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Final Call for Submissions - "Theorizing the Web 2011"
by Holly Kruse 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Forwarded by request: Holly ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Final Call for Submissions - "Theorizing the Web 2011" From: "PJ Rey" <pjrey.socy(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, February 18, 2011 10:06 am To: undisclosed-recipients:; -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please circulate this final notice: The deadline for abstract submissions is only 3 days away (February 20th, 2011). Join us at: http://www.cyborgology.org/theorizingtheweb/cfp.html Date: April 9th, 2011 Location: University of Maryland Keynote Speaker: danah boyd (Microsft Research New England) Participants Include: George Ritzer (U. of MD), Jessie Daniels (Hunter College, NYC), Zeynep Tufekci (U. of MD Baltimore County), Katie King (U. of MD). Call for Papers: The goal of the conference is to expand the range and depth of theory used to help us make sense of how the Internet, digitality, and technology have changed the ways humans live. We hope to bring together researchers (particularly graduate students and junior faculty) from a range of disciplines, including sociology, communications, philosophy, economics, English, history, political science, information science, the performing arts and many more. In addition, we invite session and other proposals by tech-industry professionals, journalists, and other figures outside of academia. Topics will include: • Identity and self-presentation: concerns of privacy and publicity on the Web • Surveillance, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and secrecy online • The blurring of online and offline, real and virtual, cyborgism and augmented reality • The Internet and the changing nature of capitalism • How power and inequality (e.g., the Digital Divide) manifest on the Web • Political activism/slacktivism online • Bodies and sexuality in the Digital Age • “Relationship Status” and Online dating • “Prosumption” (i.e., the convergence of production and consumption online) • Global implications of the Internet (or of the multiple Internets) • McDonaldization, rationalization and the Web • Intersections of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability with respect to any of the above topics. Submit abstracts and/or register online at: http://www.cyborgology.org/theorizingtheweb/ For further inquiries, email: ttw2011(a)gmail.com . Hope to see you there! PJ Rey Conference Co-Chair Department of Sociology University of Maryland www.pjrey.net 2112 Art-Sociology Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

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moral economies of creative labour: two day conference
by Helen Kennedy 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Moral Economies of Creative Labour A two day conference Organisers Media Industries Research Centre/Institute of Communications Studies, Leeds Sociology/Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, The Open University Date: Thursday 7th-Friday 8th July 2011 Venue: Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds Call for Papers In analyses of the cultural, media and creative industries, considerable attention has been paid to the negative, unethical or amoral aspects of the labour process - such as the exploitation of 'precarious' workers, the self-exploitation that results from internalizing mechanisms of control, or the damaging aspects of inequality and individuation at work. While it remains vital to theorise these aspects, a number of scholars have sought to offer contrasting accounts that point to the diverse array of moral and ethical practices evident in cultural/creative labour, with workers appearing to routinely invest their work with social and non-instrumental values, ethics and politics - however 'commercialised', 'networked' and 'immaterial' their workplaces may appear to be. Such scholars draw their energies from accounts of the cultural or moral aspects of economic life (Sayer), the limits of market thinking in the cultural sphere (O'Neill, Keat), autonomist and post-Marxist approaches (Lazzarato, Hardt and Negri) and varied attempts to move beyond the ethical impasse of post-structuralist critique. Yet whether it is possible to identify any substantively 'moral', 'ethical' or critical features of this sector remains contentious. This conference therefore asks: what are the moral or ethical dimensions of creative work? What are the political outcomes of efforts to infuse creative labour with ethical intent or content? How might an ethical politics of creative labour be theorized and organized? Or, given the propensity of capital to absorb or exploit normative critique, should the prospect of 'ethical' cultural work be regarded as illusory and damaging? Speakers include: Russell Keat, Andrew Sayer, David Hesmondhalgh, Helen Kennedy, Mark Banks. Papers are invited on the following (or similar) topics: creativity, cultural work and