. This means that between about 5-8 applications will be awarded funds either through COAS or CMCL. It also means that we have to wait until COAS make their decision before we know all the applicants who will receive a CMCL award.

Travel Award winners must provide documentation of their presentations in the conference program before their travel awards will be disbursed. You may apply retroactively for travel to conferences that took place in the previous 6 months.

Advice for completing the applications

Bear in mind that your application is being assessed both by faculty in the department who are not necessarily in your field and, more importantly, by people in the College who don’t necessarily know what NCA, SCMS, or AAA mean or can grasp the significance of your conference presentation without you providing a context. Merely providing a brief abstract of your paper will not achieve that goal.

On your department application form please complete the different boxes as requested.

On the COAS application form you should use the “Project details” section to include not only the title, dates and location of the conference, as well as your paper title, but also a version of the information on your department application form. You should use the “additional information” section to include not only an abstract but also to frame the abstract as suggested above.

You should also provide a full budget, listing costs for each item. You do not need to have booked your hotel to list an expected cost.

Film Screening: cane/cain

2011-11-01T10:57:00.000-07:00

Date: November 16, 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Black Film Center/Archive (Located in the lower level of Wells Library)

Question/Answer Session facilitated by Dr. LaMonda Horton-Stallings immediately following the film screening cane/cain (2011) by Jordache A. Ellapen

Migration and xenophobia form the context against which this homoerotic examination of desire, intimacy and marginalisation takes place. Subtexts of political and personal apartheid are played against allusions to slavery in its many forms. A touching narrative of migration, desire and intimacy and their intersections in urban
Johannesburg.

Robert Gunderson Forum on Rhetoric and Public Culture Features Michael Butterworth

2011-11-01T07:16:00.000-07:00

The Robert Gunderson Forum on Rhetoric and Public Culture is hosting Associate Professor Michael Butterworth, Bowling Green State University on November 3-4, 2012. The schedule of events is as follows:

Thursday, November 3, 1-2:20 PM, Gunderson Forum Discussion with Faculty and Graduate Students, Hoosier Room, Indiana Memorial Union.

Butterworth will discuss the "Saved at Home: Christian Branding and Faith Nights in the Church of Baseball," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 97 (2011);
309-333. Participants are encouraged to read the essay before hand. A brief version of the essay can be found here.

Thursday, November 3, 6-8:00 PM, Gunderson Lecture, Swain East 240. The title of the lecture is “Re/framing Public Memory in the Arena: Sport, the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, and the Illusion of Democracy."

Here is a brief abstract: "The tenth anniversary of 9/11 was marked by numerous ceremonies of remembrance in the United States, many of which took place in sports arenas that hosted events on Sunday, September 11, 2011. These ceremonies may be understood as rhetorical enactments of public memory, a phenomenon that is meaningful because it highlights moments from the past in order to ameliorate the anxieties of the present. Ten years after 9/11, Americans faced an economy and political culture in decline, prompting frequent calls for greater civility and cohesion. Although sport can, at times, bring communities together, this unity often comes at the expense of democratic practice. From this view, the public memory of 9/11 presented in and through sport served to exacerbate contemporary divisions, both domestically, by eliding sport’s role in disabling economic conditions, and internationally, by asserting a defiant nationalism on a global stage."

Friday, November 4, 11:00 am-1:00 pm, Brownbag Discussion with Graduate Students, Classroom Office Building 102

If anyone would like private time with Michael Butterworth to discuss his projects contact Professor Lucaites.

Charles Burnett to Headline Film Series

2011-10-31T11:23:00.000-07:00

Charles Burnett headlines IU Cinema film series held in conjunction with IU Black Film Center/Archive anniversary

Five movies directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Charles Burnett will be featured Nov. 3-6 at the IU Cinema, an event that coincides with the 30th anniversary of IU's Black Film Center/Archive.

Michael Martin, a professor of American Studies and Communication and Culture who is director of the Black Film Center/Archive, will host a public interview with Burnett at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at the IU Cinema.

"Consummate cineaste and recipient of a prestigious Guggenheim fellowship and a MacArthur 'genius' award, Charles Burnett is a raconteur of extraordinary sensitivity and among the most discerning cinematic voices in America," Martin said. "Having Burnett on the IU campus and featuring a selection of his more notable and recent films at the IU Cinema offers the Bloomington public and campus community a rare and unique opportunity to engage with this world-class filmmaker."
As part of the "Arriving at the Truth" film series, the IU Cinema will screen Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger, The Glass Shield and Namibia: the Struggle for Liberation, as well as a series of short films by Burnett. A complete list of dates and times is available at http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/. As with all visiting filmmakers to the IU Cinema, Burnett will also be visiting film production classes and having informal conversations with faculty and students.

Burnett's first full-length feature film, Killer of Sheep, was written for his master's thesis at UCLA's prestigious film school.

"Subtle and distinctive for its economy, intimacy and understatement, Killer of Sheep dispassionately engaged with the marginality, estrangement and resilience of black life and heralded, in counterpoint to Hollywood's stereotypical depictions, a 'new realism' in black independent filmmaking, earning Killer of Sheep an enviable place in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress," Martin said.

James Naremore, an emeritus professor with IU's Department of Communication and Culture, will speak before the screening of Killer of Sheep, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, at the IU Cinema.

