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CfP: 2nd Workshop on Social Aspects of the Web (SAW 2008); deadline: 12 Jan 08
by Dominik Flejter 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

=========================================================================== 2nd Workshop on Social Aspects of the Web (SAW 2008) in conjunction with 11th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2008) Innsbruck, Austria May 5, 6 or 7, 2008 http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/wscfp.php?ws=saw2008 =========================================================================== Deadline for submissions: January 12, 2008 =========================================================================== In recent years, the Web has moved from a simple one-way communication channel extending traditional media, to a complex "peer-to-peer" communication space with a blurred author/audience distinction and new ways to create, share and use knowledge in a social way. This change of paradigm is currently profoundly transforming most areas of our life: our interactions with other people, our relationships, ways of gathering information, ways of developing social norms, opinions, attitudes and even legal aspects as well as ways of working and doing business. It also raises a strong need for theoretical, empirical and applied studies related to how people may interact on the Web, how they actually do so and what new possibilities and challenges are emerging in the social, business and technology dimensions. The goal of this workshop is to bring researchers and practitioners together to explore the issues and challenges related to social aspects of the Web. We want to facilitate discussion on topics including theoretical, empirical and applied studies related to: TOPICS OF INTEREST * Users in the social Web * User identity/identities on the Web * Activity patterns * Privacy / intimacy in the social Web * Psychological aspects of acting in the social Web * Analysis and reduction of the socio-technical gap in social software * Communities on the Web * User roles, leadership and interactions * Conflicts and their resolution * Social norms and their enforcement * Trust and reputation in communities * Relations of on-line and off-line communities * Social discourse and decision-taking on the Web * Large-scale social Web mining and empirical studies * Social network analysis * Associations mining from social network * Large-scale behaviour patterns and anomalies' mining * Moods' / opinions' / social problems' analysis * Experts finding on the social Web * Mining formal semantics from social sources * Methodologies of Web-based social macro and micro studies * Social Web and business * Social Web as a source of business information * Social Web as a business communication channel * Business models for social software and services * Specific types of social software on the Web (bookmarking, social networks etc.) * Use cases and best practices * Applications of Web-based social software * Social software architectures * Social software on the Semantic Web * Strategies for bootstrapping social software systems and bypassing the critical mass problem * Social software in information processing and retrieval * Social software in collaborative maintenance of content and data SUBMISSION * Long papers: max. 5000 words * Work-in-progress rep.: max. 2500 words * Position papers: max. 2500 words * Demo papers: max. 2500 words Papers must be submitted in PDF format according to Springer LNBIP template available from http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-487211-0. Submission system is available on-line at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=SAW2008. The proceedings will be published jointly with proceedings of other BIS workshops as a book or CD with ISBN number, and on-line at CEUR WS.org workshop proceedings publication service (open content). Extended version of selected papers submitted to the workshop will be published as special issue of International Journal on WWW/Internet (http://www.iadis.org/ijwi/, ISSN: 1645-7641). WORKSHOP FORMAT All authors of accepted papers as well as other participants will be asked to read accepted papers abstracts before the workshop (papers will be available on-line in advance) to facilitate discussion. The workshop will consist in two parts: first (more formal) devoted to presentation and discussion of accepted papers and second (less formal) devoted to discussion of several issues related to present and future of the social Web. Workshop participants will be also invited to take part in the BIS conference and topically related BIS workshops on Mashups, Enterprise Mashups, and Lightweight Composition on the Web (M&LCW 2008) and Advances in Accessing the Deep Web (ADW 2008). IMPORTANT DATES * January 12, 2008 - submission deadline for papers * February 12, 2008 - notification of acceptance/rejection * March 12, 2008 - submission of final papers * May 5, 6 or 7, 2008 - the workshop ORGANIZERS * Poznan University of Economics, Department of Information Systems (http://kie.ae.poznan.pl/) CHAIRS * Dominik Flejter * Tomasz Kaczmarek * Marek Kowalkiewicz PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Krisztian Balog, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands * Simone Braun, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany * John Breslin, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland * Tanguy Coenen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Jon Dron, Athabasca University, Canada * Davide Eynard, Politecnico di Milano, Italy * Andrew T. Fiore, University of California, Berkeley, the USA * Dominik Flejter, Poznan University of Economics, Poland * Tomasz Kaczmarek, Poznan University of Economics, Poland * Marek Kowalkiewicz, SAP Research Brisbane, Australia * Sebastian Kruk, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland * Marcin Paprzycki, Polish Academy of Science, Poland * Katharina Siorpaes, STI, University of Innsbruck, Austria * Marcin Sydow, Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Poland * Jie Tang, Tshingua University, China * Celine van Damme, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Valentin Zacharias, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany ===========================================================================

