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a favor
by Ed Lamoureux 10 Jun '01

10 Jun '01

this one is off topic, for which I apologize . . . but you folks might be able to help. I have a good friend who is a professional engineer for Kamatsu. He's designing autonomous trucks . . . (big rigs that use gsp to run themselves for mining/farming). I asked if I knew of science fiction that foretold such vehicles and the society (and societal issues) that they would produce. I've never been big on free reading . . . so wasn't any help. If you have suggestions or specific authors/stories, please let me know. thanks Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Associate Professor, Speech Communication and Multimedia Editor, Journal of Communication and Religion Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 ell(a)bradley.edu http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell Fax: 309-677-3446

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A Virus in the Venice Biennale [ Press Release ]
by Ken Friedman 09 Jun '01

09 Jun '01

Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 18:45:01 +0200 From: Aurora Fonda <spignotti(a)iol.it> To: spignotti(a)iol.it Subject: biennale.py: A Virus in the Venice Biennale Press Release, June 1st 2001 49th International Art Biennale of Venice Press opening: June 6th, 7th and 8th 2001; Opening June 9th 2001. Pavilion of the Republic of Slovenia Gallery A+A, San Marco 3073, Venice 30124. Tel/Fax 041 2770466 e-mail: spignotti(a)iol.it Press office: Roberta Lombardo - hurstel.roberta(a)wanadoo.fr A Virus in the Venice Biennale A group of artists and programmers will exhibit a new computer virus. A virus is usually considered evil, chaos. But what happens when it is a contemporary art temple to spread the chaos? Conceived and compiled for the invitation to the 49th Venice Biennale, "biennale.py" is the product of the collaboration of two entities, 0100101110101101.ORG and epidemiC, already known for other shocking actions, often bordering with crime. "biennale.py" is both a work of art and a computer virus. The source code of the virus will be made public and spread on the opening day of the Biennale, June 6th 2001, from the Slovenian Pavilion. The main anti-virus software companies have already been informed about the technical specifications of "bienale.py" and the disinstallation instructions will be attached to the virus. Computer viruses or self-reproducing programs behave according to the same modus operandi of biological viruses: they attack an "organism", that is a file, sometime to settle and install their own habitat, and in other more rare cases, to destroy it. Viruses, thus, spread respecting the species conservation laws and the survival instinct. A virus is. More, a virus wants to exist instinctively and without mediations, and it is just this the main and only function of "biennale.py": to survive. The creation of a virus tout court, free and without an end or a goal, is in the worst case a test, a survey on the limits of the Net, but in the best case is a form of global counterpower, generally a pre-political form, but that resists the strong powers, it puts them under a new balance, it shakes and reassembles them. A new idea of a "virus that is not just a virus" is gaining acceptance, and that it can represent the outbreak of the social into the most social thing of all: the Net. Inside the Slovenian Pavilion it will be possible to read the source code of "biennale.py" and test its functioning on a infected computer. During the opening days of the Biennale thousands of t-shirts carrying the source code of the program will show up. Paradoxically, such as in biological viruses, "biennale.py" will spread not only through machines but also through men. The paradox becomes even more clear if you think that the virus, a vague and dangerous entity by definition, is for sale to adventurous curators and collectors. To buy a computer virus is probably on the most exciting investment one could make today. The "biennale.py" fits perfectly with the context of the Pavilion of the Slovenian Pavilion, that this year will present the Absolute One project. With Absolute One the Slovenian Pavilion, starting from the basic question on how the artist could constructively operate and actively respond to the globalization process, offers a strong and optimistic signal instead of the spreading fatalism and of the idea of inevitability. The artists that will represent Slovenia in the 49th Venice Biennale, besides the forth mentioned ones, will be Vuk Cosic and Tadej Pogacar. The new commissioner of the Slovenian Pavilion and curator of the project is Aurora Fonda. website: http://www.epidemic.ws email: biennale.py(a)epidemic.ws 0100101110101101.ORG website: HTTP://WWW.0100101110101101.ORG email: biennale.py(a)0100101110101101.ORG

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Court ruling and article on SPAM case
by Ken Friedman 09 Jun '01

