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Indexação de dados científicos: uma análise a partir das políticas da Rede de Repositórios de Dados Científicos do Estado de São Paulo
Authors: Viana Joyce Mirella dos Anjos , Dal'Evedove Paula Regina
Published: March 2021

The repositories of scientific data are a reality experienced worldwide, contributing to the storage, preservation and access to data from scientific research. In view of the important role that these contemporary systems play, the objective is to investigate the indexing of scientific data within the scope of the Scientific Data Repositories Network of the State of São Paulo, a platform that allows access to scientific data and increases the visibility of research conducted in the participating institutions. To this end, the information policies established by each member institution are analyzed in order to contribute to studies of information representation in digital repositories. This is an exploratory and documentary study, with data collection carried out by consulting the electronic sites of the scientific data repositories and member institutions. The analysis of the identified information policies reveals that the data repositories linked to the Network partially meet the FAIR principles, use software and standards that allow interoperability, have data identification systems and a protocol for collecting metadata. The indexing of scientific data in the member repositories occurs by the author-researcher himself or by the team responsible for the system. There is a need for more in-depth studies on the Network of Scientific Data Repositories of the State of São Paulo, with emphasis on the quality of the subject metadata and the specificities of the indexing policies in scientific data repositories.
Recursos educacionais abertos e educação aberta na sociedade em rede
Authors: Cardoso Teresa , Pinto João
Published: March 2021

We live a new social paradigm named network society, where information circulates intensely through networks mediated by technology. The lifestyles made possible by this new social organization also determine access to knowledge and the reconfiguration of relational processes, which brings us to great challenges, but also opportunities to learn and better evolve responding to our personal or professional needs. Thus, it empowers us in access to knowledge and integrates us into an online participatory culture. In this context, it is essential to consider new paths for learning, diferente and innovatives that respond to the needs of individuals along their lives. We assume, then, the purpose of this essay to reflect on Open Educational Resources and Open Education in the context of new lifestyles, that is, in today's network society, exploring how new needs to learn intersect the social dynamics made possible by online life.
Repositório institucional da Fiocruz - Arca: a importância da uniformização de procedimentos operacionais
Authors: Freyre Éder de Almeida , Queiroz Claudete Fernandes de , Silva Angelo José Moreira , Rodrigues Raphael Belchior
Published: March 2021

This article describes the importance of creating technical standardization procedures known in the area of Administration as Standard Operating Procedure - POP to ensure that the result of the solution is always the same, regardless of those responsible for the task. POP facilitates the performance of administrative and technical activities, contributing to the quality, safety and uniformity of tasks, serving as a vehicle for information about the most diverse processes to reach the executor safely. The creation and use of POP through training are essential to guarantee the quality and uniformity of all the processes involved in order to promote a consistent management of Arca regarding the resolution of known problems in version 4.7 of the DSpace.
CONFOA, viagem no tempo: análise bibliométrica dos artigos apresentados na Conferência Luso-Brasileira de Acesso Aberto: 2010-2019
Authors: Andrade Morgana , Gonçalez Paula Regina Ventura Amorim , Pereira Gleice , Barros Patrícia Pacheco de
Published: March 2021

This research is a descriptive study that uses the bibliometric analysis with a qualitative and quantitative approach. Tendencies of themes, collaboration between countries and authors who concentrated a great number of articles were identified. Aspects that may contribute for the organization of future events, patterns for the publication of works and new thematic lines are indicated.
Facebook for Facebook's Sake
Authors: Jacobs Kevin
Published: March 2021

The affective labour debate has become mainstream in communications studies. In this paper, I The affective labour debate has become mainstream in communications studies. In this paper, I suggest the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century as inspiration for how users can use Facebook with the knowledge that their data is being used for profit. I present Facebook usage as art, creating an analog with aesthete Oscar Wilde’s essay, “the critic as artist” (1891/2010), where he presents critics as artists. Other theorists, especially Walter Benjamin provide grounding for making the argument that Facebook usage is an artistic expression. I then turn to my inversion of Walter Pater’s “art for art’s sake”, the seminal idea of Aestheticism and propose Facebook for Facebook’s sake as a method for Facebook use. While more advanced remuneration concepts have yet to arrive with such force that they could provide the proper payment to users, Facebook for its own sake is a way to appreciate Facebook’s beauty in the meantime. Baudelaire and Debord’s psychogeographic theories provide methods for navigating cities that I apply to examine Facebook as a digital city. The central claim of this paper is the following: By using Facebook for Facebook’s sake, users take back some of the dignity taken away from them in the exploitation of free labour. Finally, I turn to critiques of Aestheticism and how contemporary software might provide insight into using Facebook in an ethical manner. Users will have to consider each action differently; how would liking something affect users’ artistic expression of themselves? In this way, while the affective labour debate continues, users can use Facebook for its own sake.
Utilisation de l’humour dans le contexte d’une crise d’entreprise
Authors: Deslauriers Patrick
Published: March 2021

