October 2007 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

FW: [JoCI] Vol. 3 # 2 of the Journal of Community Informatics Now Available
by michael gurstein 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Readers: The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics Centre for Community Informatics Research, Training and Development Ste. 2101-989 Nelson St. Vancouver BC CANADA v6z 2s1 http://www.communityinformatics.net tel./fax +1-604-602-0624 gurstein(a)gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- The Journal of Community Informatics Vol 3, No 2 (2007) Table of Contents http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/17 Editorial -------- Q: Where is the Wealth of Nations? A: In Communities. Michael Gurstein Articles -------- The concept of community and the character of networks Michael V Arnold Overnight Internet Browsing Among Cyber Café users in Abraka, Nigeria Esharenana E. Adomi Surveys of the use of information and communications technologies by community-based organisations Tom Denison, Graeme Johanson Internet Cafés in Asia and Africa Venues for Education and Learning? Bjørn Furuholt, Stein Kristiansen Factors Influencing Information Delivery Technology Choice in Deprived Regions in Ghana Olivia Kwapong Notes from the field -------- Trapped in the Digital Divide: The Distributive Paradigm in Community Informatics Virginia E. Eubanks Points of View -------- Network Capital: an expression of social capital in the Network Society Manuel Acevedo A Comment Prompted by Andy Williamson's A Review of New Zealand's Digital Strategy Garth Graham ________________________________________________________________________ The Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net !DSPAM:2676,47190fb686776743965799!

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user-generated content principles.... (copyright)
by Jeremy Hunsinger 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

