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CfP: H2PTM / Paris
by Bernhard Rieder 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Call for Papers /// H2PTM'09 - Hypertext & Hypermedia Products, Tools and Methods /// Retrospective and Perspective 1989 - 2009 September 30, October 1 & 2 2009 / Université Paris 8 http://paragraphe.univ-paris8.fr/h2ptm09/ Laboratoire PARAGRAPHE, Université de Paris VIII Laboratoire des Sciences de la Communication, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis Laboratoire Culture et Communication, Université d’Avignon Laboratoire CREM (Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations, Pôle « Pixel »), Université Paul Verlaine-Metz Co-organize the 10th annual edition of the H2PTM: Hypertext, Hypermedia conference. /// PRESENTATION The H2PTM conference celebrates its 20 years and 9 previous editions. The first in 1988 at Paris 8 University and the 9th in 2007 in Hammamet, Tunisia. The 10th edition will bring it back to its roots at Paris 8. The upcoming conference will address advancements and research in the field of hypertext and hypermedia over the last 20 years and discuss perspectives for the years to come. H2PTM’09 will take up some of the classical topics that have accompanied the conference in the past and continue to stimulate our interest. Attentive to current developments the conference will, however, open up in several directions. Hypermedia tools are after all primarily tools of creation and it is along this line that new applications and creative practices define the digital universe. The conference will therefore pay special attention to matters of design for hypermedia, both amateur and professional. Designing, building, understanding and criticizing web applications built around popular notions such as RSS, syndication and aggregation, mashups, geolocalisation, the semantic Web and blogging will be a particular focus, as well as considerations of use and social impact. The continuous evolution of 3D online, animation and interactivity make it necessary to reflect on video games as networked hypermedia. The question of sharing and exchange lurks at the heart of networked practices. H2PTM’09 will therefore discuss the question of (multimedia) content online, how it is being created, distributed, stored and organized. This obviously includes the question of collaborative production of content, both for professional workgroups and loosely organized audiences on the Web. The 10th edition will also give occasion to evaluate the evolution of both the theory and practice of hypertext and hypermedia and their implications for the development of emergent tools and uses (e-learning, accessibility, social networks, non-linear video, etc.). In an effort to bridge the rift between the “two cultures” and to foster interdisciplinary exchange H2PTM addresses creators and researchers from technical fields as well as scholars from the social sciences and the humanities. /// ORGANIZATION H2PTM'09 will include two types of sessions : - The scientific conference - An interactive exhibition and workshop demonstrations for artistic works, applications and experimental systems The conference will allow researchers, professionals and publishers to evaluate the state of the art in hypertext and hypermedia theory and practice as well as to discuss future perspectives. The conference proceedings will be published with Hermès Lavoisier publishing, Paris and London. /// CONFERENCE Official languages are English and French. We call for contributions in the following topic areas (list is non-exhaustive): Theoretical perspectives - Formal hypertext models - Hypermedia system architecture - Indexation - Interfaces - Immersive systems - Image processing - Uses, appropriation, and subversive practices - Automatic cartographies - Automatic generation of hypertext links - Navigation and search for hypertext - Online collaboration (content creation,design, tools, critique) Quality, satisfaction and information richness - Usability and ergonomics for hypermedia - Design experiences - Project management and development methods - Quality and satisfaction on the Web - Semantic web applications - Norms and Standards New forms of creation, new languages - Cognitive processes and hypermedia - Authoring environments - Interactive screenwriting - Resources and forms of collaborative writing and creation, collective representation - Analysis of creative processes - Formalization of creative processes - Creative protocols, acts and gestures - Intentionality and interactive communication - Artificial intelligence, hypermedia and artistic creativity Advanced uses of hypermedia - ICT and e-learning - Online videogames as hypermedia - Mobile applications (games, geographic information systems, mobile Web) - Web design - Hypermedia and handicap - Technologies, hypermedia and cultural heritage - Social and cultural expectations, effects and conflicts - Hypermedia and artistic practices - 3D online - Information search and retrieval - Social networks and communities IMPORTANT DATES March 15 2009: full paper deadline May 15 2009: notification of acceptance June 20 2009: camera-ready papers July 31 2009: at least one of the authors has to be registered for the conference SUBMISSION GUIDELINES March 15 2009: Authors submit their papers online at the following URL: http://paragraphe.univ-paris8.fr/h2ptm09 Three types of papers will be taken into consideration: − Long papers: no longer than 4100 words, the complete paper should not exceed 10 pages in Times 12 points − Short papers: no longer than 1600 words, the complete paper should not exceed 4 pages in Times 12 points − Poster proposals: no longer than 540 words, the complete text should not exceed 2 pages in Times 12 points Every proposition will be examined by at least two peer reviewers who will judge its relevance, scientific validity, originality as well