"One of the standard things said about Burnett is he's the best movie director you've never heard of," he said. "I think what makes him so interesting is the great integrity of his work. He has not ever made a film that you feel is calculated to make big money at the box office. And he's really stayed true to being a filmmaker who makes films for black audiences, but he's also very socially relevant and educational. He's something of a poet."

Burnett has received grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the J. P. Getty Foundation. He is also the winner of the American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award and Howard University's Paul Robeson Award for achievement in cinema.

Burnett will also take part in a special screening of Killer of Sheep at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m.

"This is a great opportunity for us to share Mr. Burnett with the Indianapolis community while we have him in Indiana," IU Cinema director Jon Vickers said. "It is also an effective way for us to strengthen our relationship with the museum, support the important work that they are doing and introduce the IU Cinema and Burnett's work to a broader audience."

No ticket is required to attend Burnett's Nov. 3 lecture, which is part of the Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture Series made possible through the support of the Ove W. Jorgensen Foundation. All other events are free, but ticketed.

For free tickets to the film series, visit the IU Auditorium Box Office or call 812-855-1103.

The Indiana University Cinema is a world-class facility and program that is dedicated to the scholarly study and highest standards of exhibition of film in its traditional and modern forms. For more information on the facility or programs call 812-856-2503.

Employment Opportunity: Cazenovia College

2011-10-26T07:39:00.000-07:00

If you can see yourself serving as a faculty member at an independent undergraduate college with a focus on student success and a vision that encompasses liberally & professionally educated graduates with high-level abilities transferable from discipline to discipline, career to career & one environment to another, Cazenovia College may be the place for you. Located in the historic lakefront village of Cazenovia, New York, 19 miles southeast of Syracuse, Cazenovia College is ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the best baccalaureate colleges in the North.

Doctorate required. Evidence of excellence in teaching and working collaboratively within an academic setting required. All faculty members engage in teaching, advising & mentoring of students; college service duties/responsibilities; & scholarship/professional development. Additional information is available at www.cazenovia.edu/default.aspx?tabid=650

For more information, please click here.

Communication Studies: Tenure-track Assistant Professor. Generalist whose course load may include: Introduction to Human Communication; Communication Concepts & Theory; Interpersonal, Nonverbal, Multicultural, Group, or Organizational Communication; Persuasion; Effective Speaking; Speech & Rhetoric.

Employment Opportunity: University of Wisconsin - Digital Media

2011-10-26T07:32:00.000-07:00

The Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks outstanding applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor, tenure-track, to begin in fall 2012. Candidates will be expected to conduct creative work and/or research in digital media, as well as to develop and teach courses in the theory and practice of digital media production. The new faculty member will teach a large introductory first-year course that emphasizes the convergence of interactive media, moving image, and audio production under a special initiative from the Chancellor. Candidates should possess broad-based skills in interactive web design and programming with HTML/CSS, high-definition video shooting and editing, sound design, and media compression for broadband delivery.

Successful candidate will supervise teaching assistants in the first-year course, as well as teach additional courses in her/his specialized areas of expertise. MFA, Ph.D, or equivalent in Communication or related field required, with a record of significant accomplishment. Previous teaching experience preferred. See also http://commarts.wisc.edu.

For further information, please click here.

Employment Opportunity: University of Wisconsin - Media and Cultural Studies

2011-10-26T07:21:00.000-07:00

The Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks applicants for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Media and Cultural Studies, to begin in August 2012. Candidates will be expected to conduct research, develop and teach courses, and supervise graduate students in the critical, intersectional analysis of identity and representation in contemporary media, including race, ethnicity, gender, and/or sexuality. Those whose work demonstrates a transnational/global/diasporic focus and an ability to combine methodological approaches are especially encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate will teach a large undergraduate lecture course in addition to other specialist courses to both undergraduate and graduate students. Ph.D. in a related field and evidence of scholarly excellence and teaching ability are required. See also http://commarts.wisc.edu.

For further informaiton, please click here.

Please submit a CV and a letter detailing interests and capabilities, and arrange to have sent three letters of reference, to Professor Jonathan Gray, Media, Identity, and Representation Search, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. Electronic applications will not be accepted.

The deadline to assure full consideration is December 14, 2011.

The In/visibility of America's 21st Century Wars Lecture Series

2011-10-26T06:53:00.000-07:00

This lecture series, organized by CMCL faculty members Jon Simons and John Lucaites, continues this Thursday with a lecture by:

Mike Shapiro

October 27, 2011
Fine Arts 015
7 pm

"War and the Arts: A Politics of Aesthetic Subjectivity"

CFP: New Directions in the Humanities

2011-10-26T06:44:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce the Call-for-Papers for the Tenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. The conference and its companion journal provide vibrant, intellectually stimulating spaces for scholars from all geographic and disciplinary areas to learn, converse, and create. The aim is to generate new knowledge about the nature of the humanities, building strongly on the past traditions of the humanities while setting a renewed agenda for the future.

In addition to an impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the conference will also include paper presentations, roundtable discussions, workshops, and colloquia submitted by practitioners, teachers and researchers. Please refer to the Call-for-Papers for proposal submission guidelines and descriptions of sessions. Presenters may also choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Humanities. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic journal.