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CALL FOR PAPERS ANZCA 2008
by Antonova, Slavka 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Dear colleagues, I and Alison Henderson, another "kiwi" colleague, are organizing a stream "Science, Environment, Technology, and Communication" for the Australia New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) 2008 conference, July 9 - 11, Wellington, New Zealand. We'd like to invite those of you working at Australian and New Zealand universities to submit papers and panel proposals that broaden our understanding and critique of communication practices about, within, and between constituencies concerned with 'power and place' - this is the conference leading theme - in science, environment, and technology. We call for work from theoretical and applied perspectives in a variety of social settings that might include, but not be limited to, contested sites such as: nanotechnologies and nutriceuticals, wind farms and biofuels, blogs and Bebo. The full papers must be submitted to this refereed stream through the central ANZCA 2008 submissions process by 15 February 2008. Information on the submission process is available on the ANZCA 2008 website: http://anzca08.massey.ac.nz/massey/depart/cob/conferences/anzca-2008/anz ca-2008_home.cfm Please contact me before your holiday break to discuss possible topics for papers or panels, and if you are willing to act as a reviewer on the following email addresses. Cheers, Slavka Dr. Slavka Antonova Senior Lecturer Dept. of Management & Int. Business Massey University Auckland Ph.: 064 (0)9 414-0800 ext. 9240 Fax: 064 (0)9 441-8109 s.antonova(a)massey.ac.nz

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Ph.D. Fellowships - University of Copenhagen
by Klaus Bruhn Jensen 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

PhD Fellowships at the Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, is inviting applications for 6 PhD fellowships funded by the globalisation pool of the Danish Government and supporting parties, starting 1 September 2008 for a period of up to three years. Applications may concern any subject area within the Humanities. A short description of the academic fields covered by the Faculty is available at http://english.hum.ku.dk/. The complete text of the announcement of the fellowships is available from http://english.hum.ku.dk/research/phd/announcements/ Further information is available from the PhD Centre, tel. +45 35 32 92 23, e- mail: phdcentret(a)hum.ku.dk, Room 10.1.22, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. _______________________________________ Klaus Bruhn Jensen Professor, dr.phil. Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication Film and Media Studies Section University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 80 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark kbj(a)hum.ku.dk www.media.ku.dk ________________________________________

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lessons in second life
by Jeremy Hunsinger 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '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 Consortium for the Wearing of Canada Hats while Making Funny Faces next week (on haitus until spring, january 15) but other people are having tours. 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 _______________________________________________ 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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CFP: Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC'08)
by Fay Sudweeks 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

