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

Re: first post (An Internet Without Space)
by Michele White 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

Dear Colleagues, Thanks for the interesting posts on space. One of my concerns is the ways that the concept of Internet space often leads to the idea that there are people on the screen or inside the interface. While there are certainly people engaging through varied technologies and they are very invested in their connections, the mediated aspects of engagement and the deeply constructed interfaces and identity representations are sometimes not addressed. This mediation significantly shapes what we see and experience. With increasing computer processing speed and connectivity, ubiquitous computing, and more detailed simulations it becomes easier and we are often encouraged to forget the technologies and representations. My hope is that we can address both user interests and the ways that traditional ideas of age, class, gender, race, and sexuality (which are conveyed through visual and textual representations) are reinscribed through technologies, practices, and depictions. I know that Ulla has asked me about alternative terminology and I often try to model this in my writing. I employ such terms as "setting" instead of space. Admittedly, sometimes thinking through our ways of speaking the Internet removes further words from my vocabulary and leads to a spluttering or form of unspeaking. As I researcher, I believe that one of my responsibilities is to consider the ways that individuals view and speak about Internet settings, contemporary technologies, and other social experiences and to suggest the problems, promises, and (as Ulla prompts) the other ways that individuals and societies can represent and produce these technologies and cultural practices. I sometimes rework a vocabulary from the humanitiesparticularly film and media studies, photography theory, literary studies, and art history to write about such depictions as the rectangular or body-shaped images of synchronous graphical settings or the photo-like images of webcams. We might also look to writings about past technologies to understand our representations of the Internet. Television and other media have been understood as live, alive, and a space. Thomas Hutchinson indicated, that with television "the outside world can be brought into the home" (ix) and Charles Siepmann argued that television was a way of "'going places' without even the expenditure of movement" (340). More recently, Rhona J. Berenstein has noted that television also had the reputation of "being a medium of immediacy: an apparatus that, more than film, offers its viewers live access to the world around them and hence it was assumed, to reality " and that television resonates "in spatial terms, suggesting a physical proximity between the viewer and the performance rendered" (26). In any case, it seems to me that each vocabulary and way of understanding the Internet produces a set of cultural perceptions that shape our understanding of these technologies and social practices, what they are, and what they can be. All my best, Michele Rhona J. Berenstein, "Acting Live: TV Performance, Intimacy, and Immediacy," Reality Squared: Televisual Discourse on the Real, ed. James Friedman. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002. Thomas H Hutchinson, Here Is Television, Your Window on the World. New York: Hastings House, 1948. Charles Siepmann, Radio, Television, and Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950.

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RE: [Air-l] the history of social infomatics
by Kevin Tharp 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

Denise: You might also want to consider the similar area of Community Informatics. There is a growing body of literature in this area that considers the use of ICT in communities. A couple of quick references: Gurstein, M. (2000). Community informatics: Enabling communities with information and communications technologies. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub. Keeble, L., & Loader, B. (2002). Community informatics : shaping computer-mediated social relations. New York: Routledge. Marshall, S., Taylor, W., & Yu, X. H. (2004). Using community informatics to transform regions. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub. It is my understanding that Rob Kling did not see eye-to-eye with the Community Informatics people, and that he was trying to have some of the differences in the fields articulated by inviting Gurstein and perhaps others to contribute journal articles. It is unfortunate that this was not accomplished. Regards, Kevin W. Tharp -----Original Message----- From: Denise N. Rall [mailto:denrall@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 4:31 PM To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] the history of social infomatics BIG THANKS to all who sent me info (while wondering why I hadn't just googled the topic myself) . . . and I still can't get over that Rob Kling is gone as I was having drinks with him in the Milwuakee Art Museum 2 years ago and he was brilliant! I was actually looking for a textbook that discussed social infomatics as a possibility within a range of fields: In other words, the history of social infomatics discussed alongside the history of other computing fields, such as HCI, CSCW, AI, etc. I have a lot of 'management information systems' textbooks but they are quite slanted to the business application side of things. The textbook I do have is just a bit dated: Maule, R. W. (1998). Information theory and research: An introduction to the disciplines and methodologies of information studies and organizational informatics. San Francisco, Information Associates Press. But thanks heaps for all the responses and I will scout through the websites looking for textbook type stuff. Cheers, Denise ===== Denise N. Rall, PhD student, School of Env. Science, Southern Cross Uni, Marker for Protected/Natural Area Management, BIO00244 Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax +61-2-6624-8637 Office (Thursdays) (02) 6620 3577 Mob 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Cyborglogs: International Workshop on Camphones (community wisdomatics)
by Steve Mann 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

