October 2002 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: [Air-l] archiving websites for later analysis
by Frank Schaap 09 Oct '02

09 Oct '02

Robin helpfully contributed: > Not so deep in IE5: > Add the page to Favorites. > Open Organize Favorites. > Select the page you wish to archive. > Check "Make available offline" > Open Properties -> Download, and make your choices: links deep, limit > space, even -> Advanced: images, etc. In Properties -> Schedule you may, > well of course, schedule. Ehm, this doesn't do what I want it to do... Yes, you can set it to archive up to 3 links deep, but there's no option of containing that link depth to the domain the site is residing on, so IE will actually archive ALL pages 3 links deep regardless of the server they're residing on. (Right now IE has been working for about 30 minutes, archiving only 1 homepage because it goes out all over the web, including to the microsoft.com site to download pages linked from that site...) Okay, maybe I wasn't all that clear on how I want to archive the sites. I actually want to archive homepages, starting with their 'entry' or 'index' page and _all_ underlying pages and directories that are an integral part of that homepage. That means I _don't_ want to archive external links to other domains/servers. (ah, IE is finished now... but, instead of saving those websites in any sort of recognizable form, it dumps everything in the IE cache with unrecognizable names, so in order to actually view the archived sites, you will _have_ to use IE.) Thanks for the help/tips anyway, but it seems to rule out IE for my purposes. Frank. -- Fragments Blog: http://fragment.nl/ Cyberculture Resources: http://fragment.nl/resources/

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DAC call for works closing...
by Adrian Miles 08 Oct '02

08 Oct '02

Apologies for any cross posting that may occur. This announcement may be of interest to some list members. begin announcement ____________________ conference url http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/dac/ cfw url http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/dac/cfw.html +playengines+ MelbourneDAC exhibition entries close October 10 2003. Melbourne Digital Arts and Culture Conference 2003 is inviting artists working in the areas of computer games, interactive film and streaming media to submit projects for +playengines+ a curated exhibition exploring innovative creative work in the fields of computer games, interactive hypermedia, interactive fiction and nonfiction, and streaming media arts. Artistic works selected for inclusion in the exhibition will be presented to an international audience of peers, critics, producers, academics, local industry partners and the broader public. +playengines+ will be staged in Melbourne, Australia in May 2003. +playengines+ competition MelbourneDAC in partnership with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) are also offering the +playengines+ competition. Works included in the MelbourneDAC +playengines+ exhibition will be judged by an international jury of peers and winners nominated in each of the three categories will have the opportunity to be acquired by ACMI's Public Programs Permanent Collection. ACMI is a world¹s first purpose-build complex dedicated to the moving image in all its forms film, television, games, video, digital and emerging media. ACMI has state-of-the-art facilities for the exhibition, promotion and preservation of Australian and international screen art. Across four levels, the Centre houses the world¹s largest screen gallery, it operates Australia's largest public lending collection of moving image titles and it will be actively involved in the development of the screen culture industry. http://www.acmi.net.au Exhibition categories (one category per work): computer games, interactive film/video, streaming media, hypermedia what genre(s)/category(ies) your art might nearly just about go in: online game, browser game, interactive film/video, streaming fiction, streaming nonfiction, streaming other, text game, interactive graphic narrative - fiction , interactive graphic narrative - nonfiction , interactive graphic narrative - other , interactive text narrative - fiction, interactive text narrative - nonfiction, interactive text narrative - other, Flash fiction, Flash nonfiction, interactive fiction, (other?) entry is open to: independent artists, students, researchers, producers and/or small teams, computer game artists, real timers, 3D on-line gamers , interactive film/art creators, Flash artists, word players, interactive fiction creators regards adrian miles Adrian Miles Conference Chair adrian.miles(a)rmit.edu.au Antoanetta Ivanova Conference Producer antoanetta(a)novamediaarts.net _______________________________ end of announcement

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comparative internet research
by Sandra Braman 08 Oct '02

