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Listserv for Researchers in Second Life
by Sarah Robbins 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Announcing a new listserv for academics and professionals conducting research in Second Life. If you're already conducting research in Second Life or just interested in what others are working on, please feel free to join. http://list.academ-x.com/listinfo.cgi/slrl-academ-x.com -- Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins http://www.intellagirl.com http://secondlife.intellagirl.com Yahoo: Intellagirl Skype: Intellagirl SecondLife: Intellagirl Tully

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concerns about new biblio programs
by Barry Wellman 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

I'm a little concerned about people getting involved in bibliographic programs which might not be supported in a few years, Open Source or not. Our investment in building our bibliographies tend to cumulate. That's why I stick with Endnote, despite its propietary nature. Even after being bought by ISI, it seems to have staying power. And with my 16K items in my bibliography, I'd hate to have to re-enter. Or am I missing something? Cheers, Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-l] concerns about new biblio programs: Endnote issue
by M.B.Gaved 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

I'm happy with open or closed source as long as the program uses some form of open standards that allow import /export. I've recently had a bit of a nightmare with Endnote. I've been collaborating on a paper for OTM COMINF'06[1} with a colleague from another university. He uses Endnote 9, my university gives me Endnote 7. My colleague Marcus sends me his Endnote 9 bibliography, I can't read it. Endnote 9 appears not to be backwards compatible with Endnote 7. I'd really welcome any suggestions how we overcome this problem: anybody else sorted this out? We had a few goes at exporting from E.9 in various formats. cheers! Mark [1] http://ciresearch.webstylus.net/cominf06/ Mark Gaved Knowledge Media Institute The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes, UK MK7 6AA http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/mark -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Barry Wellman Sent: Tue 10/24/2006 9:31 PM To: aoir list Subject: [Air-l] concerns about new biblio programs I'm a little concerned about people getting involved in bibliographic programs which might not be supported in a few years, Open Source or not. Our investment in building our bibliographies tend to cumulate. That's why I stick with Endnote, despite its propietary nature. Even after being bought by ISI, it seems to have staying power. And with my 16K items in my bibliography, I'd hate to have to re-enter. Or am I missing something? Cheers, Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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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Drinks at 4S in Vancouver on Thursday 2 November
by Michele White 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hi Everyone, There has been discussion on both the general AoIR list and the FPTQ list about getting together in Vancouver during 4S. I propose that we all meet after the reception on Thursday night 2 November at the Hyatt Regency. I know that some of the FPTQ people wanted to discuss a workshop proposal and I think this would be an excellent time to begin this conversation (thanks to Anna Martinson for the suggestion that 4S would be a great time for this conversation) as well as more general dialogues about Internet studies. It makes sense to me to meet near the entrance to the reception at 8:30. I look forward to seeing you all soon. By the way, if people email me that they are meeting us on Thursday then I will know to wait for everyone. All my best, Michele

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web campaigning book & digital scholarship tools
by Kirsten A. Foot 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Folks, Steve Schneider and I are happy to announce the publication of our book *Web Campaigning* by MIT Press. The book examines trends in U.S. candidates’ use of the Web between 2000 and 2004, and offers a roadmap to look at how candidates are using the Web in 2006. The analyses center on the inherent tension between the desire of campaigns to maintain control over messages and resources and the generally decentralizing dynamic of Web-based communication. For anyone interested in digital scholarship, the digital supplement we produced to accompany the book might be of interest (see http://mitpress.mit.edu/webcampaigning) Our intent was to develop a new way to represent digital scholarship digitally. The tiddlywiki platform we employed has some interesting affordances, and we’d like feedback on it. The supplement illustrates core concepts discussed in the book and provides screenshots of hundreds of examples of campaign Web pages, with links directly to the archived copies of the Web sites in their hypertextual context. To our knowledge, this is the most extensive scholarly use of materials available in Web archives to date. As this is a new approach to representing scholarship in the digital realm, we’d certainly appreciate hearing what you think of it. In addition to the Web Campaigning Digital Supplement, Meghan Dougherty has developed a new tool called Wayfinder (http://wayfinder.webarchivist.org) that is available as a personalizable entry into the Web Campaigning archive. Wayfinder is an exhibit aid, a teaching tool, and a research tool that provides access to an expertly annotated collection of archived Web artifacts, and opens the collection up to non-expert interpretation. Collection visitors can become curators, creating and sharing their own interpretative lenses among members of the Wayfinder community. Participants leave traces of their own lenses, and challenge others' narratives to generate multiple interpretations. With Wayfinder, visitors can browse and tag the archive to build their own representations and find their way through others' ideas. Meghan would appreciate your feedback too. -Kirsten *************************************************************** Kirsten A. Foot Associate Professor, Communication University of Washington Box 353740 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-4837 kfoot(a)u.washington.edu http://www.com.washington.edu/Program/Faculty/Faculty/foot.html

