Hi,
I think there are readers of AIR-L who would be interested to know
that the Amateur Computerist Vol 11 No 1 In Memory of Michael Hauben:
Discoverer of Netizens is available at:
ascii: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/ACn11-1.txt
prn: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/ACn11-1.prn
wpd: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/ACn11-1.wpd
This special issue of the Amateur Computerist is dedicated to the life
and work of Michael Hauben. Michael helped found and edit the Amateur
Computerist. He gave it its name reflecting that it is intended for
those who love computing. Much of Michael's writing appeared in the
Amateur Computerist from its beginning in 1988 until his untimely
death in June 2001. In its pages he published and explained and
popularized his vision of a democratizing, interactive and enlivening
Internet populated by many citizens of the net - netizens.
The first article in this issue explores the emergence of the concept
of netizens. It builds to its conclusion that the future can not be
known but we can and should strive for the future we want. Michael's
vision of the netizen can be a guide. The next article tells some of
the story of Michael's growing up and his connection with computing.
It is followed by tributes to and remembrances of Michael. The bulk of
the issue is a collection of a few of Michael's articles especially
concerning netizens, democracy and his understanding of the importance
of the Net. The issue ends with a report from a conference in Berlin
where these same concerns were discussed and debated.
We offer this issue not only to commemorate the life and work of
Michael Hauben but also because we feel the relevancy of these for
today.
The whole issue or a subscription is available for free via email.
Send a request to jrh(a)ais.org or see http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/
Separate articles are available at:
http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/acn11-1.articles/
We welcome comments, criticisms and submissions for future
issues.
Take care.
Jay
I wish to bring a very good site that is devoted to important elements
of cyberculture to the attention of AIR. Please forgive me if I repeat
what is already well known to this board. The URL:
http://neworder.box.sk/
Wendy Robinson wrote:
"We're better connected, yet more atomized."
Barry wonders:
What evidence is there to support this? Other than Bob Putnam's _Bowling
Alone_ which is worth taking seriously, but focuses on the decline of
organized groups.
OTOH,lots of people have provided systematic evidence -- ethnographic and
survey -- that show the continuation of connectivity, although more in
social networks than in densely-knit bounded groups. My web page has both
review articles and my own research on the subject.
For those of you tiring of this thread, I am on the road again for the
next week, and mostly offline. Flying economy class. See some of you
Monday in the NSF-John Robinson Webshop summer institute at U Maryland, and
perhaps others of you at the SSRC-Columbia U ICT meets Int'l Relns summer
institute.
BTW, I forgot to mention the greatest advantage of business class lounges:
they provide abundant electrical outlets for us workaholics. It's sad to
see the scramble among folks in the regular airport waiting rooms to get
the few electrical outlet connections for their laptops. I've taken to
carrying a multi-outlet tap, so I can ask people to share their precious
wall connection. And so it goes ...
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Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director
wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman
Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto
455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162
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