Cet article cherche à comprendre le phénomène des réactions humoristiques sur un média socio-numérique en situation de crise. Plus précisément, la question de recherche suivante guide cette réflexion: dans un contexte de crise, comment l’humour est-il utilisé pour porter une critique et répéter des «vérités» au sein d’une communauté de jeu vidéo? À partir d’un cadre conceptuel inté-grant autant l’approche pragmatique et rhétorique que les actes de langage humoristique et les concepts foucaldiens de discours et de vérité, un cas a été analysé en détails: la crise ayant affecté la communauté du jeu vidéo No Man’s Skysur le subredditofficiel du jeu. Par l’analyse qualitative et quantitative d’un corpus de cinquante unités humoristiques, les résultats indiquent une tendance à employer l’humour dans le but de critiquer le jeu et le studio derrière celui-ci. Les types d’humour favorisés (ironie, sarcasme et parodie) montrent que les locuteurs font appel à des savoirs préa-lables sur les événements entourant la culture du jeu et cherchent à créer un jeu de connivence avec les destinataires. Ainsi, une «vérité» émerge par la production, valorisation et réitération de dis-cours humoristiques qui véhiculent explicitement ou non diverses critiques. L’effet de ces actes humoristiques sera donc de renforcer la cohésion de communauté et de confirmer les croyances, normes sociales, idéologies et savoirs partagés. À la lumière de ce cas, il apparaît que le regroupe-ment d’une communauté sur le Web et la communication au sein de celle-ci puissent effectivement amplifier le phénomène de crise. Ceci est d’autant plus vrai lorsque l’entreprise à l’origine de la crise évite d’intervenir et de répondre aux consommateurs, laissant ainsi la communauté à elle-même.
"Keeping the Road Clear between Us"
Authors: Toso Tricia
Published: March 2021

As scientists and science educators challenge the epistemological hegemony and cultural imperial-ism of Western modern science by insisting that definitions of science be expanded to include other scientific traditions including traditional ecological knowledge (Berkes 1988, 1993; Inglis, 1999; Warren 1997; Williams & Baines 1993; Snively & Corsigila 2000), we have not seen much of a coe-taneous movement in civil and natural resource engineering. The decolonization of Canadian cities must begin with the acknowledgement of the role engineering, architecture and urban planning has had in the perpetuation of colonialism. This paper works to identify directions for the decoloniza-tion of infrastructural systems through a reconsideration of pre-contact Indigenous architectural and infrastructural histories, a recognition of the ways in which infrastructure was often used as an instrument of colonial land claims, and the various ways in which Indigenous peoples, communities, and knowledges have contributed to the infrastructures that populate our contemporary geography. It is through an acknowledgment of infrastructure as actant in colonialism and the contributions Indigenous peoples and knowledges have had in the development and implementation of our infrastructural systems that we can begin to expand and deepen our understanding of the relationings between knowledge, infrastructure, ecosystems and Indigenous peoples. Finally, this paper considers the ways in which Indigenous design principles offer a great deal of potential in the creation of more environmentally and socially sustainable communities, and even regenerative design.
From the Margins to the Centre(s) of Social Change: An Exploration of the Contributions of Latin American Communication Research
Authors: Febres-Cordero Belen
Published: March 2021

Latin American communication research has a long history of considering communication as a participatory and horizontal process. However, this research is not necessarily widely known in the West. This paper analyzes the work of some of the main foundational and contemporary communication scholars from Latin America, and the contributions and limitations of this body of work in relation to global communication. This paper draws mainly from the work of foundational and contemporary scholars from Latin America. To a lesser extent, it draws from the work of scholars from other countries from the West and the Global South that can inform the understanding of communication research in Latin America. An exploration of the main work and thought of some of the foundational Latin American communication scholars indicates that most of this literature has focused on empirical contributions, assessing, questioning, re-contextualizing and adapting the theories from the West to the local settings, and that less emphasis has been placed on generating unique theoretical concepts and frameworks emerging from the region. However, a review of the work of some contemporary scholars from Latin America â€“ especially the ones focusing on participation, decoloniality and the conceptualization of the margins â€“ suggests that there could be a shift in the focus of Latin American communication research, and the contributions that it could have to the theory and practice of global communication. The analysis of the literature indicates that the work of some of the contemporary Latin American scholars focusing on decoloniality and the conceptualization of the margins could contribute to build theoretical work emerging from the region and, in this way, help increase, re-value, and distribute the literature making unique theoretical contributions to the study of communication from Latin America. This work could have important theoretical and empirical contributions to communication research in Latin America and beyond. Future research in the region should take these considerations into account, while also studying the possibilities and limitations of emerging information technologies in different contexts.
Re-writing history
Authors: Agarwal Sugandha
Published: March 2021

