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Re: [Air-L] Imagined communities
by Larissa Hjorth 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Dear Philippa I would definitely suggest the wonderful work of Maria Bakardjieva. I have attempted (in my own feeble way) to re-deploy Anderson's rubric as a series of micro 'imaging communities' in the context of mobile media and Web 2.0 in the Asia-Pacific in my forthcoming book, Mobile Media in the Asia-Pacific (Routledge). Best Larissa >>> "Philippa Smith" <philippa.smith(a)aut.ac.nz> 28/11/08 12:59 PM >>> I'm seeking out references to Benedict Anderson's theory of "imagined communities" in relation to the Internet and how new technologies enable the construction of national identities. Certainly this is mentioned in Ananda Mitra's chapter "Virtual Commonality: Looking for India on the Internet" in Virtual Culture edited by Steven Jones and in S. Jones' chapter in the same book "The Internet and its Social Landscape. Mark Poster (1999) National Identities and Communications Technologies in The Information Society 15:4, 235-240 is another reference. But if there are any other references where people apply the theory in their research or discuss it please let me know. Many thanks. Philippa Smith PhD Candidate Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication AUT University Auckland New Zealand _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Air-L] Imagined communities
by Rhiannon Bury 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Hi I used the concept in relation to online communities in the following article: Bury, R. (2003). 'The X-Files',online fan culture and the David Duchovny Estrogen Brigades. In D. Muggleton & R. Weinzierl (Eds.), The post-subcultures reader (pp. 269-284). Oxford; New York: Berg. Rhiannon Bury Assistant Professor Women's Studies rbury(a)athabascau.ca ________________________________ From: Philippa Smith <philippa.smith(a)aut.ac.nz> I'm seeking out references to Benedict Anderson's theory of "imagined communities" in relation to the Internet and how new technologies enable the construction of national identities.

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'Media Participatory Activism' - Free one-day colloquium in Perth
by Samita Nandy 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

-----Original Message----- From: CREATEC [mailto:createc@ecu.edu.au <createc(a)ecu.edu.au>] Sent: Wednesday, 26 November 2008 9:12 PM Subject: "Media Participatory Activism" - CREATEC One Day Colloquium ECU's Dr Debbie Rodan and Prof Mark Balnaves Invite researchers and postgraduate students to a FREE one-day colloquium. "Media Participatory Activism" 18th December 2008 Keynote Speaker: Professor Geert Lovink Geert Lovink, founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures, is a Dutch-Australian media theorist and critic. He holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne and in 2003 was at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland. In 2004 Lovink was appointed as Research Professor at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and Associate Professor at University of Amsterdam. He is the founder of Internet projects such as nettime and fibreculture. Please note this is a FREE event. Lunch and refreshments will be provided on the day. Registration and Coffee 9am, 9.30am start. Contact for registration is Raelene Carr, r.carr(a)ecu.edu.au or phone 9370 6334. For any other queries, please contact Dr Debbie Rodan at d.rodan(a)ecu.edu.au Edith Cowan University 2 Bradford Street, Mt Lawley, WA Building 3, Room 201. For catering purposes, Registrations close 10th December Masterclass Registrations close 1st December Check the website for more details http://createc.ea.ecu.edu.au/conferences/dec_2008/<https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://createc.ea.ecu…> Please feel free to pass this information on to other possible interested parties. Kind Regards -- Raelene Carr BComms Executive Officer CREATEC, Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts, Technology Education & Communications Faculty of Education and Arts Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley Campus (Room 3.231) Phone: 9370 6334 Email: r.carr(a)ecu.edu.au Website: http://createc.ea.ecu.edu.au/<https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://createc.ea.ecu…> Createc email: createc(a)ecu.edu.au -- *Samita Nandy* Lecturer | Ph.D. candidate Department of Internet Studies School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts Curtin University of Technology Sessional Instructor, University of Toronto Tel. (O): +61 8 9266 2125 (H): +61 8 9361 7783 (M): +61 0432568521 | Fax: +1 905-268-9996 Email: s.nandy(a)curtin.edu.au URL: http://myprofile.cos.com/samitanandy CRICOS Provider Code: 00301J (WA) 02637B (NSW)

