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Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference
by David M Silver 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference Thursday, May 29-Sunday, June 1, 2008 Vancouver, Washington Sponsored by Washington State University Vancouver & the Electronic Literature Organization Dene Grigar & John Barber, Co-Chairs http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/dtc/elo08.html (website, coming August 8) Producing a work of electronic literature entails not only practice in the literary arts but sometimes also the visual, sonic, and the performative arts; knowledge of computing devices and software programs; and experience in collaboration, interdisciplinarity, and hybridity. In short, electronic literature requires its artists to see beyond traditional approaches and sensibilities into what best can be described as visionary landscapes where, as Mark Amerika puts it, artists “celebrate an interdisciplinary practice from a literary and writerly perspective that allows for other kinds of practice-based art-research and knowledge sharing.” To forward the thinking about new approaches and sensibilities in the media arts, The Electronic Literature Organization and Washington State University Vancouver’s Digital Technology and Culture program are inviting submissions to the Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference to be held from May 29 to June 1, 2008 in Vancouver, Washington. “Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference” is interested in papers that explore forms of digital media that utilize images, sound, movement, and user interaction as well as––or in lieu of––words and that explore how we read, curate, and critique such works. Topics may include: • New, non-screen, environments for presenting multimedia writing and /or electronic literature • Research labs and new media projects • Strategies for reading electronic literary works • Curating digital art • Innovative approaches to critiquing electronic literature • Emerging technologies for the production of multimedia writing and /or electronic literature • Building audience for new media literary works and writing • Digital, literary performances • Publishing for print or electronic media connecting literature and the arts through common archiving and metatag strategies • Artistic methods of composition used in intermedia storytelling (improvisation, collaboration, sample and remix, postproduction art, codework, hactivism, etc. In conjunction with the three-day conference, there will be a juried Media Arts Show. Along with prizes for the most notable work, selected artists will be awarded bursaries to attend the conference featured at the show. Submission guidelines will be posted beginning August 15, 2007 on the conference website. The keynote speaker is internationally renown new media artist and writer, Mark Amerika, named a "Time Magazine 100 Innovator." His artwork has been exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, the ICA in London, the Walker Art Center, and the Denver Art Museum and has been the topic of four retrospectives. Amerika is also the author of many books, including his recently published collection of artist writings entitled META/DATA: A Digital Poetics (The MIT Press), founder of the Alt-X Network, and publisher of the electronic book review. He currently holds the position of Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Deadline for Submissions for Presentations: November, 30, 2007 Notification of Acceptance: December 30, 2007 Vancouver, Washington, located in the Pacific Northwest just across the Columbia River from Portland, OR, is about a six hour drive south of Vancouver, Canada and three hours south of Seattle, Washington. The conference day events will take place at Washington State University Vancouver, a Tier One research Institution built in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains with views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Saint Helens. The official conference hotel is the Hilton Vancouver located in downtown Vancouver, Washington with easy access to restaurants, bars, and evening conference events. Special rates have been negotiated for conference attendees. A conference shuttle will take attendees to and from the campus daily. The recommended airport is PDX at Portland, which is about a seven minute drive to downtown Vancouver, WA. The cost of the conference is $150; graduate students and non-affiliated artists pay only $100. Conference registration covers access to all events, the reception, some meals, and shuttle transportation. For more information, contact Dene Grigar at Grigar(a)vancouver.wsu.edu

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Re: [Air-l] ICE-T anyone (or e-commerce)
by 'Gail Taylor 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Barry's (Wellman)research comes across to me as a study of regional differences in e-commerce practices among people living in Canada. E-commerce is a term that has been coined for the exchange of goods and services using a variety of information and communication technologies (ICTs). ICT is a broad term that is used to talk about the various technologies that enable business transactions. Implicit to these conversations are various exchange processes that enable transactions. Would ICE-T be a term that would be promoted among social scientists who are conducting research on e-commerce transactions???? --------------------------------------- Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant Library & Information Science Research Assistant "Technology enables man to gain control over everything except technology." -- Unknown

