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Last minute: CfP Dicital Culture and Communication Ecrea Workshop
by Elisenda Ardèvol 13 May '13

13 May '13

Digital Culture: Promises and Discomforts In this workshop we want to critically discuss the promises and discomforts of digital culture taking into account the tensions raised by different material practices, understandings and social orders around the role of digital media in performing social change. Special focus lies on the three aspects of Digital Culture: (1) Digital imaginations and narratives The images of future are drawn in tecno-scapes, like in science-fiction films, artificial intelligence designs, virtual worlds or metaverses. What kinds of individuals, societies and environments are imagined through the growing pervasiveness of Digital Culture into our lives? How digital imaginaries shape our experience and relate to our ways of narrating ourselves and our creative practices? What are the role of innovation, creative industries and urbanlabs in the design of the future and in the different kinds of social intervention? How digital imagination is performing new narrative forms as well as transforming knowledge production and sharing? (2) Digital Neighbourhoods and Citizenship Among the existing networked digital technologies it is smartphones and tablet computers, which are becoming increasingly popular at an extraordinary pace. These devices not only make digital media applications truly ubiquitous but also create an abundance of digital location-sensitive information, which saturates local places, social relations, and the perception and organisation of neighbourhoods. The concept of space turns into a mash-up of material and digital places, creating new forms of the social while at the same time renegotiating the cultural and political logics of local/global or private/public. How does the use of digital media trigger new social phenomena, such as altered forms and modes of communication, collaboration, consumption, infrastructure, mobility or public service? (3) Digital Engagement and Social Change Digital engagement manifests itself in a broad range of digital practices. People discursively engage through and with digital media and thus dissolve spatial, temporal and social boundaries. Especially a few popular commercial social networks, like Facebook and Twitter, are presumed to play a crucial role in the process of social change by means of interaction and connectivity. On a political dimension, citizens and activists voice their opinions, discuss political issues, organize and mobilize for protest in new or alternative public spheres. However, it remains unclear, whether and in which differentiations digital media engagement affects established power relations and thus promotes social change. Which diverse forms of political engagement unfold in digital media environments? How can underlying technological and power structures of media be rendered visible and to what extent do they affect the possibilities and boundaries of digital engagement? We welcome papers picking up any of the described issues and topics and we will also consider contributions related with digital forms of social intervention, art projects or urbanlabs proposals. Extended abstracts should be no longer than 700 words, written in English and contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, methodology and results (if applicable). Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper by the same first author might be accepted. Panel and paper proposals from PhD students and early career scholars are particularly welcome. All proposals should be submitted by May 15, 2013 to ecreadigitalculture(a)gmail.com. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out after June 13, 2013. Keynote Speakers We are delighted to announce the following two keynote speakers: Annette Markham (Umeå University, Sweden) – topic to be announced Jakob Svensson (Karlstad University, Sweden) will give a lecture on “New Media for Development” The workshop will take place at the Department of Media Studies of the University of Bonn, Germany, Poppelsdorfer Allee 47, 53115, Bonn. The conference date is October 2nd – 5th, 2013. More information on the conference venue and registration will be published here and at dccecrea2013.uni-bonn.de Elisenda Ardevol http://dccecrea.wordpress.com/

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CALLS for PAPERS and PROPOSALS / MAY 2013 deadlines
by Joly MacFie 13 May '13

