ALEENA L. CHIA
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Activities

Academic Positions
  • 2021— Lecturer, Department of Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London. 
 
  • 2019-2021 - Assistant Professor (tenure track). Simon Fraser University, School of Communication. Canada.
 
  • 2018 - Postdoc. Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
 
  • 2015 - PhD Research Intern. Microsoft Research New England; Social Media Collective. USA.

Education
  • 2017 - Ph.D. In Communication and Culture, Minor in Telecommunications.  Indiana University Bloomington
    Advisor:  Mary L. Gray (Microsoft Research); Committee: Harmeet Sawhney (IU Media School), Susan Lepselter (IU Anthropology), Robert Ivie (IU Communication & Culture)
 
  • 2009 - MA in Communications and New Media. National University of Singapore
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  • 2002 - BA in Sociology, Minor in Cultural Studies (First-class honours). University of Melbourne

Grants
  • 2021 - SFU/SSHRC Small Research Grant
  • 2013 - Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Dissertation Fieldwork Grant​

Invited Talks 
  • Italian Sociological Association Conference, Cultural Processes and Institutions Section. Plenary. “Reckoning with Social Media.” Rome, Italy. May 27 2022. 
  • Digital Society @ Manchester Festival. Panel on Economic and political challenges within the Digital Games Industry. “The Artist and Automaton in Digital Game Production.” Manchester, UK. June 7 2022. ​
  • University of Antwerp Department of Communication Studies Spring Seminar Series. “Reckoning with Social Media.” (with Jorge, A. and Karppi, T.) Virtual Event. April 19 2022. ​
  • University of Jyväskylä. “The Artist and Automaton in Digital Game Production.” Centre for Excellence in Game Culture Studies. Virtual Event. March 15 2022.​​
  • Microsoft Research AI and Gaming Research Summit. "Automated Futurisms in Digital Game Production." 24 Feb 2021. [Online]​
  • The Future of Work in the Age of Automation and AI.  "The Post-Work Productivity of Everyday Game Making."  15 May, 2020. [Online]
  • Tampere University Game Research Lab Spring Seminar on Immersive Experiences. Keynote & Discussant. 30th-31st Mar 2020 in Tampere, Finland. [Cancelled]
  • Science, Technology and Innovation Studies Seminar. "Data-Driven Dreaming and Biopolitical Immediacy." 29 Sept 2018, University of Edinburgh.

Reviewing
  • Journals:  Social Media+ Society, 
    Big Data & Society
    ​Subjectivity, Digital Society
    Science, Technology, & Human Values
    Journal of Critical Studies in Media Communications​
    Journal of Consumer Culture
    Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

  • Presses: Rowman & Littlefield

  • Conferences: 
    Association of Internet Researchers
    Digital Games Research Association
    European Communication Research and Education Association​
    Foundations of Digital Games Conference
    GamiFIN Conference
    Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences


publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
  • Chia A. (2022) "The Metaverse, but not the way you think: Game engines and automation beyond game development." Critical Studies in Media Communication. Forthcoming.

  • Chia A. and Ruffino, P. (2022) "Special Issue Introduction: Politicizing Agency in Digital Play After Humanism." OA Download: Convergence. Online first.
 
  • Chia, A. (2022) “The Artist and the Automaton in Digital Game Production.” OA Download: Convergence. Online first.
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  • Karppi, T., Chia, A., & Jorge, A. (2021) “In the Mood for Disconnection.” Convergence. Online first.
 
  • Chia, A., Keogh, B, Leorke, D., & Nicoll, B. (2020) "Platformization in Game Development." OA Download: Internet Policy Review. 9(4)
 
  • Chia, A. (2020) "Productive Leisure in Post-Fordist Fandom." Journal of Fandom Studies. 8(1): 47-63
 
  • Chia, A. (2019) "The Moral Calculus of Vocational Passion in Digital Gaming​​​." ​ Television & New Media. 20(8): 767-77
 
  • Chia, A. (2019) "Virtual Lucidity: A Media Archaeology of Dream Hacking Wearables." OA Download: Communication +1. 7(2)​
 
  • Chia, A. (2017) "Scaling Technoliberalism for Massively Multiplayer Online Games." OA Download: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 10(3)
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  • Chia, A. (2012) “Welcome to Me-Mart: The Politics of User Generated Content in Personal Blogs.” American Behavioral Scientist. 56(4): 421-438

Editorial Projects
  • Special Issue Editor with Paolo Ruffino. "Politicizing Agency in Digital Play After Humanism" Convergence ​Download:​ OA Intro 
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  • Chia, A., Jorge, A. and Karppi, T. eds. Reckoning with Social Media. Rowman & Littlefield. ​Download:​ OA Intro

Book Chapters
  • Neves, J., Chia, A., Paasonen, S., & Sundaram, R. (Forthcoming).TechnoPharmacology. In Search of Media Series. Meson/University of Minnesota Press.
 
  • Chia, A. and Beattie, A. (2022). “Ethics and Experimentation in The Light Phone and Google Wellbeing.” in Reckoning with Social Media. Download:​ OA
 
  • Chia, A. (2021) "Self-making and Game-making in the Future of Work​​​." Game Production Studies. Download OA: Amsterdam University Press.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings
  • 2021 - “Everything is Connected: Networked Conspirituality in New Age Media.” Aleena Chia, Jonathan Corpus Ong, Hugh Davies, Mack Hagood. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. ​
  • 2020 - "Disconnection: Designs and Desires." Karppi, Tero, Aleena Chia, Airi Lampinen, Zeena Feldman, Michael Dieter, Pedro Ferreira, and Alex Beattie. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. ​
  • 2013 - "(Invisible) Internet infrastructure labor." Finn, Megan, Ashwin Mathew, ShinJoung Yeo, Lilly Irani, Sheeharsh Kelkar, Aleena Chia, Morgan Ames, and Kate Crawford. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Articles
  • 2020 - "Diagrams of Flexibility in the Future of Work." Centre for Ethics Journal, University of Toronto. 
  • 2020 - New Age Media. “There are Infinities within the Mind: Isolation Tanks and Psychonautic Capitalism.” In Media Res. 
  • 2014 - “Vemödalen and The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.” Antenna.
  • 2013 - “More Lively than Life is our Motto: Better Living through Gamification.” Antenna.
  • 2012 - “Oops, I Swiped my Book: Nostalgia and Finitude in Digital Media.” Antenna.
Book Reviews
  • 2019 - Review of "Media Anthropology for the Digital Age. Anna Cristina Pertierra." Television & New Media.
  • 2019 - Review of "Antisocial Media: Anxious Labor in the Digital Economy. Greg Goldberg." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
  • 2018 - Review of "The Participatory Condition in the Digital Age by Darin Barney, Gabriella Coleman, Christine Ross, Jonathan Sterne, Tamar Tembeck, editors" International Journal of Communication.​​

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