January 2004 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

FWD: 'ethnography' exposed
by Christian Sandvig 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

AoIR colleagues, There is a short, interesting article in Spiked about the appropriation of ethnography by business and government: 'Ethnography' exposed by Martyn Perks (spiked-IT, 30 December 2003) http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000006E039.htm This is an old topic, and this is not a very good *analytic* treatment (it seems to recommend objectivity as a remedy for poor ethnography). However, the article is a very good *descriptive* treatment, mentioning some provocative current manifestations: real-life 'cool hunters' (see Gibson's _Pattern Recognition_), elected politicians as pseudo- ethnographers, and revisiting ethnographic approaches to understanding broadband Internet use. Christian -- http://www.niftyc.org/

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Cyberscience
by Dr. Michael Nentwich 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

Dear colleagues, there is no doubt that the Internet has an impact on how science and research is done. This very discussion list shows several aspects of this: how we communicate electronically, what we research, how we do it, how we search for and access information. Many other aspects have been the topic of our exchanges here: video- conferencing, for instance, weblogs or electronic publishing etc. I recently finished a comprehensive book on the impact of ICT (Internet) on research and hope it will find interested readers among airlisters. It is also available as an e-Book. That makes it particularly easy to access it, read sample chapters and get an overview on the contents list: http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/3188-7 Best wishes for the New Year to all, Michael *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Dr. Michael NENTWICH Austrian Academy of Sciences, Inst. of Technology Assessment A-1030 Vienna, Strohgasse 45/5; Tel. +43 1 51581 6583 Fax. +43 1 7109883; mailto:mnent@oeaw.ac.at Personal homepage: http://eiop.or.at/mn/ Institute: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/ New book: "Cyberscience" http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/3188-7

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Re: [Air-l] panel on net spaces, identity .....
by andrew.herman＠comcast.net 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

Nilz- Still looking for people to participate in this panel? AH -- Visiting Professor and Research Fellow in Digital Communications and Cultural Policy Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture York University 4700 Keele St.TEL 3007 Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 (416)736-2100 x 30157 > Dear fellow internet reseachers, > > for next year's conference in Sussex, I would like to put together a > panel on identity and transnational netspaces. I am interested in the > dynamics of diaspora groups and the formation of identity in > connection with global or indeed local communication on over with the > internet. > > As I am involved in such a project focusing on the russian migrant > and diaspora community and their relation to Russia, through > discourses, activism, political engagement and literature I would > like to explore this theme a little further and go beyond the simple > use of Internet by minority groups - are they indeed minority, when > present on the Internet?! - and look at the dynamics of > communications and diaspora/migrant groups. > > Would anybody be interested in exploring these issues? I thought of a > panel of 3-4 papers, with a lively discussion on theory and practice, > maybe more a discussion panel session than a consecutive presentation > of longer papers... > > Awaiting your ideas and comments and maybe contributions.... > > best > nilz > -- > Dr. Nils Zurawski > Universität Hamburg > Inst. für kriminologische Sozialforschung > Allendeplatz 1 > 20146 Hamburg > Germany > tel. +49 (0) 40 42838 6185 > fax. +49 (0) 40 42838 2328 > > Projekt zu Videoüberwachung: > http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/zurawski/ueberwachung > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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announcement
by jespert 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

Dear All, PHD.-Course: Media and Reality - A Nordic research course on latent and explicit use of the media concept in the humanities and in the social science. IT-University of Copenhagen, Ørestaden, Denmark). 3rd - 7th May 2004. The course is of interest for PhD.-students in sociology, social science, political science, history, philosophy, media and information studies, theory of education, theology, psychology, librarian science and organisation and others fields in the humanities and in the social science. Themes: What is media? From Thales to Niklas Luhmann, by Michael Paulsen / Jesper Tække The reality of media and the media of reality by Lars Qvortrup (The University of Southern Denmark) The Canadian media theory by Troels Degn Johansson (IT-University of Copenhagen) The Systems theoretical media theories by Gorm Harste (Aarhus University) The Post-structural Media Theory by Finn Frandsen (Aarhus School of Business) Phenomenological, cognition and gestalts theories in a media perspective Lars Lundsen (Department of Media Studies at Nylands svenska yrkeshögskola in Esbo, Findland) Download the complete programme: Media & Reality http://www.itu.dk/Internet/research/phd/courses/MediaAndReality/MaREng/ Best Regards Jesper -- Jesper Tække - MA. Ph.D.-Student - IT University of Copenhagen - Dept. of Digital Aesthetics & Communication - Glentevej 67 - DK-2400 NV Copenhagen NW - Phone +45 3816 8888 - Direct +45 3816 8881 - Fax +45 3816 8899 - http://home16.inet.tele.dk/jesper_t/ - e-mail: jespert(a)it-c.dk