ethics; media work and ethics; ethics and aesthetics; creative/cultural policy, politics and organizing; ethics and exploitation; 'good' and 'bad' work; ethics of caring; emotions and affective creative labour; practices and virtues; the commodification of ethics; the limits of workplace ethics. . Please email abstracts (150 words max for a 20 minute paper) to Liz Pollard e.v.pollard(a)leeds.ac.uk by Thursday 31st March. . Places are limited and successful acceptance will be confirmed in mid-April. . To register for the conference please also contact Liz Pollard. . Conference fee: £75 (waged) £30 (Postgraduates/unwaged), includes some meals and refreshments. . See http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/ and www.cresc.ac.uk for programme updates and further details. Dr Helen Kennedy BA Hons New Media Programme Leader Principal Investigator, Inclusive New Media Design, http://www.inclusivenewmedia.org/ URL: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/h.kennedy

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Call for Papers: Five Sessions with a Latin American Emphasis, 4S Cleveland, Nov. 2011
by Rick Duque 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Five Sessions with a Latin American Emphasis Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)Annual Meeting. November 2-5, 2011, Cleveland, Ohio USA. This year the 4S gathers in Cleveland, Ohio. The issues dominating the news continue to be the global economic crisis, human rights (freedom, education, health), energy constraints, climate change, sustainable development, and global terror. These inter-dependent challenges inspire much popular and scholarly attention, while advances in science and technology over the past century are often framed as both the culprit and panacea in discussions of how we arrived in these troubled global waters and how we might navigate our way out of them. As has been noted in past STS work, the manner in which science and technology are produced or translated and then employed to address challenges depends greatly on historical and national contexts. The production of knowledge about the interactions of science, technology and society is not exempt from this contextualization. Yet much like the production of tehno-scientific knowledge, STS knowledge production remains primarily EuroAmerican despite the field's attempts to broaden its conceptual perspectives. The 4S has committed to reducing the geographical and intellectual barriers that have divided and at times isolated global STS communities. To this end, the 2014 4S meeting is scheduled for Buenos Aires, Argentina in conjunction with the annual meeting of its Latin American counterpart ESOCITE. To continue the dialogue on Latin American STS (that stretches back to the 2004 Paris 4S joint meeting with EASST), the 4S Latin American section is proposing five thematic sessions for this year’s conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The general goal of these five sessions is three-fold: (1) To explore the contributions to thinking about science, technology and society by scholars in Latin America: past and present. (2) To provide scholars from around the world working on Latin American STS issues a space to showcase their investigation and findings. (3) To further contextualize how science and technology innovation, diffusion and adaptation in Latin America are antecedents for, and perhaps solutions of, global and local challenges in this region. Papers are invited to contribute to the following five thematic sessions: 1. In search of “lines of flights” in Latin America Session Organizer: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Session Description: Reliable knowledge today is strongly identified with scientific knowledge. The overwhelming majority of scientific facts and artifacts, however, are produced in the North and arrive in their stable forms (as ready objects) in Latin America, where they enjoy the attributes of universality and neutrality (in spite of STS results). In these terms it is possible to say that modern sciences from the West provide a cage that confines the space available for Latin Americans to search for solutions of their practical problems, since it would make no sense “to do” spaces and times or propose objects outside universal and neutral knowledge – they would be “simply wrong” since Latin Americans usually lack the resources to build counter-laboratories. As an example, in the name of science the Brazilian Association of Nutritionists oppose local habits of nutrition that are found effective by large parts of the Brazilian population to nourish their children. This session indicates a special welcome to papers about programs and/or controversies involving conflicts between Western scientific knowledge and local practical knowledge. 