13 May '13

Ana Isobel is a member of the Internet Society based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is regularly contributes to our linked in group, which I moderate. I thought this collection might be of interest, although some of the deadlines are already past. I wonder if she ia already on this list? If not, I should perhaps invite her. CALLS for PAPERS and PROPOSALS / MAY 2013 deadlines 1) The IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science & Information Systems (MCCSIS 2013) aims to address subjects like Computer Science, Information Systems & other emergent related fields: e-Learning 2013 - eL2013: http://www.elearning-conf.org/ Intelligent Systems & Agents 2013 - ISA2013: http://www.isa-conf.org/ Theory & Practice in Modern Computing 2013 - TPMC2013: http://www.tpmc-conf.org/ Game & Entertainment Technologies 2013 - GET2013: http://www.gaming-conf.org/ ICT, Society, & Human Beings 2013 – ICT2013: http://www.ict-conf.org/ Web Based Communities & Social Media 2013 - WBC2013: http://www.webcommunities-conf.org/ Interfaces & Human Computer Interaction 2013 - IHCI2013: http://www.ihci-conf.org/ Data Mining 2013 - DM2013: http://www.datamining-conf.org/ e-Commerce 2013 - EC2013: http://www.ecommerce-conf.org/ Computer Graphics, Visualization, Computer Vision & Image Processing 2013 - CGVCVIP2013: http://www.cgv-conf.org/ e-Health 2013 - eH2013: http://www.ehealth-conf.org/ Collaborative Technologies 2013 - CT2013: http://www.collaborativetech-conf.org/ Information Systems Post-implementation & Change Management 2013 - ISPCM2013: http://www.ispcm-conf.org/ Submission Deadline (2nd call): May 1st Source: http://www.mccsis.org/ 2) 2013 Technology4Good Awards The Awards celebrate the hard work of people of all ages who use the power of computers & the internet to make the world a better place. It is open to any UK-based individual, business, charity or public body who can show how they are using digital technology to help an individual or group of people to overcome their disabilities. It is free to enter & there are eight categories: Accessibility BT Get IT Together Community Impact Digital Giving Digital Skills Grow Your Charity Online IT Volunteer of the Year Local Digital Champion Nominations close 5pm, May 3. Source: http://www.technology4goodawards.org.uk/accessibility-award-2013/ 3) Girls Transform the World Digital Action Campaign / World Pulse When girls are heard, they will transform the world. Now is the time for every girl to have the education & boundless opportunities she needs to unleash her potential. You are invited to join us in speaking out for the rights of girls as we showcase the voices & solutions of grassroots women around the world. Why Participate? Your voice will be heard – You will connect – Your voice will be elevated Make Like-Minded Connections: Share your story & connect with others in similar situations. Learn & Be Inspired: Read others’ stories, learn about other experiences, & gain inspiration. Explore Solutions: Find out how others climbed over, dug under, or broke through their barriers, & hear their visions for the future. Transform: Watch your story find its way to places you never thought imaginable. Watch it make impact. Tell us your own story & perspective on girls—either personally experienced or witnessed in your community—& outline your vision for change. Deadline: May 10. Learn how to participate at http://tinyurl.com/c96mjrg 4a) DRT4all 2013: V Intl Congress on Design, Research Networks, & Technology for All (Sep 23- 25; Madrid, Spain) It is a window to the future. Its main goal is getting to know about the latest advances in ICT supporting independent living of people with functional limitations, & to demonstrate how these technologies can work together in order to help people with disabilities & the elderly lead a better life, & to achieve a full integration into society. DRT4all is above all a scientific conference where we hope to showcase the different characteristics of assistive technologies, with user experience as the key aspect. Industry stakeholders & public administration officials, who also play a central role in the development of these technologies, will be a prominent part of this event. Call for papers (extended): May 15th Source: http://tinyurl.com/caccjsz 4b) 2013/2014 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is now accepting applications for the 2013/2014 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, designed for a woman journalist working in print, broadcast or digital news media to spend seven months in a tailored program that combines access to MIT’s Center for International Studies and media outlets including The Boston Globe and The New York Times. Journalists working in the print, broadcast and Internet media, including freelancers, are eligible to apply. Applicants must have a minimum of three years of experience in journalism. Applications will be accepted until May 1st, and the fellowship will run from Sep 2013 – Mar 2014. To apply, visit iwmf.org/2013neuffer to start the online application process. For more information about this fellowship, go to iwmf.org/2013neuffer, contact Ann Marie Valentine (202-496-1992, neuffer(a)iwmf.org) and follow @IWMF on Twitter. Source: http://iwmf.org/neufferfellowship/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2013-03-12 