ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

October 23-24, 2020

Hamburg, Germany

Deadline: May 15, 2020

The particular epistemic and innovative potentials of Design Research are increasingly recognized within the wider academic sphere and are in constantly growing demand by businesses, institutions and politics alike. Yet, design research also is a field and practice that, due to its in-between nature, lacks the clear boundaries and formal dogmatisms of more traditional research disciplines, as well as their implicit notions of secured knowledge and linear progress.

Recognizing this inherent openness as one of its key qualities, the New Experimental Research in Design (in short: NERD) conference aims at providing a genuinely diverse and open platform for discussing, reflecting on and exposing to a wider public the manifold ways in which design’s unique perspective and proficiencies can intelligently be applied as a research competence. It does so by inviting presentations of empirical research projects by researchers from around the world and from all areas of design research with a focus on methodologically and thematically original approaches.

The emphasis on the empirical or the experimental – in the double sense of the researcher’s actual involvement and transformative interaction with his or her object of research and the brave and playful exploration of untrodden paths – is based on the conviction that the discussion about the merits and possibilities of design research is one that has to be led by example: What constitutes a fruitful method or approach only becomes apparent by it actually being conceptualized, worked out and eventually put into practice. For the same reason, NERD is decidedly not narrowed to a certain topic or school of thought, since the qualitatively new often exceeds such preconceived categories. Developed and realized by BIRD, the Board of International Research in Design for the eponymous design research book series published by Birkhäuser, as an annual event with changing venues, this conference format has already proven its productivity three times.

NERD, held at HAW Hamburg (Design Department) and hosted by Zentrum für Designforschung in Hamburg/Germany on 23./24.October 2020, will feature a careful selection of 30-minute presentations of research projects, each followed by another half an hour of time for questions and intense discussion with the audience. For this, we invite speakers at an advanced graduate, doctoral or early postdoctoral level to present their ongoing research or completed theses. Contributions should employ an original and well-conceived design-based and empirical/experimental approach and may deal with all kinds of interesting, engaging and socially, culturally and intellectually relevant questions.

Contributions by NERDs from other fields who share a similar commitment to new experimental approaches in design research are also welcome.

How to apply

If you would like to apply, we kindly ask for submission of an extended abstract (1000–1500 words) of your research project or the part of it that you wish to present at the conference to be sent to bird[at]bird-international-research-in-design.org until May 15, 2020.

All submissions will be blind reviewed and submitters will receive a notification about the admission of their contributions to the conference until June 15, 2020.

If you have further question, get in touch with:

Prof. Dr. Michael Erlhoff (erlhoff[at]be-design.info) or Dr. Tom Bieling(Tom.Bieling[at]haw-hamburg.de )

Deadline: May 15, 2020

The Programme will be announced in June. Admission is free! We are looking forward do seeing you at #NERDfor – New Experimental Research in Design (Hamburg, 23. – 24. October 2020).

HAW Hamburg, Department Design

Armgartstraße 24

22087 Hamburg

Germany

#NERDfor Call for Papers

https://designabilities.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/nerd_for_cfp_2020.pdf

 September 4-6, 2020

Die Wolfsburg, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Essen, Germany

Deadline: May 22, 2020

“What would you prefer, yellow spandex…?” – X-Men (2000)

2020 marks twenty years since the release of X-Men, which sparked a re-emergence of the superhero on screen and led to a spectacular ascent towards being the most successful and globally popular genre in cinema history, with dozens of films produced and many billions of dollars earned in the last two decades – an aggressive dominance that shows no signs of receding.

In the last year, the titanic Avengers: Endgame provided the superhero film with its biggest-ever canvas and, sandwiched between /Captain Marvel/ and Spider-Man: Far From Home, brought Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a triumphant finish, after eleven years and twenty-three films. Yet, late in 2019, DC placed its most iconic villain centre stage in Todd Phillips’ Joker, which provided a truly striking take on Batman’s arch-nemesis, drawing on 70’s New Hollywood aesthetics and exploring issues such as mental health and social revolt.

The James Gunn-produced Brightburn merged the superhero genre with Horror to generate a forbiddingly dark mirror of the Superman origin story. Meanwhile, on television, the full CW line of DC Comics shows ambitiously collided in an adaptation of the signature 1980’s event Crisis on Infinite Earths, which surprisingly provided actor Brandon Routh a belated opportunity to reprise the role of Superman.

