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Sources - online revelations and offline life?
by Jennifer Martin 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Hello all, Given my problems finding relevant sources, I'm wondering if anyone might know of any accounts (personal or academic) of individuals who have experienced a revelation about their offline lives from online interaction, and especially online gaming. There's a fair number of examples Sherry Turkle's work, but I'm interested in some other sources to work with alongside it. Specifically, I'm interested in accounts of online or virtual interaction that have somehow illuminated offline life and created some kind of conscious experience of a previously unregarded behaviour, relationship, or action. I'd greatly appreciate any sources (studies, websites, journals, books, blogs) that might be on offer. Thanks kindly in advance. Jenn Martin Masters Candidate Department of Communication and Culture York University, Toronto, Canada jenn80(a)yorku.ca

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Ethics and IRB periodic reminder
by Mark D. Johns 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Just a brief, periodic reminder that the AoIR Ethics Committee continues to seek narratives of Internet researchers' experiences in utilizing the AoIR Ethics Guidelines in conversations with IRBs. If you have had an encounter with your IRB, positive or negative, in which the Ethics Guidelines played a role -- or one in which they might have played a role -- we seek your confidential feedback at this web site: http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/AoIR/AoIRform.htm If you are unfamiliar with the AoIR Ethics Guidelines they are available at: http://aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Communication/Linguistics, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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International Symposium on Intellectual Property (IP) Education and Research
by Miraj Khaled 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

FYI Only. |||||||| International Symposium on Intellectual Property (IP) Education and Research June 30 - July 1, 2005 http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/meetings/iped_sym_05/ Background and objectives In the knowledge based society of the 21st Century, intellectual property (IP) comprises not only valuable economic assets of private firms, but also social and cultural assets of society. The impact of IP assets has become so crucial that it may have a great impact on our daily life and on the development and prosperity of the nation. The lack of awareness about IP and its importance in the past is understandable because IP was generally limited to legal and technical experts working in specialized arenas. However, times have changed; the information technology revolution, and the Internet in particular, have expanded the use and horizons of IP, the circle of users, as well as categories of beneficiaries of the IP system. The lack of awareness about IP makes it difficult for the people and many nations to leverage their knowledge, innovation and imagination for the purpose of enhancing their wealth, their rate of economic, cultural and social growth and development, and their quality of life. Against this backdrop, the critical role of academic institutions, such as universities, public learning centers for economic and social studies, and specialized IP training, which have traditionally contributed to the education element of valuable human resources, as well as to the IP research capacity, over many years, now requires an in-depth review and a structured reinforcement. The area of IP education and IP research are relatively new to many academic institutions, particularly those located in developing countries. Emerging challenges in different countries require nationally focused and tailor-made solutions�one size, as usual, does not fit all. However, some challenges facing academia and research operations could be better addressed through international cooperation underpinned by coherent approaches and recognition of common challenges and opportunities. On-going efforts can be greatly enhanced, where appropriate, to strengthen and expand partnerships and strategic cooperation among academic institutions. The cooperation between academic institutions and the different stakeholders (e.g., private enterprise and government agencies) will also have to be developed and expanded, since there is a growing need for an interdisciplinary approach to IP education and IP research capacity. WIPO, in its capacity as an international forum for IP subject, will produce an international, in-depth forum in its first international symposium in the area of IP education and IP research. This symposium will provide a structured opportunity for many of the major players in these two areas to assess the current situation, identify the challenges ahead, explore the various possibilities for enhancing international cooperation, and suggest appropriate actions to the international community for further development of IP education and IP research. Audience The International Symposium on IP Education and Research is intended to provide a forum in which discussion on IP education and IP research could be further developed and advanced. It is of particular interest to: * Managers, administrators, advisors, professors of academic institutions. * Policy makers responsible for national programs for assisting academic institutions in the area of IP education and IP research. * Business managers of the private firm who are responsible for IP education of their staff members. * IP professionals. * Students and researchers who are studying IP or other fields relevant to knowledge assets. * Representatives of national, regional and international organizations who are interested in assisting activities in the area of IP education and IP research. Venue and date The Symposium will be held at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 34, chemin des Colombettes, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. It will run from 9 a.m. to 5.15 p.m. on June 30 and 9.30 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. on July 1, 2005. Participants should arrive before 8.30 a.m. on the first day of the Symposium, in order to complete their registration. A reception will be offered to participants in the lobby of the WIPO headquarters building at the end of the first day of the Symposium. Working languages The Symposium will be conducted in English, French and Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation to and from each of those languages. Registration The Symposium is open to all interested persons. Participation will be limited to 250 persons. Those wishing to register are requested to return the registration form. Further information may be obtained from: WIPO Worldwide Academy World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 34, chemin des Colombettes 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Tel: (41-22) 338 9111 Fax: (41-22) 740 14 17 Email: meetings.academy(a)wipo.int Website: http://www.wipo.int/academy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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(no subject)
by Jennifer Martin 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