09 Jun '01

Court ruling and article on SPAM case --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (C) 2001 The Washington Post Company --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166617.html 07 Jun 2001, 5:12 PM CST WASHINGTON JUNK E-MAIL LAW UPHELD, SPAMMER TO STAND TRIAL By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. The Washington Supreme Court today upheld a 1998 state law aimed at curbing the use of unsolicited commercial e-mail, or "spam." The Supreme Court's decision is at: http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/opindisp.cfm?docid=694168MAJ . http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166617.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (C) 2001 The Washington Post Company --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (C) 2001 The Washington Post Company --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/opindisp.cfm?docid=694168MAJ Supreme Court of the State of Washington Opinion Information Sheet Docket Number: 69416-8 Title of Case: State of Washington v. Jason Heckel Doing Business as Natural Instincts File Date: 06/07/2001 Oral Argument Date: 03/20/2001 OWENS, J. -- The State of Washington filed suit against Oregon resident Jason Heckel, alleging that his transmissions of electronic mail (e-mail) to Washington residents violated Washington's commercial electronic mail act, chapter 19.190 RCW (the Act). On cross-motions for summary judgment, the trial court dismissed the State's suit against Heckel, concluding that the Act violated the dormant Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. This court granted the State's request for direct review. We hold that the Act does not unduly burden interstate commerce. We reverse the trial court's dismissal of the State's suit, vacate the order on attorney fees, and remand this matter for trial. http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/opindisp.cfm?docid=694168MAJ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (C) 2001 The Washington Post Company ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Call for papers
by Klaus Bruhn Jensen 08 Jun '01