CALL FOR PAPERS ICTs Bridging Cultures? Theories, Obstacles, Best Practices 6th International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC08) 24-27 June 2008 Universite de Nîmes, France Conference languages: English and French www.catacconference.org The biennial CATaC conference series - 10 years old in 2008! - provides a premier international forum for current research on how diverse cultural elements shape the implementation and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The conference series brings together scholars from around the globe who provide diverse cultural and disciplinary perspectives in their presentations and discussions of the conference theme and topics (listed below). Nîmes, inhabited by Celts since the 4th ct. B.C.E., became a Gallo-Roman city in 18 BCE, and is home to some of the best-preserved examples of Roman engineering and architecture. The Pont de Gard, an aquaduct bridge across the Gard river, serves as our primary metaphor for CATaC 2008: ICTs as technologies bridging cultures. Our venue in multi-cultural Nîmes further provides us with a number of cultural experiences and pleasures unique to the South of France. Finally, CATaC 2008 emphasizes francophone participation in a number of ways, including, translation provided for abstracts in French and English, and for questions and answers following presentations. Original full papers (especially those which connect theoretical frameworks with specific examples of cultural values, practices, etc.) and short papers (e.g. describing current research projects and preliminary results) are invited. TOPICS include but are not limited to: - Language as a core issue in cultural diversity with IT: are languages shaping a new IT world? - CMC as fostering and/or threatening cultural diversity - Theoretical and practical approaches to analyzing "culture" and its impact on the use and implementation of ICTs - ICTs in the francophone world, including: influences of francophone usages globally and cross-cultural comparisons - Beyond glocalization and homogenization: new mixtures of identities and cultures as facilitated by ICTs - Empowerment and CMC, including issues of gender, languages and power (economic, political, social) - Values, ethics, justice, and ICTS - Cultural and linguistic diversity and e-learning SUBMISSIONS All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international panel of scholars and researchers. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. Submission of a paper implies that it has not been submitted or published elsewhere. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Schedule: - Full papers (maximum 15 formatted pages) - 14 January 2008 - Short and panel papers (3-5 formatted pages) - 21 January 2008 - Notification of acceptance - mid February 2008 - Final formatted papers - 28 February 2008 The review process will be handled electronically through a review system, linked to the conference website. Papers may be submitted in either French or English. We strongly encourage submissions to include abstracts both in French and English, since accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings with abstracts in both languages. We will translate abstracts if necessary. Accepted papers must be formatted according to the conference proceedings template (download from www.catacconference.org) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS The keynote speakers are Marie-Françoise Narcy-Combes, University of Nantes, and Jean-Paul Narcy-Combes, University of Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle. Their topic is "Local Eyes for Global Vision: Can human intelligence and technology help?" PANELS The program includes a number of panels: - Culture and psychology (Chair: Professor Alexander Voiskounsky, Moscow State University, Russia) - Beyond Hall, Hofstede, and 'Culture' (Chairs: Connie Kampf, University of Aarhus, Denmark and Jose Abdelnour-Nocera, Thames Valley University, UK) (Additional panel proposals will be considered.) ACCOMMODATION Accommodation details are on the conference website. Be aware that Nîmes is a very popular vacation destination in June and July so accommodation will need to be booked as early as possible. SPONSORS Universite de Nîmes Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres de Montpellier Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Bèziers CONFERENCE CHAIRS Charles Ess, Drury University, USA, cmess(a)drury.edu Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, sudweeks(a)murdoch.edu.au CONFERENCE VICE CHAIR Marie-Christine Deyrich, IUFM de Montpellier, France, marie-christine.deyrich(a)montpellier.iufm.fr PROGRAM CHAIR Herbert Hrachovec, University of Vienna, Austria ----- Dr Fay Sudweeks School of Information Technology Room ECL3.058 Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6150 Australia Tel: (08) 9360 2364 Fax: (08) 9360 2941 sudweeks(a)murdoch.edu.au www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks

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CFP reminder: Location-Based Mobile Games (edited book)
by Daniel Sutko 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Please distribute widely. Apologies for cross posting. *** CALL FOR PAPERS for Edited Book Hybrid Reality Games: Reconfiguring social and urban networks via locative media Edited by: Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D. (Communication, North Carolina State University) souzaesilva(a)ncsu.edu Daniel Sutko (Communication, North Carolina State University) dmsutko(a)ncsu.edu Description: Games are pervasive activities in human culture. The strong success of video and computer games during the last 20 years can make us forget that the physical environment has always been the primary playful space. But if computers helped take games to digital spaces, the popularity of mobile technologies takes them back to the physical. The pervasiveness of mobile phones, which allow us to walk around urban spaces connected to the Internet and each other, encourages the creation of a new type of game arena that takes place simultaneously in physical and digital spaces. In these games, communication, collaboration, and interaction occur in a combination of the physical and the digital—in hybrid spaces. In such games the players’ mobility and position in space indeed matter. Hybrid Reality and Location-based games transform the players’ perception of urban spaces, as well as the intrinsic definition of game space. This edited book invites essays that critically investigate the inter-relations among mobile technologies, location-based activities, and playful / social spaces, with the ultimate goal of finding interconnections between games and social networks. Submitted essays should focus on three main areas: (1) The history of games as social environments, with particular emphasis on MUDs and RPGs, as predecessors of hybrid reality/location-based gaming. Essays in this part of the book are encouraged to explore how game communities are formed, how players in these types of games contribute to the creation of the game space, game content, and the social relationships inside and outside the game. (2) Theoretical papers about location aware games, differentiating these types of activities from previous game theories on video games. Besides theoretical papers, we also welcome case studies on current location- based, hybrid reality games, urban games, and pervasive games. In summary, we look for defining an overarching concept for the different types of multiuser games that employ mobile technologies as interfaces. (3) Essays that investigate games beyond the pure entertainment approach, including articles that explore uses of hybrid reality, location aware and pervasive activities in educational contexts, media arts, training, corporate environments, and other similar activities. Essays might draw connections among gaming, education, art, and other location-based activities. These are suggested research themes, but similar topics will also be considered. The book will be directed at academic readers, but should be attractive to the gaming community and industry insiders, as well. Abstracts of 500/700 words describing the proposed papers are due by December 15th, 2007 with those accepted due in final form by June 15th, 2008. Submissions may be in the form of empirical research studies or theory-building papers and should be 5000/7000 words (in English). Abstracts must include a brief biography of the author(s). Proposals and inquiries should be sent electronically to souzaesilva(a)ncsu.edu . Deadlines: Paper abstracts: December 15th 2007(500/700 words) Notification of accepted abstracts: January 15th 2008 Full papers: June 15th 2008 (5000/7000 words) About the editors: Adriana de Souza e Silva is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication at North Carolina State University (NCSU), and the director of the Mobile Gaming Research Lab (http://mglab.chass.ncsu.edu) She is also a faculty member of the Science, Technology and Society Program at NCSU. In 2004/2005, Dr. de Souza e Silva was a Senior Researcher at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS) at CRESST (Center for the Study of Evaluation). She holds a Ph.D. on Communication and Culture at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From 2001 to 2004 Dr. de Souza e Silva was a visiting scholar at the UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts. Her research focuses on how new media (mobile) interfaces reconfigure our relationship to space and create new social environments via media art and hybrid reality games games. She holds a Masters degree in Communication and Image Technology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. http://www.souzaesilva.com http://mglab.chass.ncsu.edu Daniel Sutko is a second-year Master’s student in the Department of Communication at North Carolina State University. He teaches public speaking and is the research assistant for the Mobile Gaming Research Lab at NCSU. His research centers on the relationship between media and social/ spatial practices, with a particular focus on new media literacy.

