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

WiFi in Succex?
by Lilia Efimova 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Hi, was going through the program and didn't find anything about WiFi access for AoIR participants. The university has WiFi (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/USCS/wireless/) but you have to be registered to use it. Is there anything arranged? Could be arranged? Regards, Lilia Efimova blog.mathemagenic.com

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FW: Registrations still open for CIRN conference 29 Sept 1 Oct.
by Michael Gurstein 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

-----Original Message----- From: Larry Stillman [mailto:larrys01@optusnet.com.au] Sent: September 15, 2004 3:49 AM To: communityinformatics(a)vancouvercommunity.net; cirn-admin; gcnp(a)globalcn.tc.ca; ci-text(a)vancouvercommunity.net; cirn-m; cirn-m Subject: Registrations still open for CIRN conference 29 Sept 1 Oct. Dear colleague, the detailed program for the rich and diverse program for the Community Informatics Research Network Conference and Colloquium, 'Sustainability and Community Technology: What Does this Mean for Community Informatics?' in Prato (near Florence ) Italy 29 Sept - 1 Oct is now online. 'Sustainability' has been identified as a key and controversial issue in community networking, and the purpose of the conference is to explore all its dimensions, resulting in a communique developed through plenary sessions, as well as the development of further activities of the CIRN network. There will also be opportunities for networking and social events in a beautiful small Tuscan city, close to Florence. In addition to keynotes, there are nearly 40 talks about projects and research from around the world, workshops, and a PhD colloquium. See http://www.ciresearch.net/conferences/schedule.php?cf=4 for the schedule (subject to amendments) and http://www.ciresearch.net/conferences/registration.php?cf=4 for registration information. Please don't miss this great opportunity to meet practitioners and researchers from around the globe, in a convivial atmosphere. Registrations are from EU125 and up. A listing of local hotels and travel information is also on the website. Please circulate this notice to colleagues. This conference has been generously sponsored by Claremont Graduate University, National Research Council Canada - Institute for Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria University of Wellington, Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Intel and The Canadian Research Alliance For Community Innovation And Networking (CRACIN). ********************** Larry Stillman Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University www.ccnr.net www.webstylus.net 03 9903 1801 fax 9903 2564

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(no subject)
by maria xcgvdbvzd 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Dear Sir/Madam Please, unsubscribe me from your list, because, unfortunately, it is not the area of my interest. Kind regards, maria Gawrys

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RE: [Air-l] Request for Information: Call for Articles on "order"
by St-Amant, Kirk 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Thanks, Matt! Kirk ________________________________ From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Matthew Allen Sent: Mon 9/13/2004 7:00 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: RE: [Air-l] Request for Information: Call for Articles on "order" Sounds like M/c (media culture) http://www.media-culture.org.au/ <http://www.media-culture.org.au/> but the current issue is ''open" not "order" 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 _____ From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of St-Amant, Kirk Sent: Tue 14/09/2004 4:26 AM To: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Request for Information: Call for Articles on "order" Hi all, I thought I had recently seen a call for short articles on the subject of "order" or systems of order being created as a result of online media use. I also believe the related online journal/publication was based in Australia. Has anyone else seen this call? If so, could you please respond to me directly at kirk.st-amant(a)ttu.edu and point me in the right direction? Thanks! Kirk _______________________________________________ Air-l-aoir.org mailing list Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org <http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org>

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RE: [Air-l] unsibscribe
by IAN WEST 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

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FYI: UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowship Programme
by Laurent Straskraba 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Hi, I thought this could be of interest for affiliates from developing countries dealing with ICT4Development research and related areas: "UNESCO is calling on young researchers with advanced degrees (M.A., M.Sc. or equivalent) in developing countries to apply to the UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowship Programme for fellowships ranging from US$ 6,000 to US$ 10,000. The amount varies according to duration and place of study. The Programme is financed by Japan through its funds in trust programme for capacity-building of human resources. The Programme is named after the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who was known for his commitment to furthering development. It grants a total of 20 fellowships a year to researchers in four areas: environment, intercultural dialogue, information and communication technologies, and peaceful conflict resolution. (...)" http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22149&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION… Best regards, Laurent Straskraba --- Mag. Laurent Straskraba Information Society Researcher http://www.icts.sbg.ac.at Information Society Representative at UN Youth & Student Association of Austria http://www.afa.at post: Ontlstrasse 3, A - 4040 Linz, Austria / Europe mobile: +43.650.7711861 (GMT +1) e-mail: laurent(a)straskraba.net web: http://www.straskraba.net ---