2. Technologies of Health Care in Latin America Session Organizer: University of Manchester Session Description: Given that the STS work on Latin American’s appropriation and transformation of technologies is increasing in numbers and relevance, we propose a panel that explores STS on health care technologies in Latin America. The panel has three objectives. (1) To present the diverse academic interest and scientific productions from people working on medical technologies in Latin American realities (2) To give room to discussing the theoretical and methodological contribution that such scholars are making to the broader field of STS studies. (3) To enable a network of scholars, with similar interest, in the area of STS and medical technologies working in and on Latin America. Papers are invited to address issues such as: Approaches at studying specific medical technologies; studies addressing medical technologies in relation with social processes; and studies on power/knowledge struggles over medical or technological authority 3. Bio-technologies: Policy, Practice, & Scientific Change in Latin America Session Organizer: EHESS-CNRS, Paris, France Session Description: Biotechnology represents an important 'growth' area, in terms of scientific knowledge and publication possibilities, as well as presenting potentially applied uses. It has been suggested as an important way of improving agricultural cultivars; as a way of mapping, managing, and profiting from biodiversity; as a way of protecting a country's genetic patrimony; and as a way of creating new industrial and medical applications. This panel aims to foster discussion about biotechnology and Latin America by asking the following three questions: (1) How has Latin America interacted with biotechnology? (2) How have the policies and practices surrounding biotechnology in Latin America compared to wider, global trends? (3) How are biotechnologies part of wider processes of scientific change? 4. The Global South and the Global Cyberspace Session Organizer: University of Toronto Fifteen years ago an American poet living in California proclaimed the Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace, a world “both everywhere and nowhere,” foretelling the coming obsolescence of the “Governments of the Industrial World” from China to the United States, thanks to the rise of the new digital information and communication technologies. In the following years, those technologies have played a key role in the visions of the coming globalized world. At the same time, the Cyberspace has for the most part been a “northern” domain. This panel will explore the place of the Global South in the Global Cyberspace, as well as more broadly the relationship between ICTs and globalization in southern contexts. We welcome papers looking at how ICTs are used by different actors as tools in their own globalization projects, as well as papers looking at the increasing globalization of the development of ICTs. The latter could include the more recent outsourcing of what used to be considered “northern” high-tech work to the south, the increased role of the distributed communities of software developers (including those working on free / open source software), as the well as the more mundane importation of “northern” ICTs into the southern contexts. The papers should focus on the Global South, including in particular Latin America, considering either the south-north ties or the lateral ties between southern regions. Historical perspectives on the relationship between ICT and globalization would be highly welcome, including those looking back to the days before the 1990s. 5. Environment, Technology and Society Interactions in Latin America Session Organizer: University of Vienna Session Description: This panel converges upon research focused on both the natural and anthropogenic risks inherent when communities and environments collide. The impact and aftermaths of tragic tsunamis/floods in Indonesia, the US gulf coast, and Pakistan and recent earthquakes in Italy, China, Haiti, and Chile reminds us that both resource poor and rich communities are at risk of extreme natural forces, technological failures, bureaucratic mismanagement and root social asymmetries. In resource-poor regions, environmental and technological risks are often magnified and the resilience of marginalized communities and indigenous peoples tested often beyond their limits. To address sub-regional distinctions and offer solutions, this session invites comparative and case study papers that delve into historical and contextual accounts of colonial and post-colonial environmental and technological dialogues in Latin America. The session is particularly interested in attracting work that compares indigenous and non-indigenous techno-scientific responses to the environmental and social challenges of free-market global development like for example climate change, ozone depletion, water controversies, urban sprawl, waste management, alternative energy sources, disaster preparedness, industrial and natural toxic exposure, and the conservation of indigenous forests, fisheries and sacred artifacts and lands. Please send an abstract of a paper (minimum 250 words, maximum of 400 words) to the appropriate session organizer above. Submission deadline: March 7, 2011.

