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CFP: Research 2.0: Web 2.0 and Virtual Worlds as Research Environments, HICSS 2010
by Ingbert Floyd 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

Please forgive cross-postings. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- We invite you to submit papers for a new "minitrack" event at the 43rd HICSS conference in Hawaii, January 2010. We look forward to seeing your submission! Please forward to your colleagues and friends. Cheers, Lisa Given & Dinesh Rathi (co-chairs) *Call for Papers* *Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)<http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_43/apahome43.htm> * * Research 2.0: Web 2.0 and Virtual Worlds as Research Environments * * * * Please visit the minitrack website for more details: * http://www.ualberta.ca/~drathi/hicss-43/research2.0.html<http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Edrathi/hicss-43/research2.0.html> *Part of the Track:** Internet and Digital Economy* *Paper Submission Deadline:June 15, 2009* The Web 2.0 environment offers many new opportunities for researchers undertaking both qualitative and quantitative research (e.g., increased potential for collecting data from online communities and social networks around the globe). However, these technologies can also be used by researchers to enhance the research process (e.g., facilitating research collaboration between project team members to develop tools and technologies to analyze data and write papers). Understanding the privacy and legal implications in both contexts – i.e., the implementation of the study, as well as the research process – is an area that warrants further exploration in a minitrack environment. *This minitrack invites papers on topics including (but not limited to):* - Changing landscape for qualitative and quantitative research due to emergence of Web 2.0 and virtual worlds; - Development of online research communities; - Online collaborative techniques in Web 2.0 environments for advancing research methodologies; - Use of Web 2.0 tools and technologies in data collection and analyses; - Use of Web 2.0 platforms and virtual worlds (e.g., Second Life) such as avatars, online communities, for conducting qualitative and quantitative research; - Effectiveness of Web 2.0 for increasing participating rates in research (e.g., questionnaire response rates; online focus groups); - Using user-generated content as a data source in research; - Ethical and legal issues (e.g., privacy; copyright) in conducting qualitative and quantitative research in virtual environments; - Use of social computing in building research communities; - Role of social computing in the advancement of data collection techniques; - New data collection approaches in Web 2.0 environments. *Minitrack Co-Chairs:* *Lisa M. Given <http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Elgiven/>* (Primary Contact) School of Library and Information Studies International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM) University of Alberta Email: lisa.given(a)ualberta.ca *Dinesh Rathi <http://www.drathi.com/>* School of Library and Information Studies University of Alberta Email: drathi(a)ualberta.ca -- ========================================== Ingbert Floyd PhD Student Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign http://ingbert.org/ || skype/twitter/etc.: spacesoon Check out the unofficial GSLIS Wiki: http://www.gslis.org/ "Dream in a pragmatic way." -Aldous Huxley