Hello all, Given my problems finding relevant sources, I'm wondering if anyone might know of any accounts (personal or academic) of individuals who have experienced a revelation about their offline lives from online interaction, and especially online gaming. There's a fair number of examples Sherry Turkle's work, but I'm interested in some other sources to work with alongside it. Specifically, I'm interested in accounts of online or virtual interaction that have somehow illuminated offline life and created some kind of conscious experience of a previously unregarded behaviour, relationship, or action. I'd greatly appreciate any sources (studies, websites, journals, books, blogs) that might be on offer. Thanks kindly in advance. Jenn Martin Masters Candidate Department of Communication and Culture York University, Toronto, Canada jenn80(a)yorku.ca

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Re: Studies looking at university email policies?
by Marcelo Vieta 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

Hello, all, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any studies, articles, chapters, or books that look at official university email policies and their implications for students, sessionals, and faculty with respect to academic freedom and/or university governance. There's much literature on corporate email policies and usage (including studies and articles that look at the issues of using email to manage employees and surveil employees) but I've yet to locate any independent studies that discuss the implications of official university email policies for "employees" such as faculty and teaching assistants as well as for university students. I would welcome any direction on this. Thank you in advance. -^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^- Marcelo A. Vieta, BA First Class Honours Communication, MA Communication PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York University Research Interests :: The technological predicament and the self p:: +1.416.940.0340 | e:: vieta(a)yorku.ca | w:: www.sfu.ca/~mavieta "The body is our general medium for having a world. ...[O]ur senses question things...and things reply to them." ~Merleau-Ponty, _The Phenomenology of Perception_

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self-reporting
by Stephanie Kent 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

> Thanks Radhika > I will take a look into that > but I am actually looking for tools that could be used off-line, once > the > technolgy is turned off. Any thing meant for beginners and for users > of any > type of technology, not necessary internet (mobile phones, palmars...) > > Any suggestion? > > Beatrice There are many self-reflection type tools in Peter Senge's Fifth Discipline Fieldbook. steph Stephanie Jo Kent, M.Ed, CI Doctoral Student, Communication, UMass-Amherst 1852 Sunset Lake Road Brattleboro, VT 05301-9310 kentcon(a)sover.net steph(a)comm.umass.edu http://www.reflexivity.us

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Fwd: Announcement conference 'ICT, the Knowledge Society and Changes in Work' , The Netherlands, 9 & 10 June 2005
by Michel J. Menou 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

This is a forwarded message From: Sandra Volders <sandra.volders(a)hiva.kuleuven.ac.be> To: "Sandra Volders" <pb802855(a)hiva.kuleuven.ac.be> Date: Friday, April 15, 2005, 2:51:23 PM Subject: Announcement conference 'ICT, the Knowledge Society and Changes in Work' , The Netherlands, 9 & 10 June 2005 ===8<==============Original message text=============== Apologies for cross posting _______________________ Dear colleague, On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to extend a cordial invitation for you to attend the 1st Bi-annual European conference 'ICT, the Knowledge Society and Changes in Work' that will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands on 9 & 10 June 2005. Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues who could be interested. More information and registration facilities are available on the conference website www.nwo.nl/ictconferentie. We are looking forward to meeting you in Den Hague. Yours sincerely Monique Ramioul Project manager HIVA ===8<===========End of original message text===========

