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Out of office till 13 May 2007
by prashant＠mtnforum.org 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

I will be away from office on leave from 25 - 31 July 2007. In case of any urgent matters, please contact Ms. Anju Rana <anju(a)mtnforum.org>. Best regards, Prashant Sharma

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Material Digital Culture/ECREA: European Perspectives CFP
by Kathleen O'Riordan 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

DIGITAL CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION (DCC) SECTION OF ECREA CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A WORKSHOP DIGITAL MEDIA: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES? SUPPORTED BY THE CENTRE FOR MATERIAL DIGITAL CULTURE (SUSSEX) The aim of the workshop is to explore distinctive critical, theoretical and methodological perspectives around networked and pervasive media, especially those emerging in European research. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, BRIGHTON, UK; 1-3 NOVEMBER 2007 o Evening panel session and reception on Thursday 1st November o Full-day workshop on Friday 2nd o Concluding section meeting on Saturday 3rd This workshop is the first in a biannual conference/workshop series of ECREA's Digital Culture and Communication section. It will examine new approaches in the study of digital culture and communication within European contexts and to serve as a networking hub. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: We are looking for papers that address questions around digital, networked and pervasive media in a European context. We especially welcome work that contrasts European perspectives and theories with other traditions. This does not mean that we restrict our focus to European policy, or wish to focus on European-specific issues to the exclusion of others. Instead, we welcome work across a range of approaches, work based on different methodologies, and work that is nationally based within Europe. Historical, critical and technological perspectives are all welcome. So, for example, we invite proposals that examine digital culture and communication in relation to: o issues in specific national traditions of thought, such as German medium theory, French post-structuralism, 'national' traditions of cultural studies o issues in European-wide traditions, such as post- and neo-Marxist socialism, post-autonomy, and network theories, or critical utopian/dystopian thinking o issues of specific techno-social experiences, such as communication networks, aesthetic, industry, and governance structures o issues of identity, activism and autonomy, such as race, nation, migration, gender/sexuality, trade, economy, and labour We invite proposals for papers on these topics and any other issues that might enable a critique of, as well as an exploration of issues, theories and approaches emerging in European research around digital media. Deadline for abstracts/proposals of 300 words: 1st September 2007 SUBMIT TO: Kate O'Riordan: k.oriordan(a)sussex.ac.uk and Maren Hartmann: hartmann(a)udk-berlin.de REGISTRATION: Fee £35, this includes lunch, coffee and a drinks reception. It does not include accommodation and travel costs. To register email: V.A.Sammut(a)sussex.ac.uk ECREA and the Section: ECREA is the European Communication Research and Education Association, and the main objectives of the digital culture and communication section are: o To exchange and develop research in the field of digital culture and communication through virtual and physical networking and other events o To revisit existing media and communication theories, approaches, and research methods as they are challenged by digital media, and to develop new ones o To contribute to building a research culture in the field of digital media and informational culture at the European level More information here: http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/section/id/5 Caroline Bassett, University of Sussex, UK Maren Hartmann, University of the Arts Berlin, Germany Kate O'Riordan, University of Sussex, UK Dr Kate O'Riordan Department of Media and Film EDB University of Sussex Falmer Brighton UK BN1 9RG Tel: 00 44 (0) 1273 876730 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/mediastudies/profile30746.html

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Slava Kozlov/EHV/DESIGN/PHILIPS is out of the office.
by Slava Kozlov 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

I will be out of the office starting 2007-07-23 and will not return until 2007-08-08. Hi, I am out of the office till August 8th. When back, I will respond to all your emails as soon as I can. Have a nice time!

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Are my online friends for real?
by Ericka Menchen Trevino 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

The article from the BBC "Are my online friends for real?" adds a different spin to this old question. >This week I received this intriguing message from a man who moves in London's new media circles. > >He wrote: "I met somebody the other day who told me that online networking was so important, and >he didn't have the time, he was paying somebody to be him online. To blog, network, post etc . >£1,000 a month too. " Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6260210.stm - Ericka Menchen Trevino

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Fwd: Jobs at Avenue A | Razorfish
by Jeremy Hunsinger 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

A former student of mine is looking for some more new hires:) Begin forwarded message: > From: Erin Scime <Erin.Scime(a)avenuea-razorfish.com> > Date: July 23, 2007 12:30:02 PM EDT > To: jhuns(a)vt.edu > Subject: Jobs at Avenue A | Razorfish > > Hi Professor Hunsinger, > > > > We are going through a major hiring blitz here at Avenue A | > Razorfish. > I wanted to pass the news on to you in case any of your students > and/or > colleagues and friends would be interested in working here (offices in > San Francisco, LA, Portland, Austin, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, > Philadelphia, Boston, NYC, and other world offices). I've included > the > link to the job postings page to get a sense of what kind of jobs are > here (Librarians/digital librarians would fall into User Experience > here). > > > > https://jobs-aquantive.icims.com/aquantive_jobs/jobs/candidate/ > jobs.jsp? > ss=1&searchLocation=&searchCategory= > > > > I've been really happy here (good benefits, pay and laid back > culture). > If you know anyone that may be interested, they should send their > resume > and cover directly to me at erin.scime(a)avenuea-razorfish.com by August > 2, 2007. > > > > I hope your transition to your new position goes well! And thanks > again > for giving me a great reference for this position! > > > > Best, > > Erin Scime > > > > Erin Scime | Senior User Experience Associate | direct 212 798 > 6778 > | mobile 718 710 8672 | fax 212 798 6601 > 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] online identity resources
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