as the general clarity and presentation. May 15 2009: A notification of acceptance or refusal is sent to all authors, as well as at least two sets of peer comments. Accepted authors will be informed of all technical details for publication. These technical specifications need to be followed as closely as possible in order to facilitate the preparation for the conference proceedings. A paper being accepted implies that at least one of the authors should be present for the conference. June 20 2009: Camera-ready papers must be sent to the program comity, using the final publication guidelines and style sheets. This date is quite important, really, to get the proceedings published in time for the conference. July 31 2009: Articles that do not have at least a single author registered for the conference will be removed from the conference as well as the proceedings. /// EXHIBITION AND WORKSHOPS Contributions for the exhibition and the workshops can be presented either as public demonstrations with comment or as exhibits. Accepted languages are English and French. IMPORTANT DATES June 8 2009: Deadline for exhibition and workshop proposals July 8 2009: Notification of acceptance Sept. 1 2009: The final exhibits or demonstrations should be submitted /// PRESIDENTS OF H2PTM'09 Imad SALEH, Université de Paris 8 Sylvie LELEU-MERVIEL, Université de Valenciennes Yves JEANNERET, Université d’Avignon Luc MASSOU, Université Paul Verlaine-Metz /// PROGAMME AND ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Nasreddine BOUHAI Université Paris 8 Pierre MORELLI, Université Paul Verlaine-Metz Michel LABOUR, Université de Valenciennes Bernhard RIEDER, Université Paris 8 /// CORDINATION EXHIBITION AND WORKSHOPS Martine BOUR, Université Paris 8 (France) /// SCIENTIFIC COMITTEE H2PTM’09 Ghislaine AZEMARD, Université Paris 8 (France) Jean-Pierre BALPE, Université Paris 8 (France) Claude BALTZ, Université Paris 8 (France) Belhassen BADDREDINE Université 7 Novembre, Islain (Tunisia) Didier BALTAZART, CREM & Université Reims Champagne-Ardenne (France) Ali BEN CHERIF, Université Paris 8 (France) Mark BERNSTEIN, Eastgate Systems Inc (USA) Serge BOUCHARDON, Université de Compiègne (France) Philippe BOOTZ, Université Paris 8 (France) Hafida BOULEKBACHE, Université de Valenciennes Eric BRANGIER, Université Paul Verlaine - Metz (France) Eric BRUILLARD, IUFM-CRETEIL (France) Jean CLEMENT, Université Paris 8 (France) Tristan CAZENAVE, Université Paris Dauphine (France) François DENIEUL, Laboratoire "Espaces Intelligents" (France) Giovanni DE PAOLI, Université de Montréal (Canada) Jacques DUCLOY, INIST (France) Aude DUFRESNE, Université de Montréal (Canada) Christian JACQUEMIN, CNRS-LIMSI Orsay (France) Catherine KELLNER, Université Paul Verlaine-Metz (France) Christophe KOLSKI, Université de Valenciennes (France) Jean-Marc LABAT, Université Paris 6 (France) Pierre LEVY, Université d’Ottowa (Canada) Abderrazek MKADMI, Université de la Manouba (Tunisia) Jocelyne NANARD, Université de Montpellier - LIRMM (France) Marc NANARD, Université de Montpellier - LIRMM (France) Stéphane NATKIN, CNAM (France) Sophie PENE, Université Paris Descartes (France) Vincent QUINT, INRIA Rhône-Alpes (France) Pierre RABARDEL, Université Paris 8 (France) Jean-Hugues RÉTY, Université de Paris 8 Everardo REYES, Université de Monterrey (Mexico) Estrella ROJAS, Université d’ARTOIS (France) Ioan ROXAN, Université Franche-Comté (France) Brigitte SIMONNOT, Université Paul Verlaine-Metz (France) Emmanuel SANDER, Université Paris 8 (France) Mohammed SIDIR, Université d’Amiens Basel SOLAIMAN, ENST- Bretagne (France) Chantal SOULLE-DUPY, Université Toulouse 1 (France) André TRICOT, CNRS, EPHE & Université de Toulouse-le-Mirail Saïd TAZI, LAAS-CNRS (France) Brigitte TROUSSE, INRIA (France) Philippe USEILLE, Université de Valenciennes Genviève VIDAL, Université Paris 13 (France) Gilles VENTURINI, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Tours (France) Roberto WILLRICH, Université Fédérale de Santa Catarina (Bresil) Khaldoun ZREIK, Université Paris 8 (France) ///LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Hakim HACHOUR, Université Paris 8 (France) Rachel KAMGA, Université Paris 8 (France) /// CONTACT Université Paris 8 / Laboratoire PARAGRAPHE Département Hypermédia / H2PTM'09 2 rue de la liberté 93526 SAINT-DENIS CEDEX Tél. : (33) + (0)1 49 40 67 58 ou (33) + (0)1 49 40 64 25 Fax : (33) + (0)1 49 40 67 83 H2ptm09(a)univ-paris8.fr

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Call For Papers -- CIRC7
by Lokman Tsui 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Hi all, Please find below the CFP for the 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference. Best, Lokman Tsui -- Doctoral Candidate, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Student Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University http://www.lokman.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers for the 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference The Chinese Internet and Civil Society: Civic Engagement, Deliberation and Culture Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Sylvie, Wednesday May 27 and Thursday May 28, 2009 By the end of June 2008, China had reached 253 million Internet users, surpassing the United States and becoming the country with the largest number of netizens. The theme of the 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference, "The Chinese Internet and Civil Society: Civic Engagement, Deliberation and Culture," is designed to bring together scholars and professionals to examine the Chinese Internet from socioeconomic, political and cultural perspectives and explore uncharted areas in innovative ways. While much of the research so far has focused on the political implications of the Internet in China, we have yet to understand the changes the Internet is fostering in civil society, the intersection between the market and the state, and the Internet's cultural implications for identity formation, emergent cultural phenomena and social networking. Topics of the conference include but are not limited to the following: 1. Civil society and its obstacles: What is the role of the internet in the emergent civil society of China? Is there an online public sphere and what does it look like? How does the internet shape the interplay between the private, public and state sectors? What are some of the negative aspects of Chinese online social networking, e.g. what role does the internet play in enabling terrorism, extreme nationalism, or violence in China? 