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[JOB] Assistant Professor: Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University
by Merlyna Lim 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY School of Justice & Social Inquiry College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Assistant Professor The School of Justice & Social Inquiry (SJSI) at Arizona State University invites scholars to apply for one full-time, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level with employment to begin August, 2007. The requirements for our position include a Ph.D. at the time of appointment in a relevant social science or interdisciplinary field. Candidates must indicate a strong potential for scholarly achievement and successful teaching. We are particularly interested in applicants with research and teaching experience in one or more of the following: environmental justice, immigration, race, ethnicity and gender, and advanced statistical analysis. A strong potential of research funding is desired. We are an interdisciplinary unit focused upon the study of justice and injustice. Our broad emphases are: Economic Justice; Social Justice, Law and Policy; and Cultural Transformations and Justice. SJSI is part of the ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which is undertaking exciting new initiatives to study global changes, violence, new technologies, population change, education, the environment, and related social issues. The College houses a new Institute for Social Science Research, School of Global Studies, a Consortium on Science Policy and Outcomes, a School of Sustainability, a Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, and an Institute for Humanistic Research. We also participate in university-wide organizations, such as the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics. The School offers a Bachelor of Science, a Masters Degree, including a joint Masters with Anthropology, and a Ph.D. program, including a joint JD/PhD. The graduate program serves approximately 80 students; SJSI has approximately 1000 undergraduate majors. Faculty backgrounds include, but are not limited to, Anthropology, Geography, Criminology, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Science and Technology Studies, and Sociology. For further details, please see www.asu.edu/clas/justice . For initial consideration, please send a letter of application with your current curriculum vitae and a sample of your research. Three letters of recommendation will be required of the final candidates. Please send your application to: Chairperson, Search Committee, School of Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University, P.O Box 870403, Tempe, AZ 85287-0403. Deadline: December 15, 2006, if not filled, the 1st of each month thereafter until search is filled. A background check is required for employment. AA/EOE -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A picture is worth a thousand words but it uses up a thousand times the memory" Merlyna Lim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Justice and Social Inquiry & Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes Arizona State University ASU Box 874401 Tempe, AZ 85287-4401 http://www.merlyna.org Important: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and notify the sender via return mail. You must not disclose the contents of this email/fax to any third party without the consent of the sender. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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CFP: Cultural Rhetorics Conference
by Douglas Eyman 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Conference on Cultural Rhetorics May 16-18, 2007 Michigan State University Call for Papers, Performances, and Exhibits What are cultural rhetorics? What is the relationship between the study of rhetoric and the study of culture? Who writes, performs, displays, digitizes, crafts, and creates these rhetorics? What do these rhetorics look like? How do specific cultural rhetorics differ from, overlap with, and/or engage in dialogue with work Cultural Studies, Digital Studies, Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, American Indian Studies, Arab and Middle Eastern American Studies, Chicano/a, Latina/o Studies, Indigenous Studies, Disability Studies, Queer/LGBT Studies, Performance Studies, and Working-Class Studies? What relationship does Cultural Rhetoric Studies have to Rhetoric Studies, Theory, and Pedagogy? to Composition Studies? to American Studies? to Literary Studies? to Digital, Visual, and Material Rhetorics? to Scientific, technical, and professional communication studies? Are there pedagogies of cultural rhetorics? Methodologies? Theories? Performances? Materialities? We welcome papers, performances, and exhibits that articulate, engage with, provoke, analyze, theorize, and practice cultural rhetorics. We are particularly interested in scholars/artists/performers/writers/knowledge workers that engage rhetorics that are too often marginalized, tokenized, silenced, and ignored. We welcome work that happens at the intersection of various disciplines and fields in the humanities and invite scholars, artists, and writers to join us at these intellectual and creative crossroads. Please join us in creating a space of radical interdisciplinarity in which to explore rhetoric as a distinctive constellation of methods, methodologies, and pedagogies for the study of culture and to think through how the frame of "culture" expands our understanding of rhetoric and the responsibility for rhetoric to be ethical in its engagement with culture. While we are very interested in proposals for individual papers and panel presentations that address these questions and/or further scholarship in these areas, we especially encourage art, craft, multimedia, or imaginative presentations/demonstrations/installations that provoke other methods of intellectual engagement as well. Proposals of 300-500 words may be submitted via the conference website at http://rhetoric.msu.edu/cultrhet/ The deadline for submissions is January 1, 2007. Questions about the conference should be directed to Malea Powell at powell37(a)msu.edu or to Mike McLeod at mcleodm3(a)msu.edu