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CFP: Workshop on Cultures in Game/worlds
by jeremy hunsinger 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

distribute widely : apparently I forgot the date, my apologies for repost/xpost:( -jh CFP: Workshop on Cultures in Game/worlds Call for Participation at the Cultural Studies Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois, 24th-26th March. Location: Building S, Room 1306 Hour: March 26th, 9am and later if scheduling allows. RSVP March 5, 2011 We call the virtual environments that constitute the topic of this workshop "game/worlds." Game/worlds are 3d virtual environments developed for play and other entertainment, social interaction, cultural exploration, and virtual design/exchange. These worlds have captured the attention of researchers from around the world from a variety of disciplines. This workshop aims to improve the understanding of game/worlds as environments for cultural studies and cultural analyses. It will bring researchers together to collaborate and discuss diverse topics related to the unique problems of researching in game/worlds. We will pursue a schedule integrating workshop participants where they will discuss their work and interests related to four different topics: research methods for game/worlds, histories of game/worlds, cultures of game/worlds, and ethics of research in game/worlds. Some questions for consideration include: How can we better enable cultural studies in this sphere? How can we better enable research? How do we engage these arenas as ethical researchers? We will encourage researchers to submit papers in progress or related research, and short biographies to jeremy(a)tmttlt.com, which will be selected and distributed amongst participants before the workshop. First invitations will be offered to those who provide full papers for consideration. These papers have two purposes: first, to provide a common platform for understanding our research; second, submitted papers may be considered for publication in an edited volume being produced in relation to the workshop or possibly in a peer reviewed publication derived from the workshop (these are currently under discussion). Subsequent invitation will be made based upon research and biography. If you are interested in participating, please send an email containing your information to jeremy(a)tmttlt.com This workshop is organized by Jeremy Hunsinger, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture - Virginia Tech and Adrienne Massanari, School of Communication - Loyola University Chicago, with the help of Mark Chen, Institute for Science and Math Education - University of Washington (not attending). jeremy hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Call for papers GikII VI
by Mathias Klang 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

*GikII VI, **FREedom, openness & piracy?*** 26-28 June 2011 IT University Göteborg,Sweden *Call for papers* Is GikII a discussion of popular culture through the lens of law -- or is it about technology law, spiced with popular culture? For five years and counting, GikII has been a vessel for the leading edge of debate about law, technology and culture, charting a course through the murky waters of our societal uses and abuses of technology. For 2011, this ship full of seriously playful lawyers will enter for the first time the cold waters of the north (well, further north than Scotland) and enter that land of paradoxes: Sweden. Seen by outsiders as well-organised suicidal Bergman-watching conformists, but also the country that brought you Freedom of Information, ABBA, the Swedish chef, The Pirate Bay and (sort of...) Julian Assange. We offer fine weather, the summer solstice and a fair reception at the friendly harbour of Göteborg. So come one, come all... Clean your screens, look into the harder discs of your virtual and real lives, and present your peers with your ideas on the meaning of our augmented lives. Confuse us with questions, dazzle us with legal arguments, and impress us with your GikIIness. If you have a paper on (for example) regulation of Technology & Futurama, soft law in World of Warcraft, censoring social media & Confucius, the creative role of piracy on latter day punk or plagiarism among the ancient Egyptians -- We are the audience for you (for a taste of past presentations see http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/gikii/) *Application process* Please send an abstract not exceeding 500 words to Professor Lilian Edwards (Lilian.Edwards(a)strath.ac.uk) or Dr Mathias Klang (klang(a)ituniv.se) The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2011. We will try to have them approved and confirmed as soon as possible so that you can organise the necessary travel and accommodation. *Registration* As with previous years, GikII is free of charge, and therefore there are limited spaces available, so please make sure you submit your paper early. Priority is always given to speakers, but there are some limited spaces available for students and non-speakers. Registration will be open shortly at http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/gikii/ -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang, LL.M., Ph.D. University of Göteborg University of Borås Phone: +46 (0) 31 786 55 63 Mobile: +46 705 43 22 13 http://twitter.com/klang67 http://digital-rights.net http://techrisk.se http://creativecommons.se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Information, Communication & Society - informaworld new issue alert (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:20:55 GMT From: alerts(a)informaworld.com To: wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Subject: Information, Communication & Society - informaworld new issue alert Receiving plain text alerts? HTML alerts provide active direct