2. The Internet and youth: How do young people use the Internet and are there generational differences in Internet use? What cultures/subcultures emerge over the Internet? How are civic cultures formed through online cultural practices such as peer production, gaming, and social networking in spaces such as Facebook, YouTube, and Myspace? What new cultures emerge in virtual worlds such as Secondlife and Hipihi, the blogosphere and other online spaces? 3. The Internet, national crisis and media events: What is the role of the Internet in managing national crisis, for example, by organizing, coordinating and advancing volunteerism, donations and social support in cases such as the Sichuan Earthquake? What is the role of the Internet in managing the national image and advancing cultural understanding? What is the role of the Internet in media events such as the Beijing Olympics? 4. Entertainment, deliberation/opinion-formation and popular culture: How have the boundaries between news and entertainment changed and what effect does it have on deliberation and opinion formation? What is the role of entertainment in Internet use? To what extent are people addressed as consumers rather than citizens online? How are concepts such as "fun" and "play" applied in Internet use? 5. Chinese minorities, China Proper, Greater China or "Cultural China": How do Chinese minorities use the Internet? How are they represented over the Internet? How is the Internet used in other Chinese-language speaking areas, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore? How do Chinese diasporas use the Internet? Is global Chineseness, if it exists, fostered through the Internet? 6. Research methodology: What are the appropriate methodologies to study the Chinese Internet and civil society in particular? What comparative models can explore the overlap and differences between the Chinese Internet and the global Internet? The conference is organized and hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. It is the first time that the conference will be held on the East Coast of the United States, which provides new opportunities to link scholars from China and the rest of the world. Paper Submission: We welcome proposals of quantitative, qualitative and critical studies from all disciplines. English proposal are preferred, but Chinese proposals will also be carefully considered. Invited papers will build upon the conference theme or address other significant issues regarding Internet development, use, and impacts in China and the Chinese-speaking world. A proposal of approximately 1000 words is due by Jan. 15, 2009. Submissions should be sent to Dr. Hongmei Li and Sylvie Beauvais at penncirc2009(a)asc.upenn.edu. Accepted papers will be announced on February 15, 2009. Completed papers should be submitted by April 24, 2009. Competitive scholarship: A limited amount of travel funding will be available for promising young scholars, especially for those travelling from Asia. To indicate interest in the travel scholarship, please attach your CV when you send your abstract. Paper Award: Following a tradition of this conference, graduate students may submit papers for the Annual Best Graduate Student Paper Award. Cash prizes will be given to the winner or winners. To qualify, submissions need to be full conference papers written in English authored by or coauthored among graduate students. Deadline for submission is April 24, 2009. Conference cooperating institutions include: The Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong, the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School, the Institute for Pacific Asia at Texas A & M University, the Singapore Internet Research Center (SIRC) at Nanyang Technological University, the School of Journalism and Communication at Peking University, and the Center for US-China Relations at Tsinghua University. Paste conferences were held at the University of Hong Kong, Texas A & M University, Nanyang Technological University, Michigan State University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. Lodging Participants are responsible for paying for their hotel. You are encouraged to reserve a room at the Club Quarters of Philadelphia: www.clubquarters.com, 1628 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 282-5000. When making a reservation, please specify that you are reserving as a guest of the University of Pennsylvania. Other hotels include the Sheraton University City (http://www.philadelphiasheraton.com/) and the Inn at Penn (http://www.theinnatpenn.com/) . Registration There is no fee to register for the conference. The conference is open to the public. If you would like to attend the conference, please register by emailing your name, institutional affiliation and title, and email address. Visa Support Letters The organizers will provide visa support letters upon request. Please email your request to PennCirc2009(a)asc.upenn.edu in an email entitled "VISA SUPPORT" specifying your name as it appears in your passport, your dates of travel, the address of the embassy to which you will be submitting a visa request, and any other information you would like us to include in the letter. We will email you a PDF of the support letter. Travel The Annenberg