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query: topics that don't get talked about (enough) in academia?
by Nancy Van House 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Spring semester I'm teaching our on-going seminar for doctoral students that addresses various topics related to being a researcher and, to a lesser degree, teaching. My spring theme: topics that don't get talked about, or not enough, or not frankly enough. SUGGESTIONS WANTED! Some examples: -conflicts over co-authorship -- who's included, how names are ordered -conflicts among collaborators/co-authors -dealing with colleagues who are bullies -reviewing, and responding to reviewers -various problems with students, in class and out. The ordinary ones; and the extraordinary (e.g., stalking) **What were YOU not sufficiently prepared to face when you first finished your PhD?** Or, as a PhD student, what would you want such a seminar to cover? -- -- *********************************************************************************** Nancy Van House Professor, School of Information 102 South Hall #4600 University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4600 voice 510.642.0855 fax 510.642.5814 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/~vanhouse --------------------------------------------------------------- Office: 307A South Hall ***********************************************************************************

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17 Nov '10

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Re: [Air-L] Content of Air-L Digest, Vol 76, Issue 16 - help with references (Jesper T?kke)
by Margherita Bacigalupo 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi Jesper I would reccomend you this report published by the European Commission Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Redecker, C., Ala-Mutka, K., Bacigalupo, M., Ferrari, A., & Punie, Y. (2009). *Learning 2.0: the Impact of Web 2.0 Innovations on Education and Training in Europe* (EUR 24103 EN). Luxembourg (Luxembourg): European Commission. http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC55629.pdf You may also want to have a look at case studies here Heid, S., Fischer, T., & Kugemann, W. (2009). *Good Practices for Learning 2.0: Promoting Innovation. An In-depth Study of Eight Learning 2.0 Cases*(JRC53212). C. Redecker, M. Bacigalupo, K. Ala-Mutka & Y. Punie (Eds.) Seville (Spain) European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC53212_TN.pdf Cullen, J., Cullen, C., Hayward, D., & Maes, V. (2009). *Good Practices for Learning 2.0: Promoting Inclusion - An In-depth Study of Eight Learning 2.0 Cases *. S (JRC53578). C. Redecker, M. Bacigalupo, K. Ala-Mutka & Y. Punie (Eds.) Seville (Spain): : European Commission. http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC53578_TN.pdf More on the IPTS research on ICT mediated learning and teaching : http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/eLearning.html Best regards, margherita margherita bacigalupo Scientific Officer European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC) Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu

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Click on Knowledge Conference
by Andrew Miller 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Dear Air-l Members, The University of Copenhagen's Institute of English, German and Romance Studies wishes to announce its upcoming conference on internet research in the humanities: Click-on-Knowledge. http://engerom.ku.dk/clickonknowledge The conference is a three-day event, comprising the presentation of papers, keynote speeches and panel discussions. The conference will discuss a broad range of issues all concerning the interactions between research and study in the humanities and so-called web-based knowledge. We are seeking speakers who are interested in the production of knowledge and how this production has been affected by the development of the internet. Specifically, the areas we wish to explore involve e-text copyrights, new web-based learning techniques and pod-casting. In examining these subjects, however, our focus is not solely on what is new in the sense of technological developments, but how the new renovates the old. Therefore, another focus of the conference is on the history of knowledge as an idea that can be disseminated by way of such early media as the book, the class room and the library. We encourage anyone who is interested in this conference to submit a proposal for a paper or a panel. Participants can be from the ‘traditional' humanities, those with ‘hands-on' experiences of digitization of text or images, people involved in the maintenance of databases, IT studies experts, or private software developers. The Key notes are: •Professor Susan Schreibman, Director of the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO), the Royal Irish, Academy, Dublin. •Professor Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg. •IT-journalist Mark Malseed, author of The Google Story. •Dr. Linda Bree, Commissioning Editor, Cambridge University Press. •Professor Peter Naur, Computer Scientist and winner of the Turing Prize. The conference committee welcomes contributions on the following example topics: 1.Hands-on digitization of ancient manuscripts and other similar documents. 2.Web-based based edited works (e.g. Shakespeare, Goethe, Balzac or national treasures of smaller language areas). 3.The legal aspects of producing and consuming web-based texts and images. 4.The history of knowledge as it has transitioned from what we might term ‘book-based' platforms to web-based platforms. 5.Innovations in web-design and the establishment of databases. 6.The study of the humanities in the age of Google: how have the cultural aspects of the university changed and how have these changes transformed the older notions of studying the humanities. 7.The immateriality of the text: how has the transition to web-based reading altered our understanding of book history and interpretation of text and tradition? Traditional and Digital Format In the spirit of the conference's aim, we seek to combine the traditional elements of an academic conference and those elements of video conference and ‘streaming'. This allows participants to choose between whether they wish to physically attend the conference at the University of Copenhagen or merely wish to attend online. Should a participant opts to participant online, as the support structures for the conference develop over the next couple of months, materials will be available on line so that this participant can attend over the net. It is our hope that this will enable participants from developing countries, as well as milieus in which travel budgets may be low, to enhance our discussion with their insights. Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit abstracts of approx. 300-500 words of their suggested papers. The abstract must give a clear indication of the contents and key points of the coming paper. All submissions will be handled electronically. Panel Submission We also invite suggestion for panels that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise interesting issues. Proposal Submission Form Please fill in the proposal submission form for suggestions to paper or panel submissions. Process of Selection The programme committee will evaluate papers and panels based on quality and relevance. All submissions are held in confidentiality prior to publication in the proceedings. Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered unless an extension has been granted by the committee chairs. Accepted papers will be presented by their author(s) and will be published in the conference proceedings. The papers will be published in book form. Deadline: January 15, 2011.

