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OT: Chicago Follow-Up
by Richard Forno 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

While I don't intend to start an AOIR love-fest, having returned from my first AOIR event, I wanted to congratulate the "Internet Generations" conference team for a job well-done in producing a rather interesting conference in Chicago. Lots of good items discussed and I came away with some useful food-for-thought. Looking forward to next year in Australia! Cheers, and thanks again, Rick Forno -infowarrior.org - Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology

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Blogging basics?
by Charles Ess 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi all, I'm about to interviewed for a newspaper story (Pittsburgh) on blogging and blogs - of the many things I know so little about, those would be right up there... (the vagaries of reporting, I suppose...) While I have a few meager thoughts on the phenomena, including a shred of ethical reflection - would the air community like to throw any important thoughts (and references) my way? I'll happily credit anyone I can cite - and/or refer the reporter to the _real_ experts out there in AoIR-land. Let me know - and thanks, -- cX (the unknown charlie, who followed the original Charlie onto the executive committee - tee-hee) Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies <http://www.drury.edu/gp21> 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'06: http://www.catacconference.org Co-chair, ECAP'06: http://www.eu-cap.org Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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Re: [Air-l] Blogging basics?
by Heidelberg, Chris 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Professor: Can you email me direct at chris.heidelberg(a)ssa.gov? I am a graduate student studying edutainment and convergence and I would like to get your thoughts. Where do you teach? This sounds so progressive. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of DattaKaurK(a)aol.com Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:53 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Blogging basics? I use blogs as an online journal requirement for my graduate students. They love it, become introduced to the technology tool and, as a teacher, I am updated weekly related to team procedures, content interests and blogging experiences. The individuality and interactive communication that can take place using this tool in relation to coursework have been valuable. Datta Kaur _______________________________________________ The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Fwd: call for papers- 6th Intl Conf. on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies 2006
by Steve Jones 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Begin forwarded message: > Please distribute as appropriate through your networks - thank you > >> Subject: Fwd: CPF - 6th Intl Conf. on Disability, Virtual Reality >> and Associated Technologies 2006 >> >>> >>> >>> Apologies for cross-posting or lack of relevance >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Call for Papers >>> >>> >>> > 14 >>> >>> 6th International Conference on Disability, >>> >>> Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies >>> >>> >>> >>> (ICDVRAT 2006) >>> >>> >>> >>> 18-20 September 2006 >>> >>> Musikhuset, Esbjerg, Denmark >>> >>> >>> >>> Deadline: 31 January 2006 >>> >>> >>> >>> See www.icdvrat.rdg.ac.uk for details >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Associated Event >>> >>> >>> > 14 >>> >>> 21 September 2006 >>> >>> >>> >>> See www.artabilitation.com for details >>> >>> >>> >>> Or contact me for more details. >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul Sharkey (ICDVRAT Programme Chair) >>> >>> >>> >>> and on behalf of >>> >>> >>> >>> Tony Brooks (ICDVRAT Conference Co-Chair and ArtAbilitation >>> General Chair) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________________ >>> Prof. Paul M. Sharkey >>> Interactive Systems Research Group >>> >>> Director of Research >>> School of Systems Engineering >>> University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AY, UK >>> >>> Programme Chair, ICDVRAT 2006 >>> 6th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and >>> Associated Technologies >>> Musikhuset, Esbjerg, Denmark, 18-20 September, 2006 >>> www.icdvrat.rdg.ac.uk >>> >>> Tel: +44 118 378 6704 Fax: +44 118 378 8220 >>> >>> >>> >> > > >

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Re: [Air-l] Blogging basics?
by DattaKaurK＠aol.com 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

I use blogs as an online journal requirement for my graduate students. They love it, become introduced to the technology tool and, as a teacher, I am updated weekly related to team procedures, content interests and blogging experiences. The individuality and interactive communication that can take place using this tool in relation to coursework have been valuable. Datta Kaur

