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AOIR on AUT
by Derek McMillan 26 May '06

26 May '06

LOL. I am amused by the idea that supporting AUT would be political but opposing them is OK because it is non-political. This is doubleplusungood doublethink isn't it. FWIW I support AUT.There is an advert on British TV to encourage people to vote It says "If you don't do politics, you don't do anything." and suggests that if you are interested in the world around you then you are de facto interested in politics. I favour a boycott of Israel, not because of its effect of otherwise on the brutal oppression of the Palestinians but because we do not have to be accomplices in that brutal oppression and a boycott is a non-violent civilised way to express that. You have only to listen to the intemperate language with which the Israeli right has responded - rejecting AUT as irrelevant and in the same breath denouncing them as terrorists - to see that it is having an effect. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.17 - Release Date: 25/05/2005 ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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copying without acknowledgement
by Barry Wellman 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Today, GoogleAlert told me that my name cropped up in: http://www.explore-biography.com/biographies/B/Barry_Wellman.html I went to the entry and found the following: "Barry Wellman is a professor in the department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His areas of research is Urban Sociology, Internet and Social Structure, and Networks in organizations. He has been a professor of Sociology at the university of Toronto since the late 1960's after graduating from Harvard University. "Professor Wellman is known for his eccentric style of teaching and is author of many books and articles on Sociology and particularly the Sociology of the Internet. "He has an extensive website with many of his publications availalbe for reading: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/" Page Info (in Firefox) says it was written on July 1, 2003. Let's ignore the inaccuracies in this (mostly by omission) -- and I dispute "eccentric teaching". What gets me is that this entry is IDENTICAL to the entry on me in Wikipedia, including the mispelling of "availalbe" [sic]. Page info is no help, as it says June 6, 2005 but I first encountered the Wikipedia entry many months ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Wellman I don't know who copied from whom first, but I don't see either of the entries acknowledging the other. Strikes me that plagiarism lurks here. Or, am I just an old fuddy-duddy who was taught (by Tom Lehrer) that the difference between plagiarism and research is a citation footnote. 2. On a totally other subject, I hope to see some of you in Milan at the Communities & Technologies conference. At least at the banquet and at our session on June 15th. 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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RE: [Air-l] Podcasting
by Heidelberg, Chris 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Hello Folks! I am currently a PhD student researching the "Edutainment& Convergence: How entertainment techniques can be utilized in higher education?" I am conducting my research from the reverse notion of interviewing media professionals on the topic instead of educators. However, since this is qualitative research, I am interested in actually transforming my dissertation into a documentary and part blog which I have already started. I am interested in how I can tie in learning theory, simulation and gaming theory. I am really interested in interviewing a gaming producer or two. Since I am a television/film producer/director by trade I am a novice in higher education, so I am hoping not to upset to many people with my hybrid research methods of IM, email and actual interviews. I can use some advice. Chris A. Heidelberg III PhD student Department of Higher Education Morgan State University Motion Picture Producer/Director Social Security Adm. Baltimore, Md 410-965-8536 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of T. Kennedy Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:31 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Podcasting Hello Folks! I am teaching a Cyberculture course this spring, and the next topic of discussion concerns Blogs - I will also be talking about videoblogging, mobblogging and postcasting. I am wondering if anyone can point to research about Podcasting - or using podcasting in the classroom? Having said that - is anyone interested in posting a podcast on their blog (perhaps a commentary about podcasting in the classroom) so that my students can visit it on Tuesday and listen to it? It would be great if someone (or more) could do this. It would be a great experience for my students. Please email me off list tkennedy(a)netwomen.ca Thanks so much! ******************************************** Tracy L. M. Kennedy PhD Candidate - Department of Sociology Graduate Fellow - Knowledge Media & Design Institute Research Associate - NetLab - Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 725 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON M5S 2J4 tkennedy(a)netwomen.ca www.netwomen.ca www.kmdi.utoronto.ca/collaborative ******************************************** _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org(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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Re: [Air-l] IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

