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DEADLINE EXTENSION Leeds ICS Postgrad Conference
by Paul Aitken 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Abstracts (DEADLINE EXTENDED): 28 January 2008 Email: ics-pg-conference(a)leeds.ac.uk Website: http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~cspaa/ics-pg-conference/index.html Communication and Space/ Place 2nd Postgraduate Conference University of Leeds, Institute of Communications Studies Leeds, United Kingdom Friday, 6 June 2008 Following the great success of last year's first PhD conference, the Institute of Communications Studies (ICS) at the University of Leeds will be hosting a second post-graduate conference for research in communications and media. We invite students from all disciplines at the Master's or Doctoral level to present research that pertains to the conceptualisation and/or observation of 'space/place' in relation to communication, media and culture. Although Space and Place can be understood broadly, the theoretical and material implications of their relationship to media and communications are important to studies in this field. The two words, taken either together or separately, are crucial to all manner of media and communications structures/networks/economies/policies, such as the discursive 'space' of contemporary politics, shifting conceptions of public and private 'places', the focus on flows between locales in a global capitalist economy, the importance of creative 'space' in the culture industries, the decentralised 'space' of online 'citizen media', and so on. While a look at various definitions of either word reveals at once their potential compatibilities and irreconcilabilities, the linguistic convergence marked by each word's functionality as both verb and noun presents us with myriad possibilities of thinking Space and Place. Spaces and places may be 'real' or 'virtual' environments and locales; sites of expansion or contraction; material realisations or policies of freedom or restriction. Space/Place can also be understood in terms of culture and discursive relationships; they can be formations where the identities of groups and individuals are explored and/or constructed, and where notions of human agency encounter forces and ideologies that influence and are influenced by the ways that social actors and institutions communicate. The following are some possible areas of inquiry: -The problematic dichotomies of public-private, 'real'-virtual, spaces and places for the use/consumption of media. -Meaning/Representation: The spaces and places in which media and communication are produced and consumed have a profound relationship to how 'meaning' is derived from them. How are people from different cultures, ethnicities, etc. represented by and in media and communications? -What are the policies that shape the relationship of communication, space/place, and 'stakeholders' (public, state, market, NGOs etc) how is space/place regulated? How do space/place relate to prohibition of communication, or the use of various media as propaganda? -The spaces and places in which media and communication are produced and consumed have a profound relationship to how 'meaning' is derived from them. To what extent, and in which ways, are media and communications spaces/places contingent (or not) on aspects of each other and on media producers and consumers? -Are there barriers to participation in certain media/communications spaces/places? How does power operate in these spaces/places? How are new formations of power relationships developed with relation to space/place? How are old formations changing or being reinforced in contemporary media? -What happens at the edges and intersections of spaces/places, i.e. when traditional media meet the Internet, or when communications cross over between genres and media? Does a place necessarily constitute a space, and vice versa? Are they fluid; are they mutually exclusive? Please submit an abstract by 21 January 2008 with a general description of your research paper, indicating your topic, theoretical framework, research questions or hypotheses, and methodological considerations. The abstract should not exceed 500 words and should be attached to your email in a common document format (MS Word compatible, Word Perfect). Should your proposal be accepted, we will ask you to provide a full paper before the conference. All accepted full papers will be read, discussed and commented on by members of the academic staff from the Institute of Communications Studies who have expertise in your topic, method, or theoretical framework. This can be a golden opportunity for you to refine your thoughts, openly share your concerns, and receive constructive critique from professors and fellow postgraduate students working in your area. It is also a great chance to start building or expanding your professional and academic network. Following the conference your paper will be published in the forthcoming ICS Postgraduate Conference proceedings open access online journal. Contact Information: Email: ics-pg-conference(a)leeds.ac.uk Conference Website: http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~cspaa/ics-pg-conference/ Important Dates: Abstracts: 21 January 2008 Acceptance Notification: 3 March 2008 Full papers: 30 April 2008 Please indicate the following in the body of your email: Title of presentation as it appears on the abstract Name Affiliaton (program and university) Level and year of study (ex. Master's, 2nd year) Phone number E-mail address Mailing address A/V requirements (computer/projector, film projector, VCR/DVD, stereo, etc.) Other requirements (table, easel, hooks, display materials). Mobility and other special needs requirements (wheel chair access, etc.) We look forward to receiving your abstracts, and thank you for your interest! -The Organising Committee. ___________ Paul Aitken Guitarist - Improviser - Academic +44 (0) 7942 610 871 info(a)paulaitken.com http://www.paulaitken.com http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/paitken "I am well aware that I have not written anything but fictions...which is not to say that they have nothing to do with the truth." - Michel Foucault

