[Commlist] Call for Papers: All Things in Moderation 2024 - Moderation in times of crisis

Venessa Paech invites you and your associates to contribute to the 
second annual All Things in Moderation conference (16-17 May, 2024) 
https://allthingsinmoderation.org/ <https://allthingsinmoderation.org/>

Note: the conference is virtual to ensure accessibility and inclusivity. 
No payment is required from authors or contributors.

The inaugural All Things in Moderation was held in May 2023 and was a 
great success, uniting moderation researchers, policy-makers and 
practitioners from around the world around the theme of 'Cultures of 
Care'. Read the 2023 program here: http://bit.ly/allthingsinmoderation 
<http://bit.ly/allthingsinmoderation>

2024 CALL FOR PAPERS: MODERATION IN TIMES OF CRISIS
Proposal deadline: Feb 29, 2024. Papers due May 2024.
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The world is experiencing an age of poly-crises, including increasing 
environmental disasters, rising refugee numbers and displacement, war 
and invasion, generational economic inequities, declining social 
cohesion, a rise in authoritarianism and a decline in democracy, surging 
online hate, and more.

These concerns are deeply interconnected, and, although they impact 
regions and communities unevenly, they materialise in a wide range of 
online communities and digital social settings, Humans who moderate are 
tasked with building or maintain safe, constructive interactions and 
cultures amongst and despite these crises, and in some cases, are 
leveraging their moderation practices to facilitate resistance, empathy 
and understanding.

*All Things in Moderation 2024* puts the age of crises under the 
microscope, and seeks to examine the role and impacts of online 
moderation in this era, with the goal of generating critical research 
and promoting greater understanding and visibility of moderation practices.

We invite papers and academic contributions for ATIM 2024 that focus on 
the following and related themes:

* Moderation in times of crisis (social, political, cultural, economic, 
environmental, etc.)

* The impact of war on online communities and moderators

* Moderation as a colonising or decolonising practice

* Moderating online activism

* Moderation as resistance

* Trauma informed approaches to moderation

* The relationships between state actors, platforms and moderators

* How automation and AI is impacting moderation in turbulent times


We welcome proposals for papers or panels  (with several papers) 
exploring any and all aspects of these topics. In particular, we welcome 
submissions from non-dominant voices in academic or media on these 
issues, and from the global South.

Email Abstracts or Proposals of 300 words with a short biography to 
(venessa.paech /at/ sydney.edu.au) <mailto:(venessa.paech /at/ sydney.edu.au)> by 
February 29, 2024. Final papers are due in May 2024 for a summarised 
presentation at the conference. Organisers are pursuing a special issue 
journal based on contributions. Again, please note that no payment is 
required from authors or contributors in any way.

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