08 Jun '01

***apologies for cross-posting*** ***please distribute widely*** CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT THE SECOND EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE: EXPERIMENTING ARTS AND SCIENCES May 8-12, 2002. FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS The second European conference of the International Society for Literature and Science (SLS) will take place at University of Aarhus, Denmark, May 8-12, 2002. The conference will gather scholars from human, social, medical, technical and natural sciences as well as artists, who are interested in inter- and transdisciplinary approaches and linkages between the study of culture, literature, visual arts and technoscience, and between science and the arts. Culture and technoscience used to be regarded as disparate activities and fields of study that referred to separate spheres of society, and to different epistemologies, methodologies and practices. But in recent years, a growing number of scholars from many disciplines have forged transversal lines and links between the study of culture/literature/visual arts and technoscience, exploring issues such as for example * links between fact and fiction * transversal lines between science and story-telling * links between cultural imaginaries and scientific practices * semiotic-material practices * how metaphors matter and matter performs metaphorically * intersections and incommensurabilities between visual arts, literature, culture and technoscience * translations between physical and virtual spaces * cyborg identities and cyborg bodies * feminist and postcolonial perspectives in technoscience studies The conference will be a forum for exchange of ideas between senior and junior researchers committed to the exploration of such issues and to experiments with transgression of boundaries between the formerly disparate fields of culture/literature/visual arts and technoscience. In particular, the conference will give space to scholars who want to compare notes cross-nationally and cross-Atlantically. Many European scholars seem to be committed to the study of the new interdisciplinary field of culture & technoscience studies without knowing about the International Society for Literature and Science that originally was started by US-colleagues. The first European conference of the society, held in Brussels in April 2000, initiated a much needed cross-Atlantic dialogue. The idea is that the second conference in May 2002 shall take this process important steps further. Proposals for papers and workshops are invited from both senior and junior scholars from all disciplines who are interested in the links and border transgressions between the study of culture, literature, visual arts and technoscience. Abstracts for papers and workshops (2-300 words) should be sent to SLS(a)imv.au.dk before Oct. 1, 2001. SLS c/o: Randi Markussen, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Dept. of Information and Media Studies University of Aarhus Niels Juels Gade 84 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 89 42 11 11 Phone (direct) +45 89 42 19 66 Telefax +45 89 42 19 52 Conference website from September 1: http: //imv.au.dk/SLS-Europe The City of Aarhus can be visited 'virtually' at http://www.aarhus-tourist.dk/index.htm and University of Aarhus at http://www.au.dk/en/ SLS HISTORY Literature and science has existed as a field of study in the US since the 1920s, when the Modern Language Association established a division of that name. Its practitioners were almost solely literary scholars, and its reigning paradigm was the "influence" model that focused on the one-way interaction from science to literature. By the 1980s there was a strong desire to open the field to a greater number of disciplines and approaches. Discussions among a small group of scholars, envisioned a new Society for Literature and Science (SLS) where scholars from a broad range of fields, and particularly the sciences, would feel welcome, and where the discursive arena would belong to no single discipline or group of disciplines. SLS was officially launched in 1985 and held the first of its annual meetings in 1987. The Society's deliberate refusal to delimit "literature and science" encouraged the participation of scholars from many fields whose common commitment was the investigation of the representations of rhetoric or the practice of science. Thus, SLS meetings began to attract those interested in visual and aural as well as textual representations of science. An important stage in the Society's development was the establishment of its journal, Configurations that first appeared in 1993. Although a small number of European colleagues have attended annual meetings in the US, their numerous contributions to Configurations reflect the much larger number who share interests among themselves and with their American colleagues. In order to provide a forum for these European scholars to interact, the first European SLS conference took place in Brussels in April 2000. Its success provided the momentum for the second European conference that will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, in May 2002. Here, the establishment of a European SLS branch will also be discussed. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE - SECOND EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, - AARHUS, DENMARK, 2002 Yves Abrioux, Université Paris 3, France, Yabrioux(a)aol.com Noëlle Batt, University of Toulouse, France, cordesse(a)univ-tlse2.fr Gustaaf Cornelis, Free University of Brussels, Belgium, gustaaf.cornelis(a)vub.ac.be Florian Dombois, National Research Center for Information Technology, Schloss Birlinghoven, Germany florian.dombois(a)gmd.de Mischa Peters, Netherlands Research School of Women's Studies, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, mischa.peters(a)let.uu.nl Diana Davidson, Dept. of English, University of York, UK, diana.davidson(a)hotmail.com, dmd106(a)york.ac.uk Johan Fornäs, The National Institute for Working Life, Programme for Work & Culture, Linköping University, Campus Norrköping, Sweden, johan.fornas(a)niwl.se Mark Elam, Dept. of Culture, Society and Media Production, Linköping University, Sweden, and Dept. of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, marel(a)tema.liu.se Solveig Jülich, Dept. of Culture, Society and Media Production, Linköping University, Sweden, solveig.julich(a)ituf.liu.se Randi Markussen, Dept. of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark, rmark(a)imv.au.dk Finn Olesen, Dept. of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark, Finno(a)imv.au.dk Casper Bruun Jensen, Dept. of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark, cirdan(a)imv.au.dk Mette Bryld, Dept. of Russian and East European Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University, met(a)post7.tele.dk Nina Lykke, Dept. of Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University, Denmark + Dept. of Gender Studies, Linköping University, Sweden, ninly(a)tema.liu.se + ninalykke(a)get2net.dk Anne Scott Sørensen, Dept. of Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, ass(a)litcul.sdu.dk Ingunn Moser, Senter for teknologi, innovation og kultur, Univ. of Oslo, Norway, i.b.moser(a)tik.uio.no Britta Brenna, Senter for teknologi, innovation og kultur, Univ. of Oslo, Norway, b.s.brenna(a)tik.uio.no Steve Weininger, Worcester Polytechnic Inst., USA, stevejw(a)WPI.EDU William Paulson , University of Michigan, wpaulson(a)umich.edu Jay Labinger, California Institute of Technology, USA, jal(a)portia.caltech.edu Ken Knoespel, School of History, Technology and Society, School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology kenneth.knoespel(a)iac.gatech.edu Hugh Crawford, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, hugh.crawford(a)lcc.gatech.edu Susan Squier, Women's Studies and English, Penn State University, USA, sxs62(a)psu.edu Carol Colatrella, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, cc60(a)prism.gatech.edu + carolcolatrella(a)hotmail.co -- * NEW EMAIL: kbj(a)hum.ku.dk * ____________________________________ Klaus Bruhn Jensen Associate Professor, dr.phil. Department of Film and Media Studies University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 80 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark kbj(a)hum.ku.dk http://www.ifm.ku.dk ____________________________________

