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Privacy and Anonymity with ICTs in Latin America?
by Craig Scott 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Can anyone point me toward work addressing privacy/surveillance and/or anonymity issues as they relate to information & communication technology use specifically in Latin America? I'm most interested in workplace and organizational uses of new media where tensions between privacy and surveillance or between anonymity and identifiability might emerge, but anything that provides a perspective on these issues beyond my very U.S.-based knowledge of these topics would be greatly appreciated. Please email me off-list, and then I'll gladly post a summary back to this list for others who might be interested. Thanks. --Craig ******************************************* Craig R. Scott, Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Email to: mailto:crscott@mail.utexas.edu (voice) 512-471-6561 (fax) 512-471-3504 www.utexas.edu/coc/cms/faculty/scott *******************************************

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U.S. cell/mobile phone usage stats and refs.
by Shelia Cotten 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Hi. Can anyone refer me to U.S. cell/mobile phone usage stats and references on the social impacts of cell/mobile phone usage? Thanks. Shelia -- ************************************* Shelia R. Cotten, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 410-455-6330 Fax: 410-455-1154 Email: cotten(a)umbc.edu *************************************

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Intl Symposium on Local E-Democracy - July 26-27 - Minneapolis
by Steven Clift 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Join us at the first conference dedicated to local e-democracy: http://dowire.org/localedem This conference is organised by the UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister with the UK Local E-democracy National Project. For those from the research community, it will offer insights into government-based e-participation activities as well as offer an opportunity to share emerging trends with citizen online activity with government leaders. If you are interested in helping convene a small group session or in making a "60 second pitch" to full conference, see the website and register today (I even snuck in a student rate). If you want further conference updates, send an e-mail to: localedem-subscribe(a)dowire.org The second day will take us into the field and extensive networking opportunities will abound. Steven Clift Conference Co-Chair Steven Clift - http://publicus.net - Reply to: clift(a)publicus.net Join DoWire: http://dowire.org E-Democracy: http://e-democracy.org

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Join The Document Theory Online discussion NOW
by Niels Windfeld Lund 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear colleagues and friends If you think it is interesting to discuss the characteristics of what you mostly are searching for on the Internet, a useful DOCUMENT, then join the online work on Document Theory, now in a bilingual form , go to http://rtp-doc.enssib.fr/article.php3?id_article=190&recalcul=oui, , follow the guide how to contribute to the discussion. It is a initiative taken by the International document research community primarily based on the French RTP-doc community, http://rtp-doc.enssib.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=33, but also more and more document scholars around the world, related to the Document Academy, an international network based on collaboration between Documentation Studies, University of Troms, Norway and SIMS, University of California. http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/events/docam/index.html French Document Scholars have for 2-3 years now worked on document theory through a collaborative writing process, better known as Monsieur Roger T. Pedauque. The first paper, existing in a French version as well as in a English version, mention three main perspectives, form, sign and medium. The first text focus on form, http://rtp-doc.enssib.fr/article.php3?id_article=67 while the second (only in French) focus on sign, on meaning, http://rtp-doc.enssib.fr/article.php3?id_article=209 The third one focus on document as medium or document and the medium dimension. The starting text has just been launched in a French and a English version http://rtp-doc.enssib.fr/article.php3?id_article=190&recalcul=oui and they are supposed to be discussed and revised during the coming months. At the Summerschool in Tromso in late June/Early July , There are still more seats available at the summerschool http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/sommerskole/indexecole.html, a preliminary status text will be presented and discussed. A more final version of the works by M. Roger will be presented at the DOCAM conference at Berkeley in October 7-9 2005. If you think the document is an important dimension on the Internet, then join the discussion and be a part of the emergent document theory building process best Niels W. Lund professor, Chair of The document Academy, member of Roger T. Pedauque group -- Niels Windfeld Lund, professor, Dokumentasjonsvitenskap - Documentation Studies Institute of Culture and Literature HUM-FAK, Universitetet i Tromsø/University of Tromsoe Breivika, N-9037 Tromsoe, Norway tlf. +47-77646284, fax + 47-77644239 http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/ansatte/niels.lund/index.html http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/ansatte/niels.lund/dokvitnwl/dokkenind…