http://www.ugcprinciples.com/index.html "Leading commercial copyright owners (“Copyright Owners”) and services providing user-uploaded and user-generated audio and video content (“UGC Services”) have collaborated to establish these Principles to foster an online environment that promotes the promises and benefits of UGC Services and protects the rights of Copyright Owners. " Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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Fwd: ::fc-announce:: Second Life Architecture Awards
by Jeremy Hunsinger 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: ANAT Communications <communicate(a)anat.org.au> > Date: October 19, 2007 12:30:50 AM PDT (CA) > To: Announce <announce(a)fibreculture.org> > Subject: ::fc-announce:: Second Life Architecture Awards > Reply-To: communicate(a)anat.org.au > > Media Release > > Second Life Architecture Awards > > The constructed architectural spaces of Second Life share a > commonality > with the exotic invisible cities of Italo Calvino. They are at once > familiar yet completely otherworldly: inverted, fantastical, > corrupted, > baroque and barren, unexpected, startling and compellingly seductive. > They are both our present and our future. > > In September this year Dr Melinda Rackham, ANAT's Director and 3D > world > author and theorist, was invited to join a 6 member international Jury > assessing the Annual Second Life Architecture & Design Competition, a > first of its kind, held at the 2007 Ars Electronica Festival in > Austria. > > The jury deliberated over the 126 submissions before a live > audience at > the Architekturforum Linz, while being simultaneously streamed into > Second Life. Four outstanding projects, that took advantage of both > the > artistic and technical possibilities afforded by Second Life were > selected as finalists: > > · Berliner Tanja Meyle's "Living Cloud", is a semitransparent cloud > that travels with her and provides privacy and sanctuary, a consistent > need for an avatar in Second Life. The cloud surrounding her avatar > Creatina Ferraris is not only a transportable house; its variability > brings in an association with the idea that the house is just an > extension of the body of the person who inhabits it. > > · From San Francisco, DC Spensley creates "Full Immersion > Hyperformalism" an usual and innovative user interface, constructed to > allow an avatar to view a fine art exhibition. This structure is > defined as "less a building than a spatial interface containing > numerous abstracted and interactive possibilities". > > · Adam Nash's "17 Unsung Songs" allows avatars to be physically > immersed in interactive sound scapes, constructions that create a > tension within their Australian parkland environment. Here audiovisual > elements undergo spatial modification via avatar interaction giving > rise to a new aesthetic and sensory spatial construct. > > · Conceptually and technically innovative is "White Noise", a work > from > Vienna based Max Moswitzer. This experiment in non-human architecture > utilises the detritus of Second Life, freebie objects such as teddy > bears and discarded skateboards, to construct a dazzling white > snow-palace. This mishmashed building enfolds on multiple levels of > detail and evokes the perfect domicile for the realm of Second Life. > > The selected projects are presented online (www.sl-award.com) where > the > public are invited to vote for their favourite project. The winner > receives a 1,000-euro grand prize, which will be awarded on 25 October > 2007 at the prize ceremony, which includes discussions and a party at > Zollverein, Essen, the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. > > Dr Melinda Rackham comments, "ANAT is committed to enabling artists to > work critically with emerging forms of practice, and the virtual > terrains of Second Life are indicative of trends that will become > important in future virtual 3D platforms". > > For more information visit www.anat.org.au. > > <Ends> > > > _______________________________________________ > ::fibreculture::announcements:: > To subscribe or unsubscribe from fibreculture announce, please > visit the List Info page: > http://fibreculture.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_fibreculture.org > > Fibreculture website: > http://www.fibreculture.org jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Making Links 2007: Emerging technology - New Opportunities for the Community Sector
by Marcus Foth 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Making Links 2007 Emerging technology – New Opportunities for the Community Sector 30th - 31st October 2007 NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre Only 11 sleeps until the conference starts. Don't miss out and register now at http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ All delegates go in the draw to win Adobe CS3 Web Premium. Thanks to Adobe Systems for donating this lucky door prize as well as offering workshops in Dreamweaver and Photoshop. Final Program now online The final program is now online and we're pleased to confirm some more speakers. Nathan Cockroft will be speaking about how Amnesty International integrated online and offline activities in the Bring David Hicks Home campaign, and Jane Castle from the Total Environment Centre will speak about the environemtnand technnology, covering issues such as recycling, energy efficiency and "cradle to grave" sustainability. Panellists for the "Online Strategies for a Multicultural Society have also been confirmed. Take a look at the program for more details at http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ R U blogging or taking photos at Making Links? If you are, please tag any posts on blogs, flickr, YouTube, etc. with the tag "makinglinks2007". This will help us set up a content aggregator and make contributions easily searchable on digg and technorati. Thank you! Silver Sponsor Australian Flexible Learning Framework Bronze sponsor Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Making Links is organised by Conference Chair Jill Sergeant, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) Organising Committee Simon Gee, CommunIT, Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA) Jonathan Hallett, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University of Technology Liz Landray, Infoxchange Australia Liliana Ruti, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) Marcus Foth, Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Juan Salazar, Media Studies and Production, University of Western Sydney (UWS) -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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Tenure-track New Media Studies faculty post
by Gardner Campbell 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

New Media Studies, tenure-track The department of English, Linguistics, and Speech at The University of Mary Washington invites applications for an entry-level assistant professor, tenure-track, specializing in new media studies, to expand our course offerings in this area. Such courses might include the language of cyberspace/cyberculture, multimodal writing, networked composition, digital storytelling, literature as communication, etc. We are particularly interested in candidates who are expert in critical approaches to new media as well as skilled in production techniques. The successful candidate must also be prepared to teach lower-level courses in the department. Degree field open; Ph.D. required by time of appointment (August 16, 2008). UMW requires all applications to be submitted electronically. Submit letter of application, curriculum vita, statement of teaching and research interests, a list of graduate coursework, and materials demonstrating accomplishments in research, teaching, and production/creative work (e.g. portfolio links, syllabi, sample assignments) through our website: www.umw.edu/hr . Only applications submitted through this site will be considered. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m., November 1. Telephone inquiries to Professor Teresa Kennedy (540) 654 1531, or e-mail at tkennedy(a)umw.edu. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic environment and provide equal educational and employment opportunities, the University of Mary Washington actively encourages women and minorities to apply. UMW is a co-educational, state-supported liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, VA., located approximately 50 miles south of Washington.