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Conference on new media and activism - Budapest
by Magdalena Wojcieszak 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS --------------------------------- The Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the Central European University, the Open Society Institute, and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania invite submissions for a conference on RE:activism: Re-drawing the boundaries of activism in a new media environment which is to take place in Budapest, October 14-15, 2005 Deadline for submission of abstracts: June 14, 2005 SUBMISSION SITE --------------- http://www.re-activism.net/ RE-DRAWING THE BOUNDARIES OF ACTIVISM ------------------------------------- The emergence of the internet and other information technologies gave birth to a plethora of new social and communicative activities. Cheap, decentralized and horizontal communication channels have been exploited by a wide spectrum of actors from antiglobalization activists and users of file-sharing networks to creative commons licensees and locative guerilla artists. As new media technologies have triggered various forms of activities, the New Left hopes about emancipatory social agency have also been resuscitated. In spite of the undeniable democratic potential inscribed in new information and communication technologies, there seems to be little agreement as to what consequences new media bring on existing structures of cultural, economic and political power. Those analysts and activists envisioning a more democratic, equitable and culturally diverse society have maintained high hopes concerning the progressive potential of new media. Meanwhile, skeptical voices can also be heard: research focus has been reoriented towards threats and uncertainties concerned with new technologies. Many analysts have addressed various aspects of the commercialization of new media, the possibilities of digital surveillance and states' and corporations' constant efforts to limit, by means of regulation, the liberatory potential of new technologies. Addressing the above hopes and disappointments, the conference RE:activism serves as a large scale, international social and academic event which brings together academics, activists and artists to explore and discuss some of the most important aspects of transforming cultural and political practices in the context of new media. The organizers are particularly interested in the following problems: - How the boundaries separating center (accepted/valuable) and periphery (illicit/worthless) are redrawn through the negotiations of new media actors, be they individual music consumers, expert groups, creative commons licensees, social movements, nation states or corporate representatives? - Does the enabling potential of new technologies trigger, in reality, new forms of social and communicative activities? What turns new media enabled activities into "activism"? What does activism mean in the context of new media? - Under what conditions do unusual uses of new media induce social change and subvert old structures of the production and the distribution of loyalties, identities, culture and knowledge? Participants of the conference are invited to explore the promises and limitations of new media along the above broad themes of "center/periphery", "activism" and "change". CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS ---------------------- The list of confirmed participants is regularly refreshed at our website. At the moment (4/14/2005) the following academics and activists confirmed their attendance: Yochai Benkler (Yale Law School), Douglas Kellner (UCLA), Saskia Sassen (Univ. of Chicago), Nicholas Jankowski (Univ. of Nijmegen), Michael X. Delli Carpini (Annenberg School for Communication, Univ. of Pennsylvania), Henry Perritt (Kent College of Law), Kembrew McLeod (Univ. of Iowa), Barbie Zelizer, (Annenberg), Andy Bichlbaum (rtmark.org) Dr. Richard Barbrook (School of Media, Arts & Design, University of Westminster), Giles Lane (Proboscis.org) Michael Keith (Boston College), Alexander H. Trechsel, (European University