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RE: [Air-l] IPDC/Unesco Prize in Rural Communications (Intern)
by richard-seyler.ling＠telenor.com 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Hi, I tried the links here, but they didn't seem to lead anywhere. Am I doing something wrong? Rich Ling -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hunsinger Sent: Sunday, 12 June, 2005 21:51 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] IPDC/Unesco Prize in Rural Communications Perhaps some people on Air-l know of people or projects that might be nominated. information is at the following urls: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- URL_ID=13521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- URL_ID=13521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 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 _______________________________________________ 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] Call for Papers: First International Conference on ICT and Development
by Miraj Khaled 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear Ned Rossiter: As you presumed I am only the messenger. I was also a bit perplexed about their claim of being 1st conference on ICT4D. Now that we are on the subject i was wondering which might be the 1st "original" full-fledged conference on ICT and Development issues. miraj --- air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:18:07 +0100 > From: Ned Rossiter <n.rossiter(a)ulster.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Call for Papers: First > International Conference on ICT and > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Cc: mecCSA(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK, ictd2006(a)yahoo.com > Miraj and conference organisers -- it's quite > stunning to see this > completely incorrect claim of being the first > international conference > on ict4d. > > Does NWICO ring a bell? If not, then surely WSIS > would count as a > series of international fora concerned with ict's > and development. > > on a much smaller scale, though nonetheless > international in scope, the > Berkeley conference organisers (and others) might be > interested in > incommunicado.05: information technology for > everybody else, running in > Amsterdam next week: > http://incommunicado.info/conference > > incommunicado is just one of many international > conferences over the > years looking at issues around ict4d. > > I'd suggest a little modesty and basic research is > in order on the part > of organisers of the event below. > > Ned > (my apologies in advance, Miraj, if you're just the > messenger of this > cfp) > > On 11 Jun 2005, at 08:53, Miraj Khaled wrote: > > > fyi. > > /// > > miraj > > > > > > ===================== > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > ===================== > > > > First International Conference on Information and > > Communication Technologies and Development > (ICTD2006) > > > > May 25-26, 2006 > > Berkeley, California, U.S.A. > > http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006 > > > > The past decade has witnessed an explosion in > projects > > that apply information and > > communication technologies (ICT) to support > > socio-economic development. > > Every sector is involved governments, academia, > > small start-ups, large > > corporations, inter-governmental organizations, > and > > non-profits and non- > > governmental organizations. In spite of the > > tremendous energy and resources > > behind these projects, scientifically sound > research > > in this space is just beginning to > > emerge. What is the actual impact of ICT > projects? > > What novel technology is > > required to meet development needs? What > > methodologies lead to success or > > failure of a project? > > > > The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a > forum > > for academic researchers > > working with ICT applied to development. The > > conference will be scientifically > > rigorous and multi-disciplinary papers reporting > > high-quality original research are > > solicited. Submitted papers will be subjected to > > double-blind peer review, and a full > > proceedings will be published at the time of the > > conference. (Best papers, as > > selected by a subset of the program committee, > will be > > published in a special > > edition of the journal, Information Technologies > and > > International Development.) > > > > The conference will bring together researchers in > both > > the social and technical sciences, with > anticipated > > representation from anthropology, sociology, > > economics, political science, > > computer science, electrical engineering, > industrial > > design, and so on. We expect > > this to be the first of an ongoing series of > > conferences to occur every one or two > > years, and moving from country to country. > > > > For the purposes of this conference, the term > ICT > > will comprise computing > > devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), > > technologies for voice and data > > connectivity, the Internet, and related > technologies. > > Application domains include, > > but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, > > healthcare, poverty alleviation, > > general communication, and governance. Papers > > considering novel design, new > > technology, project assessment, policy impact, > > content, social issues around ICT > > for development, and so forth will be considered. > > Well-presented negative results > > from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn > are > > also sought. > > > > Important Dates (exact dates to be updated on > > website): > > > > * Deadline for abstracts and intent to submit: > > October 21, 2005 > > * Deadline for full paper submissions: > December, > > 2005 > > * Notification to authors: January, 2006 > > * Deadline for camera-ready copy: March, 2006 > > * Conference dates: May 25-26, 2006 > > > > Only original, unpublished papers in English will > be > > considered. Reviews will be double blind. > Abstracts > > will facilitate the review process, and should be > > 200-400 words in length. > > > > For further information, please see the conference > > website at http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006. > > Inquiries should be sent to ictd2006(a)yahoo.com. > > > > Organizers: > > > > Honorary Chairs: VS Arunachalam (Tamil Nadu > Planning > > Commission) and Ken > > Keniston (MIT) > > > > Chairs: Raj Reddy (CMU) and AnnaLee Saxenian (UC > > Berkeley) > > > > Organizing Committee: Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley), > > Balaji Parthasarathy (IIIT- > > Bangalore), Rahul Tongia (CMU), Kentaro Toyama > (MSR > > India) > > > > Sponsors: MSR India, SIMS UC Berkeley. We are > > seeking additional sponsors, primarily for travel > grants. > > Miraj Khaled ============ techiemik(a)yahoo.com mindexplorer.blogspot.com __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. 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Re: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 11, Issue 12