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Fwd: Register Now for State of Play V: Building the Global Metaverse
by Michael Zimmer 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Begin forwarded message: State of Play V: Building the Global Metaverse is the fifth annual State of Play conference on the future of virtual worlds. Organized by New York Law School in conjunction with Trinity University, with the support of Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, this year's conference invites experts across disciplines to discuss the transnational dimensions of the metaverse and the impact of virtual environments on education, law, politics, and society. Virtual worlds are crucial building blocks of global civil society. As such, they harbor great potential for relationship building and cooperation across national borders. We hope you will join us for this important interdisciplinary conversation about the future of the global metaverse. The conference will be held on August 19–22, 2007 in Singapore. The conference will feature experts from around the world speaking about: Cross-cultural communication and avatar-to-avatar diplomacy Strategies for understanding behaviors and values of virtual world residents Regulating speech, property, and addiction in the metaverse Building transnational businesses in virtual worlds Using virtual environments to teach students of all ages Space, place, and virtual world cultures We will also present two new documentaries about how global virtual worlds intersect with real-world economies and social structures: Gold Farmers (2007) and Ideal World (2007). On Wednesday, August 22, we will offer six half-day workshops on topics including virtual world journalism, using virtual environments to transform global business, educational applications of virtual worlds, and managing virtual identities. For conference schedule and registration please visit: www.nyls.edu/ stateofplay. This message was sent from The State of Play Conference to isp- internal(a)mailman.yale.edu. It was sent from: New York Law School, 57 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below.

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Fwd: ::fc-announce:: Eyebeam Fellowship Applications online!
by Jeremy Hunsinger 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: amanda mcdonald crowley <amc(a)va.com.au> > Date: July 5, 2007 11:56:02 PM EDT > To: announce(a)fibreculture.org > Cc: amanda mcdonald crowley <amc(a)eyebeam.org> > Subject: ::fc-announce:: Eyebeam Fellowship Applications online! > > Overview of Eyebeam Fellowships > > The application process for Eyebeam's 2007/08 Fellowship program is > currently open. The deadline for applications is August 6, 2007. All > applicants will be informed of their application status by October 1, > 2007. The program duration is for 11 months, running from November to > September. > > Fellowships will be offered in the R&D OpenLab, the Production Lab > and the Education Lab. The focus of the Fellowships varies depending > on the tools and skills available and the creative objectives and > philosophy of each Lab. Up to five Fellowships will be granted for > 2007/08. > > http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=felcall > > For all of the Fellowships we are seeking applications from artists, > hackers, designers, engineers and creative technologists to come to > Eyebeam for a year to undertake new research and develop new work. > The ideal Fellow has experience working with and making innovative > technological art and/or creative technology projects and has a > passion for collaborative development. Fellows will bring this > experience and working approach to their own independent projects, > projects initiated by other Residents or Fellows and projects > conceived collaboratively during the Fellowship period. > > Fellows are selected from an open call. International applicants are > welcome to apply although we do not have the resources to provide > travel or accommodation. We are happy to work with selected > applicants, where required, to help them to secure funds to cover > these expenses. International Fellows are responsible for securing > their own visas for the Fellowship period. > Fellows receive a $30,000 stipend and health benefits during their > stay. They are able to take on additional external teaching or > consulting work, but there is an expectation that Fellows will be > working at Eyebeam a minimum of four days a week. > > Collaborative partnerships at Eyebeam will be fostered though group > critiques, discussions and projects, within and between the lab > environments and residency programs. Fellows also benefit from > critiques, lectures and workshops by external practitioners chosen > for their relationship to subjects and projects being worked on in > the Labs. > > All Fellows are encouraged to share their skills and knowledge with > the larger Eyebeam community by conducting formal and/or informal > workshops with others in the Labs as well as possible workshops open > to the public. There are also opportunities to develop work for > performance, events, seminars, exhibition or other public programming > in the Eyebeam galleries (and beyond) during the term of the > fellowship. Core to our principle at Eyebeam is the brokering of > relationships between artists, hackers, coders, engineers and other > creative technologists and the contexts we provide. The intention is > to foster and facilitate relationships whereby technologists and > artists can come together to germinate and hothouse their ideas, > develop new processes and create new works through a period of > immersion in a social context which is rich in technology, expertise > and ideas. > > Research Themes > We also support research groups to bring together creative > practitioners working at Eyebeam as well as expert external > participants. New research leads to possible public outcomes > including seminars, public discussion and exhibition. > > Research themes for 2007/08 include (though will not be limited to): > * Energy, Technology and Sustainability > * Urban research, urban interventions and media in public space > Artists and creative technologists interested in these research areas > are particularly encouraged to apply for 2007/08 Fellowships. > > Application Requirements > Applications received after the deadline of August 6, 2007, will not > be accepted. All applications and work samples must be submitted > through the online form. No exceptions will be made. You can create a > user/password during the application process and log back into the > server to update your application before the final deadline. > > Complete applications must include the following information: > * Contact Information > * Resume or CV (rtf or pdf doc) > * Work samples in the form of URLs or uploaded media > * Include a project description with your work sample that > explains your contribution to the piece, how it was meant to be > viewed and how it relates to your proposed project(s). > * Concise responses to all application questions > > Incomplete applications will not be considered. > Please read the guidelines for each of the Fellowships carefully. > Each working environment has different sets of tools and different > mentors/trainers for these tools, so applicants should consider which > environment will best suit their own needs and experience. However, > all artists, technologists and residents have access to resources > across all three labs and programs. > If you have any questions, please email fellowshipinfo(a)eyebeam.org. > > Thanks, we are excited to hear from you! > > http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=felcall > > -- > EYEBEAM > 540 W. 21st Street > New York, NY 10011, USA > T +1 - 212.937.6580 > F +1 - 212.937.6582 > amc(a)eyebeam.org > www.eyebeam.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ::fibreculture::announcements:: > To subscribe or unsubscribe from fibreculture announce, please > visit the List Info page: > http://fibreculture.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_fibreculture.org > > Fibreculture website: > http://www.fibreculture.org 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 ethnography
by 'Gail Taylor 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

