August 2008 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

CfP GOR 09 - GENERAL ONLINE RESEARCH 2009 Vienna Austria
by mwelker 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

Dear Colleagues, please redistribute, sorry for cross-posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- GENERAL ONLINE RESEARCH 2009 (GOR 09), http://www.gor.de April 6-8, 2009, University of Vienna, Austria "Do more - See more - Get more: Online Research in Theory and Practice". An Assessment of new Methodological Approaches and Classical Insights on the Impact of Online and Mobile Communication Organizer: * German Society for Online Research, http://www.dgof.de Local Organizers: * Austrian Market Research Association (VMÖ) * Austrian Advertising Research Association (WWG) * Austrian Forum of Experts in Online Research ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Program Committee: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Burkart (University of Vienna, Austria) Prof. Dr. Nicola Doering (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany) Andera Gadeib (CEO, Dialego AG, Aachen, Germany) Dr. Uwe Matzat (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, DGOF member of the board) Emanuel Maxl (VMÖ, Expertenforum Online-Forschung, Vienna, Austria) Dr. Lieselotte Stalzer (VMÖ, Vienna, Austria) Prof. Dr. Martin Welker, Chair (Macromedia University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany, DGOF member of the board) Index: >> Focus and Papers >> Deadline >> Topics >> Types of Contributions and Abstract Submission Schedule of GOR 09 >> Conference Fees and Registration Exhibition Stand Space >> Summary: Important Deadlines, How to Get in Touch with GOR 09 >> Focus of the Conference The aim of the General Online Research (GOR) is the discussion of basic research, innovative developments, and practical experiences in the field of online research. Online research covers a) all methods, instruments and theories that are dealing with the collection of data via online networks and b) effects of online applications and technologies on all levels of society. That involves mobile communication as well. The annual GOR conference involves research mainly within the social and behavioral sciences. GOR 09 supports the exchange of knowledge not only in an interdisciplinary way, but also between researchers and practitioners as well as between universities and companies. >> Papers Invited Theory driven papers are welcome as well as papers with a strong empirical basis and a thorough design. The presentation of applications, best practice examples and cases studies are encouraged. Purely promotional presentations will not be considered for the program. Purely theoretical papers are welcome as long as they provide a clear guidance for future empirical research. The program committee invites presenters from the private sector, official statistics in the governmental and the academic sector. Presentations by teams of authors from two or more sectors are especially welcome. Proposals may include industry cases / clients with a case from practice. Conference Language is English. All papers shall be presented in English (including slides and written papers, if applicable). >> Deadline ***Deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2008*** The program committee accepts abstract proposals through an online submission system. [http://www.gor.de/gor09/conftool_en.php] All abstracts should be submitted in English. All abstracts will be evaluated by members of the program committee. There will be a transparent evaluation process based on scores. Contributors will be informed regarding the evaluation of their abstracts by Dec. 07, 2008. After accepting the invitations to present at the conference, authors are expected to register with the conference and provide a proof of their working on the paper prior to the assembly of the final conference program. >> Which Topics? (1) Data Collection Using the Internet: Measurement: - Web 2.0 Features and New Instruments in Web Surveys, - Field-experimental Work on the Question Answer Process in Web Surveys, - Audio and Video Elements in Web Surveys. Weighting in Web surveys: - Propensity Score Weighting and Related Procedures. Sampling: - Probability Samples and Online Access Panels, - Sampling of Special Populations on the Internet, - Non-response: Incentives, Field work and its Timing. (2) Research Goes Mobile: New Applications in Data Collection: - The Merger of Oral and Visual Communication, - Supporting Interviewers and Field Representatives, - Self-administered Mobile Data Collection, - Evaluation of New Technologies. (3) Qualitative Research via Internet: - New Approaches in Qualitative Research Online - Qual-Quant Methods which are enabled by the Internet - Semi-structured and Qualitative Interviews on the