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military websites
by Oren Golan 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi Everyone, Does anyone know of sources on military websites? Nowadays, most armies sustain these websites. The role of the Internet as a military tool has been described in Lausin et. al's paper on Knowledge management in the US army (2003) ; papers that deal with Al Qaeda's global war and others. However, I haven't found much writing on the meanings and roles of military websites that go beyond their strategic importance, particularly those created by the armies and the state. I would appreciate any help you could extend. Many Thanks Oren Golan, PhD msogolan(a)mscc.huji.ac.il

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CFP: The Territoire/Places of Writing Studies in Higher Education (CFP Deadline Sept. 20/30, 2008)
by Doreen Starke-Meyerring, Dr. 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Dear colleagues, the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing/ Association canadienne de rédactologie (CASDW/ACR; formerly Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing/L'Association canadienne de professeurs de rédaction technique et scientifique) invites you to submit proposals for its international conference at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, from May 24-May 26, 2009. With the conference theme "The Territoire/Places of Writing Studies in Higher Education: Canadian and International Perspectives," we invite proposals that help us identify, interrogate, and illuminate the various locations-physical, administrative, and intellectual-that shape our identities and practices as researchers and teachers of writing. The theme also echoes the recent name change of our association to reflect the growth of our field and the rich diversity of the work undertaken in Writing Studies, including genre studies; rhetorical theory; composition studies; engineering communication; business communication; writing in digital environments; writing centre theory and practice; writing in the disciplines; professional, technical, and scientific communication, and more. Please see the complete call for proposals in English and French (our two conference languages) on our web site at http://casdw-acr.mcgill.ca/en/cfps.htm (English) or http://casdw-acr.mcgill.ca/fr/cfps.htm (French). Please also distribute our call widely to other interested colleagues who may not be on this listserv. We look forward to receiving your proposals and hope to see you in Ottawa in 2009! ****************************************************** Doreen Starke-Meyerring, Ph.D. Associate Director, Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department of Integrated Studies in Education McGill University 3700, rue McTavish Montréal, QC H3A 1Y2, Canada T: 514.398.1308 F: 514.398.4529 E: doreen.starke-meyerring @ mcgill.ca W: http://webpages.mcgill.ca/staff/group1/dstark1/web/starke-meyerring/ President, Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing/ Association candienne de rédactologie http://casdw-acr.mcgill.ca ******************************************************

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Psychoanalysis and Cinema
by Orion Anderson 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER FALL COURSE at BOSTON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Psychoanalysis, Cinema, & Professional Practice BEGINS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 6:008:00 p.m. PSYCHOANALYSIS, CINEMA & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: IN TREATMENT AS IMAGINARY SIGNIFIER Siamak Movahedi, Ph.D., Director, Program on Psychoanalysis and Culture This course revolves around the interface of psychoanalysis and media. We compare the cinematic representation of psychoanalysis with current practice. We begin the course with the psychoanalysis of film scripts, textual systems, and perceiving subjects. We have borrowed the expression Imaginary Signifier from Christian Metz's book (Psychoanalysis and Cinema: The Imaginary Signifier) in order to examine the unconscious fantasies that spectators bring to their perception of film images. We will study controversies surrounding issues of therapeutic boundaries, analytic parameters, and practices of self disclosure by the analyst. This will prepare us for watching segments of the HBO TV series IN TREATMENT as we offer interpretations of selected sequences of the show. Visits from prominent Boston psychoanalysts will be part of the course. This course may be taken by matriculating or non-matriculating students for credit, or as a continuing education course. For information, contact Dr. Movahedi at movahedis(a)bgsp.edu or siamak.movahedi(a)umb.edu For information on other Psychoanalysis & Culture Courses Offered at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, click here. http://www.psych-culture.com/docs/Psychoanalysis_and_Culture_at_BGSP.pdf To view the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Schedule for Fall 2008 Schedule, please click here. http://www.bgsp.edu/pdf/Fall 2008 Class Week Schedules.pdf For information on the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, please click here: http://www.bgsp.edu/index.html For an overview of the PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CULTURE PROGRAM at BGSP, please click here. http://www.bgsp.edu/pdf/PsyaCulture Program Review.pdf For additional information, please Contact: Siamak Movahedi, Ph.D., Program Director Email: psychculture(a)bgsp.edu Phone: 617-277-3915 The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Program in Psychoanalysis and Culture The Masters and Doctor of Psychoanalysis (Psya.D.) programs in Psychoanalysis & Culture offers students a cutting edge curriculum and prepares them through interdisciplinary study for scholarly research, teaching and professional practice. While social scientists and scholars in humanities and cultural studies are becoming increasingly interested in the psychoanalysis of culture and in the cultural analysis of psychoanalysis, very few institutions of higher education provide an arena for such interdisciplinary undertaking. This program, the first of its kind in the United States, has emerged to fill the gap in the academy for such critical pursuits. Its distinct mission is to promote systematic dialogue between psychoanalysis, critical social theory, and cultural analysis. The program includes a concentration in PSYCHOANALYSIS AND SOCIAL THEORY and in THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE.