> I am a casting producer over at the Sci Fi Channel and I am came across > your name while doing research on Cyborgs for a show I am putting > together. I was wondering if you could offer some advice and direction. > I am looking to speak to individuals who are transforming themselves into > cyborgs or who function as cyborgs. Please forgive me if I sound ignorant ... > From: "Michael Gurstein" <mgurst(a)vcn.bc.ca> > Subject: RE: [Air-l] the history of social infomatics > Thanks to Kevin and Maja, > > I only met Rob Kling once (at the AoIR meeting in Maastricht). We were > introduced by some mutual acquaintances. We immediately entered into an > intense conversation on Community Informatics vs. Social Informatics... > I was struck by the fact that he had read (and deeply assimilated) all > of what I thought were the relevant materials. ... > His strongly but respectfully presented challenge was two-fold, first > "what was new or different (from say, Social Informatics), about > Community Informatics" and second if there was something new about CI, > what were appropriate methodologies for analysing/researching in the ... > As Kevin noted, he very generously made an invitation to prepare a > "Position Paper" on Community Informatics for an upcoming issue of > Information Society. As these things happen, the article took rather > longer than I would have liked when I received the shocking news of his > untimely death. You might find our upcoming workshop on what we might more aptly call Community/Social Wisdomatics (Workshop on Inverse Surveillance) to be of interest. It's less about informatics and maybe more about social interactions and not so much information and knowledge creation but more about the wisdomain knowledge of knowing what areas of research to study. In any case it's all about Cyborglogs (or 'glogs as they've become known), so it should certainly be of interest to you or anyone else who'd like to submit a short 1 page extended abstract or a 4 page paper. Here's the Call for Participation: International Workshop on Inverse Surveillance: Cameraphones, Cyborglogs, and Computational seeing aids; exploring and defining a research agenda Date: 2004 April 12th. Time: 12:00noon to 4pm (a working lunch will be served) Location: Colony Hotel (1-866-824-9330), 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto Website: http://eyetap.org/iwis/ TOPICS: * Camera phones and pocket organizers with sensors; * Weblogs ('blogs), Moblogs, Cyborglogs ('glogs); * Wearable camera phones and personal imaging systems; * Electric eyeglasses and other computational seeing and memory aids; * Recording experiences in which you are a participant; * Portable personal imaging and multimedia; * Wearable technologies and systems; * Ethical, legal, and policy issues; * Privacy and related technosocial issues; * Safety and security; * Democracy and emergent democracy (protesters organizing with SMS camphones); * Technologies to prevent totalitarianism, state-terrorism, and genocide; * Technologies of lifelong video capture; * Personal safety devices and wearable "black box" recorders; * Research issues in "people looking at people"; * Person-to-person sharing of personal experiences; * End of gender-specific space (e.g. blind man guided by wife: which restroom?); * Subjectright: ownership of photograph by subject rather than photographer; * Reverse copyright: protect information recipient, not just the transmitient; * Interoperability and open standards; * Algebraic Projective Geometry from a first-person perspective; * Object Detection and Recognition from a first-person perspective; * Computer Vision, egomotion and way-finding technologies; * Lifelong Image Capture: data organization; new cinematographic genres; * New Devices and Technologies for ultra miniature portable cameras; * Social Issues: fashion, design, acceptability and human factors; * Electronic News-gathering and Journalism; * Psychogeography, location-based wearable computing; * Augmented/Mediated/Diminished Reality; * Empowering children with inverse surveillance: Constructionist learning, creation of own family album, and prevention of both bullying by peers and abuse by teachers or other officials. TO PARTICIPATE: IWIS 2004 will be a small intimate discussion group, limited to 25 participants. Email your name, the name of your organization, and what you might add to the meeting, as part of a one page extended abstract, outlining your position on, and proposed contribution to the theme of inverse surveillance. Submissions should be sent by email to hilab [at] eyetap.org. Alternatively, authors may email up to four pages, in IEEE two column camera-ready format that address the theme of inverse surveillance. Prospective participants wishing to submit a full paper may also contact the workshop facilitators prior to submission. All participants (accepted papers or extended abstracts) will have the opportunity to contribute to the published proceedings. There is no workshop registration fee. There is no submission deadline; reviews will continue until there are sufficient numbers of high quality theme-relevant contributors. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: * Dr. Jim Gemmell, MyLifeBits (lifetime data storage) project with Gordon Bell; author of various publications on lifelong personal experience capture, Microsoft research. * Joi Ito, Japan's leading thinker on technology; ranked among the "50 Stars" by Business Week; commended by Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; chosen by World Economic Forum as one of the 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow"; Board member of Creative Commons; http://joi.ito.com/moblog2/ * Anastasios Venetsanopoulos, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto; author on hundreds of publications on image processing. * John M. Kennedy, Chair, Department of Life Sciences, UTSC; author of Drawing and the Blind: Pictures to Touch. * Dr. Stefanos Pantagis, Physician, Hackensack University Medical Center; Geriatrician, doing research on wearable computers to assist the blind, and clinical work on brainwave EyeTap interfaces for Parkinson's patients. * Steve Mann, author of CYBORG: Digital Destiny and Human Possibility in the Age of the Wearable Computer; 30 years experience inventing, designing, building, and wearing devices and systems for personal imaging. * Douglas Schuler, former chair, Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR); founding member SCN. * Stephanie Perrin, Former Chief Privacy Officer of Zero-Knowledge Systems; Former Director of Privacy Policy for Industry Canada's Electronic Commerce Task Force; responsible for developing domestic privacy policies, new technologies, legislation, standards and public education; recipient of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award. * Dr. Jason Nolan, Senior Fellow, Mcluhan Program in Culture and Technology * Dr. Nina Levent, art historian, New York Academy of Art; works with visually impaired; collaboration on using EyeTaps and wearcamphones in museum education. * Elizabeth Axel, founder, Art Education for the Blind, Inc. (AEB); collaboration on using EyeTaps and wearcamphones in museum education. _________________________________________________________________ ORGANIZERS: S. Mann; S. Martin (smartin(a)ecf.utoronto.ca) and J. Nolan. IWIS 2004 arises from planning over, the past 2 years, at Deconference 2002/2003. ADMINISTRATION: PDC, 416-978-3481 or toll free 1-888-233-8638 PUBLICITY LIAISON: Daniel Chen (dan [at] eyetap.org) and Jacqueline MacNeil (jacq [at] ecf.toronto.edu) _________________________________________________________________ This April 2004 Workshop, IWIS, will also serve as a planning forum for next year's Symposium: ISIS. Here's a summary of surveillance versus inverse surveillance, to lay the groundwork for the technologies and issues we hope to discuss: Surveillance Sousveillance ------------ ------------- God's eye view from above. Human's eye view. (Authority watching from on-high.) ("Down-to-earth.") Cameras usually mounted on high Cameras down-to-earth (at poles, up on ceiling, etc.. (ground level), e.g. at human eye-level. Sur-veiller is French for "to Sous-veiller is French for "to watch from above". watch from below". Architecture-centered Human-centered (e.g. cameras usually mounted on (e.g. cameras carried or worn or in structures). by, or on, people). Recordings made by authorities, Recordings of an activity remote security staff, etc.. made by a participant in the activity. Note that in most states it's In most states it's legal to illegal to record a phone record a phone conversation of conversation of which you are which you are a party. Perhaps not a party. Perhaps the same the same would apply to an would apply to an audiovisual audiovisual recording of your own recording of somebody else's conversations, i.e. conversations conversation. in which you are a party. Recordings are usually kept in Recordings are often made public secret. e.g., on the World Wide Web. Process usually shrouded in Process, technology, etc., are secrecy. usually public, open source, etc.. Panoptic origins, as described Community-based origins, e.g. by Foucault, originally in the a personal electronic diary, context of a prison in which made public on the World Wide Web. prisoners were isolated from Sousveillance tends to bring each other but visible at all together individuals, e.g. it times by guards. Surveillance tends to make a large city tends to isolate individuals function more like a small town, from one another while setting with the pitfalls of gossip, but forth a one-way visibility to also the benefits of a sense of authority figures. community participation. Privacy violation may go Privacy violation is usually un-noticed, or un-checked. immediately evident. Tends Tends to not be self-correcting. to be self-correcting. It's hard to have a heart-to-heart At least there's a chance you can conversation with a lamp post, talk to the person behind the on top of which is mounted a sousveillance camera. surveillance camera. When combined with computers, we When combined with computers, we get ubiquitous computing get wearable computing. ("ubiqcomp") or pervasive ("wearcomp"). Wearcomp usually computing ("pervcomp"). doesn't require the cooperation Ubiq./perv. comp. tend to rely on of any infrastructure in the cooperation of the infrastructure environments around us. in the environments around us. With surveillant-computing, the With sousveillant-computing, it locus of control tends to be with is possible for the locus of the authorities. control to be more distributed. See also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance

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Scholarships for Graduate Studies in Brazil (msg in Portuguese only)
by Suely Fragoso 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

Inscrições para PEC-PG abrem em abril O Programa de Estudante-Convênio de Pós-Graduação (PEC-PG), realização conjunta do Ministério das Relações Exteriores, CAPES e CNPq, vai abrir inscrições para estrangeiros interessados em bolsas de mestrado e doutorado, no período de 1º de abril a 30 de junho. As inscrições deverão ser feitas exclusivamente nas Embaixadas do Brasil, nos países de origem dos candidatos. As bolsas do PEC-PG são concedidas em todas as áreas de conhecimento nas quais existam programas de pós- graduação que emitam diplomas de validade nacional, de modo a promover a qualificação de pessoal de nível superior dos países em desenvolvimento com os quais o Brasil mantém Acordo de Cooperação Cultural e/ou Educacional (África, Ásia, Oceania, América Latina e Caribe). Em funcionamento desde 1981, o programa PEC/PG já formou 1.172 mestres e 300 doutores. Requisitos - Os interessados não podem ser cidadãos brasileiros, ainda que binacionais, nem ter visto permanente no Brasil e devem apresentar Certificado de Proeficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros (Celpe-Bras). A participação de ex-bolsistas do PEC-G - Programa de Estudantes- Convênio de Graduação, está condicionada à comprovação do exercício de atividades profissionais em seu país de origem por um período mínimo de 2 anos. Os estudantes aprovados terão isenção de taxas escolares e receberão bolsa de valor igual à do estudante brasileiro no país; auxílio-instalação; auxílio-tese; e passagem aérea de retorno. Mais informações estão disponíveis no Edital do PEC-PG, na página da Capes - <http://www.capes.gov.br> . Fale conosco Coordenação de Comunicação e Documentação- CCD/Capes Fones: (61) 2104.8254/8860 -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo. Proteção dada por: MailScanner http://www.mailscanner.info MEC - CAPES ----- Finalizar mensagem encaminhada ----- ------------------------------------------------- Webmail UNISINOS - http://www.unisinos.br ------- End of forwarded message -------GT TICS - Compós Suely Fragoso (coordenadora) gt_tics(a)icaro.unisinos.br

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IRB / REB ... accounts - collection project
by Charles Ess 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