by Miraj Khaled 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear Ned Rossiter: As you presumed I am only the messenger. I was also a bit perplexed about their claim of being 1st conference on ICT4D. Now that we are on the subject i was wondering which might be the 1st "original" full-fledged conference on ICT and Development issues. miraj --- air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:18:07 +0100 > From: Ned Rossiter <n.rossiter(a)ulster.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Call for Papers: First > International Conference on ICT and > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Cc: mecCSA(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK, ictd2006(a)yahoo.com > Miraj and conference organisers -- it's quite > stunning to see this > completely incorrect claim of being the first > international conference > on ict4d. > > Does NWICO ring a bell? If not, then surely WSIS > would count as a > series of international fora concerned with ict's > and development. > > on a much smaller scale, though nonetheless > international in scope, the > Berkeley conference organisers (and others) might be > interested in > incommunicado.05: information technology for > everybody else, running in > Amsterdam next week: > http://incommunicado.info/conference > > incommunicado is just one of many international > conferences over the > years looking at issues around ict4d. > > I'd suggest a little modesty and basic research is > in order on the part > of organisers of the event below. > > Ned > (my apologies in advance, Miraj, if you're just the > messenger of this > cfp) > > On 11 Jun 2005, at 08:53, Miraj Khaled wrote: > > > fyi. > > /// > > miraj > > > > > > ===================== > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > ===================== > > > > First International Conference on Information and > > Communication Technologies and Development > (ICTD2006) > > > > May 25-26, 2006 > > Berkeley, California, U.S.A. > > http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006 > > > > The past decade has witnessed an explosion in > projects > > that apply information and > > communication technologies (ICT) to support > > socio-economic development. > > Every sector is involved governments, academia, > > small start-ups, large > > corporations, inter-governmental organizations, > and > > non-profits and non- > > governmental organizations. In spite of the > > tremendous energy and resources > > behind these projects, scientifically sound > research > > in this space is just beginning to > > emerge. What is the actual impact of ICT > projects? > > What novel technology is > > required to meet development needs? What > > methodologies lead to success or > > failure of a project? > > > > The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a > forum > > for academic researchers > > working with ICT applied to development. The > > conference will be scientifically > > rigorous and multi-disciplinary papers reporting > > high-quality original research are > > solicited. Submitted papers will be subjected to > > double-blind peer review, and a full > > proceedings will be published at the time of the > > conference. (Best papers, as > > selected by a subset of the program committee, > will be > > published in a special > > edition of the journal, Information Technologies > and > > International Development.) > > > > The conference will bring together researchers in > both > > the social and technical sciences, with > anticipated > > representation from anthropology, sociology, > > economics, political science, > > computer science, electrical engineering, > industrial > > design, and so on. We expect > > this to be the first of an ongoing series of > > conferences to occur every one or two > > years, and moving from country to country. > > > > For the purposes of this conference, the term > ICT > > will comprise computing > > devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), > > technologies for voice and data > > connectivity, the Internet, and related > technologies. > > Application domains include, > > but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, > > healthcare, poverty alleviation, > > general communication, and governance. Papers > > considering novel design, new > > technology, project assessment, policy impact, > > content, social issues around ICT > > for development, and so forth will be considered. > > Well-presented negative results > > from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn > are > > also sought. > > > > Important Dates (exact dates to be updated on > > website): > > > > * Deadline for abstracts and intent to submit: > > October 21, 2005 > > * Deadline for full paper submissions: > December, > > 2005 > > * Notification to authors: January, 2006 > > * Deadline for camera-ready copy: March, 2006 > > * Conference dates: May 25-26, 2006 > > > > Only original, unpublished papers in English will > be > > considered. Reviews will be double blind. > Abstracts > > will facilitate the review process, and should be > > 200-400 words in length. > > > > For further information, please see the conference > > website at http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006. > > Inquiries should be sent to ictd2006(a)yahoo.com. > > > > Organizers: > > > > Honorary Chairs: VS Arunachalam (Tamil Nadu > Planning > > Commission) and Ken > > Keniston (MIT) > > > > Chairs: Raj Reddy (CMU) and AnnaLee Saxenian (UC > > Berkeley) > > > > Organizing Committee: Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley), > > Balaji Parthasarathy (IIIT- > > Bangalore), Rahul Tongia (CMU), Kentaro Toyama > (MSR > > India) > > > > Sponsors: MSR India, SIMS UC Berkeley. We are > > seeking additional sponsors, primarily for travel > grants. > > 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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IPDC/Unesco Prize in Rural Communications
by Jeremy Hunsinger 12 Jun '05