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Re: [Air-L] Mobile Communications Research in Latin America/South Africa
by Andrew Herman 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Thanks Christopher--I will look into the work of these two people. Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> Christopher Lueg <christopher.lueg(a)utas.edu.au> 03/12/09 4:59 PM >>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Andrew Herman wrote: > I am putting to together a workshop/conference on the Mobile Internet > and am interested in inviting some scholars who doing research on mobile > communications in Latin America and and sub-Saharan Africa, particularly > South Africa. Any helping in guiding towards such scholars would be > greatly appreciated. Did you try Gary Marsden at U Cape Town? Nicola Bidwell also did some interesting work that she presented at OzCHI last year. Best regards christopher > > Thanks so much. > > Andrew Herman > > Andrew Herman, Ph. D. > Associate Professor > Department of Communication Studies > Wilfrid Laurier University > Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 > CANADA > 519 884-1970 x3693 > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- Dr. Christopher Lueg Professor of Computing University of Tasmania Private Bag 100 Hobart TAS 7001, Australia christopher.lueg(a)utas.edu.au http://www.cis.utas.edu.au/users/clueg/ CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Re: [Air-L] Using ANT as ethos and method
by Andrew Herman 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Jeremy- Unfortunately, I must go out out to Waterloo tomorrow so I wot be able to come to you talk and go to lunch. Next time! Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> 02/10/09 10:30 AM >>> On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Tamara Paradis wrote: > Hi all > > I'm working on a graduate project that explores the controversies and > understandings of MMO gaming as valid leisure. I'm curious what is > it about > MMO gaming that results in it being viewed as geeky, strange, "luser- > ish", > etc. I've been struck by the ways in which MMO gamers themselves, as > well as > everday non-gaming folks and mass media reportage (outside of > financial > reports!) seem to accept that MMO gaming is somehow a type of > strange and > suspect pursuit. > > I've long been intrigued with the work of Bruno Latour and others > from SST > and material culture studies who use an Actor-Network Theory (ANT) > approach > to studying the world and its phenomenon. I am drawn to the ethos of > ANT > which flattens the divide between researcher and the researched, and > which > advocates jettisoning old notions of society and "the social", and > the old > (artificial?) divides between micro/macro, structure/individual, > power/domination etc. in the interests of letting the actions tell > the story > of the results. I'm equlally drawn but intimidated by the methods > built into > ANT -- the mapping of actors and connections and associations. actually ANT is not a method, it is just a way of thinking about methods. The methods usually employed are ethnography, network analysis, discourse analysis, citation analysis, and semiotics, much of the terminology of ANT comes from semiotics. > > I'm trying to convince a reluctant adviser that an ANT approach is a > valid > way of studying my research question. If you are studying the ways things in networks mould and affect the network, then ANT is a good theory to have under your belt. However, when you start to talk about systems like media and reporting, ANT loses power, it is interested in the singular objects and the systems of objects/subjects, not the system itself. So for instance, you could use ANT to easily discuss how certain elements of the MMO interfaces recruit users and provide translations of various meanings to users. You can't really use it to talk about 'newspapers', you can use it to talk about a story in a newspaper that convinced 3 people to contact 6 other people, and those people were confronted by people who understood the story differently and to describe the relationships between signs, the object(newspaper story) and the various individual to tell a story about how the tensions in the groups developed due to different interpretations of the singular object. Then you could add more to that story.... > Given the digital focus and the desire > to use ANT as ethos and method, as well as the ways in which ANT > approaches > study and fieldwork, I'm having a rough go of it. I'm wondering if > any of > you are using ANT or have used it in the past for qualitiative > research > purposes (e.g. virtual ethnography; findings reporting; etc.). If > you have > done so in the past, are in the midst of doing so now or are at least > intrigued by the possibilities, I'd be interested in talking with you > off-list. I use ANT as a way to think about objects/subjects and relationships, but I tend not to say ANT, I also tend to argue about ANT a fair amount, so take the above with a grain of salt. most people who work with ANT will tell you that they stopped using it in the 90's and they are definitely working in an age that is past, after, beyond ANT. I tend to recommend reading John Law's recent works on this and Latour's recent works, Reassembling the Social and Politics of Nature, which are all works, I'd argue, of 'after-ANT' . > > > Thanks. > > Tamara Paradis > tparadis(a)connect.carleton.ca > tsparadis(a)gmail.com > Carleton University - Sociology & Anthropology > Ottawa, ON, Canada > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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CFP: Fan Studies (MPCA/ACA Oct 30-Nov 01)
by P Booth 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Please forward as appropriate; apologies for cross-posting Call for Papers: FAN STUDIES 2009 Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference Friday-Sunday, October 30 - November 01, 2009 Detroit, MI http://www.mpcaaca.org Deadline: April 30, 2009 The Fan Studies area of the Midwest Popular Culture and Midwest American Culture Association is now accepting proposals for its upcoming Conference in October./November The MPCA/MACA conference will be held in Detroit, MI October 30-November 01, 2009. Topics can include, but are not limited to fan fiction, multi-media fan production, fan communities, fandom of individual media texts, sports fandom, or the future of fandom. Case studies are also welcome. Please send 250 word abstract proposals on any aspect of Fan Studies to Paul Booth, at pbooth81(a)gmail.com. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.mpcaaca.org/ Please include name, affiliation, and e-mail address with the 250 word abstract.

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CFP: Hypermedia Studies (MPCA/ACA Oct 30-Nov 01)
by P Booth 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Please forward as appropriate; apologies for cross-posting Call for Papers: HYPERMEDIA STUDIES 2009 Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference Friday-Sunday, October 30 - November 01, 2009 Detroit, MI http://www.mpcaaca.org Deadline: April 30, 2009 The Hypermedia Studies area of the Midwest Popular Culture and Midwest American Culture Association is now accepting proposals for its upcoming Conference in October./November The MPCA/MACA conference will be held in Detroit, MI October 30-November 01, 2009. Topics can include, but are not limited to hypermedia and literature, uses of hypermedia, analyses of hypermedia works, and hypermedia and the future of technology. Case studies are also welcome. Please send 250 word abstract proposals on any aspect of Hypermedia Studies to Paul Booth, at pbooth81(a)gmail.com. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.mpcaaca.org/ Please include name, affiliation, and e-mail address with the 250 word abstract.

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mDEVELOPMENT 2009, The 1st Int. Conference on Mobile Development, Barcelona
by I Kushchu 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Dear All, The 1st International Conference on Mobile Development (mDEVELOPMENT 2009 - http://www.m4life.org ) will be held during 2-3-4 September, 2009, in Barcelona, Spain as part of Mobile Life Conferences and Exhibitions. Mobile technologies have significant impact on not only individual life, societies and organizations but also on economies. This impact is clearly visible for the developing economies in Africa, Latin America and parts of the Asia. mDevelopment 2009 aims to explore the impact of the mobile technologies on economic and social development and invites all professionals from public, private, non-profit and third sector org organizations to create a prime platform for knowledge exchange and dissemination. Research paper submission deadline is the 1st of June 2009 and proposals for practice talks, workshops, tutorials, special sessions, are open and ongoing. Proposals for exhibiting demos, mobile devices, applications and services for mobile government are also welcome. The umbrella platform, Mobile LIfe 2009, explores and disseminates knowledge, applications and services aiming to convert the impact of mobile technologies to economical and social welfare for individuals, societies, governments, businesses and economies. mLIfe 2009 hosts two other conferences this year. -- EURO mGOV 2009: The 4th European Conference on Mobile Government -- mSOCIETY 2009: The Second Int. Conference on Mobile Society The conference is organized by the Mobile Government Consortium Int. (www.mgovernment.org ) in cooperation with the Barcelona City Council. It is a platform for effective interaction and dissemination of knowledge among public and private sector professionals, and researchers. For more on submissions, participation, exhibitions of demos and applications, please visit http://www.m4life.org or send email to conf(a)mlife.org ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853

