January 2003 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: [Air-l] cfp Corporal Literacy
by Andrew Herman 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

Is it not "corporeal"? Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA 01610 (508) 793-2531 >>> kranenbu(a)xs4all.nl 01/30/03 07:43 AM >>> CALL FOR PAPERS Corporal Literacy Maaike Bleeker: New developments in a variety of disciplines - ranging from philosophy to medicine to cognitive science - argue for a revaluation of the body as actively involved in processes of world making rather than a passive decoding machine. This revaluation of the body points to the necessity to change our understanding of the role of the body in processes of perception and meaning making. Corporal literacy understood as the bodily capacity to read and make sense also changes the notion of thought and meaning itself, the idea of what it means to do thinking, to make meaning, to rationalize. "What is important" write Lakoff and Johnson in their Philosophy in the Flesh, "is not just that we have bodies and that thought is somehow embodied. What is important is that the very peculiar nature of our bodies shapes our very possibilities for conceptualisation and categorization." Corporal literacy describes these abilities of the body to perceive, read and make sense. It is a strategic term, with which we want to make a space for interaction and collaboration between researchers approaching questions of bodily meaning making from various backgrounds. George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Philosophy in the Flesh. The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought. Basic Books 1999: 19 Rob van Kranenburg: In A future world of supersenses, Martin Rantzer of Ericsson Foresight claims: "New communication senses will be needed in the future to enable people to absorb the enormous mass of information with which they are confronted," According to him the user interfaces we use today to transmit information to our brains threaten create a real bottleneck for new broadband services. "The boundaries of what constitutes consumer electronics and computers are getting blurred," said Gerard J. Kleisterlee, the chief executive of Royal Philips Electronics. "As we get wireless networking in the home, everything starts to talk to everything." Implementing digital connecitivity in an analogue environment without a design for all the senses , without a concept of corporal literacy, leads to information overload. In a ubiquitous computing environment the new intelligence is extelligence, "knowledge and tools that are outside people's heads" (Stewart and Cohen, 1997) In a ubiquitous computing environment the user has to be not only textually and visually literate, both also have corporal literacy, that is an awareness of extelligence and a working knowledge of all the senses. It is our claim in staking out a field of corporal literacy that in contemporary performance and theatrical practice we find an actualization of (and ways of dealing with) the bottleneck scenarios that are envisaged by information experts. At Big Consumer Electronics Show, the Buzz Is All About Connections January 13, 2003 By SAUL HANSELL, http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/13/technology/13DIGI.html?ex=1043457162&ei=1… A workshop/panel in the Conference: MULTILITERACIES: THE CONTACT ZONE 2003 International AILA Conference on Literacy http://memling.rug.ac.be/aila Submit abstracts by email in an attachment to kranenbu(a)xs4all.nl and maaike.bleeker(a)hum.uva.nl. Remember to give the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation, e-mail address, phone number, fax number and 50 word biodate. Location: Ghent, Belgium Date: 22-27 September 2003 Call Deadline: 28 March, 2003 Contact Persons: Rob van Kranenburg - Maaike Bleeker Contact Email: kranenbu(a)xs4all.nl - maaike.bleeker(a)hum.uva.nl IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for submission of abstracts: 28 March, 2003. Notification of acceptance: 31 April, 2003. Program available: 15 August, 2003. Early bird registration: before 28 March, 2003 Details regarding the program, registration and hotel accommodation will be sent out in February 2003. If you submit an abstract, you will automatically receive this information -- web: http://simsim.rug.ac.be/staff/rob mail: kranenbu(a)xs4all.nl mobile: ++32 (0) 472 40 63 72 Call home first 0032 9 2333 853

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Fwd: Postdoctoral Positions in Technology and Security, Peace Studies Program, Cornell University
by jeremy hunsinger 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

