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Re: [Air-l] postmodern ethnography
by victor pickard 12 Feb '03

12 Feb '03

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Science and Technology in the Information Society forum for WSIS
by jeremy hunsinger 12 Feb '03

12 Feb '03

I think it would be a good idea for many of the people interested in this set of topics to join and post on the icsu forum. Introduction to the ICSU/CODATA on line discussion forum: “Science and Technology in the Information Society” Background The UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is scheduled to take place in Geneva in December 2003 and in Tunis in 2005. The scientific and technological community has a key role to play in the development of the Information Society for the benefit of society as a whole. In this development, there are both opportunities and threats for the future of science itself. In its aim to bring together stakeholders from all sectors (governments, business and industry, and civil society), WSIS provides a unique opportunity to define the principles and specific actions that will underpin future development of the information society. The international S&T community has a responsibility to ensure that its voice is heard in defining these discussions. This on-line forum is one small step in that direction. http://www.icsu.org/index.htm?http&&&www.icsu.org/mainNew.html Aims of the on-line Forum 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: Post Doc Job Description
by jeremy hunsinger 12 Feb '03

12 Feb '03

Begin forwarded message: > From: Shobita Parthasarathy <sp73(a)cornell.edu> > Date: Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:06:56 AM US/Eastern > To: STSGRAD-L(a)cornell.edu (STSGRAD-L) > Subject: Post Doc Job Description > Reply-To: sp73(a)cornell.edu > > POST DOCTORAL FELLOW > Program in Science, Technology and Society > > To join a team studying virtual environments and professional > identities. > > The fellow will work with five MIT faculty in anthropology, science > studies, psychology, and history who have come together to study > science and engineering professions in a culture of virtual > representation. > > The fellow will be responsible for the organization of two weeklong > workshops. In addition, the fellow will organize a yearlong seminar > series for graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars on the > current transformations of personal and professional identity among > scientists and engineers. The fellow will also conduct research on > how a range of disciplines are engaging with virtuality as a research > environment and coordinate the preparation and submission of a major > research proposal. > > This is a 15 month appointment funded under a grant from the National > Science Foundation. The appointment will begin on June 15, 2003. > > REQUIREMENTS: A PhD in social sciences, history, design, or a closely > related field. Strong understanding of virtual environments and a > general understanding of professional science and/or engineering > environments. Must be able to work effectively with faculty, graduate > students and senior staff. > Applicants must submit curriculum vitae, a writing sample and one > letter of recommendation to Kris Kipp at kipp(a)mit.edu. Please specify > subject line: PROF-IDENTITY. Deadline for applications is March 3, > 2003. For further information, call Kris Kipp at (617) 253-9759. > > 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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postmodern ethnography
by Denise Carter 12 Feb '03

12 Feb '03

i know that Stephen Tyler has written some work on postmodern ethnography, and also that Frank Schaap used his work in 'the words that took us there' does anyone know any more literature on this subject? regards and thanks in advance denise Denise Maia Carter, CASS, University of Hull, Hull , HU6 7RX Email: denisecarter(a)denisecarter.net Web: http://www.denisecarter.net

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Intro/bridging physical and network space
by Jacob Larsson 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

</lurk> Hi, I recently joined a project at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation to research the interplay between ICT and urban spheres. My interest lies in how new ICTs - e g location-aware, networked and camera-equipped handheld devices - are bridging the gap between physical and network space, linking spatial and anti-spatial processes and creating new forms of social interaction and community exchange. Some early examples are geocaching, moblogging, mid-air messaging, location-based urban games and wireless tagging. It would be interesting to hear if anyone else on the list is looking into similar issues, or have any tips on related research or phenomena. Thanks, Jcb

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CFP: Alternative Mobility Futures
by Charlie Breindahl 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

