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Fwd: Monday Night Seminar: Platform Workers - Collectivities and Organizing
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

FYI - Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science The University of Toronto Ph: +1 647 220 3482 (mobile) Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Website <https://www.ishtiaque.net/%20> || Google Calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft@gmail.com…> || ORCID ID <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-0687> || Semantic Web <https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Syed-Ishtiaque-Ahmed/145867840> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann <rafael.grohmann(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 7:11 PM Subject: Monday Night Seminar: Platform Workers - Collectivities and Organizing To: Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann <rafael.grohmann(a)utoronto.ca> Dear colleagues, I'll be hosting the next Monday Night Seminar (my first in-person event at UofT) on platform workers: collectivities and organizing. Please join us and spread the word! Thanks. Platform Workers: Collectivities and Organizing FEBRUARY 6, 6:00-8:00 PM Join us at the Coach House on February 6th for a conversation between *Jennifer Scott* (Gig Workers United) and *Dr. Moira Weigel *(Northeastern University) focusing on the collective and organizing challenges of platform workers. There is a myth that those who work through digital platforms would be unorganized, yet recent history has shown this to be a lie. There is a lot of evidence of workers' struggles in various sectors (delivery, ride-hailing, micro-workers, tech workers, care work, creators, streamers, e-commerce) around the world. Together in a conversation moderated by *Rafael Grohmann* (University of Toronto), we explore several questions: - What working conditions have platform workers been subjected to in recent years? - What has already been built in terms of solidarity among workers? - What is needed to push and guarantee decent work? - What alternatives are on the horizon in relation to public policies? Workers, unions and worker collectives from all sectors are welcome. This Monday Night Seminar is organized by the Centre's Selfhood, Identities, and Collectivities of Platform Workers Working Group. <https://www.mcluhancentre.ca/programming?mc_cid=b4531f89c0&mc_eid=6d95138b78> Please* register here:* https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/monday-night-seminar-platform-workers-collectiv… <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/monday-night-seminar-platform-workers-collectiv…> -- Dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media/UTSC & Faculty of Information University of Toronto

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Fwd: Tenure-track Faculty Position (Assistant or Associate Prof) in UXD/HCI at University of Toronto
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 06 Dec '22

06 Dec '22

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Fellow, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> The University of Toronto ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-0687 Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Ph: +1 647 220 3482 web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Priyank Chandra <priyank.chandra(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM Subject: Tenure-track Faculty Position (Assistant or Associate Prof) in UXD/HCI at University of Toronto To: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Robert Soden < robert.soden(a)utoronto.ca>, Shion Guha <shion.guha(a)utoronto.ca> Hello, The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time, tenure stream faculty position in User Experience Design (UXD) or Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. The appointment is expected to begin July 1, 2023. The closing date for applications is December 19, 2022 and all application materials, including reference letters, must be received by then. Assistant Professor: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-User-Experience-De… Associate Professor: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Associate-Professor-User-Experience-De… The Faculty of Information is a research-led Faculty committed to educating the next generation of professional and academic leaders in Information, who join us in transforming society through collaboration, innovation, and knowledge creation. We are guided by core values that include engagement with cultural, social, political, and ethical issues in information to benefit society; and transparency, accountability, and public responsibility. With an outstanding and award-winning faculty, our key strengths are the quality of our interdisciplinary research, the abilities of our graduate students, close ties across the university, and committed alumni. Our strategic priorities are excellence through interdisciplinarity, impact through partnerships, and equity through fostering inclusive environments. We are especially proud of the calibre, excellence, academic engagement, and diversity of our students. We seek applicants whose research interests are in areas such as user interface design and evaluation methods, information visualization, sustainability, accessibility, theoretical foundations of HCI, design of systems and practices to access, share, and manage knowledge, information retrieval and universal design. Industrial experience in a related area will be a strong asset. We are especially interested in exceptional candidates who transcend traditional research topics and who complement our Faculty’s existing strengths. Best, Priyank Chandra Assistant Professor Faculty of Information University of Toronto This email is not secure.

