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lessons in second life
by Jeremy Hunsinger 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Tuesday (1:30-3pm 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 you by: The Promotion and Care of Thieving Monkeys next week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: Typed Oratory is not Oratory Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron _______________________________________________ Slrl mailing list Slrl(a)list.academ-x.com http://list.academ-x.com/listinfo.cgi/slrl-academ-x.com _______________________________________________ softwareandculture mailing list softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com

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Ethical approval for online data collection?
by Tomas Lin 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hi everyone, I am starting a research project that tries to explore the potential of data collection and online surveys through Facebook Applications. Given that this is an independent project not founded by my university and not attached to any faculty member, should I go through the ethics process of getting approval and ethical review? How would this affect the validity and publishing potential of this data? There are already applications on Facebook that claim in their terms of services "This data could be shared with interested third parties". And I think my application is no different. What would be the advantages of getting ethics forms approved for this type of research? Do journals look down on data that is not obtained through traditional academic routes? I am concerned that since ethics review boards do not understand the nature of this technology, and there are many dimensions of this exploratory study that simply do not conform to the information being required in forms from ethics boards. I am also concerned about many of the potential limitations that will be placed on this research project from ethics. Any guidance will be appreciated, Thank you, Tomas

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Re: [Air-L] Ethical approval for online data collection?
by Christophe Prieur 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

> should I go through the ethics > process of getting approval and ethical review? How would this affect > the validity and publishing potential of this data? :oD Well, this reminds me of a post from Barry Wellman on socnet mailing list just yesterday, about research on 'terrorists' networks. I guess these kinds of studies might be a good track to start looking for journals not so aware of ethics... Now let me be clear: everything above is a j-o-k-e. Just to kindly suggest, like Sue just did, that your goals might have been more clearly exposed. -- Christophe Prieur / prieur(a)liafa.jussieu.fr Sense, Orange Labs / sociology of uses Liafa, University Paris-Diderot / graph algorithms

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Reminder: Call for Items for Newsletter
by Switzer,Jamie 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

To the AoIR Membership: A reminder that the newsletter team is soliciting content for the next newsletter. Please send us any and all articles, news, upcoming events, jobs, general information, anecdotes from the conference, etc. etc. Anything you think would be of interest to the AoIR membership. Please send content direct to me at jamie.switzer(a)colostate.edu. Thank you in advance for your contributions!! JS (Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate the holiday!) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jamie S. Switzer Assistant Professor Department of Journalism and Technical Communication Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA 80523-1785 jamie.switzer(a)colostate.edu 970.491.2239 fax 970.491.2908

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CFP DIAC-2008/OD2008: Tools for Participation
by David M Silver 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