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Re: [Air-l] Drinks at 4S / ICA / Second Life
by Alex Halavais 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

It's only inappropriate because I won't be there :). Seriously, we should do a better job of coordinating AIR@ meetings In addition to 4S (which is sometimes difficult because it is scheduled so close to the AIR conference) enough of us go to ICA, NCA, etc., that we might consider organizing AIR@ meetings, either somewhat formally (like the Media Ecology Association does) or more informally. As an aside, for those doing work on Second Life, I'm trying to organize a last minute panel for ICA. A few details here: http://alex.halavais.net/last-minute-call-for-ica-second-life-research/ or just email me (ASAP). Best, Alex On 10/25/06, Sam Tilden <tildensam(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Is this appropriate? It would seem that this should be off list! > > Jonathan Stern <jonlwstern(a)gmail.com> wrote: Sounds like a plan to me. > -- // // This email is // [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais // Social Architect // http://alex.halavais.net //

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Journalism & Second Life
by Homero Gil de Zuniga 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hello all, This is not one of my areas of expertise but it seems pretty interesting and I am surprised that it hasn't attracted the attention of anyone in AoIR (I am sure that many of you know, but I haven't read anything in the list). Anyway, Reuters, the famous European news agency has decided to "introduce" a complete news bureau into Second Life. The chief "Adam Reuter" and his team are going to cover the news that might be of interest in the virtual community: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologynews&storyID=2 006-10-16T201131Z_01_N15302369_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-SECONDLIFE-REUTERS.xml&WTm odLoc=NewsArt-C2-NextArticle-1 This fact raises many questions but to me it sounds as a great strategy: 1) if Second Life becomes BIG, others would like to follow but Reuters might have become the main "news" distributor by that time in the virtual world. 2) If Second Life does not get that far, Reuters still makes a great publicity out of it in both worlds. In parallel, I also think that many other interesting points emerge from this action. For instance, what are the real implications of it? Is each time the real world more and more alike the offline world? And if so, what does it mean, for instance, is someone ever going to be able to make a profitable life in the "real" world because he/she is famous in the virtual world? HGZ

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Open source bibliography database
by Julian Hopkins 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hello All, Can anyone recommend a good open-source/free bibliography database programme? It doesn't have to be integrated into Word and all that jazz, just be able to print out bibliographies in a variety of styles, and store all the material in a sensibly accessible database. Ideally it would also have the capability of doing online sources too. I have never used open source, so I would want something relatively easy to install. Thanks for any advice, Julian ++++++++++ Julian Hopkins Senior Lecturer HELP University College - ADP Kuala Lumpur tel: +60 3 2095 8791 x2913 email: julianh(a)help.edu.my web: http://www.help.edu.my

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