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Fwd: CFP: STS (R)evolutions (Virginia Tech)
by jeremy hunsinger 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

> > August 5, 2004 > First Call for Papers > > > STS (R)evolutions > March 17-20th > Virginia Tech > Blacksburg, VA > > > Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted electronically to > STS_revolutions(a)vt.edu by November 15, 2004. > > > ** Conference Background ** > An emerging sense of urgency cuts across recent work and conferences > in the field of Science & Technology Studies: What role can STS play > in reshaping the relationships among science, technology and the > public(s)? At a time in which the politics of scientific and technical > knowledge are increasingly visible to scientists and non-scientists > alike (witness the very public critiques of the Bush administration’s > science practices by the Union of Concerned Scientists, for example), > the role of science and technology in structuring both the boundaries > and possibilities of our everyday lives continues to escalate. STS > scholars are uniquely positioned to address these tensions and to > offer new insights into the interactions of science, technology, and > publics through work in both historical and contemporary contexts. > Yet, this move towards a more interventionist or reconstructivist STS > – “a rapproachment between the more academic and more activist wings > of STS,” as Woodhouse, Hess, Breyman, and Martin (2002) describe it – > has deep historical roots within a field that emerged, in part, via > the movements of activist scientists working to produce science for > the public and second wave feminist critiques of science and medicine > in the 1960s and 1970s. Thus, to pursue a more interventionist or > reconstructivist STS agenda of research, policymaking, and activism – > and other future directions – it seems necessary to simultaneously > revisit our past and the emergence of the field of Science & > Technology Studies, as well as to assess our current locations. > > > This conference is part of a year-long celebration of the 25th > anniversary of STS at Virginia Tech. As part of the conference > program, we seek to include histories of many of the “official” and > “unofficial” sites of STS throughout the world. Your assistance in > gathering these narratives will be greatly appreciated. Email > STS_revolutions(a)vt.edu to contribute. > > > ** Call for Papers ** > We are interested in papers that address the past, present, and > futures of the field of Science & Technology Studies, particularly > those that explore the interrelationships of these narratives. Here, > we envision possible topics such as: > • * Histories of STS: Alternative, Competing or Co-existing > Lineages? > • * STS and Disciplines: The Politics of Collaboration and > Non-Collaboration > • * STS Outside the Academy: Practices, Promises, and Perils > • * STS in the Global North and South: Divisions, Connections, or > Both? > • * “Doing STS” – New Methodological Directions and Practices > • * The Science Wars 10 Years Out: Meanings, Lessons, Ongoing > Challenges > • * “So, you have a PhD in STS”: The Effects of “Disciplinarity” on > the Field > • * Mainstreaming “Difference”: Incorporating issues of difference – > gender, race, class, nationality, sexual orientation, and so forth – > across STS at large > • * Science Studies vs. Technology Studies – or is it all > Technoscience? > > > ** New Directions in STS ** > In addition to these broad discussions, we highly encourage the > submission of papers that showcase New Directions in STS – papers that > identify emerging research trends and explore new subject areas from > new vantage points with new tools. We have identified the following > areas of interest, though this list is by no means exhaustive: > Science, Technology, and Citizenship: Science and Technology in a Post > 9-11 World; Science and Engineering Education; The Corporatization of > the University; and Activism in Local and Global Communities. Papers > addressing a wide variety of topics are welcome. > > > ** Roundtables on More Practical Matters ** > Further, we are interested in coordinating sessions or round-tables > that discuss more practical matters such as professional development > for graduate students and new faculty; how to get a job and tenure as > an interdisciplinary scholar; how to get a job outside the academy; > and so forth. Participants are welcome to coordinate full sessions or > to request that they be part of specific roundtables that we will > organize. > > > ** Final Details ** > We especially welcome papers from students and young researchers, > particularly those from the Global South. Small travel grants will be > available on request depending upon resource availability. > > > Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted electronically to > STS_revolutions(a)vt.edu by November 15, 2004. > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Linking online and grassroots communities through radio
by Charlie Breindahl 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

