<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Friends and Colleagues:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Could you spread the word as you can of the impending deadline for the first meeting of SIGCIS outside of the SHOT annual meeting? The deadline is 12/30/16.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The meeting is:</div><div class=""><div id="banner" class=""><div class="wsite-not-footer wsite-header-elements wsite-elements"><div class="wsite-section-wrap"><div class="wsite-header-section wsite-section" style="height: auto;"><div class="wsite-section-content"><div class="container"><div class="wsite-section-elements"><div class=""><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"><table class="wsite-multicol-table"><tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"><tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"><td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:10.608695652174%; padding:0 15px;">
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<div class="paragraph"><strong class=""><font size="5" class="">March 18-19, 2017<br class="">Computer History Museum <br class="">Mountain View, CA</font></strong></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="5" class=""><a href="http://meetings.sigcis.org/call-for-papers.html" class="">Call for Papers Deadline: Dec 30</a></font></h2>
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<div class="paragraph"><strong class=""><font size="5" color="#ae40a5" class="">What is Command Lines?</font></strong><br class=""><br class=""><font color="#3f3f3f" class=""><em class="">Command Lines: Software, Power, and Performance </em>is
a meeting that will draw together scholars from a variety of fields
that study software. These fields include: the history of computing;
science and technology studies; software studies; code studies; game
studies; media studies; the study of women, gender and sexuality;
studies of race, ethnicity and postcoloniality; network and internet
histories; and computer science and engineering. <em class="">Command Lines </em>is collaboratively organized by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sigcis.org" class="">SIGCIS </a>(Special Interest Group for Computing, Information and Society) and the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.computerhistory.org/softwarehistory" class="">Computer History Museum</a>. <br class=""><br class="">The
meeting will explore how software relates to social and technical
constructs of power and performance. Attendees will discuss why
connections between the creation and use of software are integral to
understanding social and technical power in multiple senses.</font></div><div class="paragraph"><font color="#3f3f3f" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="paragraph"><font color="#3f3f3f" class="">The call for papers is:</font></div><div class="paragraph"><strong class=""><font size="5" class="">Purpose and Theme</font></strong><br class="">The purpose of the meeting, <em class="">Command Lines: Software, Power, and Performance</em>,
is to draw together scholars from a variety of fields that study
software: the history of computing; science and technology studies;
software studies; code studies; game studies; media studies; <span style="color:rgb(63, 63, 63)" class="">the study of women, gender and sexuality; studies of race, ethnicity and postcoloniality; network and internet histories; </span>and
computer science and engineering. The meeting hopes to explore the
connections between the creation and use of software and “power” in
multiple senses, and the connection between software and conceptions of
technical and cultural “performance.”<br class=""> <br class="">The SIGCIS organizing
committee now seeks proposals for short papers (15-20 min.) to present
new work at the conference. We welcome work that hinges on, links to, or
reacts against the themes of the meeting. We also welcome submissions
that may not connect specifically with the themes but have bearing on
the larger project of SIGCIS--the study of computing and sociotechnical
change. We especially encourage submissions from graduate students and
early career scholars.<br class=""> <br class=""><strong class=""><font size="5" class="">Deadlines and Submission Protocol</font></strong><br class=""><u class="">Proposals for papers are due by December 30th, 2016</u>. Decisions will be made by January 16th, 2017. Proposals should include:<ul class=""><li class="">a
one-page abstract (maximum 400 words) addressing the paper's topic,
approach, sources, and relationship to existing literatures</li><li class="">a one-page CV</li></ul>Please email your proposal to SIGCIS organizing committee by midnight (Pacific time) on December 30th to Conference Assistant <a href="file:///C:/Users/Laine/Desktop/Dropbox/Academia%20Otherwise/Pencil%20Pushing/CommandLines/kera.allen@gatech.edu" class="">kera.allen@gatech.edu</a>. <br class=""><br class=""><strong style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102)" class=""><font size="5" class="">Financial Support</font></strong><br class=""><span style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102)" class=""> </span><span style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102)" class="">SIGCIS
and the Museum will be able to provide partial financial support to
graduate students to present at the meeting. Please note in your
proposal if you would like to be considered for a travel award.</span><br class=""> <br class=""><strong class=""><font size="5" class="">Location and Logistics</font></strong><br class="">The
meeting events will be held at CHM at 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard,
Mountain View, CA 94043. During the event, attendees will have access to
CHM’s most recent major exhibit on software and its implications, <em class="">Make Software: Change the World!</em><br class=""> <br class="">There
will be no official meeting hotel or transportation. The meeting has a
$40 registration fee, waived for graduate and undergraduate students as
well as independent scholars. Presenters and attendees may register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/command-lines-software-power-and-performance-tickets-28775183348" target="_blank" class="">here</a>. We encourage early registration, as attendance will be limited.</div><div class="paragraph"><br class=""></div><div class="paragraph">And the website for the meeting is <a href="http://meetings.sigcis.org/" class="">http://meetings.sigcis.org/</a></div><div class="paragraph"><br class=""></div><div class="paragraph">Thanks in advance for your kind help.</div><div class="paragraph"><br class=""></div><div class="paragraph">Best wishes,</div><div class="paragraph"><br class=""></div><div class="paragraph">David</div><div class="paragraph"><br class=""></div><div class="paragraph">++++++++++++++</div><div class="paragraph">David C. Brock</div><div class="paragraph"><a href="mailto:dcb@dcbrock.net" class="">dcb@dcbrock.net</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class="">Director</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Center for Software History</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Computer History Museum</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="http://www.computerhistory.org" class="">www.computerhistory.org</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class="">40 Russell Street, Greenfield, MA 01301 <br class="">Mobile: 413-522-3578 <br class="">Skype: dcbrock <br class="">Twitter: @dcbrock</div></div></div>
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