CALL FOR PAPERS Lancaster University Mobilities Group and the Department of Sociology Alternative Mobility Futures Conference to be held at Lancaster University, 9-11 January 2004 Technological, social and cultural developments in transportation, border control, mobile communication, 'intelligent' infrastructure, surveillance and global positioning are rapidly changing the conditions of possibility for all forms of mobility. New ways of dwelling, communicating, and moving (as well as policing, searching, and excluding) are emerging at the interface between corporeal, imaginative, communicative, and virtual forms of travel and habitation. This international Conference seeks to explore the new possibilities for 'dwelling in mobility' and for 'mobilising dwelling' that are the focus of recent work in sociology, geography, science studies, women's studies, and transport, tourism, and travel studies. As mobile connectivity begins to occur in new ways, what hybridisations of the mover and the moved, the dweller and the dwelling, the human and the digital are occurring and what are some of their likely consequences? What effects will these emerging alternative mobility futures have on the constitution of the bodily, the local, the regional, the national, the diasporic and the global? We seek papers addressing one or more of the following questions: ? How are new technologies of information and mobile communication replacing, converging with, or in other ways re-shaping 'older technologies' and patterns of corporeal travel? ? How are new technologies of surveillance and information retrieval affecting the constitution of borders, belonging, and 'out of place' bodies? ? What kinds of new 'risk society', what new 'disasters', are these mobilities generating? ? In what ways does life 'on screen' replace, redirect, or re-scale life 'on the move'? ? Do 'cybercities' and 'intelligent' transport systems offer a new connectivity that can solve the impasse of transportation failure and social exclusion? ? How are the new possibilities for mobile communication changing the boundaries between the private and the public, with what impact on forms of citizenship, participation and democracy? ? How do the contemporary materialities of the 'mobile life' either reproduce or challenge existing forms of difference and inequality? The Conference will be organized by Dr Mimi Sheller (m.sheller(a)lancaster.ac.uk) and Prof John Urry (j.urry(a)lancaster.ac.uk) Sociology Dept, Lancaster University, LA1 4YL, UK. It is expected that there will be no more than 100 delegates. Costs will be kept to a minimum. Abstracts up to 100 words should be sent by email to one of the organizers by March 10th, 2003.

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Sage electronic journals
by Charlie Breindahl 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

Press Release For immediate release: 4th February 2003 Researchers and Students Receive Free Access to SAGE Electronic Journals in February and March 2003 SAGE is providing free access to all journals available electronically via ingenta during February and March 2003. This includes full text files for issues being published during the first quarter of 2003, as well as back files going back as far as 1999 (where available). "As a result of the tremendous success of our free electronic access offer in 2001, SAGE is once again opening up access to all our electronic journals." say SAGE executives. "With this offer we are aiming to give librarians the opportunity to promote online resources at their libraries and expose students and faculty to the full range of electronic journals before subscribing." Access is easy and requires no special set-up. Full details about how to access SAGE's journals for free are available on SAGE's website www.sagepub.co.uk/freeaccess. Electronic access is being provided through the intermediary, ingenta. SAGE's electronic journals are currently available all year round to all our institutional subscribers (and members of those institutions) as part of their subscription through a choice of six intermediaries. Ends About SAGE SAGE Publications, one of the world's leading international journal publishers, is a privately-owned company dedicated to the global dissemination of information. SAGE currently publishes over 360 journals across the social and behavioral sciences as well as in medicine, life sciences and engineering. For further information contact: Jane Makoff, Head of Journals Marketing, SAGE Publications, 6 Bonhill Street, London EC2A 4PU, UK Tel: +020 7374 0645 Fax: +020 7374 8741 Email: jane.makoff(a)sagepub.co.uk www.sagepub.co.uk

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Free access to SAGE electronic journals Feb-March
by Frank 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

I guess this is interesting stuff. /Frank Thomas ----- Forwarded by Gene Shackman/DON/CCH/OPH/DOH on 02/10/03 09:04 AM ----- Jane Davidson Sent by: American Evaluation Association Discussion List 02/08/03 08:40 AM This may be of interest to EVALTALK members around the world who don't have access to a well-stocked library. _____ Press Release For immediate release: 4th February 2003 Researchers and Students Receive Free Access to SAGE Electronic Journals in February and March 2003 SAGE is providing free access to all journals available electronically via ingenta during February and March 2003. This includes full text files for issues being published during the first quarter of 2003, as well as back files going back as far as 1999 (where available). "As a result of the tremendous success of our free electronic access offer in 2001, SAGE is once again opening up access to all our electronic journals." say SAGE executives. "With this offer we are aiming to give librarians the opportunity to promote online resources at their libraries and expose students and faculty to the full range of electronic journals before subscribing." Access is easy and requires no special set-up. Full details about how to access SAGE's journals for free are available on SAGE's website www.sagepub.co.uk/freeaccess. Electronic access is being provided through the intermediary, ingenta. SAGE's electronic journals are currently available all year round to all our institutional subscribers (and members of those institutions) as part of their subscription through a choice of six intermediaries. Ends About SAGE SAGE Publications, one of the world's leading international journal publishers, is a privately-owned company dedicated to the global dissemination of information. SAGE currently publishes over 360 journals across the social and behavioral sciences as well as in medicine, life sciences and engineering. For further information contact: Jane Makoff, Head of Journals Marketing, SAGE Publications, 6 Bonhill Street, London EC2A 4PU, UK Tel: +020 7374 0645 Fax: +020 7374 8741 Email: jane.makoff(a)sagepub.co.uk www.sagepub.co.uk

