The Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop is an online, asynchronous, interdisciplinary, participant-driven workshop for scholars and individuals working on feminist-oriented research projects. The goal of the workshop is to create an online space where participants can exchange scholarship and ideas.
Information about this year’s program is available here and you can follow along on Twitter #FSDW14
We are thrilled to announce the first cohort of New Media and Culture Certificate program graduates. We will miss the energy and intellectual curiosity they bring to campus, but look forward to seeing the amazing scholarly, artistic, and technological contributions we know they will produce in the years ahead. Congratulations to all!
Specializes in: Psychology, data ethics, data/code literacy, statistics, moral development
Graduating from UO: Spring 2016
Website: In March 2014, while I was a student in the NMCC, I launched http://AdUnumDatum.org, a new personal website for sharing data-related tutorials and ethics discussions.
In my current work, I am attempting to build skills and knowledge at the intersection of Psychology, data analysis, and ethics. Through the NMCC, I have gained a broader perspective that draws from Journalism and Philosophy in addition to my home discipline of Psychology. In addition, through the NMCC’s relationship with the Digital Scholarship Center, I have met other students and faculty and staff with whom I am particularly excited to continue to work in the future (this term, I am a Graduate Affiliate of the Digital Scholarship Center, and am applying what I’m learning from discussions there to my NMCC coursework, and vice versa). The combination of quantitative and qualitative training not only recognized but also required by the NMCC has improved my graduate education by adding an additional type of richness and interdisciplinary breadth that it would otherwise lack.
Specializes in: Journalism & changing technologies
Graduating from UO: 2016
I am currently working on research about the changing role of the reporter in the newsroom with a focus on what role technology is playing. It is a qualitative study where I interview newsroom writers and photographers about their experience today and 10 years ago. Having a strong background in new media and culture is an essential part of my work.
Specializes in: Media Studies, Participatory Media, Journalism, Media Theory & Criticism, Media Ethics, Memory Studies
Graduating from UO: Spring 2014
Post-Graduation plans: Assistant Professor of Communications, CSU Dominguez Hills
My research involves the effects of multimodal platforms and social media on cultural heritage and collective memory practices in the new media landscape. I introduce the concepts of multimodal memory practices and platformed communities of memory.
Specializes in: Global Modernisms, Latin American Literature, Irish Literature, Science and Literature
Graduating from UO: Spring 2014
Post-Graduation Plans: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities, Lafayette College
Website: http://www.scholarlyediting.org/2014/editions/intro.markonthewall.html
My research is focused on the impact of new technologies like the gramophone, on narrative form in the modernist era (1890-1940) as well as the global exchange of ideas and circulation of technologies. The NMCC has allowed me to connect this research into current issues of technology and text and to participate more fully in the arena of Digital Humanities.
Specializes in: User interface design & user experience; mobile technologies
Graduating from UO: Spring 2015
Website: www.ryanean.es
Ryan Eanes continues to research new media and social media as they intersect with the so-called “third space” between home and the workplace.
Specializes in: Aesthetics; Philosophy of Communication and Technology; Media and Communication Theory, History, and Ethics; Digital Anthropology and Media Archaeology
Graduating from UO: Spring 2015
The certificate extends my background in curating participatory and collaborative arts, media, and publics while engaging multi-modal coursework. It has inspired me to continue my work in integrating philosophy, communication, and design with emphases in intellectual property law and digital identity along with physical-virtual environments and ecologies.
Specializes in: Game studies
Graduating from UO: Spring 2014
Website: Iris is active on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ibull
Iris’s NMCC coursework explored virtual worlds from an interdisciplinary perspective. Drawing from computer science, geography, and communications, Iris was able to study the political characteristics of videogame software.
The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY seeks a Sr. Systems Programmer (Drupal Developer) to research, design, program, implement and maintain all public facing backend web systems on www.empac.rpi.edu. The programmer will provide technical leadership for EMPAC’s external and internal web services and technologies.
The incumbent will have experience with source control such as Git and Bazaar, and experience building and integrating complex information environments and web-based systems. Experience implementing search tools and analyzing site structure and traffic, and demonstrated experience of database development and administration with MySQL, PostgreSQL,etc.