08 Oct '02

Folks: A few months ago a number of members from around the world began to discuss the possibility of collaborating in comparative research projects. (To subscribe to the listserv for this conversation, write listproc(a)uwm.edu and put the following in the text of the message: subscribe compar-l first name last name ) Three individuals have stepped forward to provide leadership for this effort; look for notice of a meeting among those in Maastricht for those who are interested in taking part in a collaborative comparative project. You may want to let your interest be known ahead of time. The "committee": Leslie Shade -- shade(a)aix1.uottawa.ca Radhika Gajjala -- radhika(a)cyberdiva.org Katherine Sarikakis -- k.sarikakis(a)coventry.ac.uk The text below is a resend of the summary of several months ago of the interests expressed by those who would like to take part in such a project. Sandra Braman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As context for these comments, the goal as I personally imagine it is developing a team or teams engaged in research on a carefully defined common research problem with a methodology also carefully worked out collaboratively among members of the team to meet the highest standards for comparative research. The particular problems of comparative research methodology are addressed in courses at very few universities. Much that flies under the name of comparative research is in fact simply compilations of studies from different places that do not offer genuinely comparative data or insights. These teams will hopefully not fall into that category but, rather -- as is the case with other aoir efforts involving standards for internet-based research methods and the ethics of internet research -- provide a model for rigorous comparative internet research. Individuals who have so far responded have expressed interest in a very wide range of potential research topics, most defined in the most abstract of terms, and with a preference for positions along the entire spectrum of methodological possibilities. Out of all that has been mentioned, however, there do appear to be a few clusters of interest appearing, each of which would require different methodological approaches. For those of you with whom I've been in communication, please read these as what may be translations of the ideas you've expressed into terms that I felt were common across the many individuals involved. And remember that this is just a very tentative first step to defining a common ground, with the expectation of many additional steps in full mutual conversation to determine where we might actually wind up. (1) The internet and community development. (2) The internet and social movements. (3) The rhetoric of internet policy. It could be imagined that the first two of these might be addressed through a combination of survey research, focus groups, and ethnographic work, and would require individuals able to carry out such work on the ground in different countries around the world. The third would rely upon some variety of discourse/content/rhetorical analysis of government documents, and could be carried out by individuals working from anywhere in the world. A number of additional ideas came forward but none has so far yet been mentioned by more than one person, and several are already receiving a fair amount of attention in the economics literature and elsewhere. It is my own bias that aoir members may want to devote their energies to addressing lacunae in the literature as their "highest use," but of course this also is up to the members of the group and I mention this only to stimulate further discussion.

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Re: [Air-l] Trains Amsterdam- Maastricht before AIR meeting
by radhika gajjala 08 Oct '02

08 Oct '02

thanks all, for this info! r At 11:42 AM 10/8/2002 +0200, you wrote: >Dear colleagues, > >There are some constuctions on the train route in Utrecht so avoid >Amsterdam-Maastricht via Utrecht this weekend. >Instead, simply take the trains arriving in Maastricht * via Rotterdam *. > >For example, Amsterdam central- Rotterdam- Maastricht is no problem at: > ... 11.59 13.59 15.59 16.59 17.58 and so forth. > >More trains at:http://www.ns.nl/ > >Schiphol (Amsterdam airport)- Maastricht is no problem if you leave, >for example, at: >... 10.46 11.16 11.46 ... > >Stop at Maastricht-Randwyck station, if your hotel is: NH or Randwwyck >Stop at Maastricht-Central for all the other hotels > >Kind Regards, >Monica Murero >Conference Chair > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Philip N. Howard >To: air-l(a)aoir.org >Sent: 10/7/02 7:23 PM >Subject: [Air-l] trains in the low countries before AIR meeting > >Dear AIR Friends: one of our colleagues at PIALP just discovered major >construction on the train routes between Amsterdam and Maastricht for >next >Sunday, the day before our get-together. Plan carefully. >Phil >Philip N. Howard >Assistant Professor >Department of Communication >University of Washington > > > I was just checking the NL train system website to re_print out time >tables > > for myself, and it seems that they're doing construction on the tracks > > between Amsterdam and Maastricht and so particularly on Saturday, but >on > > Sunday as well, some trains are being re-routed and it appears from >the >web > > site that you have to take a bus between two cities...rendering a two > > change trip into a 5- train/bus change trip...ick. Pack light. > > > > Check it out at http://www.ns.nl/ Go to trip planner, and put in >Schiphol > > and Maastricht (note this doesn't even get you to the train station by >the > > hotel--that's often another hop onto "Maastricht-Randwyck" one station > > further south from Maastricht-Centraal.) and your times... > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Trains Amsterdam- Maastricht before AIR meeting
by Monica.Murero＠MERIT.unimaas.nl 08 Oct '02