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Social Movement Studies: cfp
by T.R.Jordan＠open.ac.uk 08 Jun '01

08 Jun '01

Note the interest in cyber-activism! Apols for cross=posting. Social Movement Studies: journal of social, cultural and political protest First Call for Papers Social Movement Studies is an international and inter-disciplinary journal providing a forum for academic debate and analysis of extra-parliamentary political, cultural and social movements throughout the world. The journal will be launched in 2002 and we are now actively looking for contributions. Social Movement Studies has a broad, inter-disciplinary approach designed to accommodate papers engaging with any theoretical school and which study the origins, development, organisation, values, context and impact of historical and contemporary movements active in all parts of the world. We understand our inter-disciplinary approach to include both contributions that engage with particular schools of thought relevant to social movements and popular protest and contributions that extend across disciplinary boundaries. Social Movement Studies aims to publish soundly researched analyses and to re-establish writing as intervention. From this broad and inclusive perspective we will be interested in contributions dealing with social movements, popular protests and networks that support protest. This includes contributions dealing with but not restricted to: * movements of all types including gender, race, sexuality, indigenous people’s rights, disability, ecology, peace, youth, age, religion, animal rights and others, * forms of communication, media and representation engaged with social change, including the Internet and cybercultures, * networks of support and broad ‘ways of life’ engaged with alternative social systems, * appraisals of popular reactionary movements or populist movements of the ‘right’, * subcultures and countercultures, including such things as the place of dance, pleasure or music in resistance, * identities and the construction of collective identities * relations between protests and social structures, including situating movements in local, regional, national, international and global socio-economic and cultural contexts * theoretical reflections on the significance of social movements and protest. If you work in these or related areas we would be very pleased to hear from you with a contribution. If you would like to discuss your potential contribution please contact the editors at social-movement-studies(a)open.ac.uk or Social Movement Studies, C/-Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. For further details on how to submit a paper, including full ‘Notes for Contributors’ please visit http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/ and search for the journal title or request a copy from the above addresses. Manuscripts can be sent to the same addresses, though please first look at the Notes for Contributors. Tim Jordan, Adam Lent, George McKay, The Editors social-movement-studies(a)open.ac.uk

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CFP Medi@terra 2001
by Steve Jones 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

