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Project Based PhD Scholarship - Australia
by Adrian Miles 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

(readvertised) CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CLOSING DATE THURSDAY DEC 2ND, 2010 PhD Scholarship (Media and Communication) – Practice-based, 3 years, to commence first quarter 2011, tax-free stipend of AUD26,533 per annum. THE PROJECT: The Circus Oz Living Archive: developing a model of online digital engagement for the performing arts The successful applicant will have demonstrated capacity in any or all of new media, networked media, online video, interaction design or participatory and social media. In addition you will be excited by the prospect of sinking your teeth into a media practice-based research project in a ‘real-world’ context, helping to develop innovative approaches to social media in the context of online video and performing arts audiences. As a PhD candidate on this ARC funded project commencing in early 2011 you will be supervised by Associate Professor Laurene Vaughan and co-supervised by Dr. David Carlin and Adrian Miles. This digital media candidate will receive training in practice based research methodologies, with a particular orientation towards user centred design and interaction design. In addition you will undertake qualitative research into new media, Web 2.0, social media, and online video to inform the development and critical appraisal of all prototypes. You will be expected to develop an understanding of contemporary issues and practices in terms of the digital humanities with a specific emphasis on video within Web 2.0 systems and the development of innovative narrative and documentary possibilities through the utilisation of existing archival material online. As this position is situated within the Circus Oz, Living Archive research project, the successful application will collaborate with a computer science PhD candidate as we work towards the creation of the Living Archive. As such the computer science candidate will compliment your area of expertise in the project and focus on building a content based image retrieval (CBIR) system using public domain image retrieval software, and investigating how the content based image retrieval may supplement the social media video archive as a search mechanism. This PhD scholarship provides a tax-free stipend of AUD26,533 per annum for three years. There are also limited funds to support the candidate is disseminating their research outcomes throughout their study program in conjunction with the other project researchers. The position is full time, and is based at RMIT’s city campus, in Melbourne, Australia. Potential applicants are invited to contact the project leader, Dr David Carlin [david.carlin(a)rmit.edu.au, or phone 03 99253934], for more information, and/or to view the project blog at http://www.circusarchive.net/blog/ To apply, please send an Expression of Interest by email to Dr David Carlin. Your Expression of Interest (two pages) should include the following information: 1. Why you are interested in the position. 2. Academic Qualifications (include years of enrolment, date completed or expected to complete, name of institution, Hons and/or Masters level of award if applicable) 3. Professional Experience - provide details (including duration) of any professional experience, previous and current, relevant to your application. You can also include relevant professional development such as workshops and conferences. 4. Publication Details and/or Folio - if you have authored, exhibited or produced works relevant to your application please provide full details of the publication or exhibition including level of authorship, extent of involvement and whether the work was refereed, assessed or judged. Attach the front page for text publications, and the relevant page of an exhibition catalogue or programme. Please also attach links to authored or produced works accessible for viewing online. 5. Research Experience - please provide details of any research experience relevant to your application. Research experience can include involvement in other forms of original work, authorship and creativity. If any of the qualifications you listed in (2) above involved research please provide specific details. an appropriate closing Adrian Miles School of Media and Communication Program Director B.Comm Honours vogmae.net.au

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Re: [Air-L] Social Networking in Everyday life
by Jacqueline Vickery 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Craig Watkins and Erin Lee at the University of Texas just published an Executive Summary about the everyday social uses of Facebook. You can access it from Watkins' blog (with link to the summary at the end of the post). The sample consists of 900 facebook users and over 100 questions, could provide some useful data for you. Here's the link: http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/social-networking-sites/got-facebook-a… . Best, - jacqueline ---------------------------------------------------- Jacqueline Vickery Assistant Instructor PhD Candidate Department of Radio-Television-Film University of Texas at Austin ----------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Air-L] Social Networking in everyday life
by Stephen J Cavrak Jr 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

> but few teasing out the everyday practice. Does that make sense? Any ideas? By ordinary things do you mean like - - listing what you had for breakfast - letting people know you are at starbucks - busy grading papers - looking for someone to go party with - taking a picture to show that "le beaujolais nouveau est arive" ... - opps, partyed too much and threw up all over the place, here's another picture ;) ??? Maybe this is more like a Twitter than a Facebook thing ???