>I'm researching online identity (specifically how it's different online and >how it's the same as offline) and would love thoughts on what the *key* > resources are. > Thanks! > Miriam Miriam - what precisely do you mean by "different online and the same offline"? Do you mean how for certain people their online identity is radically different than their offline one but for others there is no distinction? The latter part is pretty much my entire dissertation. ;) Or were you thinking of something else? I've always found Judith Donath's work on identity very helpful to me (Donath, Judith S. "Identity And Deception In The Virtual Community." Communities in Cyberspace. Eds. Marc A. Smith and Peter Kollok. New York: Routledge, 1999.) Also Lisa Nakamura, of course (Nakamura, Lisa. Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, And Identity On The Internet. New York: Routledge, 2002.) Stephanie Tuszynski Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Theatre and Film University of Toledo

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CFP Network Nation Festschrift - Hiltz/Turoff
by Michael Bieber 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Network Nation and Beyond A Festschrift in Honor of Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff October 12 - 13, 2007 New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights - Newark, New Jersey, USA http://is.njit.edu/events/fest07 INVITATION Festschrifts celebrate honorees' legacies through original publications influenced by their contributions. Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff continue to actively contribute after more than 30 years to the fields of computer-mediated communication and decision support, online learning, delphi and emergency response. Their groundbreaking book "The Network Nation," published in 1978 and updated in 1993, has been hailed as a landmark, visionary publication. This festschrift will both honor their contributions upon retirement from their full-time academic positions and explore how their legacy will continue to influence research and societal developments in the decades to come. The festschrift includes keynote and research presentations, numerous opportunities to socialize and network, and a dinner at which people can relate stories about working with Roxanne and Murray, and their ideas. A special journal issue will follow. The research community is invited to join the celebration, and also to express their good wishes to Roxanne and Murray online. RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS / SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE We invite session proposals, refereed research papers and posters addressing the Network Nation in 2007 and beyond, which consider: - the legacy of Starr Roxanne Hiltz and/or Murray Turoff - current research inspired by their contributions - insightful speculations on future research and societal developments influenced by their foundations Special sessions will be reserved for research presentations by advisees of Roxanne and Murray from the last three decades. Especially high-quality papers will be reviewed and edited further for a special journal issue. Details will be forthcoming. DEADLINES Session Proposal deadline: August 13, 2007 Paper Abstract deadline: August 20, 2007 (strongly requested) Full Paper deadline: September 10, 2007 Poster deadline: September 17, 2007 (no abstract required for posters) Journal Article deadline: January 22, 2008 Journal article submissions also will be invited from festschrift submissions. Registration Deadlines - early-bird: September 10, 2007 - regular: September 24, 2007 KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Keynote addresses will be delivered by Ronald E. Rice and Ben Shneiderman. Keynote panelists include Linda Harasim, Abbe Mowshowitz, Karen Swan and Bartel Van De Walle. (Additional keynote panelists to be announced.) SENDING GOOD WISHES Expressions of good wishes will be presented to Roxanne and Murray, and displayed on the Festschrift Web site. Please post your comments on their legacy online. FURTHER DETAILS For further information, registration, travel and hotel information, please see: http://is.njit.edu/events/fest07 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Bieber, Professor and Acting Chair, Information Systems - Collaborative Hypermedia Research Lab (Co-Director) - Digital Library Service Integration, IntegraL and IntLib Projects (PI) Email: bieber(a)oak.njit.edu URL: http://web.njit.edu/~bieber IM/Skype Phone: profbieber (AOL/Google/MSN/Yahoo/Skype) Phone: (973) 596-2681 FAX: (973) 596-2986 [email/IM preferred] Calendar: http://calendar.yahoo.com/profbieber Information Systems Department - College of Computing Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology 5500 Information Technology Center University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1982 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Giuseppina D'Agostino is out of the office.
by Giuseppina D'Agostino/osgoode 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

I will be out of the office starting 07/23/2007 and will not return until 08/16/2007. I will only have intermittent access to emails and I will respond to your message when I return. In case of an emergency, please contact my assistant Mary Rosati 416.736.5030 x33147.

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online identity resources
by Miriam Simun 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Following the great list-off that followed the gendering of technology posting, I'm coming out of hiding with a question of my own: I'm researching online identity (specifically how it's different online and how it's the same as offline) and would love thoughts on what the *key* resources are. Thanks! Miriam

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Re: [Air-l] sources on gendering of technology?
by Brown, Karl 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

I did some research on this while at school and found the following sources useful: 1) Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life Edited by Mizuko Ito, Daisuke Okabe and Misa Matsuda http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10610 Includes interesting research about the use of mobile phones and computers by housewives in Japan, as well as a story of how teenage girls turned the business-focused pager into a text-messaging device. 2) Michèle Martin. "Hello, Central?" Gender, Technology and Culture in the Formation of Telephone Systems. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991. Great book on the gendered use of the telephone. 3) Sadie Plant. Zeros + Ones: Digital Women + The New Technoculture. Doubleday, New York, 1997. Not really research per se, but a creative blend of fiction and nonfiction in the cyberfeminist genre that draws on research in gender studies of technology and weaves an alternative history of the central role women have played in the development of technology. A fun read. Points out, for example, that early computers were often women calculating artillery tables with slide rules...the word computer originally meant "a person who computes" (see also "The Age of Female Computers" -> http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/12/skinner.htm) -- Karl Brown Associate Director, Applied Technology The Rockefeller Foundation | 420 Fifth Avenue | New York, NY 10018 email: kbrown(a)rockfound.org | tel: (212) 852-8363

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