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CFP: Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC'08)
by Fay Sudweeks 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

CALL FOR PAPERS ICTs Bridging Cultures? Theories, Obstacles, Best Practices 6th International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC08) 24-27 June 2008 Université de Nîmes, France Conference languages: English and French www.catacconference.org The biennial CATaC conference series – 10 years old in 2008! – provides a premier international forum for current research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The conference series brings together scholars from around the globe who provide diverse cultural and disciplinary perspectives in their presentations and discussions of the conference theme and topics (listed below). Nîmes, inhabited by Celts since the 4th ct. B.C.E., became a Gallo-Roman city in 18 BCE, and is home to some of the best-preserved examples of Roman engineering and architecture. The Pont de Gard, an aquaduct bridge across the Gard river, serves as our primary metaphor for CATaC 2008: ICTs as technologies bridging cultures. Our venue in multi-cultural Nîmes further provides us with a number of cultural experiences and pleasures unique to the South of France. Finally, CATaC 2008 emphasizes francophone participation in a number of ways, including, translation provided for abstracts in French and English, and for questions and answers following presentations. Original full papers (especially those which connect theoretical frameworks with specific examples of cultural values, practices, etc.) and short papers (e.g. describing current research projects and preliminary results) are invited. TOPICS include but are not limited to: - Language as a core issue in cultural diversity with IT: are languages shaping a new IT world? - CMC as fostering and/or threatening cultural diversity - Theoretical and practical approaches to analyzing "culture" and its impact on the use and implementation of ICTs - ICTs in the francophone world, including: influences of francophone usages globally and cross-cultural comparisons - Beyond glocalization and homogenization: new mixtures of identities and cultures as facilitated by ICTs - Empowerment and CMC, including issues of gender, languages and power (economic, political, social) - Values, ethics, justice, and ICTS - Cultural and linguistic diversity and e-learning SUBMISSIONS All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international panel of scholars and researchers. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. Submission of a paper implies that it has not been submitted or published elsewhere. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Papers may be submitted in either French or English. We strongly encourage submissions to include abstracts both in French and English, since accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings with abstracts in both languages. We will translate abstracts if necessary. Accepted papers must be formatted according to the conference proceedings template (download from www.catacconference.org) The program also includes a panel on culture psychology chaired by Professor Alexander Voiskounsky. Submission Schedule: Full papers (maximum 15 formatted pages) - 14 January 2008 Short and panel papers (3-5 formatted pages) - 21 January 2008 Notification of acceptance - mid February 2008 Final formatted papers - 28 February 2008 See the conference website for further information about submitting papers, travel and accommodations, etc. SPONSORS Université de Nîmes Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres de Montpellier Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Béziers CONFERENCE CHAIRS Charles Ess, Drury University, USA, catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au CONFERENCE VICE CHAIR Marie-Christine Deyrich, IUFM de Montpellier, France, marie-christine.deyrich(a)montpellier.iufm.fr PROGRAM CHAIR Herbert Hrachovec, University of Vienna, Austria ----- APPEL A COMMUNICATIONS Les TIC: des ponts entre les cultures? Théories, obstacles, bonnes pratiques/ICTs Bridging Cultures? Theories, Obstacles, Best Practices 6ème conférence internationale sur les Attitudes Culturelles dans la Technologie et la Communication (CATaC08) 24-27 juin 2008 Université de Nîmes, France Langues de la conférence : Anglais, Français www.catacconference.org La série de conférences biennales CATaC – 10 ans en 2008 ! – offre une tribune internationale pour faire l’état de la recherche sur la façon dont les attitudes culturelles dans leur diversité influencent l’introduction et l’utilisation des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC). Chaque conférence réunit des chercheurs du monde entier qui apportent des perspectives culturelles et disciplinaires diversifiées, tant dans leurs communications que dans les discussions sur les thèmes abordés dans le colloque (cf. liste ci-dessous). Ville celte depuis le 4e s. av. J.-C., devenue gallo-romaine en 18 av. J.-C., Nîmes regroupe un certain nombre de vestiges parmi les mieux protégés de l’architecture et de l’ingénierie romaine. Le Pont du Gard, aqueduc qui traverse la rivière Gard, sera notre métaphore principale pour CATaC 2008: les TIC établissent des ponts entre les cultures. Faire de Nîmes le lieu de cet événement sera l’occasion d’expériences culturelles qui font le charme du Sud de la France. Enfin, CATaC 2008 mettra l’accent sur la participation francophone, notamment par la traduction dans les deux langues de tous les résumés et par la traduction des questions et réponses à l’issue des présentations. Des propositions originales sont attendues, en version longue (concernant en particulier des modèles théoriques, en relation avec des exemples illustrant valeurs culturelles, pratiques, etc.), ou en version courte (ex. description de recherches en cours ou de résultats préliminaires) THÈMES abordés (liste non exclusive): - Le langage comme question centrale pour la diversité culturelle des TIC: les langues façonnent-elles un nouveau monde technologique? - La communication informatique : promotion et/ou menace pour la diversité culturelle - Approches théoriques/pratiques pour analyser la “culture” et son impact sur l’utilisation et la mise en œuvre des TIC - Les TIC dans le monde francophone: influence au niveau global des usages des TIC francophones, comparaisons interculturelles - Par delà la glocalization et l’homogénéisation: nouveaux mélanges d’identités et de culture induits par les TIC - Répartition du pouvoir dans la communication informatique : questions du genre, des langues, du pouvoir (économique, politique, social). - Valeurs, éthique et justice dans l’emploi des TIC - Diversité culturelle et linguistique dans le e-learning PROPOSITIONS DE COMMUNICATION Toutes les propositions seront évaluées par un comité international de chercheurs. Les communications retenues seront publiées dans les actes du colloque. Il est impératif que ces propositions n’aient pas été soumises ou publiées ailleurs. Chaque proposition retenue sera présentée à la conférence par au moins un des auteurs. Les propositions pourront être rédigées en Français ou en Anglais. Il est fortement conseillé que deux résumés soient rédigés, l’un en Français et l’autre en Anglais, car, pour chacune des communications retenues, la publication dans les Actes comprendra un résumé dans chacune des deux langues. Si cela s’avérait nécessaire, nous procéderions à cette traduction. Le formatage des communications se fera selon le modèle Proceedings template, téléchargeable à l’adresse www.catacconference.org. Le program comprendra aussi un symposium sur la psychologie de la culture. Il sera presidé par le Professeur Alexander Voiskounsky. Calendrier: Communications longues (15 pages formatées maximum) - 14 janvier 2008 Communications courtes ou pour le symposium (3-5 pages formatées) - 21 janvier 2008 Notification d’acceptation - mi-février 2008 Version finale formatée - 28 février 2008 Voir le site de la conférence pour des informations complémentaires, sur les procédures de soumission, le voyage, le logement, etc. PARTENARIAT Université de Nîmes Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres de Montpellier Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Béziers PRÉSIDENCE DE LA CONFÉRENCE Charles Ess, Drury University, USA, catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au CO-PRÉSIDENCE Marie-Christine Deyrich, IUFM de Montpellier France, marie-christine.deyrich(a)montpellier.iufm.fr RESPONSABLE DU PROGRAMME Herbert Hrachovec, University of Vienna, Austria

