DASH Archives - December 2016

Lecture Series: Media Arts and the Archive 

Danube University / Department of Image Science / Krems, Austria

Leading experts discuss contemporary handleing of Media Art from
research to the archive. How have digital media changed our perception
and interaction with images? How do museums and archives address the new
challenges of collecting, researching, indexing and interpreting Media
Art? Numerous contemporary issues arise for debate through Media Arts,
from the image and media revolutions, human-machine interaction, to
globalization and surrveillience society. What connections do we find
between media art and the archive addressed in these controversial
topics. 

The Lecture Series "Media Art and the Archive" focuses on proposed
solutions for the central dilemma of arts politics of our time.
Internationally chosen experts from art history, humanities, museum
studies and art envision solutions, strategies, and ground-breaking
results from a variety of research fields. 


PROGRAMM

Prof. Jeffery Shaw (CityU / HK)
08.08.2016, Danube University
The Age of Experience

Dr. Ana Peraica (DanubeU / AT)
02.11.2016, Danube University
Media of Self-Representation and Media Politics

Dr. Andreas Broeckmann (Leuphana / GER)
03.11.2016, Danube University
Machine Art - History and Aesthetics

Patricia Falcao (Tate Modern / UK)
10.11.2016, Danube University
Preserving, Documenting and Displaying Media Art

Dr. Harald Kraemer (CityU / HK)
05.12.2016, Danube University
Multimedia Classics - Hypermedia Hermeneutics: 
On the Increasing Loss of Digital Cultural Heritage

Morten Sondergaard (AalborgU / DK)
6. 12. 2016, Danube University
Sound + Art + Archives

Ramón Reichert (Universität Wien / A)
13. 12. 2016, Stift Göttweig, Zentrum für Bildwissenschaften
Analogizität Digitalität Postdigitalität,

Erna Fiorentini (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin / GER)
16.02. 2017, Danube University
Visual Worlds


LOCATION
Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems / 17.00
18:30, unless otherwise noted.

Department für Bildwissenschaft: www.donau-uni.ac.at/dbw 
Archive of Digital Art www.digitalartarchive.at 

Dear all,

the graduate school “Locating Media” at the University of Siegen  has a post-doc vacancy for 3 years with the possibility of extension. “Locating Media” focuses on studying media ‘in motion’ and ‘in situ’ and aims to develop inventive mobile and digital methods for media research: www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de  

Please spread the word and get in touch if you are interested in applying! 

Best wishes
Carolin Gerlitz

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The University of Siegen is an innovative institution with an emphasis on an interdisciplinary orientation and has about 20,000 students and 2,000 employees, including 1,200 academic positions. There is a broad spectrum of departments, ranging from liberal arts, social sciences, and economics through to natural sciences and engineering, and the University of Siegen provides an outstanding teaching and research environment with numerous inter/transdisciplinary research projects. The University of Siegen offers diverse options for combining professional and family life. For this reason, it has been certified as a family-friendly university since 2006 and provides a dual career service.

Starting on April 1st 2017, 
one full-time (100% fte) post-doctoral post
(salary category TV-L 13)

is available at the University of Siegen in the German Research Foundation (DFG) Graduate School, GRK 1769 "Locating Media", for the fixed-term period of three years, with the possibility for extension (according to DFG standards). The duration of the contract complies with the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz.

Locating Media
The Graduate School "Locating Media" was set up in 2012 and has focused on researching historical and current media practices 'in motion' and 'in situ'. The main objective of “Locating Media” is to facilitate a methodological re-orientation of interdisciplinary media research by engaging with locational and situational analyses and the development of new methods for the analysis and design of mobile digital media. In the second phase of funding, the existing expertise in ethnographic methodologies will be expanded to include digital and mobile methods, to investigate the increased mobility and distributed spatiality of media and data processes.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) Graduate School provides an international environment for inventive and interdisciplinary media research by offering an intensive training programme, joint events with collaboration partners, training in relevant ethnographic, digital and mobile methods and the possibility of field research and research abroad. The research program will be realised in close collaboration with international partners and supporters, such as the Digital Ethnography Research Centre in Melbourne (RMIT), the Digital Methods Initiative (University of Amsterdam), the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (Warwick University), Centre for Science Studies and Mobilities Lab at Lancaster University and other collaborators.

More information on the profile and program can be found here: www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de 

Job description:
We expect:
– attendance of the Research Training Group events such as workshops, international conferences, intensive workshops and summer schools.
–  regular presentation of interim findings of individual research projects during internal events (Research Colloquium, Lecture Series) and during conferences.
– co-organisation of workshops and international conferences in collaboration with our international partners
–  publication of the research project in relevant specialist journals and supervision of publications.

