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FW: Virtual worlds Conference -- Den Haag
by Johnny Søraker 16 Jun '09

16 Jun '09

6th Annual League of Worlds Colloquium: Online Simulations, Role-playing, and Virtual Worlds (http://leagueofworlds.com) November 2-6 2009 LoW6 Conference Theme: Virtual worlds in education and society: critical, innovative perspectives and practices 2009 Location: Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands Keynote: Erik Duval, Professor, computer science department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Conference Chairs: Roberto Muffoletto (roberto.muffoletto(a)gmail.com) and Helen Hintjens (hintjens(a)iss.nl) Colloquium Partners: League of Worlds, EPN (Electronic Platform of The Netherlands); Institute of Social Studies; Sofos Consultancy Call for presentations (papers and multimedia) Virtual worlds are increasingly gaining global appeal and application. As acceptance of virtual worlds becomes more widespread, what may be the effect on educational and social environments? How does using virtual worlds affect how we think about and understand, as well as design virtual and real social environments? As a form of technological innovation, are virtual worlds subject to the same flux as other forms of economic and educational activity? What are the implications and lessons for innovations in virtual worlds in terms of methods and modes of communication, potential for collaboration, and the recreation and creation of new forms of pedagogic applications of such worlds? Will growth and development of virtual worlds continue; will reductions in budgets restrict innovations, or is there a danger of shutting down globalized opportunities for learning and interaction? This year, the LOW conference will consider how virtual worlds are going global, addressing new educational and social themes and possibilities. This year we are inviting presentations and exchanges that reflect on the present in light of the past, and outline some prospects for the future. Questions addressing “What did we learned from a decade of virtual worlds?”; “Will new, more horizontal forms of educational, social and cultural interaction emerge?”; “Which kinds of platforms and worlds have been able to sustain themselves, and which cannot survive?”; and “What are the implications for future possibilities?”, are a few of the questions that need to be addressed as we explore how virtual worlds ‘translate’ into real-time settings in the global North and South as we work with less advantaged groups in society. In additional to traditional papers to present positions and arguments, LOW is encouraging authors to present their position or argument in a multimedia format. To select this format is “not” to create an illustration but to construct and deliver a position/argument in a non-linear form. Colloquium Design and Format This year the colloquium is designed to encourage and support discussion and engagement by all participants. Sessions are to be organized as mini-panels, linking presentations along similar themes. Each presentation will involve a respondent, whose role is to reflect and initiate responses and discussion. Presenters have 15 minutes to present their ideas (broadband is available), and time will be made for full discussion. The size of the colloquium will be limited to around 50 participants to facilitate meaningful interaction. The language of communication is English. ** Papers will be published in the LOW proceedings and do not need to be read out in full. Authors are invited to present a brief summary of their arguments, with illustrations or a demonstration if required. Proposal categories The League of Worlds colloquium is designed to support the sharing of meaningful reflections on practices, designs and their wider social implications. Participants share experiences, insights, lessons and demonstrate the various technologies involved. Also central this year is an invitation to think critically, perhaps to rethink, what working with virtual worlds entails in a broader sense for social and educational learning and practice. Papers that reflect, in light of virtual worlds, on concepts including identity, social justice, conflict resolution, ‘emotional’ literacy and power relations in a globalizing world, will be particularly welcome. In addition, the place of virtual worlds in wider pedagogic goals and approaches will be another central theme. The LOW Colloquium review committee will be particularly interested in submissions on the following themes: 1. Design and collaboration in Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). 2. The role of the facilitator/ teacher and learner in the VLE 3. Analyzing the learning experience 4. Gaming and role-playing design 5. Pushing the boundaries: socializing new technologies in VLE 6. Globalizing the use of VLE: Issues for Social and Development Studies 7. Critical perspectives on VLE and Social Change 8. Visions and projections for the future of VLE and the social uses of virtual worlds 9. Recent developments and visions for the future Proposal Submission * Submit a short Summary statement, stating how your presentation relates to one of the themes listed above. The statement should be no longer than 150 words long, and should explain the focus and purpose of the presentation/paper. Authors need to provide with their proposal a number of discussion questions. * Authors need to be listed with contact information. Main author should be noted. * Submitted proposals are double blind peer-reviewed. * Proposals need to be submitted as word RTF files to the conference chair at: roberto.muffoletto(a)gmail.com Presentation Format * Final papers need to be submitted in an accessible format (RTF). Papers should range between 2000- 4000 words (6 - 10 pages). * Multimedia works should be submitted via ftp or a link provided. * References should be in the author’s tradition. * Accepted presentations, the colloquium program, and a list of attendees and their proposals will be published on the League of Worlds 2009 Colloquium website. Important Dates Paper/multimedia works abstract proposal submission: Summary, points for discussion and relevant conference theme. June 15th, 2009 Notification of Acceptance : July 15, 2009 Conference fee deadline* all presenters must be registered by this date. September 1 2009 Final paper/multimedia works (for proceedings) due no later than: 15 September 2009 * Due to limiting participants to 50, participants will be registered on a first-come, first-served basis. Priority will be given to those presenting papers. Non-presenting attendees will be registered where spaces remain. Questions and Inquires: Questions concerning the 2009 LOW-6 Colloquium need to be addressed to one of the chairpersons: Helen Hintjens hintjens(a)iss.nl Roberto Muffoletto roberto.muffoletto(a)gmail.com To receive LoW updates please subscribe to the League of Worlds email list. Send an email from your account to: leagueofworlds-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com * no subject line is needed * you will receive a confirmation email