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Click on Knowledge Conference : Call for Papers
by Andrew Miller 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Dear Air-l Members, The University of Copenhagen's Institute of English, German and Romance Studies wishes to announce its upcoming conference on internet research in the humanities: Click-on-Knowledge. The conference is a three-day event, comprising the presentation of papers, keynote speeches and panel discussions. The conference will discuss a broad range of issues all concerning the interactions between research and study in the humanities and so-called web-based knowledge. We are seeking speakers who are interested in the production of knowledge and how this production has been affected by the development of the internet. Specifically, the areas we wish to explore involve e-text copyrights, new web-based learning techniques and pod-casting. In examining these subjects, however, our focus is not solely on what is new in the sense of technological developments, but how the new renovates the old. Therefore, another focus of the conference is on the history of knowledge as an idea that can be disseminated by way of such early media as the book, the class room and the library. We encourage anyone who is interested in this conference to submit a proposal for a paper or a panel. Participants can be from the ‘traditional' humanities, those with ‘hands-on' experiences of digitization of text or images, people involved in the maintenance of databases, IT studies experts, or private software developers. The Key notes are: •Professor Susan Schreibman, Director of the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO), the Royal Irish, Academy, Dublin. •Professor Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg. •IT-journalist Mark Malseed, author of The Google Story. •Dr. Linda Bree, Commissioning Editor, Cambridge University Press. •Professor Peter Naur, Computer Scientist and winner of the Turing Prize. The conference committee welcomes contributions on the following example topics: 1.Hands-on digitization of ancient manuscripts and other similar documents. 2.Web-based based edited works (e.g. Shakespeare, Goethe, Balzac or national treasures of smaller language areas). 3.The legal aspects of producing and consuming web-based texts and images. 4.The history of knowledge as it has transitioned from what we might term ‘book-based' platforms to web-based platforms. 5.Innovations in web-design and the establishment of databases. 6.The study of the humanities in the age of Google: how have the cultural aspects of the university changed and how have these changes transformed the older notions of studying the humanities. 7.The immateriality of the text: how has the transition to web-based reading altered our understanding of book history and interpretation of text and tradition? Traditional and Digital Format In the spirit of the conference's aim, we seek to combine the traditional elements of an academic conference and those elements of video conference and ‘streaming'. This allows participants to choose between whether they wish to physically attend the conference at the University of Copenhagen or merely wish to attend online. Should a participant opts to participant online, as the support structures for the conference develop over the next couple of months, materials will be available on line so that this participant can attend over the net. It is our hope that this will enable participants from developing countries, as well as milieus in which travel budgets may be low, to enhance our discussion with their insights. Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit abstracts of approx. 300-500 words of their suggested papers. The abstract must give a clear indication of the contents and key points of the coming paper. All submissions will be handled electronically. Panel Submission We also invite suggestion for panels that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise interesting issues. Proposal Submission Form Please fill in the proposal submission form for suggestions to paper or panel submissions. Process of Selection The programme committee will evaluate papers and panels based on quality and relevance. All submissions are held in confidentiality prior to publication in the proceedings. Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered unless an extension has been granted by the committee chairs. Accepted papers will be presented by their author(s) and will be published in the conference proceedings. The papers will be published in book form. Deadline: January 15, 2011.