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unsibscribe
by uriram＠bgumail.bgu.ac.il 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

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Request for Information: Call for Articles on "order"
by Axel Bruns 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

G'day ! Kirk St. Amant wrote: > I thought I had recently seen a call for short articles on > the subject of "order" or systems of order being created as a > result of online media use. I also believe the related > online journal/publication was based in Australia. Has > anyone else seen this call? If so, could you please respond > to me directly at kirk.st-amant(a)ttu.edu and point me in the > right direction? That's right - Liz Ferrier and I are editing an M/C Journal (www.media-culture.org.au) issue on 'order'. Article submissions are still open - and we're happy to receive article on both online and offline media and their relation to the creation, maintenance, or challenging of 'order'. You'll note that the target date for the issue is close to the US Presidential election, too, so any articles providing a timely assessment of the connection of the media to the election or the dominant themes of GWB's first term are particularly welcome. Please, no blatantly political rants, though... -- Dr Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - http://snurb.info/ Media & Communication Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia Creative Industries Faculty Z2-202, CIP - (07) 3864 5548 Queensland University of Technology CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Internet Research Ethics - recent conference
by Charles Ess 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Dear AoIR-ists, Partly as something of a status report on Internet research ethics, and partly as a warm-up for the panel on ethics at AoIR 5.0 next week (Wednesday, 10:30), I forward the following report, originally written for and distributed to the AoIR ethics working committee this summer. For those interested in these matters, I hope these comments will be useful. == "Understanding Internet Research Ethics" took place on June 17-19 in Boulder, Colorado - sponsored and organized by the New Media Center of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Colorado. The conference provided a three-day forum for more in-depth exploration of contemporary issues in Internet Research Ethics, as originally inspired by our discussions of ethical issues as part of the "New Research for New Media: Innovative Research Methods Symposium" held in September 2003 at the University of Minnesota. (See the conference website <http://newmedia.colorado.edu/ethics/> for more details. In particular, additional materials - including video of the final conference discussion - should be available there soon. For the slides of my own presentation, please see <www.drury.edu/ess/UIRE/UIRE.html>.) Special thanks goes especially to Bruce Henderson (University of Colorado, Boulder) and Nora Paul (University of Minnesota) for their energy, organizational skills, and wonderful hospitality. They brought together a group of researchers, ethicists, and other relevant specialists of considerable experience and expertise; they fostered conversations, both formal and informal, over the three days of the conference that proved to be exceptionally insightful and productive. A central feature of the conference was the use of a discussion board for posting cases and issues, followed by responses developed in small groups. These materials are available online: after going to the conference website, click on the link for "Conference Schedule"; at the top of this page, follow the "Link to Discussion Questions." In addition to the specific issues and our responses, I would commend to your reading our general articulation of both the "Working Assumptions" that became more explicit for us as the conference progressed, and the "Where We've Gotten" list that seeks to summarize some of the more general insights and points of emphasis that emerged as well. In particular, I would like to expand on some of the points made in "Where We've Gotten." "It is clear that many researchers are arriving at good ethical practices through applying their own sense of ethics to new forms of research." (CE: The point of this comment is at least three-fold. One, it is consistent with the approaches towards ethics that have shaped the AoIR guidelines - in general, a dialogical approach with roots in Aristotle, Habermas, feminism, Bahktin, and others, that emphasizes that we begin as members of a moral community (rather than as atomistic individuals); as such, we generally develop a strong suite of moral intuitions and judgments that generally serve us well in our daily lives - and serve as the starting points for discussion of those ethical difficulties that are not quickly and easily resolved. This means in turn that while philosophical ethics can be helpful in our exploration of the ethical issues that arise in the _praxis_ of research - having a Ph.D. in ethics is _not_ required for insightful exploration and effective resolution of the difficult ethical issues often encountered by researchers. [This is a good thing for me, because my Ph.D. is _not_ in ethics either.... smile] On the contrary, some of the most insightful and reflective ethicists in this domain include scholars such as Elizabeth Buchanan, whose home field is library science - but whose anthology "Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies" is a watershed publication for us. This means in turn that researchers should not be tempted to neglect moral issues just because they are not necessarily experts in ethics. On the contrary, ethical "expertise," as our conference made very clear, is a matter of shared insights, honest debate about disagreements, and the willingness to take responsibility for articulating and defending our specific ethical judgments. ) "In research that involves relationships with those being researched, the ethics involved in relationships in general will apply to how researchers conduct their research." (CE: As Annette Markham effectively reminded us, ethics cannot be separated from methodology - and methodologies such as participant/observation that incorporate humane relationships between researcher and the researched thus further call into play the ethical guidelines and responsibilities of human relationships, not just the basic guidelines and requirements of Human Subjects Protection codes (emphasizing confidentiality, informed consent, etc.). "The second point above represents a perspective shared among several different cultures and subcultures and therefore begins to point the way towards possible broader cross-cultural ethical guidelines." (CE: That is: the ontological/anthropological starting point that human beings emerge as individuals from community first - _contra_ the modernist, especially Hobbesian and Cartesian atomistic understanding of human beings as isolated atoms first - is a view shared by a range of cultures and subcultures, both "West" and "East." Given that the Internet makes possible cross-cultural and intercultural research - it would be useful to have a set of ethical guidelines for Internet research that "work" beyond the cultural boundaries of a single country or cultural domain. This shared ontological/anthropological starting point promises to be a crucial element for such an intercultural / cross-cultural set of guidelines.) "Context(s) are central to everything, including research purposes, research questions, methods, ethics, interpretations, representations, and researchers' understandings." (CE: this is, I hope, delightfully self-explanatory.) "A paradox of internet research: while we might want to approach it from a more grounded, question-driven perspective, legal constraints impinge upon us. Moreover, uncertainty among IRB members has colored our thinking about online research and what is possible. What we're saying is that IRB members ought to be educated about online research so that we are not artificially or unnecessarily restricted in what we do." (CE: On the one hand, it was very gratifying to see that in various ways, the AoIR ethical guidelines seem to "work" pretty well for resolving at least some of the ethical issues encountered by researchers. Further, consistent with informal comments sent in to AoIR and the ethics committee, the AoIR guidelines prove helpful in educating IRB members with regard to the specific issues and challenges of Internet Research. In this direction, there is some sense that we're making progress. On the other hand, however, it remains clear that at least some IRB members tend to be overly restrictive in their review of Internet research because of lack of understanding of the issues and details, and/or because of lack of clarity as to how research ethics and legal requirements might (and might not) apply to online research. In short, there is still work to do. The conference, finally, generated some initial plans for further initiatives in Internet research ethics. Stay tuned! == See ya soon! Charles Ess Fall '04: Fulbright Senior Scholar Universität Trier Fachbereich II Fakultäten der Medienwissenschaft, Sinologie Universitätsring 15 54296 Trier (Germany) Office phone: (49) (0)651-201-3744 Sekretariat: (49) (0)651-201-3203 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 Charles Ess Fall '04: Fulbright Senior Scholar Universität Trier Fachbereich II Fakultäten der Medienwissenschaft, Sinologie Universitätsring 15 54296 Trier (Germany) Office phone: (49) (0)651-201-3744 Sekretariat: (49) (0)651-201-3203 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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CSCW 2004 Workshops Deadline Extension
by Reddy, Madhu 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