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Next week: Web Research 4 Beginners Online Conference http://www.WR4B.org
by Ulf-Dietrich Reips 15 Jun '09

15 Jun '09

Dear colleague: if you'd like to join in via Internet: Web Research 4 Beginners Online Conference ("WR4B09") --> http://www.WR4B.org Best wishes --u -- PD Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips Universität Zürich Psychologisches Institut Binzmühlestr. 14/13 8050 Zürich, Switzerland iScience portal: http://iscience.eu/ Publications: http://tinyurl.com/reipbl Please note change of address in September: Departamento de Psicología Universidad de Deusto Apartado 1, 48080 Bilbao, España "Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) is a city to dream about - vital, vibrant and culturally dynamic, yet somehow stress-free and, above all, civilised in the true sense of that overused word. ... Today, Bilbao throngs with sophisticated yet earthy locals, its cuisine is positively lip-smacking, there's nonstop partying if you want to burn out in style, and a rich Basque culture more than matches the internationalism of the Guggenheim." (Lonely Planet)

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Data sharing and collaboration in qualitative research
by Dan Perkel 15 Jun '09

15 Jun '09

[Apologies for cross posting] Hello, I am trying to track down any journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and technical reports that address issues concerning the sharing of material/data generated by qualitative research, including participant observation, interviews, document analysis, oral history data, or other. By "sharing" this could refer to either of the sharing of material in small research teams, on larger distributed teams, or even with the public. In terms of kinds or articles, I am definitely interested in any perspectives on the topic (either enthusiastic or critical). However, I am especially interested in trying to track down any case studies that report on the sharing of qualitative data in any of the manners listed above. These could either be reports on one's own experiences or empirical studies of others' experiences. Thus far, most of the material I have found has been on the topic of creating archives for long-term re-use and secondary analysis of qualitative data. For those interested in this topic as well, below I have included some of starting points that have been helpful: Hammersley, Martyn. 1997. Qualitative Data Archiving: Some Reflections on its Prospects and Problems. Sociology 31, no. 1 (February 1): 131-142. Parry, Odette, and Natasha S. Mauthner. 2004. Whose Data are They Anyway?: Practical, Legal and Ethical Issues in Archiving Qualitative Research Data. Sociology 38, no. 1 (February 1): 139-152. Mauthner, Natasha S., Odette Parry, and Kathryn Backett-Milburn. 1998. The Data are Out there, or are They? Implications for Archiving and Revisiting Qualitative Data. Sociology 32, no. 4 (November 1): 733-745. Moore, Niamh. 2007. (Re)Using Qualitative Data? Sociological Research Online 12, no. 3 (May 30). Corti, Louise, and Paul Thompson. 2004. Secondary analysis of archived data. In Qualitative research practice, ed. Clive Searle. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE. Corti, Louise, Annette Day, and Gill Backhouse. 2000. Confidentiality and Informed Consent: Issues for Consideration in the Preservation of and Provision of Access to Qualitative Data Archives. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 1, no. 3. http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1024/2207. Corti, Louise, and Gill Backhouse. 2005. Acquiring Qualitative Data for Secondary Analysis. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 6, no. 2. http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/459/980. Eberle, Thomas S., and Manfred Max Bergman. 2005. Introduction. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 6, no. 2. http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/453/966. Belgrave, Linda Liska, and Keruleth J. Smith. 1995. Negotiated Validity in Collaborative Ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry 1, no. 1 (March 1): 69-86. Thank you very much for your time and help. Dan --------------------------------- Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley dperkel(a)ischool.berkeley.edu