5) W3C Workshop - Referencing and Applying WCAG 2.0 in Different Contexts: Intl Standard Accessibility Policies, Web Applications, Mobile Web (May 23; Brussels, Belgium) This is a W3C Workshop and is open to policy-makers, users, developers, accessibility experts, researchers, and others interested in adopting, referencing, and applying WCAG 2.0. We invite you to: - Discuss approaches for referencing and adopting WCAG 2.0 - Exchange experiences with implementing policies that reference WCAG 2.0 - Share resources that support the implementation of WCAG 2.0 - Identify priorities for further developing resources and support material. Participation in this Workshop is free; spaces are limited. Registration will close on 7 May, or when spaces are filled. Source: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/workshop 6) International Development Journalism Competition "Entries are invited for The Guardian International Development Journalism competition which focuses to search enthusiastic writers who want to demonstrate their journalistic abilities by examining crucial issues. The challenge is to write a feature of 650 to 1,000 words on an aspect of global poverty that deserves greater media exposure. Eligibility & Criteria: Those working at any of the following are all eligible; people writing for national magazines, journals, radio + TV stations, websites and local newspapers. The Competition is open to UK residents aged 18. Deadline application: May 12 Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2013/mar… 7) "Supporting public procurement for innovative solutions (PPI) in eHealth, active and healthy ageing and assisted living" - Call for proposals The objective of PPI pilots is to reinforce early deployment of innovative ICT solutions by enabling trans-national buyers groups of public procurers possibly together with other types of procurers - to overcome the fragmentation of demand for innovative ICT solutions in Europe, and to share the risks and costs of acting as early adopters of innovative solutions. Access the presentations done by the European Commission at the workshop of 15 January 2013: PPI explanation of the instrument: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/dae/document.cfm?action… European Innovation Partnership on Active & Healthy Ageing Obj 3.2 content focus: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/dae/document.cfm?action… eHealth Action Plan - Obj 3.2.a content focus: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/dae/document.cfm?action… The video of the workshop is available for viewing at http://scic.ec.europa.eu/streaming/index.php?es=2&sessionno=8abfe8ac9ec214d… For further details please read the guide for applicants is available on the participant portal, in which you can find further detailed information regarding the PPI instruments, conditions, specificities, etcetera. Contact: infso-ict-psp(a)ec.europa.eu Deadline:May 14 Source: http://www.age-platform.eu/en/call-for-proposals 8) Programme: CIP - ICT Policy Support Programme - Call for proposals: theme 3 (ICT For Health, Ageing Well and Inclusion) It will support: 3.1 a) Telehealth programmes for the management of mental disorders - Pilot A 3.1 b) Wide deployment of integrated care - Pilot B 3.2.a) eHealth - PPI pilot (more details on PPI objectives below) 3.2 b) Active & healthy ageing and assisted living - PPI pilots (more details on PPI objectives below) 3.3 a) Innovation for age friendly cities, buildings and environments - Thematic Network 3.3 b) Assessing impact and raising awareness on benefits of innovative eHealth tools and services - Thematic Network 3.3 c) Sustainability of EU wide info-structure and collaborative governance - Thematic Network 3.3 d) Clinical practice guidelines for eHealth services - Thematic Network This theme contributes to the implementation of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) and supports the enactment of the Digital Agenda for Europe Key Action 13 promoting patient empowerment and the wider deployment of telemedicine to enhance deployment of innovation in health and empower patients. For additional info see: - http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news-redirect/9332/ - http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/call_CIP?callIdentifi… Deadline: May 14 Source: http://www.age-platform.eu/en/call-for-proposals 9) ICMI 2013 - Intl Conference on Multimodal Interaction (Dec 9 - 13; Sydney, Australia) It is the premier intl forum for multidisciplinary research on multimodal human-human & HCI, interfaces, & system development. The conference focuses on theoretical & empirical foundations, component technologies, & combined multimodal processing techniques that define the field of multimodal interaction analysis, interface design, & system development. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Multimodal interaction processing; - Interactive systems & applications; - Modeling human communication patterns; - Data, evaluation & standards for multimodal interactive systems. Long & short paper submission: May 24th (11:59pm PDT). Source: http://icmi.acm.org/2013/index.php?id=home -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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CFP 8th GIGANET Symposium
by John Paul Laprise 13 May '13

