From michel.menou at orange.fr Wed Sep 3 15:25:22 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:25:22 +0200 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Fwd: [tripleC] New Special Issue Published: Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work In-Reply-To: <20140902183013.E32F56340BCF@dd29412.kasserver.com> References: <20140902183013.E32F56340BCF@dd29412.kasserver.com> Message-ID: <54076B22.1030603@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [tripleC] New Special Issue Published: Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 19:43:49 +0200 From: Christian Fuchs To: Michel J. Menou Dear Readers of tripleC, I want to point you towards a new special issue of tripleC that has just been published. The articles are available as pdf, html, and as one comprehensive pdf for download at: http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/issue/current Special issue: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work - Definitions, Dimensions and Forms Edited by Marisol Sandoval, Christian Fuchs, Jernej A. Prodnik, Sebastian Sevignani, Thomas Allmer in context of the COST Action Dynamics of Virtual Work http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/ This special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique aims to contribute to building a theoretical framework for the critical analysis of digital labour, virtual work, and related concepts that can initiate further debates, inform empirical studies, and inspire social struggles connected to work and labour in and beyond digital capitalism. The papers collected in this special issue (a) provide systematic definitions of digital labour, (b) analyse its specific dimension, and (c) discuss different forms of digital labour. The papers collected in this special issue theorise digital labour as a multifaceted field characterised by exploitation, alienation, precariousness, power, inequality, ideology, and struggle. These problems of digital labour are however not inherent to digital technology as such but result from its inclusion and application in capitalist relations of production. Theorising digital labour, as labour that produces or makes use of digital technologies, can help to understand its problems, limits, potentials, and contradictions. It can therefore highlight the need for social change and inspire political action. However, the act of freeing digital technology from being an instrument for the domination of labour requires to go beyond just interpreting the world and to engage in social struggles that want to change it. TOC: Introduction: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work?Definitions, Dimensions, and Forms Marisol Sandoval, Christian Fuchs, Jernej A. Prodnik, Sebastian Sevignani, Thomas Allmer Work and Labour as Metonymy and Metaphor Olivier Frayss? Digital Workers of the World Unite! A Framework for Critically Theorising and Analysing Digital Labour Christian Fuchs, Marisol Sandoval Circuits of Labour: A Labour Theory of the iPhone Era Jack Linchuan Qiu, Melissa Gregg, Kate Crawford Concepts of Digital Labour: Schelling's Naturphilosophie Kevin Michael Mitchell Digital Labour and the Use-value of Human Work. On the Importance of Labouring Capacity for understanding Digital Capitalism Sabine Pfeiffer The Ideological Reproduction: (Free) Labouring and (Social) Working within Digital Landscapes Marco Briziarelli Alienation and Digital Labour?A Depth-Hermeneutic Inquiry into Online Commodification and the Unconscious Steffen Kr?ger, Jacob Johanssen Production Cultures and Differentiations of Digital Labour Yujie Chen Digital Labour in Chinese Internet Industries Bingqing Xia Will Work For Free: The Biopolitics of Unwaged Digital Labour Brian Brown Toward a Political Economy of ?Audience Labour? in the Digital Era Brice Nixon Playing, Gaming, Working and Labouring: Framing the Concepts and Relations Arwid Lund _______________ tripleC : Communication, Capitalism & Critique | Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society |http://www.triple-c.at -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michel.menou at orange.fr Sat Sep 6 12:15:19 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:15:19 +0200 Subject: [Sigiii-l] =?windows-1252?q?Fwd=3A_CfP=3A_The_Data_Revolution_in_?= =?windows-1252?q?International_Development_=96_3_Oct_2014_Deadline_=28Rem?= =?windows-1252?q?inder=29?= In-Reply-To: <36C03B807545554C841A9805D02EBDBE1820D31C@MBXP10.ds.man.ac.uk> References: <36C03B807545554C841A9805D02EBDBE1820D31C@MBXP10.ds.man.ac.uk> Message-ID: <540B3317.8000706@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CfP: The Data Revolution in International Development ? 3 Oct 2014 Deadline (Reminder) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 18:48:30 +0000 From: Richard Heeks To: Richard Heeks This is a call for papers for a track ? ?*The Data Revolution in International Development*? ? that will form part of the _May 2015 IFIP WG9.4 international ICT4D conference_ , to be held in Sri Lanka. The data revolution track ? chaired by Richard Heeks (_Centre for Development Informatics_ , University of Manchester) and Mark Graham (_Oxford Internet Institute_ ) ? is seeking papers that address technical, socio-technical, socio-organisational and critical perspectives on: - Open data for development - Big data for development - Real-time data for development - Other data-for-development trends For the full call, see: _http://www.ifipwg94.org/track-12-the-data-revolution-in-international-development_ Papers can be either full research papers (max. 5,000 words) or research-in-progress/practitioner reports (max. 2,500 words). They should be submitted to the track chairs ? _richard.heeks at manchester.ac.uk_ and _mark.graham at oii.ox.ac.uk_ ? with a copy to the conference organisers: _ifip9.4.2015 at gmail.com_ . The deadline for submission is *Friday 3**^rd **October 2014*. All papers will be blind peer-reviewed before acceptance decisions are made (22^nd Jan 2015 with resubmissions due 20^th Feb 2015), and the conference proceedings will be published. At least one author per accepted paper will need to attend the conference. The track chairs will develop plans for a journal special issue on the data revolution in international development following the submission deadline. If you have any questions in advance of submission, please email the track chairs. The submission template can be found as a link at: _http://www.ifipwg94.org/call-for-papers-2015_ Do please pass this call on to those who work on data-for-development issues. _IFIP WG9.4_ is the longest-standing and largest grouping worldwide organising events in the field of ICTs and development; with biannual international conferences and other regional events held since 1988. It is a formal working group of IFIP, the International Federation for Information Processing; the global body to which national IT and computer societies affiliate. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8163 - Release Date: 09/06/14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From agruzd at gmail.com Tue Sep 16 20:37:55 2014 From: agruzd at gmail.com (Anatoliy Gruzd) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:37:55 -0400 Subject: [Sigiii-l] SIG III 2014/15 Election - Call for nominations Message-ID: <5418D7E3.1030009@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T Special Interest Group in International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to announce this year?s call for nominations for our executive board. We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic folks to join the SIG III executive team. As an ASIS&T member, I am sure many of you are familiar with some of our more popular initiatives such as the Annual International Reception featuring the Silent Auction at ASIS&T AM, the International Paper and InfoShare contests (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/). These and other events are designed to promote the importance of international cooperation and build awareness around international information issues. This is your chance to take a lead on these initiatives and to shape the future of the SIG III at ASIS&T! Please visit the nomination page to learn more about available positions and to nominate yourself: Online Nomination Form --> http://bit.ly/sigiii14nominate The nomination form will be available until the end of this month (Tuesday, September 30). Once the nomination closes on the 30th, we will open up the online voting system. If you are a current SIG III member, you will receive a separate email with instructions on how to vote. The election results will be announced publicly on Thursday, October 9, 2014 on the SIG III website. Please email us if you have any questions. ASIS&T SIG-III Nominating Committee Anatoliy Gruzd, Abebe Rorissa, Catherine Dumas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: