[ecrea] CFP – II International Congress Move.net on TIC and Social Movements

*Call for Papers – II International Congress Move.net <http://Move.net/> 
on TIC and Social Movements*

*Move.net <http://Move.net/>* aims to establish itself as an academic 
forum to share theoretical analysis and ideas in order to understand the 
social implications of ICTs. We are interested in subjects ranging from 
the experiences and practices of individual activists and collectives of 
social transformation to social uses of technology, as well as 
particular projects based on the idea of technological appropriation in 
order to promote emancipation.

For the 2017 *Move.net <http://Move.net/>* edition we would welcome 
papers on the following topics:

_Technological Sovereignty_: Which are the risks and threats for social 
movements of using technologies made by oligopolistic companies? What 
dangers does surveillance on behalf of  governments and large 
corporations have for activists? Which will be the challenges faced by 
initiatives promoting the autonomous development of technological tools 
by social movements? Is it worth using disruptive technologies despite 
their risks?

_Digital Rights:_ How should we understand copyright in the new digital 
world? Is it possible to reconcile the remuneration of authors with the 
ease of digital copies? How can the industry adapt to the new digital 
environment? Do intellectual property rights present a threat to digital 
networks? To what extent should governments legislate on this matter? In 
what sense? Should access be considered a new civil right?

_Ciberactivism_: Are exclusively virtual actions effective? How can they 
complement actions in physical space? Which kind of relationships can be 
observed between classic and virtual activism? Which innovations on the 
physical sphere can be translated into cyberactivist practice?

_Digital Democracy_: How can NTICs enlarge participation and improve 
democracy? Can they worsen the situation through finer propaganda 
techniques? Does digital democracy ease the dissemination of populist 
discourses? Which are the risks associated to digital participation? How 
can political representation and participation via information and 
communication technologies complement each other?

_Open Data_: Are there enough transparency laws at work at an 
international level? Can open data be used to enforce citizen control 
over government action? To what extent must confidentiality be 
maintained ? Are leaks of information classified as secret legitimate in 
certain cases (wikileaks, Snowden, Falcini …)? Can digital networks help 
citizens in monitoring their governments or are they only agents of 
surveillance?

_Digital Culture and Collective Memory_: Which are the cultural 
referents of cyberactivist practice on the Internet? What is the 
relationship between mass culture and popular culture on new digital 
environments? How does the Internet contribute to maintain the 
collective memory of social movements? Is there a risk that such memory 
can be censored when using commercial services?

_Mass Media on the Internet_: How do conventional and new media relate 
to each other? Do the former still dominate the media landscape, setting 
the agenda and determining public discourse? To what extent can new 
media influence public opinion? What is the role of traditional 
journalism in relation to citizen journalism? What is journalists’ role 
in the new, saturated informative environment?

_Videoactivism_: Which are the dicoursive features of digital 
videoactivism? How does it contribute to social change? What 
contradictions lie in videoactivist practice? Is it a question of form 
or content?

Complete papers (15-25 pages) should be sent before June, 15th, 2017 to 
(jcandon /at/ us.es) (José Candón, University of Seville) and will be read 
during the Congress at the Faculty of Communication (University of 
Seville) on 25, 26 and 27 October 2017. Papers will be published in a 
book of proceedings after undergoing a blind peer-review process under 
the direction of the scientific committee.

More info at: https://congreso-move.net/

Call4Papers: https://congreso-move.net/c4p-2017-en/

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