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Proposed new Oxford MSc
by Vicki Nash 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

Dear Colleagues, Subject to institutional approval, the Oxford Internet Institute is proposing to launch a unique new MSc programme, provisionally titled 'Social Science of the Internet' for entry in October 2009. Further details can be found at: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/ To receive updates about our progress with the degree, and to register an interest please email your contact details to: teaching(a)oii.ox.ac.uk best Dr Victoria Nash Director of Graduate Studies 01865 287231 Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 3JS www.oii.ox.ac.uk

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Connecting in Toronto on e-democracy, citizen media and more on October 17, 2007
by Steven Clift 11 Oct '07

11 Oct '07

See: http://pages.e-democracy.org/Toronto

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Fwd: FLOSS Manuals Launch Party!
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: adam hyde <adam(a)xs4all.nl> > Date: October 10, 2007 9:45:20 AM CDT > To: adam <adam(a)xs4all.nl> > Subject: FLOSS Manuals Launch Party! > Reply-To: adam(a)xs4all.nl > > FLOSS Manuals Launch Party! > 1800, Friday Oct 19, 2007 > The Netherlands Media Art Institute (Montevideo), Amsterdam > > FLOSS Manuals (http://www.flossmanuals.net) is pushing the big green > 'go' button on Friday Oct 19, 2007. Over the last months we have been > getting our design and code in place, making our wiki not look like a > wiki, building a community of free documentation writers, writing a > plan, and ... writing quality free manuals about free software! > > Now everything is in place and it's time to launch FLOSS Manuals and > celebrate the beginning of something beautiful. We also wish to > celebrate FLOSS Manuals recent prize (15,000 Euro) awarded by the > Digital Pioneers Academy. > > We would like to invite you to celebrate with us at our launch party! > > The evening will begin with a short introduction from Adam Hyde, > Founder > of FLOSS Manuals, followed by a cutting of the tape, drinks and > nibbles, > and lead into a performance by FLOSS Manuals Blender maintainer and > internationally acclaimed artist Julian Oliver. > > As part of the launch a short documentary about FLOSS Manuals will be > presented on the opening night of the Video Vortex exhibition at the > Netherlands Media Art Institue (19 october, from 17.00). > > Additionally, we continue the launch celebrations on December 13 when > another internationally acclaimed artist Derek Holzer (also the FLOSS > Manuals PureData manual maintainer) will host the first FLOSS Manuals > Documentation Workshop together with Adam Hyde. > > Join us for the celebration! > > > FLOSS Manuals Launch Party (free) > Friday Oct 19, 1800 (6pm) > The Netherlands Media Art Institute (Montevideo) > Keizersgracht 264 > 1016 EV Amsterdam > T 020 6237101 > Amsterdam > > > PureData Documentation Workshop (free) > Thursday Dec 13, 2007 (time to be announced) > The Netherlands Media Art Institute > Limited number of places, contact adam(a)flossmanuals.net to > participate. > > > We wish to thank The Netherlands Media Art Institute for generously > supporting this event. > > If you can't make it to the party there will also be a live stream > available (url to be announced - watch the FLOSS Manuals blog for > detals : http://www.flossmanuals.net/blog) > > > FLOSS Manuals > http://www.flossmanuals.net > > Julian Oliver > http://www.selectparks.net/~julian > > Derek Holzer > http://www.umatic.nl/info_derek.html > > Video Vortex Exhibition > http://www.montevideo.nl > -- > > --- > FLOSS Manuals > Free Manuals for Free Software > http://www.flossmanuals.net > > For more information contact : > Adam Hyde > adam(a)flossmanuals.net > mobile : + 31 6 154 22770 (Netherlands mobile) > > If you would no longer like to receive these updates from FLOSS > Manuals > please write 'no info' in the subject line of an email and send to: > info(a)flossmanuals.net > > > > 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] Air-L Digest, Vol 39, Issue 10
by Margie Borschke 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

On 10/10/2007, at 6:34 AM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > For instance we don't have the same background of > libertarianism in Canada. We like our good government, peace and > order. Nice use of the 1960s cultural myth of Canada. The liberal party lost hold of government in the last election because of a corruption scandal. Money has a huge, often corrupting influence on politics in most countries. Canada is no exception. Libertarianism has had many guises in Canada from the Western wing of the conservatives to the more left-leaning folks who were behind the (about-to-be turned-back) reforms in laws around the prohibition of marijuana. (Mark Emory is nothing if not a libertarian.) > > I will listen to his interview but I like to offer the above warning. > I did learn a lot reading his book but that was his technical > analysis which was a bit of a help even if borrowed and inaccurate. Missing the point of a lot of Lessig's work if you accuse him of borrowing.