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Invitation: November 30, 2022 at 10:00 AM ET: UofT Critical Computing... @ Wed Nov 30, 2022 10am - 11:30am (EST) (criticalcomputing-thirdspace@dgp.toronto.edu)
by criticalcomputing.uoft＠gmail.com 29 Nov '22

29 Nov '22

November 30, 2022 at 10:00 AM ET: UofT Critical Computing Talk Series - Dr. Janaki Srinivasan Wednesday Nov 30, 2022 ⋅ 10am – 11:30am Eastern Time - New York Location https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/85691981557 https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Futoronto.zoom.us%2Fj%2F856919815… Hello everyone,On Wednesday, November 30, 10am to 11:30am EST, we will have Dr. Janaki Srinivasan, Associate Professor at the International Institute of Technology Bangalore, present a talk about their book: “The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India.”Please check the following link for more details about the seminar: https://sites.google.com/view/uoft-critical-computing/seminar…. The registration link is at: http://tinyurl.com/JanakiSrinivasan. Please find the Zoom link below to join the talk:Topic: Critical Computing Seminar with Prof. Janaki SrinivasanTime: Nov 30, 2022 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meetinghttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/85691981557Meeting ID: 856 9198 1557Passcode: 461583One tap mobile+17789072071,,85691981557#,,,,*461583# Canada+14388097799,,85691981557#,,,,*461583# CanadaDial by your location        +1 778 907 2071 Canada        +1 438 809 7799 Canada        +1 587 328 1099 Canada        +1 613 209 3054 Canada        +1 647 374 4685 Canada        +1 647 558 0588 CanadaMeeting ID: 856 9198 1557Passcode: 461583Find your local number: https://utoronto.zoom.us/u/kbz3WnOhYJoin by SIP85691981557(a)zoomcrc.comJoin by H.323162.255.37.11 (US West)162.255.36.11 (US East)69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto)65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver)Meeting ID: 856 9198 1557Passcode: 461583Join by Skype for Businesshttps://utoronto.zoom.us/skype/85691981557 Organizer criticalcomputing.uoft(a)gmail.com criticalcomputing.uoft(a)gmail.com Guests criticalcomputing.uoft(a)gmail.com - organizer soden(a)cs.toronto.edu criticalcomputing-thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu juanantonio.nelson(a)mail.utoronto.ca priyank.chandra(a)utoronto.ca nazar.ponochevnyi(a)gmail.com using.xu(a)mail.utoronto.ca alex.parent(a)mail.utoronto.ca ck.ly(a)mail.utoronto.ca keith.cheng(a)mail.utoronto.ca dsabie(a)cs.toronto.edu priyanka.verma(a)mail.utoronto.ca isajairod(a)gmail.com erina.moon(a)mail.utoronto.ca yasamanro(a)cs.toronto.edu cansu.ekmekcioglu(a)mail.utoronto.ca ashiquealit(a)gmail.com maryam(a)cs.toronto.edu trevor.cross(a)mail.utoronto.ca taneea.agrawaal(a)gmail.com ashique.thuppilikkat(a)mail.utoronto.ca kit.haehnel(a)mail.utoronto.ca sangyou(a)skku.edu rezvan.boostani(a)mail.utoronto.ca shion.guha(a)utoronto.ca olivia.doggett(a)mail.utoronto.ca ishani.pandey(a)mail.utoronto.ca cassandra.chanen(a)mail.utoronto.ca ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu azhagumeena17(a)gmail.com dedeoglucagdas(a)gmail.com matt.ratto(a)utoronto.ca shreyasha.paudel(a)mail.utoronto.ca gozie.nwaka(a)mail.utoronto.ca paula.aoyagui(a)mail.utoronto.ca betye.zebib(a)mail.utoronto.ca auniqueword(a)gmail.com aarjav.chauhan(a)mail.utoronto.ca bwenzhang(a)cs.toronto.edu kelly.mcconvey(a)mail.utoronto.ca thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu christina.wei(a)mail.utoronto.ca paridhigupta904(a)gmail.com rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu a.petterson(a)mail.utoronto.ca View all guest info https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NWs1cHYxajk5dHI4… Reply for criticalcomputing-thirdspace(a)dgp.toronto.edu and view more details https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NWs1cHYxajk5dHI4… Your attendance is optional. ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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November 30, 2022 at 10:00 AM ET: UofT Critical Computing Talk Series - Dr. Janaki Srinivasan
by Critical Computing 29 Nov '22