Web, - Qualitative Content Analysis of Websites, Blogs, Wikis, Personal Profiles. (4) Internet and Mobile Metrics: - Network Analysis: Methods, Instruments, Indicators - Data Mining Techniques, Indicators, - Combining Data Mining and Survey Data. (5) Social Web & Civil Society: - Online Groups, Online Communities & Social Networking Sites, - Internet and Social Movements: Participation and the Deliberative Democracy, - Social Networks and Relations Online and Offline, - Digital Inequality, - eDemocracy & eGovernance, - Social and Psychological Effects of Internet Use, - eHealth, - e- & m-Learning. (6) Electronic & Mobile Business: - Evaluation of Web-Sites and E-Commerce, - Electronic CRM and its Relation to Online Market Research, - Online Employee Surveys. >> Types of Contributions and Abstract Submission: * Papers: Oral presentation of a paper. * Poster presentations: Contribution to a poster session. For oral presentations and posters please submit an abstract of about 350 words. The abstract should be descriptive with respect to the underlying research question(s), the methods used to assess these questions, the data used and a short summary of the results. It should especially make clear what the results add to existing insights and knowledge about the topic. * Sessions: Contributors are encouraged to propose sessions of 3 to 5 presentations focused on a particular topic within the scope of the conference. Session organizers are invited to submit a draft program including the names of all contributors, titles of their presentations, and contact information in addition to a 250 word rational for the session. Sessions combining presentations from the private sector and the academic sector are especially welcome. * Workshops: You may propose teaching a 2.5 or 5 hour pre-conference workshop covering key methods or ethical aspects of Internet science. * Roundtables Proceedings: rights remain with the authors. There will be a) proceedings, that is a booklet with all the abstracts of the accepted papers, free for all participants of GOR 09. b) an edited volume of 10-15 excellent papers in the series ?Neue Schriften zur Online-Forschung? c) an edited volume of 10-15 excellent papers of the special track ?Research goes mobile?. >> Schedule of GOR 09: Traditionally, the GOR follows this schedule (subject to alteration): Monday (April 6, 2009): Workshops, DGOF Member Meeting & Early Bird Meeting Tuesday (April 7, 2009): Conference, Exhibition & Party Wednesday (April 8, 2009): Conference & Exhibition Traveling and accommodation: please refer to our website www.gor.de >> Social Events and Membership Meeting: The traditional Early-Bird-Meeting takes place in the evening of April, 6th, 2009. Visitors and participants will have the opportunity to meet and get in touch with other researchers. On Tuesday evening (April 7th, 2009) there will be a big party. During the conference there is a meeting of the members of the German Society for Online Research. Members will receive additional information about the meeting at a later date. >> Exhibition Stand Space: Companies will have the opportunity to book exhibition stand space for presentations of products or services. Please contact office(a)dgof.de. >> Conference Fees and Registration: Conference fees include tax, conference materials, two lunches, the evening event, drinks and snacks during breaks. * Researchers: 180 Euros * First authors: 145 Euros * Students: 90 Euros * Commercial participants (e.g., company representatives, free-lancers, consultants): 465 Euros Early registrants (i.e., registration by January 15, 2008) have a 15 % discount. DGOF, VMÖ and WWG members have a 20 % discount, which cannot be combined with the early registrants' discount. For participants other than first authors, day tickets are available, as well. Registration for all participants begins December 10th , 2008 at http://www.gor.de. >> Important deadlines: Okt/15th /2008 deadline for abstract submission Dec/07th /2008 feedback on paper acceptance/registration begins Jan/01th /2009 preliminary program available Jan/31th/2009 deadline for first author registration Feb/22th/2009 deadline for sending in slides and powerpoints >> How to Get in Touch: Conference website, abstract submission, workshops: http://www.gor.de Business activities and any further questions: office(a)dgof.de. Aug. 10, 2008, the program committee ***************************************************** ========================================= Prof. Dr. Martin Welker Journalistik Macromedia Fachhochschule der Medien (MFM) Gollierstr. 4 80339 München www.macromedia.de ----------------------------------------- www.martin-welker.de ----------------------------------------- DGOF e.V., Vorstand Hans-Böckler-Str. 163 50354 Hürth m.welker(a)dgof.de, www.dgof.de =========================================

