[liberationtech] Introducing... Good Data - Institute of Network Cultures Theory on Demand #29 now available & Amsterdam launch tomorrow (24 Jan)
We are delighted to announce the publication of *Good Data*, #29 in the Institute of Network Cultures Theory on Demand series. This open access book, edited by Angela Daly, S Kate Devitt and Monique Mann, contains 20 chapters from an international interdisciplinary group of authors, starting the conversation on what Good Data is and how we can progress towards a pragmatic Good Data future. These 20 chapters paint a more positive picture of what our digital lives and practices are and could be. We don’t have to accept the Bad Data dystopia we are currently in, or give up our digital tech entirely and retreat to Neo-Luddism. Another digitised world is possible (and necessary), and *Good Data* shows us a glimpse of what and how it could be. The book can be found here for free download (in various formats): http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/tod-29-good-data/ The Institute of Network Cultures has published a series of blogposts from *Good Data *authors summarising their Good Data interventions, which can be found here: http://networkcultures.org/blog/ *If you happen to be in Amsterdam NL tomorrow (Thursday 24 January), join *Good Data* editor Monique Mann and a selection of *Good Data * authors for the official launch party, from 17:00/5pm @ Spui25. * *We will be organising more launch events in more locations over the coming months.* -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing liberationtech-ow...@lists.stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Call for Proposals: Good Data book chapters
Good Data Call for Proposals for an INC Theory on Demand edited book *Editors: Angela Daly (Queensland University of Technology), Kate Devitt (Queensland University of Technology) & Monique Mann (Queensland University of Technology).* In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in the collection, aggregation and automated analysis of information by government and private actors, and in response to this there has been a significant critique regarding what could be termed ‘bad’ data practices in the globalised digital economy. These include the mass gathering of data about individuals, in opaque, unethical and at times illegal ways, and the increased use of that data in unaccountable and potentially discriminatory forms of algorithmic decision-making by both state agencies and private companies. Issues of data ethics and data justice are only likely to increase in importance given the totalizing datafication of society and the introduction of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and automation. In order to paint an alternative, more optimistic but still pragmatic picture of the datafied future, this open access edited collection will examine and propose what could be termed ‘good’ and ‘ethical’ data practices, underpinned by values and principles such as (but not limited to): · privacy/regulation/information security by design · due process rights · procedural legitimacy · the protection of individual and collective autonomy · digital sovereignty · digital anti-discrimination · data and intersectionality · ethical labour practices · environmental sustainability. Chapters should be short contributions (2500-5000 words) which can take differing forms, for example: · Manifestos for Good Data · Position papers · Traditional academic chapters Chapters can be theoretical takes or provocations on what Good Data is or should be, or can be case studies of particular Good Data projects and initiatives e.g. Indigenous data sovereignty initiatives, data cooperatives etc. Chapters can also be critiques of initiatives/movements which claim to be ethical but in fact fall short. All chapters, including academic ones, should be written in an accessible way and avoid the excessive use of jargon, etc. Academic chapters will be peer-reviewed. Other contributions will be editor-reviewed. We encourage contributions from throughout the world and from different disciplinary perspectives: philosophy, media and communications, cultural studies, STS, law, criminology, information systems, computer science etc. Proposals for chapters (up to 250 words) should be sent to Kayleigh Hodgkinson Murphy (kayleigh.mur...@qut.edu.au) by Friday 15 December 2017. Please include a brief biography (indicating whether you are an academic or practitioner, etc) and signal what kind of chapter you are proposing (manifesto/academic chapter, etc). If you have an idea for a chapter and want to discuss it before submitting a proposal, please contact Angela Daly (angela.d...@qut.edu.au) as soon as possible. We may be able to pair, for example, practitioners with academic authors on request. Decisions on proposals will be made by mid-January 2017, with a first full draft of chapters to be submitted by 31 March 2018. We anticipate the book will be finalized and launched in late 2018, as part of the Institute of Network Cultures’ Theory on Demand series <http://networkcultures.org/publications/#tods>. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] new book: Private Power, Online Information Flows and EU Law
I am delighted to announce that my book, Private Power, Online Information Flows and EU Law: Mind the Gap has just been published by Hart: http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/private-power-online-information-flows-and-eu-law-9781509900657/ (See attachment for a 20% discount flyer). *Description* This monograph examines how European Union law and regulation address concentrations of private economic power which impede free information flows on the Internet to the detriment of Internet users' autonomy. In particular, competition law, sector specific regulation (if it exists), data protection and human rights law are considered and assessed to the extent they can tackle such concentrations of power for the benefit of users. Using a series of illustrative case studies, of Internet provision (including the net neutrality debate), search, mobile devices and app stores, and the cloud, the work demonstrates the gaps that currently exist in EU law and regulation. It is argued that these gaps exist due, in part, to current overarching trends guiding the regulation of economic power, namely neoliberalism, by which only the situation of market failure can invite ex ante rules, buoyed by the lobbying of regulators and legislators by those in possession of such economic power to achieve outcomes which