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call for papers: Learning Inquiry
by Jeremy Hunsinger 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

Distrbute Widely. -jh Dear Colleagues; As Learning Inquiry starts it second year of publication we are sending out a call for participation in our ongoing attempt to create a transdiciplinary forum to engage the widest variety of perspectives on learning. We're looking for articles and special issues that push the boundaries and include new perspectives, but also take the opportunity to share research and experiences from particular locations of inquiry to a larger audience. Learning Inquiry is a refereed scholarly journal, which is devoted to establishing the area of "learning" as a focus for transdisciplinary study. The journal's goal is to be a forum centered on learning that remains open to varied objects of enquiry, including machine, human, plant and animal learning as well as the processes of learning in business, government, and the professions, both in informal and formal environments. The audience for this journal is anyone interested in learning, understanding its contexts, and anticipating its future. The first volume of Learning Inquiry has included papers from a wide variety of perspectives that have helped to frame the discourse we hope the journal will engender. Our first issue, on the futures of learning included contributions from Gary Natriello, Erik De Corte, Helen Verran, Mark Warschauer, Stuart Moulthrop, Douglas Kellner and Heinz Mandl on Discovery Networks, Metaphysics and Learning, Play, and Knowledge Management. Leonard J. Waks brought together a "Special Issue on Listening and Reflecting" with participation from Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon, Stanton Wortham, Latherine Schultz, Suzanne Rice, Elizabeth Meadows, Megan Laverty, Andrea English, A. G. Rud and Jim Garrison Past and forthcoming contributions cover topics as diverse as the ethical challenges of training brain surgeons, organizational learning theory, futures of digital learning, music and math, learning and discipline, and situated cognition. Learning Inquiry strives to strike a balance between presenting innovative research and documenting current knowledge to foster a scholarly dialogue on learning independent of domain and methodological restrictions. Learning Inquiry also presents special issues that identify the central areas of learning inquiry to provide focus for future research. How to submit a paper Please visit the journal website (http://learning-inquiry.info) Editors: Jason Nolan Ryerson University, CANADA Jeremy W. Hunsinger University of Illinois, Chicago, USA Editorial Board: David Berliner, Arizona State University, USA; Megan Boler, University of Toronto, CANADA; Erik De Corte, Catholic University of Leuven, BELGIUM; Katie Embree, Columbia University, USA; Charles Ess, Drury University, USA & Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NORWAY; Jim Garrison, Virginia Tech, USA; Henry Giroux, McMaster University, CANADA; Mimi Ito, University of Southern California, USA & Keio University, JAPAN; Cushla Kapitzke, Queensland University of Technology, AUSTRALIA; Heinz Mandl, Ludwig Maximilians University, GERMANY; Kinshuk, Athabasca University, CANADA; Penina Mlama, University of Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA; Nuria Oliver, Microsoft, USA; K. Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College, USA; Ingvar Sigurgeirsson, Iceland University of Education, ICELAND; Joel Weiss, University of Toronto, CANADA

