[Commlist] CFP: Tech/Money Workshop

CFP: TECH/MONEY Workshop


Date+Time: 22 May 2023 (Monday), all day commencing at 9AM


Venue: Center for Social Innovation Annex Garage, 720 Bathurst St, 
Toronto, Canada


Organizer: M. R. Sauter, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, 
College of Information Studies


Sponsor: STRATLab, University of Maryland College of Information Studies


Description: The goal of this workshop is to bring together scholars who 
are working on the topic of money, finance, and funding in high 
technology, “innovation,” and the digital. We are specifically 
interested in work that approaches this topic using critical theory, 
communication theory, political theory, and cultural studies 
perspectives rather than economic approaches. We hope to draw from a 
wide variety of sub-disciplines, time periods, and geographic regions of 
focus. Works-in-progress by pre-tenure and junior scholars are 
particularly sought after for this workshop. A secondary goal is to 
gauge interest in a special issue or collected volume on the topic of 
TECH/MONEY at some point in the future.


Potential topics might include:

-how and why different funding models are promoted or encouraged by 
industry, finance, and government actors

-alternate currency systems using fungible or other non-monetary assets

-professionalized influencer economies, markets, and businesses

-studies of funding models for “innovation” spaces and projects

-studies of digital financial platforms like RobinHood or the rise of 
meme stocks

-corruption in the tech/money world

-ethico-moral-financial ideologies and philosophies as they appear in 
the high technology space

-how changing funding practices or financial/tax regulations impacted 
communication technology development


Please submit your *abstract of *max* 500 words//*using *this form: 
https://forms.gle/ZgLEk817PWoUHt1V9 
<https://forms.gle/ZgLEk817PWoUHt1V9>* by *January 31 2023*.


Important dates:

*January 31*: abstracts due

*March 3*: notification of acceptances

*May 22*: workshop date


Organizer contact info for any questions, comments, or concerns: 
(mrsauter /at/ umd.edu) <mailto:(mrsauter /at/ umd.edu)>



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