Dear AoIR-ists: The AoIR ethics working committee would like to collect examples of positive and productive discussions between researchers and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), REBs, and their equivalents outside the U.S. and Canadian borders. Thanks to the concerted efforts of Mark Johns, Lois Ann Scheidt, Mary Gray, and the ethics working committee, there is now a website available for AoIR-ists to help us collect these experiences and insights concerning working with oversight authorities such as IRBs or their equivalents. Please see <http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/AoIR/AoIRform.htm> First of all, please be assured that any material provided through this site will be treated as confidential. It will be shared initially with the ethics working committee on our closed list. If the material promises to be useful to the larger AoIR membership - it will be distributed only in a form (e.g., anonymized) explicitly approved by the author(s). Our goal is to develop a collection of real-world examples of current ethical issues in Internet research and examples of their resolutionsfirst of all, in order to develop an aggregate picture of contemporary research ethics. We think this database of examples, moreover, will be especially useful to researchers with little previous experience in taking up the issues typically raised by IRBs and their equivalents, as it will serve as an introduction and orientation to these issues and the processes of dialogue and negotiation needed for their successful resolution. As well, this database should provide a useful set of examples that can serve as precedents for researchers using similar methodologies, etc., who must provide their IRBs or equivalents with suitable argumentation and rationale for their ethical procedures. Finally, these examples will help the ethics working committee see where the current AoIR ethical guidelines have been usefuland where they need further revision and development. Mark D. Johns, Assistant Professor of Communication at Luther College, on behalf of the ethics working committee of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), is using this survey to gather research data on the experiences of researchers who have utilized the AoIR Research Ethics guidelines to successfully secure IRB approval for their research projects. Again, all information submitted on this website will be treated as confidential--i.e., it will be discussed as submitted solely by the members of the AoIR ethics working committee. For use beyond the AoIR ethics working committee, we will exercise whatever degree of anonymity a researcher may request for his/her account -- i.e., including the possibility of anonymizing the researcher, the institution and discipline(s) involved, etc. We will use specific examples in more public venues -- beginning with the AoIR list itself -- only after a specific version of a researcher's account has been submitted to the researcher for review and the researcher has granted the AoIR ethics working committee permission to use. However, in order to discuss with you the level of anonymity required, and to receive any other necessary follow up, it is necessary that you provide an email address by which we may reach you. This research is being conducted under the auspices of the Luther College in Decorah, Iowa USA and the Luther College Human Subjects Research Board (HSRB). If you have any questions about the intended uses, practices of anonymity, etc. - please contact Dr. Charles Ess, chair of the AoIR Ethics Working Committee (cmess(a)drury.edu) Dr. Mark D. Johns at Luther College (johnsmar(a)luther.edu) or Dr. Julie Potter, chair of the Luther College HSRB (potterju(a)luther.edu) While there may well be compelling reasons for researchers _not_ to share their stories with us in this way - we hope that enough of us will be able to contribute to this collection so as to eventually constitute a useful set of examples, insights, precedents, etc. for the AoIR membership. Our thanks to Mark Johns, Lois Ann Scheidt, and Mary Gray for helping to realize and shepherd this project along. Cheers and all best wishes, Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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Couch Student Award CFP
by Mark D. Johns 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College Dr. Katherine M. Clegg Smith, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Lori Kendall, SUNY-Purchase Dr. Mary Chayko, College of Saint Elizabeth Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2004 International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers at University of Sussex, England. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the A.o.I.R. conference, September 19-22, 2004. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at . Application deadline is May 1, 2004. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication/Linguistics Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: johnsmar(a)luther.edu

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1. Grant and job opportunities in EU for young researchers (Monica Murero)
by Sue Cranmer 28 Mar '04

28 Mar '04

Thanks for circulating this, I understand too that you don't have to be that 'young'! Sue -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of air-l-request(a)aoir.org Sent: 28 March 2004 18:01 To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #1019 - 1 msg Send Air-l mailing list submissions to air-l(a)aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-admin(a)aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Air-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Grant and job opportunities in EU for young researchers (Monica Murero) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "Monica Murero" <murero(a)eircom.net> To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:25:46 +0100 Subject: [Air-l] Grant and job opportunities in EU for young researchers Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Dear AoIR's, The European Commission offers interesting grants, awards and job opportunties to young researchers within the Marie Curie program. Please find some upcoming deadlines and more info at: http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/calls_activity.cfm?ID_ACTIVITY=594 Call for proposals for Marie Curie Host Fellowships for the Transfer of Knowledge Closing date: 22 May 2003, 19 May 2004 both at 17.00 (Brussels local time) Call for proposals for Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses 2 closure dates for Series of Events/Large Conferences: 1 April 2003, 20 April 2004, both at 17.00 (Brussels local time) Call for proposals for Marie Curie Excellence Grants 20 May 2003, 18 May 2004, both at 17.00 (Brussels local time) Call for proposals for Marie Curie Excellence Awards 2 closure dates for nominations: 20 May 2003, 18 May 2004 at 17.00 (Brussels local time) Call for proposals for Marie Curie European Reintegration Grants Open call with closure dates on 15 April 2003, 15 July 2003, 15 October 2003, 15 January 2004, 15 April 2004, 15 July 2004 and 14 October 2004, at 17.00 (Brussels local time). Proposals received shall be evaluated in batches. Call for proposals for Marie Curie International Reintegration Grants Open call with closure dates on 15 April 2003, 15 July 2003, 15 October 2003, 15 January 2004, 15 April 2004, 15 July 2004 and 14 October 2004, at 17.00 (Brussels local time). Proposals received shall be evaluated in batches. Marie Curie Actions - Human resources and mobility is an activity area of Structuring the ERA. Structuring the ERA is part of 'The Sixth EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development' (FP6). Calls are published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Immediately afterwards the call and any documents relating to it are published on CORDIS. Kind Regards, Monica Murero AoIR Executive Committee Apponted Seat --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l End of Air-l Digest