The deadline to apply is July 31, 2014. Full details and application instructions are available here
Leuphana University of Lüneburg, foundation under public law, fosters the development of the junior scientific staff. Therefore the university offers 1 Doctoral Scholarship (36 months) on “Re-Thinking the Technological Condition“ focus “Techno- and Media Ecology of Digital Culture.”
The Digital Cultures Research Lab (DCRL), as a dialogical and open knowledge centre, serves to promote excellent research and its systematic integration, to develop international networking amongst others via its renowned fellows, and supports young researchers by attracting new talents. The research program of the DCRL includes four thematic fields concerned with (a) questions of the technological conditions of digital cultures, (b) new forms of cooperation, collectivity and organisation, (c) shifts in political participation and affective control, as well as (d) methodological problems and experiments in the research of digital cultures.
The doctoral project of the applicant should be located with the thematic field of “re-thinking the Technological Condition” and should be furthermore a significant historical and theoretical contribution to the emerging field of a techno- and Media Ecology of digital culture.
The scholarship is formally associated with the “Institute for the Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media” (ICAM), first supervisor of the dissertation will be Prof. Dr. Erich Hörl, Professor for Media Culture.
See the full posting with application guidelines here
Further information on studying for a PhD at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg can be found under:
http://www.leuphana.de/en/study/doctoral-degree.html
Further information on applying for a PhD at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg can be found under:
www.leuphana.de/en/apply/to-study/doctoral-degree-program.html or
http://www.leuphana.de/en/apply/international-applicants/doctoral-degree-program.html
The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) seeks a visionary and adaptive leader who is passionate about the role of the independent media arts in catalyzing creativity and a vibrant democracy. Founded in 1980, NAMAC is the membership organization and collective voice for the media arts field, providing convenings, leadership development, research, and cultural policy advocacy. NAMAC’s annual operating budget is approximately $430,000.
The Executive Director position is .80 (4 days a week) with a salary range of $72,000 to $75,000 (for .80) commensurate with experience, plus benefits. NAMAC’s two-person office is based in San Francisco within the 9th Street Independent Film Center, a hub of independent media arts activity. As a national organization, NAMAC is willing to consider having its Executive Director work from another urban area that has a strong membership base.
Reporting to a national Board of Directors and working with a small team of staff and project partners, the Executive Director ensures diversified resource development, quality programs that are responsive to member needs, strategic collaborations that advance the field, prudent fiscal management, and the continual evolution of NAMAC’s digital space to create a more connected, informed, and empowered independent media arts sector.
The Executive Director will work with the Board and staff in the fall of 2014 to develop NAMAC’s next strategic plan. Building on historic strengths, this effort will re-imagine NAMAC’s potential in a dynamic media arts landscape in light of trends including: the growth of multiplatform, interactive storytelling; increasing cross-sectoral collaboration; renewed interest in media literacy and media education; and heightened public awareness of the need to protect the open Internet as an essential underpinning for creative expression and a democratic society.
Applications must be submitted by June 16, 2014. See more details and instructions to apply for this position here.
This symposium is part of a long-term project, “The digital subject,” endorsed by the LABEX Arts-H2H. It follows two symposiums (Hypermnesia held in 2012 and Scriptions in 2013). We are exploring the ways in which digital tools, be they real or fictional, from Babbage to Internet, have altered our conception of the subject and its representations, affecting both its status and its attributes. We welcome contributions from the following fields : philosophy, literature, arts, archivistics, neurosciences, and the history of science and technology.
The working languages will be French and English. Contributions may be submitted in either language and should not exceed 3000 characters. Please enclose a brief bio-bibliographical note.
Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2014. See full details here
International Symposium “Collaborative Translation: From Antiquity to the Internet” June 5-7, 2014 University Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis
Thursday, June 5, 2014 – 3:00pm – Saturday, June 7, 2014 – 2:00pm
This international conference aims to explore a repressed history of collaborative translation. It will contextualize contemporary translation practices and chart the spectral presence of collaborative translation in the evolution of translation theory, which in Europe has traditionally privileged an individualistic model and occluded the presence of widespread collaborative forms of translation. In the digital age, one must also recognize how new technologies and the internet have expanded the potential for collaborative practices through the use of translation memories, cloud translation, fan sourcing, translation by web communities etc.
