CFP Listening in Mediated Contexts

Call for Papers: International Journal of Listening
Fall Issue 2017: Special Issue on Listening in Mediated Contexts
Editor-in-Chief: Margarete Imhof
Guest Editors: Dr. Debra L. Worthington & Dr. Shaughan Keaton

The growth of social media and evolving technology have significantly impacted who people listen to as well as how and when they listen.  In this Special Issue, the International Journal of Listening explores the impact of social media and other technology on listening processes. The goal of the issue is to highlight exceptional articles that explore the nature of listening in mediated contexts. Mediated contexts are broadly construed, including mobile phone communication, Facebook, Skype, YouTube, Instagram or any combination of these and other popular platforms and devices. Articles may explore the impact on or relationship to individual communication styles, characteristics of mediated interaction from both the sender and receiver’s perception, social cognition, as well as the impact of new technology on individual, group and public listening processes.  Papers from various perspectives and diverse fields are welcome:  intrapersonal/ interpersonal communication, doctor-patient communication, sports communication, romantic relationships, education and instruction. Papers with a cross-cultural or international focus are particularly welcome.

Examples of themes, include:
–         Listening attitudes and behavior in social media
–         Listening in online teaching environments.
–         Social cognition and person perception in social media
–         Intercultural differences in the perception of mediated communication
–         Supportive listening via social media
–         Individual choices between voice and short messaging
–         Medium and message reception
–         Generational differences in listening to social media messages

All full length manuscripts will be submitted through https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijl.  The length of articles should be no more than 6,000 words (not including references and appendices). The journal plans to publish up to six research articles in the special issue. Additional accepted articles will be published in later issues of the journal.

Submission deadline: October 1st, 2016
Expected publication: Fall 2017

Inquiries about the special issue should be directed to Dr. Debra L. Worthington.  Please use the subject line: ILJ Special Issue on Listening and Mediated Contexts.

Toussaint Nothias Profile

Profiles

Toussaint Nothias is a postdoctoral fellow at the Digital Civil Society Lab. He holds a PhD in Media and Communication from the University of Leeds.

Toussaint Nothias

His research explores journalism, social media and civil society in Africa. In the past, he has conducted interviews among foreign correspondents to understand how the global image of Africa is produced. He has also done research with Kenyan journalists to examine their work practices and the impact of social media on their reporting of elections, terrorism, and the ICC investigation in Kenya. His postdoc fellowship project, titled Free Basics and the African Digital Civil Society, looks at the implementation of Facebook’s initiative to provide free Internet across various African countries, and its impact on local media production and civil society groups. The project engages a range of debates about digital advocacy and activism in the Global South, tech corporation’s investments in network infrastructures, net neutrality, civic engagement and social media platforms in politically volatile contexts. In parallel, Toussaint is developing a sharable, open-source tool at the intersection of technology, journalism, and scholarship. The Africa Stereotype Scanner (ASTRSC) deploys digital technologies to scan for damaging stereotypes and implicit biases in reporting about Africa. In 2017, Toussaint organized the workshop “African Media Studies in the Digital Age” at Stanford, and in 2018 he received the Stuart Hall Award from the IAMCR for his work on Twitter in Kenya.

Selected publications:

Nothias, T. & Cheruiyot, D. (2019) A “hotbed” of digital empowerment? Media criticism in Kenya between playful engagement and co-option. International Journal of Communication, 13, 136-159.

Nothias, T. (2018) How Western journalists actually write about Africa. Journalism Studies, 19(8), 1138-1159.

Paterson, C., & Nothias, T. (2016). Representation of China and the US in Africa in online global news. Communication, Culture, Critique, 9(1), 107-125.

Nothias, T. (2016). Mediating the distant Other for the distant audience: How do western correspondents in East and Southern Africa perceive their audience. In M. Bunce, S. Franks & C. Paterson (Eds.), Africa’s media image in the 21st century: From the “heart of darkness” to “Africa rising.” Routledge: London.

Nothias, T. (2014). Hopeful, rising, new: Visualizing Africa in the age of globalisation. Visual Communication, 13(3): 323-339.

Nothias, T. (2014). Afro-pessimism in the French and British press coverage of the 2010 South African World Cup. In T. Chari & N. Mhiripiri (Eds.), African football, identity politics and global media narratives: The legacy of the FIFA 2010 World Cup (pp. 285-304). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.