Feminist historians (Kelly, 1984; Scott, 1998) have argued that documented History is inherently ‘masculine’ and marginalizes women’s life experiences. In order to bridge this gap in History, feminist oral historians in the 1970s began collecting women’s oral testimonies to highlight their subjective experiences (Patai and Gluck, 1990). Building on existing scholarship, this paper argues that oral history as a methodology is indispensable in a feminist re-writing of history. It analyzes oral histories conducted by Indian feminist historians with women survivors of India’s Partition. The first section uses a gendered historical lens to argue that feminist oral history is crucial to writing a women’s history. The second section outlines what constitutes as a feminist methodology to envision what women’s history should look like. The final section examines the difficulties of working with oral testimonies. The objective of this study is two-fold: examining non-hierarchical ways of researching through feminist oral history and drawing attention to oral narratives in the global south.
The social construction of blockchain privacy platforms
Authors: Mentanko Jenn
Published: March 2021

Our current internet environment is characterized by online conglomerates, predictive computing and data mining. With this, there is a growing concern among users on how to protect their privacy and manage their identities online. Advocates for blockchain, the newest large-scale wave of internet based platforms, argue it is highly useful for privacy protection. Blockchain is an encrypted and decentralized public ledger that verifies and stores information through a peer-to-peer network. Using the social construction of technology (SCOT) as a theoretical framework, I deploy a comparative discourse analysis of three blockchain platforms - Brave, Civic and Oasis Labs - along with user discourse on Reddit and Medium. This paper explores how users socially construct this emerging technology by comparing privacy discourse between blockchain platforms and motivated social agents. I found blockchain privacy platforms and its users both value data ownership, ad-blocking and safety and security. However, there is also friction and disagreement about themes of trust and ethics as well as usability.
The Line Between Methodology and Praxis
Authors: Fields Andrea C.
Published: March 2021

I would like to begin by disclosing that the overall purpose I have ventured to extend in the writing of my report has been to address the question: How do we, as researchers, as scholars, as students, as teachers, and perhaps also then feasibly as activists, effectively bridge the gap between theory, methodology, and praxis? This report contains both epistemological and methodological discussions, examining potential strengths and problematic uses of oral history as an alternative to traditional empirical social science research.
Subculture Theory and the Fetishism of Style
Authors: Woo Benjamin
Published: March 2021

Subculture theory, a paradigm most closely associated with British cultural studies, promised to provide a Marxian sociology of the connections between social-structural determinants and their expression in the relatively autonomous sphere of culture. This promise has remained largely unfulfilled. The more recent, so-called â€œpost-subculturesâ€ literature has decisively demonstrated the limitations of the model elaborated by the scholars of the Birmingham School. However, in abandoning its class-based critique, they have tended to fall back upon a single-minded concern with the emancipatory potential of lifestyle and consumption. In neither of these â€œmomentsâ€ is the issue of style itself opened up as an arena of social and cultural reproduction. That is to say, subculture theory has tended to fall prey to a fetishism of style. In this paper, I will briefly outline post-subculture critiques of â€œclassicalâ€ subculture theory and, drawing on Jean Baudrillardâ€™s theory of consummativity, point towards the need for a defetishizing study of subcultures as an integral part of a critical cultural studies project. I will also outline a typology of cultural formations as an analytical model for future subculture research.
Yet Another September: AOL, World of Warcraft, and Niche Markets
Authors: Op'tLand Ray
Published: March 2021

Since itâ€™s introduction in November 2004, World of Warcraft (WoW) has exploded in popularity within the sphere of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMOs), dominating the field with over 11.5 million monthly subscribers, an order of magnitude larger than its nearest competitor (Woodcock, 2008). It has become a pop-culture phenomenon, parodied in South Park, promoted by William Shatner, and fiercely defended by its proponents. However, much of the current analysis of the game itself has been on the activities and functions that occur within its virtual space (Ducheneaut, et. al., 2006). The exogenous processes by which WoW came to dominate in its sphere have been under-explored, and the effect their marketplace entry had on established groups within that sphere has been neglected. In this paper, I propose that similarities to what WoW has accomplished in the MMO market can be found in the rise of America Online (AOL) in the early 1990â€™s, and its effect on the existing service providers and systems of the nascent internet. Exemplifying this is the opening of UseNet to its users in 1993, the infamous â€œSeptember That Never Ended.â€
Identity VS E-dentity
Authors: Kuruc Katarina
Published: March 2021

In our current technologically-mediated environment there is in fact a fourth dimension that needs to be taken in to consideration which plays an equally vital role in shaping our identity: that of technology. What happens when experience takes place outside the realm of traditional reality and shifts virtually into cyber-space? Does our identity become free-floating? In other words, because experience relies on our senses and perceptions, when our experiences become mediated what happens to the process of identity creation?
â€œTwitter Me This, Twitter Me That.â€ The Marketization of Brands Through Social Networking Sites.
Authors: Demerling Rachel S
Published: March 2021