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mSOCIETY 2009, The 2nd Int. Conference on Mobile Society, Barcelona
by I Kushchu 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Dear All, The 2nd International Conference on Mobile Society (mSOCIETY 2009 - http://www.m4life.org ) will be held during 2-3-4 September, 2009, in Barcelona, Spain as part of Mobile Life Conferences and Exhibitions. The mSOCIETY conference aims to explore the negative and positive impact of mobile technologies, applications and services on individuals, primary relations and the societies. It covers issues related to how mobile technologies re-defines the way we interact with each other, with places we live, and the organizations we interact. Research paper submission deadline is the 1st of June 2009 and proposals for practice talks, workshops, tutorials, special sessions, are open and ongoing. Proposals for exhibiting demos, mobile devices, applications and services for mobile government are also welcome. The umbrella platform, Mobile LIfe 2009, explores and disseminates knowledge, applications and services aiming to convert the impact of mobile technologies to economical and social welfare for individuals, societies, governments, businesses and economies. mLIfe 2009 hosts two other conferences this year. -- EURO mGOV 2009: The 4th European Conference on Mobile Government -- mDEVELOPMENT 2009: The 1st Int. Conference on Mobile Development The conference is organized by the Mobile Government Consortium Int. (www.mgovernment.org ) in cooperation with the Barcelona City Council. It is a platform for effective interaction and dissemination of knowledge among public and private sector professionals, and researchers. For more on submissions, participation, exhibitions of demos and applications, please visit http://www.m4life.org or send email to conf(a)mlife.org ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853

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CFP: Mobile Life 2009 Conference and Exhibitions
by I Kushchu 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

-- Apologies for multiple copies -- mLife 2009: Three Conferences and Exhibitions ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2 - 3 - 4 September 2009, Barcelona, Spain, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.m4life.org conf(a)mlife.org “Converting impacts of mobile technologies to economical and social welfare” -- mSOCIETY 2009: The 2nd International Conference on Mobile Society -- EURO mGOV 2009: The 4th European Conference on Mobile Government -- mDEVELOPMENT 2009: The 1st Int. Conference on Mobile Development Dates: ------- Practice talk proposals :as soon as possible Research Paper Submission dead line :1st of June 2009 Submissions: ------------------ mLife conference and exhibitions are prime events for all organizations and professionals who would like to monitor, take part in, and shape the development of the social impact of the mobile revolution. They provide opportunities to businesses, public sector organizations and researchers to explore the frontiers of the social mobile revolution and be informed in order to reach their goals. Covering all aspects of mobile business, mobile society, m/e- government and mDevelopment. mLife Organisation invites research, practice and policy presentations; exhibitions and demos; tutorials and special sessions. For more on submissions please visit: http://www.m4life.org Conference Chairs: I. Kushchu (mLife 2009), Mobile Government Consortium Int. M. Bull, (mSociety 2009), Sussex University C. Borucki and J. Batlle (EURO mGOV 2009), Temple University, Japan and Barcelona City Council K. Banks, (mDevelpment 2009), Kwanja.net Program Chairs: Carl Adams, University of Portsmouth, UK Rain Rannu, Mobi Solutions & Fortumo, Estonia Organizers & Supporters: -- Mobile Government Consortium International -- Barcelona City Council For more on participation, exhibitions and sponsorship, previous conferences, please visit www.m4life.org or send email to conf(a)mlife.org

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Lacan and videogames
by Adam Davis 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

***Apologies for cross-posting*** A contributor to one of these lists mentioned a paper they had written on Lacan and videogames. I meant to ask for a copy but accidentally deleted the email. I wonder if the author would be so kind as to get in touch with me? Also: If anyone else knows of good papers or books on subjectivity in virtual worlds and videogames, and particularly from a Lacanian perspective on identification, I'd appreciate it! Adam Adam Davis Doctoral Student Mass Communication and Media Arts Southern Illinois University SL: Forthwith Sideways

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Research Studentship (Essex, UK): Spatial patterns of digital exclusion
by Ben Anderson 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

Please forward widely. Being a collaborative studentship this has a higher stipend (living allowance) than other UK Research Council studentships, covers all tuition fees and has a reasonable research expenses budget. many thanks Ben The Centre for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation in the Department of Sociology at University of Essex invites applications for an Economic and Social Research Council/Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) Collaborative Studentship on "Modeling and analysing spatial patterns of digital exclusion" (Supervisor: Dr Ben Anderson). For more info see: http://cresi.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/research-studentship-spatial-patterns… ---- Dr Ben Anderson Centre for Research in Economic Sociology and Innovation Department of Sociology University of Essex http://cresi.wordpress.com

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