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

Job Opening at Univ. of Massachusetts Boston
by Hans Klein 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Did this list see the new position in Community Media and Technology open at U Mass Boston? Job description: http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/cmt/fac.position.pdf Info on the program and the position is available at http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/cmt as well as in the articles Reebee Garofalo has written in the current and previous issue of www.comtechrevierw.org. I just found out about this now, but I believe that the process is in an advanced stage. Contact Peter Mill (Email above) to know more. Hans

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CFP: Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies
by Anthony Enns 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

The Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies is currently soliciting submissions for an upcoming special issue on: MEDIATION

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looking for some leads
by Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Hi everyone, I suppose I should introduce myself before asking for help, as I just joined the list =) My name is Sarah Bickerton and I am a PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, working a bit under Steve Jones in the Department of Communication here. I did my undergraduate study at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, where I did physics and sociology with dabbles in computer science before doing my MA thesis in sociology on articulations of embodiment in an online community. My research interests are qualitative, namely gender, sexuality, politics, poststructural identity work, with an overarching focus on online social interaction (hence Steve getting me to subscribe to the list). Okays, now that I have that done, on to the help asking *smile* I am trying to put together a literature review on research of gay and lesbian experiences online for my PhD dissertation that I am starting soon on if coming out as gay or lesbian online alter's one's conceptions of those identities. However, I am coming up shallow on material for the lit review, which bodes well for my research later, but hardly well for the review. This is most probably because of not looking in the right places. As such I was just wondering if any of you could point me in the direction of places to go look for research done on gay and lesbian experiences online? Any databases, etc that you can think of, or articles that you know of. I would really appreciate any assistance at all that anyone could provide. Here's to joining the list. thanks, Sarah -- ******************************************************* Sarah Hendrica Bickerton "Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and go well with ketchup." - Anon email: sarah_hendrica(a)yahoo.com icq#:38209213 MSN: sarah_hendrica AIM: kiwidragongurl Yahoo!: sarah_hendrica ******************************************************* _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Urgent reminder: deadline GOR 2002
by Ulf Reips 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Dear air-l members: this is a reminder that the deadline for submissions to the fifth GOR conference is at the end of this month. Because GOR and AoIR overlap in scope you might be intrested in contributing to both conferences. GOR will be October 10 and 11 (Thursday and Friday), AoIR will start Sunday. There will be a reduction in registration fees for people who attend both conferences. Best wishes from Zurich, --ur ********** Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips Psychology department, University of Zurich Vice president, German Society for Online Research http://dgof.de/indexe.htm --------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------- GOR 02 GERMAN ONLINE RESEARCH 2002 --> FIVE YEARS OF GOR CONFERENCES <-- _______________________________ GOR '02: 10th and 11th of October, 2002 in the University of Hohenheim's castle, Germany Organized by: German Online Research Society - DGOF e.V. University of Hohenheim, Department for Communication (Prof. Claudia Mast) Supported by: MFG Agency for IT- and Media-Development Baden-Wuerttemberg State department for communication (LFK), State of Baden-Wuerttemberg South West German Radio (SWR), Department for Media Research --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- The 5th German Online Research conference 2002 is organized jointly by the German Society for Online Research (DGOF e.V.), and the University of Hohenheim. The conference will be held in the castle that is part of the University of Hohenheim. Presentation of empirical investigations which examine the Internet as both an instrument for, and an object of, scientific investigation, will be the central focus of the conference. Additionally, DGOF will hold its annual assembly and regional chapters meeting during GOR 02. Following in the tradition of previous GORs, it is our goal to document the progress of research in Online Research and Internet Science and to facilitate dialogue between theoretical and applied perspectives. Conference central topics include: - Cross-media: Online-offline - Ensuring quality in Online Research - Online market research and e-commerce - Internet, globalization, and society ----------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract Submission Guidelines Please submit abstracts for presentations and posters by March 31, 2002 (deadline). Please send: An abstract (about 250 words) plus the additional information requested below Abstracts should be submitted in both English and German (if possible). The conference languages are German and English. Please supply the information in the following format: 1. Title of the oral presentation or poster 2. Type (oral presentation or poster) 3. Author(s) 4. Address of first author (postal address, phone number[s], e-mail and URLs) 5. Central topic choice and/or symposium, if applicable 6. Keywords (max. 4) 7. English text of abstract (ca. 250 words) 8. German text of abstract (if possible, ca. 250 words) Submission format: 1) Please send your abstract in rich text format (.rtf) file format as TWO attachments (one English, one German) to: gorpaper02(a)dgof.de The subject line of your e-mail must contain the following text: "abstract". 2) In addition to sending an attachment, please include the abstract and the information 1-6 mentioned above in the body of your e-mail. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Again, submission deadline is March 31, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee, you will receive notice of acceptance of your abstract by May 15, 2002. The preliminary program will then be posted at: http://www.dgof.de/gore.htm We are planning to publish the abstracts in an abstract volume, which will be available in a WWW version before the conference. Publishing of the proceedings as a WWW book is planned as well. The best poster wins a prize of Euro 500! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsoring, booths, and commercial presentations: Further sponsors are welcome! Additionally, there is the option of booking fair booth lots for product presentations. Commercial presentations are possible in a special forum and are not part of the academic program. It is not possible for commercial presentations to be submitted as presentations from individuals. Concerning commercial booths and presentations, please contact M. Maier (local organization committee) and W. Bandilla (DGOF) at gor02com(a)dgof.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- Conference fees: Conference fees include conference materials, two lunches, conference dinner, drinks and snacks during breaks. Non-academic (e.g., company representatives, free-lancers, consultants) 300 Euro Academic 110 Euro Students 60 Euro Presenting participants 30 Euro (first authors only) Conference fees have to be paid 100% in advance for Germans. Foreign participants may pay their fees at the conference venue. Day tickets are not available, doctoral students cannot register as students. DGOF members will receive a 20% reduction (a membership application can be found at http://www.dgof.de/dgof_antrage.pdf) Registration for all participants will begin by May 15 at the latest. Further detailed information will be posted continually at the following URL: http://www.dgof.de/gore.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Overview of the timeline: 03/31/02 Deadline for abstract submission 05/15/02 Feedback on abstract acceptance 05/15/02 Preliminary program will be published, registration will begin 10/10/02-10/11/02 Conference in Hohenheim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of contacts: Abstract submission: gorpaper02(a)dgof.de Business activities: gor02com(a)dgof.de Conference Website: http://www.gor.de/ Local organization: gor(a)uni-hohenheim.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contact address of the local organizing committee: University of Hohenheim Department for Communication Science and Journalism (Prof. Dr. Claudia Mast) Fruwirthstraße 49 D-70599 Stuttgart Germany Tel. +49-711-459 3366 Fax +49-711-459 3376 E-Mail: gor(a)uni-hohenheim.de http://medien.sowi.uni-hohenheim.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Now available: *Dimensions of Internet Science* -> http://www.genpsy.unizh.ch/reips/dis/

