[Reader-list] Call for Proposals: Short Term Research Projects in Social and Digital Media 2016

[The Sarai Programme]

The Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi,
invites proposals from individuals for research projects on contemporary
social and digital media, its ecologies and histories. Selected research
proposals will be supported with a short-term grant for six months, and the
researchers will present their studies in a workshop at Sarai-CSDS at the
end of the period

We are interested in the following themes:

   - Unpacking Obscenity
   - Memes, ‘Selfies’, Lists and Viral Content
   - New Media Effects and Violence
   - Digital Money
   - Law and Media: Legal Debates on Circulation of Images and Messages
   - Platform: Design, Participation, Revenue, Alternatives
   - Media Streams: Delivery and Distribution of Media (cinema, news,
   music, images)
   - Censorship, Government and Commercial Regulations and Public Campaigns
   - Intermedia Junctions: Screen Cultures, Interface Design, Data Streams
   - Memory: Storage, Databases, Retrieval, Devices
   - Online Media as Archive
   - Issues of Privacy/Disclosure
   - Surveillance: Private and Public
   - Gender, Sexuality and Technology
   - Social Media Campaigns: Organized Politics, Petitions, Performance and
   Activism
   - Practice-based Research on Software and Multimedia Platforms
   - Gaming Cultures: Narrative, Interface, Aesthetics
   - Offline Network of Things: Bluetooth, SD Cards, File Sharing Apps
   - Mobile Phone Culture and Effects
   - Rural Landscapes after New Media
   - Media after Big Data: Feedback, Affect and Knowledge Production
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   Applicants need to send:
   - Research proposal of maximum of 1,000 words
      - Brief Work-plan
      - Comprehensive CV
      - Two work samples (can include writing samples or practice-based
      media)

   Please email the documents mentioned above as separate PDF files to
   dak at sarai.net with “Application for Short Term Research Project” as the
   subject header.

   Last date for applications: February 15, 2016
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   For Further details please refer to the following link-
   http://sarai.net/call-for-proposals-short-term-research-projects-in-social-and-digital-media-2016/