Medi@terra 2001 International Art and Technology Festival http://www.mediaterra.org De-Globalizing / Re-Globalizing 14 September - 15 October 2001 Lavrion-Athens >> Sofia - Plovdiv >> Maribor >> Frankfurt The Medi@terra Festival is among the cultural events which are organised in the context of the Olympic Games of 2004 in Athens CALL FOR PROJECTS The annual Medi@terra Festival is changing form. Under the title De-Globalizing / Re-Globalizing, the Festival is travelling from the South to the North in the form of a microMuseum. Medi@terra, having developed an intense activity around the questions posed by digital culture, has been included among the events which are organised on the opportunity of the Olympic Games of 2004 in Athens. Its inclusion in the Cultural Olympiad for the years 2001 - 2004 has recently been announced. Medi@terra supports and puts into practice the view of a continuously evolving festival, both in terms of its form and ideas. As such, it invites all those with an interest in research and experimentation around the new conditions that are now being shaped to take part in its new effort: a moving Festival that will start off from Greece, travel through the Balkans and end up in Germany. This movement will be made through a microMuseum: a small, adaptable structure which, making use of new technology, can contain a large number of works of art, views, proposals and presentations, as well as systems and friendly areas for communication and meetings. The works that will travel with the microMuseum are ones which experiment with the new platforms for the production and exhibition of the modern art work through different creative media. The microMuseum is based on the logic of the kiosk that one finds mainly in Greece (peripteron), with a reference at the same time to the concept of the 'small museum,' an idea which began in the 16th century and continues among today's artists. In each host city, the events of Medi@terra will be set up within and around the microMuseum: CD-ROM art, net art, computer art, digital photography, interactive objects and "hand luggage-sized" installations, sound environments and electronic music, screenings, an archive with printed matter, texts in digital form, audio-visual propositions and presentations as well as cultural events organised by the artists and art centres of each city. A debate on the subject of the other side of globalisation will round off the activities of the Festival. An art centre in each city-stop will undertake the setting up and realisation of the microMuseum in collaboration with its various associates, and will participate as a co-organiser in the preparations and making of decisions. In addition, each centre will be able to take part in Medi@terra's journey as a member of the "Pilot Operating Net" via the Internet. Through the Internet it will be possible to follow the path of the microMuseum and participate in its events from a distance, from every point on the globe. The "Pilot Operating Net" is initiated by the network of centres which co-organise the festival, while all the members of the network can observe, guide, disseminate information and participate with work and activities in the unfolding events of the journey. The microMuseum will start from the city of Lavrion, famous from the antiquity for its silver-mines that have supported the Hellenic Democracy of the Golden Age, whilst in the 19th century the first industrial unit was created there. Today, this unit has been turned into a technological park and the Municipality is participating in a programme for the "smart city." Medi@terra will continue its journey through the cities of Sofia & Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Maribor (Slovenia), ending up at the International Book Fair in Frankfurt where the honoured country this year is Greece. Here, the microMuseum will present, along with all the things experienced on the journey, material with information (videos, photographs, texts, etc.) which artists will have produced throughout the duration of the journey. Important Dates Submission of: VIDEO ART & COMPUTER ANIMATION NET ART & CD ROM SOUND ART & ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPUTER ART & DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Material for the ARCHIVE & E-BOOKs 20 July Submission of proposals for INTERACTIVE OBJECTS / INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS 31 June VIDEO ART & COMPUTER ANIMATION Conditions of participation: - The work should be in mini DV or VHS format, PAL system - It can be in any language. English sub-titles essential. Submission Deadline: 20/07/2001 INTERACTIVE OBJECT / INSTALLATION Conditions of participation: - The work, when packed, should have maximum dimensions those of an item of hand luggage so as to be transportable (61 x 25 x 41 cm) - It should be interactive - It should be packed in a wooden or metal case or container "hand luggage-sized" (it should not require extra packing) - It should be technologically autonomous - It should be easy to set up by someone without specialised knowledge - It should weigh up to 20 kilos - It should be accompanied by guidelines for its use/exhibition Submission Deadline for Proposal/Design: 31/06/2001 In the case that the proposal is selected, the work must be completed by 25 August 2001. INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA - INTERNET - CD-ROM Submission Deadline: 20/07/2001 DIGITAL SOUND ART AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC Conditions of participation: - The work should be in wav audio format (stereo, 44.1 kHz, 16bit) AND in mp3 format (96 or 128 kBits, 44.1 kHz, stereo), on CD-ROM - It should have a maximum duration of 8 minutes - It should have been created within the last two years Submission Deadline: 20/07/2001 COMPUTER ART & DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Conditions of Participation: - The work should have maximum dimensions 10 x 15 cm - It can be printed on all kinds of paper - It should be unframed Submission Deadline: 20/07/2001 ARCHIVE of the microMuseum - This can include electronic books, proposals, biographies, portraits, testimonies, etc. in digital, internet or printed form (video, CD-ROM, internet, printed matter). The content can be: a message from the creator, a presentation by an artist, a demo, a documentary or a proposal. More specifically: For VIDEO - The work should be in mini DV format - It should have a maximum duration of 5 minutes For CD-ROM, INTERNET: - The work should be PC compatible For PRINTED MATTER: - The printed matter can be in any language, so long as it is accompanied by a summary of the contents in English. For e-BOOKS - The texts must should be on one of the following themes: a) journey from the South to the North, b) from the other side of globalization, c) from the small to the large, d) from the single to the multiple - It can be scientific, literary, an essay, personal, a diary, thoughts, suggestions, even a comic, in digital form - It should be forwarded in English - It can be from 500 to 10,000 words For DIGITAL MUSIC - The work should have a maximum duration of 8 minutes - It should be designed to function adequately if reproduced by the multimedia hardware available on an average computer (medium sized desktop stereo speakers and sound blaster class audio / mini card). Submission Deadline: 20/07/2001 HOW TO DECLARE YOUR PARTICIPATION Fill in the Entry Form that you will find at www.mediaterra.org and send it along with the material required for each category, as described above, to the Fournos Centre for Art and New Technologies * by post: 168 Mavromichali Street, 114 72, Athens * by fax: +301 6470 069 * by e-mail: info(a)fournos-culture.gr For more information, contact Daphne Dragona, In Charge of Communication and Co-ordination of the Festival by telephone on +301 6460 748 or +301 6420 451 or Email daphne(a)fournos-culture.gr Medi@terra 2001 International Art and Technology Festival Is organized by: Fournos Center for Art and New Technologies Hellenic Ministry of Culture Hellenic Cultural Heritage SA, Cultural Olympiad 2001 - 2004 Lavrion Municipal Development Enterprise Is co-organized by: ArtToday Foundation [Bulgaria] Student Computer Art Society [Bulgaria] Multimedia Lab KIBLA [Slovenia] Intima Virtual Base [Slovenia] European Media Art Festival [Germany] CICV Pierre Schaeffer / next-movies [France] MEDI@TERRA 2001 - STEERING COMMITTEE Manthos Santorineos, Artistic Director of Medi@terra & Director of Fournos Dodo Santorineou, Co-Director of Fournos and Medi@terra Maria X, Co-Director of Fournos and Medi@terra Maria Roussou, Head of the Virtual Reality Department, Foundation of the Hellenic World Dimos Dimitriou, Artist Dimitris Kamarotos, Composer-Musicologist Zoe Kazazaki, Head of the International Organizations Department, Hellenic Ministry of Culture Maria Theodorou, Adviser of the Hellenic Cultural Heritage SA, Cultural Olympiad 2001 - 2004 Andreas Nefeloudis, Director of the Lavrion Municipal Development Enterprise MEDI@TERRA 2001 - PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE Manthos Santorineos, Artistic Director of Medi@terra & Director of Fournos Maria X, Co-Director of Fournos and Medi@terra Maria Roussou, Head of the Virtual Reality Department, Foundation of the Hellenic World Dimos Dimitriou, Artist Dimitris Kamarotos, Composer-Musicologist Pierre Bongiovanni, Director of the CICV Pierre Schaeffer, France Peter Tomaz Dobrila, Director of the KIBLA Multimedia Lab, Slovenia Alfred Rotert, Co-Director of the European Media Art Festival of Osnabruck, Germany Dimitrina Sevova, Curator of the Communication Front Festival & Member of the ArtToday Foundation, Bulgaria Rosen Petkov, President of Student Computer Art Society & Director of the ComputerSpace Festival, Bulgaria