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Re: [Air-L] Data sharing and collaboration in qualitative research
by Jankowski 15 Jun '09

15 Jun '09

Dan: You might find the following JCMC article relevant: Carlson, S., and Anderson, B. (2007). What are data? The many kinds of data and their implications for data re-use. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(2), article 15. <http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue2/carlson.html>http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue2/carlson.html Some of the other contributions to that issue of JCMC also relate to (qualitative) data sharing and collaboration. Nick Jankowski --------------------------------------------- Visiting Fellow Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam, NL nickjan(a)xs4all.nl <http://www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl/wiki/index.php/Main/HomePage>VKS e-Research Wiki <http://www.routledge.com/books/E-Research-isbn9780415990288>e-Research: Transformation in Scholarly Practice ----------------------------------------------- At 19:29 15-6-2009, Dan Perkel wrote: >[Apologies for cross posting] >Hello, >I am trying to track down any journal articles, book chapters, conference >papers, and technical reports that address issues concerning the sharing of >material/data generated by qualitative research, including participant >observation, interviews, document analysis, oral history data, or other. By >"sharing" this could refer to either of the sharing of material in small >research teams, on larger distributed teams, or even with the public. In >terms of kinds or articles, I am definitely interested in any perspectives >on the topic (either enthusiastic or critical). However, I am especially >interested in trying to track down any case studies that report on the >sharing of qualitative data in any of the manners listed above. These could >either be reports on one's own experiences or empirical studies of others' >experiences. > >Thus far, most of the material I have found has been on the topic of >creating archives for long-term re-use and secondary analysis of qualitative >data. For those interested in this topic as well, below I have included some >of starting points that have been helpful: > >Hammersley, Martyn. 1997. Qualitative Data Archiving: Some Reflections on >its Prospects and Problems. Sociology 31, no. 1 (February 1): 131-142. > >Parry, Odette, and Natasha S. Mauthner. 2004. Whose Data are They Anyway?: >Practical, Legal and Ethical Issues in Archiving Qualitative Research Data. >Sociology 38, no. 1 (February 1): 139-152. > >Mauthner, Natasha S., Odette Parry, and Kathryn Backett-Milburn. 1998. The >Data are Out there, or are They? Implications for Archiving and Revisiting >Qualitative Data. Sociology 32, no. 4 (November 1): 733-745. > >Moore, Niamh. 2007. (Re)Using Qualitative Data? Sociological Research Online >12, no. 3 (May 30). > >Corti, Louise, and Paul Thompson. 2004. Secondary analysis of archived data. >In Qualitative research practice, ed. Clive Searle. London; Thousand Oaks, >Calif.: SAGE. > >Corti, Louise, Annette Day, and Gill Backhouse. 2000. Confidentiality and >Informed Consent: Issues for Consideration in the Preservation of and >Provision of Access to Qualitative Data Archives. Forum: Qualitative Social >Research 1, no. 3. >http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1024/2207. > >Corti, Louise, and Gill Backhouse. 2005. Acquiring Qualitative Data for >Secondary Analysis. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 6, no. 2. >http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/459/980. > >Eberle, Thomas S., and Manfred Max Bergman. 2005. Introduction. Forum: >Qualitative Social Research 6, no. 2. >http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/453/966. > >Belgrave, Linda Liska, and Keruleth J. Smith. 1995. Negotiated Validity in >Collaborative Ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry 1, no. 1 (March 1): 69-86. > >Thank you very much for your time and help. > >Dan > >--------------------------------- >Dan Perkel >PhD Candidate >School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media >UC Berkeley >dperkel(a)ischool.berkeley.edu >_______________________________________________ >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 Cities 6: Program & Final Call for Participation, PennState, 24 June 2009
by Marcus Foth 15 Jun '09