In doing readings, I'm finding that some ethnographic studies are more representative of action research. These are the studies where researchers are intentionally doing and saying things to produce changes in actions among members of online communities. A good starting point for exploring action research is Stringer's book. It might also be helpful to take a look at articles that are reporting the findings of action research studies that have been conducted in school, work, and various community settings. Chisholm and Elden's article is a good starting point for this exploration, as well as popular works of Argyris and Schon. Stringer, E. T. (2007). Action Research (3rd Ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications. Chisholm. R. F., & Elden, M. (1993). Features of emerging action research. Human Relations, 46 (2), 275-298. --------------------------------------- Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant Library & Information Science Research Assistant "Technology enables man to gain control over everything except technology." -- Unknown

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The latest accessory for your ipod "The ipod suit"
by Martin Garthwaite 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

http://www.marksandspencer.com/gp/product/B000SMZKQ4?extid=070705mherotxt Whilst not technically internet related, I thought that this might be of interest to some on this list. For those of you that have never heard of Marks & Spences, it's primarialy a UK clothing store but does have international outlets. In the UK it is reasonably easy to slot all sorts of things into the UK class system, M&S caters for the "middle class" safe and reliable place to buy cloths. -- Martin Garthwaite PhD candidate, London Knowledge Lab www.lkl.ac.uk +447957 764819 Skype id mgarthwaite1330 MS IM marting(a)gmail.com

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ICE-T anyone
by Barry Wellman 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