29 Nov '22

Hello everyone, Thank you for your interest in attending *Dr. Janaki Srinivasan*'s talk for the UofT Critical Computing Speaker Series. Please find the Zoom link below to join the talk: *Topic: Critical Computing Seminar with Prof. Janaki SrinivasanTime: Nov 30, 2022 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)* *Join Zoom Meetinghttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/85691981557 <https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/85691981557>* *Meeting ID: 856 9198 1557Passcode: 461583* One tap mobile +17789072071,,85691981557#,,,,*461583# Canada +14388097799,,85691981557#,,,,*461583# Canada Dial by your location +1 778 907 2071 Canada +1 438 809 7799 Canada +1 587 328 1099 Canada +1 613 209 3054 Canada +1 647 374 4685 Canada +1 647 558 0588 Canada Meeting ID: 856 9198 1557 Passcode: 461583 Find your local number: https://utoronto.zoom.us/u/kbz3WnOhY Join by SIP 85691981557(a)zoomcrc.com Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) Meeting ID: 856 9198 1557 Passcode: 461583 Join by Skype for Business https://utoronto.zoom.us/skype/85691981557 Best Regards, Organizers

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Fwd: Critical Computing Seminar (Nov 30): The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

Dear Colleagues, The next speaker of our Critical Computing seminar series is Janaki Srinivasan from IIT Bangalore, India. She will be talking about her newly published book, "The Political Life of Information". The seminar is on November 30 (Wednesday), 10-11:30 am EST on Zoom. Please find more details about the seminar below. The seminar is open to all. Please feel free to distribute this invitation among your colleagues. Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Fellow, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> The University of Toronto Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Ph: +1 647 220 3482 web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Priyank Chandra <priyank.chandra(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 8:29 AM Subject: Critical Computing Seminar (Nov 30): The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India To: LISTSERV.ischool-fac-reg-l <ischool-fac-reg-l(a)listserv.utoronto.ca> Cc: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Robert Soden < robert.soden(a)utoronto.ca>, Shion Guha <shion.guha(a)utoronto.ca>, Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat <rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Azhagu Meena Solai Azhagu Konar Paramanathan <meena.paramanathan(a)mail.utoronto.ca> Dear All, We are happy to announce the November edition of the Critical Computing seminar series. This month Dr. Janaki Srinivasan, Associate Professor at the International Institute of Technology Bangalore, will present a talk about their book: “*The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India*”, on Wednesday, *November 30, 10am to 11:30am EST*. We invite you all to join the seminar. Please check the following link for more details about the seminar: https://sites.google.com/view/uoft-critical-computing/seminar-series/janaki…. The registration link is at: http://tinyurl.com/JanakiSrinivasan I have appended the seminar details at the bottom of this email. Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone interested (within and outside UofT). We look forward to seeing you all at the seminar. Best Regards, Priyank Chandra (On behalf of the Organizers) Assistant Professor Faculty of Information University of Toronto *The Political Lives of Information: Information and the Production of Development in India* *Janaki Srinivasan, *Associate Professor, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB), India *Website:* https://janakisrinivasan.wordpress.com/ *Twitter:* @ janasrin *Time:* November 30, 10am to 11:30am EST *Abstract:* Information has fundamentally reshaped development discourse and practice. This talk will examine the political implications of the idea of information for poverty alleviation. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research on three cases from India—the circulation of price information in a fish market in Kerala, the provision of government information in computer kiosks operated by a nonprofit in Puducherry, and a political campaign demanding a right to information in Rajasthan—the talk will counter claims that information is naturally and universally empowering. It will demonstrate, instead, how the production and leveraging of information -- and its very definition -- are shaped by caste, class, and gender. *Bio:* Janaki Srinivasan is Associate Professor, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB), and the convenor of the Institute’s Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP). Her research examines the politics of information technology-based development. Her work has shown how gender, class and caste shape Indian digital inclusion initiatives focussed on community computer centres, mobile phones, identity systems and open information systems. Currently, she is exploring privacy, algorithmic control and fairness in platform work. Janaki earned her PhD in Information Management and Systems from the University of California Berkeley. The Political Lives of Information is her first book.