Internet Governance Forum Academy Fellowships

Call for applications
IGF Academy Fellowships
iRights, in cooperation with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and LIRNEasia, with the financial support of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, are pleased to announce the call for applications for a fellowship to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Academy.

We are looking for national champions in the field of freedom of expression and / or Internet governance. The fellowship will enable fellows to receive mentoring from internationally renowned experts in the Internet governance process, to participate in a regional workshop with champions from other countries, and to participate in the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Guadalajara, Mexico, from December 4th to 10th.

About the academy
The project seeks to foster and enhance freedom of expression on the Internet and inclusive and transparent national Internet governance and policy processes through the creation and/or consolidation of multistakeholder, national Internet Governance structures in Africa and Asia. To achieve this, the IGF Academy will bring together eight national champions from four African countries (Namibia, South Africa, Congo Brazzaville, Togo) and eight national champions from four Asian countries (Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh).

The IGF Academy Fellowships
The fellowship will provide experienced individuals with the opportunity to:
> receive mentoring from internationally renowned Internet governance practitioners
> deepen their understanding of Internet governance issues and processes
> expand their networks nationally, regionally and globally
> develop a strategic roadmap to strengthen existing or initiate inclusive national Internet Governance processes in their countries
> peer learning with experts from their country, their region and cross-regionally
> participate in a regional training event
> participate in a training event at the global IGF
> participate in the global UN IGF 2016 in Guadalajara
> be part of a (cross)regional and UN global dialogue on freedom of expression and information preparing for the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive process. Applications will be accepted until the 12th of June 2016, 22:00 GMT.

We encourage you to apply and forward the information about this programme to individuals who have a passion for freedom of expression and a broad understanding of a multistakeholder dialogue.

The fellowship period runs from June – December 2016.

Successful applicants will receive assistance and funding for travel, accommodation and meals to attend:
> One training event in their region (3 days), dates and location to be determined
> The UN Internet Governance Forum, Guadalajara, Mexico and a one-day pre-IGF workshop, December 4- 10 2016

Criteria for selection
Selection for the Fellowship is competitive. The selected candidates must provide a clear motivation for participating in the academy, including demonstrating a strong sense of what they intend to accomplish, how Internet Governance may help to foster freedom of expression in the long term in their home country and how they intend to apply the regional and global experiences from the trainings and the global UN IGF in their own national project.

Two fellows per country will be selected, one of them experienced in the human rights field, the other with experience in Internet governance processes.

In order to qualify applicants must be based in one of these countries:

    • Namibia,
    • Republic of the Congo,
    • Togo,
    • South Africa,
    • Myanmar,
    • Sri Lanka,
    • Bhutan,
    • Bangladesh

and be able to demonstrate that they
> are proficient in English (oral and written)
> are committed to the use of the Internet as a driver for development, democracy and human rights and Internet governance
> are self-motivated and able to work independently
> have fundraising and resource mobilisation skills at a national level
> have the capacity to build networks and to convene stakeholders from a variety of sectors

Depending on their profile (freedom of expression / Internet governance), candidates must have a proven track-record in
> human rights work (especially freedom of expression) at a national level
> Internet governance and/or public policy, especially in national regulatory ICT processes

In case you have further questions regarding the application process, please contact IGF directly by email at igf-academy [at] iRights [dot] info.

Masters in Democratic Governance (Venice)

The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) and its partner univeristies Birzeit University (Palestine), Saint Joseph University (Lebanon), International University of Rabat (Morocco) and Ca’ Foscari University (Italy) are proud to present to you the second edition of the Master in Democratic Governance – Democracy and Human Rights in the Mena Region (DE.MA), starting in September 2016.

DE.MA is a multidisciplinary curriculum offering courses in law, political science, sociology and other fields relevant to the study of democratic governance and Human Rights. Open to professionals and graduates, it will combine a theoretical and practical approach and it will deliver a professional Master’s degree (60 ECTS) from Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. The first semester from mid/late September 2016 until January 2017 is held at the EIUC premises in Venice and the second one from February to May 2017 takes place in one of the partner universities in the Master’s Consortium. Thesis defence and graduation ceremony are in July 2017.

This is meant to play an active role in the ongoing debate about the principles underpinning the transition of political regimes to democracy. It aims at:
•Creating high-profile experts in the fields of democratic governance and the protection of human rights, allowing them to act as promoters of a process leading to the affirmation of the democratic principles;
•Fostering the creation of an élite group of people committed to the promotion of democratic institutions;
•Building a network of experts to be active in political institutions, in national and international, governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Region.