08 Oct '02

Dear colleagues, There are some constuctions on the train route in Utrecht so avoid Amsterdam-Maastricht via Utrecht this weekend. Instead, simply take the trains arriving in Maastricht * via Rotterdam *. For example, Amsterdam central- Rotterdam- Maastricht is no problem at: ... 11.59 13.59 15.59 16.59 17.58 and so forth. More trains at:http://www.ns.nl/ Schiphol (Amsterdam airport)- Maastricht is no problem if you leave, for example, at: ... 10.46 11.16 11.46 ... Stop at Maastricht-Randwyck station, if your hotel is: NH or Randwwyck Stop at Maastricht-Central for all the other hotels Kind Regards, Monica Murero Conference Chair -----Original Message----- From: Philip N. Howard To: air-l(a)aoir.org Sent: 10/7/02 7:23 PM Subject: [Air-l] trains in the low countries before AIR meeting Dear AIR Friends: one of our colleagues at PIALP just discovered major construction on the train routes between Amsterdam and Maastricht for next Sunday, the day before our get-together. Plan carefully. Phil Philip N. Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington > I was just checking the NL train system website to re_print out time tables > for myself, and it seems that they're doing construction on the tracks > between Amsterdam and Maastricht and so particularly on Saturday, but on > Sunday as well, some trains are being re-routed and it appears from the web > site that you have to take a bus between two cities...rendering a two > change trip into a 5- train/bus change trip...ick. Pack light. > > Check it out at http://www.ns.nl/ Go to trip planner, and put in Schiphol > and Maastricht (note this doesn't even get you to the train station by the > hotel--that's often another hop onto "Maastricht-Randwyck" one station > further south from Maastricht-Centraal.) and your times... _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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RE: [Air-l] Maastricht
by Frank Schaap 08 Oct '02

08 Oct '02

Nicole suggested: > My husband and I were just in Amsterdam for the Argumentation conference, > and we had a great time at the comedy show at Bang Chicago! It's a mostly http://www.boomchicago.nl/ Frank. -- Fragments Blog == http://fragment.nl Cyberculture Resources == http://fragment.nl/resources/

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RE: [Air-l] Maastricht
by radhika gajjala 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

any advice for those of us who might plan to spend part of the weekend in Amsterdam and take the train down to Maastricht? dos and donts and places must see etc maybe... thanks, r At 01:55 PM 9/28/2002 +0200, you wrote: > Dear Nancy, Dear Colleagues, > >Maastricht and in its surrondings offer a lot to visitors, >especially if you plan to stay >few days before/after the conference. >This reference might be interesting: > >Maastricht Tourist Office (in 4 languages): >http://www.vvvmaastricht.nl/ > >Here you can find pretty much "everything" about Maastricht fine life, >from restaurants to city tours. > >Moreover, for those of you that will arrive in Maastricht during the weekend >before the conference, we will organize some meeting-points. I will give you >more information on it in the next days. >Talk to you soon! > >Kind Regards, Monica Murero >Conference Chair > > > >IR 3.0: Net / Work / Theory >International Conference of the AoIR >MECC conference & exhibition center >Maastricht (NL) >13 October pre-conference workshops >14-16 October 2002 > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Nancy Baym >To: air-l(a)aoir.org >Sent: 27/09/02 23.29 >Subject: [Air-l] Maastricht > >I'm sure air-l is so quiet because we are all busy preparing for our >upcoming meeting in Maastricht. > >Has anyone been researching the area or spent time there and want to >recommend things to do there? Maybe people who were interested in >doing the same things might be able to hook up in advance this way? > >Just a thought from your friendly local social engineer, > >Nancy >________________________________________________________ > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l _______________________ http://www.cyberdiva.org

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trains in the low countries before AIR meeting
by Philip N. Howard 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