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Roommate needed
by Norman Clark 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

I'm attending the "Shaping the Network Society" symposium, May 16-19, in Seatte, WA, USA. I' was hoping to share a room with someone to cut costs. If there's anyone out there in AoIR land who is also attending, and is willing to share a room, please contact me at clarkne(a)appstate.edu Thanks! Norm Clark Dept of Communication Appalachian State University

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TIR Web//New Issue (April 2002) Available
by david silver 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Folks, Interesting new issue of The Iowa Review Web, edited by air-l member Thom Swiss ... david ---------- Forwarded message ---------- TIR WEB A journal of New Media and experimental writing and art published at the University of Iowa with support from the Department of English and in collaboration with The International Writing Program and the Iowa Review. Volume 4, Number 2 (April 2002) TIR Web: <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/> � ************************************ � NUMBER #2 + DERVISH FLOWERS "Dervish Flowers" is a shockwave work by French painter Nicolas Clauss and composer Jean-Jaques Berge. Elegant and inventive, the piece responds to the mouse movements of viewers, putting dancers/flowers in motion. As the dancers are moved 'off-stage,' a new screen and new dancers replace them. + Read "With Their Stories or Without," an interview with Nicolas Clauss. And view the piece... <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/flyingpuppets/puppets.htm#> ************************************* � + SHELLEY JACKSON: THE INTERVIEW Shelley Jackson is the author of the classic Patchwork Girl (Eastgate 1995), a hypertext novel. Her story collection, The Melancholy of Anatomy, has just been published by Anchor Books. +Read "Of Dolls & Monsters" An Interview with Shelley Jackson, Winter 2002, by Rita Raley <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/jackson/jackson.htm> ************************************* � + WILLIAM POUNDSTONE: WORK AND AN INTERVIEW William Poundstone is the author of eight books--two of them, The Recursive Universe and Labyrinths of Reason, were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Brian Kim Stefans writes: "What is most striking...is the easy dexterity with which Poundstone negotiates several different aesthetic traditions... not to mention the developing traditions of web art itself which he seemed instictively to know how to exploit to create an unmistakably 'literary' site that, nonetheless, would not have been done justice in a book." +Read "An Interview with William Poundstone," by Brian Kim Stefans. View his "New Digital Emblems." <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/poundstone/poundstone.htm> ************************************* + POEMS BY Marjorie Stelmach FROM THE NEW ISSUE OF THE IOWA REVIEW <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/stelmach/stelmach.htm> ************************************* + A TALK ABOUT THE ART OF TRANSLATION BY ELIOT WEINBERGER FROM 91� MERIDIAN, A NEW JOURNAL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL WRITING PROGRAM <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/weinberger/weinberger.html> ************************************* TIR Web adds new work every two months. Coming up: Interviews with Katherine Hayles,�Jay David Bolter, and others. New work by Talan Memmott,� Meikal And, Catlin Fisher, and others. ------------------------ ABOUT: Publishing electronic literature since 1999, The Iowa Review Web is well-known for its commitment to new writing. Starting in 2002, TIR Web expanded. It now includes --along with electronic literature--other varieties of experimental writing and art. It also features interviews with innovative writers and New Media artists, as well as critical articles and essays. Each issue of TIR Web includes work from both The Iowa Review and 91� Meridian, published by the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. --------------------- The Iowa Review Web: <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/> New Media Poetry Conference, Fall 2002: <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp/newmedia/>