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AoIR 8.0: Fans of a Feather
by dmsutko＠ncsu.edu 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi Everyone, I hope you don't mind my take on the birds of a feather conference meetup. :) I'm sure there are at least a few Boston and Cleveland fans that would enjoy getting together for the baseball game tomorrow night. I checked with Malone's Bar & Grill Downtown, and they say the game will be on. Malone's is on the corner of W. Pender and Seymour streets, so it's just down the road from both of the major conference hotels. Google Maps here (http://tinyurl.com/2obta5) Since the game starts at 5:00 (PST), I think we can just plan on meeting at Malone's after the birds of a feather sessions are done, around 6:00. If you're coming, just wear your conference badge for a little while longer, so we can all find each other. Even if you don't like baseball, Malone's is a sports pub, so it'll have a few different games on. It looks to be an all around good place to eat and grab a beer, and I encourage you to come. cheers (and go Sox!) Dan dan_sutko(a)ncsu.edu TA - Public Speaking Program RA - Mobile Gaming Research Lab Dept. of Communication North Carolina State University

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[IR8 - Let's Play! Vancouver.... Last email before the conference]
by Richard Smith 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Dear Air-ant academics, If you thought you were going to get through the month of September without a missive from me, you were sadly mistaken. I am here, as always, to remind you that there are things relating to the Association of Internet Research conference that you have to pay attention to. Or, at least I HOPE you will pay attention to them. Not much, as it turns out, is left unsaid and I think you can safely assume that you won't hear from me again until I am toasting you at the welcoming reception (Wednesday evening, October 17, first 100 people get a free beverage...). OK, so why the email? Here are the remaining things, in order of importance: CANCELLATIONS: If you have a paper accepted and it is in the schedule then you MUST register AND show up. We really don't want a bunch of last minute cancellations at the last minute. Please. Professional courtesy - to us as organizers, and to your colleagues who may have come from around the world to see you - requires that you withdraw if you can't make it. If you are *not* going to be there - and you surely must know by now - then send Mia an email and she can take you off the program and I can cancel that lovely cappuccino and cake that we had saved for you. Not to mention the slice of pie we've been keeping in the back of the fridge. The teenagers want it! PROGRAM: The schedule is on the wiki (check out http://wiki.aoir.org) and it contains your paper, slotted into a presentation (if you submitted a paper and had it accepted, that is). Check the listing. Make sure we have your name spelled correctly. Is your title correct? We will be printing what you see in that spreadsheet, so don't be shy if you think there is a mistake. And if you don't think you should be listed (because you aren't coming, see above, then let us know now). LOCATION: Although this is in the web site and must have been mentioned here a few times, let's get this in, just in case you have forgotten. The conference is in downtown Vancouver, CANADA, at the Vancouver campus of Simon Fraser University. The street address is 515 West Hastings Street, V6B 5K3. You can tell any cab driver "Hastings and Seymour" or "Hastings and Richards St" and he /she will get you there. The Delta Hotel is right across the street and the Ramada is around the corner ("Ramada,on Pender near Richards St" you can tell your cab driver and look like a local). HOTELS: If you haven't booked your hotel yet, do it soon. I hear there are only 10 rooms left at the Delta. You will want a place to stay in Vancouver. Have you been watching the Pacific North West's weather (sunny and warm for the past 10 days) on the weather channel and thinking you'll sleep in the park? Don't count on it. We'll have a rain storm for sure, then. Get a nice room, spoil yourself. You know you want to. PIE: If you haven't discovered it already, there if a Facebook group dedicated to the conference and another group dedicated just to *pie* at the conference. You might think this is a silly thing, and entirely frivolous, but then you'd be .... correct. It is silly. But silly and sweet aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, and you will find the pie group friendly, fun, and ready for a big feed. There is a rumour that people who show up early (Tues evening) can get treated to some great pie, courtesy of the conference organizer. I don't know how that rumour got started, but I am packing a bib and a fork in my luggage. If you get in early, get in touch (SMS, Skype, email... whatever). QUESTIONS: If you have them, then ask. Don't be afraid. Don't worry that my email box is filling up (of *course* my email box is filling up), I am a professional. I can handle it. If you get to town and don't know where you are or what you're doing, give me a call. Here is my cell phone: 604 715 9916. Regular phone and skype are in the signature, below. That's all for now, folks. See you in October. ...r -- Richard Smith, Professor, School of Communication Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, CANADA V6B 5K3 New phone number: +1 778 782 5116 Web: http://www.sfu.ca/~smith/ Skype - callto://richard_k_smith New book: http://arago.cprost.sfu.ca/smith/mawc