We will inquire into the collaborative dimension to all forms of translation, past and present, not only in the Western world but also beyond the limits of Europe. The debate will be organised around three themes:
1. What influences weigh upon the translation when it is performed in the presence of the author?
2. How are translation collectives organised, from the constitution of teams to the use of digital spaces?
3. What sharing of roles, what stakes and what conflicts arise when translating in an institutional context?
This European conference of IATIS will be held from 5-7 June 2014 at the Maison de l’Italie (Cité Internationale), the University of Paris 8 and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Richelieu site).
More details are available here
The Center for Media & Educational Technology of the UO Libraries seeks four (4) graduate students from several different academic areas/schools (see “qualifications” below for preferred areas) with excellent work ethic, customer service skills, teaching experience, and experience working with technology and/or dedication and aptitude to learn how to integrate technology into instruction. Good writing, interpersonal communication skills and training/teaching skills are desirable.
Instructional technology GTFs will work independently and as a team to assist faculty with instructional course design, primarily but not limited to work in the Learning Management System (currently Blackboard).
The UO is currently reviewing Learning Management Systems as part of a formal procurement process. Should the UO decide to move to a new LMS, the instructional technology GTFs will play a key role in migrating the UO’s course web sites from Blackboard to a new system. Training will be provided.
GTFs will provide hands-on support to faculty in their respective schools, assisting faculty and GTFs in integrating technology, designing courses or migrating existing ones. GTFs will also design and deliver instructional technology workshops for faculty and GTFs.
This is a fabulous opportunity to gain real world experience in teaching, technology service delivery and in your chosen discipline.
Applications are due Wednesday, May 28, 2014 – 5:00pm, and detailed instructions are available here
The School of the Arts and The Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia at McMaster University invite applications for a three-year contractually limited cross-appointment in Studio Art and Multimedia at the rank of Assistant Professor to commence July 1, 2014. In the first year, the successful applicant will teach three one-term courses in the Multimedia program in the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia and three in the Studio Art program in the School of the Arts. The successful candidate will have an MFA or a PhD and demonstrated excellence in teaching and course development. She or he will be expected to develop at least three one-term courses that would bring together the Studio Art and the Multimedia programs, at a time when both will be developing exciting new physical facilities.
Specific areas of expertise are open but might include any of the following: graphic design,analog and digital photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, art practice as research, research creation, new media and contemporary art theory and criticism, computer-aided fabrication, maker culture, kinetic sculpture,electronic and sensor-based art, video production, editing and post-production, 2D and 3D animation. In years two and three, the successful candidate will teach two one-term courses in Studio Art and two in Multimedia, and the three new cross-listed courses. The current minimum salary for an Assistant Professor is $68,824 per annum. The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in administrative activities.
Applicants should send a letter of application that outlines the candidate’s interest in the position and areas of teaching and research/practice, a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy that responds to the profile of the position; a digital portfolio of recent work (on DVD or DVD-ROM, or as a single PDF); an optional writing sample (maximum 25 pages, hardcopy or PDF), to:
Dr. Mary O’Connor, Acting Chair
Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia
Togo Salmon Hall 331
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M2
cmstdir@mcmaster.ca [using subject line title: CLA Multimedia & Studio Art]
Applications received by 31 May 2014 will be assured of full consideration. Applicants should arrange for three letters of reference to reach the Department by the same date. All documentation submitted in support of your application becomes the property of the University and is not returnable unless you provide a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
For further information on the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, see http://csmm.mcmaster.ca/ and for The School of the Arts, see http://sota.mcmaster.ca/index.html
See the original job posting here
The Parsons Journal for Information Mapping (PJIM) is an academic journal and online forum to promote research, writing, and digital execution of theories in the field of information mapping and its related disciplines. Our mission is to identify and disseminate knowledge about the fields of information mapping, information design, data visualization, information taxonomies/structures, data analytics, informatics, information systems, and user interface design.
PJIM focuses on both the theoretical and practical aspects of information visualization. With each issue, the Journal aims to present novel ideas and approaches that advance the field of Knowledge Visualization through visual, engineering, and cognitive methods.
We have an rolling, open-call for submissions for original essays, academic manuscripts, interactive and non-interactive projects, and project documentation that address representation, processing, and communication of information. We encourage interdisciplinary thinking and approaches and are open to submissions regarding, but not limited to, the following disciplines:
For publication consideration in the Summer issue of PJIM, please submit abstracts byMay 28, 2014.
Please visit our website for complete submission guidelines.
http://pjim.newschool.edu/