November 2024 - Members - lists.sigcis.org

Early mobile phone photography
by Friedrich Tietjen 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

Dear colleagues, together with a group of Swiss, German and Finnish colleagues I'm currently researching into cameras from a cultural studies perspective. One thing I'm trying to get a better understanding of are early mobile phone cameras and their images. I'm in particular interested in pre-smartphone photography, and I wonder whether you can help me out: # I couldn't find a library of photographs taken with camera-equipped phones. Would you know if there is one? If there is none and you have such photographs (and also videos) somewhere - would you mind sharing some with me (if available with information about the phone used)? # Would you know of a place collecting the tech specifications of these early phones? I'm particularly interested in whether .jpg was consistently used as a format or, if not, which other formats were in use. Many thanks in advance Friedrich -- The gibberish in the attachment is not a corrupt file, but my public PGP key - use it in case you prefer encrypted communication; otherwise ignore.

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Paul Baran's time at UCLA
by ULYSSES PASCAL 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

I was reading *Circuits, Packets, and Protocols *and the oral history transcript of Paul Baran at the computer history museum and I was wondering who Paul Baran's professors were at UCLA. I know his advisor was Grerald Estrin. Specifically, I am wondering if he might have crossed paths with Lowell Amdahl who I think (if wikipedia can be trusted) was a professor around the same time. Best, Ulysses Pascal Postdoctoral Researcher Vrije University Brussels Information Studies, PhD ulyssespascal.com

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Fwd: faculty positions at U Maryland
by Andrew Russell 10 Nov '24

10 Nov '24

Passing on this opportunity… ALR Begin forwarded message: The new Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute (AIM) at the University of Maryland, College Park (https://aim.umd.edu/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/aim.umd.edu/__;!!IBzWLUs!UzDH-AgA664ZPDs…>) has openings for 30 tenured and/or tenure-track faculty positions in Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined. The job description includes “humanistic and social scientific approaches” to AI. The deadline for best consideration is 12/13/2024. The full text is available at https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/124144<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ejobs.umd.edu/postings/124144__;!!IBzWLU…> Questions may be directed to Dr. Neda Atanasoski, AIM Associate Director, at natanaso(a)umd.edu<mailto:natanaso@umd.edu>

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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] luddism
by Andrew Butrica 09 Nov '24

09 Nov '24

For the French case, see Jeff Horn, The Path no Taken: French industrialization in the age of revolution, 1750–1830 (2006). He argues for the centrality of "machine breaking" in explaining the specific way in which France industrialized. Other equally valid arguments have been put forward by historians and economists. Andrew J. Butrica Historian -----Original Message----- From: unterluggauer <mariann(a)nomatic.org> Sent: Nov 8, 2024 5:58 AM To: Genevieve Clifford <genevieve(a)mun-tonsi.net> Cc: <members(a)lists.sigcis.org> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] luddism hi, i did research luddism some years ago for a broadcast serial, and would love to share my findings. the best book i found back then is for me still e.p. thompson, the making of the english working class, pinguin books, 1963. because he went to the archives ... all the best, mariann > On 8. Nov 2024, at 08:55, Genevieve Clifford via Members wrote: > > hi ezra, > > would be delighted to get involved :) > > bw, > genevieve > — > genevieve clifford > > apologies for any mistakes in spelling or grammar, i’m typing this response on my phone (and am likely to do so without as much due diligence as i would if at a physical keyboard) > >> On 8 Nov 2024, at 05:34, Ezra J Teboul via Members wrote: >> >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> The possibility of a SHOT special interest group on luddism has been floated by me and I was curious to know if anyone on this list would be interested? >> >> all the best, >> >> Ezra >> _______________________________________________ >> This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org (http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/) > _______________________________________________ > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org (http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/) _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org (http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/)

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luddism
by Ezra J Teboul 08 Nov '24

08 Nov '24

Dear Colleagues, The possibility of a SHOT special interest group on luddism has been floated by me and I was curious to know if anyone on this list would be interested? all the best, Ezra

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In memory of Robert W. Doran
by Brian E Carpenter 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Dear colleagues, Today (November 5, in New Zealand) Bob Doran, among other things a computing historian, would have been 80 years old. A few of us have edited a memorial to him: C.S. Calude, B.E. Carpenter, M.J. Dinneen and G. Dobbie (eds.), In Memory of Robert W. Doran, Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 5 Nov. 2024. https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/groups/CDMTCS/researchreports/downlo… (83 MB) Regards Brian Carpenter

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The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832
by Sebastian Gießmann 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Dear members of SIGCIS, when Henri de Saint-Simon was broke, he handwrote and manually copied his treatises so that they might see some distribution. I always think of this early 19th century story when I reach out to say that there's a new book out there. As historians of technology you might enjoy reading "The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832," which comes out today with MIT Press. I always wanted to find out about why the Internet is considered a network of networks. The book itself is a /longue durée/ cultural-technical answer to that question. While this is hopefully going to see open access soon, the actual printed book is a real beauty! I do continue with the Saint-Simonian business just a bit: If you indulge in reading "Connectivity" on paper, there's a 30 percent discount _only today_ on Barnes and Noble. Please use PUBDAY30 as a discount code on https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763375/the-connectivity-of-things-…. MIT Press has some more information on the discount code business: https://mitpress.mit.edu/discount-codes/. Btw, there's a 20 percent discount if you use READMIT20 on any other day. All of this certainly works with a US address - hopefully, people in Canada might also profit from it. In my humble East German yet Gutenbergian ways, this kind of book promotion still feels a bit awkward. But who would not like to save some money? Feel free to share this information as you like. All the best from Cologne, Sebastian -- AOR Dr. Sebastian Gießmann Reader | Media Theory https://www.uni-siegen.de/phil/medienwissenschaft/personal/lehrende/giessma… Sprechstunde DO 13-14 Uhr:https://sprechstunde.tools.phil.uni-siegen.de/?id=93 https://uni-siegen.webex.com/meet/giessmann https://mastodon.social/@sebgiessmann http://www.sebastiangiessmann.de https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de

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