Within the source medium of Comics, the genre continued to show great diversity and invention, along with experimentation: Gene Luen Yang and Girihu’s superb Superman Smashes The Klan took a famous storyline from the 1940’s Superman radio show and used it to view The Man of Steel via the immigrant experience, while in the mainstream comics, Brian Michael Bendis controversially dispensed with a core tenet of the superhero mythology, as Superman revealed his secret identity to the world. The Unstoppable Waspwas a light-hearted wonder, firmly focused on fun and easily accessible. After decades of being rooted in science, Immortal Hulk took a sharp turn into the realms of Horror and Grant Morrison’s take on  Green Lantern vigorously resurrected the Silver Age of Comics. In Tom King’s Mister Miracle, the superhero is viewed through the lenses of mental health and political anxieties.

Soaring into its ninth decade, then, the superhero currently occupies a diverse, expansive and dominant space in modern popular culture. Perceived as a modern form of mythology or folklore, the characters signature emblems are among the most recognisable in the world, functioning as powerful, pervasive and vastly profitable brands. Yet, while still largely American in focus, the superhero has become increasingly international, capable of reflecting specific issues and operating as a powerful messenger of them - a power they have possessed since their inception.

The Superhero Project: 4th Global Meeting invites inter-disciplinary discussion on superheroes and notions of the super-heroic. Indicative themes for discussion may include but are not limited to:

1. Post-Humanism:

• Technology & augmentation / armour
• Cyborgs
• Prosthesis
• The Übermensch
• Mutations and genetic engineering

2. Dual Identities:

• The power of the mask
• Alter-egos and secret identities
• Costume and Disguise
• Cosplay

3. Gender & Ethnicity:

• Hyper-masculinity
• Depictions of the female superhero
• Ethnic diversity in superhero comics and their readership.

4. Sexuality:

• LGBT Superheroes
• Queer readings of established characters
• Gay Representation in Superhero Comics
• Camp and the Superhero
• Superheroes vs Sexual Violence

5. Deconstruction:

• The anti-hero
• The post-9/11 Superhero
• The Everyman superhero

6. Social Responsibility:

• Vigilantism
• Superheroes as role models
• Childhood play
• Heroism and cowardice

7. The Heroic & the Patriotic:

• The monomyth (the hero's journey)
• Patriotism and nationalism
• National personification
• The Soldier as Superhero
• "Truth, justice and the American way"

8. Pop Culture Depictions:

• Adaptation
• The superhero as brand
• Merchandising and franchising
• Fans and cultural capital

What to Send:

300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday May 22 , 2020 to the following e-mail addresses: d.graydon@herts.ac.uk and torsten.caeners@uni-due.de.

Accepted proposals will be notified by June 8 , 2020.

Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of proposal, e) body of proposal, f) up to 10 keywords.

E-mails should be entitled: _SUPER4 Abstract Submission_

Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost! If this is the case, please do resend to both e-mail addresses.

Organising Chairs:

Danny Graydon (University of Hertfordshire): d.graydon@herts.ac.uk

Torsten Caeners (University of Duisburg-Essen): torsten.caeners@uni-due.de

Danny Graydon, FHEA Lecturer, Screen (Digital Animation & Model Design)

Collaborative Partnership Leader, Escola Britanica des Artes Creativas (EBAC), Sao Paulo, Brazil School of Creative Arts | University of Hertfordshire | College Lane |

Hatfield AL10 9AB

Office: AB170 | Tel: +44 (0)1707 284 000 | Email: d.graydon@herts.ac.uk

Internal Ext: 5336

THE SUPERHERO PROJECT: 4th Global Meeting / 4-6 September 2020, Mulheim, Germany

Bournemouth University

Salary: from £41,526 - £49,553 per annum with further progression opportunities to £54,131

Research allowance: Up to £30,000 across three years.

Closing date: Sunday, May 10, 2020 - midnight

Please quote reference: RDS38

This intends to build on BU’s existing work within strategic communication to strengthen its emerging focus on health and science communication as an interdisciplinary area. The post holder will spend 90% of his/her time on conducting research and knowledge exchange activities in order to explore effective methods for evidence-based communication of public health across local, national and international contexts.

The post-holder will work alongside our existing experts in the field of media and communication, public health, data science and social psychology, to enhance our capacity to deliver impact and engage with industry partners and other collaborators.

This initiative primarily brings together the:

• Department of Communication & Journalism (where the post holder will be based)
• Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health

The post, by necessity, requires a combination of disciplinary knowledge and expertise, which may include — but is not limited to — strategic communication, science communication, media psychology, health statistics, data visualisation, as well as an understanding or empathy for interpersonal communication in the healthcare sector.