[Apologies for Cross-posting] Dear Colleague, Please note that the CSCW 2004 Workshops Position paper deadline has been extended to Sept. 17, 2004 from Sept. 10, 2004. If you are interested in a particular workshop, please be sure to consult the particular workshop's web site for specific dates. The workshop's description and individual Web site links are accessible from: http://www.acm.org/cscw2004/prog_workshops.html The workshop program of the ACM 2004 Conference on CSCW provides an opportunity for in-depth exploration of emerging themes with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners. This year's program consists of 11 full-day workshops that will be presented on Saturday Nov. 6, 2004 and will cover a variety of topics on: - representations of digital identity, - long-term knowledge management, - social networks, - advanced collaborative environments, - collaboration transparency, - Eclipse as a vehicle for CSCW research, - Studies of social practices, - and much more Check out the complete program at http://www.acm.org/cscw2004/prog_workshops.html. Please join in what should be a lively and interesting set of discussions and exchanges on new and emerging themes on technology and social practices that shape our understanding of how people communicate, coordinate, cooperate and even compete. If you have any questions or comments about the workshops program, please do not hesitate to contact us at cscw2004-workshops(a)acm.org. Andreas Girgensohn and Alison Lee CSCW 2004 Workshop Co-Chairs cscw2004-workshops(a)acm.org Madhu Reddy CSCW 2004 Publicity Chair

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