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CHI 04 Workshop: Social Learning Through Gaming
by Phillip Jeffrey 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

Hi Everyone, Apologies for cross-posting. This is a gaming and learning workshop at the premier conference for Human Computer Interaction. cheers, Phillip -------------------------------------------------- Phillip Jeffrey M.Sc Student, Individual Interdisciplinary Studies University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada ---------- Forwarded message ---------- CFP: Call for Participation CHI 04 Workshop: Social Learning Through Gaming Monday 26th April 2004, Vienna, Austria Topic The workshop will bring together researchers, academics, and designers from several disciplines, including game design, development, communication, psychology, computer science, graphics, visual art, etc. who are deeply interested in understanding more about social learning effects from playing games in technology-mediated settings such as computer or video games, augmented reality games, virtual reality, mobile devices, live action role plays, massively multi-player online role playing games (MMORPG), and so on. We are interested in what (if anything) players learn within the game setting that can be successfully transferred to similar or different situations or social settings outside of the game context-and we are also interested in how we, as game designers, create games that provide learning opportunities for lasting skills development that extend outside the game and into real life. Join us for a single-day workshop on gaming and learning, as well as themes that emerge from the accepted position papers. The workshop will be highly interactive, allowing time for interpersonal, small group communication, questions, and discussion. We hope to explore the following topics: what exactly are players and designers learning through gameplay, or through the design of compelling experiential activities? If gamers are developing new skills, is this skill development lasting? Are the skills applicable and transferable to diverse contexts? How does compelling game design sustain player discovery and learning over time? A workshop report will be generated for SIGCHI Bulletin, and workshop participants are invited to submit extended versions of their position papers to a special issue on "Social Implications of Learning from Gaming" to be published in the winter 2005 issue of the journal Interactive Technology and Smart Education. Participation Participants are selected based on submitted position papers. By January 12, 2004, prospective participants are asked to electronically submit the following: A position paper of no more than four pages, which should include (a) A discussion of your interest in creating opportunities for learning, exploration, and discovery in games. (b) A description of your relevant work or approach to data analysis, evaluation, incorporating subject matter experts (SMEs), or designing learning opportunities into games. (c) Examples or lessons learned by having taken certain approaches to design, evaluation, or from having explored certain topics with games. (d) Please indicate whether you intend to give a short demo of your work (for scheduling purposes) (e) A short biography of no more than 250 words. Important Dates Participant submission deadline: January 12, 2004 Notice of participant acceptance: February 23, 2004 Workshop in Vienna: April 26, 2004 Organization and Contact for position paper submissions: Elaine Raybourn, Sandia National Laboratories P.O. Box 5800 MS 1188 Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA +1 505 844 7975 Tel emraybo(a)sandia.gov Annika Waern Swedish Institute of Computer Science P.O. Box 1263 SE-164 29 Kista, Sweden +46-8-633 15 00 annika(a)sics.se <mailto:annika@sics.se> Workshop url: www.cantoche.com/workshop/CHI04GamesWorkshop.html <http://www.cantoche.com/workshop/CHI04GamesWorkshop.html>

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Call for panel participants + pre-conference idea
by Mia Consalvo 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