The past several years have witnessed the emergence of interactive media with social networking sites. Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have all become increasingly popular social marketing tools for many companies which substantially changed the role of the consumer from a passive target to an active participant. Through the interactive relationship companies establish with their online customers, users of SNS have become agents of their own consumption and co-producers of the brand. Although the relationship between the retailer and consumer is unparalleled, it is one that is necessary with the increasing fragmentation in the public sphere. SNS have become largely successful because they give individuals the opportunity to create identities online and retailers have complemented that by giving consumers control over the design and production of their products. However, I argue that this perceived control is merely an ideological fallacy of individualism that is predetermined and reproduces conformity in mass society.
Global and local media dynamics in identity construction among British Muslims after September 11
Authors: Ben Moussa Mohamed
Published: March 2021

The terrorist attacks of September 11 have become a defining moment not only in the history of the US where they took place, but also in the history of Muslims around the world, particularly those living in Western countries. Muslim diasporas in the West have found themselves at the heart of global events and networks: a global war on terrorism, global flows of images and ideas, and a global Muslim community or Umma. Central to these various processes is undoubtedly the role played by new media and communication technologies, mainly transnational TV channels. Thus, based on an ethnographic study conducted in the city of Leeds, this paper explores the dialectic between local and transnational media, particularly British media and Arab satellite television channels, and the extent to which they have shaped identity building among British Muslims after September11. It argues that the use, appropriation and consumption of these media do certainly have a significant impact on how British Muslims define themselves. However, it demonstrates also that this role is far from being deterministic and it is only one among many other factors that condition identity building among British Muslims.
Enclosure and emancipation in scholarly journals publishing: Overview, critical, global and communication perspectives
Authors: Morrison Heather
Published: March 2021

The current state of scholarly communication is presented as one of contest between an increasingly commercial system that is dysfunctional and incompatible with the basic aims of scholarship, and emerging alternatives, particularly open access publishing and open access archiving. Two approaches to facilitating global participation in scholarly communication are contrasted; equity is seen as a superior goal to the donor model, which requires poverty or inequity to succeed. The current state of scholarly communication within the discipline of communication is examined. A relatively healthy percentage of not-for-profit publishers and at least 76 fully open access journals suggest strong potential for emancipating scholarship in communication from commercial imperatives. Specific sites of struggle and actions for scholars, including developing open access journals and self-archiving, are presented.
A Review of the Changing Roles of â€œThe Expertâ€ and â€œThe Publicâ€ in the Field of Risk Communication
Authors: Boyd Amanda Dawn
Published: March 2021

Risk perception researchers have begun to shift their focus from examining deliberate, conscious and mechanistic methods of probabilities and payoffs in regards to risk. The emerging paradigm in risk is one that takes into greater account the variety of social contexts that shape risk and the variation in perceptions among individuals and groups. The goal of this manuscript is to review the literature on risk and risk perceptions, focusing specifically on the changing roles of the expert and the public in weighing and communicating risks. I further compare how the public and experts differ when it comes to making judgments about risks and discuss why focusing on the divergent views of risk among experts and the public often hinder fair and effective risk communication.
In Defence of Working Papers
Authors: Timcke Scott , Webb Graeme , McKinnon Jay , Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

Working papers are academic articles in various stages of completion, which represents a significant publication venue in various academic disciplines. Nonetheless, there have been considerable amount of critiques on working paper in recent years, especially on its quality and conflict with formal publications. Given the above situation, this article offers a defence of the academic values of working papers. After outlining and addressing common misunderstandings of working papers, the article discusses their four major benefits: the provision of valuable feedback on interim findings, the potential for collaboration, flexible means of dissemination, and the value for intellectual development and capacity building (especially for graduate students). Overall, these benefits underscore a commitment to open-access research that is accessible to the public at large.
The Maple Spring as the Background for the Flourishing of the Fifth Estate in QuÃ©bec
Authors: Fortin Claude
Published: March 2021

The political disengagement of the Millennials has long been a subject of scholarly debate. Using ethnographic research methods, our lab conducted a multi-sited field study to investigate the digital practices of some of the community networks that have emerged or consolidated since the Maple Spring. Our field findings suggest that the Millennial student protesters â€“ alongside citizens from all generations who have lent them their support â€“ have actively engaged in their own forms of political participation and by doing so, have helped to firmly entrench the Fifth Estate in QuÃ©bec society. In particular, we have found that these grassroots networks might have expanded QuÃ©becâ€™s alternative press by using interactive technologies to self-publish, self-represent and self-document issues that are of great concern to them and have typically not been topics up for debate on the public agenda. Our analysis brings to the fore the fraught relationship between the Fifth Estate and the four traditional democratic institutions.
MA Defence: "Environmental Communication with Chinese Characteristics" by Sibo Chen
Authors: Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

It is always a little weird to report a news update about yourself. My MA thesis defence occurred on October 14th, 2014. Here is the abstract of my thesis “Environmental Communication with Chinese Characteristics: Crises, Conflicts, and Prospects”.
Book Review: Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Authors: Nahanee Michelle Lorna
Published: March 2021

Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition by Glen Sean Coulthard was launched on Oct. 22nd, 2014 at SFU Woodwards. For more information regarding the book launch and its panel discussion, please visit the event's page.The book examines anti-Â­â€colonial efforts of Indigenous resurgence in Canada from 1969 to the present and demonstrates the shift from tradition-Â­based assertions of land and title to negotiated claims for land and recognition. It strips the promise of emancipation from the pursuit of recognition and offers Five Theses on Indigenous Resurgence and Decolonization. READ a book review by Michelle Lorna Nahanee, a member of the Squamish Nation and MA student in Global Communications.
MA Defence: â€œSub-elites as fiduciary gatekeepers of global elites: A fiscal anthropology of the Cayman Islands and offshore financial industryâ€ By May Hen
Authors: Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, May Hen, successfully defended her MA thesis on November 25, 2014. Here is the abstract of her thesis “Sub-elites as fiduciary gatekeepers of global elites: A fiscal anthropology of the Cayman Islands and offshore financial industry”.
Public Event: What's Canadian about International Development? An Election Year Conversation
Authors: Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

(Post on behalf of Prof. Katherine Reilly) In celebration of the 25th year of International Development Week, two academic events will be hosted in the first week of February at SFU Harbour Center. On February 5th at 5:00-7:00pm (Room: HC 1400-1430), There will be a panel discussion on "Whatâ€™s Canadian about International Development? An Election Year Conversation". Please see the attached event posters for details.
Public Lecture: Race, Riots, and Empire
Authors: (CPCC) Policy Studies on Culture & CMNS
Published: March 2021

A CPCC sponsored lecture on the topic of "Race, Riots, and Empire: Local and Global Challenges to White Supremacyâ€ will be hosted on Feb. 26, 2015 from 7-9pm in room HC1530 (SFU Vancouver). The event is sponsored by FCAT's Centre For Policy Studies on Culture and Communities, Department of Gender, Sexuality and Womenâ€™s Studies, and Woodwardâ€™s Vancity Office for Community Engagement, Kwantlen Universityâ€™s Social Justice Centre, the Nikkei National Museum, and the Asian Canadian Studies Society. Please see the attached PDF for further details.
Public Seminar: America's Battle for Media Democracy
Authors: Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

(Post on behalf of Dr. Enda Brophy)

There will be a public seminar with Prof. Victor Pickard on his new book "America's Battle for Media Democracy". The seminar will take place on April 7, 2015 between 3:00 and 5:00 pm at room 2270, Habour Center. Please see the attached poster for details.
Public Lecture: Parks and recreation: converging issues in urban cultural planning and national and provincial parks
Authors: (CPCC) Policy Studies on Culture & CMNS
Published: March 2021

A CPCC sponsored lecture titled "Parks and recreation: converging issues in urban cultural planning and national and provincial parksâ€ will be hosted on April 9th, 2015 from 12pm to 14pm in room HC2270 (SFU Vancouver). The event is sponsored by FCAT's Centre For Policy Studies on Culture and Communities. Please see the attached PDF for further details.
Telling the Fracking Truth: A Pentadic Analysis on the Rhetoric of the LNG Expansion in British Columbia
Authors: Blackler Joshua , Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

This paper presents an exploratory study that investigates the latent motives in the public reasoning and rhetoric of hydraulic fracturing expansion offered by the current government of British Columbia. A pentadic analysis was conducted on a policy strategy report titled British Columbiaâ€™s Natural Gas Strategy. The results of the analysis demonstrate how rhetorical devices are applied for legitimizing the exploitation of the natural gas resources in BC.
MA Defence: â€œHow Social Media Users Negotiate Self-Censorship in the Online Public Sphereâ€ By Jes Scott
Authors: Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Jes Scott, will defend her MA Thesis on Friday, August 21st, 2015 (10:00-12:00) at Harbour Centre, Room 1520. Here is the abstract of her thesis “How Social Media Users Negotiate Self-Censorship in the Online Public Sphere”.
Public Lecture: Fictive Communities Asia- Koganecho Bazaar 2014 and AIR YONAGO (475) 2014
Authors: (CPCC) Policy Studies on Culture & CMNS
Published: March 2021

A CPCC public lecture on the topic of "Fictive Communities Asia-Koganecho Bazaar 2014 and AIR YONAGO (475) 2014" will be hosted on January 19, 2015 from 5-7pm in room HC1600 (SFU Vancouver). The event is sponsored by FCAT's Centre For Policy Studies on Culture and Communities (SFU) and the Asian Canadian Studies Society. It will be introduced by Naomi Sawada (UBC Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery). Please see the attached PDF for further details.
MA Defence: â€œCoastal Church: Community through Connectivityâ€ By Adam Bajan
Authors: Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Adam Bajan, will defend his MA Thesis on Friday, September 17th, 2015 at Harbour Centre, Room 1700 (10 am -12 noon). Here is the abstract of his thesis “Coastal Church: Community through Connectivity”.
Public Event: Media Democracy Days 2015
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