Dear AIR Friends: one of our colleagues at PIALP just discovered major construction on the train routes between Amsterdam and Maastricht for next Sunday, the day before our get-together. Plan carefully. Phil Philip N. Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington > I was just checking the NL train system website to re_print out time tables > for myself, and it seems that they're doing construction on the tracks > between Amsterdam and Maastricht and so particularly on Saturday, but on > Sunday as well, some trains are being re-routed and it appears from the web > site that you have to take a bus between two cities...rendering a two > change trip into a 5- train/bus change trip...ick. Pack light. > > Check it out at http://www.ns.nl/ Go to trip planner, and put in Schiphol > and Maastricht (note this doesn't even get you to the train station by the > hotel--that's often another hop onto "Maastricht-Randwyck" one station > further south from Maastricht-Centraal.) and your times...

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Media Ecology Association Awards
by Ulla Bunz 05 Oct '02

05 Oct '02

Might be of interest to some of us. ulla Date: Fri 10/4/02 From: Lance Strate STRATE(a)FORDHAM.EDU Call for Nominations for the 2003 Media Ecology Association Awards The Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology Open to books published in 2000 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Susanne K. Langer Award, the Lewis Mumford Award, or the Dorothy Lee Award. The Walter Benjamin Award for Outstanding Article in the Field of Media Ecology Open to articles, essays, reviews, and book chapters published in 2000 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Susanne K. Langer Award, the Lewis Mumford Award, or the Dorothy Lee Award. The Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form Open to books and articles published in 2000 or later that focus on the ecology of language, semantics, semiotics, codes, symbol systems, aesthetic form, etc. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics Open to books and articles published in 2000 or later that focus on the history and/or philosophy of technology or science; studies of specific technologies, techniques, or media, and/or their social, cultural, and psychological effects; analysis and criticism of the technological/information society. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Dorothy Lee Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Culture Open to books and articles published in 2000 or later that focus on the ethnographic or intercultural analysis of communication, perception, cognition, consciousness, media, technology; material culture, and/or the natural environment. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work Open to novels, short stories, hypertexts, plays, scripts, comics, audio recordings, motion pictures, videos, and other narrative forms, published or released in 2000 or later, that include media ecology themes, concepts, or insights. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. The John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology Open to works of art, media production, professional activity or other practical applications of the media ecology approach. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of the supporting materials. The Harold A. Innis Award for Outstanding Thesis or Dissertation in the Field of Media Ecology Open to any Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation completed for a degree granted in 2000 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. The Louis Forsdale Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media Ecology Open to any instructor on any educational level. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials. The Jacques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism Open to any individual engaged in political activism whose work is informed by the media ecology perspective. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials. Send all entries by December 1st, 2002 to: Lance Strate, President, Media Ecology Association Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University Bronx, New York 10458 For more information, see the MEA Web site at www.media-ecology.org or contact Lance Strate at Strate(a)Fordham.edu or (718) 817-4864.

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Re: [Air-l] Archiving web sites
by Danyel Fisher 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Frank Schaap <architext(a)fragment.nl> wrote... [WGET] > need to dig into it a bit further, but it seems almost perfect... And for everyone else who doesn't like command lines: check this out: http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/ Yes, it's ugly. But it lets you click boxes instead of memorizse letters. > it however > doesn't appear to be able to follow and archive pages hidden behind javascript > pop-up code. any inside hints or tips about that? Not in particular, I'm afraid. This is a Known Problem, and from a social historian's point of view tells a story about the adoption of the technology. Originally, wget was meant for system administrators to back up their websites. And so it offered a lot of commands of the form "copy all documents from this site." Then the search engine spiders got at it, so it got commands like "figure out how deep we've traversed, and copy it too." But it hasn't yet really Made It as an end-user tool. Javascript has a problem that it's a programming language. It can create URLs on the fly, based on your user name, my astrological sign, and the date at that very moment. Which is why the wget authors decided not to deal with it. Now, most (but not all) javascript tags use something like javascript:command( ...., URL, ....) and they hardcode the command into the text. In which case, IF YOU ARE UP TO COMPILING C CODE (!), see this http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/409/2000/4/100/3543604/

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