Interested? Here are the practicalities:
Deadline: 30 June 2016
Language: English, (knowledge of French and Arabic recommended)
Teaching method: Face to face teaching

TUITION FEES: 4.000.00 euro.
TUITION WAIVERS/SCHOLARSHIPS: EIUC offers financial support in the form of a partial contribution towards living expenses and/or a full or partial tuition waiver. This type of financial support is awarded to a limited number of students on the basis of academic achievement, need and geographical distribution.

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CFP Critical Issues in Eastern and Western Philosophy (Nepal)

Critical Issues in Eastern and Western Philosophy
19th December 2016
Nepal Academy Hall, Kathmandu, Nepal

The Department of Philosophy at the Nepal Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal, together with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malta, Malta are collaborating by organizing a conference at the Nepal Academy on issues that are pertinent to the Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.

Philosophy, as a discipline with its own distinct territory, is undergoing a current revival of interest that is encouraging to practitioners of the subject. The questions that philosophers of both traditions are engaging with appeal, not only to academic professionals, but also to a broader public that thirsts for a greater degree of understanding of issues that are central to their lives.

To this end, a call for papers is being issued for those who are interested in presenting a 20-minute paper (3,000 words max.). Speakers are invited to discuss any theme related to:
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Ethics
Philosophy of Technology
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Communication
Comparative Philosophy

Those interested in participating are asked to submit an abstract of a paper (c. 300 words) by email to the seminar organizing team. For Nepali contributors the abstract should be sent to Dinesh Raj, while international contributors should send their papers to Claude Mangion by Friday 14th October. Notification on acceptance of papers will be sent by Friday 28th October. The deadline for submission of papers is Friday 2nd December 2016.

Urban Foodways & Communication

Lum, C. M. K., & de Ferrière le Vayer, M. (Eds.). (2016). Urban foodways and communication: Ethnographic studies in intangible cultural food heritages around the world. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Lum coverEmbedded in the quest for ways to preserve and promote heritage of any kind and, in particular, food heritage, is an appreciation or a sense of an impending loss of a particular way of life – knowledge, skills set, traditions — deemed vital to the survival of a culture or community. Foodways places the production, procurement, preparation and sharing or consumption of food at an intersection among culture, tradition, and history. Thus, foodways is an important material and symbolic marker of identity, race and ethnicity, gender, class, ideology and social relations.

Urban Foodways and Communication seeks to enrich our understanding of unique foodways in urban settings around the world as forms of intangible cultural heritage. Each ethnographic case study focuses its analysis on how the featured foodways manifests itself symbolically through and in communication. The book helps advance our knowledge of urban food heritages in order to contribute to their appreciation, preservation, and promotion.

To apply for a 30% reduction in the price of the book prior to June 17, 2017, contact Casey Lum directly.

Table of Contents:

At the Intersection of Urban Foodways, Communication, and Intangible Cultural Heritage: An Introduction – Casey Man Kong Lum and Marc de Ferrière le Vayer

Bacalhau–A Love Story: An Ethnographic Study of Portuguese Foodways – paula arvela

Kimchi Nation: Constructing Kimjang as an Intangible Korean Heritage – Chi-Hoon Kim

The Lebanese Bigarade: A Tree at the Heart of Urban Foodways – Aïda Kanafani-Zahar

Shark Town: Kesennuma’s Taste for Shark and the Challenge of a Tsunami – Jun Akamine

The Story in My Matzah Ball Soup: Food as Memory, Identity, and Culture in Contemporary Jewish Barcelona – Catherine Simone Gallin

Gastronomic Festivals and Celebrations on the Montenegrin Coast: Promoting Multicultural Heritage through Traditional Foodways – Ivona Jovanović, Andriela Vitić-Ćetković, and Charles A. Baker-Clark

FIFA vs. As Baianas de Acarajé and the Politics of the Cultural Imaginary – Scott Alves Barton

Edible Heritage: Tradition, Health, and Ephemeral Consumption Spaces in Mexican Street Food – José Antonio Vázquez-Medina, Miriam Bertrán, and F. Xavier Medina