Hi all, I'm beating the last-minute rush and trying to put together a panel to submit for aoir 5.0 in Sussex. The topic is related to gaming, and I'm interested in putting together a panel that examines how game players (and perhaps even game developers) use the internet in relation to offline games-- so possible (off the top of my head) topics would be something like: *Sims fans that have created virtual boutiques and shopping malls for their homegrown skins *Mod teams and clans that communicate (etc) via a web site, email, IM, ... *Developers that keep updates online, and even create areas for fans to contribute ideas or encouragement *Fan sites generally *Way more stuff than I can think of right now. If people could email me off-list at consalvo(a)ohio.edu we can talk about ideas more, and see what takes shape. On another note, I thought it would also be cool to have a pre-conference related to game studies (maybe methods challenges related to game studies online). Anyone interested in doing that (which would be either a half or whole day, depending on interest and scope) please email me too. Happy New Year! Mia -- Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. 213 RTVC School of Telecommunications 9 South College Street Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 (740) 597-1521 consalvo(a)ohio.edu

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FW: E-living Results Conference 20-21 Jan 2004 invitation
by Ben Anderson 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

We currently have a few spaces left at this event. Feel free to forward to interested colleagues. Regards Ben -- Dr Ben Anderson +44 (0)7710 187 806 www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/people/ben_anderson.html ------ Forwarded Message > From: Ben Anderson <benander(a)essex.ac.uk> > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:23:40 +0000 > To: e-living-public <e-living-public(a)eurescom.de> > Subject: [e-living-public] E-living Results Conference 20-21 Jan 2004 > invitation > > e-Living Results Conference > > Dear Colleagues > > You are invited to the e-Living results conference, a 2 day event on 20th > and 21st January 2004 at RWI-Essen in Essen, Germany. The conference will > present research results from the e-Living household panel survey and related research projects on > the uptake and usage of Information Society Technologies (ISTs) in Europe > and beyond. It will focus on the household context and will discuss issues > ranging from trends in ICT take-up through dematerialisation, labour market > issues to new forms of work and sociality. > > Each presentation will focus on top-line results and implications for > public policy and commercial strategy. > > Intended Audience > > This conference will be of value to public and commercial policy makers and > market strategists in the e-Europe context and the IST industry sector as > well as to applied social scientists with an interest in ISTs. > > Programme > > See pdf brochure at > http://www.eurescom.de/e-living/conf.htm . > > Speakers > > Ms. Vidhya Alakeson, Forum for The Future > Dr. Ben Anderson, Chimera, University of Essex > Dr. Malcolm Brynin, ISER, University of Essex > Dr. Jochen Dehio, RWI-Essen > Dr. Deborah Diduca, Chimera, University of Essex > Prof. William Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute > Prof. Jonathan Gershuny, ISER, University of Essex > Dr. Leslie Haddon, London School of Economics > Dr. John Haisken De New, RWI-Essen > Prof. Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University > Dr. Christian Licoppe, Ecole Nationale Sup?rieure des Telecom > Dr. Rich Ling, Telenor > Prof. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics > Mr. Pencho Mihnev, Virtech > Dr. Alberto Pasquini, ENEA > Dr. Yoel Raban, ICTAF > Dr. Michael Rothgang, RWI-Essen > Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidt, RWI-Essen > Mrs. Tal Sofer, ICTAF > Dr. Lorenzo Vicario, Legambiente > Dr. Thorsten Wichmann, Berlecon > Ms. Birgitte Yttri, Telenor > > Fees > > There are no registration or attendance fees, this event is free. A buffet > lunch on Days 1 and 2 will be provided as will refreshments throughout the > day. > > Location and Travel > > The conference will be hosted by RWI-Essen: > > Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research > Rheinisch-Westfalisches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. > Hohenzollernstrasse 1-3 > D - 45128 Essen > Germany. > > Essen is in the Ruhr area of Germany and RWI-Essen is in the centre (see > http://www.eurescom.de/e-living/rwi-essen-map.pdf) There are several > airports nearby including Dusseldorf which is 40 minutes by train. For > more information see http://www.essen.de/ . > > Hotels > > The closest hotel to RWI-Essen (1 block) is the Hotel Mercure Plaza Essen > (http://www.mercure.com/mercure/fichehotel/gb/mer/4990/fiche_hotel.shtml) . > There are various other hotels within easy reach of RWI. All travel and > hotel/accommodation costs are borne by the delegates. > > Registration > > Please complete the form on the last page of the pdf brochure > (http://www.eurescom.de/e-living/e-liv-conf-fin.pdf) and return by fax to > RWI-Essen. > > Please feel free to forward this email to other colleagues. > > **************************************************************************** > You have received this email because you have, at some time in the past, > expressed an interest in the EU FP5 IST Programme Project e-Living > (IST-2000-25409, www.eurescom.de/e-living/) This is a longitudinal > household panel survey project designed to study the 'impacts' of ICTs on > individuals and households in six European countries. > > This email list (e-living-public(a)eurescom.de) is used for infrequent > announcements of new project results, data and dissemination activities. It > should be very low volume. If you would prefer NOT to receive these emails > please unsubscribe yourself at > http://lists.eurescom.de/exilist.cgi.pl?filter=e-living-public. If you know > of colleagues who would like to be on this list, please ask them to > subscribe themselves at the same url. > > The list is archived at > http://www.eurescom.de/exchange/root.asp?obj=000000001A447390AA6611CD9BC800A > A002FC45A030059278682364ED311970F00A0240B18E700000009B58B0000 > > username = public > password = e-living > **************************************************************************** > > -- > Dr Ben Anderson > +44 (0)7710 187 806 > www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/people/ben_anderson.html > > ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Free places at Digiplay Seminar: Manchester, UK
by Jason Rutter 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Due to a few cancellations there are now a number of free places available at this two day seminar. Full details are available at www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm. Jase -- DIGIPLAY: EXPLORING THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES OF LEISURE CRIC, University of Manchester 14-15th January 2004 Booking has now opened for the first of the ESRC-funded Digiplay Seminar Series. The series of six seminars, which will take place at various UK locations over the next two years, kicks off at CRIC at the Manchester University on Jan 14th 2004. The series explores the links between technology and leisure and the social-science understandings of these. The first of the seminars will take place over two days and include a postgraduate workshop organised by Karenza Moore. Confirmed speakers include: Trudy Barber, University of Kent at Canterbury "'Turning On' to Leisure with Pleasure: Exploring unusually innovative experiences of 'adult digiplay'" Jo Bryce, University of Central Lancashire "Violence, videogames and vulnerability: A critical review of the psychological literature" Christine Hine, University of Surrey "Virtual Methods for Understanding Technologies of Leisure" Aphra Kerr, Dublin City University "From Concept to Market: The Digital Games Business" Brian Longhurst, University of Salford "Consuming the car: anticipation, use and meaning in contemporary youth culture" Lydia Plowman, University of Stirling "Play, Learning and 'Technotoys'" Jason Rutter, University of Manchester "Games as Consumers as Producers" Registration at the seminars is free but places are limited. Support towards expenses may be available to UK registered postgraduate students. (See booking form for info.) If you are interested in participating you can request a place via the form at: www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/booking.htm More details of this event and the rest of the series are available at www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm Jase -- Dr Jason Rutter Mobile Entertainment: User Centred Perspectives 25th-27th March 2004 www.mobile-ent.org ESRC DigiPlay Seminar series www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH. UK PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361 http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/Jason_Rutter