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popularity of u.s. presidential candidates on the internet
by Jeremy Hunsinger 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

http://www.08graph.us/ 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

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Fwd: [Softwareandculture] HARDcoded on SAT 2007.12.08 @ EN3MY (FREE!)
by Jeremy Hunsinger 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: jonCates <joncates(a)criticalartware.net> > Date: December 3, 2007 11:29:15 AM CST > To: software and culture <softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com> > Subject: [Softwareandculture] HARDcoded on SAT 2007.12.08 @ EN3MY > (FREE!) > Reply-To: software and culture <softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com> > > > > HARDcoded :: Digital Punk Magicians > > SAT December 08 2007 > 1 PM - 9 PM > @ EN3MY > 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl. Chicago, IL 60622 > > FREE + OPEN! > > ++ simultaneously streaming @ > > CentroMultiMedia + BORDER > Mexico City DF, Mexico > > HARDcoded is an ongoing collaboration between newMedia artists in > Chicago + Mexico City, that explore the cross-over between digital > noise, punk, + magic. HARDcoded is a wordplay between embedded/non- > mailable data sets in software development, like End User License > Agreements (or EULA) or closed-source proprietary computer > applications, + the xXxHARDCORExXx ethic of Punk culture. Our > (artists + organizers alike) approach to reconstruct/disrupt the > controlled environment of digital technology by breaking these > social devices with wizardry. Here, wizardry is informed by Tolkien > references in early moments of information technology + digital > networking, as well as playfully applying narratives of spell > casting, enchantment, + fantasy to the otherwise dull architecture > of cyberspace. This wizardy of course would be nothing without > "magic." This "magic," which serves as ironic term with a critical > bent, can break the spell of traditional methods of cultural > communication + sharing in an ever-growing oppressive state. > > HARDcoded seeks to create a space where ruptures in our digital > playing field (glitch, noise, + hacked/repurposed material/tools) > can take precedence over the norms of our contemporary static > digital landscape. The collaboration borrows from a Punk ethics/ > ethos + the necessity for a sustainable break away from the > normative practices of commercial platforms. By invoking these > ideologies/methodologies HARDcoded hopes to provide/facilitate a DIY/ > DIT network of subversion. In attempting to approach this task, > HARDcoded wishes to provide a social platform of workshops, talks, + > performances (and hybrids of these three) to enable these fissures > to break through the veil of our closed-source expectations + > reliance. > > The Program consists of workshops/talks by :: > > [1PM – 2.30PM ] Alex Ignlizian + Mark Beasley + Cassandra Rosas > (Hardware Hacking/Building) > [2.30 PM – 3 PM] Jake Elliot dai5ychain.net (Reprogramming Computer > Literacy) > [3 PM – 3.30 PM] Marisa Plumb Working Engineer, Pathegon corp. > (Lecture/Performance) > [3. 30 PM – 4.30 PM] Temporary Services temporaryservices.org > (Lecture on Urban Hacktivism) > [4.30 PM – 5 PM] criticalartware criticalartware.net (Media Art > Histories Lecture) > > [5 PM – 7 PM] > Installation By :: > Mark Beasley (DotMatrix Printer + Sound Installation) > Paul Hertz collaboratory.nunet.net/phertz/ (Ignotus the Mage, > Performance/Installation) > > [7 PM – 9 PM] > Nightly Performances/screening by :: > Valerie Brewer (Machinima Video) > Professor Pangaea (Machinima Video) > CHHO (The Chicago Hacked Hardware Orchestra, Performance from > Workshop) > criticalartware w/ Morgan Higby Flowers criticalartware.net > (Realtime Artware Development Performance) > I <3 Presets ilovepresets.com (Realtime Audio/Video performance) > > @ EN3MY in Chicago, IL, United States. > > Simultaneously, in Mexico City the HARDcoded Program consists of an > open invitation for completely horizontally organized discussion + > reflection > > @ CentroMultiMedia in Mexico City, Mexico > > + Performances/Screenings by Ezequiel Netri, Lalo Melendez, Jaime > Villarreal, Eusebio Bañuelos + an open jam session @ the BORDER in > Mexico City, Mexico! > _______________________________________________ > softwareandculture mailing list > softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com > http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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second life workshop with Alan Sondheim and Sandy Baldwin
by Charles Baldwin 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