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FYI: DERI, NUI Galway launches the boards.ie SIOC Data Competition
by Uldis Bojars 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi, Please find attached information about a competition involving a large amount of online community data. Feel free to forward this message to others who may be interested in this competition. Uldis http://captsolo.net/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Breslin <john.breslin(a)deri.org> Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM Subject: DERI, NUI Galway launches the boards.ie SIOC Data Competition The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway is running a unique competition from 1st August to 30th September 2008 in conjunction with boards.ie, Ireland's largest discussion forum site. The competition is an open contest in which entrants can win over €4000 in Amazon.com vouchers by submitting an interesting creation based on an RDF data set of discussion posts from boards.ie over the past ten years: * The first prize is an Amazon voucher for $4000 (~€2500) * The second prize is a voucher for $2000 (~€1250) * The third prize is a voucher for $1000 (~€625) Read the rules and find out more information on the contest at: http://data.sioc-project.org/ The data set (approximately 9 million documents) has been represented in the Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC) RDF format developed by DERI, NUI Galway for expressing the information contained in social websites (forums, mailing lists, blogs, etc.). Entrants may create whatever they feel is interesting based on this data: it could be a novel web application that makes use of the data set, a report on analyses performed on the data, a tool that allows one to visualise or browse the semantic structure, or whatever else the imagination can come up with! The data reflects ten years of Irish online life, collected between 1998 and 2008 from boards.ie. boards.ie is one of Ireland's busiest websites, with over a million unique visitors a month. The most popular discussion areas are 'after hours', soccer, motors, poker, and computers. Popular topic threads include one about a virtual pub (over 4000 pages), member discussions (2800 pages), poker stories (1800 pages), Liverpool rumours (1250 pages), recruitment in the Gardaí (800 pages long), and a freebie list (250 pages). To enter the competition, go to http://data.sioc-project.org/ to access the data sets and view the guidelines. There will be three prizes for the top entries, as judged by an independent panel of three experts. The contest is open to anyone except current / former researchers with DERI and employees of boards.ie Ltd. One person may make multiple entry submissions. The closing date is the 30th September 2008. The purpose of this contest is to generate interesting applications or creations that make use of community data represented in the SIOC Semantic Web format. All rights to these creations will remain with the contest participants (not including the underlying data, whose copyright remains with the creators). Neither DERI nor boards.ie Ltd. will acquire any commercial rights to these applications or creations as submitted through this contest. Up until now, this data has been publicly viewable, but it was difficult to leverage it without any added semantics due to the fact that it was embedded in heavily-styled HTML pages. (DERI is a Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) established at NUI Galway in 2003 with funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). After five years of operation, DERI has become an internationally-recognised institute in Semantic Web research, education and technology transfer.) -- Dr. John Breslin DERI, NUI Galway http://www.johnbreslin.org/ john.breslin(a)deri.org

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Re: [Air-L] online offline
by suely＠unisinos.br 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Jesper The paper I have presented in Copenhagen is related to that subject matter and it is available on AoIR's site. I have one or two others about that, let me know whether you are interested. Suely Fragoso >>> "Jesper Taekke" <ses(a)post10.tele.dk> 26/11/08 19:42 >>> Dear colleges, I remember Nancy Baym mentioned the distinction between online / offline (some years ago) - about how online communication contributed to offline community and visa versa. Do you have a reference Nancy? Or does anybody else have a reference to the explicit use of this distinction? Thank You Jesper _______________________________________________ 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/ -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antiv�rus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.

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Ito on NPR
by Mark D. Johns 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Mimi Ito (UC Irvine and IR 9.0 keynote speaker) was a guest on NPR's "On Point" radio program this morning: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/11/digital-youth/ -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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Yale ISP Fellowships
by Laura Forlano 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

FYI Begin forwarded message: > > Yale Information Society Project Fellowships for 2009-2010 > > The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School is seeking > applicants for 2009-2010 postdoctoral fellowships. The ISP > resident fellowships are designed for recent graduates of law or > Ph.D. programs who are interested in careers in teaching and public > service in any of the following areas: law and innovation; > Internet and telecommunications law and policy; intellectual > property law; access to knowledge; first amendment law; media > studies; privacy; civil liberties online; cybercrime and > cybersecurity; social software; standards and technology policy; > bioethics, biotechnology, and law and genomics; and law, > technology, and culture generally. > > Information about applying is available at the ISP web site at: > http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/6523.htm. Applications > for 2009-10 ISP fellowships must be postmarked no later than Feb. > 1, 2009.

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Book launch: Urban Informatics - The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City
by Marcus Foth 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Held in conjunction with OZCHI 2008 on Friday, 12th Dec 2008, 3pm at James Cook University, Cairns, please join us for afternoon tea where Associate Professor Bharat Dave (The University of Melbourne) will launch the latest release from IGI Global: Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City Edited by: Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-60566-152-0. 506 pp. http://www.urbaninformatics.net/book/ Please register at ozchi.org. Event info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=93201635054 DESCRIPTION Alive with movement and excitement, cities transmit a rapid flow of exchange facilitated by a meshwork of infrastructure connections. In this environment, the Internet has advanced to become the prime communication medium, creating a vibrant and increasingly researched field of study in urban informatics. The Handbook of Research on Urban Informatics: The Practice and Promise of the Real-Time City brings together an international selection of 66 esteemed scholars presenting their research and development on urban technology, digital cities, locative media, and mobile and wireless applications. A truly global resource, this one- of-a-kind reference collection contains significant and timely research covering a diverse range of current issues in the urban informatics field, making it an essential addition to technology and social science collections in academic libraries that will benefit scholars and practitioners in an array of fields ranging from computer science to urban studies. TOPICS COVERED Community engagement Digital cities Digital identity Environmental impact Locative media Mobile and wireless applications Participatory planning Privacy Surveillance Sustainability Urban informatics Urban technology Abstracts, foreword, preface, acknowledgements and contributors' biographies can be downloaded from: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00013308/ If you are interested in this book, please ask your library to place an order with their preferred distributor using this form: http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/LibRecForm_booksEnc.pdf If you are on facebook, please join the Urban Informatics group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2493830797 Best Regards, marcus -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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"Social Computing in 2020" Bluesky Innovation Competition
by Jennifer S. Earl 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