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Seeking experts in online learning
by Newberry, Brian Wayne 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

Greetings, I am working on a study in the area of online learning. I am attempting to learn more about the relationship between a student's desire for social interaction and their perception of Social Presence with their engagement in a class and their satisfaction in the class. Currently I am developing an instrument to gather data. This instrument will have a scale for "Social Interaction Desired in Learning", "Social Presence", "Course Engagement", and "Satisfaction". I am seeking experts in these areas to review and provide expert opinion about items in these areas to help me isolate the best for data collection. Knowing the quality of researchers in this group I was hoping that some of you might self-identify as experts in one or more of these areas and agree to review my items. If you would agree to do this for me I would appreciate it! The process won't take too much time. Just follow a link below, read each item and rate the item on the five point scale. You will be giving your expert opinion about the ability of each item to elicit valid responses from students in online classes. The links to the scales are below. If you review a section I would appreciate you sending me an email (bnewberry(a)ku.edu) and tell me about your expertise and also give me additional feedback on my items or scales. Social Interaction Desired in Learning scale http://learngen.org/~newberry/survey/socint/index.html Social Presence http://learngen.org/~newberry/survey/socpres/index.html Course Engagement http://learngen.org/~newberry/survey/eng/index.html Satisfaction http://learngen.org/~newberry/survey/sat/index.html Brian Newberry bnewberry(a)ku.edu

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CFP Cosign 2003
by Mary Ebeling 10 Feb '03