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Reminder: Deadline for online dating workshop at CHI 2004
by Andrew T. Fiore 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Please pardon the repeat, but we're eager to get a fantastic group together for this CHI 2004 workshop about online dating (both design and analysis). Position papers (short ones!) are due 12 January 2004. See below for details, and drop me a note if you have any questions, comments, suggestions... We're happy to announce a workshop about online personals for Computer-Human Interaction 2004. The deadline for submitting position papers is 12 January 2004. We hope to see you in Vienna! Please feel free to forward this announcement as widely as you would like. Thank you! Andrew Fiore Jeana Frost Judith Donath MIT Media Lab ========== Online Personals: "Scientists, designers seek same for good conversation" CHI 2004 Workshop: Call for Participation Vienna, Austria Monday 26 April 2004 Organizers: Andrew T. Fiore Jeana H. Frost Judith S. Donath Contact: <chi-personals(a)media.mit.edu> On the Web: http://smg.media.mit.edu/personals/chi2004/ ::: ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Online personal advertisements have shed their stereotype as matchmakers for the awkward to claim a prominent role in the social lives of millions of users. This one-day workshop will bring together social scientists and designers to discuss: 1. How people are behaving in online personals systems and how best to study this behavior. 2. How different personals systems handle self-expression, searching, matching, and communicating. 3. How the design of personals systems interacts with individual and cultural constructs of relationships and attraction. 4. New methods, metaphors, design paradigms, and gadgets for finding and communicating with dating partners. ::: HOW TO APPLY To apply for the workshop, simply submit a 2- to 4-page position paper. We will consider a variety of work related to online personals, as appropriate to your discipline, as long as it reflects your experience with or consideration of the topics above. Some suggestions: * Quantitative study of behavior on a personals system * Novel designs for better personals systems (especially radical departures from the norm) * Review of the literature on attraction and its application to online dating * Interviews (or surveys) with users of online personals systems * Experiment involving construction and perception of identity in personals ads We will select participants from diverse backgrounds based on the relevance and originality of their position papers. Please email your paper to chi-personals(a)media.mit.edu by 12 January 2004. We will notify you of acceptance by 23 February 2004. Limited to 15 participants.