School, which is part of the University of Pennsylvania, is located at 3620 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. The Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is a 20 minute taxi ride from either the university campus or downtown Philadelphia. Public rail transportation is also available from the airport. You can also fly to Newark International Airport (EWR) and take a one-hour train to Philadelphia. Annenberg School for Communication Founded in 1959 through the generosity and vision of diplomat and philanthropist Walter Annenberg, the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania is devoted to furthering our understanding of the role of communication in public life through research, education and service. Annenberg offers students a firm grounding in a wide range of approaches to the study of communication and its methods, drawn from both the humanities and the social sciences. It is an intellectual crossroads built on nearly 50 years of interdisciplinary dialogue. Annenberg's doctoral program prepares students to make professional contributions to communication scholarship, research, and policy. Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication The Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) is a leader in international education, research, and training in comparative media law and policy. It affords students, academics, lawyers, regulators, civil society representatives and others working in the media sector the opportunity to evaluate critically and discuss comparative, global and international communications issues. CGCS draws on various disciplines (law, political science, and international relations among others) to explore public policy issues and the way media and globalization intersect with the changing nature of states.

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Suicide, on web cam
by Pearse Stokes 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Hi, I'm not sure if people have been following the Abraham Briggs situation online. He may have committed suicide, or attempted to commit suicide while on justin.tv, or conducted an elaborate hoax. Lets hope its the later. In the mean time, I have written an article about it and perspectives of internet social research. I hope you find it interesting and provide feed back (tear it to shreds, it deserves it and obviously I want it). Thanks - PJG http://cyberanthropology.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/sets-and-overdose-suicide…

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Report by the Digital Youth Project released
by danah boyd 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

We are happy to announce the online release of the findings from our three-year Digital Youth project (http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu ). All of the researchers who have worked on this project will be writing up individual publications, but this report represents a synthesis of the findings across the 22 different case studies. It has been over three years in the making, and is the result of a truly collaborative effort with 28 researchers and research collaborators. This project is part of the MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning initiative. http://digitallearning.macfound.org. You can find all the details in the documents linked below, and a summary of our report below. Two-page summary of report: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/files/report/digitalyouth-TwoPageS… White paper: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/files/report/digitalyouth-WhitePap… Full report: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/report Press release and video: http://digitallearning.macfound.org/ethnography New York Times coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/20internet.html We will be celebrating the release of our report at a reception at the American Anthropological Association meetings in San Francisco. Please join us on Saturday November 22, at 6:30-8:00pm, San Francisco Hilton & Towers, Golden Gate Ballroom. -------- RESEARCH SUMMARY Over three years, Mizuko Ito and her 28-person research team interviewed over 800 youth and young adults and conducted over 5000 hours of online observations as part of the most extensive U.S. study of youth media use to date. They found that social network sites, online games, video-sharing sites, and gadgets such as iPods and mobile phones are now fixtures of youth culture. The research finds today's youth may be coming of age and struggling for autonomy and identity amid new worlds for communication, friendship, play, and self-expression. Many adults worry that children are wasting time online, texting, or playing video games. The researchers explain why youth find these activities compelling and important. The digital world is creating new opportunities for youth to grapple with social norms, explore interests, develop technical skills, and experiment with new forms of self-expression. These activities have captured teens' attention because they provide avenues for extending social worlds, self-directed learning, and independence. MAJOR FINDINGS - Youth use online media to extend friendships and interests. - Most youth use online networks to extend the friendships that they navigate in the familiar contexts of school, religious organizations, sports, and other local activities. They can be always "on," in constant contact with their friends through private communications like instant messaging or mobile phones, as well as in public ways through social network sitessuch as MySpace and Facebook. With these "friendship-driven" practices, youth are almost always associating with people they already know in their offline lives. The majority of youth use new media to "hang out" and extend existing friendships in these ways. A smaller number of youth also use the online