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Grant and job opportunities in EU for young researchers
by Monica Murero 28 Mar '04

28 Mar '04

Dear AoIR's, The European Commission offers interesting grants, awards and job opportunties to young researchers within the Marie Curie program. Please find some upcoming deadlines and more info at: http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/calls_activity.cfm?ID_ACTIVITY=594 Call for proposals for Marie Curie Host Fellowships for the Transfer of Knowledge Closing date: 22 May 2003, 19 May 2004 both at 17.00 (Brussels local time) Call for proposals for Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses 2 closure dates for Series of Events/Large Conferences: 1 April 2003, 20 April 2004, both at 17.00 (Brussels local time) Call for proposals for Marie Curie Excellence Grants 20 May 2003, 18 May 2004, both at 17.00 (Brussels local time) Call for proposals for Marie Curie Excellence Awards 2 closure dates for nominations: 20 May 2003, 18 May 2004 at 17.00 (Brussels local time) Call for proposals for Marie Curie European Reintegration Grants Open call with closure dates on 15 April 2003, 15 July 2003, 15 October 2003, 15 January 2004, 15 April 2004, 15 July 2004 and 14 October 2004, at 17.00 (Brussels local time). Proposals received shall be evaluated in batches. Call for proposals for Marie Curie International Reintegration Grants Open call with closure dates on 15 April 2003, 15 July 2003, 15 October 2003, 15 January 2004, 15 April 2004, 15 July 2004 and 14 October 2004, at 17.00 (Brussels local time). Proposals received shall be evaluated in batches. Marie Curie Actions - Human resources and mobility is an activity area of Structuring the ERA. Structuring the ERA is part of 'The Sixth EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development' (FP6). Calls are published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Immediately afterwards the call and any documents relating to it are published on CORDIS. Kind Regards, Monica Murero AoIR Executive Committee Apponted Seat

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Question from the Sci Fi Channel
by david silver 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

please contact Elizabeth Taylor <etaylor(a)asmithco.com> with any information you know about this ... david *** I am a casting producer over at the Sci Fi Channel and I am came across your name while doing research on Cyborgs for a show I am putting together. I was wondering if you could offer some advice and direction. I am looking to speak to individuals who are transforming themselves into cyborgs or who function as cyborgs. Please forgive me if I sound ignorant in any sense. These are things that I am just starting to learn about. Thanks and best wishes, Elizabeth Taylor Alts Casting House of Eleven Productions (310) 432-4800 ext. 1041 etaylor(a)asmithco.com www.scifi.com/madmadhouse

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Re: [Air-l] the history of social infomatics
by Maja van der Velden 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Michael Gurstein is maintaining two lists on community informatics: - community informatics: http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/info/communityinformatics - community informatics researchers: http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/info/ciresearchers Michael Gurstein can be reached at: mgurst(a)vcn.bc.ca There is also a small community of people interested in social movements informatics: Contact Steve Walker at: S.Walker(a)lmu.ac.uk See also: http://www.lmu.ac.uk/ies/workshop29403.htm Greetings, Maja On Mar 25, 2004, at 10:17 PM, Kevin Tharp wrote: > Denise: > > You might also want to consider the similar area of Community > Informatics. There is a growing body of literature in this area that > considers the use of ICT in communities. A couple of quick references: > > Gurstein, M. (2000). Community informatics: Enabling communities with > information and communications technologies. Hershey, PA: Idea Group > Pub. > Keeble, L., & Loader, B. (2002). Community informatics : shaping > computer-mediated social relations. New York: Routledge. > Marshall, S., Taylor, W., & Yu, X. H. (2004). Using community > informatics to transform regions. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub. > > It is my understanding that Rob Kling did not see eye-to-eye with the > Community Informatics people, and that he was trying to have some of > the > differences in the fields articulated by inviting Gurstein and perhaps > others to contribute journal articles. It is unfortunate that this was > not accomplished. > > Regards, > Kevin W. Tharp > Maja van der Velden http://www.globalagenda.org

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