Research interest and expertise in health and science mis/disinformation linked with epidemics/ pandemic (such as coronavirus / COVID-19) is particularly welcome.

BU Academic Targeted Research Scheme:

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/jobs/bu-academic-targeted-research-scheme

Job description:

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/senior-lecturer-academic-health-science-communication-fixed-term

Both academic application form AND research scheme application form must be completed:

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/admin/content/assets/view/109791

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/sites/default/files/asset/document/Academic Application Form_0.pdf

FURTHER DETAILS

We are looking for applicants who have the potential to develop into independent academic leaders and deliver high quality research with impact. You must have significant postdoctoral expertise in the targeted research area, normally a relevant doctorate, a track record of high quality research, and be aspiring to apply for externally funded fellowships or other major grant awards. Your research interest should align with the targeted research area: Health and Science Communication.

To support you in your role and accelerate your career, you will be assigned a dedicated mentor with world-class expertise and significant research management experience. Extensive training opportunities including a bespoke personal development plan and peer support from a cross-disciplinary cohort of academic researchers will be available. In addition, you will be provided with generous start-up costs and support for mobility to work with external partners, including outside the UK and academia.

The BU support offered will be fixed-term for three years at Grade 8 (NSS BU scales) plus reasonable costs that reflect the needs of the post.

The Academic Application form must be completed together with the Scheme Application form, which will allow reasonable costs up to a maximum of £30k for a three year period. /Any academic application forms received without the scheme application form will be rejected. /

This opportunity is initially offered for a Fixed-Term period of three years.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact: Einar Thorsen ethorsen@bournemouth.ac.uk, quoting ref no: RDS38

Please note that interview timelines may be affected by COVID-19 restrictions, and we will review these in light of situation as it develops.

Revue française des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication (RFSIC - French Journal of Information and Communication Sciences)

Deadline: last week of July

English papers are welcome.

https://journals.openedition.org/rfsic/8519

Coordination: Céline Pascual Espuny (Univ. of Aix-Marseille, France) and Andrea Catellani (UCLouvain, Belgium) - Research group Communication, environment, science, society

Inscribed in the international public space since the 1970s, the environment is today the source of many communication practices in our societies. It covers a broad and matrix-like discursive perimeter, where notions such as ecology, ecological transition, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility (CSR, which includes an environmental dimension), Anthropocene, and even collapse, reflect physical, economic, political, scientific, but also cultural and symbolic realities that are related but different. These realities are largely present in the field of communication, public and private, professional, expert or lay, strategic or spontaneous. Communication practices are not only an expression but also a vector and a factor in the construction of the cultural presence of nature and the environment, and of the transformations of this presence. Our images of nature, the environment and ecology are (also) communicative and trivial "beings", caught in the constant interaction between science, art, economics, politics, spirituality, society - and personal, more or less mediatized, sensitive experience (that of "mega-fires" and extreme weather events, for example).

At a time when pressures are coordinated and overlapping, whether anthropogenic, climatic, biological, social, political, economic or moral, communication practices play a key role. They are called upon from all sides, invoked to raise awareness, and considered necessary in the emergence of participatory and co-constructed mechanisms. However, these practices - particularly in the area of organizational and strategic communication - are still the victims of suspicions of manipulation and "greenwashing" practiced in the previous decade and still latent and resurgent. Media information on the environment at a time of anthropogenic challenges is caught in the tensions between different economic, political, moral and societal imperatives, in a context of societies that are often themselves in contradiction between different values, and between values and practices ("values-action gap"). For some time now, the Internet has been the meeting place for different communication (and societal) projects, for awareness raising, polemics and sometimes contradictory mobilizations.

In view of these constraints and tensions, what can information and communication sciences say today, in a critical and scientific way, about this polymorphous reality constituted by environmental communication practices? How are the links between Nature and Ecology grasped, as soon as the practice of communication is practiced? Does environmental communication present a different profile within the vast field of objects analysed by information and communication sciences, given their particularly "trivial" nature as places of intersection of all tensions, expectations and disappointments?

In this issue we will focus in particular on scientific contributions that propose an analysis of the specificities of so-called environmental communication, based on a solid methodology and anchored in information and communication sciences. The aim is explicitly to collect the most recent points of view and results in order to make them visible and show the solidification of a real research sector, which tends to go beyond the dispersion of individual contributions to aim at a form of institutionalization, for example in the form of an association of researchers (IECA), sections in the major international associations (ICA, IAMCR), and in France with a GER (study and research group "Communication, environment, science and society") within the French society of information-communication (SFSIC).