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call for contributions gender & ICT symposium
by E.Rommes 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

**Call for Contributions // Extended Deadline: September 15, 2008** 5th European Symposium on Gender & ICT "Digital Cultures: Participation - Empowerment - Diversity" University of Bremen, Germany, March 5 - 7, 2009 ** Keynotes*: Lucy Suchman (Lancaster University/UK), Tanja Paulitz (Univerity of Graz/A), Chat Garcia Ramilo (APC/Manila) *Information Society with its variety of new information and communication media offers many new options to participate in today's social, cultural, political and economic activities. However, chances are still distributed unequally, e.g. by class, ethnicity, age - and by gender. Access to and the ability to use information and communication technology (ICT) are necessary prerequisites for participation. On top of this, involvement in ICT design is a highly prestigious activity. On the 5th European Gender and ICT Symposium we will take a closer look at the complex interdependences between gender and ICT. We will explore ways to increase appreciation of diversity in design and use and to strengthen empowerment and participation by means of ICT. This conference, the fifth in a row of symposia held in Europe since 2003, traditionally provides a meeting point for researchers from various disciplines and research schools dealing with gender and ICT. We invite you to share your experiences! *Submission* of /abstracts/ by* September 15*, 2008. Submission of /posters/ by January 15, 2009 *For more details, see the attached Call for Contributions and* http://gict2009.de Program chairs Prof. Dr. Susanne Maass, Prof. Dr. Heidi Schelhowe Conference organisation Maike Hecht, Marlott Hederich, Anja Kümmel, Carola Schirmer, Susanne Maass, Heidi Schelhowe

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ASIST> Final call: 4th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG SI)
by Howard Rosenbaum 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

[Apologies for cross-posting] DEADLINE extended to September 2! Second Call for Papers and Participation: 4th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG SI) People, information and technology: The social analysis of computing Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Saturday, October 25, 2008, 8:30-12:30 PM Hyatt Regency Columbus, Ohio The purpose of this ASIST preconference research symposium is to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIST. The symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines "social" broadly to include critical and historical approaches and well as contemporary social analysis. It defines "technology" broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper) as well as state of the art computer systems. This year's theme is "People, information and technology: The social analysis of computing” In keeping with the theme of the conference, the symposium is soliciting work that focuses on the relationships of mutual shaping between people and information as mediated by technology. According to Horton, Davenport, and Wood-Harper (2005; 52) “the impetus for researchers to consider both social and technical aspects as mutually constitutive as a means of understanding technology introduction and use has a growing audience.” This symposium will highlight research focusing on the social realities of ICT based information systems (broadly defined) in IS in order to better understand the following: ~ How are the design, implementation, use, disuse, and ongoing reconfiguration of information and ICTs influenced by social groups, organizations, politics, and culture? ~ How do information and ICTs shape those creating, implementing and using them? ~ What are the roles of information and ICT in ongoing social change at various levels of social analysis such as groups, organizational units, political entities or cultural systems? ~ What are the complex reciprocal relationships among information, ICT, people, social groups and the environments that surround and pervade them? ~ What are the variations in meanings or interpretations of information and ICT across social groups and organizations? ~ What are the moral or ethnical consequences of ICT system development and use? We are particularly interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the notion of mutual shaping – what is involved in people transforming information and information transforming people? A critical analysis is useful because it “bring into question established social assumptions and values regarding information and communication technologies (ICTs) and established understandings of ‘information,’ particularly as they play themselves out and are institutionalized in social and professional discourses and professional training.” (Day, 2007; 575). We encourage all scholars, both beginning and established, interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium. This year, the SIG SI is partnering with SIG USE to offer a comprehensive full day program. The theme of this symposium fits well with the main themes of the SIG USE symposium meaning that there would be a full day of exploration of the question of the transformative relationships between people, information, and ICTs from two different but clearly related perspectives. The SIG SI symposium will take place on Saturday morning and the SIG USE symposium will be in the afternoon. Collectively, the two sessions can offer a comprehensive full day program, although each will work well as a stand-alone event. The two SIGs will co-sponsor a networking lunch that will take place in between the two events [Cost: Pay-on-your-own. Further details to be announced later]. There will be a discount for people who register for both symposia. Call for papers and posters: Submit a short paper (2000 words) or poster (500 words) by September 2, 2008 Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. Acceptance announcements made by September 9, in time for conference early registration (ends Sept 12th). Tentative Schedule Paper presentations: 8:30-10:45 pm Break: 10:45-11:15 (with poster viewing) Closing Keynote Discussion: 11:15-12:30 pm Lunch with SIG-USE: 12:30-1:30 PM Fees Members $60 - $70 after Sept. 12 Non-members $70 - $80, after Sept. 12 If you register for the SI Symposium and the SIG-USE Symposium you will receive a $10 discount: Members $140 - $150 after Sept. 12 Non-members $150 - $160, after Sept. 14 Organizers: Howard Rosenbaum, School of Library and Information Science -Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu Elisabeth Davenport, School of Computing, Napier University e.davenport(a)napier.ac.uk Kalpana Shankar, School of Informatics -Indiana University shankark(a)indiana.edu Day, R. (2007). Kling and the “critical”: Social informatics and critical informatics. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 58(4): 575–582. Horton, K., Davenport, E. and Wood-Harper, T. (2005). Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas. Information Technology & People 18(1): 50-67

