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<b><span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#674EA7">Call for Submissions: Labor Tech Research Network Book, Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice Awards</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://labortechresearchnetwork.org"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#1155CC">Labor Tech Research Network</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">
(LaborTech) invites submissions for our third annual Book, Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice Award. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Deadline: June 1, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*About Us*</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">LaborTech is an interdisciplinary and transnational group of over 570 experts concerned with the intersection of technology and labor. We aim to reframe conversations
about technology and labor towards issues of power, inequality, and social justice, and incorporate themes of feminism, anti-racism, and transnationalism. We also seek to foster an interdisciplinary, cross-regional, and community-oriented space for discussion,
collaboration, and empowerment. For a deeper discussion of our mission, please see the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/index.php/about-us/"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#1155CC">'About Us'</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46"> page on our website as well
as examples of topics in our </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://labortechresearchnetwork.org/index.php/speaker-series/"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#1155CC">decade-long Speaker Series</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*Call for Nominations*</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">As part of our mission to promote scholarship and activism towards more equitable forms of labor and technology, LaborTech is announcing a call for three awards -- Book,
Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice. These will honor projects which:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">have distinctive intellectual merit or activist impact;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">advance the knowledge about labor and technology in the global society; and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">address our core focus on labor and technology and which may simultaneously address feminism, anti-racism, and/or transnationalism.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*<i>Eligibility*</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Works from all disciplines and methodologies are eligible for nomination. Nominations are open to members and non-members of LaborTech. We welcome self-nominations especially,
but also nominations from publishers, colleagues, and others familiar with the projects. We encourage submissions from women, people of color, queer communities, and those from the global south. LaborTech executive board members and committee chairs, as well
as books published in our Labor and Technology series with MIT Press, are ineligible for these awards.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*<i>Prizes*</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Winners receive a small cash award and a certificate (which we hope to expand further in years ahead, as we are still a growing nonprofit organization :). In addition,
we offer our infrastructural supports at LaborTech to promote visibility of your projects: by connecting with our 570+ expert members; by making a video of winners and distributing it both in and outside of our network to enhance public attention and exposure;
and by creating a space and opportunity for sharing your work at out end of year virtual celebration. Winners will be announced in December.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*<i>Deadline and Contact*</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">The deadline for submissions is
<b>June 1, 2024.</b> Send questions to <u><a href="mailto:labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com">labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com</a></u>. See below for separate criteria and instructions for the various awards.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*Criteria and Submission Details*</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*Book Award*</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Criteria:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Monographs only (no edited volumes or anthologies)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Multiple authors accepted<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Published in the last three years (2022-24).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">If your book is not out by the deadline for this award, please send proofs from the manuscript and a letter from the press editor confirmation publication before the end of 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Submission details:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Please submit the following items in English to
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#1155CC">labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Montserrat">An electronic version in PDF format (contact us if only print form is available for books)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">The author's contact email address<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">A one-page nomination letter stating the significance and contribution of the work<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<h1 style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Graduate Student Paper Award*</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Criteria:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Written by students currently enrolled in a graduate program or who have graduated in 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo4;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Single-authored pieces are preferred, but co-authored pieces will be accepted with the above conditions in Submission Details<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo4;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Papers may be published within the last three years (2022-24) or unpublished<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo4;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Page length: 25-40 pages, double-spaced<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Submission details:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Please submit the following items in English to
<u><a href="mailto:labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com">labortechresearchnetwork@gmail.com</a></u>:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Electronic version in PDF format<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">The author's email address<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">A one-page nomination letter stating:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" type="circle">
<li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo5;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">the significance and contribution of the work<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo5;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">when the PhD was started and, if applicable, granted- if the paper was published, then state when and in what journal<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#283C46;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo5;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat">if co-authored with faculty/advisors/other PhDs, please include a paragraph attesting to the student's dominant role in generating the paper (such as working on its theoretical components, doing the research, and writing
it up). In addition, we ask that the cover letter is signed (digitally, or otherwise) by all co-authors, so that they are aware of this submission.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<h1 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">*Social Justice Award*</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Criteria:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Montserrat">Those who are interfacing with technology in the course of their organizing, or who are organizing against inequitable technologies, in the context of labor, feminism, anti-racism, transnationalism struggles. This may include:<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">tech workers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">labor organizers, whether in unions or other workers' associations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">feminist, immigrant, community, and ethnic rights activists<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">scholar-activists. For this, we are not looking for purely academic work (i.e., scholars who are studying activism), but rather those who are participating in activism themselves,
or who are promoting collaborations between activists and scholars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">people creating design alternatives for social justice, like engineers and designers <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Open to individuals, small groups, and if appropriate, organizations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Focus will be on a particular campaign or project that is done with the aim of social justice regarding labor and/or technology. These projects may be broad (such as educating
the public on a social justice issue) or specific (such as organizing a protest for higher wages). They may use a variety of strategies (e.g., art, design, social media, marches and strikes, policy interventions, etc.). We'd like to honor activists who,
through these projects, have developed novel approaches or who are pioneers in the fight for more equitable relations of technology and/or labor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Submission details:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Fill out this Google Form: </span>
<span style="font-family:Montserrat"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRQ7kk9IEEtYqNinwKfLTgMF6CiIJudZc8DBz02pWVq6TnrQ/viewform?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRQ7kk9IEEtYqNinwKfLTgMF6CiIJudZc8DBz02pWVq6TnrQ/viewform?usp=sharing</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">.
It has a few short questions regarding the significance and contribution of your social justice activities</span><span style="font-family:Montserrat"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Answers to this form should be a
<b>minimum 200 words each</b>, in order to give us enough understanding of the nominee's accomplishments. No single sentence answers please!</span><span style="font-family:Montserrat"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:Montserrat;color:#283C46">Please submit all items in English. However, if you have a submission in another language, contact us and we'll attempt to find a translator in our group.</span><span style="font-family:Montserrat"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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