This issue aims to be open to the different trends and theoretical and methodological approaches of information-communication researchers dealing with environmental themes related to communication. Contributions may be integrated into one or more of the following areas, or be of a cross-cutting nature.

Controversies, polemics and media forms

Environmental issues are at the origin of tensions, polemics and debates, which are expressed, among other things, in the media and in the different spheres of the social-digital media, but also in more "physical" events, movements and confrontations. The challenges of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and the habitability of the planet, and their variations on local and territorial issues, are giving rise to the voices (and images) of many actors in the age of digitization. This axis aims to collect the contributions of researchers who observe and analyse, with different methodologies and approaches, these controversies and other forms of polemics and agonistic issues, in order to understand their communicational dimension.

Social and environmental actors: companies, activists, associations, governments, etc.

This axis focuses on the analysis of the communication practices of different actors who enter the public sphere with an agenda of claiming, transforming or protecting interests and/or values in relation to environmental issues. Companies and the economic world speak out in the form of discourses of responsibility (CSR-CSR, discourse on the construction of shared value, "green" communication and advertising, corporate activism), to show their alignment with social norms and trends, or to protect their economic model. NGOs and associations, activist movements, "influencers" and whistle-blowers, for their part, pursue projects of social and cultural transformation. Governments and public entities also intervene, between awareness-raising and institutional and public communication issues. The list, which is not exhaustive, should also include scientists, caught between the need for objectivity and the urgency of commitment, organizations such as churches and religious and spiritual groups, think tanks and the world of politics and political communication.

Popularization of science and its challenges

How to communicate environmental science, for example on the destruction of life and biodiversity and climate change? How does scientific knowledge enter the public arena, what dynamics and distortions, what challenges to the "authority" of science? The models of popularisation and "popular science" - for example, the deficit model - are coming under tension in the face of the challenges of "post-normal" and participatory "science", and in the face of the scale of "Anthropocenical" dynamics and trends (climate change, for example) that transcend the distinctions between different disciplines and discourses and tend to create short circuits between descriptive-analytical and normative-engaged regimes. From this point of view, the notion of expertise is also to be questioned, in its forms and appearances.

Media, journalism, mediatization of the environment

Researchers in information-communication have long, in the French-speaking world as elsewhere, investigated the ways in which the environment "comes to the media”. This presence is sometimes fluctuating, event-focused, sometimes partisan, in a context of technological and economic difficulties and changes in journalism in the digital age and tensions around truth and "information disorder" (the "fake news", loss of confidence in the media, changes in information consumption). The aim of this section is to show the latest advances and results of this research, in order to explore the (often different depending on the country) ways in which the environment can be "put into information". The axis is also open to research on the presence of environmental issues in media cultures in general, the audio-visual sector, and their interaction with the logic of cultural industries and the cultural consumption practices of individuals.

The living, its representation and its communication

The Anthropocene and the culture of the beginning of the 21st century see a change in the image of the "natural" world. The social sciences have shown the cultural and situated nature of the categorizations of beings and the relations between natural and cultural, between man and animal or plant. Scientific and philosophical discourses, such as those on anti-speciesism or on the intelligence of plants, percolate through literature and the press, interacting with the search for new forms of relationship (and resonance, to quote a title by Hartmut Rosa) with the living world and creation. This axis aims to question the mutations and reconfigurations of the cultural forms that frame the relationship between man and the living, seen from a communicational point of view.

Communication and ecological transition, between criticism and instrumentalization

At the time of the "ecological transition", communication (as a persuasive signifying action that transforms mentalities and behaviours) finds itself in an ambiguous position of "pharmacon": at the same time, decried as a source of manipulation (for example, in the case of "strategies of doubt", climate denials and fake news) and invoked as a necessary lever to bring about a more sustainable society (in connection with other marketing or psychological means such as "nudging"). This position deserves a question: how to interpret critically and ethically this "role" as an instrument of transition? How to deconstruct and identify the risks, limits and problems of this posture? On another level, what are the latest advances in the search for forms of communication that are engaging, transformative, and capable of empowering people in the face of necessary changes? How can communication contribute to changing attitudes and behaviours in the face of the "dragons of inaction" (Gifford 2011) that prevent behaviour change?

