From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Mon Jun 15 16:36:52 2015 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:36:52 -0700 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Critical Alternatives 2015 ~~ the 5th Decennial Aarhus conference Message-ID: <39C0B26C-E9C1-4797-B9B9-8EBBC5304FAB@publicsphereproject.org> I'm hoping to see many of you at the Critical Alternatives conference in August!! http://aarhus2015.org 1975-1985-1995-2005 — the decennial Aarhus conferences have traditionally been instrumental for setting new agendas for critically engaged thinking about information technology. The conference series is fundamentally interdisciplinary and emphasizes thinking that is firmly anchored in action, intervention, and scholarly critical practice. With the title Critical Computing – between sense and sensibility, the 2005 edition of the conference marked that computing was rapidly seeping into everyday life. In 2015, we see critical alternatives in alignment with utopian principles—that is, the hope that things might not only be different but also radically better. At the same time, radically better alternatives don’t emerge out of nowhere: they emerged from contested analyses of the mundane present and demand both commitment and labor to work towards them. Critical alternatives matter and make people reflect. The fifth decennial Aarhus conference, Critical Alternatives, aims to set new agendas for theory and practice in computing for quality of human life. While the early Aarhus conferences, from 1975 and onwards, focussed on computing in working life, computing today is influencing most parts of human life (civic life, the welfare state, health, learning, leisure, culture, intimacy, ...), thereby calling for critical alternatives in a general quality of life perspective. We call for papers offering new agendas for alternatives with computing technologies — methodologically, theoretically, or through new forms of societal or otherwise critical engagements. Current trends in research on computing for quality of life point to areas such as aesthetics, artistic practices, political activism and civic engagement as areas that could fruitfully inform the critical alternatives in computing discourse. Moreover, we expect to accept submissions from a broad range of perspectives including social science, humanities, engineering, computing, design etc. Critical Alternatives in particular appreciates contributions that focus on the (technological) specifics of computing technologies related to quality of life. — Doug Douglas Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Sphere Project http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce Creating the World Citizen Parliament http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11601 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m.foth at qut.edu.au Fri Jun 26 06:02:26 2015 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:02:26 +0000 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] =?utf-8?q?Opening_Governance_Research_=E2=80=93_?= =?utf-8?q?Taking_Stock_and_Looking_Forward_=40_NESTA_London_Wed_8_July?= Message-ID: <55730CD1-95F4-4926-B356-59568160B491@qut.edu.au> Doug et al. re #ci4cg FYI: On Wednesday July 8th at 15h, the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance* and Nesta will hold a public workshop on innovations in governance. The event, Opening Governance Research – Taking Stock and Looking Forward, will focus on lessons learned and remaining questions related to innovations in health and wellbeing, Internet Governance, and economic development, among other areas of public concern. In particular, the event will explore: · new means for quantifying our communities and ourselves to improve decision making; and · how collective intelligence and networked expertise can help solve public problems. Members of the Network, including Beth Simone, Noveck, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Deborah Estrin, Geoff Mulgan, Erik Johnston, Stefaan Verhulst and others, will seek to engage you in a dialogue to the end of collaboratively developing a clear understanding of where we stand in regard to governance innovation and how we can make progress toward identifying and operationalizing what works in practice. The link below will provide the details of Nesta's address and a form to register for the meeting. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opening-governance-research-taking-stock-and-looking-forward-registration-17320437896 hope to see many of you on Sunday at the C&T workshop cheers, marcus LHR -- Professor Marcus Foth Research Leader, School of Design Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au – @UrbanInf – www.urbaninformatics.net CRICOS No. 00213J ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS’16) Brisbane, June 4-8 – @DIS2016 – www.dis2016.org From a.deliddo at gmail.com Mon Jun 29 06:29:53 2015 From: a.deliddo at gmail.com (Anna De Liddo) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:29:53 +0100 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] =?windows-1252?q?Opening_Governance_Research_=96?= =?windows-1252?q?_Taking_Stock_and_Looking_Forward_=40_NESTA_London_Wed_8?= =?windows-1252?q?_July?