1 0

vint cerf article
by jeremy hunsinger 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

a decade of internet evolution http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_11-2/index.h… jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

1 0

pre-history of the Internet
by Barry Wellman 17 Aug '08

17 Aug '08

which is more interesting than Clone Wars (in either live or animated versions). See below Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:11:59 +0100 From: martin dodge <m.dodge(a)manchester.ac.uk> Subject: history of NSFNET with maps of network growth Ancient history in Internet time...... 5. NSF and the Birth of the Internet [Macromedia Flash Player] http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsf-net/ The birth of the Internet is the subject of this utterly engaging and well- thought out special report created by the National Science Foundation. After a brief introduction, visitors can browse through a multimedia site that includes video clips of early pioneers talking about their work on this endeavor, along with maps of Internet growth from the 1960s to the 1990s and documents such as the Lax Report. Interestingly enough the Lax Report, issued in 1982, was influential in the creation of the National Science Foundation's supercomputing centers. The materials are divided up by decade (1960s through the 2000s) and visitors can click on each section to learn about the advances and challenges faced by persons working in this field. Along the way, a small section in the bottom right-hand corner of the site keeps a running total of the baud rate and the Internet users in each decade. Of course, visitors will not want to miss the section dedicated to Mosaic, which was the browser developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in the early 1990s. [KMG] Courtesy of Internet Scout report http://scout.wisc.edu/ ------------------------------ End of MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Digest - 11 Apr 2008 to 16 Aug 2008 (#2008-5) ***********************************************************************

1 0

Call for entries: Vilém Flusser Theory Award
by Findeisen Andreas Leo 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

Dear Colleague, as this is my first submission to the list, I would kindly ask you to have a look if all is ok. Thank you, from Vienna, Austria, Sincerely, Leo Findeisen --- Dear Colleagues, Please find below a call for entries for the next edition of the Vilém Flusser Theory Award in Berlin, which has a deadline on 5th of September, 2008. We look forward to your submissions. My apologies for cross-posting. Call for Entries: Vilém Flusser Theory Award LINK: http://www.transmediale.de/site/en/call/vilem-flusser-theory-award/ In order to reflect the increasing significance of theoretical and critical practice works submitted for the transmediale Award competition, the festival has introduced the Vilém Flusser Theory Award. ?In collaboration with the recently opened _Vilém_Flusser_Archive at the Universität der Künste Berlin, dedicated to the complete works of the influential visionary and media philosopher, the award honors outstanding theoretical or research based digital arts practice. Endowed with a cash prize of 2,000 euros the possibility of an additional residency component is currently being explored. The Vilém Flusser Theory Award seeks to encourage critical and cross-disciplinary research and profound speculative investigation towards the development of new forms of digital culture, art and society. For those with backgrounds straddling the boundaries of theory and practice, for example within the realms of digital media philosophy and aesthetics, technology and digital ecology, or the social impact of networks and software the Award presents an opportunity to enhance debate and discourse beyond the usual confines of digital and media art practice. Vilém Flusser was a unique thinker whose philosophical poetics appeal to people from many distinct professional and cultural backgrounds, to those daring to explore fundamentally distinct routes and modes of understanding, of making and of acting differently in an intrinsically interconnected and complex world. As a philosopher, Vilém Flusser devoted himself to constructing a space for a radical diversity of cultural dimensions welcoming thought on digital aesthetics, network cultures, art and technology. He saw socio-political 'events' as being process oriented experiences, as non-hierarchical platforms of communication upon which researchers, developers and artists could come together to collaboratively explore the previously uncharted aesthetic and communicative possibilities of new media technologies. Framing the spirit and sense of purpose embodied by Vilém Flusser's work transmediale seeks submissions in the form of written texts, articles, manuscripts, dissertations, experimental formats and speculative practice-based endeavours. Works that engage a digital sense of 'materiality' with high and unique levels of abstraction, critically unfolding the conceptuality of network structures, aesthetics, politics, and society are welcome. Entrants should be individuals, coherent groups or collectives working on unique projects or following a common trajectory of practice. Works may be submitted in hard or digital copy formats in any language, however works not in English must be accompanied by an English language abstract, version or text list. In its introductory year in 2008 the transmediale jury awarded a first prize valued at 1,000 EUR to Simon Yuill for his text "All problems of notation will be solved by the masses: Free Open Form Performance, Free/Libre Open Source Software, and Distributive Practice" (2008), and two honorable mentions, of 500 EUR each, to Bureau d'Etudes for the "End of Secrecy" (2008) and to Naeem Mohaiemen for his text "Fear of a Muslim Planet: Hip-Hops Hidden History" (2008). The transmediale.09 Vilém Flusser Theory Award committee are: Olga Goriunova (Moscow), Andreas Leo Findeisen (Vienna), Marcel René Marburger (Cologne/Berlin) :: Deadline: 5 September 2008 :: Award Ceremony: 31 January 2009

1 0

International Journal for Emerging Technologies & Society (iJETS) - CFP
by Susan Malta 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