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September 28, 2022 at 11:00 AM ET: UofT Critical Computing Talk Series- Prof. David Nemer
by Critical Computing 27 Sep '22

27 Sep '22

Hello everyone, Thank you for your interest in attending Prof. David Nemer's talk for the UofT Critical Computing Speaker Series. Please find the Zoom link below to join the talk: Topic: Critical Computing Seminar with Prof. David Nemer Time: Sep 28, 2022 11:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) *Join Zoom Meeting* https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82940787282 Meeting ID: 829 4078 7282 Passcode: 173096 One tap mobile +14388097799,,82940787282#,,,,*173096# Canada +15873281099,,82940787282#,,,,*173096# Canada Dial by your location +1 438 809 7799 Canada +1 587 328 1099 Canada +1 613 209 3054 Canada +1 647 374 4685 Canada +1 647 558 0588 Canada +1 778 907 2071 Canada *Meeting ID: 829 4078 7282Passcode: 173096* Find your local number: https://utoronto.zoom.us/u/kdTUwjYoHI Join by SIP 82940787282(a)zoomcrc.com Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) Meeting ID: 829 4078 7282 Passcode: 173096 Join by Skype for Business https://utoronto.zoom.us/skype/82940787282 Best Regards, Organizers

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Fwd: Critical Computing Seminar (Sep 28): "Technology of the Oppressed" by David Nemer
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

Dear Colleagues, The Critical Computing Seminar for the academic year 2022-2023 starts online next week. Our first speaker is Dr. David Nemer from the University of Virginia, who will discuss his newly published book, "Technology of the Oppressed." We cordially invite you to this seminar. Please find below the details for attending the seminar. Also, please feel free to forward this invitation to the people in your network who might be interested in this topic. Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Fellow, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> The University of Toronto Program Committee Chair, ICTD 2022 <https://ictd.org/ictd2022/> Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Ph: +1 647 220 3482 web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Priyank Chandra <priyank.chandra(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 3:40 PM Subject: Critical Computing Seminar (Sep 28): "Technology of the Oppressed" by David Nemer To: ISCHOOL-FAC-REG-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA < ISCHOOL-FAC-REG-L(a)listserv.utoronto.ca> Cc: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Robert Soden < robert.soden(a)utoronto.ca>, Shion Guha <shion.guha(a)utoronto.ca>, Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat <rifat(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Azhagu Meena Solai Azhagu Konar Paramanathan <meena.paramanathan(a)mail.utoronto.ca>, Adrian Petterson < a.petterson(a)mail.utoronto.ca> Dear All, We are happy to announce the *September* edition of the Critical Computing seminar series. This month Dr. David Nemer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, will present a book talk “*Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil*”, on *Wednesday, September 28, 11am to 12:30pm*. The book is Open Access and available for download <https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5266/Technology-of-the-OppressedI…> . We invite you all to join the seminar. Please check the following link for more details about the seminar: https://sites.google.com/view/uoft-critical-computing/seminar-series/david-…. The registration link is at: http://bit.ly/CCS_DavidNemer I have appended the seminar details at the bottom of this email. Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone interested (within and outside UofT). The Critical Computing Seminar Series is a monthly online seminar where we invite scholars to discuss topics in critical computing. The objective of the seminar is to create a broader understanding of computing from different ethical, social, and cultural perspectives. You will find more information about this seminar series and past and upcoming speakers by following the link: https://sites.google.com/view/uoft-critical-computing/seminar-series. We look forward to seeing you all at the seminar. Best Regards, Priyank Chandra (On behalf of the Organizers) Assistant Professor Faculty of Information University of Toronto *Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil * *David Nemer*, Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia, USA *Website:* https://www.dnemer.com/ *Twitter:* @davidnemer *Time:* 28 September, 2022 from 11AM - 12.30 PM, EST *Abstract:* In this seminar, David Nemer discusses how Brazilian favela residents engage with and appropriate technologies, both to fight the oppression in their lives and to represent themselves in the world. Brazilian favelas are impoverished settlements usually located on hillsides or the outskirts of a city. In his latest book, Technology of the Oppressed, David Nemer draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to provide a rich account of how favela residents engage with technology in community technology centers and in their everyday lives. Their stories reveal the structural violence of the information age. But they also show how those oppressed by technology don't just reject it, but consciously resist and appropriate it, and how their experiences with digital technologies enable them to navigate both digital and nondigital sources of oppression—and even, at times, to flourish. Nemer uses a decolonial and intersectional framework called Mundane Technology as an analytical tool to understand how digital technologies can simultaneously be sites of oppression and tools in the fight for freedom. Building on the work of the Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire, he shows how the favela residents appropriate everyday technologies—technological artifacts (cell phones, Facebook), operations (repair), and spaces (Telecenters and Lan Houses)—and use them to alleviate the oppression in their everyday lives. He also addresses the relationship of misinformation to radicalization and the rise of the new far right. Contrary to the simplistic techno-optimistic belief that technology will save the poor, even with access to technology these marginalized people face numerous sources of oppression, including technological biases, racism, classism, sexism, and censorship. Yet the spirit, love, community, resilience, and resistance of favela residents make possible their pursuit of freedom. *Bio:* David Nemer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. He is a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center, a Visiting Scholar in The Institute for Rebooting Social Media, and an Affiliated Scholar at Princeton University's Brazil Lab. Nemer is the author of Technology of the Oppressed (MIT Press, 2022) and Favela Digital: The other side of technology (Editora GSA, 2013). He holds a MA in Anthropology from the University of Virginia, an MS in Computer Science from Saarland University, and a Ph.D. in Computing, Culture, and Society from Indiana University. Nemer has written for The Guardian, El País, The Huffington Post (HuffPost), Salon, and The Intercept_.