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High Schools' Sex Gossip Is Scrawled on Web Site Walls
by articles-email＠ms1.lga2.nytimes.com 06 Jun '01

06 Jun '01

Article from NYTimes.com [excerpt] Now, High Schools' Sex Gossip Is Scrawled on Web Site Walls By WINNIE HU CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., June 5 ? It used to be the stuff of locker rooms, bathroom walls and little black books, but sexual gossip among teenagers has been showing up lately in what some educators and others call a disturbingly powerful forum: Internet sites. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/technology/06WEB.html?ex=992815110&ei=1&e…

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #26 - 1 msg
by marcus.leaning＠ntlworld.com 05 Jun '01

05 Jun '01

Hi Ulla and anyone else who was at the GOR conference in Gottingen. I think thats an excellent suggestion, however I have a minor reservation. The GOR is primarily aimed at German Online research, and while there were a few other presenters at the conference, besides myself, who were international in origin it was primarily a German affair. The AOIR seems aimed not at one county, would the GOR be willing to loose its primary German focus?? I think it would be unfair to expect it to do so. Perhaps a 'strategic alliance' would be more useful, something that allows co operation for a year or so, that is if AOIR would like to 'do their thing' in Germany next year. I was kind of hoping they might look at Barcelona though as I've never been there.... Anyway thats my two pence worth. Regards Marcus Leaning > alrao> About two weeks ago I attended the fourth GOR (German Online Research) > snip > > alrao> Is a joint conference with GOR desirable? > Yes. > But I'd prefer if it would clearly be designed as an International > conference with broad participation of members and colleagues from different > countries in the various functions. > > alrao> Is it do-able? > Yes