10 Feb '03

***************************************************** * * Call For Papers * --------------- * * COSIGN 2003 * * The 3rd International Conference on * * COMPUTATIONAL SEMIOTICS FOR GAMES AND NEW MEDIA * * University of Teesside (UK) * * 10th - 12th September, 2003 * * http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003 * ****************************************************** CONFERENCE SCOPE ==================== As in previous years, this third annual COSIGN conference provides an exciting cross-disciplinary event for exploring the ways in which meaning can be created by, encoded in, understood by, or produced through, the computer (using systems or techniques based upon semiotics). COSIGN is for anyone with an interest in areas of overlap (or potential overlap) between semiotics and computers including computer scientists, HCI and AI practitioners, digital artists, designers, critics, theorists, semioticians, narratologists, etc. In addition to the academic papers and artwork presentations, COSIGN will include a range of participatory events such as papers, workshops, tutorials, panel discussions to provide the space for the vital and vibrant discussions that it is known for. COSIGN 2003 invites submissions in the following categories. A brief outline of the submission procedure is given below. 1. Academic Papers 2. Artworks 3. Posters 4. Technical Demonstrations Media that make use of the unique capabilities of digital systems are of particular interest to this conference. These include, but are not limited to, the following: virtual reality systems and virtual environments; hypertext, hypermedia, multimedia and the internet; content analysis systems (particularly those that extract higher-level meaning); the semantic web (and similar systems); digital art, net art and other technology-based or technology-oriented art forms; computer games, interactive narratives and other forms of interactive entertainment. Information about the conference is available at the following web address: http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003 The programme and proceedings of COSIGN 2001 and COSIGN 2002 are available online at the following web address. http://www.kinonet.com/conferences/cosign2002/program.html CONFERENCE LOCATION ====================== COSIGN 2003 will be held in Middlesbrough, UK, hosted by the Virtual Environments Group of the School of Computing and Mathematics at the University of Teesside. Middlesbrough sits near the mouth of the River Tees in the north-east of England. It is a lively town with a proud industrial heritage and one of the main shopping and leisure centers for the area. It is also an important location for business and commerce, communications and civic administration. In the Tees valley heavy industry mingles with wetlands and wildfowl reserves while just a few minutes drive away are the North York Moors National Park and the dramatic North Sea coast. Teesside International Airport is less than 20 kilometers from Middlesbrough and has several direct connections every day to both London (Heathrow) and Amsterdam (Schipol) which are major European hubs for international flights. Further information is available at the following web address: http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ SUBMISSION PROCEDURE ==================== Authors of accepted papers will be required to prepare a written version of their paper for inclusion in the printed and online proceedings. Acceptance at the conference is dependent on authors providing this written version of their paper by the required date and in the required format. Acceptance is also dependent on at least one of the authors registering for the conference by 13th of June 2003. As in previous years, COSIGN will endeavour to support as much as possible the registration fees and/or accommodation of those presenters who are not funded by an institution or organisation. 1. ACADEMIC PAPERS Papers are invited on any subject that explores areas of overlap (or potential overlap) between semiotics and interactive digital media. Examples of this include, but are not limited to, the following: - The use of semiotics in artificial intelligence and expert systems. - Software architectures and technologies using, based upon or inspired by semiotic theories, systems or models. - The use of semiotics in the creation or analysis of generative narrative systems, interactive digital games, entertainment and artworks. - The use of semiotics in the study and criticism of digital interactive media. - Narratology in games and new media. - Semiotic-orientated HCI. - Semiotics and Hypermedia. Papers should demonstrate an understanding of - and engagement with the principles of semiotics (understood here as the study of signs) and gain something from this engagement. Further details of the submission process (and templates for papers) are available at http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ ------------------------------------------------------ Submission date for Academic Papers: 28th March 2003 Acceptance will be notified on or around 12th May 2003 Camera-ready copy for the proceedings by 9th June 2003 ------------------------------------------------------ 2. ARTWORKS In addition to academic and theoretical papers, presentations of artworks of all forms and in all formats are invited. We are particularly interested in digital art, net art and other technology-based or technology-oriented art forms. Artworks will be assessed on the basis of documentation of the work presented in the form of an online website. The website should display the following: - A textual description of the proposed artwork and any illustrations - A biography of the artist(s)/author(s) - Contact details Further details of the submission process and requirements are available at http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ ------------------------------------------------------- Submission date for Artworks: 28th March 2003 Acceptance will be notified on or around 12th May 2003 Camera-ready copy for the proceedings by 9th June 2003 ------------------------------------------------------- 3. POSTERS There will be an opportunity for researchers to present new work and ideas that are not yet ready for the full presentation. Short papers will be presented in poster format, and will be included in both the hardcopy and electronic proceedings. Further details of the submission process and requirements are available at http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ ------------------------------------------------------- Submission date: 24th April 2003 Acceptance will be notified on or around 12th May 2003 Camera-ready copy for the proceedings by 9th June 2003 ------------------------------------------------------- 4. TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS Demonstrations of relevant leading-edge work and work in progress are invited. Submissions will be peer-reviewed to ensure quality. Demonstration proposals must be submitted electronically. Further details of the submission process and requirements are available at http://www-scm.tees.ac.uk/users/p.c.fencott/cosign2003/ ------------------------------------------------------------- Submission date for Technical Demonstrations: 24th April 2003 Acceptance will be notified on or around 12th May 2003 Camera-ready copy for the proceedings by 9th June 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------- ALTERNATIVE SUBMISSION PROCEDURE ==================================== Authors and artists who have difficulty in making their submission in the appropriate form or in viewing the detailed submission procedure should contact: Frank Nack CWI - INS2 Kruislaan 413 P.O. Box 94079, NL-1090 GB Amsterdam Email: Frank.Nack(a)cwi.nl Phone: +31 20 592 4223 Fax: +31 20 592 4312 ORGANISING COMMITTEE ==================== Andy Clarke - Kinonet (UK) Clive Fencott - University of Teeside (UK) Craig Lindley - Interactive Institute (Sweden) Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK) Frank Nack - CWI (Netherlands) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (subject to revision) =================== Elisabeth Andre - University of Augsburg (Germany) Wilton Azevedo - Mackenzie Presbyterian University, S�o Paulo, (Brazil) Paul Brna - Northumbria University (UK) Kevin Brooks - Motorola Human Interface Labs (USA) Andrew Clarke - Kinonet (UK) Chitra Dorai - IBM (USA) Clive Fencott - University of Teeside (UK) Brody Condon - Media artist (USA) Troels Degn Johansson, The IT-University of Copenhagen (Denmark) Werner Kriechbaum - IBM (Germany) James Lester - North Carolina University (USA) Craig Lindley - Interactive Institute (Sweden) Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK) Frank Nack - CWI (Netherlands) Mirko Petric -University of Split (Croatia) Paolo Petta - OFAI (Austria) Doug Rosenberg - University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) Ola Stockfelt - University of Goteborg/University of Skovde (Sweden) Robert Wechsler - Palindrome Inter-media Performance Group (Germany) ARTWORK COMMITTEE (subject to revision) ================= Andrew Clarke - Kinonet (UK) David Daniels - Digital Poet, Berkeley (USA) Scott deLahunta - Writing Research Associates (NL) and Dartington College of Arts (UK) Fatima Lasay - University of the Philippines (Philippines) Luca Marchetti - Anomos (France) Grethe Mitchell - University of East London and Kinonet (UK) Timothy Portlock - University of Illinois (USA) Doug Rosenberg - University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) ************************************************ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? 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