12 Jun '05

Perhaps some people on Air-l know of people or projects that might be nominated. information is at the following urls: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- URL_ID=13521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php- URL_ID=13521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 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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european blogosherics
by Jeremy Hunsinger 12 Jun '05

12 Jun '05

for those of you working in the blog domain, you may find this wiki project interesting: http://www.socialtext.net/loicwiki/index.cgi? the_european_blogosphere&login=user37898 Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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Call for Papers: First International Conference on ICT and Development (ICTD2006)
by Miraj Khaled 11 Jun '05

11 Jun '05

fyi. /// miraj ===================== CALL FOR PAPERS ===================== First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2006) May 25-26, 2006 Berkeley, California, U.S.A. http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006 The past decade has witnessed an explosion in projects that apply information and communication technologies (ICT) to support socio-economic development. Every sector is involved governments, academia, small start-ups, large corporations, inter-governmental organizations, and non-profits and non- governmental organizations. In spite of the tremendous energy and resources behind these projects, scientifically sound research in this space is just beginning to emerge. What is the actual impact of ICT projects? What novel technology is required to meet development needs? What methodologies lead to success or failure of a project? The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a forum for academic researchers working with ICT applied to development. The conference will be scientifically rigorous and multi-disciplinary papers reporting high-quality original research are solicited. Submitted papers will be subjected to double-blind peer review, and a full proceedings will be published at the time of the conference. (Best papers, as selected by a subset of the program committee, will be published in a special edition of the journal, Information Technologies and International Development.) The conference will bring together researchers in both the social and technical sciences, with anticipated representation from anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, computer science, electrical engineering, industrial design, and so on. We expect this to be the first of an ongoing series of conferences to occur every one or two years, and moving from country to country. For the purposes of this conference, the term ICT will comprise computing devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), technologies for voice and data connectivity, the Internet, and related technologies. Application domains include, but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, healthcare, poverty alleviation, general communication, and governance. Papers considering novel design, new technology, project assessment, policy impact, content, social issues around ICT for development, and so forth will be considered. Well-presented negative results from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are also sought. Important Dates (exact dates to be updated on website): * Deadline for abstracts and intent to submit: October 21, 2005 * Deadline for full paper submissions: December, 2005 * Notification to authors: January, 2006 * Deadline for camera-ready copy: March, 2006 * Conference dates: May 25-26, 2006 Only original, unpublished papers in English will be considered. Reviews will be double blind. Abstracts will facilitate the review process, and should be 200-400 words in length. For further information, please see the conference website at http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006. Inquiries should be sent to ictd2006(a)yahoo.com. Organizers: Honorary Chairs: VS Arunachalam (Tamil Nadu Planning Commission) and Ken Keniston (MIT) Chairs: Raj Reddy (CMU) and AnnaLee Saxenian (UC Berkeley) Organizing Committee: Joyojeet Pal (UC Berkeley), Balaji Parthasarathy (IIIT- Bangalore), Rahul Tongia (CMU), Kentaro Toyama (MSR India) Sponsors: MSR India, SIMS UC Berkeley. We are seeking additional sponsors, primarily for travel grants. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://mail.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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