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CfP: Social Web: Towards Networked Protest Politics?
by Ralf Bendrath 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

PDF version: <http://www.fk615.uni-siegen.de/dokumente/CfP_SocialWeb.pdf> ------- Original-Nachricht -------- **** Call for Papers: Social Web Towards Networked Protest Politics? 7-8 November 2008 University of Siegen, Artur-Woll-Haus, Am Eichenhang 50, D-57076 Siegen. Organised by the Research Project Changing Protest and Media Cultures. Funded by the German Research Foundation. Theorists drawing on different concepts of democracy such as associative, deliberative or participatory democracy perceive the internet as providing new opportunities to revitalise classical notions of democracy through widening the scope for active public debates. Civil society actors are attributed a crucial role in new notions of web based public spheres. Social movements, it is argued, benefit more than established political actors from online media since their social network structure corresponds well with the technological structure of the internet. The internet provides new opportunities to intensify as well as territorially expand social networks and enables the formation of public sphere(s) beyond the borders of the nation states. Connected to the communicative dimension of democracy some authors even see the possibility of a global community of communication (Delanty). The conference addresses issues of online communication of political protest actors by particularly focussing on the so-called social web, Web 2.0 as it is called after Tim OReilly, and its impact on political campaigning, community formation, transnationalising politics, and overall on the contribution of virtualised protest politics on the formation of a transnational public of publics (Bohman). The analysis of the interrelation between campaigning and networking deals with new forms of political mobilisation and highlights options and problems of online-offline-connectivities by giving particular relevance to mass media resonance. Apart from that questions of internal organisation and communication among protest actors and groups come into foreground. As protest networks and campaigns play important functions within new governance structures questions of democratic legitimacy of political protest actors in general as well as aspects of internal democratic decision making in particular have to be discussed. Looking inside virtualised networks of social movements also raises questions of community building and collective identity. While some studies question the potential of internet technologies to provide a platform for the emergence of (online) collective identities and put emphasis on common experiences in physical social space, the proliferation of social techniques and their use on the net raises questions of an appropriation of these techniques by civil society actors for identity-building practices. In early stages of internet research many scholars assumed that the new network technology would be able to decrease social inequalities but current studies of network research show that well-established social structures continue to exist on the net. For instance, the centre-periphery paradigm seems to persist within transnational online networks with regard to the gap between North and South. Furthermore, transnational protest actors tend to use the net rather for framing processes than for public interaction and exchange between individual protest actors and other relevant groups. Overall, the conference aims at shedding some light on the interrelations of social movements and digital networks. It will address such questions as: Panel #1: Virtualised Networks & Campaigns · Which aspects of internal communication, decision making, organisation, and coordination of protest actions are facilitated within virtualised networks? · With regard to external communication how do campaigns organised by virtualised networks and coalitions manage to speak with one voice? · Are network technologies changing campaign strategies of establishing public spheres? Panel #2: Virtualised Networks & Community · To what extent do civil society actors use technologies of Web 2.0 in order to build up social relationships and to foster or anticipate processes of community building and collective identity? · Do Web 2.0 technologies form another milestone on the way towards a networked individualism (Wellman)? · How are cognitive and affective elements connected within virtualized communities? · May we characterise them as social networks, as issue networks, or as epistemic communities? Panel #3: Virtualised Networks & Transnationalism · How are claims of virtualised networks asserted across boarders? · To what extent and how does virtualised protest bridge the North-South gap? · Do social network techniques generally enable mobilisation of spatially separated supporters and thus contribute to the development of a global civil society? Panel #4: Virtualised Networks & Democracy · How can we conceptualise public sphere(s) in the age of network communication on the internet beyond the nation state? · May Web 2.0 be regarded as magic formula for online deliberation, participation and direct democracy? · What conclusions may be drawn for conceptions like transnational democracy or global governance? Keynote speakers include: Panel #1:Dieter Rucht, Social Science Research Center Berlin, D Panel #2: Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam, NL Panel #3: Peter J. Smith/Elizabeth Smythe, Athabasca University /University College of Alberta, CDN Panel #4: James Bohman, Saint Louis University, USA Theoretical and empirical works focusing on political and sociological aspects of online communication of political protest networks actors such as participation, mobilisation, organisation, identity, transnationalism, public sphere(s), global governance, and democracy are welcome. The deadline for receipt of the abstracts is 14 April 2008. Abstracts, between 500-1000 words, together with an author biography, must be sent electronically to Johanna Niesyto (johanna.niesyto(a)uni-siegen.de) **** -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl. Pol. Ralf Bendrath University of Bremen Collaborative Research Center "Transformations of the State" Linzer Str. 9a, D-28359 Bremen, Germany Tel. +49 (421) 218 8735 Fax +49 (421) 218 8721 Web official http://www.sfb597.uni-bremen.de/homepages/bendrath Web personal http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bendrath Blog http://bendrath.blogspot.com PGP / GnuPG Public Key: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bendrath/ralf-bendrath-public-key.asc

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CFP: Location-Based Mobile Games (edited book)
by Daniel Sutko 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '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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Lawrence Lessig on ending corruption and influence of money in politics
by Miraj Khaled 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

fascinating interview with Lawrence Lessig where he discusses his new cause, devoting the next ten years to ending government corruption. how internet as a tool of participatory democracy and the advent of the 'global commons' could be the decisive weapons in this struggle. hopefully he would establish a project for this new cause as he did with Creative Commons, so that people in countries like Bangladesh, India, Russia, Canada etc. can utilize his yet to be proposed mechanism. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jkZFIwmc-8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehenrikmo… miraj Miraj Khaled Vancouver, Canada ================== http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1366114 http://sfu.facebook.com/profile.php?id=653384504 http://del.icio.us/techiemik --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!