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Re: [Air-L] Social Networking in everyday life
by Jeff McCarthy 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi Greg Not sure if your student has browsed around Danah Boyd's blog but this list of research on Twitter may be useful. There are certainly a number of articles that may help. http://www.danah.org/researchBibs/twitter.php Thanks Jeff Jeff McCarthy BSc (Hons) | PGDipM | FCIM | FIDM | Chartered Marketer | CIM & IDM CPD Awards Senior Lecturer - Digital Marketing Marketing & Retail The Manchester Metropolitan University Business School Aytoun Campus Manchester UK M1 3GH Tel: +44 (0)161 247 6751 Email: jeff.mccarthy(a)mmu.ac.uk Please sponsor my 4x Lakeland Trail runs (61k) in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care... http://www.justgiving.com/jeffmccarthylakelandtrails2010 Staff Profile: http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/staff/staffdetails.php?uref=391 Academia: http://mmu.academia.edu/JeffMcCarthy Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jeffmclfc Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University's email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer >>> Dan Perkel 18/11/10 8:59 PM >>> Hi Greg, Can explain, by example, the kinds of things that you are looking for but are not finding? Regards, Dan ------------------------------------ Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Greg Wise wrote: > Hi folks, > I've got a grad student looking for resources on the ways social network > sites like Facebook get integrated into people's everyday practices and > routines. She's looked to the usual sources (such as danah boyd's work and > online bibliography, PEW studies, etc.) but isn't finding much beyond that. > There's tons of stuff about what people do on these sites (identity > construction, relationships, etc.), and broader social and cultural > implications (community, democracy), but few teasing out the everyday > practice. Does that make sense? Any ideas? > > Cheers, > > Greg > > Dr. J. Macgregor Wise > Professor > Communication Studies > Arizona State University > 4701 West Thunderbird Road > Glendale, AZ 85306-4908 > (602) 543 6646; (602) 543 6004 (fax) > > Editor, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies > > Author of Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide (2008, Blackwell) > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Digital Diasporas conference, University of Cambridge, January 13-14 2011
by Mirca Madianou 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

The Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, is pleased to announce a forthcoming conference on Digital Diasporas: Migration, ICTs and Transnationalism January 13 -14 2011 Convener: Mirca Madianou (Department of Sociology and Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge) New developments in digital media combined with a collapse in the cost of international communication are together transforming the experience of migration with implications for family life, sociality and intimacy, identity and political involvement. Through a series of panels and presentations, this interdisciplinary conference will assess the impact of digital media on the following aspects of migration: representation, visibility and participation; culture and identities; family separation; social life; patterns of migration and policy implications. The conference will also provide an opportunity to reflect on the digital and what is new about new media. The conference is co-funded by CRASSH and the ESRC as part of the research grant on Migration, ICTs and Transnational families. Confirmed speakers include: · Annabelle Sreberny (SOAS); · Miyase Christensen (Karlstad) * Dana Diminescu (Telecom Paris Tech and FSHM, Paris) * Marie Gillespie (Open University) * Myria Georgiou (LSE) * Radha Hegde (NYU) * Andreas Hepp (IMKI, University of Bremen) * Heather Horst (University of California, Irvine) * Jonathan Ong (University of Cambridge) * Mirca Madianou (University of Cambridge) * Daniel Miller (UCL) * Deirdre McKay (Keele) * Jonathan Ong (Cambridge) * Adela Ros Hijar (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) * Eugenia Siapera (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) * Roza Tsagarousianou (CAMRI, University of Westminster) For the full programme and information regarding registration please see: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1328/ There will be a small registration fee (£30 for faculty and £15 for students) which covers lunch and refreshments on both days. Advanced registration is strongly advised as places are limited. If you have any administrative queries about the event, please contact the conference manager, Helga Brandt, hb380(a)cam.ac.uk Location: CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, UK

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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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