Botteghe Storiche: A Study of the Disappearance of Historic Food Shops and Its Role in the Transformation of Rome’s Urban Social Life – Sonia Massari, Elena T. Carbone, and Salem Paulos

Urban Melting Pot: Food Heritage in Yakutia – Isabelle Bianquis and Isabella Borissova

Epilogue: Urban Foodways as Communication and as Intangible Cultural Heritage – Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz

CFP Uprooted – Refugees/Migrants/The Displaced (US)

Call for Papers
Uprooted—Refugees/Migrants/The Displaced: An International Multidisciplinary Conference—–9th International Conference on Transatlantic Studies
October 10-12, 2016
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri, USA

This multi-disciplinary international conference explores the diverse social justice issues involving refugees/ immigrants/ the displaced confronting both sides of the transatlantic world. Various conflicts throughout the world have led to multiple crises as refugee and displaced persons place demands on societies that are seen as vulnerable resulting in demands for greater security despite the critical humanitarian needs.  These crises continue to strain international and domestic politics.  The crises scattered throughout the world likely involve a symmetry of experiences and responses.  Many features might be held in common, many are likely unique.

This international multidisciplinary conference seeks to explore the diverse aspects of these intertwined issues, including definitions of terms, national and private level responses, social justice issues, impacted intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and international relations concerns.  The event will serve as a forum to allow participants to learn by comparison and through international dialog about these crises in international social justice.

The University of Central Missouri (USA) Departments of Criminal Justice and Government, International Studies, & Languages, and Sociology, Gerontology, & Cross-Disciplinary Studies in partnership with the Instituto Franklin Universidad de Alcala (Spain) and the Consortium for Transatlantic Studies & Scholarship invite papers on issues related to any aspect of Refugees/Migrants/The Displaced.  Papers are anticipated to derive from a variety of disciplines including but not limited to: communications, criminal justice, disaster management, history, international relations, international studies, journalism & media studies, legal/justice studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, safety sciences, sociology …. Comparative or international perspectives on these issues are encouraged.

The Conference organizers see a variety of topic areas that underlie the broad themes of current social justice crises involving Refugees/Migrants/The Displaced:
–       Public health
–       Homeland security
–       Refugee resettlement
–       Immigration enforcement
–       Human trafficking
–       Juvenile migrants
–       Women’s issues (violence, family impacts, etc)
–       Terrorism
–       Challenges to law enforcement/corrections
–       International coordination/partnerships
–       Border communities (effects of, response to)
–       Drugs (smuggling, abuse, trafficking)
–       Political context (public opinion, media studies, electoral issues)
–       Migration to areas in central US (Migration to the Midwest and plains states, suburbanization of migration/immigration)
–       Historical responses to mass migration
–       Asylum
–       Conflicts that lead to these crises
–       Impact of Climate Change

To submit proposal/abstract of paper use the form provided on the website.  Proposals are due August 15, 2016.  Papers will be accepted on a rolling basis.

For further information, please email Professor Don Wallace, wallace[at]ucmo.edu

Diversity in the College Classroom

Intercultural PedagogyDiversity in the College Classroom: Knowing Ourselves, Our Students, Our Disciplines; Eugene Fujimoto, Fay Yokomizo Akindes and Roseann Mason (Eds.)

Diversity in the College Classroom coverDiversity in the College Classroom is a collection of first-person narratives by multi-disciplinary faculty at the most racially diverse campus in the University of Wisconsin System. It reveals the complex, interior lives of college professors: how their experiences inform their teaching, relationships with students, and experimentation with innovative pedagogical approaches. All of the writers completed the University of Wisconsin-Parkside’s Summer Institute: Infusing Diversity into the Curriculum.

Table of Contents:
Foreword – Christine E. Sleeter
Introduction – Eugene Oropeza Fujimoto, Fay Yokomizo Akindes, and Roseann Mason
I-Quest: Searching for the Undivided Self – Linda K. Crafton
A Sense of Not Belonging – Damian Evans
“Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations”: How I Finally Learned to Apply Vulcan Ideology towards Teaching and Learning – Peggy James
Opening (Again) – Maria del Carmen Martinez
The Transformative Power of Cultural Autobiographies – Dean Yohnk
Constructing Landscapes of Learning – Shi Hae Kim
The Sound of a Heartbeat: Of Students and Friendship and Life – Abey Kuruvilla
When “Education is an Exotic Land”: Using Metaphors to Construct Student Academic Identities – Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Building Diversity in Undergraduate Research – Mary Kay Schleiter
“This is Jeopardy”: Cultural Capital, Whiteness, and the College Classroom – Adrienne Viramontes
Hearing Color and Seeing Sound: Teaching Physics with Music – Dileep Karanth
Diversity Economics: Chipping Away at the Oxymoron – Farida C. Khan
Infusion of Diversity into the Organic Chemistry Curriculum – Vera M. Kolb
Diversity and Economics: A Tale of Two Countries – Marcelo Milan
Learning from Others: Engaging Students with People Diagnosed with Mental Illness – Helen Rosenberg
Afterword: Pushing for Greater Academic Access and Equity: Reflections on Facilitating Summer Institute – Thandeka K. Chapman