Environmental discourse and narratives

In the Anthropocene era, "facing Gaia" (to use a title by Bruno Latour), our societies are crossed by different discursive forms, which represent attempts to synthesize a complex and heterogeneous reality. This is the very nature of narrative mimesis, as Paul Ricoeur pointed out, but it is also the effort of meta-narratives and, more generally, of the great discourses that are organized around values and interests. This axis aims to attract researchers who are interested in the analysis of the "discursive formations" that appear today in the face of Anthropocenical challenges and concerns, and which manifest different and sometimes opposing accents, axiological universes and narrative structures. One need only think here of the discourses on degrowth, on voluntary and happy simplicity, collapse, ecomodernism, sustainable development. Formulas and visions circulate, carried by different actors with different logics and interests; these formations take shape in the media, in speeches, initiatives and actions. Information-communication approaches, for example narratological, rhetorical and critical, have here a space to express their analysis of this co-presence and tension between different discourses.

Calendar

• Issue published in No. 20, December 2020.
• Articles are expected for the last week of July
• Back to authors: last week of October
• Return of final articles: last week of November

Proposals for articles (between 30,000 and 40,000 characters including spaces, bibliography and footnotes) should be sent to:

Céline Pascual Espuny, celine.pascual@univ-amu.fr, and Andrea Catellani, andrea.catellani@uclouvain.be.

The guide for writing articles can be consulted at the following link: https://journals.openedition.org/rfsic/401

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COX, Robert, PEZZULLO, Phaedra (2016), Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere, Londres et New York, Sage (5ème édition : 2018).

COX, Robert (2015), « Scale, complexity, and communicative systems », Environmental Communication, 9(3), 370–378.

D’ALMEIDA, Nicole (2011), « Le changement climatique entre image et texte », Recherches en communication, 35 : 17-36.

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The symposium has now been rescheduled for 28-29 September, 2020.

Centre for Media & Journalism Studies, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Deadline: POSTPONED

Check: https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/news/2020-02-24-cfp-political-journalism-and-impact-of-the-market

Confirmed speakers include: Marcel Broersma, Martin Conboy, Sophie Knowles , Victor Pickard, Helle Sjøvaag

Organizer: Chrysi Dagoula

Aims of the symposium

This symposium aims to examine the effects of the market on political journalism in democratic societies in Europe, covering various national contexts with different political and financial circumstances. The measures of austerity that have been imposed either directly or indirectly on various economies in Europe and subsequently on political journalism are at the very core of what the symposium seeks to explore, as it aims to examine the effect of these policies on key areas, such as media business models, working conditions, new regulations, and perceptions of journalistic identity.

The symposium poses the question of whether the current challenges are a result of the digitization and the inclusion of a variety of platforms in the media ecology, that directly affected the economic media models across Europe, or whether these challenges reflect established market mechanisms.

Due to financial, political and technological reasons, journalism is undergoing a continuous process of redefining itself. At the same time, journalism continues to be regarded as an integral part of modern democratic societies, but also as a major historical force that contributes to important ways to so-called “epistemological politics”, according to which the politics of what we know and how we act as citizens is linked to the politics of how we know.

Main themes

Drawing on this perception of journalism and by taking into account factors both external (such as political instability) and internal to the media, as well as the fact that current media environments are characterized by a multiplicity of networks and arenas where a plethora of actors constantly act, react and interact, the symposium will focus on:

• What definitions of market logic(s) are currently being used and developed?
• How can the manifestations of market logic(s) be understood through specific neoliberal policies, austerity measures, and memoranda regulations?
• In what stages or areas of journalistic processes does market logic(s) have the most significant effect?
• What are the opportunities and challenges for political journalism presently?
• To what extent does market logic(s) allow journalists to perform their democratic role, and what is the overall effect of market logic(s) on the relationship between journalism and democracy?

Confirmed speakers

Confirmed speakers include:

• Marcel Broersma, Professor of Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen
• Martin Conboy, Professor of Journalism History, The University of Sheffield
• Sophie Knowles , Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Middlesex University
• Victor Pickard, Associate Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
• Helle Sjøvaag, Professor, Media and Social Sciences, University of Stavanger

Contact

The symposium welcomes theoretical discussions as well as methodological contributions that enhance the understanding of the effect of financial policies on political journalism, as well as the variations of this effect in a cross-national setting. For informal inquiries or for further information, please contact the organiser, Dr Chrysi Dagoula at c.dagoula@rug.nl

Send your abstracts (300 words max) at c.dagoula@rug.nl (Chrysi Dagoula)

VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture

Deadline: June 1, 2020

VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture is currently open for proposals for its next special issue on Race and Europe’s TV Histories, set to be published in fall 2021.