> > > Postdoctoral Positions in Technology and Security > Peace Studies Program, Cornell University > > The Peace Studies Program invites applications for two postdoctoral > positions for academic year 2003-2004, one for a person trained in the > physical or biological sciences and the other for a social scientist. > The successful applicants will be expected to participate in program > seminars and other activities and to pursue research related to > science, technology, and international security, preferably within one > of the three major areas of interest to the program: 1) dual-use > technology and weapons proliferation; 2) the impact of new > technologies and strategies, including those associated with the war > on terrorism, on international humanitarian law and the norms of > warfare; and 3) North Asian security and technology. Salary $33,600, > plus benefits and a modest research budget. All requirements of the > PhD must be completed by the time of appointment. > > Send curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests, a > writing sample, and the names of three references to: > > Postdoctoral Associate Search Committee > Peace Studies Program > 130 Uris Hall > Cornell University > Ithaca, NY 14853-7601 > > Review of applications will begin immediately. > For more information on the Program, please visit its website: > www.einaudi.cornell.edu/PeaceProgram > > Cornell University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer > and Educator. > > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy/blog () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Fwd: [Siit] Reminder: EURAS Workshop in Aachen
by jeremy hunsinger 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

> >> >> CALL FOR PAPERS >> >> 8th EURAS Workshop on Standardization >> >> Aachen, July 11 - 12, 2003 >> >> The workshop solicits papers on all aspects of standards and >> standardisation. Sample topics include, but are not limited to: >> >> - Technological innovation and standardisation >> - Standardisation and economic development >> - Legal issues in standardisation >> - Economics of standardisation >> - Standardisation policies >> - Analyses of standards setting processes >> - Case studies of standardisation >> - The future of standardisation >> - Educational activities >> - Management of standards >> - History of Standards >> - Standards and technology transfer >> >> >> Papers (up to 20 double-spaced pages) or extended abstracts (up to 4 >> double-spaced pages) should be submitted (preferably by e-mail) to >> Kai.Jakobs(a)i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de >> >> If electronic submission is not possible please send 3 copies to: >> Kai Jakobs >> Aachen University >> Computer Science Department, Informatik IV >> Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany >> >> Preference will be given to full papers. >> Particularly relevant papers will be fast-tracked for review in the >> EURAS-Yearbook or the International Journal of IT Standards and >> Standardization Research (JITSR). >> >> >> Programme Committee >> Wilfried Hesser (University of the Armed Forces, Hamburg) >> Manfred J. Holler (University of Hamburg) >> Kai Jakobs (Aachen University) >> Jacek W. Mercik (Wroclaw College of Management and Finance) >> Anthony Ogus (University of Manchester) >> Hans-Bernd Schäfer (University of Hamburg) >> >> >> Important Dates >> Papers due: March 28, 2003 >> Notification: May 2, 2003 >> Final paper due: May 30, 2003 >> >> >> Conference Venue >> Aachen University, Computer Science Centre >> >> Conference Fee >> EUR 50 for EURAS members >> EUR 100 for non-members >> >> For more information about EURAS please see >> http://www.EURAS.org/ >> >> The conference home page may be found through >> http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~jakobs/kai/kai_home.html >> >> More information on the venue may be found at >> http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ >> >> >> The 2003 EURAS membership meeting has been scheduled for >> Friday, July 11, 8.30 - 10.30 h. >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> Kai Jakobs >> >> Technical University of Aachen >> Computer Science Department >> Informatik IV (Communication and Distributed Systems) >> Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany >> Tel.: +49-241-80-21405 >> Fax: +49-241-80-22220 >> Kai.Jakobs(a)i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de >> http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~jakobs/kai/kai_home.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Siit mailing list >> Siit(a)mail-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de >> http://i4mail.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mailman/listinfo/siit > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy/blog () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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-empyre- + open source to open art +
by Michael Arnold Mages 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

-empyre- takes pleasure in introducing +open source to open art+ : Felix Sattler and the artists of backup.lounge]lab - http://www.backup-festival.com. How is open source theory possible in collaborative artistic practice? What are the implications, limitations and choices in an open source approach? These questions are explored in February on -empyre- by the artists and curators of backup.lounge]lab which served as the experimental playground for the backup_festival/new media in film Nov 7-11th, 2002 in Weimar, Germany. 19 artists including 'Artificial paradises' 'Luna Nera' and 'D-Fuse' (London); 'Dijital Riot' (Weimar); Laura Kavanaugh & Ian Birse, (Montreal), Sebastian Hundertmark, Stephan Jacobs, Tobias Finauer (Weimar), Catherine Moriwaki, and Pearl Gluck (USA); Helena Jonsdottir (IS, Reykjavik), Jon Fawcett (GB, Cardiff), and Micz Flor (CZ, Praha), created a network of open accessible ideas, tools, media, molecules and pieces that would eventually melange in the display at the festival. The artists of backup along with curators Carine Linge, Alexander Klosch and Felix Sattler will have a look at the process and results of backup's theory that "open source" might be translated into a working model for a conception of "open art". -- -empyre- regularly invites practicioners, curators and theorists in the media arts field to discuss specific projects, publications, and issues. Subscribe to -empyre- at: http://www.subtle.net/empyrean/empyre/ --