links to publication content and enhanced layout. Sign in at http://www.informaworld.com, click on 'My Account' to edit your account settings and check the box to 'Receive emails in HTML format'. Dear Barry Wellman, Information, Communication & Society: Volume 14 Issue 2 (http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=issue&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&is…) is now available online at informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com) This new issue contains the following articles: ARTICLES E-DEMOCRACY WRIT SMALL, Pages 177 - 197 Authors: R. Kelly Garrett; Michael J. Jensen DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.490558 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… TALKING AMONG THEMSELVES, Pages 198 - 218 Author: Deen Goodwin Freelon DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.495410 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… A LEARNING SYSTEM'S APPROACH TO CROSS-CULTURAL VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS, Pages 219 - 236 Author: Lynn Ilon DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.502943 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… THE ACCELERATION OF MEDIA SPORT CULTURE, Pages 237 - 257 Author: Brett Hutchins DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.508534 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… DISCOURSES OF THE DIGITAL NATIVE, Pages 258 - 279 Authors: Helen Thornham; Angela McFarlane DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.510199 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… PERILS OF PARSIMONY, Pages 280 - 293 Author: Leah P. Macfadyen DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.486839 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… BOOK REVIEWS Cyberspace Odyssey: Towards a Virtual Ontology and Anthropology, Pages 294 - 295 Author: Nicholas Gane DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.539244 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… The Social Dynamics of Information and Communication Technology, Pages 295 - 297 Author: Ellen J. Helsper DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.539245 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… Miscellany CORRIGENDUM, Page 298 Authors: Rowland Atkinson; Paul Willis DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.560459 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… _________________________________________________________________ Journal of International and Intercultural Communication - Announces Special Forum on New Media/Technologies and Intercultural Communication For further information visit: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/rjiicfp.pdf _________________________________________________________________

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International Conference VARE 2011 "Virtual Reality in Education"
by agnese.karaseva＠va.lv 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

**************************************************************** Annual International Conference on „VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY IN EDUCATION” (VARE 2011), Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, 18 March 2011, Valmiera, Latvia (in cooperation with EEA and Norwegien Finansial Instruments project practical conference "VR/AR Applications in Training”) SEE MORE…… http://www.va.lv/vare2011 Conference Aim VARE 2011 is organized by the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with EEA and Norwegien Finansial Instruments project. VARE 2011 conference concentrates on applications of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) for e-learning and training. The audience of the conference includes users, vendors and scientists operating in different fields of economy. The aim of VARE 2011 is set up an international network of different partners interested in international cooperation combining theoretical and practical aspects of VR/AR application in education and training. SEE MORE…… http://www.va.lv/vare2011 Key speakers: " Virtual Reality based technology platforms for development, testing and training". Dr. Eberhard Bluemel, Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation Virtual Development and Training Centre VDTC, Germany "Intellectual e-learning systems" Prof.Abdel-Badeeh Salem Head of Medical Informatics and Knowledge Engineering Research Unit,Faculty of Computer and Information sciences Ain Shams University, Egypt Conference topics include, but are not limited to: * Virtual (VR), augmented (AR) and mixed (MR) reality environments development and use * Immersive gaming and edutainment * 3D objects recognition and processing (geometric modeling, methods for modeling and rendering complex geometry, structure and behaviors) * VR systems hardware and software * Computer graphics and objects techniques (information and objects visualization and animation) * Advanced display and immersive projection technology * Multi-user and distributed VR systems * Human-Computer Interaction (haptics, audio, and other visual and non-visual interfaces) * Tracking & Sensing * Modeling and simulation related to VR * Presence and cognition technologies * New century e-learning applications SEE MORE…… http://www.va.lv/vare2011 Conference Language will be English. On behalf of VARE 2011 Organizing Committee Prof. Egils Ginters Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences ********************************************************************* SEE MORE…… http://www.va.lv/vare2011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Agnese Karaseva Project manager in Department of Investments and Finances/ Investīciju un finanšu departamenta vecākā projektu vadības speciāliste Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences/ Vidzemes Augstskola Mob.phone: +371 26603344 Phone: +371 64207225 