Co-edited by Aniko Imre and Sudeep Dasgupta, this special issue will begin the work of documenting and understanding the many ways in which television has both perpetuated and critically interrogated racialized regimes in Europe and in European countries’ ongoing relationships to their postcolonial geopolitical spheres. With this framework in mind, we welcome proposals that explore how postwar television in Europe has naturalized, confirmed and challenged racial categories and racialized relations in the course of the medium’s history, including its extended, postcolonial dimensions.

Those contributors engaging with issues of nation, region, ethnicity and culture are encouraged to situate/emphasize/explore the relation with race in their proposals.

Possible directions include:

• Representing racialized histories and racial encounters in European broadcasting
• The normalization of whiteness in and on European TV
• Race in fictional and current affairs programming
• Reality TV/ documentary programming’s engagement with multiculturalism and race
• TV’s migration crisis
• Sports programming and race
• Race and multiculturalism in the history of advertising
• Race and/in comedy
• East-West (Europe) differences in TV’s approaches to race
• The impact of American engagements with race and diversity in European TV
• Romani (on) TV
• Race, TV and the “War on Terror”
• Race, fake news, propaganda
• Race and nationalism in national broadcasting
• Streaming, quality drama and the localization of racial categories
• TV and the Holocaust
• Intersectional approaches to race
• Racialized reception histories
• Race and labor in the TV industries
• Racial policies: public broadcasting, EU policies
• Color-blind casting
• News anchors as representatives of racialized publics
• The roles of film stock and video technologies in representing people of color
• Meghan and Harry

Contributions are encouraged from authors with different kinds of expertise and interests in media studies, television and media history.

You can submit your article proposal (max. 500 words) by June 1st, 2020 and should be sent to the managing editor through e-mail: journal@euscreen.eu All articles will be peer-reviewed.

Visit our website for more information https://viewjournal.eu/announcement/

VIEW is an open-access e-journal dedicated to sharing research on European Television History and Culture. VIEW is supported by the EUscreen Network and published by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in collaboration with Utrecht University, Royal Holloway University of London, and the University of Luxembourg.

Montse Morcate y Rebeca Pardo (Ed.)

ISBN:978-84-120097-4-3

THE UNVEILED IMAGE. Photographic practices in illness, death and grief is a book published in Spanish with international collaborations by experts as Tony Walter, Stanley B. Burns, Elizabeth A. Burns, Jason L. Burns, Susana de Noronha, Pelin Aytemiz, Jorge Moreno Andrés, Carmen Ortiz García, Montse Morcate and Rebeca Pardo.

Illness, death and grief have been very present in photography since the birth of the medium. Nevertheless, these images have generated different responses over time, ranging between acceptance and rejection, depending on the historical and cultural context. The appearance of the digital image and the Internet, as well as new ways of understanding the processes of mourning/grief, dying and the illness narratives, have led to a resurgence of these images, their social uses and their meaning.

This book provides insights into one of the most exciting and unknown areas of photography through an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural analysis of these practices that are often reviled and hidden.

Montse Morcate is a Lecturer in Photography in the Department of Visual Arts, Arts Faculty, University of Barcelona, Spain. Her research focuses on photography, grief and death.

Rebeca Pardo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Audiovisual Communication, Communication Faculty, International University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. She is the Principal Investigator of the research project (2019-2021) Visibilizing pain: illness visual narratives and storytelling transmedia. Her research focuses on visual representation of illness, death and anticipatory grief.

Purchase here: https://www.sanssoleil.es/tienda/la-imagen-desvelada-practicas-fotograficas-en-la-enfermedad-la-muerte-y-el-duelo-montse-morcate-y-rebeca-pardo-ed/

Social Movement Studies

Deadline: May 30, 2020

Guest editors:

• Stefania Milan, DATACTIVE, Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, s.milan@uva.nl
• Davide Beraldo, DATACTIVE, Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, beraldo@uva.nl

Datafication is changing the conditions under which contemporary social movements operate, opening up new terrains of contention. As a result, grassroots initiatives in the realm of data activism, data justice, algorithmic accountability and/or resistance to mass surveillance mushrooms in liberal and authoritarian regimes alike. These initiatives vary by scale, organizational forms, tactics, political visions and technological imaginaries. They may take data “as repertoires”, whereby data and data-based tactics are mobilized as constituents of innovative tactics, or “as stakes”, that is to say issues or objects of political struggle in their own right. However, they share an emphasis on the contentious politics of data.