This is a position for obtaining further academic qualifications (Habilitation), for which the ongoing media research in Siegen, for instance in the context of the collaborative research centre 1187 "Media of Cooperation"   provides a stimulating environment. The opportunity for this is provided within the scope of official duties.

Your profile:
 
− outstanding doctoral degree in one of the following areas of study: media studies, history, information science, cultural studies, literary studies, linguistics, ethnology, political science, sociology, Science and Technology Studies.
–  outstanding scholarly achievements.
–  research project in one of the areas of study listed above (10-page project prospectus including timetable).
–  familiarity with media research and social science methods and interest in methodological innovation.
–  willingness to participate in the Graduate School’s activities and to contribute toward their conceptual development.
–  good spoken and written German and English.
 
The University of Siegen is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with its policy of increasing the proportion of women in this type of employment, the University actively encourages applications from women. The University facilitates a viable combination of professional and family needs.
 
For candidates with equivalent qualifications, preference will be given to people with physical disabilities.
 
For further information, please contact Herr Dr. Pablo Abend (Tel.: +49 271/740-2080)
E-Mail: abend@locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de  
Homepage: www.uni-siegen.de/locatingmedia  
 
Please send application documents (CV, copies of diplomas and certificates, letter of recommendation from a professor concerning the research project, approx. 10-page project prospectus, including task schedule) in duplicate by January 5th 2017 with reference number 2016/I/Locating Media/WM/264 to the program address: Dr. Pablo Abend, Universität Siegen, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg „Locating Media“, Artur-Woll-Haus, Am Eichenhang 50, 57076 Siegen, Germany.
 
Information on the University of Siegen is available online: www.uni-siegen.de .

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Prof. Dr. Carolin Gerlitz
Professor for Media Studies, Digital Media and Methods / Professur Digitale Medientechnologien

University of Siegen
Room AE-B 108
Am Eichenhang 50 
57076 Siegen
+49-(0)271-740-5150
carolin.gerlitz@uni-siegen.de
https://www.uni-siegen.de/phil/medienwissenschaft/personal/lehrende/gerlitz_carolin/?lang= 

Sekretariat: Vera Beer, AR-H 410
+49-(0)271-740-4692
sekretariat-ii@medienwissenschaft.uni-siegen.de

SIGGRAPH's SpaceTime 2017 International Student Competition provides an excellent opportunity for students currently attending school in either traditional academic setting or home school at either the College/University levels or High School/Secondary levels and working in computer based media to exhibit their creative work nationally and internationally.

Entries will be judged by international jurors on the basis of solution of the theme, artistic merit, design, originality, technical excellence, and content. We are interested in ways to push the limits of the technology available or involve combinations of technologies.

The theme for SpaceTime 2017 is:
"At the Heart of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques"
keeping with the theme of 2017 conference. We are looking for posters that depict this idea.
https://education.siggraph.org/conferences/annual-conference/siggraph-2017/spacetime-cfp

The first two winners will receive a complimentary conference registration.

The first three Winners will receive a Certificate.
You may include text in the poster design as long as it suits the theme. A minimal use of text is suggested.
Submission Requirements:
One entry per student.
1. Send a jpg file:
o Image size is A3 (11.7" x 16.5"--297 x 420 mm) 300-ppi RGB, JPG format.
o Name your files and folder: firstname_lastname.jpg
2. Send a Word document named firstname_lastname.docx with:
o Student's name: First Name, Last Name
o Title of Work
o Student's email address
o School and Department/Program name with City and Country
o Professor's name
 o A brief artist's statement (maximum 250 words)

  1.  A brief technical statement (maximum 150 words)

You should not use any copyrighted imagery for your poster. You may use images released under a Creative Commons license that allows for derivative works, or images that are in the public domain, but you are responsible for copyright related issues.


Submission Methods:

Email attachments: one image, one info statement
sent to anna.ursyn [at] unco.edu, Cc: aursyn [at] gmail.com.
Because of the spam folder, please send to both addresses.

By submitting your work you state that no copyrighted images were used, and agree that SIGGRAPH Education Committee retains the right to archive the project description on our web sites and promotional materials for fair use.

Materials will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

Deadline: May 15, 2017.

Questions should be directed to:
Dr. Anna Ursyn at anna.ursyn [at] unco.edu, Cc: aursyn [at] gmail.com.

Selected works will be exhibited at the SIGGRAPH Education Committee Booth at the 2017 Conference and included on the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee web site, and in promotional materials.

The first two winners will receive a non-transferable complimentary conference registration to the SIGGRAPH 2017 Conference in Los Angeles, California, July 30-August 3, 2017, which does not include travel or lodging. The authors of accepted works will receive a letter, which may serve as a basis for applying for their schools' grants to attend the conference. http://s2017.siggraph.org/.