Mountain Forum and Radio Sagarmatha: A collaboration to form a bridge between online and grassroots communities through radio More info on: <http://www.mtnforum.org/radio/index.htm> Contact: <radio(a)mtnforum.org> --------------------------------------------- Dear colleagues and friends, To the best of our knowledge, the communication model described below, which attempts to foster a dialogue between a well-defined online community and communities at the grassroots has not been implemented anywhere in the world yet. We at the Mountain Forum would welcome any input from AoIR'ers who might know of work or research in this area. We are well aware of the various community radio projects such as Kothmale which integrate internet into the work of a community radio station, but attempts to link discreet online and offline communities for mutual benefit is not something that we have heard of before. The Mountain Forum is a network of networks focused on sustainable mountain development issues and has grown a great deal over the last several years <http://www.mtnforum.org>. The total subscriptions across all the lists we manage currently stands at over 16,000. However, as has been expressed by many members of the community through past feedback exercises, the technology that has allowed us to exist in the first place has also limited us to be in touch with only those people who are literate (especially in the English language), and who have computers and internet connections. This limitation has led us to seek solutions to this problem of inclusiveness (or the lack of it) which will allow us to incorporate voices that are under-represented. Towards this, the Mountain Forum Secretariat is launching a pilot project in association with the Asia-Pacific Mountain Network (the Asia-Pacific node of the Mountain Forum) and Radio Sagarmatha, which is the oldest independent community broadcasting station of South Asia <http://www.radiosagarmatha.org/>. Radio Sagarmatha reaches out to people at the grassroots level in 8 districts of Nepal. Being a community radio station, the voices of people are consistently brought into the fold of the radio programmes through interviews in the field. Mountain Forum is made up primarily of academics, students, experts, professionals and policy makers across the region and the world. What we aim to do through this project is to form a bridge between the audience (and participants) of the radio programmes and the Mountain Forum community. This way, we hope to be able to facilitate a dialogue between communities at the grassroots in Nepal and the global and regional communities of the Mountain Forum. The way this will work is simple. 1. Radio Sagarmatha staff and Mountain Forum staff will identify potential issues for discussion in collaboration with their respective communities. 2. These ideas will be posted on MF lists seeking input from subscribers. This input could be in the form of related questions to be asked, information on the issue etc. 3. MF staff will also search the Online Library of the Mountain Forum to provide further information on the issue to Radio Sagarmatha producers. 4. Input from MF subscribers and MF staff will be sent to the radio producers to incorporate into their research. 5. Radio producers will go out into the field and pose questions, and record voices and reactions on the issue. This will happen in the local language. 6. The programme will then be produced and broadcast in the local language. 7. Meanwhile, the content of the programme (including the voices of the grassroots people) will be translated and adapted for MF discussion lists and posted (in English). 8. Mountain Forum discussion list subscribers will be asked to respond to the posting. 9. Responses of the MF community will be broadcast in the next programme by Radio Sagarmatha. 10. Other responses from the radio audience will be posted on MF discussion lists. 11. A summary of the dialogue will be provided on MF discussion lists at the end of this cycle. In the first phase, we are planning to produce 8-10 such programmes and the tentative date for the first broadcast is 17th of September. Each episode will be of 15 minutes duration and will be broadcast once every week. If this model works, and a true dialogue is established, then we hope to scale it up and take it to the next level. For more details on this project, please visit <http://www.mtnforum.org/radio/index.htm> In case you have suggestions, and / or input on this project, please send them as soon as possible to us at: <radio(a)mtnforum.org>. With best regards, Layton Montgomery /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ / \/ \/ \/ \/ \ / \ / / \ / \ / \ / Layton Montgomery \ Executive Secretary Mountain Forum layton(a)mtnforum.org http://www.mtnforum.org Tel: +977 (1) 5525 313, x675 c/o ICIMOD GPO Box 3226 Kathmandu, Nepal