We are pleased to be holding the 2012 Humanities Conference in Montreal, home to over a dozen colleges and universities. At the confluence of the French and English traditions, Montreal has developed a unique and distinguished cultural position as Canada's "Culture Capital". Old Montreal is a historic area, containing many different attractions such as the Old Port of Montreal, Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal City Hall, the Bonsecours Market, Place d'Armes, Pointe-?-Calli?re Museum, the Notre-Dame de Montreal Basilica, and the Montreal Science Centre. All together, there are 51 National Historic Sites of Canada in Montreal, more than any other city in Canada. Landmarks remaining from the 1967 International and Universal Exposition (Expo 67) include the geodesic dome US Pavilion (or Montreal Biosphere), as well as Moshe Safdie's Habitat 67 apartment complex. In 2006 Montreal was named a UNESCO City of Design, only one of three design capitals of the world.

For further information, please click here.

CMCL Reception at NCA

2011-10-26T05:55:00.000-07:00

Please join us for our annual reception at the 2011 NCA Conference in New Orleans.

Friday, November 18
7-9 pm
New Orleans Marriott Hotel, Preservation Hall Studio 10

Prospective Graduate Students are especially encouraged to attend.

If you have further questions, email Prof. John Lucaites at lucaites@indiana.edu.

Employment Opportunity: University of North Texas

2011-10-17T08:32:00.000-07:00

The Department of Radio-TV-Film invites applications for a position beginning fall 2012 at the Assistant (tenure track) or Associate (tenured) level in Social Media, New Media, or Transmedia with possible areas of expertise in legal and ethical issues and social media marketing. The faculty member will have the opportunity to develop new courses in his/her areas of specialization at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The faculty member will be housed in the Radio-TV-Film Department and is one of three internally funded cluster hires in UNT's College of Arts and Sciences that focus in the areas of new/social/digital media.

The faculty member will collaborate with new hires in the Department of Communication and the Department of Linguistics and Technical Communication on interdisciplinary initiatives relating to enhancing undergraduate education and community engagement.

For further infomraiton about this position, click here.

Home Movie Day Returns to Indiana University

2011-10-12T09:57:00.000-07:00

Saturday October 15
3-5 pm
IU Cinema

Home Movie Day is an international celebration of the power and meaning of home movies and amateur film. Local members of the community have the opportunity to bring in their home movies and share them with the community. We will be able to screen 8mm, 16mm, DVD, and VHS formats.
This wonderful event highlights the importance of everyday filmmaking as a historical resource. The event is celebrated around the world on this day, so be part of an international movement to recognize these films as valuable examples of local, regional, national and international history.

This year, in conjunction with the move of the event into the wonderful IU Cinema, we will be screening a number of films from various archives on the IU Campus, including the Black Film Center, the Kinsey Institute, and the IU Archives. This event is free and open to the public. Please come down and have a great day at the cinema with us.

For any further information, please contact James Paasche at jpaasche@indiana.edu.

Ted Striphas Interview On Algorithmic Culture

2011-10-10T07:32:00.000-07:00

Ted Striphas is an associate professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication & Culture at Indiana University.

And he’s a little wary of algorithmic culture.

What’s that? It’s the informal name for whenever mathematical formulae and computational power are used to analyze and predict your tastes. Algorithms, in essence, do the heavy lifting, the “work” of cultural engagement, for you.

Amazon suggestions, Netflix recommendations, even dating sites, all rely on complex and often propietary code to suss out what you might like.

In a series of posts, Ted pondered the future of this algorithmic culture. After all, why bother discovering something for yourself, say cat videos (don’t judge!), when Youtube can just recommend the Top 10 clips of Maru, the jumping cat?

Nora spoke to Ted about the social implications of leaving discovery and serendipity, the very cornerstones of culture, to complex math…

To hear the full, uncut interview, click here.

American Folklore Society's national meeting begins Wednesday at IU Bloomington

2011-10-10T07:03:00.000-07:00

The American Folklore Society (AFS) will hold its annual meeting this week (Oct. 12-15) at Indiana University Bloomington, hosted by IU's highly respected Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.

AFS chose as its meeting's theme "Peace, War, Folklore" to coincide with Themester 2012, "Making War, Making Peace." The organization has partnered with the IU College of Arts and Sciences and other groups to open several conference events to the public.

More than 700 folklorists from around the world -- including many IU alumni -- are expected to attend and exchange work and ideas, and create and strengthen friendships and working relationships.

"AFS meetings have almost always been held in larger cities, so it is extremely rare for a university to be selected as conference host," said John McDowell, chair of the IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. "It is a testament to IU's importance within the discipline of folklore studies that the Bloomington campus was chosen for this honor."

While registration is required to participate in the meeting, several pre-conference and conference events will be open to the public. Unless otherwise indicated, the events are free. They will include:

The Branigin Lecture, "From Blood Feuds to Peace: Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Ethiopia," by Fekade Azeze, a folklorist and associate professor of Ethiopian literature and folklore and coordinator of the graduate program at Haile Selassie I University, in Addis Adeba, Ethiopia. It will begin at 3 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 11) at the Folklore and Ethnomusicology Auditorium, 800 N. Indiana Ave.

"Quilts and Human Rights," an exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures/Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, 416 N. Indiana Ave. The exhibit, curated by Marsha MacDowell, a professor of art and art history and museum curator at Michigan State University, examines the ways in which textiles -- especially quilts -- have been used to demonstrate solidarity with movements dedicated to advancing international human rights, mark important events related to human rights violations and pay tribute to those who have played crucial roles. MacDowell will speak there at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 on the topic, "Piecing Peace: Quilts as Visual Discourse of Conflict, Reconciliation, and Memory."