= In-Reply-To: <55730CD1-95F4-4926-B356-59568160B491@qut.edu.au> References: <55730CD1-95F4-4926-B356-59568160B491@qut.edu.au> Message-ID: <39FCE753-889E-46AA-82A2-072BB0B5D56E@gmail.com> Dear Marcus and all, I should be there! Hope to see many of you at the event. Best Anna ____________________________ Anna De Liddo PhD, Research Fellow - Collective Intelligence Infrastructures PI catalyst-fp7.eu and edv-project.net projects Knowledge Media Institute The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom anna.deliddo at open.ac.uk tel. +44.1908.653591 fax. +44.1908.653169 On 26 Jun 2015, at 14:02, Marcus Foth wrote: > Doug et al. re #ci4cg > FYI: > > > On Wednesday July 8th at 15h, the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance* and Nesta will hold a public workshop on innovations in governance. The event, Opening Governance Research – Taking Stock and Looking Forward, will focus on lessons learned and remaining questions related to innovations in health and wellbeing, Internet Governance, and economic development, among other areas of public concern. > > In particular, the event will explore: > · new means for quantifying our communities and ourselves to improve decision making; and > · how collective intelligence and networked expertise can help solve public problems. > Members of the Network, including Beth Simone, Noveck, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Deborah Estrin, Geoff Mulgan, Erik Johnston, Stefaan Verhulst and others, will seek to engage you in a dialogue to the end of collaboratively developing a clear understanding of where we stand in regard to governance innovation and how we can make progress toward identifying and operationalizing what works in practice. > > The link below will provide the details of Nesta's address and a form to register for the meeting. > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opening-governance-research-taking-stock-and-looking-forward-registration-17320437896 > > > hope to see many of you on Sunday at the C&T workshop > cheers, marcus > LHR > > > > -- > Professor Marcus Foth > > Research Leader, School of Design > Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab > Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia > m.foth at qut.edu.au – @UrbanInf – www.urbaninformatics.net > > CRICOS No. 00213J > > > ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS’16) > Brisbane, June 4-8 – @DIS2016 – www.dis2016.org > > _______________________________________________ > Ci4cg-announce mailing list > Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org > http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andy at andywilliamson.com Mon Jun 29 07:49:34 2015 From: andy at andywilliamson.com (Dr Andy Williamson) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:49:34 +0100 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] Opening Governance Research - Taking Stock and Looking Forward @ NESTA London Wed 8 July In-Reply-To: <39FCE753-889E-46AA-82A2-072BB0B5D56E@gmail.com> References: <55730CD1-95F4-4926-B356-59568160B491@qut.edu.au> <39FCE753-889E-46AA-82A2-072BB0B5D56E@gmail.com> Message-ID: <0e0f01d0b27a$d04ebe00$70ec3a00$@andywilliamson.com> I'll be going to the Nesta event, shame it's so brief though. Andy Dr Andy Williamson FRSA blog www.andywilliamson.com // work www.democrati.se // twitter @andy_williamson My new book 'From Arrogance to Intimacy: A Handbook for Active Democracies' is available at activedemocraci.es From: ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org [mailto:ci4cg-announce-bounces at scn9.scn.org] On Behalf Of Anna De Liddo Sent: 29 June 2015 14:30 To: Marcus Foth Cc: ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org Subject: Re: [Ci4cg-announce] Opening Governance Research - Taking Stock and Looking Forward @ NESTA London Wed 8 July Dear Marcus and all, I should be there! Hope to see many of you at the event. Best Anna ____________________________ Anna De Liddo PhD, Research Fellow - Collective Intelligence Infrastructures PI catalyst-fp7.eu and edv-project.net projects Knowledge Media Institute The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom anna.deliddo at open.ac.uk tel. +44.1908.653591 fax. +44.1908.653169 < http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/member/anna-de-liddo> On 26 Jun 2015, at 14:02, Marcus Foth wrote: Doug et al. re #ci4cg FYI: On Wednesday July 8th at 15h, the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance* and Nesta will hold a public workshop on innovations in governance. The event, Opening Governance Research - Taking Stock and Looking Forward, will focus on lessons learned and remaining questions related to innovations in health and wellbeing, Internet Governance, and economic development, among other areas of public concern. In particular, the event will explore: . new means for quantifying our communities and ourselves to improve decision making; and . how collective intelligence and networked expertise can help solve public problems. Members of the Network, including Beth Simone, Noveck, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Deborah Estrin, Geoff Mulgan, Erik Johnston, Stefaan Verhulst and others, will seek to engage you in a dialogue to the end of collaboratively developing a clear understanding of where we stand in regard to governance innovation and how we can make progress toward identifying and operationalizing what works in practice. The link below will provide the details of Nesta's address and a form to register for the meeting. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opening-governance-research-taking-stock-and- looking-forward-registration-17320437896 hope to see many of you on Sunday at the C&T workshop cheers, marcus LHR -- Professor Marcus Foth Research Leader, School of Design Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au - @UrbanInf - www.urbaninformatics.net CRICOS No. 00213J ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS'16) Brisbane, June 4-8 - @DIS2016 - www.dis2016.org _______________________________________________ Ci4cg-announce mailing list Ci4cg-announce at scn9.scn.org http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci4cg-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: