[Air-L] CfP: With/in Digital; Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies postgraduate conference

[Wilson, Jack]

We invite you to be part of With/in Digital, the postgraduate conference for Warwick’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies taking place on June 27th.

With/in Digital is a postgraduate conference organised by students from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM). It aims to provide a space to explore different notions of participation and being with/in the digital, either as a subject for study or as a research method. We invite contributions from MA and PhD students who engage with/in the digital from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, such as media studies, aesthetics, art, cultural studies, design, political science, computer science, machine learning, big data, business studies, sociology, or anthropology. We are especially interested in works that take an interdisciplinary approach.

The deadline for submission has been extended to May 19th. Participation is open to CIM, Warwick, and external MA and PhD students. We strongly encourage submissions of work in progress (for example, MA dissertation outlines), as this conference will be a space to share work, be inspired by new ideas, test hypotheses, and get useful feedback.

Submission Guidelines
Please submit your abstract/proposal (150-300 words) via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/cfp/CIM-PG-2019

We encourage the following types of contribution:

  *   Presentations (up to 15 min)
  *   Panels (3-4 proposals presented together with a unifying theme, up to 1 hrs)
  *   Projects, such as websites, machine learning, visualisations, or other digital artefacts addressing the themes of the conference

The conference organising committee will review all contributions to evaluate their fit with the themes and create a programme considering the space and time limitations.

List of Topics

Some questions that may be addressed can include, but are not limited to:

  *   What does it mean to be with/in the digital? What are the implications of control, affect, interfaces, mobile devices, digital footprints, big data, quantification, surveillance and counterveillance on those with/in the digital?
  *   How does participation happen with/in digital? Here we might consider the inter (or intra) actions, affects and effects of media, networks, mainstream news, ‘fake news,’ alt-right, feminism, the manosphere, and activism more broadly.
  *   Who is with/in digital? What is the role of the human, the non-human, machine learning, algorithmic imaginaries, intersectionality, and what is the interplay (or relevance) of the subjects/consumers/producers therein?
  *   Why participate with/in digital? Here we might think about research, activism, relationships, and consumption with/in the digital, but also engage with questions on “communicative capitalism,” political (dis)engagement, threats against activists, “doxing,” and so-called “revenge porn.”
  *   How does power operate with/in the digital? How are digital technologies both enabling and at the same time conditioning participation with/in platforms? How are they mediated? Who mediates them? Do digital media technologies empower/emancipate?
  *   Where does participation with/in the digital happen? Here we might look at exploring networks, social media, platforms, but also other spaces where the digital and the non-digital merge, such as gaming and virtual reality.
  *   What kinds of research do we do with/in the digital? Here we might consider how researchers have approached the digital by doing research with/in it, mixing disciplines and methodologies or new ways to do research.

Committee

The organising committee is made up of MA and PhD students at CIM.

Venue

The conference will be held at Warwick University - Thursday, 27 June 2019 PS1.28

NB  If you have any special requirements or if for any reason you will not be able to attend the conference at certain times, please let us know and we will endeavour to accommodate your requirements. Unfortunately we are not able to offer childcare for this event, but babies and children are welcome. The University of Warwick is wheelchair accessible. If you require more information regarding accessibility please contact us.

Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to cimpgconf2019 at livewarwickac.onmicrosoft.com<mailto:cimpgconf2019 at livewarwickac.onmicrosoft.com>
NB A PDF version of the call for papers can be accessed via  https://docdro.id/cknD6TP