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Re: [Air-L] Accommodations in Copenhagen
by Jonna Ahti 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hello, it might be useful to buy the Copenhagen tourist card: http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/tourist/about_copenhagen/practical_informati… Information taken from the website: The CPHCARD gives you free entry to 60 museums and attractions throughout the Greater Cph Card voksenCopenhagen Region. Furthermore, the card gives you free transport by train, bus and Metro, as well as discounts on many attractions and on car rental. Choose between a 24-hour CPHCARD and a 72-hour CPHCARD. You can purchase your CPHCARD via this website, at the airport, at the Wonderful Copenhagen Tourist Information or the Greater Copenhagen tourist offices, at major train stations as well as at hotels, camping sites and youth hostels. -Jonna Ahti University of Helsinki Citerar Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson(a)gmail.com>: > Hi All, > > In booking a room at the CABINN (in Arhus, but the principle should > stand) > there was a difference of over $100 a night between booking with the > hotel > and using Hotel.com. Hotel.com was much cheaper for the exact same > room. > They allow cancellations as well. > > Just sharing that info. > > -Gordon Carlson > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Marj Kibby > <Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au>wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I got an excellent price at Hotel Opera with a pay now / no > cancellation > > deal. > > > > I'm arriving ten days before the conference and inspired by all the > reports > > at how easy it is to drive around Scandinavia will do a mini road > trip. > > > > Any must-see suggestions welcomed. > > > > Marj > > > > > > > > > > Dr Marjorie Kibby, > > Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture > > Faculty of Education and Arts > > The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia > > Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au > > +61 2 49216604 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > Gordon Carlson > C: 541-990-1155 > _______________________________________________ > 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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Basic intro/survey article on "what is new media?"
by Daren Carroll Brabham 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

Hi everyone, We have a freshman interest group course for aspiring communication majors in our department, and I've been asked to visit the class to give a very basic overview of new media studies. The instructor for the course is asking me if I know of any good article or book chapter that could serve as that day's assigned reading. Unfortunately, I know of only a few of these kinds of articles, and all of them are (by new media standards) old as heck: 2003 and earlier. Does anyone know of a very recent article or book chapter they could point me to that provides an overview of new media studies, a "state of the research" article, or something that begins to answer in broad terms "What is new media studies?" ...or even a good online resource...? Thanks! db --- Daren C. Brabham Graduate Teaching Fellow Department of Communication University of Utah 255 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm. 2400 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 phone: (801) 633-4796 daren.brabham(a)utah.edu www.darenbrabham.com <http://www.darenbrabham.com/>

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Re: [Air-L] Basic intro/survey article on "what is new media?"
by Lisa Gye 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