Institute), Jonathan Zittrain (Berkman Center for Internet & Society), Martin Cloonan (index on censorship) CALL FOR PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED IN THEMATIC CONFERENCE PANELS -------------------------------------------------------------- The RE:activism conference offers eight panels, each of them representing an important approach from which the transformative potential of new media can be meaningfully addressed. We invite academic participants to present papers and take part in round table discussions with activists in one of the following panels: - Political economy of peer production networks - State intervention and regulatory issues in the Information Age - Digital culture jamming - Digitalized memory: new forms of archiving and journalism - Civic uses of new media technologies - New media and global civil society - New media and democratic elections - New media activism and the urban fabric For more information about the eight panels, please, visit the conference website: http://www.re-activism.net/ Organizers of the conference invite submissions of graduate students, scholars, researchers mainly from the fields of anthropology, media studies, law sciences, sociology, art theory and political science. CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS OF ACTIVIST OR ARTISTIC PROJECTS -------------------------------------------------------- We invite members of activist groups of all kinds (from the smallest DIY community to transnational movements) and artists working with new media technologies to present their projects connected to any of the above conference panels and to take part in round table discussions with academics. TYPES OF SUBMISSION ------------------- - Academic paper (abstract max. 750 words) Single or multi-author submissions of a single paper Participants are expected to submit full papers to the conference organizers by September 30, 2005. - Aesthetic presentation (abstract max of 750 words, audiovisual material) Presentation of old or new media based artistic projects or performances related to activism. - Presentation of activist projects (abstract max of 750 words) Presentation of activist projects exploring activist uses of the Internet. WHY BUDAPEST? ------------- Budapest is the dynamically developing capital of Hungary, a not-too-long-ago communist state and a very recent member of the European Union. Budapest, with its recent history marked by the process of system change, with its population aiming to leave behind the city's almost-a-century-long periphericity and with its vibrant civic and cultural life feeding various forms social and cultural activism is the par excellence site embodying the main theoretical challenges faced by activists and addressed by the RE:activism conference. Budapest offers a very hospitable environment for the community of conference participants. Among the city's most appealing aspects for new media researchers we could mention the surprisingly high number of researchers interested in new media technologies, an uniquely viable Budapest based on-line community (see wiw.hu), or the Hungarian capital's coffee house and thermal bath culture, maintaining sites for public discussion. A longer presentation of the political and media system in Hungary is available on the conference site. FUNDING ------- The organizing institutions contribute to the travel and housing expenses of invited participants. FOR MORE INFORMATION --------------------- Please contact Balazs Bodo, at submissions(a)re-activism.net Please feel free to forward this call! --------------------------------- Balazs Bodo assistant lecturer Budapest University of Technology, Department of Sociology and Communications Center for Media Research and Education http://www.bme.hu/ http://mokk.bme.hu/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe from future mailings, send a message with the word unsubscribe in the subject line to unsubscribe-cybersociology(a)yahoogroups.com Yahoo! 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Cultures of eBay conference, 2nd call for papers
by Ellis, Rebecca M 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

