[Commlist] CfP: 'Digital⇌Culture 2019' - CfP, Keynotes & Grants for Doctoral students

_CALL FOR PAPERS:___

DIGITAL⇌CULTURE 2019

A one-day conference hosted by the Digital Culture Research Network, and 
supported by the Midlands3Cities DTP (M3C) Cohort Development Fund

*Date:* Friday 10th May 2019

*Venue:* University of Nottingham

*Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday 15th February 2019
*

The Digital Culture Research Network is pleased to open the call for 
papers for our second annual conference – ‘Digital⇌Culture 2019’.

This year’s theme of *‘ACCESS’* seeks to respond to the continued ways 
in which digital technologies are profoundly impacting social, cultural, 
and institutional interactions with content, data, and platforms. 
Rapidly changing modes of knowledge and value production, means of 
accessibility, and concerns around privacy and censorship have given 
rise to increased scrutiny of the current digital landscape and our 
interactions with(in) it.


We are very pleased to host Dr Ysabel Gerrard (Uni. of Sheffield) and 
Jillian C. York (Electronic Frontier Foundation) as our keynotes for 
this year's conference.

*Submission*

For this one-day conference we invite researchers, particularly early 
career researchers, from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to present 
theoretical and empirical research related, but not limited, to the 
following topics:

- Access to data, platforms, and (digital) environments, and resulting 
issues of inclusion/exclusion

- Algorithmic forms of governmentality and their impact on (in)equality

- Uses and users of digital platforms

- Approaches to disability in digital contexts

- Methodological challenges for studying digital phenomena and the 
question of research ethics

- World-making capacities of digital cultures

- Internet censorship and the decentralized web initiatives

- Artistic, philosophical, and activist approaches to participation in 
digital cultures

- Digital implications on and of language and translation.

To encourage proposals from doctoral researchers, we are awarding up to 
ten joint-travel/accommodation grants to successful proposals. Further 
details below. There will be _no fee_ for presenting at, or attending, 
this conference. Submissions should follow the below format and be 
submitted to *(digitalcultureconference /at/ gmail.com) by 23:00 GMT on Friday 
15th February 2019*.

Paper Title

Speaker Name

Speaker Contact Email

Abstract (Up to 250 words outlining the paper's main arguments, methods, 
and relevance to the conference theme)

Speaker Biography (Up to 100 words)

Keywords (3 terms relevant to the paper)

*Funding*

**

We are pleased to offer up to ten joint-travel/accommodation grants, 
each of which includes one night’s accommodation at the University of 
Nottingham (arranged by the organising committee) and up to £50 travel 
expenses.

The grant is open to all doctoral applicants, but at least five of the 
grants are reserved for non-M3C-funded applicants based at the DTP’s six 
institutions (Uni. of Nottingham; Nottingham Trent; Birmingham City; 
Uni. of Birmingham; De Montfort; Uni. of Leicester). Those currently 
funded by M3C are not eligible to apply for this grant. This grant will 
only be offered to doctoral students whose papers have been accepted for 
the conference.

If you wish to apply for the grant, please complete a Grant Application 
Form – which can be found here 
<https://digitalcultureconference.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/call-for-papers/> 
– and submit it along with your abstract. Grants will be awarded on the 
basis of the conference organising committee’s collective consideration 
of submitted applications.


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