From bcnewell at uw.edu Mon Jan 18 10:17:56 2016 From: bcnewell at uw.edu (Bryce C Newell) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:17:56 +0100 Subject: [Sigifp-l] Call for chapter proposals (extended to Jan. 25): Privacy in Public Spaces Message-ID: (*With apologies for cross-posting)* We have extended the deadline for 250-word abstract submissions until *Jan. 25*. *Contested Privacy Spaces: Privacy in Public Spaces * Book editors: Dr. Tjerk Timan, Dr. Bryce C. Newell, and Prof./Dr. Bert-Jaap Koops For this volume, we are seeking contributions on the topic of privacy in public spaces from a multitude of fields such as (but not limited to) law, regulation, geography, philosophy, information studies, or sociology. In this volume, we wish to explore how being anonymous and maintaining some expectation of privacy when moving around in physical public space is becoming more difficult due to all sorts of technological, digital infrastructures invading public space. Innovations such as social media, ubiquitous computing and smart sensing (sometimes grouped under the umbrella term of an "Internet-of-Things") are increasingly becoming common practice in public space. Not only does this entail new forms of physical products or devices that are 'smart' (e.g. are somehow connected to a network in which they can communicate to other 'things' and/or humans), this 'smartness' also entails all kinds of data sharing. This sharing takes place in public space, where boundaries of what is 'public' and what is 'private' become more difficult to establish. Both commercial parties and government institutions (often in collaboration) try to benefit from citizens sharing and spilling over their generated data in the grey area of 'public' space. In the process, citizens' private lives become more visible in the public space, and yet, are afforded very limited legal protection compared to private spaces. Conceptually, the book will analyze whether a metaphorical privacy bubble exists, or should exist, around a data-carrying citizen moving about in public space and if so, how such privacy bubbles can be conceptualized. *We welcome contributions that (illustrative):* - Re-conceptualize regulatory spaces of privacy - Offer theoretical accounts of privacy in (physical) public space - Reflect on the delimitation of (physical) public space - Discuss the changes in the role of privacy in public space and the role of public space for privacy - Discuss specific technologies or solutions deployed in public space that increase or alter the character of surveillance in public space - Describe recent trends developing in public space that have an impact on the standing and the role of privacy in public space - Offer thoughts on resilience in face of the changes in public space and particular means of resisting the privacy-intrusive technologies, solutions and trends in physical public space - Offer conceptual and/or theoretical effort in re-thinking privacy and privacy protection in public space *Guidelines for authors* - Authors interested in contributing a chapter should send an abstract (max *250 words*) of their chapter to Tjerk Timan ( t.timan at tilburguniversity.edu) no later than *25 January 2016.* The abstracts should include the name(s) and affiliation of the author(s), proposed title of their contribution and a description of the proposed chapter. - Authors will be informed no later than* 29 January 2016* on the acceptance of their abstract. - The deadline for submitting full chapters is *30 May 2016*. We will accept chapters of *between 6000 and 12000 words*. - Submitted chapters will be peer-reviewed and sent back to the authors no later than *15 July 2015* who will be given opportunity to process the comments before submitting their final versions by *31 August 2016*. - We aim for a reasonably short publication timeframe (with a specific date dependent on the selected publisher's publication schedule). *Editors: Dr. Tjerk Timan, Dr. Bryce C. Newell and Prof. Bert-Jaap Koops* *Publisher: *Our aim is to submit the book to a renowned publisher, we are considering Ashgate, Routledge or Oxford UP (we have begun initial discussions with multiple publishers, and will submit a formal proposal soon after filling the volume). For questions or inquiries concerning this call, please send a mail to t.timan at tilburguniversity.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Sun Jan 24 04:37:15 2016 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 10:37:15 +0100 Subject: [Sigifp-l] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_=5BEurchap=5D_Online_petition_and_sup?= =?utf-8?q?port_letters_to_prevent_closure_of_Department_of_Information_Sc?= =?utf-8?q?ience_at_Heinrich_Heine_University_D=C3=BCsseldorf?= In-Reply-To: <7bd1ae36e80e068c29d102418576403d@email.freenet.de> References: <7bd1ae36e80e068c29d102418576403d@email.freenet.de> Message-ID: <56A49B4B.1030307@orange.fr> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Eurchap] Online petition and support letters to prevent closure of Department of Information Science at Heinrich Heine University D?sseldorf Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 08:40:20 +0100 From: isabella.peters at freenet.de To: eurchap at asis.org Dear colleagues, this time I am writing because of a rather personal concern - but which also reflects a known symptom for the underevaluation of the Information Science discipline in Europe. Hence, it is a matter of EUChap, too. We were informed this week that the dean of the Philosophical Faculty of the University of D?sseldorf intends to *close the Department of Information Science in the next faculty council meeting on Tuesday, 26 January*. The reason for closure is the need to economize and to cut a professor's position at the level of the Philosophical Faculty (12 institutes, 10,000 students). However, unlike at other institutes, the cut of a professor in information science would entail the *closure of the whole department, affecting four degree programs, more than 10 university lecturers and almost 1,000 students*, as Prof. Stock is the only full information science professor in D?sseldorf. The imminent closure represents a *great loss not only for the greater field of information science but also for bibliometrics research and education*. Bibliometrics and scientometrics are inherent parts of the curriculum in D?sseldorf. Alumni, doctoral students as well as BA and MA students frequently present their research at international conferences such as ISSI, STI and the ASIS&T SIG/MET workshop. Information science students from D?sseldorf also play a role in bibliometric analyses for research funders and universities, as the research center in J?lich involves them in bibliometric contract work. I consider the planned closure short-sighted, ill-conceived and disastrous for information science and bibliometric education and research in Germany and Europe. As an alumna I strongly oppose the dean's decision to cut Prof. Stock's position and close the department and kindly *ask for your support*: The student body has started an *online petition* to protest against the closure, which has already gathered more than 700 signatures: change.org/saveIWS My colleagues Dirk Lewandowski, Jasmin Schmitz, Violeta Trkulja, Katrin Wellerand I have issued a *request for support letters from the community *to the university president and the dean to convince them to stop the intended closure. An English translation of their open letter can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Mm1Fli724z05miSdsh2n6q910SlqvhxsJXCUoB2520/edit?usp=sharing *Please help us to protest against the closure of the Department of Information Science by signing the petition, writing a letter and sharing this information with your colleagues.* * * Kind regards from Kiel, Isabella Peters PS: Further information in German can be found here: https://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/studium/fachschaften/informationswissenschaft/news/newsdetails/offener-brief-bzgl-der-einstellung-der-informationswissenschaftlichen-studiengaenge-3825/ http://libreas.tumblr.com/ http://www.infobroker.de/blog/informationswissenschaften-in-duesseldorf-vor-dem-aus/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OvqCP3SHFC-cEXOQ5WJAzLfFvAoEvBfEZ2AVQ6Ao5jI/edit?usp=sharing --- Alle Postf??cher an einem Ort. Jetzt wechseln und E-Mail-Adresse mitnehmen! 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