A group of us have been studying Chapleau, northern Ontario. We have discovered that in addition to the I and the C of ICT, the folks there use the Internet more than urbanites to find out about -- and to order -- goods. Sorta like the Sears or the Eatons catalog of old that served rural areas. Some may even sell on eBay, etc -- we'll check on that this fall. Altho you might argue that browsing the net for goods is "Information", it would be a real stretch to say that actually buying and selling goods is info (or comm). Hence, we propose the new acronym, ICE-T, for Information, Communication and Exchange Technologies.* Before I/we go too far with this, what do you think? *Not to be confused with the actor/rapper or the tilting German train, much less that heavily sweetened stuff I get in the US South. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE-T PS: Happy Canada Day to all. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman For fun -- updating songs, movies and history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing Return to Sender these days _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-l] ICE-T anyone (out of office reply)
by Philippa Smith 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

I will be away from my office until Tuesday 17h July. For any urgent matters please contact the ICDC administrator Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers on (09) 921 9999 ext 8473.

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online ethnography
by lilly nguyen 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

Hi all- I was wondering if anyone has come across articles and literature on doing online ethnography. I know that AOIR has put together an ethical document on doing online research more broadly, but has there been any kind of exploration of the role and definition of ethnography in online environments? It seems to me that there has been work into online communities and online behaviors and practices through the use offline ethnography, but has there been any kind of consideration of what online ethnography would look like or be defined as? -lilly Lilly Nguyen PhD Student, Dept. of Information Studies lillynguyen(a)ucla.edu

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Re: [Air-l] online tool to present research findings
by Anders Fagerjord 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Nicole Reinhold wrote: > When conducting research I use several online tools and methods > but when presenting the results I'm back offline with powerpoint or > pdfs. > Whereby it would be great if we could use online tools to make the > research > findings more interactive, multimedia embedded and so on. > > I was wondering if some of you have used online tools to present > research > findings. > I was thinking of a tool with which I easily can create various > templates, > in which I can insert text (quotes) and images, videos and links. > As anybody experience in that area or found an inspiring format of > presenting research finding online? My answer may well be seen as a plug for my paper at the AoIR 8.0 conference on "Playing with the academic format", but anyway... By "presenting the results" do you mean an oral presentation in a conference or a seminar, or publication of results in an electronic journal? Both raise issues. There are many OK tools for creating slideshows for presentations, my favorite is Apple's Keynote, which exports Flash files for web pages. I see, however, many good reasons to limit slides or omit them altogether. Research in cognitive load theory (Sweller) suggests slides most of the time do not help, and may inhibit audience understanding. The exception is figures or illustrations that you talk about. PowerPoint is also critiqued in other parts of academia (e.g., Tufte), and the pedagogues I talk to have a hard time finding studies that show slides help. (If I'm starting a flaming new thread here, so be it.) As for electronic hypertext/multimedia publishing, like it is done in Kairos and other journals or in the works by Kolb, Moulthrop, Miles and others, there are no quick solutions. These hypertexts take time to create -- and they take time to consume (I use Tinderbox for that kind of work). For many fields, time is a more important factor than presentation or rhetorics, so genre experiments are discouraged. For other fields, the presentation approaches an art, so templates would not make much sense. It seems that most e-journals would like a basic text format they can pour into a publishing system and its templates. We have seen some excellent videos on YouTube the last year. They are hard to create, with little automation. I would certainly welcome templates for communication of research results with links and multimedia. But I think we have to build them ourselves. I'm into that -- but not far. For both purposes, I would suggest you are best off with a blog right now. (Some would probably say a wiki.) A good blog system (I like WordPress) is powerful, flexible, and fairly easy to use. You can communicate your results to anyone, you have the archive, and the HTML pages may be turned into a large-screen presentation if you use Opera, or tinker with JavaScript templates like Eric Meyer's S5 (http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/) That said, I hope you prove me wrong :-) --anders -- Anders Fagerjord, dr. art. Associate professor, Department of Media and Communcation, Unversity of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern N-0317 OSLO Norway http://www.media.uio.no http://fagerjord.no

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