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Reminder call for papers - queer intersections
by O'Riordan, Kate 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Queer Intersections: Revisiting online media and queer sexualities Edited by Kate O'Riordan and David J Phillips Introduction This edited collection will bring together crucial examinations of the intersecting fields of sexuality and the internet, and will provide an overarching contextualisation and consolidation of cyber/queer practices and theories. In the early to mid-1990s, the repercussions of queer theory were being engaged across academic feminism and lesbian and gay studies. At the same time, the internet was emerging as a key structuring device for academic networks, and as an important area of study. With the advent of the commercial web in 1994 the internet intersected with popular culture, and key questions of modernity - identity, community, governance, time and space - intersected with the web as it unfolded across multiple social domains. Whilst the mid-1990s wasn't the beginning of internet research, cybercultural studies, or queer, it was a period of sustained attention and excitement in relation to identity and the web. Since then, there has been intense collision and collaboration between queer theory and cyberculture, as the imagined ideal queer subject and the imagined ideal cybersubject came to occupy the same ground. Moving on from and challenging this formulation, the book aims both to document queer internet practices and to limn their theoretical implications at the intersection of the fields of queer, technology, and communication studies. Drawing on interviews with central actors, analyses of internet activity, syntheses of critical debates, and both new and historical research, the collection will provide both an overview and an in depth analysis of these engagements. We invite papers for consideration that complement either of the proposed sections of the book: Section 1 will provide theoretical contextualisations, histories and political economies of queer/communication technology intersections. Section 2 will showcase new and innovative work on queer sexuality and the internet that offers new insight, whilst also showing evidence of a rigorous connection to historical and theoretical context. Suggested topics and themes include (but are not limited to): · Sexual identities practices and communities · Art and activism · Consumption · Political economy · Representation · Performativity · Queer theory Target Market and Readership The book aims to provide a contribution to course materials for postgraduate and undergraduate work in digital/new media/internet and communication studies, queer theory, cultural and gender studies. The collection also aims to support postdoctoral researchers by providing a consolidation and bridging of existing and new work in the field. Deadlines Submission of 400 word abstract along with a CV: 1st of July 2005. Authors notified: 1st of August 2005 Draft chapters: 1st November 2005 Editors Kate O'Riordan, Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, Lancaster University, http://www.cesagen.lancs.ac.uk/staff/oriordan.htm k.oriordan(a)lancaster.ac.uk David Phillips, Department of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin, http://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/phillips, djp(a)mail.utexas.edu Dr Kate O'Riordan CESAGen IEPPP Lancaster University Furness College Lancaster LA1 4YG tel: 01524 592769 email: k.oriordan(a)lancaster.ac.uk

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Elections for the new AoIR executive
by Matthew Allen 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Dear all I am pleased to announce that nominations for candidacy for election to the AoIR executive have now closed and a strong and diverse field of candidates has emerged. There is more than one candidate for all the positions (see below). We will now have a month of discussion and consideration prior to the commencement of voting in July. This discussion will take place through asynchronous (bulletin board) forums at http://forums.aoir.org. At this site, after creating a simple account (done automatically when you register), you may: - read the position statements of the candidates (that are based on answers to questions agreed by the current exec) - initiate discussion with any and all candidates by posting questions or raising issues with them - follow the debate between candidates and voters I will provide further information closer to the end of June on the simple voting procedure. I can announce that Jennifer Stromer-Galley of University of Albany has been appointed again as ballot counter. The candidates are: Vice President/President-elect Charles Ess; James Watt Treasurer Alex Halavais; Catherine Middleton; Monica Murero Secretary Irene Berkowitz; Sabryna Cornish; Elijah Wright Graduate Student Representative Ted Coopman; Anu Mundkur; Lois Scheidt; Gail Taylor; Stephanie Tuszynski; Elizabeth Van-Couvering Open Seats (3 to be elected) Ellis Godard; Stine Gotved; Caroline Haythornthwaite; Mark Johns; Randy Kluver; Holly Kruse; Ed Lamoureux; Kate O'Riordan; Antonio Roversi; Malin Sveningsson; Jamie Switzer; Michele White 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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Delphi Method & Webdesign
by Niels Hendriks 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hi List-members, does any of you have experience with using the Delphi method to initiate web design projects? Thanks for your replies! Niels

