[Air-L] Call for submissions for Internet Researchers Conference, 2022

[Ambika Tandon]

Dear all,

We are writing to share that as a result of reduced capacity during the
third wave of the pandemic, the Internet Researchers’ Conference (IRC22)
will be held virtually in May 2022.

Given multiple requests for extension of the deadline, we will now be
accepting session proposals until* March 9, 2022.* For the updated call for
sessions and more details, see: https://tinyurl.com/irc22

The theme for this year is home, focusing on the way the 'retreat' into the
home has shaped the lived experience of the pandemic and the central role
of digital technologies and spaces in navigating the new normal. The
sub-themes for the conference are labour, violence and care, and
movement-building.

Submissions can be sent in to workshops at cis-india.org.

Please share the call with your networks, and do reach out to us with
queries if any.

best wishes,

IRC22 Team

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 2:04 PM Ambika Tandon <ambikatandon94 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The Centre for Internet and Society is happy to announce the fifth
> edition of the Internet Researchers’ Conference (IRC22)! The
> conference will be held online in April, 2022.
>
> For the call for proposals, and more details, see:
> https://tinyurl.com/irc22
>
> See below for a description of the theme of this year's conference:
>
> The ‘home’ has been a key line of defense in efforts to curtail the
> spread of COVID-19. Public health recommendations and governmental
> measures over the last two years have relied on the construction, and
> assumption, of home as a familiar, stable and safe space.
>
> As we continue to come to terms with, and find ways to reorient the
> disruption of life, being at home has acquired many new meanings. What
> has it meant to be at home, and what is home? What is and has been the
> role of the internet and digital media technologies in navigating the
> contours of a changing ‘normal’? How have/can digital technologies
> help overcome, or exacerbate existing social, economic and political
> challenges during the pandemic? What forms of digital
> infrastructure—tools, platforms, devices and services—help build,
> sustain and alter the notion of home?
>
> The conference will focus on three sub-themes as they relate to the
> notion of home - violence and care, labour, and movement-building. The
> sub-themes are outlined here:
> https://cis-india.org/raw/irc22-call-for-sessions-pdf
>
> We invite contributions that speak to these provocations through one
> or more of the thematic areas outlined above.
>
> The deadline for submission of session proposals is February 5, 2022.
> Submissions can be sent in to workshops at cis-india.org.
>
> Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
>
> Best,
>
> Ambika
>
> --
> Ambika Tandon
> Senior Researcher
> The Centre for Internet and Society
>