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Doctoral studies in Internet Studies at Curtin U
by Matthew Allen 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

The Internet Studies program at Curtin University of Technology invites qualified international applicants to consider studying with us in 2005. With four fulltime academic staff, 18 current students and an innovative approach to the ways in which we can study the Internet, Curtin offers an excellent opportunity for students to undertake a traditional research doctorate in the transdisciplinary field of Internet Studies. Students may be permitted to enrol and study for their doctorate fully externally. For more information visit http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/ Curtin University of Technology offers yearly 10 fee-waivers and 2 full scholarships to international students to study for a PhD at Curtin. These prestigious and competitive scholarships may be taken in any discipline. Applications close on 31 August. http://www.scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarship.cfm?id=42 Potential students interested in a scholarship to be taken up in the Internet Studies program should contact me immediately if they wish to apply. Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org

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About Internet Studies and PhD in the USA
by Peder Are Jensen 05 Aug '04

05 Aug '04

I notice there is a discussion going on about Digital Media Studies and PhDs. My name is Peder Jensen. I am currently completing a Master in Science and Technology Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. The topic of my Master thesis is the Internet, Censorship and Free Speech in the Islamic Republic of Iran, with a special emphasis on weblogs. I intend to pursue a PhD in the USA on roughly the same topic, about Free Speech in Cyberspace in Islamic and Middle Eastern countries, and possible religious and political implications of this. Does anybody know if there are Universities in the USA that have established programs or advanced research going on in this field? It is hard to find, as the subject of Internet Censorship is still pretty recent. I would be grateful for any information about this. Yours sincerely, Mr. Peder Jensen. ______________________________________________________ Få den nye Yahoo! Messenger på http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt så morsom

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MUEDIGKEIT UND MUENDIGKEIT - 18. Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media
by Benjamin Fischer 05 Aug '04