15 Jun '09

Program & Final Call for Participation Digital Cities 6: Concepts, Methods and Systems of Urban Informatics Workshop at the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2009) Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA 24 June 2009 http://cct2009.ist.psu.edu/workshops.cfm http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=70107071616 If you would like to participate in this workshop (without submitting/ presenting a paper), some places are still available. Please let us know and register online at: https://www.regonline.com/cct2009 Program (draft) 09.00 - 09.30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION 09.30 - 09.45 de Waal, Martijn (University of Groningen, NL): The Urban Ideals of Location Based Media 09.50 - 10.05 Fritsch, Jonas, & Brynskov, Martin (Aarhus University, DK): Between Engagement and Information: Experimental Urban Media in the Climate Change Debate 10.10 - 10.25 DiSalvo, Carl, & Lukens, Jonathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, US): Seeing the City Through Machines: Non-Anthropocentric Design and Youth Robotics 10.25 - 10.45 MORNING TEA 10.45 - 11.00 Forlano, Laura (Yale Law School, New Haven, US): TBA 11.05 - 11.20 McCarthy, Joe (Strands Labs Seattle, US): Ambient Informatics in Urban Cafés 11.25 - 11.40 Foth, Marcus (Queensland University of Technology, AU): Urban Futures: A Performance based Approach to Residential Design 11.45 - 12.00 Fuller, Gillian, & Harley, Ross (University of New South Wales, AU): Contactless Contact: Reconceptualising Radio and Architecture in the Wireless City 12.00 - 01.00 LUNCH 01.00 - 02.00 KEYNOTE: Carlo Ratti (SENSEable City Lab, MIT, US) 02.05 - 02.20 Ojala, Timo, & Kukka, Hannu (University of Oulu, FI): A Digital City Needs Open Pervasive Computing Infrastructure 02.25 - 02.40 Halegoua, Germaine (University of Wisconsin-Madison, US): The Export of Ubiquitous Place: Investigating South Korean U-cities 02.45 - 03.00 Wong, Andrew (Telenor Research and Innovation, MY): Mobile Interactions as Social Machines: Young Urban Poor at Play in Bangladesh 03.05 - 03.20 Kirwan, Christopher Mustafa, & Travis, Sven (Parsons The New School for Design, US): UAE Urban Identities: Bridging Past Cultural Legacies with Emerging Urban Landscapes 03.20 - 03.40 AFTERNOON TEA 03.40 - 05.00 PLENARY DISCUSSION: Concepts, Methods and Systems of Urban Informatics Organisers Marcus Foth Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au Laura Forlano Kauffman Fellow in Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, USA laura.forlano(a)yale.edu Hiromitsu Hattori Assistant Professor, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan hatto(a)i.kyoto-u.ac.jp Urban Informatics group on facebook: http://tinyurl.com/fbqutui -- Dr Marcus Foth Senior Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/

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a new publication:digital game reader from turkey
by F. Mutlu Binark 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