this might interest some list members. berkeley in late june is quite nice. please forward, post, and distribute. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com *** Tools for Participation: Collaboration, Deliberation, and Decision Support Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing Symposium Conference on Online Deliberation (DIAC-2008/OD2008) Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and UC Berkeley School of Information University of California, Berkeley June 26 - 29, 2008 http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/ At the dawn of the 21st century humankind faces challenges of profound proportions. The ability of people around the world to discuss, work, make decisions, and take action collaboratively is one of the most important capabilities for addressing these challenges. Researchers, scholars, activists, advocates, artists, educators, technologists, designers, students, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, journalists and citizens are rising to these challenges in many ways, including, devising new communication technologies that build on the opportunities afforded by the Internet and other new (as well as old) media. The interactions between technological and social systems are of special and central importance in this area. DIAC-08 combines CPSR's 11th DIAC symposium with the third Conference on Online Deliberation. The joint conference is intended to provide a platform and a forum for highlighting socio-technological opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls in the area of community and civic action. Technology enhanced community action ranges from informal communities of practice to democratic governance of formal organizations to large social movements. We are especially interested in technology development that is already being tested or fielded. We are also interested in theoretical and other intellectual work that helps build understanding and support for future efforts. In addition to exploring social technology, we must at the same time understand and advance the social context of technology, including its design, access, use, policy and evaluation, as well as intellectual frameworks and perspectives that inform technological as well as social innovation including requirements, case studies, critique and self-reflection, and infrastructures for future work. Our areas of focus include but are not limited to: deliberative and collaborative systems, e-democracy and e-participation, mobilization and organization, negotiation, consultation, sustainability, community support systems, open source models, human rights, ecological awareness, conflict resolution, justice, transparency systems, media and civic journalism, media literacy, power research, citizen science, economic development and opportunity, peace and reconciliation, infrastructure development, policy, education, community networks, research and development for civil society, social software, virtual communities and civic intelligence. We are currently interested in the following types of submissions: research paper and exploratory paper presentations (both of which will be peer reviewed), technology demonstrations, workshops and poster sessions. We are currently seeking co-sponsors who can help provide various types of assistance. We are also seeking donations and other support (including volunteer labor) to help make this event successful. The DIAC symposia have resulted in six book publications (in addition to the proceedings). Although we don't have specific plans at this time, we are hoping to publish our seventh book based on this event. Guidelines for papers and other submissions All submissions must be made via the conference submission system on the DIAC-08 web site. Submissions should be written in English and foreign speakers are encouraged to have their submissions reviewed for language prior to submission. Submissions should be formatted for "US Letter" size using 11 point Times-Roman font. Research papers should be a maximum of 10 pages. Accepted research papers should be revised according to reviewer comments and resubmitted by the deadline. Workshop proposals (two pages) should include motivation, objectives, expected outcomes, intended audience, process (including specific description of how people will be engaged during the workshop). Taking a cue from PDC 2008, we are also interested in exploratory papers (4 pages), that reflect novel concepts, works-in-progress, reflections, manifestos or other ideas and issues that aren't currently suitable for a research paper. Important Dates December 1, 2007 Submission system available December 15, 2007 Early registration begins February 15, 2008 Research paper submissions due March 15, 2008 Demonstration, workshop proposals due April 1, 2008 Notices of research paper acceptances April 15, 2008 Poster proposals due May 1, 2008 Late registration begins May 15, 2008 Completed research papers due June 26-June 29, 2008 DIAC-2008/OD2008 Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility CPSR is a public-interest alliance of people concerned about the impact of information and communications technology on society. By sponsoring international, national, and local projects and events, CPSR serves as a catalyst for in-depth discussion and effective action in key areas. UC Berkeley School of Information Providing the world with innovative information solutions and leadership, the UC Berkeley School of Information conducts research, provides policy counsel, and trains information professionals in five areas of concentration including information design and architecture, information assurance, social studies of information, human-computer interaction, and information economics and policy. Conference Chair Douglas Schuler Program Chairs Todd Davies, Jerome Feldman, and Douglas Schuler Related Conferences We also recommend the Participatory Design Conference which will be held in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. September 30, 2008 - October 4, 2008. See http://www.pdc2008.org/. The theme of this 10th PDC is "Experiences and Challenges" and it is an excellent opportunity to reassess the achievements of the PD movement and to consider its future.

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Last Call! UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions
by Ken Friedman 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

---> Last Call! <--- THE 2008 DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Sheffield, UK on 16-19 July 2008. -- This is the last call for papers for the 2008 DRS conference: UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions In the tradition of the DRS biennial conference series. Undisciplined! will be a broad-ranging event open to all topics and disciplines relevant to designing. Our conference theme will inform the choice of keynote speakers and we hope it will stimulate debate. Learn more at the conference web site at URL: http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/ The deadline for extended abstracts is 1 December 2007 For information updates, please join the conference announcement mail list at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html