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final call for papers: Electronic Journal of Communication special issue: Social media in news discourse
by Donald Matheson 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Dear colleagues, Final call for papers (please note deadline for full papers now extended to 20 December) Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication Special Issue: Social Media in News Discourse As professional media producers pay more attention to social media, from personal blog entries and tweets to Facebook updates and YouTube videos, journalists are faced with numerous decisions. Among these are how to integrate personal and often-relationship-focused media with the public and fact-centred discourse of the news. This special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communication invites contributions exploring the conventions that are emerging around the use of social media by news organisations, and the implications of those conventions for public communication. Contributions will have as their central concern whether or not the encounter with social media is changing aspects of news journalism. Possible questions arising from this concern include: How do the forms of personal expression to be found in social media translate into news discourse? What authority or status as knowers is given in the news to voices from various social media? How are specific kinds of social media typically made use of within news discourse? How are journalisms ethical frameworks applied to these media? to what extent is social media content decontextualised from its online social context when used by journalism? Are social media texts produced within news organisations also used in news texts? Papers should be 5000-7500 words in length and submitted electronically to the guest editor, Donald Matheson, at donald.matheson(a)canterbury.ac.nz. Deadline for completed manuscripts is 20 December 2010. The issue is scheduled for publication in the second half of 2011. Authors are welcome to contact the guest editor to discuss proposed papers or related matters. http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/calls/socmedia_news.htm Regards, Donald -- Dr Donald Matheson Head of Programme Media and Communication School of Social and Political Sciences University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha Private Bag 4800 Christchurch 8140 Aotearoa New Zealand tel: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7888 fax: +64 3 364 2007 This email may be confidential and subject to legal privilege, it may not reflect the views of the University of Canterbury, and it is not guaranteed to be virus free. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments. Please refer to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/emaildisclaimer for more information.

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A final call for chapters
by violah 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Dear All, My edited book entitled Virtual Community Participation and Motivation: Cross-Disciplinary Theories, is in the process of the final stage. Currently we are still in need of several more chapters contributed to the book. Anyone interested in submit a full chapter to the book are welcome to do so as soon as possible. The published date of the book would be the early spring of year 2011. A full link of the progress of the book could be found at the following address. http://www.igi-global.com/AuthorsEditors/AuthorEditorResources/CallForBookC… Regards, Honglei -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Lecturer in Information Systems School of Business and Economics Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP Wales, UK Phone: +44 01792 295680 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi@gmail.com <E-mail%3AHongleiLi(a)gmail.com>; H.Li(a)swansea.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.swan.ac.uk/staff/academic/BusinessEconomics/lihonglei/ http://swansea.academia.edu/HongleiLi

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2nd CFP - Latin American Cybercultural Studies Conference
by Tori Holmes 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Dear all, please see below for the second and final call for papers for the forthcoming Conference on Latin American Cybercultural Studies, Liverpool, 19& 20 May 2011. If you need the form for the Postgraduate Conference Grant, please contact the conference organiser, Dr Claire Taylor, directly. Best wishes, Tori -- SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Latin American Cybercultural Studies: Exploring New Paradigms and Analytical Approaches THURSDAY 19& FRIDAY 20 MAY 2011 UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, UK The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Liverpool is pleased to announce a forthcoming conference on Latin American Cybercultural Studies. This conference, the first of its kind in the UK, will focus on the growing field of Latin American cyberculture, including literary blogs, digital storytelling, digital poetry, hypertext novels, hypermedia fiction, net.art, and online performance art, amongst others, and aims to explore analytical and theoretical approaches to these new media works. Combining presentations by practitioners and scholars alike, the conference aims to provide an important counterpart to the Anglophone-dominated arena of cybercultural studies, and will include workshops on hypermedia narrative and digital poetry, as well as the opportunity to reflect on research-led teaching in digital media. Confirmed Speakers Include: Diego Bonilla (California State University) Andrew Brown (Washington University in St Louis) Debra Castillo (Cornell University) Margaret Clarke (University of Portsmouth) Luis Correa-Díaz (University of Georgia at Athens) Belén Gache (Madrid) Héctor Perea (UNAM) Thea Pitman (University of Leeds) Scott Weintraub (University of Georgia at Athens) Papers are especially invited on, but are not restricted to, the following areas: • Locality and Embeddedness in Hispanic Cyberliteratures • Latin American Digital Poetry and Hypermedia Narratives • Remixing and Mash-Ups in Latin American net.art • Latin American Literature in the Age of Re-mediation and Inter-mediation • Countering the Importation of Cybercultural Paradigms • Research-Led Teaching in the Digital World The organizers welcome proposals both for panels and for individual 20-minute papers, which may be given in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Alternative formats – round tables, discussion papers, work-in-progress, multimedia presentations – are positively encouraged, as are postgraduate submissions. Abstracts for individual papers should be between 300-350 words; proposals for panels should include panel title, names of panel members and abstracts. Postgraduates are eligible to apply for the Postgraduate Conference Grant, and should apply using the attached form. Abstracts and panel proposals should be sent by 1 December 2010 to the conference organizer, Dr Claire Taylor (c.l.taylor(a)liv.ac.uk) Website: http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~cltaylor/latamcyber/index.htm The conference organizers would like to thank the Modern Humanities Research Organization, and the University of Liverpool International Collaboration Fund for their contributions to the conference. -- Tori Holmes PhD student in Latin American cyberculture School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies University of Liverpool personal university page:http://bit.ly/6ZDAN