What's online is basically a word file converted to html. It is just my way of sending this out to everyone. Information was taken from the conference site a while ago. As has been noted in emails to presenters, individuals need to edit their information via the conference site. Particularly affiliations were truncated. Changes must be made by June 30th so we can correct the data we have as we make the program. We will be reconciling the information we have with the online version as our next piece of work. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:39:01 -0500 (CDT) >From: elijah wright <elw(a)stderr.org> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >Cc: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org > > > >Are there PDF (or simply non-HTML) versions of that available? > >There are a LOT of errors in the posted files that will need to be >resolved. > >I am hopeful that there is, perhaps, a bug in whatever bit of code >generated that HTML. > >thanks, > >--elijah > > >On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Caroline Haythornthwaite wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:05:23 -0500 >> From: Caroline Haythornthwaite <haythorn(a)uiuc.edu> >> Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >> To: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org >> Subject: [Air-l] IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout >> >> If you are a presenter you should already have received notice about the >> conference layout. The message would have gone to the lead person on any >> paper. For all others, the conference layout and session organization is now >> available online. It is an all-but-final version. I am hopeful that only >> errors will need to be corrected from here on. Please see these two sites: >> >> http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Layout-June05.html >> >> http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Sessions-June05.html >> >> Also please note that I will be travelling most of July and will deal with >> email only occasionally. >> >> /Caroline >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn(a)uiuc.edu) >> Associate Professor >> Graduate School of Library and Information Science >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 East Daniel St., Champaign, >> IL, 61820 >> phone: 217-244-7453 fax: 217-244-3302 www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-l-aoir.org(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/ >> >_______________________________________________ >The Air-l-aoir.org(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/ ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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FW: IISD is Now Recruiting for International Placement
by Miraj Khaled 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

FYI. Please note that these opprtunities are for Canadian citizens or permanent residents only. For further information, please contact Carolee Buckler at: intern-info(a)iisd.ca //// miraj ======================================== From: Carolee Buckler Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:27 AM To: WSIS Youth Caucus Subject: IISD is Now Recruiting for International Placement Greetings, I am writing to you on behalf of the Emerging Leaders for Governance Program (www.iisd.org/leaders/elg/) For 2005-2006, as part of the NetCorps Coalition, IISD is an implementing organization of the Information and Communication Technologies for Governance (ICT4G) Program under Canada Corps. The program seeks to blend together the use of information and communication technologies and e-governance within public and parapublic institutions and civil society organizations working to improve governance in developing countries. We are currently recruiting Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada between 19 and 40 years of age (the majority of applicants will be between 19 and 30 years)to undertake six month placements in Hungary, Bulgaria, Kenya, United States, and India. I would be most appreciative if you could publicize the attached information to eligible candidate. The deadline to submit applications is July 8, 05. The approximate start date is August/September. I've attached a flyer for further info. <http://files.tiggroups.org/27025/ICT4G.doc.word> Please don't hesitate to get in contact if you have any questions about the programme. Best wishes, Carolee Buckler, Project Manager International Institute for Sustainable Development http:://www.iisd.org \\\\\ Miraj Khaled ============ techiemik(a)yahoo.com mindexplorer.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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AoIR Elections: Voting commencing soon
by Matthew Allen 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

Dear all >From 1 July for 30 days we will be closing off discussion in the election forums and asking for all members of AoIR to VOTE :). Please make sure that if you wish to vote and are not currently a member, you join now (your conference registration will be discounted and there are other benefits). Also, it's time to review the discussion in the AoIR election forums - http://forums.aoir.org - and make your decisions. You may vote for one candidate in each category of officer (Vice-Present, Secretary, Treasurer, Grad Student) and for three candidates for the open seats. Shortly, I will let you know how to lodge your vote. Thanks Matthew 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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Spam Holocaust Fraud
by Quentin (Gad) Jones 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

A change in the media ecology - got this just now in my inbox. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: hello Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:25:06 +0000 From: patrick berger <ptttyberg(a)msn.com> To: unlisted-recipients: ; (no To-header on input) Dear Friend What I relate to you via this message is very urgent but I urge you to read on for your assistance. There exists a dormant account belonging to a non-Swiss indigene since World War II.It may interest you to know that in July of 1997, the Swiss Banker's Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by non-Swiss citizens. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II (May 9, 1945). Most belonged to Holocaust victims. The continuing efforts of various government set up committees have since resulted in the discovery of additional dormant accounts -54,000 in December, 1999. The published lists contain all types of dormant accounts, including interest- bearing savings accounts, securities accounts, safe deposit boxes, custody accounts, and non-interest-bearing transaction accounts. Numbered accounts are also included. Interest is paid on accounts that were interest bearing when established. The Claims Tribunal handles processing of all claims on accounts due non-Swiss citizens. A dormant account holder (deceased) with a credit balance of 21,000,000 US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered by me, in my bank. The beneficiary was murdered during the holocaust era, Leaving no WILL and no possible records for trace of heirs. The Claims Tribunal has been mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit balance into the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died interstate (living no wills). Being an insider in the bank, I have all secret details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch. The funds will be routed via a private financial facility, being a safe haven for the funds and we can share the funds and use in investment of our choice. Due to the sensitive nature of my job, I need a foreigner to HELP claim the funds.All that is required is for you to provide me with your details for processing of the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds to you, to this regard, you are expected to fill out a text form. I will pay all required fees to ensure that the fund is transferred to a secured, numbered account in your name, where you will be capable of accessing the funds and gradually transfering to your country and other banks of choice in the world. You can find additional information about unclaimed funds at the following websites: http://www.swissbankclaims.com www.wiesenthal.com The Claims Processing Office has put funds in Escrow awaiting submission of valid claims for necessary disbursement. I find myself priviledged to have this information and this is a great opportunity of a life time of success without risks. Due to cautious reasons, reply via email only. You may reply to me securely through this email address(pttbrg(a)yahoo.co.uk) I await your urgent response to this proposal, My Regards Mr. Patrick Berger