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U Canterbury Visiting Fellowship (New Zealand)

Media and Communication Visiting Fellowship
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Application Deadline: June 3 2016

The University of Canterbury invites applications for a Visiting Fellowship available for our Term 4: approximately mid September to mid October 2016.  The fellow is expected to offer a number of research seminars to staff/students and meet graduate research students to provide general advice and feedback. The ideal candidate will be a senior or mid-career scholar, possibly on sabbatical over this period.

The fellowship covers the cost of a return flight to New Zealand, accommodation and a per diem that should cover additional living costs for a four to five week period. The fellow is provided with an office in the department for conducting their own research, a computer and access to the university library. They are also free to travel during this period to see the many wonders of New Zealand.

The Media and Communication department at the University of Canterbury is a research-led department with strengths in a number of areas. The University of Canterbury is committed to promoting a world-class learning environment through research and teaching excellence, and has a
vision statement of “People Prepared to Make a Difference.”  The fellow will have the opportunity to work alongside members of a diverse academic community and enrich their professional and personal
development.

To apply, please send a cover letter and CV to Ms. Maria Hellstrom by June 3rd 2016. A decision will be
made regarding the fellow by June 10th 2016.

CFP Media & Migration (Prague)

Call for Papers
Media and Migration, Prague Media Point conference 2016
Prague, 7-9 November 2016
Pre-Conference to ECREA´s sixth European Communication Conference

As an ECREA pre-conference and in cooperation with ECREA’s Diaspora, Migration and the Media section. next fall’s event will address the broad topic of media and migration, focusing on topics such as the role of the media in the so-called “refugee/migrant crisis”; media depictions of refugees, asylum seekers, immigrant and migrant communities; and the media’s influence on belonging and identity – especially in the context of transnationalism, multiculturalism/diversity, and a globalized world. We are seeking papers that will contribute to a critical examination of this topic and result in fruitful discussion panels at the event. We invite abstracts on any of the following topics.*
– The narratives used by mainstream media to cover the so-called “refugee/migrant crisis”.
– The depiction of refugees, asylum seekers and migration in the media.
– The ways that new/social media are changing our perception of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.
– Comparisons between the approaches of public and private media.
– The role of the media in culturally diverse democracies.
– Journalist as observer or actor when covering the crisis.
– The role of immigrant/diaspora/minority media.
– Discourses of racism and anti-racism in European media

*Please note, this is not an exhaustive list of topics, and we will review any abstracts related to the media and migration/immigration/multiculturalism and related topics.

Please submit your 500-word abstracts and a short bio by 31 May, 2016. The abstracts will be subjected to a peer review process and should be submitted via email to: Kateřina Kusáková.

Prague Media Point is an annual international conference, dedicated to discussing the changing media landscape in a professional, political, economic, and social context. These events gather leading academics, journalists, media executives, and experts from around the world to exchange experiences, establish new contacts, and debate challenges facing both traditional and new media. In November 2016 Prague Media Point will be an ECREA pre-conference. It is organized by Transitions, a nonprofit organization established to strengthen the professionalism, independence, and impact of the news media in the post-communist countries of Europe and the former Soviet Union, and KEYNOTE, an organization specializing in organizing conferences and events that lead to cutting-edge international encounters, bring new ideas to life, and facilitate a unique networking experience.

The organizers have also reserved a number of spaces for non-presenting conference attendees.

Please see the conference website for information about registration and fees. You can also follow the conference on Facebook and Twitter at #PragueMediaPoint.

The conference is supported by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Prague, the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), the London School of Economics, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague, the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism at Charles University, and the Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section (CISS) of the International Studies Association (ISA).