13 May '13

Please circulate: CALL FOR PAPERS 8th Annual Symposium 21 October 2013 Bali, Indonesia Deadline for abstract submission: July 1 2013 The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is seeking research submissions about Internet Governance to be presented at its Eighth Annual Symposium, held on 21 October 2013, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Bali, Indonesia. GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/ Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, bringing together researchers from a wide range of disciplines and fields. As in previous years, the symposium will provide room to discuss current and future questions as well as the challenges encountered and results achieved in global Internet governance. Conference themes GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging research areas. This year, we are especially encouraging submissions on two interwoven themes: * Cybersecurity, cybersurveillance, cyberespionage and cyberwarfare and * State and non-state actor efforts to control the Internet The program committee welcomes proposals on any other topics related to global Internet governance. This year, one panel will be especially devoted to emerging scholars in the field. We define emerging scholars as doctoral students working on an approved proposal through scholars who have received their PhD within the past three years. Accepted papers from senior scholars will be presented and discussed in a roundtable format involving business, government and technical community representatives, while emerging scholars will present their work in a more traditional academic panel. In both cases, presenters should expect to have conversations about their work with people from a wide range of stakeholder groups. Submissions Interested scholars should submit abstracts of their research paper at the Easy Chair platform: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2013 The deadline for submission is July 1, 2013! Paper proposals should be submitted following these requirements: ? An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, where it is mandatory to describe the main research goal(s) and the methodological background of the paper ? A short bio note focused on institutional affiliations, advanced degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Please include a link to a more detailed CV. ? Authors of accepted abstracts must submit their final papers by 30 September 2013. Those unable to do so will be removed from the program. Process and publication The Program Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts and inform proposal authors of acceptance decisions by email before 29 July 2013. Accepted submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet website. An online publication with selected papers on the main challenges of Internet Governance is also planned for the Bali IGF. Registration The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, registration will be required to gain entry to the event venue. Please continue visiting our website for further information about registration, venue and accommodation. If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium activities, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: j-laprise(a)northwestern.edu<mailto:j-laprise@northwestern.edu>. Best regards, John Laprise, Ph.D. Visiting Fellow Oxford Internet Institute<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/> Oxford University<http://www.ox.ac.uk/> Assistant Professor of Communication in Residence Northwestern University in Qatar<http://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/> Northwestern University<http://www.northwestern.edu/>

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ICA Pre-conference: Conditions of Mediation - 17 June 2013 at Birkbeck, University of London
by Tim Markham 13 May '13