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Re: [Air-l] Is all Communication Commercial?
by William Bain 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Hi, I've been thinking the comments on this over and it seems to me that for one thing commercial may not be exactly the same as economic. At base level, I blelieve all biological activitiy is economic because without constant nourishment the organism dies. Economics is thus a psychological constant, and even altruism reduces to a subject's own needs. But I think it's basically the economics feeding (nourishment) system that goes back to before birth. No mother, no life, in a sense. And once born, getting fed is largely a question of advertising. A few hasty humble stabs at the question............ Best regards, Will William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.

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Re gendering of tech
by Philip Howard 22 Jul '07

22 Jul '07

Leslie also several great pieces on this topic: "Bending Gender Into the Net: Feminizing Content, Corporate Interests, and Research Strategy" in Society Online: The Internet in Context (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004). And her website lists several more on the way: http://artsandscience1.concordia.ca/comm/faculty/shade.html Dr. Philip N. Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington

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Re: [Air-l] gendering of technology
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 22 Jul '07

22 Jul '07

Wow, thanks everyone! That's definitely enough to be getting on with. Lisa - I had an article published last year where they managed to spell my last name correctly but somehow transmogrified "Stephanie" into "Susan." Never did get an explanation on how that happened! Cheers. Stephanie Tuszynski Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Theatre and Film University of Toledo

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oecd communications outlook 2007
by Jeremy Hunsinger 22 Jul '07