Media Democracy Days 2015 will be hosted on November 7, 2015 starting at 11:00 am at the Vancouver Public Library. The day will begin with a Keynote Address from Jesse Brown of Canadaland, brought to you by the Spry Lecture at SFU and MDD. Then, there will be a media fair and three panel discussions. Please see the full text for details.
Engaging the Worlds of Gender, Security and Culture Change: A review of SFU-CUC Global Communication Program 2015 Capstone Presentations
Authors: Hauck Byron
Published: March 2021

Simon Fraser Universityâ€™s motto is â€œEngage the Worldâ€. Few events are a better platform to see how this concept is put into action than at the year-end capstone presentations of SFU and the Communication University of Chinaâ€™s joint Double MA Degree program in Global Communication. This yearâ€™s presentations were conducted by the programâ€™s second cohort of students who, having submitted their work to the library, are now beginning their second and final year in China. The vast array of places, issues and concepts touched upon in their collective work identifies how â€˜the globalâ€™ is more than just geography in the way that communication is more than just what is said. These critical investigations hint at the ways in which the students move past merely engaging academic audiences by focusing on addressing the needs of the many communities that form our global village.
Alighting the Milkmen, Bridegrooms, and Vagabonds: On Capital and Language
Authors: Webb Graeme
Published: March 2021

From the “thunderous denunciations” of mass culture by the Frankfurt School to the ambivalence of Habermas towards mass media, it has been argued that we have moved from culture-debating to culture-consuming publics (Peters, 1993). We have abandoned the coffee house in favour of grumpy cats and lulz. Furthermore, our societal damnation has only been reaffirmed and deepened by a move towards a form of cognitive capitalism. Berardi (2011) and Marazzi (1994), in their respective work on the politics of the language economy, have suggested that cognitive capitalism has given life to a new form of crisis; the crisis of capital today is not merely economic, it also a crisis of the social imagination, and language and discourse is political. It can be enclosed by capital. However, to stop our analysis there is not only pessimistic but also fails to see the emancipatory potential within language and our media systems. Although language and discourse can be enclosed by capital, I would argue it can never fully be co-opted. While media, especially the online sphere, are full of obfuscating pomp and trolling harangues, there remains a potential critical spark in the culture and poetry of everyday language. Echoing Stuart Hall, it is the extent to which popular culture and technology are sites of contestation and the degree to which they can be mobilized to destabilize systems of domination that they matter: “Otherwise, to tell you the truth, I don’t give a damn about it” (Hall, 1998). This paper will investigate the critical spark that language and popular culture can offer in an era of cognitive-capitalism—and who knows, maybe we’ll have a few lulz along the way.
MA Defence: â€œShaping The Genohype: A Cautionary Tale of Overpromiseâ€ by Stephan Struve
Authors: Phan Vu Thuy Anh
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Stephan Struve, will defend his MA thesis on Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 at Harbour Centre, Room 2200 (10:00 am -12:00 pm). Here is the abstract of his thesis “Shaping the Genohype: A Cautionary Tale of Overpromise”.
Recap of Media Democracy Days 2015: Taking on the Federal Election
Authors: Ackerley Christine , Ball Sydney
Published: March 2021

Over the 15 years since its inception Media Democracy Days (MDD) has provided a chance for the public to gather with members of Canadian independent media, journalists, and activists to discuss alternative media and the future of Canadian journalism. This year the MDD community came together with the goal of sharing what has been learned about alternative media practices in light of the recent federal election. MDD took place on November 7th at the Vancouver Public Library and was held in partnership with the SFU School of Communication, OpenMedia, Vancouver Public Library, and Fonds Graham Spry Fund.
Public Event: Brown Bag Lecture Series: Journalisms for Climate Crisis
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

The next Brown Bag Seminar is at noon on March 9th, 2016 at SFU Burnaby in the Mallinson Conference room, K8652.  Dr. Shane Gunster and Dr. Robert Hackett, both from the School of Communication will be speaking on the topic of "Journalisms for Climate Crisis". For more information, please see the PDF poster.
MA Defence: â€œDisconnected realities: An analysis of theÂ DrugsNot4MeÂ campaign and its impact on street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canadaâ€ by Lianlian Ti
Authors: Phan Vu Thuy Anh
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Lianlian Ti, will defend her MA Thesis on Friday, April 15, 2016 at Harbour Centre, Room 1520 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm). Here is the abstract of her thesis “Disconnected realities: An analysis of the DrugNot4Me campaign and its impact on street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada".
MA Defence: â€œThe Dialectic of Open Technologyâ€ by Felix Lo
Authors: Phan Vu Thuy Anh
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Felix Lo, will defend his MA Thesis on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Harbour Centre, Room 1315 (12:00 pm - 2:00 pm). Here is the abstract of his thesis “The Dialectic of Open Technology”.
Introduction: Understanding Digital Sphere in the Networked 21st Century
Authors: Jin Dal Yong
Published: March 2021