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ECREA Digital Culture & Communication Workshop 1-3 November
by Kathleen O'Riordan 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

ECREA Digital Culture & Communication (DCC) Section Workshop 1.-3. November 2007 @ University of Sussex Supported by the Centre for Material Digital Culture, University of Sussex http://www.sussex.ac.uk/rcmdc/ All welcome to attend. Please register with Vanessa Sammut V.A.Sammut(a)sussex.ac.uk for full programme. Charges: £35 to cover refreshments, coffee and reception. £10 for one day. Programme Thursday, 1st of November Introduction: Caroline Bassett, University of Sussex, UK After Convergence?: What Connects? Session 1: Methodologies (Chair/discussant Irmi Karl, University of Brighton, UK) 16:30-18:30 Maren Hartmann, University of the Arts Berlin, Germany Ethnographies as dangerous tools Adolfo Estalella, Elisenda Ardèvol, Edgar Gómez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain Media as practice: Introducing symmetry in Internet ethnographies Friday, 2nd of November Session 2: Sounds & Senses (Chair: Kate Lacey, University of Sussex, UK) Frauke Behrendt, University of Sussex, UK Mobile Sonic Experience: Methodological Concerns Holger Schulze, University of the Arts Berlin, Germany Experiencing Medialised Senses: On the Tectonics of Media (Title TBC) Session 3: Policy Issues (Chair: Bridgette Wessels) Maria Sourbati, University of Brighton, UK Europe's digital media policy discourses and the problem of the user Session 4: Theoretical frameworks (Chair/discussant: David Berry, University of Wales Swansea, UK) Panagiota Alevizou, LSE, UK Collective intelligence and the cult of open production: critical reflections on theory and methodology Bridgette Wessels, University of Sheffield, UK On digital cultures as cultural forms: participation, narrative and infrastructures in achieving digital cultural engagement Saturday 3rd of November Theorizing (digital) TV (Chair: Frauke Berendt) Fonta Group, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain The theory of swarms in the models of organization of the audio-visual companies of digital television Emma Hemmingway, Nottingham Trent University, UK Actor Network Theory and Media: A new approach to theorising media practice Panel: The Disappearance of the Digital Distinction? Panelists: Holger Schulze, Kate O'Riordan, University of Sussex, UK, TBA. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/rcmdc/1-1.php?output=html&refer=16836&oftype=event&… for further information on the programme please email Hartmann Maren <hartmann(a)udk-berlin.de> Bassett Caroline <C.Bassett(a)sussex.ac.uk> O'Riordan Kate <K.S.O-Riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk>

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CfP workshop on Mobile phone positioning in Geography. Tartu Estonia, submission end 1 dec 2007
by Frank Thomas 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