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May 25, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET: UofT Critical Computing Talk Series - Sara Grimes
by Critical Computing 25 May '22

25 May '22

Hello everyone, Thank you for your interest in attending Sara Grimes's talk for the UofT Critical Computing Speaker Series. Please find the Zoom link below to join the talk: *Topic*: Digital Playgrounds: The Hidden Politics of Children's Online Play Spaces, Virtual Worlds, and Connected Games *Time*: May 25, 2022 02:00 PM America/Toronto Join Zoom Meeting https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/89664400007 Meeting ID: 896 6440 0007 Passcode: 206158 One tap mobile +15873281099,,89664400007#,,,,*206158# Canada +16132093054,,89664400007#,,,,*206158# Canada Dial by your location +1 587 328 1099 Canada +1 613 209 3054 Canada +1 647 374 4685 Canada +1 647 558 0588 Canada +1 778 907 2071 Canada +1 438 809 7799 Canada Meeting ID: 896 6440 0007 Passcode: 206158 Find your local number: https://utoronto.zoom.us/u/kecvJqEfxj Join by SIP 89664400007(a)zoomcrc.com Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) Meeting ID: 896 6440 0007 Passcode: 206158 Join by Skype for Business https://utoronto.zoom.us/skype/89664400007 Best Regards, Organizers

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Fwd: Critical Computing Seminar (May 25): "Digital Playgrounds: The Hidden Politics of Children's Online Play Spaces, Virtual Worlds, and Connected Games" by Sara Grimes
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 22 May '22