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Fwd: Technology Position at the University of Arizona
by Steve Jones 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Jake Harwood" <jharwood(a)email.arizona.edu> > Date: January 5, 2004 10:02:12 AM CST > Subject: Technology Position at the University of Arizona > > Colleagues: > > Please forgive the unsolicited promotional email! We have received > permission to hire for the following position and need to do so with a > very > short lead time. I would appreciate you distributing the following > announcement to anybody who might be interested. > > Many Thanks, > > Jake Harwood > --------------------- > POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT > THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA > Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism (New Technology) > > Position Description and Responsibilities: Contingent upon the > availability > of funding, the Departments of Communication and Journalism at The > University of Arizona seek a scholar to conduct an active, > theoretically-grounded research program, teach graduate and > undergraduate > courses, advise/mentor graduate students, and engage in service to the > Departments and the University. Salary is competitive and > commensurate with > qualifications. We are seeking someone with research and teaching > expertise > in communication/information technology and society. Candidates from > all > specialties within this broad area are encouraged to apply (e.g., > human-computer interaction/computer mediated communication, on-line > journalism/computer-assisted reporting, internet culture, digital > arts/interactive design). > > The successful candidate will develop and teach an introductory > undergraduate course in information technology and society. In > addition, the > candidate will teach courses relating to technology in his/her > specialty > area. It is likely that the candidate may form interdisciplinary > connections > to other units on campus. This position offers the unique opportunity > to > participate in a campus-wide effort at improving instruction and > interdisciplinary research collaboration in technology, including most > immediately working to refine the curriculum for a new > interdisciplinary > undergraduate minor in technology and society. Candidates should > demonstrate > a clear vision for the development of their research program, and a > supportive, collegial, and interdisciplinary approach in their work. > > Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. (or other appropriate terminal degree) in > Journalism, Communication, Technology Studies, Digital Media, > Information > Sciences, Telecommunications or related disciplines, a solid and > promising > record of research in one of those areas, and evidence of teaching > quality. > ABDs will be considered. We are seeking an individual who is able to > work > with diverse students and colleagues, and who has experience with a > variety > of teaching methods and curricular perspectives. > > Application procedures: Please submit a letter of application, CV, 3 > letters > of recommendation, a written research sample and/or URL link to > relevant > information, and evidence of teaching effectiveness to: Technology > Search > Committee, Department of Communication, The University of Arizona, PO > Box > 210025, Tucson, AZ 85721-0025, Phone (520) 621-1366. Open until filled. > Review of applications will begin February 1st, and will continue > until the > position is filled. Start-date for the position is Fall 2004. The > University > of Arizona is an EEO/AA Employer-M/W/D/V. > > For further information, please contact: > > Jake Harwood > Associate Professor, Department of Communication > 211 Communication Building > University of Arizona > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > jharwood(a)u.arizona.edu > phone: 520-626-8681 > fax: 520-621-5504 > www.u.arizona.edu/~jharwood >

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