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lessons in second life (Date and Time change)
by jeremy hunsinger 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Monday (1:00-2:30pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. We meet at the _blacklibrary hyperborea 91, 30, 26 im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/hyperborea/92/30/26/ this week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: the League of Teachers of Ethnographic Methods in Environments without People next week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: The Association for Inelegant Solutions to Simple Problems jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Re: [Air-L] "IRL (In Real Life)" donating proceeds to WGA strike relief fund
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

Hi everyone - We were discussing the WGA strike last week and it occurred to me that as an independent filmmaker and writer, I could actually do something productive with my own work to benefit the people being hurt the most by the strike. For the duration of the WGA strike (and we all hope it doesn't go on too long) I will donate $5 out of the royalties for every disc sold through our CreateSpace e-store to the Motion Picture and Television Work Stoppage Relief Fund. This is money that would otherwise go into my pocket, because we're selling the DVD directly and didn't work with a studio or a production company. The Relief Fund is set up to help the crewpeople in the industry who are losing work because of the strike. All the details are on the new homepage for my website: http://www.dlfilms.com/index.html The press release on the subject is here: http://www.dlfilms.com/irl/pr_strike.doc (Other PR info and background is available at: http://www.dlfilms.com/irl/index.html Cheers. Stephanie Tuszynski Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Theatre and Film University of Toledo

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Re: [Air-l] Invitation to review abstracts for IR7.0
by Fay Sudweeks 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

Hi Yong-Chan Could you possibly do the IR7.0 reviews assigned to you ASAP? We need your reviews to make on decisions on most of those papers. Thanks Fay ----- Dr Fay Sudweeks School of Information Technology Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6150 Australia Tel: (08) 9360 2364 Fax: (08) 9360 2941 Web: www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks Co-Chair CATaC conferences: www.catacconference.org Program Chair, IR7.0 Conference: http://conferences.aoir.org > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l- > bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Yong-Chan Kim > Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2006 5:50 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Invitation to review abstracts for IR7.0 > > Hi, I can review papers on the topics that I checked below. > Thanks, > > Yong-Chan > > Yong-Chan Kim, Ph.D > Assistant Professor > Department of Telecommunication and Film > College of Communication and Information Sciences > University of Alabama > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 > Tel) 205-348-8652 Fax) 205-348-5162 > Web) http://bama.ua.edu/~ykim > > > [v ] Communities and Communication > [ ] Digital aesthetics > [ ] Economics and Commerce > [ ] Ethics, Law, Policy > [ ] Gaming > [v ] Globalization/Localization > [ ] Histories > [ ] Identities and Diversity > [ ] Informatics > [ ] Converging Technologies > [v ] Politics/(In)Equality > [ ] Research Methods, Metrics, Approaches > [v ] Social Uses and Consequences > [ ] Surveillance, Privacy, Security > [ ] Teaching/Learning/Education > [ ] Technologies and Infrastructures > [v ] Theories/Philosophies > [v ] Health and Welfare > > Thanks! > Fay > > ----- > Dr Fay Sudweeks > School of Information Technology > Murdoch University > Murdoch WA 6150 Australia > Tel: (08) 9360 2364 Fax: (08) 9360 2941 > Program Chair, IR7.0 Conference: http://conferences.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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reminders - CATaC'08 deadlines + accommodation information
by Charles Ess 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