Since the mid-1990s, our society has substantially advanced digital technologies and their continuous and through integration into people's daily lives. In just a couple of decades, our society has gone from being technically primitive to one of the most advanced in the world (Frey, 2015). Digital technologies have consequently expanded the boundaries of our social circles, and new forms of digital technologies, such as social media and digital platforms, have become parts of our cultural activities. In fact, people do not only use social network sites to keep in touch with friends, but also use them to enjoy certain television drams and popular music. Digital technologies have also changed politics as the users are encouraged to tweet, text, or call in to vote for contestants in everything from reality competition shows to matchmaking endeavours-bridging the gap between our entertainment and our own lives. In the networked 21st century, digital technologies and the media are interwoven, and neither can be separated from contemporary society in most developed and developing nations. By tweeting or uploading people's news and images, the circle of communication is wider than ever (McGivern, 2013). Meanwhile, digital technologies have become some of the most significant tools in the global economy due to their roles as new growth engines for the economy and culture.
PHD Defence: â€œJournalism Crisis in the Non-Westâ€ by Shan Wu
Authors: Chen Sibo
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Shan Wu, will defend her PHD Dissertation on Thursday, September 8th, 2016 at Mallinson Conference Room (K8652) in SFU Burnaby (6:30 pm - 9:30 pm). Here is the abstract of her dissertation "Uncovering Alternative Conceptions of ‘Journalism Crisis' in the Non-West".
Public Event: US Military Occupation of Okinawa: film & discussion with John Junkerman
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

The Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research is hosting a film screening and discussion of John Junkerman’s film, Okinawa: Afterburn, on the US military occupation of Okinawa. Issues regarding the Cold War, Japanese Imperialism, Japan’s article 9,  and the US military and resistance movements will be highlighted.The event is also hosted by VanCity Office of Community Engagement and the School of Communication along with the Peace Philosophy Centre It will be screened on November 17th at 5PM, room 1530 at Harbour Centre.
Public Event: Free Public Lecture: Dr. Jaimie Baron
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

Dr. Jaimie Baron, an Assistant Professor of Film Studies at the University of Alberta, will present a lecture on the ethics of sonic appropriation, on Friday, November 18, 2016 from 4:00pm-6:00pm at Harbour Centre, Room 7000. Please see the poster attached for more details.
Public Event: Lecture: Re-Imagining Affect: A Dialectic Conceptualization
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

Peter Zuurbier and Frédérik Lesage will present a talk titled "Re-Imagining Affect: A Dialectic Conceptualization" on Thursday, December 1, from 6:00pm–8:00pm in Room 7000 at SFU Harbour Centre.The event is co-sponsored by SFU's Institute for the Humanities and School of Communication. For more details, please see the PDF poster attached.
Public Event: Visual and Sonic Imaginations: Montage as Illusion
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

On January 19th, 2017, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier from Anthropology, University of Victoria in conversation with Vincent Andrisani from the School of Communications, SFU will present CONVERSATIONS WITH UNUSUAL SUSPECTS on the sensorial, art and ethnography: A new seminar series by the Centre for Imaginative Ethnography (CIE) & the Institute for Performance Studies (IPS), in HC room 7000 at 3:00-5:30 pm. Please see the attached poster for details.
Public Event: Dallas Smythe Memorial Lecture: Life and Liberatory Communications in the Age of Trump
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

Dr. Dorothy Kidd will be giving the annual Dallas Smythe Memorial Lecture, entitled "Life and Liberatory Communications in the Age of Trump" on Thursday, March 16 at 7:00 pm in Harbour Centre room 1400-1410. 

Dr. Dorothy Kidd teaches media studies at the University of San Francisco. Her two current research projects examine the use of contentious communications by political and social justice movements, including a longitudinal study of the San Francisco Bay area, and a trans-national study of trans-local movements against extractivism.

Please see the attached poster for more details.
Public Event: Stream Sessions
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

The first Stream Session will be on Wednesday, March 29 from 2:00-4:00 pm at the conference room at the Burnaby Campus (8652). Stream Sessions are intended to be a colloquium where graduate students are invited to present their ideas to fellow students and faculty of the School of Communication. Topics for presentation can range from working papers to discussions of comprehensive or thesis readings to new theories and ideas still in the process of being formed. Itâ€™s an opportunity to workshop ideas among peers in a productive yet low-stakes environment while also receiving valuable feedback from students and faculty.

For more details, please see the attached PDF. 

The following students will be presenting work for the first Stream Sessions. Each presentation will run 10-15 minutes with 15 minutes for discussion afterward.