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Re: [Air-l] Blogging basics?
by GTa3411203＠aol.com 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Charles, I presented a paper on the viability of blogging as a knowledge management support tool at the Association of Management/International Association of Management conference in August (Norfolk, VA). I discussed the manner in which blogging can transform tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge as well as some of the barriers that might be encountered in attempting to get others to use this technology to manage this mental process. I would be more than happy to share a copy of the paper with you. Let me know via email (gdtaylor(a)uiuc.edu) if you would like to get a copy of the paper or have other questions associated with mental processing actions related to using this technology. -- Gail -------------------------------------------------- Gail Taylor, M.Ed. Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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eulogizers and executors
by Barry Wellman 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

The recent discussion of e-eulogies reminded me of my role a few years ago as e-executor, when my friend died: Judy Merril (the wonderful science-fiction editor/writer). It was my sad task to go to her e-addresses every day for a month and respond to people who were writing to her, unaware that she had died. Actually, one correspondent WAS aware. A famous science-fiction writer wrote to Judy, "I have never slept with anyone other than my wife, but if I did, it would have been with you." And so it goes. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________

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Online survey reminder
by Steve Jones 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

A group of students in a graduate seminar I am teaching has developed an online survey to learn more about the use of the internet and new media by air-l subscribers, and about internet tools made available at AoIR IR 6.0. I would appreciate it if you would take the survey. In all likelihood, unless you write extensive responses to the open- ended questions (which I would encourage), the survey should take about 10 minutes. It will be online until *Tuesday, November 22*. The url for the survey is http://toolssurvey.notlong.com. For those of you who filled out the conference evaluation that was online, please note that this is an entirely different survey, and is not a conference evaluation. If you have any questions please email me off list. Thank you in advance. Sj PS: Those of you who attended the conference met most of these students there, they were the volunteers without whom the conference would have been, logistically, a flop. I hope you share in my gratitude for their work and can repay the favor they showed AoIR by helping them out. Thanks.

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Central European University, Semester Abroad, MPP
by Nanne Priebs 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Budapest Semester Abroad Program General Description: The Central European University (CEU) invites applications from graduate students to spend the Fall 2006 semester or the academic year 2006 * 2007 in Budapest, Hungary. The program is sponsored by the Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) at CEU. In the semester program offered only in fall, students ordinarily remain enrolled at their home institution but spend an exciting semester in Budapest, engaging in the MPP Media Stream and taking selected courses (including courses on EU law) from the gifted CEU faculty. Students from the University of Pennsylvania, Cardozo and Tulane have taken part in this program. Students can remain for the academic year and receive a Master’s in Public Policy (http://www.ceu.hu/mpp/) CMCS launched the MA Program in “Media, Information and Telecommunication Policy” as part of CEU’s Public Policy Program. The Media Stream is designed to train a new generation of policy-makers and advisors in several fields, including the important area of telecommunications and media development (http://www.ceu.hu/mpp/courses/Media.pdf) Students can obtain the semester credit at home (with permission from their home institution) and the Master’s degree from CEU within the one year span. CEU (www.ceu.hu) is a US-style English language graduate university with a focus on the social sciences and the humanities, accredited both in the United States and in Hungary, and located in Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The university is oriented to interdisciplinary research on, and the study of social change and the policy implications of transition to open societies. In addition, emphasis is placed on European Union affairs, as well as on the special features of non-Western democracies. CMCS (www.cmcs.ceu.hu) aims to be the vehicle for conducting various international research and policy projects; researchers and experts affiliated with CMCS play an important role in shaping national research and development priorities in Eastern Europe. Eligibility: Graduate students with a strong interest in media policy. Currently enrolled students have a legal studies, political science or communication background. Applicants should have a demonstrated record of academic or professional involvement relevant to the Media Stream of CMCS’ Master’s in Public Policy Program. The visiting non-degree student status is available to individuals who have earned a first degree from a recognized university and are able to present evidence of English language proficiency (if they are not native speakers of English). To be considered for the 1-year MA program, students have to fulfill the general CEU requirements. Duration: For the semester program: September 2006 through December 2006; For the 1-year MA-program: September 2006 through July 2007. Application: For application information please contact me at vispriebs(a)ceu.hu. Applications must be received by January 6th 2006. Nanne Priebs Project Manager Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) Central European University Nador u. 9, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary email: vispriebs(a)ceu.hu www.cmcs.ceu.hu

