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Alienation Conference-China-July
by Lauren Langman 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Call for papers: RC 36-Alienation Theory and Research Dear Colleague, our research committee of the International Sociological Association had planned to have its biannual meeting last summer, July 7-11 in Beijing, sharing some space with the International Institute of Sociology. There may yet be some room for a few more papers if anyone else would like to join us. As of now, it looks like we will have 4 sessions. If you would like to join with us, please send an abstract to the appropriate organizer of the session, (CC me). It is looking like an exciting meeting so I do hope you can join us. Lauren Langman President RC 36-Alienation Theory and Research Session 66 Alienation Theory and Research: New Directions Alienation, while central to Hegel's theory of history, and in turn Marx's critique of capital, has been used for almost 200 years. However, in face of the changes in capital, from a system of mercantile trade, to industrial production, to the current globalized system based on information, we must continue to rethink and research the concept for the present age. Thus alienation has been used to understand the emotional labor of service work, religious/political or life style extremism etc. This session will explore some of the ways alienation is being theorized and researched. Organizer: Devorah Kalekin, dkalekin(a)construct.haifa.ac.il Session 67 Globalization, Alienation and Resistance Alienation, for Marx, a consequence of wage labor, dehumanized, rendered powerless and fragmented the social was an essential moment of domination by capital. But for a number reasons, the concept has become more widely used and today, in a globalized world, alienation suggests a broader range of phenomena. But at the same time, throughout the world, there have emerged a number of local and global struggles and strategies of resistance to overcome contemporary forms of alienation. This has taken such radically different forms from progressive political mobilizations, to struggles of indigenous peoples against forces of alienation. This has been not only greater opposition to the adverse moments of globalization, but academic interests have reflected this concern, as is evident in our need for two sessions to cover this moment. Organizer, Llang944(a)aol.com Session 68 Alienated popular culture: the non-reflection of reality in culture Popular culture, systematically produced by global conglomerates, provides a variety of pre packaged desires, goals and images to publics who increasingly construct their identities on the basis of popular culture. This is especially true as adolescence, a socially constructed stage in the life cycle marking the transition between childhood and adulthood, has generally been a time of sturm und drang, a stressful period characterized by alienation from the dominant culture. But what has become interesting is the extent to which various alienated groups such as adolescent and youth cultures have become the targets of a number of mass mediated cultural styles, hip hop, grunge, fandom based communities, 'reality' TV, video games, movies and lifestyles of consumption. This session will examine some of the ways popular culture reflects and perhaps indeed fosters alienation. Organizer: James O'Connor, james.connor(a)anu.edu.au Session 69: Democratization in the Global Word: Divergent Perspectives and Strategies

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a member passes
by jeremy hunsinger 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Mike Two Horses, a recently joined member of air-l passed away over the holidays. he was working on a project about American Indian Identity and the Internet and posted a few times to the list. Jeremy

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RE: [Air-l] IM and Databases
by Kris Gowen 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

What was the age of the children you are targeting? Check out the boards at www.alloy.com <http://www.alloy.com/> - they can be pretty active. L. Kris Gowen, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate FACCT -- Foundation for Accountability www.facct.org <http://www.facct.org/> www.compareyourcare.org -----Original Message----- From: MSJANEW(a)aol.com [mailto:MSJANEW@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 5:43 AM To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] IM and Databases Questions: 1. In your experience, do kids really use discussion boards? IM seems to be the tool of choice from what I can see in the middle school world. The primary audience for sportssmarts is kids--although teachers and parents would be interested in the discussion board, I am sure, as well as some kids. 2. Is a database a must for a content rich site? I am scoping the development costs and it seems this an important determination to make. Thanks.

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First European Conference on Computers in Art and Design Education
by Charlie Breindahl 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

The call for submission for the first European Conference on Computer in Art and Design Education is open... CADE 2004 First European Conference on Computers in Art and Design Education Interaction Design Building Bridges June 29 - July 1, 2004 Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Malmö University, Sweden http://asp.cbs.dk/cade2004/

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Re: [Air-l] Available Chat/IM Tools?
by MSJANEW＠aol.com 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Can you tell me if Trillion is relatively affordable and what the maintenence is? I appreciate any information you have. I checked out the website and it looks interesting. Thanks.

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FWD: Call for Participation: "IT in Health Care: Socio-technical Approaches"
by adams＠bmg.eur.nl 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Dear Colleague, We invite you to participate in "IT in Health Care: Socio-technical Approaches, Second International Conference," September 13-14, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. Details of the conference and abstract submission process are now available on the conference website: http://www.ohsu.edu/dmice/ithc2004. Please share this message with anyone who you think may be interested; our apologies if you receive multiple copies. Paul Gorman and Jos Aarts, Co-Chairs for the ITHC 2004 Organizing Committee gormanp(a)ohsu.edu j.aarts(a)bmg.eur.nl ====Call for Participation We invite you to participate in "IT in Health Care: Socio-technical Approaches, Second International Conference," September 13-14, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. Building on the successes of the first ITHC conference in Rotterdam in September, 2001, ITHC 2004 will again focus on the complex interaction of the social and technical aspects of information system design, implementation, and evolution in health care. The conference is hosted by the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at Oregon Health & Science University, and takes place immediately following MEDINFO 2004. The aim of the conference is to bring together investigators from diverse fields concerned with the interaction and interdependence of information technologies and the social and work contexts within which they are deployed. The conference will be of modest size to promote informal interchange among participants, in addition to the plenary speakers and formal paper presentations that are scheduled. Selected papers from the conference are to be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics. The first ITHC conference in Rotterdam focused on 'sociotechnical' approaches: "approaches that consider 'social' and 'technical' aspects as inextricably intertwined, and as equally important in information systems design, implementation and evaluation." In the second we hope to extend this theme with a focus on the system, and how safety, among other things, is an emergent property of the system as a whole. The conference theme "To Err is System" is thus intended to reflect three differing perspectives: 1. The pervasive view that technological failures are due to technological system issues - "if, only we had had the latest version, higher bandwidth, a better system" 2. The socio-technical perception that health informatics is fraught with difficulties due to a lack of awareness and understanding of the socio-cultural environment in which such applications are implemented; 3. The systems view that health care is produced through interaction of the people, technologies, and processes of care, and that changes in one of these elements produce further, sometimes unexpected, changes in the other elements or in their interactions. Key Dates Deadline for submission abstracts 16 February 2004 Notification of acceptance 12 April 2004 Deadline for final papers 2 August 2004 More information at http://www.ohsu.edu/dmice/ithc2004.