22 May '22

Dear Colleagues, The next lecture on our Critical Computing Series is on May 25. The speaker is Sara Grimes of UofT iSchool and she will be talking about her newly published book, "Digital Playgrounds". Please find details about the talk below. Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Fellow, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> The University of Toronto Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Ph: +1 647 220 3482 web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Priyank Chandra <priyank.chandra(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Sat, May 21, 2022 at 6:01 PM Subject: Critical Computing Seminar (May 25): "Digital Playgrounds: The Hidden Politics of Children's Online Play Spaces, Virtual Worlds, and Connected Games" by Sara Grimes To: ISCHOOL-FAC-REG-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA < ISCHOOL-FAC-REG-L(a)listserv.utoronto.ca> Cc: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Robert Soden < robert.soden(a)utoronto.ca> Dear All, We are happy to announce the *May* edition of the Critical Computing seminar series. This a monthly online seminar where we invite scholars to discuss topics in critical computing. The objective of the seminar is to create a broader understanding of computing from different ethical, social, and cultural perspectives. You will find more information about this seminar series and upcoming speakers by following the link: https://sites.google.com/view/uoft-critical-computing/seminar-series This month (May, 2022), *Dr. Sara Grimes*, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, will give a book talk “*Digital Playgrounds: The Hidden Politics of Children's Online Play Spaces, Virtual Worlds, and Connected Games*” on *Wednesday, May 25, 2pm to 3:30pm EST.* We invite you all to join the seminar. Please check the following link for more details about the seminar at: https://sites.google.com/view/uoft-critical-computing/seminar-series/sara-g…. The registration link is at: https://bit.ly/3NtYJNP I have appended the seminar details at the bottom of this email. Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone interested (within and outside UofT). We look forward to seeing you all at the seminar. Best Regards, Priyank Chandra (On behalf of the Organizers) Assistant Professor Faculty of Information University of Toronto *Book Title: Digital Playgrounds: The Hidden Politics of Children's Online Play Spaces, Virtual Worlds, and Connected Games* Sara Grimes, Director of the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) and Semaphore Labs and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto Twitter: @smgrimes Time: 25 May, 2022 from 2 PM - 3.30 PM, EST *Abstract:* Digital games and online play spaces can provide children with extremely valuable tools for collaborating, creating, learning, and having fun. Digital games can provide unique forums where kids can exercise their agency and engage in a meaningful shared cultural experience. In many cases, however, this potential is diminished by the prioritization of commercialization and the enrollment of child users into big data economies. In this talk, I present four tendencies that dominate and shape the child-specific commercial digital play landscape: a deep disconnect between hegemonic articulations of children’s privacy and children’s need for autonomous spaces and interactions; a lack of support for children’s freedom of expression online and its positioning in opposition to children’s “safety”; unanswered questions about who owns children’s digital content and shared culture; and the problematic application of both traditional and emerging models of corporate control, monetization, and commercialization to artifacts designed and targeted to young children. The prevalence of these tendencies has profound implications for children’s digital play, sense of “self” (identities), and rights. I argue that the concretization of these tendencies as design features and quasi-legal “rules of play” highlights the urgent need for a cross-sector collaboration aimed at better supporting children's rights and interests in connected play environments. *Bio:* Dr. Sara M. Grimes is Director of the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) and Semaphore Labs and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Her research and teaching are centred in the areas of children’s digital media culture(s) and critical theories of technology, with a focus on digital games. Her published work explores the commercialization of children’s play culture and creative expression, discussions of intellectual property and fair dealing in child-specific digital environments, as well as the legal and ethical dimensions of marketing to children online. Her new book, Digital Playgrounds: The Hidden Politics of Children’s Online Play Spaces, Virtual Worlds, and Connected Games, was published by the University of Toronto Press in August 2021. Community outreach is a core part of Dr. Grimes’s professional practice, and she regularly speaks at media/cultural industry conferences, participates in policy consultations, and engages in action research projects and cross-sector partnerships. Recently, Professor Grimes was awarded a three-year SSHRC Insight Grant to lead a new trans-national, cross-sector research collaboration entitled Children and Age-Appropriate Game Design: Children’s and Developers’ Experiences of How Digital Games are Classified, Rated and Designed for Children. This project will revisit how children’s games are regulated in both Canada and the UK, particularly around questions of children’s privacy and other rights, and the ethics of in-game advertising and monetization.

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April 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET: UofT Critical Computing Talk Series - Rajesh Veeraghavan
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27 Apr '22

Hello everyone, Thank you for your interest in attending Rajesh Veeraghavan's talk for the Critical Computing Speaker Series. Please find the Zoom link below: *Topic: *Patching Development: Information Politics and Social Change in India *Time: *April 27, 2022 at 02:00 PM America/Toronto Join Zoom Meeting https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86717947294 Meeting ID: 867 1794 7294 Passcode: 490213 One tap mobile +16132093054,,86717947294#,,,,*490213# Canada +16473744685,,86717947294#,,,,*490213# Canada Dial by your location +1 613 209 3054 Canada +1 647 374 4685 Canada +1 647 558 0588 Canada +1 778 907 2071 Canada +1 438 809 7799 Canada +1 587 328 1099 Canada Meeting ID: 867 1794 7294 Passcode: 490213 Find your local number: https://utoronto.zoom.us/u/kdBfsKXPzM Join by SIP 86717947294(a)zoomcrc.com Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) Meeting ID: 867 1794 7294 Passcode: 490213 Join by Skype for Business https://utoronto.zoom.us/skype/86717947294 Best Regards, Organizers

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