[ecrea] cfp: DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media International Confere

> > DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media
> > Centre for the Study of the United States, Munk School of Global Affairs
> > University of Toronto
> > Nov 12-14, 2010
> >
> > http://diycitizenship.com/
> >
> > Call for papers/presentations: due May 20, 2010
> >
> > Plenary speakers include: Anne Balsalmo, 
> Suzanne de Castell, Ron Deibert, Paul Dourish, 
> Henry Jenkins, Jennifer Jenson, Natalie Jeremijenko, Steve Mann, Trebor Scholz.
> >
> > Conference Organizers: Prof. Megan Boler, 
> Associate Chair, Department of Theory and 
> Policy Studies in Education, Ontario Institute 
> for Studies in Education, University of 
> Toronto; Prof. Matthew Ratto Assistant 
> Professor, Faculty of Information, University 
> of Toronto; Director, Critical Making Lab, University of Toronto
> >
> > A renewed emphasis on participatory forms of 
> digitally-mediated production is transforming 
> our social landscape. Making has become the 
> dominant metaphor for a variety of digital and 
> digitally-mediated practices. The web is 
> exploding with independently produced digital 
> content such as video diaries, conversations, 
> stories, software, music, video gamesall of 
> which are further transformed and morphed by 
> modders, hackers, artists and activists who 
> redeploy and repurpose corporately-produced 
> content. Equally, communities of self-organized 
> crafters, hackers, and enthusiasts are 
> increasingly to be found online exchanging 
> sewing and knitting patterns, technical guides, 
> circuit layouts, detailed electronics tutorials 
> and other forms of instruction and support. 
> Many of these individuals and collaborators 
> understand their work to be socially 
> interventionist. Through practices of design, 
> development, and exchange they challenge 
> traditional divides between production and 
> consumption and to redress the power 
> differentials built into technologically-mediated societies.
> >
> > DIY Citizenship invokes the participatory 
> nature of these diverse do-it-yourself modes 
> of engagement, community, networks, and 
> toolsall of which arguably replace traditional 
> with remediated notions of citizenship. The 
> term critical making refers to the increasing 
> role making plays in critical forms of social reflection and engagement.
> >
> > This interactive conference seeks to extend 
> conversations about new modes of engaged DIY 
> citizenship and politics evidenced by the 
> exponential increase of DIY media, 
> user-generators, prosumers, hacktivists, 
> tactical media interventionists, and other 
> maker identities. We invite scholars, 
> activists, artists, designers, programmers and 
> others interested in the social and 
> participatory dimensions of digitally-mediated 
> practices, to engage in dialogue across 
> disciplinary and professional divides. All 
> methodological and theoretical approaches are 
> welcomed. Submissions may include paper 
> proposals, works of art and/or design, short 
> video or audio segments, performances, video 
> games, digital media, or other genres and 
> forms. Potential topics include: the relation 
> between social media and the making of new 
> forms of citizenship engagementthus, for 
> example, making movements; making community; 
> making news; making play; making bodies; making 
> health; making public; making education; making networks.
> >
> >
> > For the full conference call, see:
> > http://diycitizenship.com/
> >
> >
> >

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
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