"Faces of Fieldwork," a photo exhibit also at the Mathers Museum, curated by Pravina Shukla, Carrie Hertz and Mike Lee of the IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. It highlights the human side of fieldwork by featuring portraits of individual informants.

"Making Clothes, Making Do: Carol Wise and the Art of Daily Life," at the Monroe County History Museum, 202 E. Sixth St. Textile artist and costume interpreter Carol Wise's clothes-making offers a sense of self-sufficiency and continuity with the past. Her garments demonstrate a self-conscious rejection of modern wastefulness and dependence on mass production. Admission is $2.

"Tell Me a Story: Folklore and Folkloristics at the Lilly Library," an exhibit at the IU Lilly Library, 1200 E. 7th St.

"Folklore and IU: A Library Exhibition," curated by Moira Marsh, Denise Stuempfle and Shannon Larson of IU, in the main lobby of the Herman B Wells Library, 1320 E. 10th St.

"Tell People the Story: The Art of Gustav Potthoff" curated by Jon Kay of Traditional Arts Indiana, in the Indiana Memorial Union Garden, 900 E. 7th St. Potthoff paints to remember his fellow prisoners who built the Bridge over the River Kwai and the Hell Fire Pass during World War II. Fearful that those 1,600 people who died will be forgotten, he paints to tell his story and seek peace among the horrors of his memories. He will be present each day to discuss his art and experiences. The exhibition is open Oct. 13-15, but there will be an opportunity to meet the artist on Saturday (Oct. 15), from 12:15-1:15 p.m.

"Folklore in Jerusalem Between War and (no) Peace: The Jerusalem Project 1991-2011," from 1:30-4:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Mathers Museum. Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. scholars will address the terms of engagement that emerge and diverge in the occupied/disputed/contested city of Jerusalem. In light of the recent human rights violations against Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem neighborhoods. They will discuss boundaries and border crossings between political activism and academic research as well as the prospects and pitfalls of scholarly "dialogue" projects that engage across Israeli and Palestinian lines in the city.

Henry Glassie, IU College Professor Emeritus of Folklore, will deliver the AFS plenary address, "War, Peace, and the Folklorist's Mission," at 8 p.m. on Oct. 12 in Alumni Hall of the Indiana Memorial Union.

A number of the meeting sessions, including all the plenary addresses, will be available for viewing live online and will be archived and available after the meeting. More information is available at the AFS members' blog at http://www.afsnet.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=592230.

Information about the conference and registration is available at the AFS web site at http://www.afsnet.org/. Additional information about the meeting and Themester is available at http://themester.indiana.edu/events/folklore.shtml.

Employment Opportunity: University of California - Irvine

2011-10-10T06:05:00.000-07:00

The Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2012. We seek scholars whose research and teaching is dedicated to the history and theory of digital media culture. Applicants must demonstrate potential for excellence in scholarship and undergraduate and graduate teaching. Research and teaching interests should include a range of issues in digital culture, using theoretical models that consider aesthetic, social, and technological changes as cultural processes. The preferred candidate will be a humanities scholar able to teach courses in media studies and digital culture, focusing on theoretically engaged work on a range of issues (e.g., interactivity, social media, digital copyright, indigenous media, transnational flows, avant-garde or alternative new media practices, mobile media, platform studies, gaming and game theory, et al.). Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies or related field must be completed before date of appointment.

For further information, including application procedures, please click here.

CFP: The Future of Philology

2011-10-10T06:02:00.000-07:00

11th Annual Graduate Student Conference 2012
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Columbia University
February 24-25, 2012

Philology in the emphatic sense is undergoing a renaissance within the humanities. This revival of the “core competencies” of literary studies bespeaks a newfound awareness of the status and relevance of literature and language studies among other disciplines. We will explore these currents as possibilities for interdisciplinary research rather than just as counter-trends to it.

Three tendencies can be distinguished within this recent development:

(1) a broadening of the thematic and methodological scope that points to a movement away from the text itself. By this we mean not only the emergence of cultural and media studies, but also the department’s function as an outpost of continental
philosophy and a testing ground for questions not yet ascribed to specific disciplines.
(2) a recent focus on the old core competencies of philological work and research that point to a return to the text, such as edition philology, the study of the materiality of texts, archival studies, narratology, and genre theory.
(3) an increasing historical and praxeological self-reflection of the discipline itself. As products of the nineteenth century, modern language philologies emerged as politically charged national philologies whose residual nationalism demands
critical attention.

We are not simply confronted with a return to traditional values and a turning away from interdisciplinarity. Philology does in fact have something to offer to other disciplines. In light of all these differing tendencies, what are the common
boundaries of the discipline? Have these boundaries reached a degree of permeability that threatens the cohesion of the field itself, or might this apparent diversification prove to be a force of consolidation? Can these currents contribute to each other? And can other disciplines learn from philological research methods?

For further information, including submission requirements and instructions, please click here.

CFP: Console-ing Passions

2011-10-10T05:57:00.000-07:00

International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media, and Feminism

Celebrating Our 20 Year Anniversary!

July 19-22, 2012, Suffolk University, Boston, MA

Founded by a group of feminist media scholars and artists in 1989, Console-ing Passions held its first official conference at the University of Iowa in 1992. Since that time, the conference has created collegial spaces for scholarly and other creative work on culture, identity, gender, and sexuality in television, digital and aural media, and gaming. In this anniversary year, the conference will focus on remembering its roots and forging its future.