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VII World Congress of Computer Law / VII Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico - last email
by Erick Iriarte Ahon 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Note: Please distribute this information and apologies cross-posting Programme: http://www.alfa-redi.org/viicongreso/programa.pdf VII World Congress of Computer Law / VII Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico When: 3-7 December 2007 Where: San Juan, Puerto Rico Steering Committee: University of Puerto Rico / Puerto Rico Bar Association / Inter American University of Puerto Rico / Alfa-Redi Website: http://www.alfa-redi.com/viicongress/ About Congress: The Puerto Rico Bar Association, the School Of Law of University of Puerto Rico, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico and Alfa-Redi, cordially invite you to the VII World Congress on Cyber Law to be held from December 3 to December 7 in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The VII World Congress on Cyber Law is a continuation of the worldwide congresses held in the cities of Quito (Ecuador), Madrid (Spain), Havana (Cuba), Cusco (Peru), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) y Edinburgh (United Kingdom). These congresses have been the starting point of new proposals, the development of laws adopted in several countries, and laws that were welcomed as guidelines by different decision-making public and private organizations involved in the area of new technologies and the development of the information society. These international events are directed towards academic, regional and international stakeholders, government employees, and individuals representing organizations from the Civil Society involved in the processes related to Policies and Regulatory Framework of the Information Society at a regional and international level. These spaces of dialogue are evoked to promote encounter, discussion and proposal developing in diverse topics of the Information Society, as can be shown in the different Web pages of past Congresses. The subjects raised for this congress are: 1. Privacy and Personal Data Protection 2. E-Governance 3. Information and Communication Technologies in the Information Society 4. E-Commerce and Cyber-banking 5. Virtual Worlds 6. Copyrights and Intellectual Property 7. E-gaming Given the global, international and transforming nature of the thematic relationship among policies and the regulatory framework of the information society, we consider of utmost importance the participation of international experts to provide a perspective to the participants of the event who will be able to make comparisons with their own experience, emphasizing on the harmonization processes that have been promoted by diverse international organizations. This Congress will include workshops which will be imparted by international organizations interested in delivering lectures on specific subjects. These workshops will have a duration of one to two hours, being held during the first two days of the Congress, concerning issues such as Privacy and eGovernment, FTAs and Information Society, Licensing models of contents, Playing games in the net and E-commerce, realities and perspectives. If your organization is interested in delivering a lecture on any of the above mentioned subjects, please contact us. More Information: Website: http://www.alfa-redi.com/viicongress/

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Internet Governance Forum - Rio Brasil
by Ana Abreu 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

Is anybody of this list, in IGF Rio? It would be interesting to talk personally about Internet, ICT, public policies... Best regards Ana Abreu http://midiautoria.blogspot.com

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Stats on U.S. Presidential donors increases, online impact
by Steven Clift 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

Is anyone out there tracking the total number of U.S. Presidential primary donors/donations over the last few election cycles as well as numbers that quantify the impact of online donations on the total raised as well as the number of donors/donations? I am putting together a presentation slide in the next couple days. Steven Clift E-Democracy.Org

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DOCAM '06 October 13-15, 2006 Call for proposals
by Niels Windfeld Lund 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

THE DOCUMENT ACADEMY INVITES: PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITS AT DOCAM 06 October 13-15th, 2006 University of California, Berkeley School of Information South Hall, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. DOCAM 06 is the fourth Annual meeting of the Document Academy, an international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various fields interested in the exploration of the document as a useful approach, concept and tool in Sciences, Arts, Business, and Society. It is organized and co-sponsored by The Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromso, Norway and School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. We are delighted to announce that the key-note speaker this year will be Professor Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. Professor Bowker will give his Keynote Address at the end of the conference and comment on the core questions and challenges for document research in the future. A preliminary program will be available online April 12 on the site of The Document Academy at http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/ The conference will run from Friday October 13, 9am, and end Sunday October 15 at noon. Scholars, developers, artists and practitioners working with document research and development are invited to submit proposals for full and short papers, ph.d.projectpresentations for plenary sessions or/and demonstrations and exhibits as soon as possible and not later than by May 19 2006 PLEASE OBSERVE : In order to keep the open ended discussion atmosphere of previous DOCAMs alive along with a growing number of participants, we have decided to have only plenary sessions and a relatively limited, but well selected number of presentations. For more details about submission: http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/events/docam/06/DOCAM06CFP.html Looking forward to your proposal ! Niels Windfeld Lund, Chair of The Document Academy professor, Documentation Studies, University of Tromso, Norway Currently Visiting Professor, Academic year 2005-06, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4600 mailto:Niels.Windfeld.Lund@hum.uit.no OR mailto:nwlund@sims.berkeley.edu

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