While many instances of the contentious politics of data have come under the spotlight of specialists of digital politics and culture, social movement scholars are only starting to investigate the consequences of datafication on organized collective action. Yet datafication represents a paradigm change able to radically transform “social movement society”, urging social movements scholars to reflect on how it intersects with known social movement dynamics.

This Special Issue invites scholars of social movements and critical data studies to engage with i) case studies and ii) theoretical reflections illustrating the evolution of collective action vis-à-vis datafication. We are particularly interested in (interdisciplinary) theory development: fostering a dialogue across disciplinary boundaries, the Special Issue wants to bring the question of datafication -broadly defined -to bear on social movement scholarship, with the ambition of addressing what has been to date a “blind spot” in social movement literature, and cross-fertilizing disciplinary fields that have long remained disconnected.

Consequently, we welcome papers (max 8,000 words) engaging with the following:

Unfamiliar empirical cases of: social movements’ critical engagement with the datafication agenda (e.g., Hong Kong activists dismantling lamp posts with surveillance cameras); creative incorporation of data-based practices and tactics in social movements’ repertoires (e.g., citizen-led collection of pollution data); social movements engaging in struggles around data issues (e.g., algorithmic accountability); examples of conflation between data as constituents of action repertoires and data as a contentious issue in its own right.

Theoretical perspectives on, for instance, data activism, data justice, artificial intelligence, the relation between protest and social structures in the age of datafication, etc. as they intersect social movements and collective action processes, concepts, and research questions.

Theoretical contributions on, e.g., the relation between data and the means-ends continuum in social movements, oriented to theory development in the field of social movement studies.

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Submission Instructions

Interested authors should submit an abstract to Bukola Faturoti (b.faturoti@herts.ac.uk), no later than 30th May 2020. The Guest Editor is also available for discussion via email. Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their abstract no later than 15th June 2020.

The submissions deadline is 1st November 2020. All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer-review. Articles of up to 10,000 words (inclusive of footnotes) will be considered.

Deadline for final submission of papers is 3rd January 2021.

Brock University

Apply here: https://brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/brocku_careers/job/St-Catharines-Main-Campus/Assistant-Professor--Business---Media-Communication_JR-1005212

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Post End Date:

Note to all candidates: This posting will close at 12:01 am on the date listed .

April 6, 2020

About the position

The Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film at Brock University invites applications for a full time tenure track position in Media and Communication Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin July 1, 2020. This position is subject to final budgetary approval.

The Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film offers four interdisciplinary undergraduate programs. Two of these programs — Business Communication and Media & Communication — are home to 650 majors. The BA in Business Communication is offered in collaboration with the Goodman School of Business.

Qualifications

The successful candidate must have a PhD in communication, media studies, business, or a related discipline and a strong record of research and teaching that addresses digital technologies and practices at the intersection of business communication and media industries. Expertise in the areas of digital platforms and media analytics is of particular interest. Experience with online, blended, and applied/experiential pedagogy would be an asset.

Notes

Review of applications will begin March 31, 2020. Applications should be submitted electronically and include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and teaching dossier (relevant course outlines, evaluations, and a statement of teaching philosophy).

Two confidential letters of reference should be sent via email to:

Dr. Dale Bradley, Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Brock University

dbradley@brocku.ca

About Brock University

The Brock University experience is second to none in Canada. Located in historic Niagara region, Brock offers all the benefits of a young and modern university in a safe, community-minded city, with beautiful natural surroundings. With over 18,000 students and more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs in seven diverse Faculties, Brock excels at providing exceptional experiential learning opportunities and highly rated student and campus life experiences.

Our Geography

Brock University’s main campus is situated atop the Niagara Escarpment, within a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, overlooking the city of St. Catharines, in the heart of Niagara wine country. The Niagara region is dotted with landmarks that recognize our nation’s history and features breathtaking natural beauty and world-famous attractions. St. Catharines is home to vibrant arts and entertainment venues, and is a short drive from Toronto, Niagara Falls, and Buffalo, New York. With one of the warmest climates in Canada, clean, safe communities, and surprisingly affordable real estate, Niagara is an exceptional location to call home.

What we Offer

Brock University offers competitive salary and benefits and ample support for research and sabbaticals. Research resources include; conference support, start-up funding, subscriptions to major databases and access to various research funding vehicles. For candidates considering relocation, moving expenses will be administered according to the Faculty Association Collective Agreement.