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New publication from Programme for applied ethics and final workshop announcement
by Charles Ess 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Dear AoIR-ists, I hope the following will be of interest... please distribute to appropriate lists and colleagues as appropriate. -- charles ess 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/ 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 == New publication from Programme for applied ethics * Publication no 6: Technology in a Multicultural and Global Society (Edited by May Thorseth and Charles Ess, 2005) 145 pages. * * This interdisciplinary anthology focuses on information technology. The authors discuss ethical and other disciplinary challenges regarding the use of technology in our multicultural and global society. The anthology contains interesting examples from different parts of the globe: the USA, Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and China. The authors: Bu Wei, China (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Dag Elgesem, Norway (University of Bergen) Charles Ess, USA (Drury University, Missouri) Merete Lie, Norway (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU) Knut Rolland, Norway (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU) May Thorseth, Norway (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU) Deborah Wheeler, USA (University of Washington) and Oxford <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/ref/contents6.pdf> provides the table of contents [pdf]. The publication costs 150,- NOK and can be ordered from our website <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/bestill_eng.php?id=6> * Other publications in the publication series: * No 1 Applied Ethics in Internet Research (edited by May Thorseth, 2003), 190 pages. * * This is an international and interdisciplinary anthology, with contributions from researcher and research fellows who participated in the course "Internet and Ethics", the programme's first national graduate course. The authors discuss ethical and methodological challenges regarding internet research. Some of the central topics covered are: - Informed consent - Private vs. public sphere - Embodiment/Disembodiment - Internet cultures and scientific norms - Intellectual property - Methodological questions regarding data collection Click here <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/ref/contents1.pdf> for table of contents [pdf]. The publication costs 150,- NOK and can be ordered from our website <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/bestill_eng.php?id=6> * * * The rest of our publications are in norwegian only <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/publikasjoner.php> : * #2: Anvendt etikk ved NTNU ["Applied ethics at NTNU"] * #3: Etikk og samfunnsansvar i norske økonomi- og ledelsesutdanninger ["Ethics and social responsibility in norwegian economy- and management education"] * #4: Globalisering og etikk ["Globalisation and ethics"] * #5: Psevdovitenskap og etikk ["Pseudoscience and ethics"] == Workshop Bridging Cultures: Interdisciplinary workshop on computer ethics, culture, and ICT (June 6th-7th, 2005) We would also like to remind you of our upcoming workshop, which is closely related to the themes in this anthology. Several internationally acclaimed scholars have been invited, including Deborah Wheeler, Luciano Floridi, Charles Ess and Bernd-Carsten Stahl. See our website <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridging_workshop.php> for more detailed information Although the registration deadline has expired, the lectures will be open to anyone interested. Please use our online registration form <http://www.anvendt etikk.ntnu.no/wregistrer.php> if you would like to be included in the list of participants.

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refs needed: analysis of users' internet traffic
by Ben Anderson 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

I'm sure there was a thread about this some time ago but I can't find it in the archives. I'm looking for papers covering this sort of stuff: > I'm looking for references about the use of the Web (preferably using > web use records): what kind of applications are used, what websites are > visited, for how long, at what time of the day, etc. Do we know if the > way computers are used at home has been analyzed and in particular in > which room they are set up, who in the household are using it, how many > households own more than one computer, etc.? respond on/off list & I'll try to summarise. thanks -- Ben Anderson Deputy Director, Chimera, University of Essex Tel: +44 7710 187806 privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~benander

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Fwd: CFP: Technical Communication in the Age of Distributed Work
by Steve Jones 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Begin forwarded message: > Special Issue of TCQ: Technical Communication in the Age of > Distributed Work > spinuzzi 05/30/2005 - 04:34 > Call for Proposals: Technical Communication in the Age of Distributed > Work > > Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin are excited about it and see it as a > moment of new liberation and choice for consumers and workers alike. > Gilles > Deleuze saw it as horrifying, even worse than the disciplinary society > Michel Foucault described. It goes by many names: Distributed > capitalism, > the control society, the informatics of domination, the support > economy. > Whatever its name, the characteristics are the same: control over > organizations is as distributed as ownership is in managerial > capitalism; > digital technologies play a vital enabling role; consumption is > individuated, taking the form of the desire for unique identities and > unique experiences; direct relationships between customers and > businesses > become more important; and customers look for stable beneficial > relationships among consumers and producers that support these > individual > experiences. These needs are supplied not by large, vertically > integrated > companies but by temporary "federations" of suppliers for each > individual > transaction. These federations are endlessly recombinant. Work is > fragmented temporally, geographically, and disciplinarily. Lifelong > employment is replaced by what Zuboff and Maxmin call "lifelong > learning" > -- what Donna Haraway calls continual deskilling and retraining. > > We can see the early signs of distributed work in the service sector, > in > the outsourcing of technical support, and in places like eBay and > Craig's > List. But we can also see it in the rise of homeschooling, the > weakening of > unions, the shift from stable identity politics to unstable > subsegments, > and the popularity of automobile customization. We can detect it in the > proliferation of time management methods, the popularity of distance > education, the increasing importance of content management systems, > and the > early success of Howard Dean's campaign. We can trace its contours in > Brenton Faber's discussion of corporate universities; Johndan > Johnson-Eilola's explorations of dataclouds; and Teresa Harrison and > James > Zappen's development of online community spaces and attendant research > methods. > > What does distributed work mean to us as technical communicators? How > is it > changing our field? Should we adapt to it, critique it, or resist it? > > In this special issue of Technical Communication Quarterly, we will > discuss > distributed work's implications for technical communication theory, > methodology, pedagogy, ethics, and practice. In particular, we will > consider topics such as: > > * How is technical communication practice changing, and how will it > change in the future, as it adapts to distributed work? How will it > accommodate, resist, or redirect? > * How do we teach technical communicators who expect to go into the > support economy? What are our political-ethical responsibilities and > our > logistical challenges? What changes do we need to make to pedagogical > theory? > * What roles will technology play in an economic climate in which > knowledge, expertise, and intelligence are widely distributed? For > instance, how can software documentation survive when users routinely > Google for answers? > * What theoretical frameworks are useful for theorizing the shift to > distributed work? What case studies can be used to illustrate it and > explore its implications for technical communication? > * What research methods do we need to adapt or develop to apply to > distributed work in technical communication research? What methods > should > we abandon? > * Finally, what are the contours of distributed work? What are its > promises and horrors? > > > Schedule: > > * 1-2 page proposal for paper: March 15, 2006 > * Full paper (if proposal is accepted): June 30, 2006 > * Scheduled publication of issue: Summer 2007 > > Contact information: Send proposals in .DOC, .RTF, or .HTML to > > Clay Spinuzzi > clay.spinuzzi(a)mail.utexas.edu > > Also, please contact the editor by email if you would like to be > considered > a reviewer for this special issue. > > > ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------

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