world to explore interests and find information that goes beyond what they have access to at school or in their local community. Online groups enable youth to connect to peers who share specialized and niche interests of various kinds, whether that is online gaming, creative writing, video editing, or other artistic endeavors. In these interest-driven networks, youth may find new peers outside the boundaries of their local community. They can also find opportunities to publicize and distribute their work to online audiences, and to gain new forms of visibility and reputation. - Youth engage in peer-based, self-directed learning online. - In both friendship-driven and interest-driven online activity, youth create and navigate new forms of expression and rules for social behavior. By exploring new interests, tinkering, and "messing around" with new forms of media, they acquire various forms of technical and media literacy. Through trial and error, youth add new media skills to their repertoire, such as how to create a video or game, or customize their MySpace page. Teens then share their creations and receive feedback from others online. By its immediacy and breadth of information, the digital world lowers barriers to self-directed learning. Some youth "geek out" and dive into a topic or talent. Contrary to popular images, geeking out is highly social and engaged, although usually not driven primarily by local friendships. Youth turn instead to specialized knowledge groups of both teens and adults from around the country or world, with the goal of improving their craft and gaining reputation among expert peers. While adults participate, they are not automatically the resident experts by virtue of their age. Geeking out in many respects erases the traditional markers of status and authority. New media allow for a degree of freedom and autonomy for youth that is less apparent in a classroom setting. Youth respect one another's authority online, and they are often more motivated to learn from peers than from adults. Their efforts are also largely self-directed, and the outcome emerges through exploration, in contrast to classroom learning that is oriented by set, predefined goals. IMPLICATIONS New media forms have altered how youth socialize and learn, and raise a new set of issues that educators, parents, and policymakers should consider. -Adults should facilitate young people's engagement with digital media. Contrary to adult perceptions, while hanging out online, youth are picking up basic social and technical skills they need to fully participate in contemporary society. Erecting barriers to participation deprives teens of access to these forms of learning. Participation in the digital age means more than being able to access serious online information and culture. Youth could benefit from educators being more open to forms of experimentation and social exploration that are generally not characteristic of educational institutions. Because of the diversity of digital media, it is problematic to develop a standardized set of benchmarks against which to measure young people's technical and new media literacy. Friendship-driven and interest-driven online participation have very different kinds of social connotations. For example, whereas friendship-driven activities centers upon peer culture, adult participation is more welcomed in the latter more "geeky" forms of learning. In addition, the content, behavior, and skills that youth value are highly variable depending on what kinds of social groups they associate with. In interest-driven participation, adults have an important role to play. Youth using new media often learn from their peers, not teachers or adults. Yet adults can still have tremendous influence in setting learning goals, particularly on the interest-driven side where adult hobbyists function as role models and more experienced peers. To stay relevant in the 21st century, education institutions need to keep pace with the rapid changes introduced by digital media. Youths' participation in this networked world suggests new ways of thinking about the role of education. What, the authors ask, would it mean to really exploit the potential of the learning opportunities available through online resources and networks? What would it mean to reach beyond traditional education and civic institutions and enlist the help of others in young people's learning? Rather than assuming that education is primarily about preparing for jobs and careers, they question what it would mean to think of it as a process guiding youths' participation in public life more generally. - - - - - - - - d a n a h ( d o t ) o r g - - - - - - - - "i was just a girl in a room full of women licking stamps and laughing i remember the feeling of community brewing of democracy happening" (Ani DiFranco, Paradigm) musings :: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts - - - - - - - - d a n a h ( d o t ) o r g - - - - - - - - "i was just a girl in a room full of women licking stamps and laughing i remember the feeling of community brewing of democracy happening" (Ani DiFranco, Paradigm) musings :: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts

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Call for Papers: STS Across Borders Graduate Student Conference