favour their businesses. Given this systemic, and extra-legal, nature of the reasons as to why the gaps exist, solutions from outside the system are proposed at the end of each case study. *Endorsement* 'This is a richly textured, critically argued work, shedding new light on case studies in information law which require critical thinking. It is both an interesting series of case studies (notably cloud computing, app stores and search) that displays original and deeply researched scholarship and a framework for critiquing neoliberal competition policy from a prosumerist and citizen-oriented perspective.' - Professor Chris Marsden, University of Sussex *Events* I will be giving seminars and talks about the book during January: 9/1/2017 - Power and Identity conference, Graduate Programme on Global Society, University of Tokyo (Japan) 24/1/2017 - Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society seminar, University of Tilburg (NL) 26/1/2017 - Digital Rights and Enforcement panel, Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference, Brussels (Belgium) 31/1/2017 - official book launch and evening reception (reply to me if you are interested in attending), London (UK) -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] new book: 'Socio-Legal Aspects of the 3D Printing Revolution' out now - & launch events
I am delighted to announce that my book, *Socio-Legal Aspects of the 3D Printing Revolution,* published by Palgrave, is now available in hardback and ebook forms: http://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137515551 Book launch events will be taking place in July and August: - Tilburg (NL), Tuesday 5 July, 1200-1330, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/web/show/seminar-daly-3d-printing.htm - London (UK), with Dr Dinusha Mendis (Bournemouth), Tuesday 12 July, 1800-2000, Institute for Advanced Legal Studies http://www.sas.ac.uk/support-research/public-events/2016/3d-printing-law-and-society - Melbourne (Australia), Thursday 4 August, 1200-1300, room AGSE211, Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn campus See you there! Angela -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Fwd: Swinburne Internet Policy Workshop - Melbourne (Australia) 45 Oct 2015 - Call for Proposals
*Swinburne Internet Policy WorkshopauIGF academic pre-eventSunday 4th Monday 5th October 2015Melbourne, Australia* *Call for proposals* Deadline: Friday 5th June Notification of acceptance: Monday 29th June We are pleased to announce the inaugural Swinburne Internet Policy Workshop, organised by the Swinburne Institute of Social Research’s Digital Society group and generously sponsored by auDA. The workshop is organised in conjunction with auDA’s Australian Governance Forum (to be held in Melbourne on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th October 2015). This is an opportunity for scholars with a research interest in Internet policy to explore research aspects of the auIGF’s agenda and other Internet policy issues. We are currently seeking submissions on the broad theme of Internet policy research and particularly welcome contributions which look at Internet policy topics in Australia and the broader Asia Pacific region. Accordingly, authors are invited to submit abstracts on a broad spectrum of Internet policy topics that include, but are not restricted to: · Intellectual property and the Internet · The Internet economy · Data retention, surveillance and privacy · Internet governance, domain names · Net neutrality · Digital society · Digital inclusion *Emerging Scholars stream* The first day of the workshop will be an opportunity for emerging scholars (PhD candidates and recent doctoral graduates) to present a paper on their current research on Internet policy themes, and receive feedback on their work from a discussant. Emerging scholars will also have the opportunity to engage with senior academics and other emerging scholars in a relaxed and supportive environment. We encourage academic researchers from all relevant disciplines to send proposals of no more than 500 words and a short bio statement to Dr Angela Daly (acd...@swin.edu.au) by Friday 5th June. If applicants wish to be considered for the Emerging Scholars stream, please state this clearly. Please note that papers for the Emerging scholars stream will be due on Friday 18th September. We intend to publish selected papers from both days in a special edition of a highly ranked peer-reviewed journal. -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] JoPP Issue #6 Disruption and the law out now!
We are very pleased to announce that Issue #6 of the Journal of Peer Production on 'Disruption and the law' is now available at peerproduction.net Table of Contents *Editorial Section* Edited by Angela Daly (Swinburne University of Technology and European University Institute) and Steve Collins (Macquarie University) *Editorial Note: * Playing catchup? How the law encounters disruptive peer production *[html] http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/editorial-notes/* Peer Reviewed Papers http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewed-articles/ *Peer production and changing norms in music practice: An ethnomusicological perspective * by Denis Crowdy *[html] http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewed-articles/* *Expanding the Internet Commons: The Subversive Potential of Wireless Community Networks* by Primavera De Filippi and Félix Tréguer *[html] http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewed-articles/* *Peer-to-peer as a design principle for law: distribute the law * by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay *[html] http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewed-articles/* *Manufacturing imaginaries: Neo-Nazis, Men’s Rights Activists and 3D Printing * by Robbie Fordyce *[html] http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewed-articles/* *Cultures of sharing in 3D printing: what can we learn from the licence choices of Thingiverse users?* by Jarkko Moilanen, Angela Daly, Ramon Lobato and Darcy Allen *[html] http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewed-articles/* *Regulating the Liberator: Prospects for the Regulation of 3D Printing* by Isaac Record, Matt Ratto, ginger coons and Dan Southwick *[html] http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewed-articles/* Essays *Disrupting the cab: Uber, ridesharing and the taxi industry * by Moira McGregor, Barry Brown and Mareike Glöss -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