Stream Sessions - Wednesday March 29 2:00-4:00 pm SFU Burnaby Room 8652

2:00-2:30 - Alberto Lusoli (PhD Student) - â€œFrom Social to Critical Constructivism. An Exploration of the Main Schools of Thought in the Field of Science, Technology and Society"

2:30-3:00 - Geneva Lam (Masterâ€™s Student) - â€œExplaining Ethnic Media through the Lens of Language, Identity and Culture â€œ

3:00-3:30 - Shawna-Kay Thomas (Double-Degree Masterâ€™s Student) - â€œâ€˜Portia Loves the Poorâ€™ - Portia Simpson Miller and Affective Politics in Jamaicaâ€

3:30-4:00 - Peter Zuurbier and Darren Fleet (PhD Students) â€œIt Just Feels Right: Affective Veridiction in the Contemporary West.â€

Faculty Referee: FrÃ©dÃ©rik Lesage

There will be light refreshments served. Following the event, we encourage everyone attending and participating to make their way to the Highland Pub for drinks and continued conversation.
MA Defence: Spaces of convergence of genomics in a cancer clinical trial: A survey examining genomic literacy among medical oncologists in British Columbia by Dung Ha
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Dung Ha, will defend her MA dissertation on Monday, April 10, 2017, at Harbor Center Room 1315 (10:00 am â€“ 12:00 pm). Here is the abstract of her dissertation â€œSpaces of convergence of genomics in a cancer clinical trial: A survey examining genomic literacy among medical oncologists in British Columbia.â€
A Venezuelan Position on the Bolivarian Revolution
Authors: Amundaray Douglas
Published: March 2021

My interest in politics started during my high school years. At 13 I got hooked on the Venezuelan political scenario with the same intensity as most adults. It is not usual for a teenager to be interested in politics, but the impact of the 1998 Venezuelan presidential election was so significant, the coverage by media so widespread, that it was practically inevitable that I would become enthralled in the outcome. “How does who you are and where you stand in relation to others shape what you know about the world?” By raising this question, David Takacs (2002) introduces the importance of positionality to knowledge production. Positionality provides a way to understand how objective or subjective researchers are during knowledge production (Lave & Wenger, 1991). I can firmly say that the representations portrayed in Venezuela’s mainstream media built up my character, and shaped the analytical approach that I follow today as a scholar.
My Puerto Ricanness
Authors: Merced Jarieth Natalia
Published: March 2021

Reflecting on positionality shook the core pillars of my research. I thought that an essay on positionality would be purely expository. But little by little I started encountering reflections of who I am in my description of my topic. Identifying myself in what I was studying helped me question what I was doing. It helped me discern between truths and how my research will provide explanations of certain truths. More importantly, it aided me in identifying why it should be me who completes this study.
The Near and The Related
Authors: Han Sophia
Published: March 2021

In his keynote lecture for the inaugural event of SFU's Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research, Chua Beng Huat spoke of the difficulty of using Western benchmarks to demarcate a new area of Asian studies. A concept like transnational comes with questions already attached regarding the flow of resources or capital between nations. But which nations? From or towards the Global North or the Global South? Westwards towards the US? Or further East towards China? For Huat and the founders of the Institute, if they were to open up new areas of research and discussion, it would be necessary to create a new term, inter-Asian, as well as a new methodology, Asia as Method.
What's in a Word? Unpacking the Communicative Implications of Knowledge Translation as a Term
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

Knowledge translation is one of many terms used to describe the process of moving academic research into practical application to achieve positive impacts. Attention to knowledge translation has grown significantly in the contemporary Canadian research landscape, supported by major federal research funders. This article explores the term in depth, highlighting the interdisciplinary links between the burgeoning area of knowledge translation and more established areas of communication studies and translation studies. Focusing on a Canadian health research setting, the concepts of "perfect communication" and "loss in translation" are examined in relation to knowledge translation. This analysis explores contradictions and tensions within current assumptions and rhetoric around knowledge translation, highlighting misalignments with traditional thinking about communication. These issues can affect how knowledge translation work is perceived and practiced. Critical attention to the tensions emerging from the term knowledge translation is important for the field to continue to develop.
PHD Defence: Inventing Havana in Thin Air: Sound, Space, and the Making of Sonic Citizenship by Vincent Andrisani
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Vincent Andrisani, will defend his PHD dissertation on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at Harbour Centre, Room 1520 (10:30-13:30). Here is the abstract of his dissertation â€œInventing Havana in Thin Air: Sound, Space, and the Making of Sonic Citizenship.â€
MA Defence: Treading the Line
Authors: Ackerley Christine Rose
Published: March 2021

Our dear colleague, Serena Small will defend her MA thesis on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Harbour Centre, Room 2200 (10:00-12:00). Here is the abstract of her thesis "Treading the Line: Seeking balance in information sharing and privacy in ActionADE."
Peter Wagner: Fortschritt
Authors: Kremser Christian
Published: March 2021

Rezension von Peter Wagner: Fortschritt: Zur Erneuerung einer Idee. Frankfurt am Main: Campus 2018.