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Re: [Air-l] RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Vit Sisler 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Re: Re: RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE - CALL FOR PAPERS 'Religious Norms in Cyberspace' is a section of Cyberspace 2006, which is a classical international conference. It is not streamed. The conference takes place in Brno, not in Prague. All information can be found on the conference website http://www.cyberspace.muni.cz/english/. Best Regards Vit Sisler Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 12:26:53 -0700 From: "Ellis Godard" <egodard(a)csun.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-l] RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE - CALL FOR PAPERS To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Message-ID: <00c301c685b1$597abf40$6601a8c0@Mobel> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The issues here sound intersting, and were addressed a bit in both my Master's thesis and my Doctoral dissertation. And Prague seems like a great place to go (haven't been yet; hope to next year or two). However... Does anyone here routinely participate in streamed conferences? I've tried once or twice, for a moment or two, on a lark. But I'm short on time, and dubious of conferences, so can't imagine paying close or serious attenton to anything like this. -eg

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Call for papers - Digital Arts and Culture Conference perth 2007
by Matthew Allen 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Call for Papers - Please distribute to relevant forums perthDAC 2007 - The Future of Digital Media Culture 7th International Digital Arts and Culture Conference 15 -18th September 2007, Perth, Australia. http://www.beap.org/dac KEYWORDS - computer games, hypertext theory and literature, new media narrative, streaming media, interactive and networked performance, digital aesthetics, interactive cinema, theory, art, bio-art, nano-art, augmented reality, cyberculture, electronic fiction, electronic music, electronic art, games culture, games system design, games theory, interactive architecture, cinema and video, MOOs, MUDs, RPG, virtual reality, virtual worlds. ABOUT perthDAC perthDAC is the seventh iteration of Digital Arts and Culture. DAC was the first conference to attract and present the work of researchers, practitioners and artists working across the field of digital arts, cultures, aesthetics and design. In September 2007, DAC will be hosted as the key international conference in the public program of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP) in Perth, Australia. BEAP celebrates and critiques new and novel technologies (digital, bio, nano, other) by showcasing artworks made with, or that are about, new technologies. perthDAC's conference program will be closely inter-woven with BEAP's exhibitions. perthDAC's academic programme is being developed with the close co-operation and support of the fibreculture forum, who will also be active on the perthDAC conference steering committee. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are sought for PerthDAC 2007 that will illuminate both the near and long term Future of Digital Media Culture. Papers which present research outcomes, track trends or developments, describe case studies or works in progress, are speculative projection, challenge existing paradigms or record a history, are all welcome. Submissions are encouraged from any professional, craft or scholarly field that relates to communications art/design, cultural expression, practice and aesthetics, and the technical means by which they are enabled. perthDAC 2007 accepts submissions from fields such as the humanities, social sciences, human-computer interaction and computer science studies, as well as those working both practically and theoretically in specific areas such as: digital/interactive art, digital/electronic literature, game studies, online communities, new media studies, affective computing, experience design, virtual environment design, etc. Topics of interests may include, but are not limited to, computer games, hypertext theory and literature, new media narrative, streaming media, interactive and networked performance, digital aesthetics, interactive cinema, theory, art, bio-art, nano-art, augmented reality, cyberculture, electronic fiction, electronic music, electronic art, games culture, games system design, games theory, interactive architecture, cinema and video, MOOs, MUDs, RPG, virtual reality, virtual worlds. Artists, early career scholars and PhD students are particularly encouraged to submit. All abstracts and then full papers will be double blind peer reviewed by an international panel, and will be published in the proceedings. Some papers will be published as a special themed journal edition. Dates for the submission of 500 word abstracts and then full papers are: Abstracts: 14th August 2006 Full papers: 4th December 2006 See the perthDAC website ³method² page for more details on the abstracts, papers and presentations process. perthDAC website http://www.beap.org/dac