For those thinking about attending CATaC'08, June/juin 24-27 - two important elements of information (en anglais et en français): 1) the deadlines for CATaC'08 are coming up soon: Deadlines: Full papers (10-15 formatted pages) 14 January 2008 Short papers (3-5 formatted pages) 21 January 2008 Notification of acceptance mid-February 2008 Final formatted papers 28 February 2008 Calendrier: Communications longues (10-15 pages formatées) 14 janvier 2008 Communications courtes (3-5 pages formatées) 21 janvier 2008 Notification d¹acceptation mi-février 2008 Version finale formatée 28 février 2008 (Please see conference website - www.catacconference.org - for further details.) AND 2): because of high seasonal demand, hotel rooms for conference participants should be booked as early as possible. In particular, the conference hotel Atria encourages conference participants to book their rooms before February 10 if they wish to be guaranteed a room. Reservations are being organised through the Nîmes Tourist Office. 1. Download the accommodation booking form. 2. Complete form including credit card details and post/email/fax to Nîmes Tourist Office (address on accommodation form). == (Allez sur le site de la conférence - www.catacconference.org - pour plus de détails) ET AUSSI: Le mois de juin est particulièrement touristique et les réservations hôtelières des participants devraient donc être faites dès que possible. En particulier, l'Hôtel Atria encourage les participants à réserver leur chambre avant le 10 février pour que la réservation puisse être garantie. Les réservations sont organisées par l'intermédiaire de l'office de tourisme de Nîmes. 1. Téléchargez la fiche de réservation 2. complétez la fiche, sans oublier les renseignements pour votre carte de crédit et envoyez par poste/email/fax à l'office de tourisme (adresse sur la fiche de réservation Merci! Many thanks! Charles Ess / Fay Sudweeks / Marie-Christine Deyrich

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network size and internet use
by Barry Wellman 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

In response to Greg Elmer's Q to the list: Yes, people with larger networks do use the internet more. We have only cross-sectional data. We don't know which way the causal arrow goes -- in fact, I suspect a positive feedback loop. larger nets > more internet use more internet use > larger nets See Jeffrey Boase, et al., "The Strength of Internet Ties" on the Pew Internet website. Jan 25 2006. See also Wellman & Hogan, et al., "Connected Lives: The Project" in Patrick Purcell's new book (Springer), _Networked Neighbourhoods)_. My website/publications has links to both of these pieces. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit -- and contribute to -- my new fun website "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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One-year visiting positions at Rutgers University
by Craig Scott 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