*Dijital Oyun Rehberi* *Digital Game Reader* *Kalkedon Publication, İstanbul, 2009 * Unlike the first book that considers games as an industry, this study primarily calls attention to the cultural aspects of digital games. Traditional games, simulation, game design, value chain, gamers' participation to production, modding and machinima; Turkish gamers, game expertise; MUDs, real life simulations, massively-multiplayer online games and digital game studies form the main subjects treated in the book. In addition, there is a dictionary of digital game culture that contains 155 terms at the last chapter of the book. *Editors:* Mutlu Binark Günseli Bayraktutan-Sütcü Işık Barış Fidaner *Cover design: * Başar Uğur *Table of Contents * *Chapter I: Geleneksel Oyundan Sanal Uzama Oyun ve Dijital Oyun Tasarımı Digital Game Design From Traditional Game to Virtual Space * 1. Gelenekselden Sanala-Mekândan Uzama Oyun Kültürü - Hasan Akbulut *Game Culture from Traditional to Virtual-from Space to Extension * 2. Makinelerin Anlattıkları - Işık Barış Fidaner *What Machines Tell* 3. Dijital Oyun Tasarımı - Burak Barmanbek *Digital Game Design* 4. Türkiye'de Yeni Bir Yaratıcı Endüstri: Oyun Stüdyoları ve Dijital Oyunlarda Değer Zincirinin Üretilmesi - Mutlu Binark *A New Creative Industry in Turkey: Reproduction of Value Chain in Game Studios and Digital Games * 5. Mod Yapımı: Oyunlarla Oynayanlar - Işık Barış Fidaner *Mod Making: Those Who Play With Games* *Chapter II: Dijital Oyun Kültüründe En Önemli Aktörler: Dijital Oyuncular Primary Agents in Digital Game Culture: Digital Gamers * 1. Türkiye'de İnternet Kafelerde Dijital Oyuncular Yeni Medya Okuryazarlığı Neden Gerekli? - M.Binark, G. Bayraktutan Sütcü ve F.Buçakcı *Digital Gamers in the Internet Cafes in Turkey Why is Media Literacy Necessary?* 2. Oyun Uzmanlığı: Profesyonel Bir Kariyer - Murat Yavuz Kaplan *Game Expertise: A Professional Career* *Chapter III: Dijital Oyun Türleri Digital Game Genres * 1. Sözcüklerden Yapılmış Dünyalar: MUD'lar - Işık Barış Fidaner *Worlds Made of Words: MUDs * 2. Yeni Bir Türün İnşası: Gerçek Yaşam Simülasyonları - Burak Doğu *Constructing A New Genre: Real Life Simulations* 3. Devasa Çevrimiçi Oyunlarda Türklüğün Oynanması: Silkroad Online'da Sanal Cemaat İnşası ve Türk Klan Kimliği - M.Binark ve G. Bayraktutan Sütcü *Playing the Turkishness in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games: Virtual Community Making and Turkish Clan Identity in Silkroad Online* *IV. Bölüm: Dijital Oyun Kültürü Çalışmaları ve Yöntem Digital Game Culture Studies and Method * 1. Türkiye'de Dijital Oyun Kültürü Çalışmaları ve Dijital Oyun Kültürü Nasıl Çalışılabilir? - G.Bayraktutan Sütcü *How Can One Study Digital Game Culture Studies and Digital Game Culture in Turkey? * 2. Dijital Oyun Kültürü Sözlüğü - B.Barmambek , I.B. Fidaner ve Merlin'in Kazanı *Dictionary of Digital Game Culture * *** See: dijitaloyun.wordpress.com e-mail: kalkedonyayinlari(a)gmail.com or fidaner(a)gmail.com

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Call for Papers
by Patrick T. Cox 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

Call for Papers -- Exploring Childhood Studies, A Graduate Student Conference Department of Childhood Studies Rutgers University, Camden The graduate students of the Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University, Camden invite submissions for papers and poster presentations for their first formal graduate student conference on April 9, 2010. Graduate students from all disciplines who are engaged in research relating to children and childhood are encouraged to submit proposals. The field of childhood studies engages in both theoretical and empirical study of children and childhood within historical, contemporary, interdisciplinary, multi-cultural, state, national, and global contexts. Each combination of perspectives provides new insights into the lives of children and the families, cultures, and societies in which they are embedded. The interdisciplinary nature of the field is one of its greatest strengths and the core of its remarkable potential for scholarly advancement, but also leaves the field open for exploration and interrogation, and its borders difficult, if not impossible, to define. The Exploring Childhood Studies conference proposes defining Childhood Studies by "doing" childhood studies; the conference will explore the field by offering explorations within it. We seek papers from all disciplines that keep childhood as a construct, children as a category, or the child as a real living human as their central focus, providing critical thought and insight while locating them in different contexts, fields, and ideologies. In keeping with what we believe is the essential interdisciplinary nature of Childhood Studies, this conference seeks to be interdisciplinary itself. We seek proposals from all disciplines--education, literature, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, law, political science, history, criminology, philosophy, medicine, religion, film studies, and cultural studies--as well as interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary scholarly work. The range of open topics within this field is as broad as the contexts of the experiences of children and childhood: war, health, rights, gender, poverty, wealth, policy, ethics, popular culture, globalization, school, family, home, sexuality, community, and representations in all modes of fiction. The field of Childhood Studies itself is open to interrogation. Selected papers will be grouped into panels that may be based around discipline, theme, or perspective, but will demonstrate the common grounding of the papers in their mutual exploration of children and childhood studies. Paper presentations should be limited to 20 minutes in length. Please send 250-word abstract for paper or poster presentation (specify which) and cover letter with name, current level of graduate study, affiliated university, and email address to m_modica(a)vfcc.edu. Include the words "conference abstract" in subject line, and include name on the cover letter only. For further information about The Exploring Childhood Studies conference, contact: Patrick Cox at ptcox(a)camden.rutgers.edu or Anandini Dar at anandini(a)camden.rutgers.edu or visit http://crab.rutgers.edu/~bowman/conference/ Deadline for submission is October 31, 2009. Accepted presenters will receive email notification by January 10, 2010. Home to the Department of Childhood Studies and The Center for Children and Childhood Studies, Rutgers-Camden is a leader in the national and international discourse on the state of children and childhood. We are very proud of the fact that Rutgers-Camden is the first and only PhD-granting Department of Childhood Studies in the nation, which has now entered its third year. We look forward to introducing the larger academic community to our fellow students, exemplary faculty and unique program, and to engaging in vigorous and stimulating discussions with our peers throughout academia. Visit the Department of Childhood Studies here: http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/ Patrick Cox PhD Student Department of Childhood Studies Rutgers University http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/ "In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer." --Albert Camus "Don't let your studies interfere with your education." --Colonel Henry Rutgers "the jUdges of nOrmalitY are present everywhere." --Foucault, of course