Mindful that changes in media platforms and consumption practices have altered the field of feminist media studies, this year’s conference will reflect back on Console-ing Passions’ own history as well as highlight how contemporary research reflects these multiple alterations. Continuing the feminist legacies of the conference, the 2012 program will emphasize intergenerational conversations. To this end, equal emphasis will be placed on the histories, presents, and futures of feminist inquiry.

For further information about this Call for Papers, please click here.

Employment Opportunities: Two Positions at the University of Iowa

2011-10-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

Interpersonal/Computer-mediated Communication Position
The Department of Communication Studies at The University of Iowa invites applications for a full time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant or associate professor. The ideal candidate will specialize in interpersonal communication, with a focus on computer-mediated communication (e.g., the interplay of personal relationships and social networks, online support communities, or information seeking and decision-making online). Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Communication Studies or a related discipline.

For information about this position, click here.

Filmmaker/Digital Media & New Genres Position
The Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa invites applications for a Film/Video maker with a specialty in Digital Media & New Genres for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position beginning in August 2012. This position is part of the Public Humanities in a Digital World Cluster initiative. Applicants must demonstrate interest in dialogue and engagement with intellectual and creative communities across and outside the university.

We are looking for an individual with significant experience creating his or her own films/media productions and with experience teaching undergraduates. Candidates should be prepared to teach in an area of specialization such as sound arts/sound design; digital animation; digital cinematography; new media or video installation in classes offered to undergraduates in the Cinema B.A. program and graduate students in the Film and Video Production MFA Program.

For information about this position, click here.

Electronic W-2 Delivery Moved to Onestart Portal

2011-10-06T08:30:00.000-07:00

Indiana University has replaced the electronic W-2 process with a more convenient option through OneStart. To receive your 2011 W-2 form 1-2 weeks earlier, you must consent through the OneStart portal. You will be notified by email when your W-2 is available. If you do nothing, your W-2 will be delivered to you through the mail at your employee home address.

To begin the process, click here. This link will take you straight to the consent form, or go to OneStart and select Employee Center from the Services Tab. The Tax Information panel is located on the right hand side under Payroll Information, where your paycheck is located. Select edit for W-2 Online Delivery. For more information visit the W-2 Home webpage.

For questions about W-2s or this new process, contact iuw2@indiana.edu.

If you are a student you can get your 1098-T online through OneStart as well. Instructions are here.

CMCL Colloquium Series -Faculty Lecture

2011-10-06T08:02:00.000-07:00

"The Disorder of Things: Object Lessons of Mediated Hoarding Narratives"
by
Assistant Professor Susan Lepselter

Friday, October 7
4-5 pm
Classroom Office Building, room 100

For a full listing of this semester's colloquia, please click here.

Employment Opportunity: SUNY - Brockport

2011-10-06T07:27:00.000-07:00

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: COMMUNICATION (RHETORIC). The Department of Communication at The College at Brockport, SUNY, invites applications for the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Communication with a specialization in political rhetoric. The job begins in August, 2012.

Responsibilities: Teach three courses each semester at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Courses may include Political Rhetoric in the Information Age; Protest and Public Opinion; Propaganda and Persuasion; Speech Composition and Presentation; Argumentation and Debate; and Freedom of Expression.

Minimum qualifications: Doctorate in communication or related field. ABD candidates must earn their doctoral degree within six months of hire. Candidates must demonstrate evidence of successful teaching, ability to teach courses in rhetoric relevant to the position, ongoing scholarship, ability to teach a culturally diverse student population, and ability to enhance diversity through teaching, research and/or service activities.

For more information, please click here.

Employment Opportunity: North Carolina State University

2011-10-06T07:24:00.000-07:00

The Department of Communication at North Carolina State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in digital media.

The candidate will have an earned doctorate by August 2012 in Communication or a related field (humanities, social sciences, or interdisciplinary). The successful candidate will have an established record of research in digital media, a commitment to the integration of theory and practice, and a commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship. Possible areas of expertise within digital media include, but are not limited to, game studies; mobile communication; locative media; social and public media; digital aesthetics; social networks; digital culture; digital media infrastructure, ownership, and policy; digital media access; new digital research methods; and surveillance, privacy and control. The specific sub-area of practice is less important than a commitment to understanding and exploring digital media as an arena for creative expression, communication, power, and/ or social change. Preference will be given to candidates whose research demonstrates success in, or has strong potential for, external funding.

For more information, please click here.

Employment Opportunity: George Mason University

2011-10-06T07:19:00.000-07:00

The Department of Communication at George Mason University is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor or an early-career tenured Associate Professor to teach and conduct research on issues related to media and public affairs. Our ideal candidate will examine the relationships between the mix of traditional and new media on politics, public policy, public health, the environment, and other issues of relevance to society, and will help advance the research of one or more of the research centers currently supported by the department (see below).

We seek candidates with doctoral degrees in Communication (or closely related fields), an active program of relevant communication research and publication, research funding experience, excellent graduate and undergraduate teaching, and commitment to collegiality and collaboration. Candidates should be able to teach undergraduate and graduate courses related to media and society, journalism, political communication, risk communication, crisis communication, strategic communication, and/or health communication. We prefer candidates who have had professional experience in media industries and/or journalism (although this is not required). This appointment is scheduled to begin Fall semester, 2012.

For more information, please click here.