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RE: air and gor
by Bunz, Ulla K 05 Jun '01

05 Jun '01

I'm glad to see that my suggestion has already resulted in some reactions. Let me clarify two points and add another comment. First clarification: I am perfectly aware of the time frame. Aior needs time to establish and develop itself. In addition (and apart from the rather important point that I'm not even sure if GOR members would want a joint conference; we'd have to check on that) a joint conference is even harder to organize. Not counting October, I figured maybe the third year or so from now as the earliest possible. Second clarification: I would not encouraged joining GOR and AIoR into one organization. They should stay separate. However, I believe a joint conference is exciting. Paper acceptance is more competitive, people who have not (and possibly never will) attend air might show up to a joint conference, etc. Remember, a million years ago, first day of Grad School? You walk into this room with all kinds of strangers, and you smile, trying to be polite. And then they start talking, and you realize, "Hey, I've heard that before, except..." and suddenly, you're all excited, mentally rolling up your shirt sleeves. To me, that's what it feels like when I talk about my research with people from different disciplines and cultures. It's rather addictive. Finally, my additional comment. I only found out about the German Online Research conference through a posting on this list. So, I can't possibly be the only tie. Plus, I agree with Steve, let's hear more about similar conferences. I'd like to encourage more comments and maybe more suggestions on this topic. ulla

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FWD: gor and aior
by jhuns 05 Jun '01

05 Jun '01

About two weeks ago I attended the fourth GOR (German Online Research) conference in Göttingen, Germany. I'd like to give a brief summary of my impressions and ask for reactions, because an idea formed in my mind during the conference weekend. I remember conversation at and after AIoR about expanding our association, and preferably also organizing a meeting outside the US. I think it would be a great idea to strive for a joint meeting with GOR sometime in the (near) future. About 320 people attended this year's conference, approximately 50% of which were practitioners. To me that was very refreshing. The practitioners bring in applied ideas, different foci, and pointed questions. Most academicians at GOR seemed to have a psychology background, a general orientation that became clear also through the choice of keynote speakers, Katelyn McKenna and Tom Postmes. Most participants were German, but there were also Swiss, Greek, British, at least one Russian, and at least two or three who'd flown in from the States (besides Katelyn and me), and maybe some other nationalities that I didn't catch. The conference, filling two days, always offered four parallel panels lasting 90 minutes, each made up of three 30 minute presentations. Panel topics included Individual Differences Online, E-commerce, Market Research, Basic Research, Learning and Teaching, Web-based Experimentation, and CMC in Organizations. There were also poster sessions. Most sessions were held in German, but during each time slot, there was at least one English presentation. Each panel had a moderator who introduced presenters, encouraged questions, etc. My general impression of the conference was positive. Of course, I speak both German and English, so I probably got more out of the conference than some of the other international guests, but the mix of cultures, and the mix of practitioners and academicians lead to animated discussions, and stimulating ideas. For those who are interested I recommend to take a look at the website (available in both German and English) and the online proceedings at http://www.gor.de I believe both AIoR and GOR can profit from a joint conference. The conference language would probably have to be English, but I know that wouldn't be a problem for the majority of German GOR participants. AIoR and GOR overlap in their focus, which means we can learn from and inspire each other; we can define new problems (and maybe share ideas for solutions) through new perspectives; we can profit from research being done half a globe away and form international research teams. All it takes is willingness to act. I'd like to encourage reactions to my suggestion. I'm perfectly willing to give more details (including names and emails of this year's organizing team at GOR) about the conference, either on the list, or in private emails (ulla(a)ukans.edu) Is a joint conference with GOR desirable? Is it do-able? Yes and yes in my opinion. What do you think? Thanks, Ulla Bunz Jeremy Hunsinger far away from the office

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