--------------- One-year positions for 2008-2009, rank open Position description: The Department of Communication at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey invites applications for several one-year visiting positions (rank open, with ABDs considered for the Assistant level). The main area of specialization we are seeking to address is Mediated Communication (Mediated Communication includes the social contexts and consequences of new technologies such as wireless communication, Web 2.0 and the Internet; for our purposes it does not include traditional mass communication and broadcast or print media.) We will also be considering applicants in our other core areas of Organizational Communication, Social Interaction, and/or Health Communication. Major departmental initiatives at the intersection of these areas include the Center for Mobile Communication Studies, Center for Communication and Health Issues, and the Center for Organizational Development and Leadership. For more information, see http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/communication/communication-department.html Qualifications: Ph.D. in Communication or related social science discipline preferred, evidence of teaching excellence, and a research program that includes scholarly publications and conference presentations. Salary is competitive and commensurate with rank and qualifications. Application deadline: Application review will begin January 28, 2008 and will continue until all positions are filled. Application Procedure: Please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and names of three references to: Professor James E. Katz, Chair Department of Communication Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 (For further information contact Prof. Katz at j.k(a)rutgers.edu) About the University: An AAU member and Research-I ranked university with more than 50,000 students on three campuses., Rutgers was established in 1766, making it the eighth oldest university in the U.S. Rutgers-New Brunswick is the largest campus and is conveniently proximate to both New York City and Philadelphia. Rutgers is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Reminder: CFP - Breaking the Magic Circle
by Olli Sotamaa 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Hi, I thought some of you might be interested. Best, Olli --------- Call for Papers: Game Studies Seminar, Tampere 10-11 April, 2008 *Note the closing abstract deadline: January 15, 2008.* New: the seminar web site: http://breakingmagiccircle.wordpress.com One of the classic theories of games and play was presented by Johan Huizinga in his work Homo Ludens (orig. from 1938). Huizinga wrote about the free and voluntary nature of play, how it is "an activity connected with no material interest" and how it "proceeds within its own proper boundaries of time and space", involving and absorbing players utterly into a separate world set off from the "ordinary" life, while being created and maintained by communities of players. Huizinga's view has become widely known within contemporary game studies, and it is often referred as the 'Magic Circle' view on games and play. This concept has also been widely criticised, as it has become increasingly obvious how various "games external" areas play an important role in digital play, and also because digital games have become more widely enmeshed with and applied into various economical, educational and other social and cultural processes and uses. "Breaking the Magic Circle" seminar invites presentations from multiple points of view, including theoretical as well as empirically based studies into that question or expand existing conceptions regarding digital games and play. Particular fields of study might include, but are not limited to: ? pervasive, mobile or location based gaming, ? alternate reality gaming ? casual, non-immersive or coincidental forms of play, ? professional gaming, ? money gaming, betting and gambling within digital games and play. The seminar is fourth in the annual series of game studies working paper seminars organised by the Games Research Lab in the University of Tampere. Due to the work-in-progress emphasis, we strongly encourage submitting late breaking results, working papers and/or submissions from graduate students. Early considerations from projects currently in progress are most welcome, as the purpose of the seminar is to have peer-to-peer discussions and thereby provide support in refining and improving research work in this area. After the seminar, separate consideration will be given to various options of publishing the seminar papers. The papers to be presented will be chosen based on abstract review. Full papers are distributed prior the event to all participants, in order to facilitate discussion. The two-day event consists of themed sessions that aim to introduce current research projects and discuss ongoing work in studies of games, play and their relation to surrounding phenomena. The seminar will be chaired by professor Frans Mäyrä (Hypermedia Laboratory, University of Tampere). Paper commentators include researchers Markus Montola (University of Tampere), Aki Järvinen (Veikkaus) and Simon Niedenthal, Associate Professor of interaction design (Malmö University). The seminar will be held in Tampere, Finland and will be free of charge; the number of participants will be restricted. Important Dates ? Abstract Deadline: January 15, 2008 ? Notification of Acceptance: January 30, 2008 ? Full Paper deadline: March 27, 2007 ? Seminar dates: April 10-11, 2007 Submission Guidelines Abstract submissions should include maximum of 1.000 words (excluding references). Abstracts should be send to info-gamestudies{at}uta.fi as plain text only (no attachments). Guidelines for submitting a full seminar paper will be provided with the notification of acceptance. Our aim is that everyone participating has been able to read materials submitted to the seminar, therefore the maximum length for a full paper is set to 6.000 words (excluding references). Note also that the presentations held at the seminar should also encourage discussion, instead of only repeating the information presented in the papers. Tentatively, every paper will be presented for 10 minutes and discussed for 20 minutes. Seminar web site: http://breakingmagiccircle.wordpress.com/ Organised by: http://gamelab.uta.fi University of Tampere / Hypermedia Laboratory / Games Research Lab

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previous research on dalits online?
by Mia Lövheim 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Greetings to all list-members, I am a lecturer in sociologi of religion and media, religion and culture at Uppsala university, Sweden. I will this semester be supervising a master thesis on "Ambedkar as an icon of dalit-assertion: Post-Ambedkar discourses and representations on the Internet". The focus is to study how the dalit-movement (a marginalised social group in India) construct and strengthen their identity through relating themselves and their claims to the central figure of the movement Dr Amdebkar. The intention of my student is further to study both iconic representations of Amdebkar and transformations of his symbolic meaning in the process. I would be very grateful for any information of previous research in this area, that is the dalit-movement and uses of the internet. Also other studies of the role of the internet in hindu minority movements with political and religious claims would be helpful of course, or on the construction of religious leaders as icons for such groups through the internet. Thank you for your attention, and I look forward to what you may have to share on this subject! sincerely, Mia Lövheim, TD Sociology of Religion Theological Faculty, Uppsala University P.O. Box 511 S-751 20 Uppsala work: (int + 46) 18-471 21 68 fax: (int + 46) 18-71 01 70 home: (int + 46) 8-640 0702 mobile: (int + 46) 702-23 49 33 mail: mia.lovheim(a)teol.uu.se http://www.teol.uu.se/staff/lovheim

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