13 May '13

CALL FOR LISTENERS/PARTICIPANTS Conditions of Mediation: Phenomenological Approaches to Media, Technology and Communication 2013 International Communication Association (ICA) Preconference ICA Theory, Philosophy and Critique Division 17 June 2013, Birkbeck, University of London Conference website (includes full conference programme and registration details): http://conditionsofmediation.wordpress.com <http://conditionsofmediation.wordpress.com> Confirmed keynote speakers: * Dr David Berry, Swansea University * Professor Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths, University of London * Professor Graham Harman, American University of Cairo * Professor Shaun Moores, University of Sunderland * Professor Lisa Parks, University of California Santa Barbara * Professor Paddy Scannell, University of Michigan Conference Outline: Media theory seems to have reached a moment in which it is effectively orthodox to presume we must pay attention first and foremost to the intricacies of everyday experience. Ethnographic audience studies, for example, have attacked assumptions that there is a discrete relationship between media content and audiences, arguing that media forms, content and technologies have indeterminate and multifaceted significance within the daily rhythms and spaces of their everyday lives. Studies of digital and networked media, meanwhile, have put into question the very notion of 'audiences' as the starting point for understanding mediated experience. For some, accounting for the intricacies of everyday mediated experience has implied asking people what they actually do with media. But for others this is not enough: instead, the question is what constitutes the conditions of media experience in the first place. How do political configurations of discourses and inherited dispositions prefigure mediated action? How do material arrangements themselves constitute environments for mediated experience? How might we account for nonhuman agency, for example the ways in which software objects interact not only with human perceptions but also each other? Such questions point to a renewed confidence in explaining not just how but also why media, technology and communication are experienced as they are - all the while resisting a reversion to functionalism. These interests in the very conditions of mediation suggest, if sometimes only implicitly, an emerging interest in a phenomenology of media. Indeed, phenomenology - broadly the structuring of perception - has seemingly obvious relevance for recent academic interests in media experience. Yet its use or invocation in media studies has been scattered. While this might simply reflect the considerable diversity of phenomenological philosophies and their applications, there have also been concerted efforts recently to rethink phenomenology across the social sciences and humanities. Paired with recent interests in mediated experience, the time seems apt to reassess what it might mean to theorize media phenomenologically. Conditions of Mediation seeks to bring together scholars from a very wide range of perspectives - such as media history, media archaeology, audience studies, political theory, metaphysics, software studies, science and technology studies, digital aesthetics, cultural geography and urban studies - to reflect explicitly on the phenomenological groundings of their work on media. The phenomenological thinking to which participants might connect will be broad-based, ranging from core thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre to those with looser affiliations to phenomenology per se, for example Arendt, Bergson, Bourdieu, Deleuze, Garfinkel, Ingold, Latour, Whitehead and Harman. In short, the overall aim is that this conference goes beyond a mere congregation of media phenomenologists. Instead, it will encourage critical reflection on what various readings of phenomenology might offer media and technology studies that other approaches cannot. Conversely, it will also welcome reflections on the limits of phenomenological approaches in philosophical, theoretical, political and empirical terms. If you have any inquiries, please email both: Scott Rodgers (s.rodgers(a)bbk.ac.uk) and Tim Markham (t.markham(a)bbk.ac.uk) -- Dr Tim Markham Reader in Journalism and Media Head of Department, Media and Cultural Studies Programme Director, MA/PGCert Journalism, BA Media and Business Applications Director of Graduate Research, Media and Cultural Studies Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Retention, School of Arts Birkbeck, University of London 43 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PD tel: (020) 3073 8380 t.markham(a)bbk.ac.uk http://www.bbk.ac.uk/culture/our-staff/tim_markham

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Fwd: Vol 8 Issue 1
by gene loeb 13 May '13