Check out Issue 10 of the Fibreculture Journal - devoted entirely to new media studies New Media, Networks and New Pedagogies http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue10/index.html Cheers, Lisa Lisa Gye Postgraduate program leader Media and Communications Swinburne University of Technology Building AS427 Tel: +613 92148345 http://www.lisagye.net http://www.sportswithoutborders.net.au/ http://www.altx.com/ebooks/ulmer.html The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker >>> "Daren Carroll Brabham" <daren.brabham(a)utah.edu> 25/08/08 6:57 AM >>> Hi everyone, We have a freshman interest group course for aspiring communication majors in our department, and I've been asked to visit the class to give a very basic overview of new media studies. The instructor for the course is asking me if I know of any good article or book chapter that could serve as that day's assigned reading. Unfortunately, I know of only a few of these kinds of articles, and all of them are (by new media standards) old as heck: 2003 and earlier. Does anyone know of a very recent article or book chapter they could point me to that provides an overview of new media studies, a "state of the research" article, or something that begins to answer in broad terms "What is new media studies?" ...or even a good online resource...? Thanks! db --- Daren C. Brabham Graduate Teaching Fellow Department of Communication University of Utah 255 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm. 2400 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 phone: (801) 633-4796 daren.brabham(a)utah.edu www.darenbrabham.com <http://www.darenbrabham.com/> _______________________________________________ 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/ ----- Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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A little OT but about fake identities in RL and online (and scandalous!)
by Holly Kruse 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

I am now your trusty air-l email list manager, but back in 1994 I founded Setters-L, which is still the primary internet forum for the four setter dog breeds (English, Gordon, Irish, and Irish Red & White), and I ran it for several years before handing it over to a new admin team in the early 2000s. During the fairly early years of the 1990s, there was a subscriber who went by "Clark Rocke" (or "Rocka" -- I can't exactly remember), and he adopted a special needs Gordon setter from, as I recall, Montana. He explained to me during the subscription process that this wasn't his full name, and that his name was in fact Clark Rockefeller. He said that he didn't want people to know who he really was and just be interested in him because he was a Rockefeller. Because Setters-L didn't/doesn't allow anonymous or pseudonymous subscriptions, that was a bit of an issue, and probably what started my back channel chats with him. I think he also posted to the list about taking the dog to the club in Manhattan to which he belonged to swim, which was allowed for rehab purposes because of who he was. This was also a time when I was with my now-ex, who grew up in Manhattan, and he and I went there fairly frequently with dogs in tow. Thus, "Clark" and I chatted about getting together with our dogs. I fell out of touch with him and well, here's what he's been up to lately (and when he was on Setters-L, and before). From the New York Times: FASHION & STYLE | August 24, 2008 Ready-Made Rockefeller By PAM BELLUCK and SARA RIMER The fine art and town house convinced many that Clark Rockefeller was real. Now the charade is over. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/fashion/24rockefeller.html I'm sure this case raises some interesting scholarly questions, especially about identity -- in this case, taking on a false identity in real life, then taking on a different (but reallly the same) identity online in a faux effort to deflect attention away from the supposed real life identity which is in fact fake -- but at the moment I'm just floored by my experience with a now-notorious fakester... and kidnapper. Holly --- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu or holly.kruse(a)gmail.com http://personal.utulsa.edu/~holly-kruse

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Fwd: The Cooperation Research Group at Harvard seeks Research Assistants
by RGL 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

>>> Join Professor Benkler's Cooperation Research Group >>> >>> >>> The Cooperation Research Group, led by Professor Yochai Benkler, >>> analyzes the design of cooperative human systems through a >>> combination >>> of interdisciplinary observational, experimental, and theoretical >>> studies. As part of this project, the group is embarking on a new >>> effort to provide a map of commons-based and cooperative peer >>> production today. >>> >>> Research Assistants will have the opportunity to contribute >>> substantively to this project, conducting and writing case >>> studies as >>> well as providing input on overall research design and execution. >>> >>> Familiarity with research on cooperation, organizations, and case >>> study >>> methodology highly valued. Familiarity with research on motivation, >>> sociology, economics, and/or social psychology is also a plus. >>> >>> The position will begin in mid-September. The required commitment is >>> approximately 15 hours per week (including weekly case study >>> research >>> group meetings) through December 15. >>> >>> For the full job posting, please visit: >>> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships/cooperation >>> >>> >>> Application Materials: >>> >>> * Letter of Interest >>> >>> * CV/Resume >>> >>> * A writing sample (500-1000 words) >>> >>> * Contact information - email and/or phone - for no fewer >>> than two >>> references (professional or academic). >>> >>> Please submit all required materials to Janet Moran at >>> jmoran(a)law.harvard.edu no later than September 5, 2008 at 5pm. >>> >>> >> >

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