{"id":10069,"date":"2019-05-05T22:17:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T22:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=10069"},"modified":"2019-05-05T22:17:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T22:17:07","slug":"call-for-papers-mind-over-chatter-symposium-at-indiana-university-kokomo-on-sept-13-deadline-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-papers-mind-over-chatter-symposium-at-indiana-university-kokomo-on-sept-13-deadline-june-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Mind Over Chatter Symposium at Indiana University Kokomo on Sept. 13 (Deadline June 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(via Polly Boruff-Jones, Indiana University Kokomo)<\/p>\n

Indiana University Kokomo<\/a>\u00a0is pleased to announce a free, one-day inter-disciplinary symposium to be held on September 13, 2019.\u00a0 “Mind Over Chatter” will explore the intersections of mindfulness, media, and misinformation in the (post-) digital age. The full CFP for “Mind over Chatter” is attached and pasted below. Hotel, travel, and registration information will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

Please direct all queries to the conference organizers (Paul Cook and Polly Boruff-Jones) at\u00a0cfp19@iuk.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Mind over Chatter”:
\nMindfulness, Media, & Misinformation in the Digital Era<\/strong>Friday, September 13, 2019
\nIndiana University Kokomo
\nKokomo, Indiana<\/strong>Keynote speaker: Michael Caulfield<\/a>, Director of Blended and Networked Learning, Washington State University, and author of Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers<\/a><\/p>\n

“Falsehood is the essence of all media, extending mankind’s natural inclination to myth-making.” – Marshall McLuhan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This symposium seeks to bring together a diverse group of scholars, teachers, and thinkers from around the state of Indiana and beyond to discuss pedagogical strategies and solutions to help today’s college students cope with “network propaganda” of all kinds. In an increasingly complex, fast-moving, and confusing digital media environment rife with problematic information (mis- and disinformation, propaganda, so-called “fake news,” pseudo-science, manipulation, etc.), what are our responsibilities as teachers and literacy advocates? How might we reconceptualize our roles against a societal backdrop of declining trust in professions and institutions?<\/p>\n

We are most interested in exploring how the practice of mindfulness<\/em>–in a variety of forms and formats–can contribute to and deepen our students’ understanding of the current epistemological moment and the way misinformation flows, functions, and moves through the digital media ecosystem. Approaches may draw from any of the following topics, though presenters are encouraged to depart from and elaborate on these ideas as they see fit:<\/p>\n