Apologies for cross-posting. Please disseminate widely. Second call for papers. Please send abstracts/ poster ideas by 29th April 2005. Registration is now open. This is a second call for papers, posters and interest in attending a two-day conference at the University of Essex, UK: ************************************************************************ *** Cultures of eBay: making sense of social and economic aspects of the eBay 'phenomenon' August 24th-25th 2005, Colchester, University of Essex http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay.html ************************************************************************ *** Conference background This is the first independent UK conference which aims to look at the cultural, social and economic aspects of eBay. The idea for this conference originated from an ongoing ESRC project (RES-000-23-0433) at Chimera, a department of the University of Essex, which began in February 2004 and is due to end in January 2006. Results of this research project will be disseminated at the conference. The overall aim of this conference is to bring together academics, and practitioner groups from both business and the voluntary sector, to explore and 'make sense' of the cultural, social and economic aspects and implications of eBay, the Internet auction site. Keynote speakers: Rebecca Ellis and Anna Haywood, University of Essex, 'Virtually second-hand: results of a two year ESRC funded project on eBay' http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/team/beckye.html http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/team/annah.html Will Davies, Institute of Public Policy Research 'Implications of eBay for the policy community' http://www.ippr.org.uk/about/staff.php?id=180 Tim Dant, University of East Anglia 'The immateriality of Internet shopping' http://www.uea.ac.uk/psi/people/dant_t.htm Delegate speakers include: Katrin Amelang, Humboldt University Berlin, 'Inconsistent Autonomies: Entangled subjects, architects of time and paradoxes in projects of self-employment based on eBay.' Monica Bouaru Turinici, Latts/Enpc, France, 'User courses and trust building on eBay.' Janice Denegri-Knott and Mike Molesworth, Bournemouth Media School, 'The ontological function of eBay as the actualisation of consumers'imaginations.' Mary Desjardins, Dartmouth College, 'Ephemeral Culture/eBay Culture: Film Collectibles and Fan Investments.' Aloysius Edoh and Patricia. K. Litho, University of East London, 'CMOA (Combinatorial Multi-attribute Auction): An Alternative to eBay.' Torben Elgaard Jensen, Copenhagen Business School, 'Commerce and/or Community - eBay's co-evolution of two different modes of ordering.' Yasushi Fujita, University of Texas, 'eBay Japan's Mistake.' Hilary Geoghegan, Royal Holloway, 'The virtual spaces of telecommunications enthusiasm: the internet, Yahoo! Groups and eBay.' Christian Heath and Paul Luff, King's College London, 'Transposing auction practice: formalising the informal, globalising the local.' Claire Hunter, 2CV: Research and Janice Denegri-Knott, Bournemouth Media School, 'EBay as a labourer of love: A study of collectors, their collections and their relationship with eBay.' Alan Metcalfe (University of Sheffield), Nicky Gregson (University of Sheffield) and Louise Crewe (University of Nottingham), 'The Unbearable Lightness of eBay.' Anna Notaro, Radboud University Nijmegen, 'Exploring Race in the Digital Age: 'Blackness for sale' on eBay.' Joanna M. Robson, University of East Anglia, 'Receiving the message loud and clear? Audiencing and (web)sites of consumption.' Michele White, Tulane University, 'From eBay to eGay: Rendering "Gay Interest" in the Vintage Photography Category.' If you would like more information on accepted abstracts, go to the conference website: http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay/Accepted%20abstracts.html Important dates Abstracts and posters no later than: 29th April 2005 Acceptance notification: 3rd May 2005 PowerPoint presentations no later than: 29th July 2005 Formal registration for all no later than: 16th May 2005 Conference dates: 24th and 25th August, 2005. Who should attend Academics in the fields of (but not exclusively): new media, e-commerce, cultural studies, sociology, human geography, HCI Practitioners in relevant fields Research students Industry consultants Conference themes The conference themes have been written in order to accommodate the interests of both academics and practitioner groups. See the conference website (Conference themes and scope section) for a full and detailed outline of potential research questions that could be addressed under each theme. Meta themes: eBay and identity: the presentation of self/ others and knowledge performance eBay and social capital eBay, consumption and consumer lifestyles Collecting in an e-society eBay and employment effects eBay, competition and the 'perfect market' eBay and the 'real' economy eBay and website design eBay and the consumer Representations of eBay More information For more information on any aspects of the conference, including guidance for abstract and poster submissions, please see the conference website: http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay.html Additionally, please e-mail Mr Martin Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address) using the title 'eBay Conference' for any queries you may have. To go to this e-mail address automatically, please go to the conference website. ____________________________________________ Rebecca Ellis Chimera http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/index.html Institute for Socio-Technical Research & Innovation University of Essex ________________________________________

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Re: Articles and Books on Interviewing
by Kathy Mancuso 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

*Learning How To Ask: The Art of the Interview (Charles Briggs) -- I recently learned from the author that he is either finishing or just finished a second edition. *Annette Markham. Life Online. Both a methods book and an ethnography, and for my money one of the best out there in both categories for online researchers. poke me by email and i'll send you more tonight . . . -- "Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi . . . But they who love the greater love Lay down their life; they do not hate. . . . Dona eis requiem. Dona nobis pacem." Intrigued? USC does Britten's War Requiem April 19, 7:30, Koger Center, http://tinyurl.com/4yo2w Websites for my projects: Anthropologists and labor unions allied: http://AAAUnite.blogspot.com Orphan Films (22-26 March 2006, CFP): http://www.sc.edu/filmsymposium Social software research linkage: http://del.icio.us/museumfreak

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