** High Priority ** Dear Colleagues Please find below a call for papers for the next edition of iJETS (The International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society). We look forward to your submissions. Our apologies for cross-posting. ***************************************************************************************** iJETS is a multi-disciplinary journal, focusing on the complex relationship between science and technology and their wider socio-cultural contexts. Perhaps more importantly, iJETS is designed as a forum for informed discussion and debate about the role of technology in society, drawing on a variety of viewpoints from all branches of the social and behavioural sciences and humanities. iJETS attracts submissions from diverse perspectives. Previous articles have examined the social implications of various emerging technologies, from biotechnology and cybernetics, genetic parentage testing and genetically modified crops, mobile Internet and wireless interfaces, online civic engagement and risk, trust and attitudes towards new technologies, gaming and love online. See http://www.swin.edu.au/ijets/ for past issues. Submitted manuscripts are subjected to a double-blind referee process and must not have been published or currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Guidelines for authors are available at: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/hosting/ijets/ijets/authors.html For further information, please contact the Managing Editor, Sue Malta at smalta(a)swin.edu.au or ijets(a)swin.edu.au ............................................... Sue Malta Managing Editor International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society (iJETS) Swinburne University of Technology John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Ph: 0409.433.077 Email: ijets(a)swin.edu.au Or: smalta(a)swin.edu.au www.swin.edu.au/ijets ----- Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

3 3

conference announcement of possible interest
by Charles Ess 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

On behalf of friends and colleagues in the Computing and Philosophy world ... - c. NA-CAP@IU 2009: Networks and Their Philosophical Implications (http://ia-cap.org/na-cap09/) June 14th-16th at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana Preliminary CFP Deadline: February 1st 2009 (firm) In recent years, across several different academic disciplines, including biology, computer science, cognitive science, informatics, philosophy and psychology, a shift in the study of complex systems is readily visible. This shift away from a focus on the individual components of a system to the interrelations between them has provided the groundwork for what might broadly be called a "network" perspective, as it has become increasingly clear that simple components can produce astoundingly complex and varied behavior when they work in consort. Evidence for this observation is seen everywhere from biological neural networks, stigmergic systems, and animal behavior to networked computing, social networking, and dynamic systems. This conference will explore the philosophical implications of this network perspective as it applies to the broader scope of topics studied by our association. To this end, we are interested in receiving submissions that explore themes in the intersection of philosophy and computing insofar as they involve, for instance: * Academic/Scientific Citation Networks * Artificial Neural (Connectionist) Networks * Biological Neural Networks * The Internet / World-Wide Web * Multi-Agent Reasoning and Decision-Making * Networked Computing * Networked Robotics / Swarm Intelligence * Semantic Networks * Social Networking * Stigmergic Systems * Ubiquitous Computing Individual submissions might address a range of subtopics, including the ethical and political implications of social networking, theoretical analyses of networked computing, the implications of artificial or biological neural networks for issues in the philosophy of mind, how community and technology enable networked thinking, reasoning and decision-making, etc. We also welcome submissions not directly on the conference theme, though first preference will go to those that fit within the broad parameters outlined here. We welcome submissions for papers, panels and demonstrations of computing and philosophy applications. Papers and demonstrations will be allotted 40 minutes, including time for commentary and questions (25 minutes for presentation, 5 for commentary and 10 for Q&A). 120-minute slots are available for panels and can be divided as the panelists see fit. For papers, please limit submission length to 3,000 words, keeping in mind that the IACAP discourages participants from reading their papers to the audience. (Many presenters prepare slides using PowerPoint or some other software package. However, these need not be submitted with your original paper.) Include also a 250-word abstract. The IACAP discourages "show-and-tell" demonstrations, but welcomes submissions that show a new and interesting application of computers to philosophy. Submissions in this category should consist of a 1,500-word abstract outlining what is innovative about the application and the questions pertinent to philosophy that your demonstration will raise. For panels, please submit a 1,000-word summary of the panel as a whole, along with 300 to 500-word abstracts for each of its various components. The conference will be accepting electronic submissions appropriately prepared for blind review on or before February 1st, 2009. Additional details will be posted to the conference website at http://ia-cap.org/na-cap09/ before early December and mailed to the IACAP-announce mailing list. (See http://ia-cap.org/mailinglist.php to join.) This conference is one of several regional conferences associated with the International Association for Computing and Philosophy. To learn more about the IACAP, including its other conferences and membership details, visit the organization's website at http://ia-cap.org. Tony Beavers 2009 NACAP Program Chair -- Anthony F. Beavers, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy / Director of Cognitive Science The University of Evansville http://faculty.evansville.edu/tb2/