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Survey: Best Sports Safety Website Features?
by MSJANEW＠aol.com 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Dear Colleagues: I am setting up a K-12 sports safety/science website for kids, parents, teachers, and coaches. The site is focused on Illinois and will be standards-based. The primary audience is kids. If you have a moment, please let me know which of the following features FOR KIDS you consider important, possibly interesting, or a waste of time. I will develop separate lists for coaches, teachers, and parents. If you have additional suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! 1. Top Ten Sports Safety Tips (for individual sports) 2. Sports Writing Opportunity 3. Recommended Sports Books 4. Ask an Athlete feature 5. As a Health Expert feature 6. Collaborative Sports Science Lab 7. Ask a Coach feature 8. Articles and BLM/web Activities (i.e., The Science behind Olympic Fashions, Just Say No to Steroids, etc.) 9. Sports Question of the Day 10. Bizarre Sports Facts 11. This Day in Sports History 12. Links to Flash-Based Sports Games 13. Child-Parent Activities 14. Links to Training and Coaching Sites 15. Diet Information 16. Content for At-Risk Students 17. Links to Safety Organizations Illinois 18. Content in Spanish 19. Instant Messaging, Chat, or Discussion Boards 20. Question of the Day Survey

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IM and Databases
by MSJANEW＠aol.com 28 Dec '03

28 Dec '03

Questions: 1. In your experience, do kids really use discussion boards? IM seems to be the tool of choice from what I can see in the middle school world. The primary audience for sportssmarts is kids--although teachers and parents would be interested in the discussion board, I am sure, as well as some kids. 2. Is a database a must for a content rich site? I am scoping the development costs and it seems this an important determination to make. Thanks.

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Fwd: ISTAS conference announcement
by Steve Jones 26 Dec '03

26 Dec '03

Begin forwarded message: > Call for Papers > > 2004 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS '04): > Globalizing Technological Education > > June 17-19, 2004 > Worcester, Massachusetts > > Abstracts are now being accepted for papers and works-in-progress. All > contributions will be peer reviewed and conference proceedings are > planned. Proposals for papers and panels that address one or more of > these themes are encouraged: > > Giving science, engineering, and technology students a global > experience: Study abroad as a capstone experience; internships, > innovative exchange programs, international co-op, and academic > project work; service learning in a global context; risk management, > health, and safety issues; resource issues and creative strategies for > affordable programs. > > Globalizing technological education: Distance learning and associated > technologies; outcomes assessment and innovations in pedagogy for > globalization; globalization connections to K-12; geographically > distributed design teams; faculty development for globalization; > accreditation and globalization; multidisciplinary and team approaches > to globalization; cooperative and active learning strategies for > globalization; research on the impact of globalization on education. > > Critical issues in globalization: Sustainable development and > technology; addressing ethical and social issues in globalization; > technology policy in a global context; corporate interest and support > for globalization; foundation and funding opportunities for > globalization; globalization, diversity, and multi-culturalism > > Papers on traditional ISTAS topics are also welcome: Environmental, > health, safety and peace-related implications of technology; social, > economic, and ethical issues involving energy, information, and > telecommunications technologies; history of technology; system > analysis in public policy decisions; research methods for > technology-policy analysis. > > Deadlines > > January 30, 2004: Paper and panel proposals due. Proposal should > include a one-page extended abstract and indicate the theme in which > it best fits. To submit your proposal, please go to the IEEE File > Conversion site and use the Conference ID "istas04". > > February 27, 2004: Notification of proposal acceptance or rejection. > > March 31, 2004: Full papers for conference proceedings due. > > For more information > http://www.wpi.edu/News/Conf/ISTAS/ > Lance Schachterle, WPI, General Chair: 508 831-5514, les(a)wpi.edu > Rick Vaz, WPI, Program Chair: 508 831-5344, vaz(a)wpi.edu > > ----- > > > Michael C. Loui > Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > Coordinated Science Laboratory > 1308 W. Main St., Urbana, IL 61801-2307 > (217) 333-2595, http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/loui >

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Re: [Air-l] Available Chat/IM Tools?
by MSJANEW＠aol.com 26 Dec '03

26 Dec '03

In a message dated 12/25/2003 3:20:26 PM Central Standard Time, elw(a)stderr.org writes: > IRC Elijah, Thanks for your informed and helpful info re Jabber. I briefly visited their website and it looks like a possibility. I am a little fuzzy on what the deal is--is this freeware that anyone can use or are there strings attached that I don't see? I would love to include chat as a component of the sports smarts website but at the moment I am putting this whole thing together on a shoestring and money is almost nonexistent. I think I can get a web server to host this, via an associate, but I am not sure what the Jabber company is getting out of it, or if that is what the best approach would be. Thanks for your advice, Matt

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