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Call for Papers - INFRASTRUCTURING THE COMMONS TODAY, WHEN STS MEETS ICT - Journal of Peer Production
***apologies for cross-posting*** <br> <br>Dear all, <br> <br>we are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract for the issue #14 of the <br>Journal of Peer Production <br>, <br>"Infrastructuring the Commons Today, when STS meet ICT". The deadline for <br>abstract submission is *March 15, 2019.* <br> <br>Please, find below the details. <br> <br>*SUMMARY* <br>Peer production and collaborative forms of technological design – such as <br>those based on commons-oriented approaches – have at their core a critical <br>stance towards the technoscientific landscape, an approach shared with <br>Science and Technology Studies (STS) as a theoretical archipelago that has <br>produced a significant wealth of knowledge that points out the social <br>constructive and performative character of technoscience. <br>In recent time, the increasing prominence of critical approaches – e.g. <br>feminist and postcolonial STS – and the intersections with surrounding <br>fields – e.g. participatory design, information science, and critical <br>technical practice – have stressed the politically engaged character of <br>STS, emphasizing its “activist interest” (Sismondo, 2008). Such growing <br>interest in collaborative modes of practicing STS has suggested the <br>emergence of a “collaborative turn” in STS (Farías, 2017). Such novel <br>approaches allow researchers and practitioners to understand and experience <br>STS as a “practice” as well as a theoretical perspective, an approach <br>that <br>can be fruitful and inspiring also to investigate, design, and advocate for <br>commons-based and oriented forms of production and experiences. <br>This special issue focuses on such collaborative orientation of STS by <br>exploring its interplay with the field of Information and Communication <br>Technology (ICT) when focusing on the commons and peer production. This <br>relationship entails diverse forms of meeting such as the disciplinary <br>intersection of STS with design studies and information science; the <br>epistemological meeting between STS and critical perspectives; the making <br>of new alliances between researchers, activists and local population; the <br>convergence of institutional interests and research practices to promote <br>alternative sociotechnical infrastructures based on the commons. At the <br>same time such hybrid collaborations pose novel and interesting challenges <br>such as the institutional constraints in the form of disciplinary <br>boundaries that persist in today’s academia and the demand to engage in <br>unconventional ways of publishing that are mostly disregarded by current <br>evaluation practices. <br>This call seeks interdisciplinary contributions that explore the politics <br>in and of the relationship between STS and ICT, from experiences of local <br>and commons activism to large-scale examples of alternative sociotechnical <br>infrastructures. Topics relevant for this call may include: <br>ICT, labor, and precariousness <br>Hacktivism, community networks, and alternative Internet <br>Datification and alternative data politics <br>Post-colonial and anti-colonial computing <br>Feminist interventions in ICT <br>Commons, peer production, and platform cooperativism <br>Interplay between publics, researchers, and institutions e.g. citizen <br>science <br>Interventionist methodologies <br> <br>This special issue aims at promoting interdisciplinary encounters in order <br>to foster the politically engaged, commons-oriented, STS agenda in the <br>relationship with ICT. <br> <br>*IMPORTANT DATES* <br>15 March 2019: Submission of a 250-500 words abstract <br>30 March 2019: Notification of relevance <br>1 July 2019: Submission of full papers <br>15 October 2019: Reviews to authors <br>15 December 2019: Submission of revised papers <br>March 2020: Foreseen publication <br> <br>*SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS* <br>Abstracts should be of 250-500 words, while peer reviewed papers should be <br>no more than 8,000 words. <br>These should be sent directly to the editors at <br>*infrastructuringcommons@peerproduction.net <br>* <br>All peer reviewed papers will be reviewed according to Journal of Peer <br>Production guidelines. See http://peerproduction.net/peer-review/process/ for <br>details. <br> <br>*EDITORS* <br>Mariacristina Sciannamblo, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute <br>Maurizio Teli, Aalborg University <br>Peter Lyle, Aarhus University <br>Chris Csíkszentmihályi, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute <br> <br>Here is the link to the call: <br>http://peerproduction.net/editsuite/issue-14-infrastructuring-the-commons-tod <br>ay-when-sts-meets-ict/ <br> <br>Best wishes, <br>Mariacristina <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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