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IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

If you are a presenter you should already have received notice about the conference layout. The message would have gone to the lead person on any paper. For all others, the conference layout and session organization is now available online. It is an all-but-final version. I am hopeful that only errors will need to be corrected from here on. Please see these two sites: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Layout-June05.html http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Sessions-June05.html Also please note that I will be travelling most of July and will deal with email only occasionally. /Caroline ---------------------------------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn(a)uiuc.edu) Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 East Daniel St., Champaign, IL, 61820 phone: 217-244-7453 fax: 217-244-3302 www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn

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[Fwd: [icie] Workshop on "Privacy from an intercultural perspective"]
by Michel J. Menou 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Apologies for multiple posting Dear colleagues, in early February 2006, the members of the project "Mobile Internet Services and Privacy" (see http://viadrina.euv-frankfurt-o.de/~mibpriv/index.html) will organize a workshop on "Privacy from an intercultural perspective" at the ZiF (Center of Interdisciplinary Studies, see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/ZIF) at the University of Bielefeld. The Workshop will address particularly younger scientists who work on that topic; travelling expenses will be refunded. Now, we are looking for about 5 to 8 participants: If you would like to participate or know somebody who would like to join us we would appreciate any suggestion. Since we have to plan a lot of things until July 1st, we ask you to answer as soon as possible but at latest until July 5th. Yours Karsten Weber -- PD Dr. phil. Karsten Weber Scientific Staff Chair of Philosophy European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) WWW : http://www.phil.euv-frankfurt-o.de E-Mail: kweber(a)euv-frankfurt-o.de Fon : +49 (0) 335 5534 2247 Fax : +49 (0) 335 5534 2817 Mobile: +49 (0) 151 1533 1550 -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the funding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41518165 Fax: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005

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CIRN 2005 conference
by Michel J. Menou 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Apologies for multiple posting Registration is now open for the CIRN 2005 conference which forms part of Information Society Week to be held in Cape Town from 22- 30 August. Confirmed keynote speakers for CIRN 2005 'Building Partnerships for the Information Society' 24-26 August include: - Prof Wideman Nkuhlu, the Chair of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development), Africa - Dr Satyanarayana, CEO of the National Institute of Smart Government at the International Institute of IT in Andhra Pradesh,India - Mr Flavio Zeni, Department of Public Admininstration and Development Management, UN, New York, USA - Mr Adama Samessekou, President of the Geneva WSIS preparatory process, President African Academy of languages (ACALAN), Mali - Professor Stewart Marshall, University of the West Indies The CIRN conference will include more than 90 selected presentations, workshops and panels relevant to the social appropriation of ICT for local benefit (Community Informatics). Major topics to be covered include: - Policies and strategies for successful Community Informatics - The practice of Community Informatics - Ethnographic and empowerment issues in Community Informatics - Community Informatics as a critical component of successful e-Service delivery - Evaluation and assessment of Community Informatics interventions - Infrastructure and systems for Community Informatics - Education as a critical component of Community Informatics - Community Informatics as a foundation for Government Partnerships Registration details on CIRN can be found at http://www.cirn2005.org or by contacting info(a)cirn2005.org CIRN 2005 and the www conference (http://infow3@cput.ac.za) which are being hosted by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology form part of Information Society Week being conducted under the patronage of - Mr Ebrahim Rasoul (Premier of the Western Cape) - Nomaindia Mfeketo (Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town) - Dr Marcus Balintulo (Interim Vice Chancellor, CPUT) and - Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (South African Minister for Communications) Information Society Week in the Western Cape Province of South Africa will focus on what the Information Society can do for small business, civil society, youth and government. It will consist of: - a series of workshops, training sessions, - demonstrations for all groups in civil society - a Civil Society Colloquium which will advance South African issues for the Tunis phase of the WSIS - three major conferences (CIRN2005, WWW and ICT for Women) -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the funding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41518165 Fax: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005

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