by jeremy hunsinger 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Call for Papers: STS Across Borders Graduate Student Conference March 20-22, 2009 | Blacksburg, Virginia Keynote Speakers: Banu Subramaniam, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Fa-ti Fan, SUNY Binghamton Abstract submissions: Please send an abstract (minimum 250 words, maximum of 400 words) dealing with the issues mentioned below and/or related issues to Bob Darrow (dar...(a)vt.edu) or Cora Olson (cow...(a)vt.edu) in DOC or RTF format. If you do not plan to present in person, please indicate this in your abstract. The deadline for submissions is December 5, 2008. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by January 9. Since the emergence of EuroAmerican STS, the field has gone to great lengths to mitigate the pitfalls endemic to knowledge production, in part through the principle of reflexivity. If the field's focus on the relationships between wider sociopolitical and historical contexts and the production / appropriation / translation of technoscientific knowledge has been a point of reinvention, then it might be time for a reinvention of STS by making the production of STS knowledge itself an object of study. In this sense, we hope to explore questions of a critical STS of STS that stays true to the principle of reflexivity, and further decenters, rehistoricizes, and pluralizes what has been taken to be "STS" by asking, "What does STS look like across and within Borders?" This conference builds on the concept of "border crossings" by conceptualizing borders not just as geopolitical boundaries, and thus seeks to understand what STS practice, intervention, methodology, and thinking look like across and within a multiplicity of borders. We intend this conference to help foster a transborder space for STS practitioners / theorists/ interventionists. We believe STS scholars and practitioners worldwide would benefit from a plurality of STS approaches. We ask participants to explore such 'border crossings' as: · STS across geopolitical borders — such as Daiwie Fu's position paper "How Far Can East Asian STS Go?" in EASTS. Fu asks "whether a distinctive historical experience and thus probably a shared East Asian STS theoretical perspective" is "indeed different from simply applying Western STS perspectives to East Asian 'area studies.' [Then] we indeed would expect distinctive East Asian STS theories, not to mention distinctive STS stories, case studies, and histories." · STS across academic and activist/interventionist borders, exploring STS work with/in NGOs, social entrepreneurship organizations, theatre and community groups, and other 'non-academic' spaces. · STS across new intra-academic disciplinary borders such as STS and Postcolonial Studies, STS and Feminists Studies, STS and Environmental Studies, STS and Art, STS and Peace Studies, and other fields In the spirit of reflexivity, we ask participants to keep in mind such questions as: · What epistemological and institutional changes need to be made in our current practices to facilitate exchanges across borders? · What is at stake in the move to further diversify STS across borders? · What does it mean to "enroll" previously absent "actors" into STS? · How do we recognize the importance of constructing and maintaining borders in relation to power? And how does an STS with a tendency to deterritorialize grapple with these historical 'border politics'? · How do we avoid the pitfalls of essentializing identities? · How do we theorize the tensions between STS as universal and STS as multiplicities? Acknowledging that the usual conference settings contribute to the power differentials of STS across borders, we invite participants to partake in the integration of innovative modes of exchange including: sessions in the virtual world of Second Life, submission of pre- recorded video presentations, and other alternate modes mixed with traditional conference modes of presentation. While we recognize that these approaches do not solve the multiple asymmetries that exist, we hope that they serve as a beginning for extending the possibilities of STS across borders.

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Online discussions on digital infrastructure, skills and communities
by Bermonte, Anne (MGS) 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

The Ministry of Government Services in Ontario is organizing three online discussions exploring some of the key themes from our research on digital divide and access. These online events, which we are calling ePanels, take place: November 25: Creating a More Connected Community with Broadband: An Intelligent Communities ePanel 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. EST. ICF co-founder Louis Zacharilla will lead a panel of experts from Cleveland (Lev Gonick), Glasgow (Gordon Kennedy), Sunderland (Thomas Hurst) and Tianjin (William Lin) to discuss how their communities are using broadband to help citizens and organizations increase their economic competitiveness, expand their knowledge and improve living standards. http://digitalontario.na3.acrobat.com/intelligentcommunities/ <http://digitalontario.na3.acrobat.com/intelligentcommunities/> December 1: Retooling for the 21st Century: Digital Skills and Literacy ePanel 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. EST. York University professor Barbara Crow will lead a panel of academics and researchers (Leslie Regan Shade, Jennifer Jenson and Greg Elmer) who will explore how new broadband uses and applications, namely web 2.0 and 3.0, require new skills and literacy. http://digitalontario.na3.acrobat.com/digitalskills/ <http://digitalontario.na3.acrobat.com/digitalskills/> December 3: Speed Matters in Ontario: Digital Infrastructure Capacity ePanel 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST. Chair of Toronto Waterfront "iWaterfront Advisory Board" Bill Hutchison will lead a panel (Matt Wenger, Paul Hearty and Paul Salvini) who will discuss the drivers and benefits for faster broadband, and next generation technologies such as fibre optics. http://digitalontario.na3.acrobat.com/digitalinfrastructure/ <http://digitalontario.na3.acrobat.com/digitalinfrastructure/> You must pre-register for these ePanels at digitalontario(a)ontario.ca Anne Bermonte Senior Project and Policy Advisor OCCIO I&IT Strategy, Policy and Planning Branch Ministry of Government Services

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IR 10.0 CFP is out!
