<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; " id="internal-source-marker_0.7447935786359386">MediaCity 4: Call for </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; ">Workshop Proposals</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">DEADLINE: December 17, 2012</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Media</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; ">Cities</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">International Conference, Workshops and Exhibition</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">University at Buffalo, The State University of New York</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">May 3-5, 2013</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; ">Media</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; ">Cities </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">is
pleased to announce an open call for workshops organized in conjunction
with the conference, to be held in Buffalo, New York from May 3-5,
2013.</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">We
invite workshop proposals that address specific themes around
pluralities and globalities, particularly as they appear in some of the
topics that have already been identified in the call for papers:</span><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">the contexts of non-Western cities and post-industrial societies (Other Urbans);</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">protest, public space, and contested shared urban events (Uncommons);</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">new life in dead and dying urban milieux (Zero Growth Cities);</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">cross-scale urban landscapes (Media Geographies) and,</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">trans-national urban cities (Bordervilles).</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">More information on these topics is available here: </span><a href="http://mediacities.net"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); vertical-align: baseline; ">http://mediacities.net</span></a><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">Media</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; ">Cities</span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">workshops can take either of the following forms:</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">Workshops
designed to share knowledge in emerging areas amongst a small group of
people within an intimate, peer-oriented setting. This may be through
presentations, demonstrations, field trips, actions or events or any
combination thereof.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">Skill-share workshops that provide hands-on experience in an area of general interest to the Media</span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; ">Cities</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">
community, including (but not limited to): mobile and locative media,
platforms for embedded and distributed sensing, urban data
visualization, ambient informatics and responsive systems.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">A workshop proposal should contain at least the following information:</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">Names, affiliations and bios of main organizers.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">Motivation and rationale for the workshop.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">For knowledge-share workshops:</span></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">a draft of the Invitation to Participate to be issued.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">expected number and format of presentations, demonstrations, actions or events.</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through; vertical-align: baseline; "></span></li></ul><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">For skill-share workshops:</span></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">an outline of the topics to be covered.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">a description of required skill-level of participants.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">a list of required tools and equipment.</span></li></ul><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">A list of technical resources and space requirements for the workshop.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">The workshop deadlines, both internal and external.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">Expected number of participants.</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; ">An itemized budget indicating all expenses and income for the workshop.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; "> </span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; ">Email proposals as a single PDF to <<a href="mailto:cfp-workshops@mediacities.net">cfp-workshops@mediacities.net</a>> with the subject line “PROPOSAL: MediaCities Workshops.” Send questions to <<a href="mailto:chairs@mediacities.net">chairs@mediacities.net</a>>.</span><br></body></html>