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CFP EASST Conference 2006 in Lausanne
by Jeremy Hunsinger 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

> > > > > Call for Papers EASST 2006 > > > > PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY > > > > EASST Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, August 23-26, 2006 > > > > The biennial conference of the European Association for the Study > of Science and Technology will be held in Lausanne from 23rd to > 26th August, 2006. All members of the European science, technology > and innovation studies community are invited to attend. > Contributions are particularly encouraged which address the general > conference theme. > > > > "Reviewing humanness: bodies, technologies and spaces" > > > > What is it to be human today ? Human "nature" is made and re-made > by ideas and practices assembling bodies, technologies, and spaces. > Three processes in particular seem to be transforming the very > notion of humanness: > > > 1. it is reconfigured by the life sciences, from genetics to > neurobiology, with the invention of new forms of human corporeity. > Within contemporary philosophy and STS literature, this is > associated with conceptual changes, displacing traditional binaries > such as human/animal, animal/machine, nature/technology, mind/body > towards all kinds of hybrids. > 2. it is reassigned to and redistributed throughout sociotechnical > networks and artifacts. In other words, the notion of humanness is > rethought; it is considered no longer to be enclosed within the > human subject, but instead disseminated in and through human-made > objects and technological systems. > 3. it is rescaled by the increase in transnational connections and > the development of a cosmopolitan imaginary. The increase of > spatial mobility (international migration, tourism, professional > travel, etc.) and information flows, 'stretching' social relations > across space, have reterritorialized, and in the best cases > broadened, our conceptions of humanness. > > > > The conference organizers invite contributions that address both a > general conceptualization of humanness and these three particular > processes. The further aim of this conference is to address the > political (in the broad sense of the term) dimension of a reviewed > humanness. The re-fabrication of humanness is not only an academic > thought-experiment but a daily life experience, and sometimes an > object of concern, for society as a whole. The organizers therefore > also invite contributions specifically focusing on the > politicization of contemporary humanness. Such topics include: > > > a) issues related to participative forums created by state or > supranational organizations to trigger public debate around the > anthropological consequences of scientific and technological > innovations; > b) initiatives of different segments of civil society (patient > organizations, feminist movements, indigenous groups, consumer > associations, etc.), including public action and mobilizations, > regarding the definition of research agendas, the organization of > knowledge production and diffusion, or the political regulation of > the three above-mentioned processes; > c) questions regarding participation in the global redefinition of > humanness. Are not large sectors of humankind excluded from these > changes? Do they mean the same thing regardless of social class, > gender and ethnicity? > > > Threads: > 1. Biomedical practices, politics and markets > 2. Medicine, healthcare & patients > 3. Information and communication technologies > 4. Technological artifacts & users > 5. Environments, landscapes and resources > 6. Spatialities, transnationalism and governance > 7. Expertise, governance & publics > 8. Normative issues & the production of norms > 9. Science, politics & markets > 10. Knowledge objects, practices & cultures > 11. Science, culture & arts > 12. Practices and processes of innovation > 13. STS in practice (methods, research networks, computer tools) > Contributions will be welcome from the range of disciplines found > within the broad field of science, technology, and society studies. > For those whose work does not relate directly to the Conference's > theme, there are open paper sessions. > > > Deadline for abstracts and session proposals: December 16th, 2005 > > > Abstract submissions should include all contact details, the text > of the abstract (300 words), three keywords and the preferred > Conference Threads. Please use the ad-hoc template file on the > website as the basis for your submission and send it by December > 16th, 2005, to easst2006(a)unil.ch > > > If you plan to propose a session, please send a message to the > organisers as soon as possible, and put « session proposal » in the > subject of your e-mail. In order to help the preparation of the > programme, session proposals will be posted on a page of the > Conference's website. Session proposals should include all contact > details, the text of the proposed session (600 words max.). Please > use the ad-hoc template file on the website as the basis for your > submission and send it by December 16th, 2005, to easst2006(a)unil.ch > > > All information can be found on the Conference's > website:www.unil.ch/easst2006 > > > Contact : easst2006(a)unil.ch, Tel/Fax : +41 21 693 84 77 > Address: EASST 2006, University of Lausanne, IEPI, Bat. Humense, > CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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