by Susanna Paasonen 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Dear all, I'm very glad to announce that the Call for Papers for IR 10.0 conference, Internet: Critical has been announced! The conference web site is up at http://ir10.aoir.org/ best wishes, Susanna Call for Papers Internet Research 10.0 Internet: Critical The 10th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) October 7-11, 2009 Hilton Milwaukee City Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA As the Internet has become an increasingly ubiquitous and mundane medium, the analytical shortcomings of the division between the online and the offline have become evident. Shifting the focus to the fundamental intermeshing of online and offline spaces, networks, economies, politics, locations, agencies, and ethics, Internet: Critical invites scholars to consider material frameworks, infrastructures, and exchanges as enabling constraints in terms of online phenomena. Furthermore, the conference invites considerations of Internet research as a critical practice and theory, its intellectual histories, investments, and social reverberations. How do we, as Internet researchers, connect our work to social concerns or cultural developments both local and global, and what kinds of agency may we exercise in the process? What kinds of redefinitions of the political (in terms of networks, micropolitics, participation, lifestyles, resistant or critical practices) are necessary when conceptualizing Internet cultures within the current geopolitical and geotechnological climate? To this end, we call for papers, panel proposals, and presentations from any discipline, methodology, and community, and from conjunctions of multiple disciplines, methodologies and academic communities that address the conference themes, including papers that intersect and/or interconnect the following: • critical moments, elements, practices • critical theories, methods, constructs • critical voices, histories, texts • critical networks, junctures, spaces • critical technologies, artifacts, failures • critical ethics, interventions, alternatives. Sessions at the conference will be established that specifically address the conference themes, and we welcome innovative, exciting, and unexpected takes on those themes. We also welcome submissions on topics that address social, cultural, political, legal, aesthetic, economic, and/or philosophical aspects of the Internet beyond the conference themes. In all cases, we welcome disciplinary and interdisciplinary submissions as well as international collaborations from both AoIR and non-AoIR members. SUBMISSIONS We seek proposals for several different kinds of contributions. We welcome proposals for traditional academic conference PAPERS and we also welcome proposals for ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS that will focus on discussion and interaction among conference delegates, as well as organized PANEL PROPOSALS that present a coherent group of papers on a single theme. DEADLINES Call for Papers Released: 15 November 2008 Submissions Due: 1 February 2009 Notification: 15 March 2009 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS All papers and presentations in this session will be evaluated in a standard blind peer review. Format - PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit abstract of 600-800 words -FULL PAPERS (OPTIONAL): For submitters requiring peer review of full papers, manuscripts of up to 8,000 words will be accepted for review. These will be reviewed and judged separately from abstract submissions - PANEL PROPOSALS - submit a 600-800 word description of the panel theme, plus 250-500 word abstract for each paper or presentation - ROUNDTABLE PROPOSALS - submit a statement indicating the nature of the roundtable discussion and interaction Papers, presentations and panels will be selected from the submitted proposals on the basis of multiple blind peer review, coordinated and overseen by the Program Chair. Each individual is invited to submit a proposal for 1 paper or 1 presentation. A person may also propose a panel session, which may include a second paper that they are presenting. An individual may also submit a roundtable proposal. You may be listed as co-author on additional papers as long as you are not presenting them. PUBLICATION OF PAPERS Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of the journal Information, Communication & Society, edited by Caroline Haythornwaite and Lori Kendall. Authors selected for submission for this issue have already been contacted prior to the conference. All papers submitted to the conference system will be available to AoIR members after the conference. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS On October 7, 2009, there will be a limited number of pre-conference workshops which will provide participants with in-depth, hands-on and/or creative opportunities. We invite proposals for these pre-conference workshops. Local presenters are encouraged to propose workshops that will invite visiting researchers into their labs or studios or locales. Proposals should be no more than 1000 words, and should clearly outline the purpose, methodology, structure, costs, equipment and minimal attendance required, as well as explaining its relevance to the conference as a whole. Proposals will be accepted if they demonstrate that the workshop will add significantly to the overall program in terms of thematic depth, hands on experience, or local opportunities for scholarly or artistic connections. These proposals and all inquiries regarding pre-conference proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to both the