13 May '13

This is an interesting publication which may have some content- of interest to Air members.--- thank you, gene geneloeb(a)gmail.com Forwarded message ---------- From: <sender(a)ekimelu.com> Daete: Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:50 AM Subject: Vol 8 Issue 1 To: geneloeb(a)gmail.com Dear JTAER Reader, The volume 8, issue 1 (April 2013) of the Journal of Theoretical andApplied Electronic Commerce Research (ISSN 0718-1876) is now available online. This issue includes the following papers: Special Issue on Use and Impact of Social Networking Guest Editors’ Introduction Frantisek Sudzina, Hans-Dieter Zimmermann and Sherah Kurnia Research Social Identity for Teenagers: Understanding Behavioral Intention to Participate in Virtual World Environment Heikki Karjaluoto and Matti Leppäniemi pp. 1-16 Shopping and Word-of-Mouth Intentions on Social Media Patrick Mikalef, Michail Giannakos and Adamantia Pateli pp. 17-34 Social Networks, Interactivity and Satisfaction: Assessing Socio-Technical Behavioral Factors as an Extension to Technology Acceptance Belinda Shipps and Brandis Phillips pp. 35-52 What Drives Consumers to Pass Along Marketer-Generated eWOM in Social Network Games? Social and Game Factors in Play Sara Steffes Hansen and Jin Kyun Lee pp. 53-68 Electronic Word of Mouth and Knowledge Sharing on Social Network Sites: A Social Capital Perspective Jae Hoon Choi and Judy E. Scott pp. 69-82 We would like to invite you to consider the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research to publish the results of your research projects in the field of Electronic Commerce. We also encourage you to participate as a referee, giving your time and expertise to the research community of which you are an important member. To become a referee for the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, please email the Editor-in-Chief (ncerpa(a)utalca.cl<http://ekimelu.com:8080/followup/link/16369/31/1/bWFpbHRvOm5jZXJwYUB1dGFsY2…>) offering your expertise in specific areas of e-Commerce. Please read the editorial from December 2012 to learn about the new Research Network and Alert System. It may be accessed at the following address: http://www.jtaer.com/network/index.php. If you are already an author, reviewer or member of the editorial board, you may use your current login and password to access the new system. Otherwise, you may register and obtaing a login and password Warm regards, Dr. Narciso Cerpa Editor-in-Chief Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research www.jtaer.com jtaer(a)utalca.cl We are pleased to provide you with information that might be of interest to you. Would you like to stop receiving these valuable messages in your inbox? Click here<http://ekimelu.com:8080/core/subscription/delete/16369/31/9a17a2acc023de386…>. Would you like to update your information and continue receiving these messages? Click here<http://ekimelu.com:8080/core/subscription/complete/16369/31/9a17a2acc023de3…> . -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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badges for undergrad writing and presentation skills?
by Mayer, Vicki A 12 May '13

12 May '13

Hi all, I've been searching for any institutions that use badges or some other flex new media system to assess undergrad writing and/or presentation skills. So far, the best I've found is a badge for wikipedia entry writing. I'm just trying to get the lay of the land on this. Thanks, Dr. Vicki Mayer Editor, Television & New Media Director, MediaNOLA, http://medianola.org Professor Communication Department 205 Newcomb Hall Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118

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AoIR election: Candidates
by Catherine Middleton 12 May '13

12 May '13

Hello all, I'm very pleased to announce the slate of candidate for the upcoming AoIR Executive committee election. Candidates' position statements and details on the voting process will be posted soon. Candidates for Vice President Ruth Deller Jeremy Hunsinger Jennifer Stromer-Galley Secretary Andrew Herman (acclaimed) Treasurer Michael Zimmer (acclaimed) Candidates for Open Seats Daren Brabham Sun Sun Lim Annette Markham Kelly Quinn Dylan Wittkower Candidates for Graduate Student Representative Stacy Blasiola Anthony Hoffmann Catherine Middleton AoIR Secretary

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Publication of inaugural issue of connexions • international professional communication journal
by connexions journal 11 May '13

11 May '13

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce the publication of the first issue of connexions at http://connexionsjournal.org/special-isues/1-1/ I hope you enjoy the issue. Rosário Rosário Durão Editor *www.connexionsjournal.org **connexions on facebook <https://www.facebook.com/connexionsjournal.org>, LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=4150644&trk=anet_ug_grppro>, twitter <http://../../../>* *connexions •** international professi****onal communication journal *(ISSN 2325-6044) *Department of Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences<http://infohost.nmt.edu/~class/> - **New Mexico Tech <http://www.nmt.edu>** ***

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need help with project
by gene loeb 11 May '13