In case anyone is interested... ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- "SOCIAL COMPUTING IN 2020" BLUESKY INNOVATION COMPETITION The University of California Transliteracies Project and UC Santa Barbara Social Computing Group announce the "Social Computing in 2020" Bluesky Innovation Competition." What will social computing technologies and practices be like in the year 2020? * ELIGIBLE: Undergraduate or graduate students anywhere in the world. * AWARDS: 1st prize, $3000 USD; 2nd prize, $1000, 3rd prize, $500. * SUBMISSION FORMAT: Description of an idea + Imaginative realization, embodiment, or illustration of the idea in a variety of possible formats (e.g., an essay, story, script, application sketch, fictional business plan, etc.). * DEADLINE: January 30, 2009. * FULL COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Guidelines & Submission Details http://socialcomputing.ucsb.edu/contest2020/ Students from any discipline--humanities, arts, social sciences, computer science, engineering, etc.--are encouraged to apply. The competition emphasizes visionary, thoughtful, or critical concepts rather than technical knowledge as such. For more information, see the full competition announcement (http://socialcomputing.ucsb.edu/contest2020/) Inquiries may be directed by email to socialcomputing(a)lsmail.ucsb.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMPETITION ORGANIZERS UCSB Social Computing Group (http://socialcomputing.ucsb.edu) (A working group in the UC Transliteracies Project: http://transliteracies.english.ucsb.edu) * Kevin Almeroth - Department of Computer Science; Associate Dean for Advancement and Planning, College of Engineering. * Jennifer Earl - Department of Sociology; Director, Center for Information Technology & Society. * Andrew Flanagin - Department of Communication; Co-director, Credibility and Digital Media@UCSB Project. * James Frew - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. * Alan Liu - Chair, Department of English; Director, UC Transliteracies Project. * Miriam Metzger - Department of Communication; Co-director, Credibility and Digital Media@UCSB Project. (With assistance from the UCSB Graduate Student Social Computing "Bluesky" Group.) ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- ********************************* Jennifer Earl Director, Center for Information Technology and Society Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430 P: (805) 893-7471 F: (805) 893-3324 *********************************

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CPDP2009 - announcement - please circulate
by Sari Depreeuw 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Dear all, This conference might be of interest to some of you. Kind regards, Sari. _____________________ Sari Depreeuw Researcher FLEET, Flemish E-publishing Trends www.fleetproject.be Vrije Universiteit Brussel Rechtsfaculteit - Bureau 4C319 Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel tel. +32-2-629.15.86 fax. +32-2-629.26.62 www.vub.ac.be/LSTS Begin forwarded message: > From: Serge Gutwirth <serge.gutwirth(a)vub.ac.be> > Date: Mon 24 Nov 2008 21:49:44 GMT+01:00 > > Subject: CPDP2009 - announcement - please circulate > > Computer, Privacy, Data Protection conference > CPDP 2009: Data Protection in A Profiled World? > > Data protection and privacy increasingly face new challenges posed > by technologies and policies as well as society and individual > expectations. Identifying and addressing such issues is the main > goal of the annual Computer, Privacy, Data Protection (CPDP) > conference. > > The CPDP Conference aims at bridging policymakers, academics, > practitioners and activists to create the most appropriate forum of > discussion on key challenges. > > It combines informative panels with the latest agenda news from > data protection stakeholders and panels with current topics of > interests. > > The main topic of interest on this year's CDPD Conference Data > Protection in A Profiled World is 'profiling and automatic > computing'. Other topics are: e-voting and data breaches, e-privacy > regulations and surveillance, privacy by design and social networks > as well as developments in the JHA area. > More than 60 speakers coming from national and international > organisations and institutions will intervene on these topics or > present annual sessions on the agendas of European and national > institutions, US and Canada governments and law firms. > > The CPDP has been conceptualised as follow: > _ 12 Panel sessions on Friday and Saturday (six recurrent panels > and six thematic panels) > _ 1 Parallel reading panel for a pre-registered audience > _ 1 Pecha Kucha Night: Friday evening event > > For full details and the programme, please visit our website: > http://www.cpdpconferences.org > > You can register for the conference here: http:// > www.cpdpconferences.org/registration.html > > Kind regards > > Serge Gutwirth

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