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Professor in New Media, Wales, UK
by Charlie Breindahl 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

The posting has been truncated for posting. Further inquiries to Professor Martin Barker, Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. E-mail: mib(a)aber.ac.uk -- Ref: TV 4/02/4/02 Professor in the area of New Media The creation of this new post by the University of Wales, Aberystwyth is both an acknowledgement of the remarkable achievements of the Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies in recent years, and a response to our need for an appointment to play a leading role in new developments currently taking place in the Department: most immediately, the introduction of a new degree, Media & Communication Studies, which will have at its heart the study of digitised and converging media, and the development of a range of skills and capacities to enable graduates to seek employment in these diverse industries. [snip!] The person appointed The person appointed will have a good first degree, a postgraduate qualification, and a substantial track-record of research and publications, in one of the academic disciplines which contributes to current knowledge and understanding of the media: notably, media studies, communication studies, cultural studies, sociology, or a specific subject domain such as film or television studies. For appointment as Professor, the University will seek evidence that you have reached the position of being an acknowledged authority in your subject area, with proven strengths and the ability to lead across research, teaching and academic development, and a national / international reputation. [snip!] The Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies is ambitious to become a major, recognised centre for work in the broad area of both traditional and new media. We are looking to appoint someone willing to contribute overall to accelerating the development of our work, and to placing their own accent on that work. For informal discussions regarding this post, please contact: Professor Ioan Williams, Head of Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies (01970- 622834 (work)/01974-251251 (home)or Professor Martin Barker, Subject Leader, Film & Television Studies (tel 01970-622369 (work) / 01970-625694 (home); e-mail mib(a)aber.ac.uk) Salary: The salary for this post will be in the professorial range, whose minimum is £39, 394. Closing date for applications is 13 April 2002. -- Charlie Breindahl Ph.D. Student, Copenhagen + Malmö Web: http://staff.hum.ku.dk/hitch/ http://www.creativeenvironments.mah.se/ Phone: +45 35 32 81 19 or +46 40 665 71 51 Mobile: +45 51 92 15 98 E-mail: hitch(a)hum.ku.dk "For the modern Don Quixote, the windmills have been preprogrammed to turn into knights" - Janet H. Murray

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rubi-con
by jeremy hunsinger 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

following ulla:) Dear full A, full O, full I, full R, soft er's (Try saying this aloud for a fun Tuesday afternoon activity!) (picking on Ulla) I will be in at the Rubi-con(http://www.rubi-con.org) next week in Detroit(read Romulus, MI), giving a talk on internet security and the public. If any of you are attending or in the immediate vicinity, and are interested in an informal social gathering, I'll bring my AoIR t-shirt, honest:) please e-mail directly at jhuns#vt.edu drop a note:) appropriation credit to Ulla:) jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.dromocracy.com

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SSCA
by Bunz, Ulla K 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Dear Aoir-ers! (Try saying this aloud for a fun Tuesday afternoon activity!) Two of your execs (Benjamin Bates, Treasurer; Ulla Bunz, Secretary) are going to be at the Southern States Communication Association conference next week at Wake Forest in North Carolina. If any of you are attending, or are close by and are interested in an informal social gathering, please email me directly at bunz(a)scils.rutgers.edu <mailto:bunz@scils.rutgers.edu> . Hope to see some of you soon, ulla ************************* Ulla Bunz University of Kansas Starting summer 2002: Rutgers University bunz(a)scils.rutgers.edu *************************

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Spamming, and shotgun accuracy
by Danyel Fisher 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Today, my spam-catching hotmail inbox shows messages addressed to... * aspiring writers * refinancing homeowners * parents of small children * someone dating a girl named "jenny" * someone with plans to have dinner with "sandy" * diabetics Now, I am actually none-of-the-above. But I would imagine that a message sent to, say, everyone on this list would actually manage to hit quite a few positives on a few of these. When you send out 20,000 messages, it's a probability game. And if all they want is for you to read the first line (and decide that you *do* want Britney Spears, nude!, or $60,000 in three weeks, or discounts on *everything*), then they have a wide enough variety of subject lines that it would start catching readers. The cricket ad might have been done by a shotgun approach, or by an only-slightly-refined method (for example, keeping a little bit of contextual information about where they found your address, and guessing a little further from there). Danyel

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