1 0

Major "SciTechNet" Blog Entries
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Colleagues/ I'm pleased to inform you of several major additions to the "SciTechNet" Blog. The SciTechNet(sm) is devoted to describing and documenting online social networking services in the Sciences and Technology. SciSpace: The Social Networking Site For Scientists [ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/scispace-social-networking-site-for.… ] SciMeet: Social Network For Scientists [ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/scimeet-social-network-for-scientist… ] SciBog :: The Social Network For Scientists [ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/scibog-social-network-for-scientists… ] Epernicus(tm): Where Science Meets [ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/epernicus-where-science-meets.html ] HCAR KnowledgeMesh(tm): Connecting the Dots [ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/hcar-knowledgemesh-connecting-dots.h… ] Labmeeting: Make Science Easier [ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/labmeeting-make-science-easier.html ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

1 0

The Use And Misuse Of Bibliometric Indices In Evaluating Scholarly Performance
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Colleagues/ A Very Important Publication: _The Use And Misuse Of Bibliometric Indices In Evaluating Scholarly Performance_ / _Ethics In Science And Enviromental Politics_ / Editors: Howard I. Browman, Konstantinos I. Stergiou THEME SECTION: Quantifying the relative performance of individual scholars, groups of scholars, departments, institutions, provinces/states/regions and countries has become an integral part of decision-making over research policy, funding allocations, awarding of grants, faculty hirings, and claims for promotion and tenure. Bibliometric indices (based mainly upon citation counts), such as the h-index and the journal impact factor, are heavily relied upon in such assessments. There is a growing consensus, and a deep concern, that these indices - more-and-more often used as a replacement for the informed judgement of peers - are misunderstood and are, therefore, often misinterpreted and misused. The articles in this ESEP Theme Section present a range of perspectives on these issues. Alternative approaches, tools and metrics that will hopefully lead to a more balanced role for these instruments are presented. Browman HI, Stergiou KI / INTRODUCTION: Factors and indices are one thing, deciding who is scholarly, why they are scholarly, and the relative value of their scholarship is something else entirely Campbell P / Escape from the impact factor Lawrence PA / Lost in publication: how measurement harms science Todd PA, Ladle RJ / Hidden dangers of a 'citation culture' Taylor M, Perakakis P, Trachana V / The siege of science Cheung WWL/ The economics of post-doc publishing Tsikliras AC/ Chasing after the high impact Zitt M, Bassecoulard E/ Challenges for scientometric indicators: data demining, knowledge flows measurements and diversity issues Harzing AWK, van der Wal R / Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis Pauly D, Stergiou KI / Re-interpretation of 'influence weight' as a citation-based Index of New Knowledge (INK) Giske J / Benefitting from bibliometry Butler L/ Using a balanced approach to bibliometrics: quantitative performance measures in the Australian Research Quality Framework Bornmann L, Mutz R, Neuhaus C, Daniel HD / Citation counts for research evaluation: standards of good practice for analyzing bibliometric data and presenting and interpreting results Harnad S / Validating research performance metrics against peer rankings (Open Access) Links To Full Text Available Are Available At [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/08/google-scholar-as-new-source-for.… <http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/08/google-scholar-as-new-source-for.…> ] AND/OR [ http://tinyurl.com/5mko5q <http://tinyurl.com/5mko5q> ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://exchange.ias…> ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://exchange.ias…> ]

1 0

Major "Student As Scholar" Blog Entries
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

1 0

First International Symposium on Digital Diasporas
by Alejandro Blanco Peña 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hi everyone, I write for telling that the next 21 and 22 august we will have the First International Symposium on Digital Diasporas at Bogotá, Colombia. All the information can be finding on: http://www.redescolombia.org/Simposio/IndexIngles.html DESCRIPTION We are living an historic moment in which the basic organization of relations in society has been enormously impacted by the possibility, for the first time in history, of establishing real-time communications across the world. In this context, the circumstances of interaction, particularly those generated by Internet, have allowed digital diasporas to mushroom, as cyberspace configurations for social groups of people who are geographically scattered but sharing some common national background. This makes it relevant to create an opportunity for reflection on the subject, approaching the construction of distance networks and communities, their relationships with the place of origin and impact on that place. This implies reflection on relations which transnational social networks have with ideas of culture, identity and development. Saludos cordiales, Alejandro Blanco ______________________________________________ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente.

1 0