05 Aug '04

english version see below... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MUEDIGKEIT UND MUENDIGKEIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media Film | Video | Neue Medien | Installation | Performance | Theorie Festival 13.-16. Januar 2005 Warm Up 6.-12. Januar 2005 www.filmwinter.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Endlich 18! Der Stuttgarter Filmwinter wird volljaehrig. Stets und eifrig auf der Suche nach Innovativem, Kritischem und Unbekanntem in der Medienkunst und Filmkultur, nach den Zwischenzonen und Freiraeumen im Medienbetrieb. Nach dem Rekord von ueber 1700 Einreichungen beim letzten Festival sind alle Film-, Medien- und Kunstschaffende herzlich eingeladen, ihre Arbeiten in den Bereichen Film, Video, Online/Offline Internet, Installation und Performance fuer den kommenden Filmwinter einzusenden. EINREICHUNG Online-Projekte koennen direkt ueber die Festival Website www.filmwinter eingereicht werden. Anmeldeformulare fuer Film, Video, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM (offline), Installation und Performance koennen im PDF-Format heruntergeladen werden. Deadline fuer Einreichungen: 1. September 2004 PREISE In den Sektionen Film/Video und Neue Medien werden Preise in Hoehe von ueber 14.500 Euro vom Publikum und unterschiedlichen Jurykommissionen vergeben. Team-Work-Award Die Marli-Hoppe-Ritter-Kunststiftung stiftet Euro 2.000,- fuer eine Film- oder Videoproduktion, die von einem Team realisiert wurde. Norman 2005 Preis der Jury fuer Film und Video in Hoehe von Euro 4.000,- - gestiftet von der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart IBM Preis fuer Neue Medien Zwei Preise in Hoehe von insg. Euro 4.000,- gehen an Arbeiten aus den Bereichen Online und Offline. Ermoeglicht durch die IBM Deutschland GmbH. Milla und Partner Preis Preis fuer Medien im Raum (Installationen) in Hoehe von Euro 2.500,- DASDING-Publikumspreis Publikumspreise in den Bereichen Film/Video und Internet in Hoehe von jeweils Euro 1.000,- Sowie weitere Preise und die heissbegehrte Wand 5-Ehrenauszeichnung Neben den beiden Wettbewerben fuer Film/Video und Neue Medien wird das Festivalprogramm mit Spezialreihen, Panels, Praesentationen und Musikevents ergaenzt. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Weitere Informationen: Wand 5 e.V. im Filmhaus Friedrichstr. 23 A D - 70174 Stuttgart Germany Tel: +49-711-99 33 98-0 Fax: +49-711-99 33 98-10 Mail: wanda(a)wand5.de www.wand5.de www.filmwinter.de english version: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SLEEPINESS AND MATURITY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18th Stuttgart Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media Film | Video | New Media | Installation | Performance | Theory Festival, January 13-16, 2005 Warm Up, January 6-12, 2005 www.filmwinter.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eventually 18! Filmwinter is of age. The 18th edition of the Stuttgart Filmwinter is still looking for innovative, critical, and unknown posititions in media art and film culture. After the record of 1700 submissions at the last festival the organizer Wand 5 cordially invites filmmakers, media producers, and artists to submit their work. Productions in the field of film, video, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM (offline), internet (online), installation, and performance are very welcome. SUBMISSION Internet projects and websites may be submitted online on the festival's website www.filmwinter.de. Entry forms and regulations for submissions in the field of film, video, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM (offline), installation, and performance can be downloaded as PDF-file. Deadline for submission: September 1, 2004 AWARDS In the sections film/video and new media prizes amounting more than 14.500 Euro will be awarded by the audience and various jury commissions. Team-Work-Award The Marli-Hoppe-Ritter Art Foundation endows an award of Euro 2.000 for a team production in the field of film and video. Norman 2005 Award of the Jury for film and video of Euro 4.000 - donated by the city of Stuttgart IBM Awards for New Media These awards of Euro 4.000 go to an independently produced work on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM (offline) or to a project published on the internet (online). Milla and Partner Award Award for media in space (installations) of Euro 2.500 DASDING-Audience Award Audience award for film/video and internet of respectively Euro 1.000 as well as further prizes and the popular honourable mention by Wand 5 Besides the competitions for film/video and new media a wide range of special programmes, panels, presentations and music events will be offered. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Further information: Wand 5 e.V./Filmhaus Friedrichstr. 23 A D - 70174 Stuttgart Germany Tel: +49-711-99 33 98-0 Fax: +49-711-99 33 98-10 Mail: wanda(a)wand5.de www.wand5.de www.filmwinter.de -- Benjamin Fischer | http://www.typedown.com/?RDCT=de75c1995455af75d09d

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RE: [Air-l] digital media in academia
by Matthew Allen 05 Aug '04

05 Aug '04

I agree entirely that digital media isn't necessarily (or mainly) Internet research/studies and, yes, pretty much everything in our film and television department is digital now. I suspect the term 'digital media' is a bit like 'new media' - relevant only in terms of marking out a transition in human affairs that is worthy of special attention; and, probably, Internet research is another, quite like it. As a side note, 'new media' has become political all of a sudden in Australia through the way the US-Australia free trade agreement is drafted. In deference to the US, Australia has basically given away local content control/support over anything other than what it does already, via the phrase 'new media' (poorly defined). What do people think are the key constitutive elements that might provide some substance to the adjectives digital or new when linked to 'media' - is it, perhaps, interactivity? Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org -----Original Message----- From: Ed Lamoureux [mailto:ell@bradley.edu] Sent: Wednesday, 4 August 2004 9:16 PM To: Association of Internet Researchers Subject: [Air-l] digital media in academia The term "digital media" is real contested in American academic circles. I doubt that there are very many Radio/Television folk (esp. the TVers) who think/feel that they are doing anything BUT digital media. And many of the journalists are not far behind. So most of the folks in "mass media" probably feel as though they are in digital media. Someone shifted the question about digital media to answers about internet studies. I know that this is an internet researchers list . . . but I suspect that few in COM/Mass media departments in America would even think about internet studies as being at the center of digital media, let alone constrain digital media to internet orientations. There are a few of us in programs targeted toward new media/multimedia . . . but again, we are a very small number at the undergraduate level. And of course, "digital media" encompasses (to name only a few) LOTS of folks in "interactive" computer science, engineering, and Art programs (esp. at graduate levels). In short, I don't think it's possible to accurately categorize "digital media" programs or classes without producing a list almost as long as (virtually) all of the schools in the country with COM/ART/CS/ENGIN program. The studies are very interdisciplinary. Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Director, Multimedia Program and New Media Center Associate Professor, Speech Communication 1501 W. Bradley Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 309-677-2378 http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell http://gcc.bradley.edu/mm/ _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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digital media courses
by Lee Humphreys 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