Brock University is actively committed to diversity and the principles of employment equity and invites applications from all qualified candidates. Women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minorities, people with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as a member of a designated group as part of their application. Candidates who wish to be considered as a member of one or more designated groups can fill out the Self-Identification questions included in the questionnaire at the time of application.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

We will accommodate the needs of the applicants and the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the selection process, as outlined in the Employee Accommodation Policy https://brocku.ca/policies/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/Employment-Accommodation-Policy.pdf.

Please advise:

Ali Rilstone, Talent Acquisition Consultant, arilstone@brocku.ca to ensure your accessibility needs are accommodated through this process. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

It is Brock University’s policy to give consideration to qualified internal applicants.

We appreciate all applications received; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Learn more about Brock University by visiting www.brocku.ca

Laval University

Chair in Science Journalism

Deadline: April 15, 2020

Number: 6877

Workplace: Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Department of Information and Communication,

General information

The Department of Information and Communication of the Faculty of Letters and Humanities at Laval University invites applications for a tenure-track professorship position which includes directing its Chair in science journalism.

Job Description

• Teach at BSc, MSc, and PhD levels;
• Assume leadership of the Chair in science journalism and implement its research and training agenda focusing at the science/media interface;
• Secure the Chair’s role as catalyst in the re-interpretation of the shared challenges facing scientists and journalists in the ongoing mediascape through identification of the best emerging practices, including through its own research laboratory;
• Participate in the governance and administration of the Department and of the Faculty of Letters and Humanities.

Priorities of the Chair in Science Journalism of Laval University

The Chairholder will need to focus on and develop one or several of the three following research themes:

• Journalism and communication related to science-driven societal issues: role of the media in the coverage of societal issues that involve science, particularly conflicting science, and in the curation of public debates relating to the environment and climate, public health, big data, privacy and surveillance, artificial intelligence, automation and robots, transhumanism, etc.);
• Interplay of the respective legitimacy of journalism and science in the public sphere: intellectual authority in the public sphere of journalistic and scientific actors as pertaining to credibility, veracity, and authority in matters of information and knowledge;
• Professional and discursive practices in science issues: analysis and evaluation of journalistic and scientific discourse and postures in public debates. Development of innovative editorial strategies and journalistic practices as well as communication strategies appropriate to the ongoing contemporary flow of information.

Selection criterias

• PhD or PhD near completion in communication or related domain.
• Specialization in the public communication of science.
• Specialization in the study of media and the public sphere.

Additional information

Career interruptions

In accordance with its commitment to diversity and equity, Laval University acknowledges that career interruptions like parental leave, extended sick leave, care of a family member, gender transition as well as a handicap situation or other unplanned circumstances can affect productivity and research undertakings, volunteer work, and social commitments.

Candidates are therefore invited to state, where appropriate, such situations as well as evaluate their impact on their career track since the obtention of their PhD, in order that it be accounted for in the evaluation of their candidacy.

As well, adaptation measures can be offered to persons in handicap situations regarding their special needs in the context of this position offer, in complete confidentiality. If you require such adaptation measures, you are welcome to contact the equity personnel of the Faculty of Letters and Humanities: RH@flsh.ulaval.ca (attention: Mr. Nicolas Diotte).

Teaching language requirement

Courses at Laval University are taught in French. The University offers support to its professors to achieve a functional command of spoken and written French.

Candidature

Application must be written in French and formatted as a PDF document, including:

• a cover letter of introduction;
• an up to date CV referencing three to five significant publications;
• a research program outline (six pages maximum, bibliography excluded), with a vision statement outlining structural effects of the Chair at the scale of the Department and University; and
• three letters of recommendation (sent by the respondents directly to direction@com.ulaval.ca).

More information on the Chair can be found at: https://www.cjs.ulaval.ca/

More information on the Information and Communication Department at: http://www.com.ulaval.ca

Applications should reach the Director of the Information and Communication Department, Dr. Thierry Belleguic (direction@com.ulaval.ca) at the latest on April 15th, 2020, 13:00 (Eastern Standard Time Canada).

Starting date: July 1st, 2020.

Valuing equity, diversity and excellence, Université Laval is strongly committed to provide an inclusive work and living environment for all its employees. For Université Laval, diversity is a source of wealth, and we encourage qualified individuals of all origins, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, as well as persons with disabilities, to apply.

Université Laval also subscribes to an equal access to employment program for women, members of visible or ethnic minorities, Aboriginal persons and persons with disabilities. Adaptation of the selection tools can be offered to persons with disabilities according to their needs and in complete confidentiality. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to qualified individuals with Canadian citizenship or permanent residency.