22 Jul '07

https://www.oecd.org/document/ 17/0,3343,en_17642234_17642806_38876369_1_1_1_1,00.html Published every other year, the OECD Communications Outlook provides an extensive range of indicators on the development of different communications networks and compares performance indicators such as revenue, investment, employment and prices for services throughout the OECD area. These indicators are essential for industry participants and for regulators who use benchmarking to evaluate policy performance. This book is based on the data from the OECD Telecommunications Database 2007, which provides time series of telecommunications and economic indicators--such as network dimension, revenues, investment and employment--for OECD countries from 1980 to 2005. 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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Roomate for IR8 and UDC conference
by Andrew Herman 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

Comrades- I am looking for some to who wil be attneding both the AOIR and UDC conferences in vancouver to share rooms for the week. Plase let me know if you are interested. Andrew Herman Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693

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re gendering of tech
by Leslie Regan Shade 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

yowzers! there's piles! if you can wade through, heres stuff that hasn't been updated since 2004: http://gendertech.pariso.com/blog/ and here, http://808.pariso.com/archives/2005/01/gender_feminist.html, not since 2005. leslie -- Leslie Regan Shade Associate Professor Concordia Univ Dept. of Communication Studies lshade(a)alcor.concordia.ca

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sources on gendering of technology?
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hi everyone - I was hoping some people could suggest some sources on the subject of gendering technology? I'm thinking in particular of research that looked at things like "women use the phone to gossip while men use it for business" and so forth. References that talk about using the Internet for "information gathering" versus social activity would also be helpful. Thanks Stephanie Tuszynski Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Theatre and Film University of Toledo

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fictional blogs
by joana ro 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hey, I am in the process of writing a paper on fictional tv-characters as (of course imagined) authors of blogs as part of broadcasting companies' effort to expand into the web. Examples are two blogs by marginal characters supplementing the hospital-series Grey's Anatomy (abc). The idea is basically to examine how the fiction adapts into the blog, how the web and the 'webed' fiction are functionalized in this commercial context and how all of this becomes blog-specific. I would be happy if anybody knew of any papers that go into this direction. I have a whole bunch of stuff on fiction and the web, commercial uses etc. - but this weird crossover area is new to me. Thanks a lot, Johanna Johanna Roering Sfb Brunnenstrasse 30 72070 Tübingen

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CFP: Case Studies in Research: Knowledge and Inquiry
by Ken Friedman 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Friends, The new issues of Design Research Quarterly is about to appear. This issue features an important article by Linda Drew titled "Designing the Interface Between Research, Learning and Teaching." DRQ is both a quarterly peer-reviewed journal and a membership bulletin distributed to members of the Design Research Society. The editor -- Dr. Peter Storkerson -- is developing an exciting new series of articles for which we now seek submissions. Best regards, Ken Friedman Editorial Advisory Board (Chair) Design Research Quarterly -- Call for Papers: Design Research Quarterly announces a new series of articles: Case Studies in Research: Knowledge and Inquiry 'we want to hold a discussion on how research steers theory' Call for Papers: Designers use the term 'design' to cover a wide range of activities and types of problems, and we have many differing, often incommensurable and opposing models of design and its theoretical and methodological bases. As a result, we also have have a history of lively debates over specific theories. These debates have not been able to resolve differences. Many regions of design are not well defined, and in such situations, researchers can find that apparently straightforward problems can lead to fundamental questions about the nature of design, what kinds of philosophical and theoretical positions that can frame the research and ground the methods, and their implications with regard to knowledge: what kinds of knowledge are possible within the frames needed to do the research. In short, we want to hold a discussion on how research steers theory. Our idea is to look at research and theories in design not primarily as related to subfields per se, but to see theories as products of research problems themselves: the topics studied studied and the questions being researched. Rather than look at abstract problems of research and theory, we want to present actual problems as case studies. In this way, we can clarify design by mapping its terrain of activities and problem types with their fundamental theoretical and methodological requirements. Over the next two years, DRQ will collect and publish articles on these topics and replies to those articles, using its regular publication schedule to build a discussion. If you have an interest or idea for an article or other submission, please contact the editor, Peter Storkerson. -- Topics: We seek papers that explore issues including: - ontological and epistemological implications or require- ments of a research problem - status of knowledge, its bases and levels of certainty - conflicts between the knowledge that is possible in a given situation and the research goals. -how research fits into fundamental paradigms: scien- tific, humanist, phenomenological, pragmatic, etc., and how those approaches compare in their strengths and weaknesses - working across the boundaries of humanism and science: the extent to which a research problem requires use of more than one basic philosophical frame and how different frames can be reconciled Specifications: 3,ooo to 6,000 words APA guidelines For information or submissions: Peter Storkerson email: peter(a)drsq.org --

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