11 May '13

I have tried to have an informal site about use of internet to help elderly. Increasing creative uses of internet have been occuring and I want to emphasize uses of internet, and use of technology to help communities-community informatics. I am not good in designing a site so my work has been by word of mouth. the name I have used is "center for technoloogy and cognitive health of older persons" I need help-other sites emphasize technology in general. I want to redo my site to emphasize research, where researchers and those with ideas can share. There is a great lack of sharing of research. I would like to share this activity with others-a researcher and or a university or foundation. I woulld rename it to something like "Institute for Technology and Cognitive (or Mental ) Health of Older Persons. Please help. And thanks for get well greetings for my pneomonia hospitalization. I am out of the hospital now and with a little pain. Now I want to help others. Thanks, wonderful people Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D. -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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CFP: Digital Art and the Urban Environment: a Symposium, Art Exhibition, and Scholarly Volume
by Frank Marchese 11 May '13

11 May '13

First Call for Participation Digital Art and the Urban Environment: a Symposium, Art Exhibition, and Scholarly Volume Location: Pace University, Downtown Manhattan, New York City Date: Friday, October 4, 2013 Sponsors: Pace Digital Gallery, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies Digital and new media artists utilize innovations in locative media, tracking technologies, telecommunication networks, and novel computer interfaces to craft artworks that create new ways to connect with the city. Just as their predecessors transformed urban neighborhoods, such as New York’s SoHo and Chelsea, through their energy and imagination, today’s artists are altering our perceptions of, and relationships with, urban space though their digital inventions and interventions. Thus, it is the purpose of this symposium, art exhibition, and scholarly volume to formally appraise the ways new media and digital artists engage urban ecology. It seeks to gather together contributions from artists, architects, computer scientists, designers, urban planners, social scientists, critical theorists, and others to consider these new modes of seeing, representing, and connecting within the urban setting. There are three possible ways to participate: 1. Symposium. Propose an oral presentation, dialog, panel, or other form of audience engagement for the symposium. Topics can range from reviews of how technology supports digital artistic practice to social studies of how a group or community is engaged by the work of digital and new media artists – and everything in between. The proposal should be approximately 300 words in length, include a very short list of important references, the names and affiliations of the presenters, along with a brief bio of each. Papers related to all accepted presentations will be considered for the edited scholarly volume (see below). 2. Edited Scholarly Volume. The goal of the scholarly volume is to define and contextualize the ways new media and digital artists engage the urban environment and its population. It seeks chapter proposals that describe theories, applications, analyses, case studies, reviews, histories, and manifestos that include, but art not limited to: · Artistic and design practices for the urban setting · Artist, designer, scientist, technologist collaborations · Artistic creations and practice based on scientific/technological models and simulations · Virtual and physical information artifacts related to, or created through, artistic and design processes · Artistic mapping of information within the urban setting · The relationship between information spaces and urban spaces · The role of the viewer in urban art · How digital artistic practice engages communities within the urban setting · Technological advances supporting urban art · User interfaces supporting urban art As with the symposium proposal, a chapter proposal should be approximately 300 words in length, include a very short list of important references, the names and affiliations of the presenters, along with a brief bio of each. It is anticipated that the scholarly volume will be published by a major international publisher. 3. Art Exhibition. Artists are invited to submit artwork related to the symposium theme for display either within the Pace Digital Gallery or through its website (http://csis.pace.edu/digitalgallery/index.html ). Artists should submit a short proposal describing their artwork, a brief biography, and the URL of their websites. All artwork in the show will be documented in the show’s catalog. Important Information: Due Date: All submissions are due by Sunday, July 13, 2012. All proposals for symposia presentations, book chapters, artwork, and any other inquiries should be emailed to: Dr. Francis T. Marchese Pace Digital Gallery & Department of Computer Science Pace University 163 William Street, 2nd Floor NY, NY10038 Email: fmarchese(a)pace.edu Academic Web page: http://csis.pace.edu/~marchese Pace Digital Gallery Web page: http://csis.pace.edu/digitalgallery/

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