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Fwd: Urban Studies Table of Contents for Special Issue: Urban Networks and Network Theory: 1 November 2010; Vol. 47, No. 13 (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Note article by Diana Mok, Juan Carrasco & me, "Does Distance Still Matter in the Age of the Internet." Germane article by Castells, etc. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:52:40 +0100 From: Céline Rozenblat <celine.rozenblat(a)unil.ch> To: Géraldine Pflieger <Geraldine.Pflieger(a)unige.ch>, Peter Taylor <crogfam(a)yahoo.com>, Christian Zeller <Christian.Zeller(a)sbg.ac.at>, Manuel Castells <castells(a)usc.edu>, Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca>, DENISE PUMAIN <pumain(a)parisgeo.cnrs.fr>, Anne Bretagnolle <anne.bretagnolle(a)parisgeo.cnrs.fr>, J.R.Allen <J.R.Allen(a)open.ac.uk>, Pierre Dessemontet <pierre.dessemontet(a)epfl.ch>, Christophe Jemelin <christophe.jemelin(a)epfl.ch> Subject: Fwd: Urban Studies Table of Contents for Special Issue: Urban Networks and Network Theory: 1 November 2010; Vol. 47, No. 13 Many thanks to all of you for your great contribution, Best wishes Celine Début du message réexpédié : > De : sage_contents_alert(a)alerts.stanford.edu > Date : 16 novembre 2010 12:33:32 HNEC > À : <celine.rozenblat(a)unil.ch> > Objet : Urban Studies Table of Contents for Special Issue: Urban Networks and Network Theory: 1 November 2010; Vol. 47, No. 13 > > > Sign Out | My Tools | Contact Us | HELP > > Search all journals > Advanced Search Search History Browse Journals > HomeAll IssuesSubscribeRSS Email Alerts > > Urban Studies Online Table of Contents Alert > > A new issue of Urban Studies is available online: > Special Issue: Urban Networks and Network Theory: > 1 November 2010; Vol. 47, No. 13 > > The below Table of Contents is available online at: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/vol47/issue13/?etoc > > Articles > Introduction. 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CFP Reminder: Siggraph 2011 Game Papers
by T.L. Taylor 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Siggraph 2011, Vancouver (7-11 August 2011) - Game Papers CFP Submissions due 18 Janurary 2011, 22:00 UTC/GMT Full details about the conference and information about submissions at http://www.siggraph.org/s2011/for_submitters/game-papers Researchers are encouraged to submit Game Papers in which they present original work focusing on the design and experience of computer game play. Creative communities that design and develop commercial and non-commercial video games, as well as academic scholars studying video games, game play, human-computer interaction, and game culture are welcome to submit rigorous innovative work in the field. Game Papers explore key issues in video games, inform and substantively advance our current state of knowledge and understanding, and foster new areas for investigation that will drive the next generation of design and player experience. Suggested topics include: * Analysis and understanding of the player experience * Serious games * Social network games * Ethics and values in game play and design * Experimental game design and game genres * Social and cultural aspects of game play * Transmedia storytelling, world-building, and games * Avatars and character design * Sound design and music in games * Legal, and political aspects * Narrative in games * Aesthetic and critical analysis * Game and game culture preservation and archiving * Cross-cultural analyses * Networked play (including consoles) * Gender, race, and sexuality in games * Co-creative culture (for example., modding, machinima, iterative "live" design in collaboration with a game community) * Independent game development * Economics and business models in the game industry * Game production and labor Submitters are encouraged to submit papers on other relevant topics as well. Researchers should follow SIGGRAPH guidelines on the various ways to participate. All papers will be reviewed by an independent scholarly committee, which will provide written feedback on each paper. Accepted papers are allocated a 20 minute presentation slot at the conference and published in Sandbox 2011: ACM SIGGRAPH Video Game Proceedings. Questions about Game Paper submissions should be directed to T.L. Taylor (tltaylor(a)itu.dk) In addition to formal papers, SIGGRAPH 2011 offers several other presentation opportunities, including Talks, Panels, Posters, and a variety of other formats, all of which welcome game-related submissions. Questions about submissions to those programs can be directed to Drew Davidson (drew(a)waxebb.com) or Mark Elendt (general.submissions2011(a)gmail.com)

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