Employment Opportunity: University of California, Santa Barbara

2011-10-06T07:13:00.000-07:00

The Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara seeks an Assistant Professor specializing in Archival Theory and Practice. The successful candidate will be qualified to teach in the core areas of our film, television, and new media curriculum, with a research focus that addresses the archiving of traditional and new media forms. We seek a scholar whose work demonstrates knowledge of various archives, collections, and databases; reveals a capacity to engage with and contribute to theoretical work; and takes cognizance of cinema and media scholarship in relation to professional training in the realms of media curatorship, archival work, and intellectual property.

The department serves 500 undergraduate majors and 30 Ph.D. students with a rigorous curriculum in film and media theory, history, criticism and practice. We seek a dedicated and experienced teacher who can build on our curriculum in media archival study, media curatorial projects, and festival programming, and can develop our new film and media archive as a laboratory for theory and archival practice. The newly opened Pollock Theater, which has world-class projection facilities, functions as a testing ground for new approaches to film and media archiving, curatorship and teaching. The department has its own temperature-controlled film archive and is also integrated with the Carsey-Wolf Center, with projects that include the Media Industries Project and the Environmental Media Initiative.

A Ph.D. normally is required by the time of appointment. The department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service.

For full application information, click here.

Intra-IU Debate Tournament

2011-10-05T11:00:00.000-07:00

Invitation to Debate The United States' Role in Promoting Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa

The Indiana University Debate Team invites all interested Indiana University graduate and undergraduate students to participate in the first annual Intra-IU Debate Tournament.

Whether you competed in forensics in high school or not, this competition is a great place for you to improve and show off your analytical argumentation and public speaking skills. The tournament is a perfect opportunity for you to engage in debate with a minimal time commitment. IU’s Debate Team will provide research and cases for all teams to use as well as instructions on how to compete successfully at the tournament.

The resolution for the tournament is Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its democracy assistance for one or more of the following: Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen.

The cost to you is FREE. The team will also treat you with complimentary food and drinks for competing teams and judges on Friday (dinner) and Saturday (Lunch).

The winning team, runner-up, and top speaking competitors will also receive prizes purchased from the IU Memorial Union Gift Store.

Call-out and Informational meetings will take place:

October 19, 26, 2 (Wednesday) and October 27 and Nov 3 (Thursday) 5:30-6:30
Check back for room locations for these meetings.

These meetings will be informational meetings for competing team members including evidence analysis, the schedule, format, and practices of debate.
Registration

Send an email to IUDebateTournament@gmail.com, subject-line "Intra-IU Registration." Include your name and your partner's name. If you do not have a partner, that is ok we will assign a partner to you.

The Deadline for Registration is October 28th.

For further information, pleae click here.

Filmmaker Pedro Costa Events

2011-10-04T11:54:00.000-07:00

From Professor Emeritus Jim Naremore...

Beginning Thursday, October 6, IU Cinema will be showing a retrospective of films by Portuguese director Pedro Costa, who will be in attendance for the event and will be giving the Jorgenson lecture on Thursday at 3:00. This is a truly rare and significant occasion. In my view Costa is at least arguably the most important filmmaker alive. He began as a gifted art film auteur (BLOOD and DOWN TO EARTH) and then made an astonishing move into a series of films about the slums of Lisbon--films he put together under slow, arduous conditions with no expectation of commercial showings. I especially call attention to IN VANDA'S ROOM and COLOSSAL YOUTH, which were shot without a crew, using nothing but a Panasonic digital camera and DAT for sound. These are the only films in the digital medium that I believe look better than 35mm and clearly should be shot only in digital. Costa lived and worked with the denizens of the slums. His films show squalor, but are sensitive and beautiful; they make a great leap beyond neorealism or art films, and make the "Dogma" movement look like a trashy gimmick. Anyone interested in documentary should see what Costa has done (although to call him a documentarian is inadequate). His work is challenging and opens possibilities for the future. I can't recommend him more strongly.

Regards, Jim Naremore

Lecture Series and Mini-Conference on Environmental Policy

2011-10-04T06:47:00.001-07:00

Department of Economics
Co-sponsored by
SPEA, the Department of Geography and European Union Center
Indiana University

October 3, 4 and 7

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce

- Lecture Series: The Green Paradox
by Professor Hans Werner Sinn (University of Munich and the Ifo Institute,
Germany) based on his new book The Green Paradox, forthcoming in MIT Press.
Lecture I: Monday, October 3 at 4 pm in Wylie Hall 005.
Lecture II: Tuesday, October 4 at 4 pm in Wylie Hall 005.

- Mini-Conference on Environmental Policy on Friday, October 7
Location: Tocqueville Room, Political Theory Workshop, 513 North Park Avenue
with presentations by
Professor Arik Levinson, Georgetown University,
Sara Pryor, Indiana University,
Hans Werner Sinn, University of Munich and the Ifo Institute. The lecture series by Professor Sinn is based on his new book The Green Paradox, forthcoming with MIT Press.

Conference Program:

9:15- 10:15: Arik Levinson, Georgetown University: Environmental Engel Curves
1015-10:45: Coffee break
10:45-11:45: Sara Pryor, Indiana University: Furloughing climate science into climate policy: A physical scientists perspective

3:00-4:00 : Hans Werner Sinn, University of Munich: The Green Paradox
4:00-4:30 Coffee break

CFP: International Symposium on Language and Communication: Research Trends and Challenges (ISLC)

2011-10-04T06:27:00.000-07:00

ISLC is an international symposium which focuses on the research trends and challenges in the fields of interdisciplinary language, literature, history and communication studies at both national and international levels, and their consequences for the theory, policy and practice of a variety of fields such as education, economy, sociology, and all other related fields. ISLC provides an international forum that enables discussions of the latest research trends and challenges, and promotes critical debate, on the often-complex interconnections among language and communication and history, economy, sociology, education, and all related sub-fields.