The workshop below is being held on Saturday, December 8, 2pm London time as part of _Intimacy: Across Visceral and Digital Performance_, at Goldsmith's College, University of London. If you are interested in more information or in participating, email Sandy Baldwin at charles.baldwin(a)mail.wvu.edu. SECOND LIFE WORKSHOP: AVATAR PASTE AND CODE SOUP IN FIRST AND SECOND LIFE Leaders: SANDY BALDWIN, West Virginia University & ALAN SONDHEIM This workshop will take place in the virtual world Second Life, and will be conducted by Alan Sondheim and Sandy Baldwin, with participation by other artists and performers in Second Life. Participants from the Intimacy conference will be supplied with location and others details within Second Life. The workshop emerges from Sondheim and Baldwin's ongoing exploration of analog and digital bodies, using a range of technologies to remap the solid and obdurate real of bodies into the dispersions and virtualities of the digital, and then back again into real physical spaces. The "avatar paste" of the title means at least three things. Firstly, the pasting of viewpoints together, the suturing of the subject into the avatar. Secondly, paste as glue, as half-liquid and half solid, as a materiality of renewable and infinite pliability. This is the chora of the avatar, the body matrix that is less a framework than a smearing of paste. And thirdly, paste as pasty and dis/comfortable substance, paste as slimy and dripping. While this abjection is already implicit in paste as glue, the pastiness of paste involves the projection and dreaming through of the avatar, the inhabitation of avatar bodies and the emptying of real bodies into the avatar. "Avatar paste" comes out in avatar motions and behaviors. Firstly, these are formed by symbolic orders, presenting surfaces to read in terms of sexuality, power, emotion, and other projections. At the same time, the pasty avatar body tends towards collapse and abjection. Work on the avatar becomes a choreography of exposure and rupture, modeling and presenting inconceivable and untenable data, within which tensions and relationships are immediate and intimate. One might imagine, then, this inconceivable data as a form of organism itself: as part of a natural world or a world already given; out of this we might think through new ideas of landscape, wilderness, hard ecology, the earth itself. The workshop will theorize and demonstrate these topics. The first part discusses theoretical frameworks.Alan Sondheim will discuss topics of dismemberment, telepresence, and abjection in relation to the motion and behavior of Second Life avatars. Sandy Baldwin will discuss the topography of limits in Second Life, both body limits and spatial limits, an connect this to issues of the hunt and animal display. He will also discuss the dynamics of performance and audience in Second Life. The second part of the workshop will show off Sondheim and Baldwin's approach to re-mapping live bodies into Second Life performances, including: video and other examples of motion capture and scanning; intermediate processing of files (e.g. editing .bvh data or working with Blender); and then the resulting works, including documents of Second Life performances and re-mappings back into "first life" spaces with dancers and other live performers. The final part of the workshop will include avatar performance by Sondheim, Baldwin, and other participants in Second Life.

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JITP needs reviewers with Natural Language Processing on their CV
by Stuart Shulman 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Folks, If you know people able and potentially willing to review papers for the JITP special issue on Text Annotation (computer scientists, information scientists, etc.) please refer me to them using an email reply or the JITP referral page: https://surveyweb2.ucsur.pitt.edu/jitp/db/ We are a bit short-handed when it comes to reviewers with Natural Language Processing on their CV. Many thanks for this urgently needed help! ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Director, Sara Fine Institute School of Information Sciences Director, Qualitative Data Analysis Program University Center for Social and Urban Research http://qdap.ucsur.pitt.edu University of Pittsburgh 121 University Place, Suite 600 Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412.624.3776 (v) 412.624.4810 (f) http://shulman.ucsur.pitt.edu Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics http://www.jitp.net

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