I am wondering if anyone has (or could point me in a direction to find) some kind of estimate of how many graduate or advanced undergrad courses in the U.S. or abroad are taught in the area of digital media. Thanks for your help, Lee *************** Lee Humphreys PhD Candidate Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 3620 Walnut St Philadelphia, PA 19104 lhumphreys(a)asc.upenn.edu www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/lhumphreys

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Re: [Air-l] digital media courses
by S.M.C. Niederer 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Utrecht University (the Netherlands) offers a (Dutch spoken) master's on New Media & Digital Culture, containing various digital media courses (www.uu.nl) sabine niederer institute of network cultures hogeschool van amsterdam www.networkcultures.org (online September 20) ----- Original Message ----- From: Eugene Gorny <gorny(a)list.ru> Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:56 pm Subject: Re: [Air-l] digital media courses > Roman Leibov at University of Tartu, Estonia, has taught a course on > the human side of the Internet since 1998. > > -- > Eugene Gorny > Department of Media & Communications > Goldsmiths College > University of London > > +44 (0)1865 450267 > > http://www.zhurnal.ru/staff/gorny/english/ > > Friday, July 30, 2004, 8:01:12 PM, Lee Humphreys wrote: > > > I am wondering if anyone has (or could point me in a direction > to find) some > > kind of estimate of how many graduate or advanced undergrad > courses in the > > U.S. or abroad are taught in the area of digital media. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l >

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digital media in academia
by Ed Lamoureux 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

The term "digital media" is real contested in American academic circles. I doubt that there are very many Radio/Television folk (esp. the TVers) who think/feel that they are doing anything BUT digital media. And many of the journalists are not far behind. So most of the folks in "mass media" probably feel as though they are in digital media. Someone shifted the question about digital media to answers about internet studies. I know that this is an internet researchers list . . . but I suspect that few in COM/Mass media departments in America would even think about internet studies as being at the center of digital media, let alone constrain digital media to internet orientations. There are a few of us in programs targeted toward new media/multimedia . . . but again, we are a very small number at the undergraduate level. And of course, "digital media" encompasses (to name only a few) LOTS of folks in "interactive" computer science, engineering, and Art programs (esp. at graduate levels). In short, I don't think it's possible to accurately categorize "digital media" programs or classes without producing a list almost as long as (virtually) all of the schools in the country with COM/ART/CS/ENGIN program. The studies are very interdisciplinary. Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Director, Multimedia Program and New Media Center Associate Professor, Speech Communication 1501 W. Bradley Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 309-677-2378 http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell http://gcc.bradley.edu/mm/

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re: aoir conference question
by Kathleen O'Riordan 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

Hi Caroline We are already holding most of the capacity through the university accomodation, and because of this we unfortunately can't offer attractive numbers to a hotel as well. Apologies that we can't be more flexible with this. All the best Kate /// Any chance of arranging a conference rate for this hotel? /Caroline ------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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