apologies for any cross-posting *International workshop SPM2008 in Tartu, Estonia* * *Social Positioning Method (SPM) 2008.* *Mobile positioning data in geography and planning: data, analyses and applications* *Organised by: *Chair of Human Geography, University of Tartu and Positium LBS The aim of the Social Positioning Method (SPM) 2008 workshop is to discuss the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of mobile positioning based applications in geography and planning, and to share knowledge between academic, public and private institutions. *Objectives:* - To teach participants to handle mobile positioning related issues with theoretical and practical lessons on data management, analyses and real-time mapping; - To develop new approaches for using mobile positioning in geography, planning, public administration and businesses, especially using mobility studies, population geography, mobility related sustainability studies and real-time mapping; - To share know-how of mobile positioning applications between academic, public and private institutions and to start active networking; - To discuss aspects of data security, privacy and surveillance. *The Social positioning method (SPM)*—integrates the location coordinates of mobile phones (either real-time tracing or historic data) and the personal (social) features of phone holders for geographical analyses, LBS applications and urban planning. This method is developed in Positium LBS and the Chair of Human Geography of University of Tartu as a cooperative project of geographers, planners and IT experts since 2001. *A number of study experiments and real-time positioning applications *will be shared during the workshop from* Positium Barometer, MIT Sensible City Lab with “Live Rome” and Orange Lab.* The workshop will also feature invited well-known international keynote speakers. The Following papers provide a short introduction to the topic from Estonia and elsewhere: *Ahas, R. Aasa, A., Roose, A., Mark, Ü., Silm, S. 2007. *Mobile positioning as a new data source and method for tourism surveys: an Estonian Case Study. Tourism Management (/Published online 28.06.2007/). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02615177 *Reades J, Calabrese F, Sevtsuk A, Ratti C, 2007. *Cellular census: Explorations in urban data collection. IEEE Pervasive Computing 6(3): 30-38. *Ahas, R., Mark, Ü. 2005.* Location based services – new challenges for planning and public administration? Futures, 37(6): 547-561. *Target groups: *Master- and PhD students, researchers and lecturers in disciplines of Geography, Economics, Public Administration, Architecture, Planning, GIS and IT Disciplines. Practicing specialists from ICT companies. *Activities: *1) paper submission round; 2) theoretical lectures; 3) practical studies with mobile tracking and seminars; 4) site visits to LBS companies in Estonia; 4) practical work and discussion of results in mobile positioning laboratory of University of Tartu; 5) student paper discussions. *Invited keynote speakers: *Prof. G. Gartner Vienna TU, Austria; Prof. J. Jauhiainen Univ. of Oulu, Finland; Prof. Mei-Po Kwan, Ohio State University, USA; Prof C. Ratti, MIT, USA; Dr. T. Tammaru, University of Tartu, Estonia, Prof H. Timmermans, Eindhoven University of Technology, Holland; Dr. H.J. Tork Estonian Space Council; Prof. F. Witlox, Univ. of Gent, Belgium. *Language:* English *Place:* Tartu, Estonia. University of Tartu has been last 375 years the Centre of Estonian Culture, Education and Science. Tartu lies in Southern Estonia, 185 km south from Tallinn… www.visitestonia.org <http://www.visitestonia.org/> Programme *Time:* 10-14 March 2008 *Day* *Planned activity (tentative)* 9.03 Arrival 10.03 Welcome, introduction, theoretical and methodological framework. 11.03 Networks, databases, data collection and analysis; A-GPS and Galileo. 12.03 Excursion, field experiment with active and passive positioning. 13.03 Mapping human behaviour, space-time activities; mobile positioning and architecture; privacy and surveillance. 14.03 Presentation and discussion of practical works; real time space-management; outlines for summary report and publishing plans. *Participation fee: *academic 200 EUR industries 400 EUR (covering seminar rooms, experiment techniques, coffee brakes and excursion). Expected accommodation costs in University Hostel starts from 25 EUR (in double room). *Ask more information and download registration form:* spm2008(a)ut.ee <mailto:spm2008@ut.ee> www.ut.ee/spm2008 <http://www.ut.ee/spm2008> *Abstract (200 words) and registration form to *spm2008(a)ut.ee <mailto:spm2008@ut.ee> , *submission date:* 1. December 2007. *Notice of acceptance:* 15.12.2007** * * *Organisers:* Prof. Rein Ahas, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, Tartu, 51014, ph +3725035914, fax +372-7-375-825, spm2008(a)ut.ee <mailto:spm2008@ut.ee>; *technical organising Mari Nuga *spm2008(a)ut.ee <mailto:spm2008@ut.ee> ph +372 55540584** -- .......................................... Dr. Frank Thomas FTR Internet Research 93110 Rosny-sous-Bois France

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cafe near AIR conference
by Philip N Howard 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Organic independent coffee house with free wifi, near AIR events: http://www.treescoffee.com/ http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=trees+coffee+vancouver&ie=U…

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