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RE: [Air-l] Key Terms
by Andrejevic, Mark 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

I may not have caught all of the terms mentioned so far -- but the conspicuous absence to me is the most ever-present term in Internet discourse, indeed, a cognate: interactivity...that little "i" that seems to creep in front of everything. It strikes me as perhaps the most in need of interrogation and examination, as so much of the promise of new media hinges upon it. My 2 cents. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Fred Turner [mailto:fturner@stanford.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:25 PM To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Key Terms Thom -- Some possibilities, including a couple already mentioned: Place Surveillance E-commerce Mobility Ubiquity Origins (a history of...section) Privacy I'm actually about to teach portions of the book in a Social Impact of Digital Media class and am a fan; these are some of the categories that I've found myself wishing were already there. Best, Fred ___________________________________________________________________ Fred Turner Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Building 120 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2050 O) 650-723-0706 Fax) 650-725-2472 fturner(a)stanford.edu _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Key Terms
by Fred Turner 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

Thom -- Some possibilities, including a couple already mentioned: Place Surveillance E-commerce Mobility Ubiquity Origins (a history of...section) Privacy I'm actually about to teach portions of the book in a Social Impact of Digital Media class and am a fan; these are some of the categories that I've found myself wishing were already there. Best, Fred ___________________________________________________________________ Fred Turner Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Building 120 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2050 O) 650-723-0706 Fax) 650-725-2472 fturner(a)stanford.edu

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warez traders.
by swiss＠uiowa 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

ERIC, See the chapter by David T. in THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND CONTEMPORARY THEORY (routledge, 2000, Herman and Swiss) called 'HO HO HO AND A SERVER OF WAREZ.' A very useful piece, nicely written. Thom ------------------------- Message: 17 From: ericgoldman(a)onebox.com To: air-l(a)aoir.org Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:07:29 -0500 Subject: [Air-l] Research on warez traders Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org I would appreciate any pointers to research that's been done about the behavior and motivations of warez traders. Thanks, Eric. -------------------------------

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Research on warez traders
by ericgoldman＠onebox.com 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

I would appreciate any pointers to research that's been done about the behavior and motivations of warez traders. Thanks, Eric. -- Eric Goldman Marquette Univ. Law School ericgoldman(a)onebox.com Personal home page: http://eric_goldman.tripod.com

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1 (more) new paper on opensource.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

Hello Again, Below are the details for a new submission. Thanks to the authors for the submission. As always, authors welcome feedback for the papers. Authors: Kieran Healy and Alan Schussman. Title: The Ecology of Open Source Software Development http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/healyschussman.pdf Abstract: A number of theories have emerged to explain the success of open source software, mainly from economics and law. We analyze a very large sample of OSS projects and find striking patterns in the overall structure of the development community. The distribution of projects on a range of activity measures is spectacularly skewed, with only a relatively tiny number of projects showing evidence of the strong collaborative activity which is supposed to characterize OSS. Our findings are consistent with prior, smaller-scale empirical research. We argue that these findings pose problems for the dominant accounts of OSS. We suggest that the gulf between active and inactive projects may be explained by social-structural features of the community which have received little attention in the existing literature. We suggest some hypotheses that might better predict the observed ecology of projects. Thanks again! -- =============================================== Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan School of Management MIT Free/Open Source Software Research Project e-mail: lakhani(a)mit.edu voice: 617-851-1224 fax: 617-344-0403 http://opensource.mit.edu http://freesoftware.mit.edu http://mit.edu/lakhani/www ==============================================

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research on virtual communication and communities
by Denise Carter 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

i have a colleague who sent me this request - as it is not exactly my area of expertise i wondered if anyone had any suggestions regards denise >Does anyone have any good ideas on (broadly) anthropological journals that >publish work in the area of computer-mediated communication, interaction and >decision-making? Denise Maia Carter, School of Comparative and Applied Social Science, University of Hull, UK http://www.denisecarter.net denisecarter(a)denisecarter.net

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