Subject Areas

The symposium publishes research papers in the fields of humanities, social sciences and economics such as anthropology, communication studies, demography, education, ethics, geography, history, industrial relations, information science, international relations, law, linguistics, library science, methodology, philosophy, political science, population studies, psychology, public administration, sociology, literature, religious studies, visual arts, women studies, management, human resources management, international business, tourism, business ethics, development studies and so on. Papers may address (but are not limited to) the following strands:

Communication:
- Communication Methods and Researches
- Cultural Studies, Cultural History, Humanities
- Media and Society Studies, Social Communication, Social Media
- Professional and Corporate Communications
- Mass Communication, Mass Communication History
- Communication Law, Policy and Planning
- Communication and Difference
- Popular Culture, Media Uses and Media Literacy
- Intercultural Communication and Global Media Trends
- Global Communication, Social Change, Comparative Studies and Migration Studies
- Media Studies, Models of Media Systems Analysis
- Communication Technologies, ICT, Online Journalism and Online Research Innovations
- Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Diasporas Studies
- Digital Media, Digital Culture and Human-Technology Interaction and Human Factors
- New Media, Internet and New Media Theories
- Mobile Technologies Used for Dissemination and Promotion of Art
- Innovative Works in Computer-based Art/Digital Art/Animation
- Democracy, Politics and Journalism Ethics
- Media and Identity
- Journalism Studies, Journalism Theory, Press Studies, Promotional Culture
- Instructional and Developmental Communication
- Interpersonal Communication Research And Criticism
- Political Communication
- Visual Communication Studies, (Television, Filmmaking, Multimedia, Multi-Standards)
- Communication, Training, Cultural Variation and Challenges
- Philosophy of Communication
- Advertising and Marketing

Language:
- Status/ Survival of Language and Literature
- Society and Culture
- Discourse Studies
- First/Second Language Acquisition
- Language Diversity
- Language Policy and Planning
- Language Rights, Language Policy
- Language and Social Interaction
- Language and Identity
- Multilingualism, Cross-Cultural Communication
- National and Local Languages, World Languages
- Language and Economic Development
- Language for Employability
- Language and Social Mobility
- Language Teaching: Trends And Challenges
- Role of the Culture in Global Supply Chain
- Discourse Linguistics
- Computational Linguistics, Computational Lexicography.
- Language Pragmatics
- Cultural and Historical Analysis
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages
- Rhetoric
- Sociolinguistics
- Language and the Arts
- Sociology of Language
- Translation Studies

Language

The official languages of the Symposium will be Turkish and English.

Delegates are required to prepare
- 15-minute oral presentations followed by 5-minute question-response periods
- Posters (to be displayed at designated times throughout the conference)

- Abstracts and full papers will be double blind reviewed by the referees of the symposium. Accepted papers and posters will be published in Proceeding Book of ISLC 2012.

For further information, click here.

CFP: Scrutinizing Mobilization in Networked Politics

2011-10-04T06:15:00.000-07:00

Internet use has expanded the mobilization opportunities of organized political actors (political parties, social movements, interest groups) while giving prominence to non-organized individuals or individuals organized via flexible structures or mainly online-based formats (such as online communities). Digital tools like websites, blogs or social networking sites, among others, are reshaping communicational dynamics and mobilizing strategies. This panel calls for papers aiming at expanding our knowledge on the changes in mobilization processes that are taking place as a consequence of the spread of internet mediated communication. We invite paper proposals addressing any of the following questions: Can we characterize online mobilization as comprising considerably different processes from those used in more traditional channels? What can we learn from differences between online mobilization strategies by different type of actors in multiple contexts? What are the factors explaining the use of new media for political mobilization? How can mobilization effects be assessed in terms of collective outcomes such as turnout, or individual changes in attitudes and behaviors?

We encourage proposals that combine conceptual discussion and empirical analysis. We also welcome analyses of the changes occurring in the use of online methods of mobilization across time and/or countries.

If you are interested in presenting on this panel, you can submit an abstract (of approx 250 words) on the IPSA website at:
http://www.ipsa.org/events/congress/madrid2012/submit-abstractpaper-proposal.

Under the Congress Theme drop-down menu, you will want to select RC Electronic Democracy. Under the drop-down menu you will want to select Scrutinizing mobilization in networked politics.

The deadline for submission of abstracts and paper proposals is OCTOBER 17 2011.

For further details of this CFP, and for a full listing of CFPs, click here.

Employment Opportunity: Lecturer Position at Cornell University

2011-10-04T05:56:00.000-07:00

The Department of Communication is currently searching for a colleague to teach in the area of Communication and Information Technology, with an emphasis in one or more of the following:

1. Human-Computer Interaction
2. Computer-Mediated Communication
3. Social Media
4. Technology and Society.

The communication and information technology area constitutes one of the Department's core strengths; those with connections to other strengths, including media studies, environment and risk, are particularly encouraged to apply.

This appointment is on an academic year basis (Spring 2012 and Fall 2012), with an opportunity for summer research. This appointment terms 12/31/2012 with possibility for one-year renewal.

For more information, click here.