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Tracking Iranian protests / blogs
by Bernie Hogan 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

Hi everyone, I'm sure someone would be posting on this - so why not get the ball rolling: The election seems to have been stolen, protests are massive,disinformation abounds, and the country plans a massive strike on Tuesday. Iran is one of the most well connected countries in the blogosphere, as far as I know and CNN got twitter-bombed by Iranians, and there was a mysterious communications blackout on the day of the election. I highly suspect that the present Iranian government is doing everything in their power to limit the communication power of the dissident citizens. But I also suspect that it won't be enough - that merely having the network which binds people together taken away from them will incite further protests and civil disobedience. So - what to make of it all? Thoughts from anyone? (John Kelly - can you back me up on the Iranian blogosphere, or am I just reciting a myth?) Take care, BERNiE

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conference announcement - GDC09, Aarhus, Denmark
by Charles Ess 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

While this CFP does not directly address the internet and related topics, it seems to me that surely AoIR-ists will have some significant contributions to add? Hope to see you in Aarhus! - c. == Call for Papers--Submission Deadline: July 15 Abstracts Global Dialogue Conference Series GDC09: RESPONSIBILITY --- CLIMATE CHANGE AS CHALLENGE FOR INTERCULTURAL INQUIRY ON VALUES November 3-6, Aarhus, Denmark An international, interdisciplinary research conference: <http://www.globaldialogueconference.org/> www.globaldialogueconference.org <http://www.globaldialogueconference.org/> GDC09 is an integrated four-track meeting for researchers, journalists, educators, and business representatives. Climate change requires globally concerted initiatives that cannot be motivated by direct practical self-interest and economic incentives alone. The aim of this conference is to compare conceptions of ecological responsibility across cultures (and religions), and to explore the role of intercultural value studies for the development, communication, and practical implementation of new models of future-oriented and collective responsibility. GDC09 is the first of a series of five biannual international interdisciplinary conferences presenting and promoting intercultural dialogue on values, as a means of proactive conflict mitigation and social innovation. The conference will conclude with the bestowal of the Global Dialogue Prize (www.globaldialogueprize.org <http://www.globaldialogueprize.org/> ). We invite submissions of research contributions from the areas of philosophy, political science, psychology, anthropology, theology/ religious studies, sociology, conflict research, education, journalism and media science, management, organization, and finance theory. Please submit abstracts (500 words) by July 15. Please see conference webpage for timeline and guidelines of submisssion and publication venues. Possible topics to be addressed in the JOURNALISM TRACK: When and under what circumstances does climate change become a news item? What type of actors and themes can attract the attention of journalists and get climate change onto the news agenda? How does environmental journalism operate and how does it affect changes in individual behavior and public policy? Is it possible to build a global public and what role can and should local media play in this effort? At a time where scientists disagree amongst themselves and very few journalists have a thorough scientific understanding of the issues, how can we be sure that the information in the media is both accurate and adequate? What is the appropriate role of journalists when reporting on industries offering market-based solutions to climate problems? Can peace journalism help to prevent ³climate conflicts², i.e., social conflicts due to climate change? Do journalists carry increasing responsibility for intercultural communication and if so, how will it affect the goals of journalism?

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interview about social media on The Alcove
by Paul Levinson 13 Jun '09

13 Jun '09

Talking about social media in Nov 2007 on Mark Molaro's The Alcove - 20-min video up on YouTube - first mention of "new new media" by me (subject of my book to be published by Penguin Academics this summer). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqZNGYit3kY

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