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FW: [oii-sdp] Invitation: Standards Edge - Digital Inclusion: Accelerating Global Participation & Access
by Katy E. Pearce 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

From: Maria Gomez Rodriguez [mailto:maria.gomez.rodriguez@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:49 AM To: sdp-discuss(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk Subject: [oii-sdp] Invitation: Standards Edge - Digital Inclusion: Accelerating Global Participation & Access To the lucky ones who plan to be in Rio: Those planning to attend the U.N. Internet Governance Forum might be particularly interested in this conference, which will focus on the role that information technology standards and interoperability have in improving digital inclusion. There is no cost to attend this event. Standards Edge Conference: "Digital Inclusion: Accelerating Global Participation & Access November 11, 2007 Windsor Barra Hotel Rio de Janeiro, Brazil www.thebolingroup.com/digitalinclusion An Invitation to the "Digital Inclusion: Accelerating Global Participation & Access" Conference Co-sponsored by the Brazilian Civilian Cabinet of the Republican Presidency, RITS, LSI, KEI, and Sun Microsystems. You are especially invited to join leaders in policy, industry, law, and academia to determine how open standardization can improve participation and representation in the digital world in a way that benefits all stakeholders. The global market is changing: - Developing economies are predicted to contribute 50% to the growth in world trade by 2030 - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account for the majority of businesses in regions such as Europe and South America - Consumers will come to rely more heavily on the digital world for jobs, government services, education, and healthcare Yet, most people and nations have little voice in how the digital world evolves or is regulated. Open ICT standardization can give them that voice. By building an open global standardization community, participants can drive how the digital world progresses. Their involvement is critical to developing viable market, technological, and standardization infrastructures that serve the needs of the global community and ensure a vibrant global trading space. This interactive conference will feature discussions on: - Stimulating Digital Inclusion and Literacy through Open Standards - Increasing Accessibility to Government Services and Social Programs through Open Standards - Balancing Representation in ICT Standardization - Gaining International Market Influence Register early as seating is limited. To register or for more information, please visit http://www.thebolingroup.com/digitalinclusion . We look forward to seeing you on November 11 in Rio! Regards, Sherrie Bolin President The Bolin Group No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.4/1056 - Release Date: 10/7/2007 6:12 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.4/1056 - Release Date: 10/7/2007 6:12 PM

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Job Ad for Penn State in Security
by Andrea H. Tapia 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Security and Risk Analysis Position Description The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) invites applications for a tenure-track position at all ranks in all areas of Security and Risk Analysis (SRA). Highly qualified candidates at assistant professor rank will be considered for a PNC Career Development Professorship. Candidates are especially encouraged to apply who conduct interdisciplinary research with a broad and integrated view of SRA. The SRA recruiting emphasis is risk analysis using a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, with special emphasis on systems-based approaches. A principal requirement is demonstrated excellence in research and potential for excellence in instruction. Successful applicants will be expected to establish a quality research program and teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in SRA and IST. Teaching areas include security and risk modeling, analysis, and management; integration of cyber-security and privacy rights; and the SRA aspects of IT auditing and governance. Penn State is a major research university and is ranked second in the nation in industry-sponsored research among universities. IST is ranked fifth in the Chronicle of Higher Education's Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. Our active research grants are now approximately $8.0 million and growing each year. We have a world-class funded security research group, a successful NSA-sponsored Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, and a new interdisciplinary International Center for the Study of Terrorism. Security and Risk Analysis is a new and growing undergraduate major with three options: (1) information & cyber security, (2) intelligence analysis & modeling, and (3) social issues & risk. Overall, our baccalaureate programs have nearly 1000 students and our PhD program has almost 100 students. IST is positioned to be a world leader in Security and Risk Analysis scholarship. To learn more about SRA and IST, please see http://ist.psu.edu/sra. All applicants are strongly encouraged to apply online at http://recruit.ist.psu.edu/. A complete application will consist of a cover letter which clearly indicates your area(s) of emphasis (see above), a resume, a statement of research and teaching interests (including interdisciplinary philosophy), and the names and contact information of three references. Although applications will be considered until the position is filled, preference will be given to applications received by December 29, 2007. Alternatively, completed application packages may be mailed to IST Faculty Recruiting, 325B IST Building, University Park, PA 16802. Any questions may be directed to recruit(a)ist.psu.edu. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.

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e-texts via internet + open access
by William Bain 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hi All, exploring the university of adelaide onlline library i noted for the first time they have a page giving the addresses of similar open access libraries & thought it might be worth sharing. Maybe it's been posted here before. I'd of course be interested to know of other such projects if anyone knows of more. the adelaide address: http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/dirs.html cheers, Bill William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!

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