University of South Florida Postdoctoral Scholars

2011-10-03T12:08:00.000-07:00

Social Sciences and Humanities, 2012-13
Global Change in a Dynamic World

The Department of Communication at the University of South Florida is pleased to announce its participation in the fourth year of USF’s Postdoctoral Scholars program in the social sciences and humanities. The over-arching theme for this year’s scholars is “Global Change in a Dynamic World.”

Postdoctoral Scholars are expected to (a) contribute to one or more of the priority goals of USF’s strategic plan (see http://www.ods.usf.edu/plans/strategic/), (b) work closely with distinguished faculty, (c) participate in an interdisciplinary and programmatic seminar series, (d) teach two courses over a twelve-month period, and (e) continue building an independent research record and publishing refereed scholarship.

Areas in which post doctoral scholars might work include (but are not limited to) sustainability; sustainable development; disaster management; population changes; technology and information issues; communication and language development; cultural diasporas; ethnicity, gender, and aging issues; cultural heritage and histories; citizenship; identity; health, economic, education, and environmental disparities; political economy; ethics; human rights; peace and conflict studies; injury and violence; and security issues. Specific research and geographical areas are open, and applicants may consider both past and contemporary perspectives.

For more information, click here.

CFP: Design, Influence, and Social Technologies

2011-10-03T07:36:00.000-07:00

Design, Influence, and Social Technologies (DIST) Workshop @ CSCW 2012 Seattle, WA -- February 2012

The explosion of research around social networks and social media highlights the ways that our actions and opinions---what we know and believe, how we behave and make decisions---are embedded in and shaped by webs of social relationships. Small individual actions that flow within networks can lead to broad systemic dynamics that fundamentally impact how societies function economically, socially, and culturally.

Social technology provides a set of affordances that makes it easier for individuals to manage this web of relationships and the information that flows through it, but designers can configure and make use of the same affordances to influence user behavior. We have a responsibility both to understand its impacts and to develop ethical guidelines for its use, as its impacts could be profound.

This workshop will engage the CSCW community in discussion about how social technology is, could be, and should (or shouldn't!) be used to influence behavior. We invite practitioners and researchers across disciplines to present and discuss techniques that are or might be used, the impacts these techniques may have at the individual and aggregate levels, and our ethical responsibilities in their application.

We seek contributions addressing the following --

* Tools + Techniques - How might tools and techniques be deployed to influence the spread of particular behaviors, information, or beliefs within social technology platforms? Contributions might cover existing or envisioned techniques, including (but not limited to): selective information targeting, the setting of defaults, filtering mechanisms, recommendation algorithms, saliency of features, motivational messaging, and attempts to reconfigure social networks.

* Impacts + Analysis -**What are the potential impacts of these techniques, both at the individual level and also within the broader ecology of multiple sociotechnical systems and at time scales that might reveal extended system dynamics? This broader perspective recognizes that neither individual behavior nor social technology exists in a vacuum, and that individual behavior change in one system may interact in complex ways with influences in other systems. We welcome new methods of study that can be used to measure behavior change and the influence of design elements across multiple levels of sociotechnical systems.

* Ethics + Power - **If a technology is designed to alter the behavior of its users, how and why are values and strategic choices manifested in system design, and how are such decisions made? How can we conceptualize control and persuasion when they are embedded in sociotechnical systems?
Can we articulate ethical guidelines regarding if, when, and how social technologies /should /manipulate users toward some beneficial end?
Suggested topics include but are not limited to: the roles of transparency, openness, accountability, and choice in system design; what it might mean for a technology to be "pro-social"; what participatory or user-centered design might look like in this context.

For submission information, click here.

Working Through War: Aesthetic Repetitions and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Art

2011-10-03T05:44:00.000-07:00

Lecture by Siona Wilson, Assistant Professor of Art History at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York

Originally trained as a studio artist, Wilson’s work as an art historian has always emphasized the sociality of artistic practice and the idea that art is produced in conversation with its surrounding culture. This talk will address the critical
strategies of a number of contemporary artists exploring the gender politics of the War on Terror. She will analyze these works of art in dialogue with recent feminist theory that has identified the shifting and ambivalent place of sexuality and sexual difference as a central component of post-9/11 political representation. This War on Terror is defined by the assertion of third world women “victims” as the humanitarian alibi for the war in Afghanistan and the contrasting sensationalized images of “liberated” American female soldiers performing sexualized acts of torture in Abu Ghraib. Wilson situates these contemporary issues in a larger historical frame and explores the modes of historical and aesthetic repetition that shape them.

Where: Woodburn Hall room 120
When: Tuesday October 4th 7:30 pm

This lecture will be preceded by a student-curated art show opening in the Indiana University Memorial Union Gallery focused on the IU Themester “Making War, Making Peace.”
Please join us for light refreshments from 6 to 7:15 pm

Sponsored by Themester, Indiana University Art Museum, Collins Living-Learning Center, and Student Volunteers of the Indiana University Art Museum’s Education Department

Gallery Opening: Making War, Making Peace

2011-10-03T05:38:00.000-07:00

When: Tuesday, October 4
Time: 6-‐7:15 pm
Where: IMUG, near Starbucks
What: Student-‐curated art show.

Light refreshments provided. Followed by keynote lecture by Siona Wilson, Assistant Professor of Art History at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, in Woodburn Hall 120 at 7:30 pm.

Organized by Student Volunteers of the Indiana University Art Museum’s EducaXon
Department.

Sponsored by the Union Board