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Deleting Online Predators Act, MySpace and a plea for help
by danah boyd 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Henry Jenkins and i co-authored an interview essay based on questions from the MIT News Office to address concerns related to the proposed American law entitled Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA). We recognize that parents and legislators are concerned, but we do not believe that DOPA is the best approach and we fear that, if implemented, it will cause more harm than good. We conducted this interview in the hopes that it provides valuable information for parents, legislators and press who are interested in the issue. http://www.danah.org/papers/MySpaceDOPA.html I believe that this topic affects our research community as a whole. The proposed law affects most Internet communities, including chatrooms, mailing lists, photo sharing sites, gaming environments and social network sites. It is also a slippery slope legislative piece, working to give American legislators more control over who participates online, in what ways and where. Collectively, we have a lot of knowledge about this terrain and the positive aspects of digital culture. This needs to be surfaced publicly in order to combat the culture of fear. I know that most of you aren't obsessing about MySpace as much as i am, but i believe that what is happening with MySpace will affect many of us on this list. Finally, as researchers, we're often faced with how press cover this terrain and we're often asked to speak out as experts. For better or worse, i've become a press puppet on all things MySpace and i'm tired of seeing myself in print. I also believe that there are other voices that need to be heard, other relevant academic knowledge that needs to be elevated. I have to imagine that there are other academics who could join me in addressing the press and combatting the fears the public has over how people use technology. If you are interested in speaking to the press about these issues, please let me know. In particular, i'm especially looking for other researchers who have expertise in digital youth, online/offline sociability, online dating, risk assessment, reputation costs, gaming, blogging and anything else you might be seeing the press cover right now under the fear category. I know that public-facing academic engagement is controversial, but i'm definitely in the camp which says, "I am obliged to contribute. Silence is complicity" (Diane Bell, "Writing in the eye of a storm"). My hope is that others are interested in helping combat the fear-mongering with all of the knowledge that we have about this domain. danah - - - - - - - - - - d a n a h ( d o t ) o r g - - - - - - - - - - "taken out of context i must seem so strange" musings :: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts

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FW: Deleting Online Predators Act, MySpace and a plea for help
by Ellis Godard 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

> ... For better or > worse, i've become a press puppet on all things MySpace and i'm tired > of seeing myself in print. I also believe that there are other voices > that need to be heard, other relevant academic knowledge that needs to > be elevated. Yes! > I have to imagine that there are other academics who > could join me in addressing the press and combatting the fears the > public has over how people use technology. If you are interested in > speaking to the press about these issues, please let me know. Me! Me! > i'm definitely in the camp which says, "I am obliged to contribute. > Silence is complicity" (Diane Bell, "Writing in the eye of a storm"). I had a "Silence is the voice of complicity" sticker on my car for 16 years, but recently sold the car and am looking for another one of those stickers. > My hope is that others are interested in helping combat the > fear-mongering with all of the knowledge that we have about this > domain. Ready and willing - plug me in! And here's the angle: Anytime anyone mentions the "1-in-5 children" stat, about how often minors are propositioned or harrassed, send them my way. The study behind that stat was poorly done, and the stat itself is sufficiently dubious that it's discreditable even to a reporter without any methods background. Related, if you can suggest an appropriate forum (essay or letter, to some publication; or perhaps a "con" for someone else's pro, in a paired essay exercise), I'd like to summarize the various problems with that study and get it into print, ASAP. Any ideas? Regards, Ellis Godard, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Sociology Department Cal State Northridge www.csun.edu/~egodard

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RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE – CALL FOR PAPERS
by Vit Sisler 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE – CALL FOR PAPERS We cordially invite you to actively participate in the stream 'Religious Norms in Cyberspace' which will take place at the IV. International Conference Cyberspace 2006 in Brno, Czech republic, 24. 11. - 25. 11. 2006. Illustrative topics: religious normative frameworks in cyberspace, networking diasporas, religious collaborative environments, on-line counseling, on-line fatwas and cyber muftis, new religious movements, religious discourses in cyberspace, etc. Abstract submission deadline: July 31, 2006 For further information about the conference, please download Call for Papers at http://web.fss.muni.cz/cyberspace/english/storage/call-EN.pdf . Please submit your abstracts via conference website at http://www.cyberspace.muni.cz/english/. Let me also to kindly ask you to forward this message to your colleagues whom you expect to be interested in participating. Best Regards Vit Sisler, Charles University in Prague uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler

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