Conference Chair and Program Chair and no later than March 31, 2009. Conference Workshops: http://conferences.aoir.org/workshops.htm CONTACT INFORMATION Program Chair: Susanna Paasonen, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Conference Co-Chairs and Coordinators: Elizabeth Buchanan, Michael Zimmer, UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies and Center for Information Policy Research; Steve Jones, University of Illinois-Chicago Vice-President of AoIR: Mia Consalvo, Ohio University Association Website: http://www.aoir.org Conference Website: http://conferences.aoir.org SPONSORS (partial list)** • School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee • Center for Information Policy Research, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee • Department of Communication Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago • Center for Information and Society and the Department of Communication, University of Washington • American Society for Information Science and Technology—Wisconsin Chapter **Institutions or organizations interested in sponsorship opportunities should contact Elizabeth Buchanan—eliz1679 at uwm.edu

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Research about Open Access repositories
by Roxana Theodorou 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Dear all, My name is Roxana Theodorou and I am a Phd candidate student and guest lecturer in Information Science and Librarianship at the Ionian University, Dpt of Library and Archive Science in Greece. In the line of my theses I am conducting a research concerning open access institutional repositories and how individual researchers feel about them. I would like to ask you to give a few minutes of your time to fill in the attached questionnaire. It is very sort and Iit should take about two minutes to complete it. You can find the questionnaire here <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UvKiPEVx8eCc0UV1aBsW_2bA_3d_3d> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UvKiPEVx8eCc0UV1aBsW_2bA_3d_3d Thank you in advance for your time Sincerely yours Roxana Theodorou Ionian University Department of Archive and Library Science Corfu, Greece

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CFP: ANZCA 2009 Digital and Social Media Stream (submissions due 5 Feb. 2009)
by Axel Bruns 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Dear colleagues, for those of you who missed AoIR 2006 in Brisbane, or want to come back to Australia once again, here's your chance: the 2009 conference of the Australia/New Zealand Communication Association will take place in Brisbane on 8-10 July 2009. We are now calling for paper submissions for the conference overall, and for the Digital and Social Media stream in particular. For more information about the conference, a full list of all conference streams, and to submit your papers, please see the conference Website at http://www.anzca09.org/. Digital and Social Media ANZCA09: Communication, Creativity and Global Citizenship conference stream http://www.anzca09.org/ 8-10 July 2009 QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane, Australia Stream convenors: Axel Bruns, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT / Teresa Rizzo, AFTRS Digital and Social Media Digital media forms constitute an increasingly important element in the overall media ecology. Australians with broadband access now spend more time on the Internet than watching TV, and the growing role of social media (based on the technologies of Web 2.0) in this mix has been well-recognised in both popular discourse and scholarly work. Digital and social media forms are enabling new modes of communication and new forms of creativity affecting and transforming established models of production. For example, cross-platform productions work in the juncture between traditional and social media. Social media have also become tools for the active expression of citizenship - key social media sites were utilised by political actors to encourage citizen participation in recent election campaigns in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, but also provide a fertile space for new social movements to emerge. The Digital and Social Media stream of the ANZCA09: Communication, Creativity and Global Citizenship conference is seeking papers and panels that address the following themes: * How have the practices and aesthetics of social media influenced and altered traditional media such as television, radio and print media? * What role might social media play in the future of the film and television industry, and for the media industries in general? * How do we document, investigate, and understand the role of social media within the overall media ecology? * What drives the success or failure of social media environments? * How do digital and social media contribute to the expression of active citizenship? * What are current and future trends in the development of social media environments? Abstracts and papers are due by Friday 5 February, 2009, and should be submitted directly to the ANZCA09 web site at http://www.anzca09.org/. Enquiries about this stream should be directed to Axel Bruns or Teresa Rizzo (a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au / rizzo(a)optushome.com.au) -- Dr Axel Bruns http://snurb.info/ Senior Lecturer, Media & Communication a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au Creative Industries Faculty, Z1-515, CIP Skype: LexaSnurb Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Rakesh Biswas 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

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