e-mail: agnese.karaseva(a)va.lv skype: agnese.karaseva www.va.lv Cēsu Str. 4, Valmiera, LV 4201 Latvia -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Australian research fellowships: call for expressions of interest
by Jean Burgess 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Hello AoIR, Forwarding this through on behalf of colleagues here at QUT. More at Axel’s and my research blog: http://www.mappingonlinepublics.net/2011/02/18/decras/ Best Jean -- Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards: Call for Expressions of Interest In 2011, the Australian Research Council is introducing a new funding scheme for early career researchers, the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), for funding commencing in 2012 (http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/decra.htm) We hereby call for expressions of interest from eligible researchers wishing to conduct their DECRA research at QUT in the communication, media, cultural studies and journalism disciplines. We are the leading media research institution in Australia, having been awarded a ranking of 5 out of 5 (well above world standard) in the Language, Communication and Culture code overall, including a ranking of 5 in the sub-field Communications and Media Studies (one of only two), and a 4 (above world standard) in the Cultural Studies field, in the recent ERA assessment conducted by the Australian Government. QUT is the headquarters of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI - http://cci.edu.au/) the only nationally-funded centre in the media and communication field, with strong ties to law, economics, business, and education, thus allowing for multiple cross-disciplinary options for research. Successful DECRA applicants will benefit from the vibrant scholarly environment at QUT, and work closely with world leaders in media, communication, cultural and journalism studies. For more information on how to develop a DECRA application for research in these discipline areas at QUT, contact: Distinguished Professor Stuart Cunningham, s.cunningham(a)qut.edu.au Professor Terry Flew, t.flew(a)qut.edu.au Professor Brian McNair, b.mcnair(a)qut.edu.au

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CFP: Workshop on Cultures in Game/worlds
by jeremy hunsinger 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

CFP: Workshop on Cultures in Game/worlds Call for Participation at the Cultural Studies Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois Location: Building S, Room 1306 RSVP March 5, 2011 We call the virtual environments that constitute the topic of this workshop "game/worlds." Game/worlds are 3d virtual environments developed for play and other entertainment, social interaction, cultural exploration, and virtual design/exchange. These worlds have captured the attention of researchers from around the world from a variety of disciplines. This workshop aims to improve the understanding of game/worlds as environments for cultural studies and cultural analyses. It will bring researchers together to collaborate and discuss diverse topics related to the unique problems of researching in game/worlds. We will pursue a schedule integrating workshop participants where they will discuss their work and interests related to four different topics: research methods for game/worlds, histories of game/worlds, cultures of game/worlds, and ethics of research in game/worlds. Some questions for consideration include: How can we better enable cultural studies in this sphere? How can we better enable research? How do we engage these arenas as ethical researchers? We will encourage researchers to submit papers in progress or related research, and short biographies to jeremy(a)tmttlt.com, which will be selected and distributed amongst participants before the workshop. First invitations will be offered to those who provide full papers for consideration. These papers have two purposes: first, to provide a common platform for understanding our research; second, submitted papers may be considered for publication in an edited volume being produced in relation to the workshop or possibly in a peer reviewed publication derived from the workshop (these are currently under discussion). Subsequent invitation will be made based upon research and biography. If you are interested in participating, please send an email containing your information to jeremy(a)tmttlt.com This workshop is organized by Jeremy Hunsinger, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture - Virginia Tech and Adrienne Massanari, School of Communication - Loyola University Chicago, with the help of Mark Chen, Institute for Science and Math Education - University of Washington (not attending). jeremy hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Calendar of social media and social networking conferences
by Derek Hansen 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Colleagues, We've created a Google calendar [1] to augment the information page [2] that we maintain on conferences and publication venues related to social media and social networking conferences (i.e., topics of interest to the Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information). The calendar includes conference deadlines and conference dates. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list and is a bit US centric, but it's a good starting point for some of the high quality conferences occurring in this space. Thanks to Ben Shneiderman and Darcy Lewis for helping this come to fruition. Feel free to spread around the links. Feel free to email me with any blaring omissions. [1] http://bit.ly/casci_conferences_calendar [2] https://casci.umd.edu/Publication_Venues Derek Hansen Assistant Professor College of Information Studies CASCI Director University of Maryland

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