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IP & Gender at AU
by burkx006＠umn.edu 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Of possible interest. DLB On Mar 19 2007, Sean Flynn wrote: >American University Washington College of Law's Program on Information >Justice and Intellectual Property, Women and the Law Program, and >Journal on Gender, Social Policy, and the Law present the Fourth Annual >symposium on IP/Gender: The Unmapped Connections. > >Friday, March 23, 2007 | Room 503 > >Please register at www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm >Complimentary lunch and light breakfast provided to registrants. > >A live and archived webcast will be available at >www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/webcast.cfm > >For more information, see www.pijip.org > >TENTATIVE PROGRAM > >9:00am >Continental breakfast (bagels and muffins) and coffee, Room 503 > >9:45-10:30am >Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Room 503 > >Peter Jaszi, American University, Washington College of Law > >Margaret Jane Radin, Princeton University > >10:30am >Panel 1, Room 503 > >Dan Burk, University of Minnesota Law School >"Do Patents Have Gender?" > >Jessica Silbey, Suffolk University Law School >"Origin Myths: The Mystical Beginnings of Intellectual Property Law" > >Christine Haight Farley, American University, Washington College of Law >"The Feminine Mystique of the Brand in Trademark Law Today" > >12:15pm, Lunch, 6th Floor, International Student Lounge > >1:15pm, Coffee and Desserts, Room 503 > >1:30pm, Panel 2, Room 503 > >Helen Lom, Director, WIPO Awards and Gender Issues, World Intellectual >Property Organization >"Empowering Women Through Awareness Raising and Capacity Building about >Strategic Uses of Intellectual Property Tools to Gain Economic >Advantage: Why? How? WIPO's Practical Experience" > >Amita Dhanda, NALSAR University, Hyderabad, India >"Creative Recipes: Gendering the IPR Teaching Program at NALSAR >University" > >Ann Shalleck, American University, Washington College of Law >Comments > >2:45pm, Panel 3, Room 503 > >Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina Law School >"Gender as Intellectual Property: The Propertization of Women" > >Elizabeth Judge, University of Ottawa, Canada >"Eyeing IP: Gender, Senses, and the Visualization of Intellectual >Property" > >Ruchira Goswami, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, >Calcutta, India >"Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Gendered >Perspective" > >Dianne Zimmerman, New York University School of Law >Comments > >4:15pm >Closing Remarks >Victoria Phillips, American University Washington College of Law > >Registration >Online: www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm >E-mail: pijip(a)wcl.american.edu >Telephone: 202-274-4445 -- Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 ********************************** voice: 612-626-8726 fax: 612-625-2011

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Fullbright-mtvU Music Culture Fellowships for Students
by Jeremy Hunsinger 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

> > Fulbright-mtvU Fellowships > > Fulbright-mtvU Fellowships, administered by the Institute of > International Education, are for U.S. students to conduct research > abroad for one academic year on study projects of their own design > around an aspect of international musical culture. For its pilot > year (2007-2008), up to 4 Fellowships will be awarded to > outstanding U.S. students nationwide. In addition to proposing > unique projects on "the power of music" as a global force for > mutual understanding, applicants must submit an outreach plan > describing how they intend to share their activities with their > peers during their Fulbright year. > > - The Fellowship will provide the following benefits > > - Maintenance for the academic year, based on living costs in the > host country > > - Book and research allowances (Grantees with projects that require > extensive research support, materials, or equipment must obtain > funding from other sources for such purposes.) > > - Supplemental health and accident coverage > > - Language or orientation courses, where appropriate > - Media resources (e.g., camera and Internet uplink for students to > send dispatches to mtvU) > > Applicants can submit their project proposals between March 1st and > March 29th, 2007. The Fellowship recipients will be featured online > and on-air by mtvU as they complete their projects during the > 2007-08 academic year. > > http://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html > > > Victoria Nastri > mtvU, Affiliate Relations > 770 Broadway, 10th floor > New York, NY 10003 > 212-654-7062 > victoria.nastri(a)mtvstaff.com > jeremy hunsinger 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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ACA 2007
by Tyrone Adams, Ph.D. 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

*Please repost widely on the Internet, via listservs and direct email to potentially interested parties. Thank you...* *FRONTIERS OF COMMUNICATION: Determining Place, Establishing Identity, and Shaping Change* The American Communication Association's Annual Conference October 4-6, 2007 Taos, NM USA Defining visions ranging from cowboys riding the open plains to astronauts exploring outer-space, the word Frontier truly indicates the charting of new territory. As professionals we are challenged daily to step out of our comfort zone and into unknown terrains to analyze audiences, contexts, and results of communication transactions. For most of us, this provides an ongoing challenge for growth and learning. According to Karin Dovring, "Communication must be interpreted against the background in which it is spoken or printed and that failure to understand it in that light will result in misunderstanding, misrepresentation, and utter failure." The American Communication Association (ACA) offers you the opportunity to share scholarship and exchange ideas at its 2007 Annual Conference held October 4-6, 2007 on the Southern Methodist University's (SMU) Taos, New Mexico campus. SMU's campus is located at the old Fort Burgwin, which, for more than 100 years, lay buried and forgotten. Born of the clash of cultures in the early days of the New Mexico territory, it gradually decayed under the weight of other forces changing the face of the North American frontier. Today, resurrected and restored, Fort Burgwin thrives as a center for academic discovery. While there are plenty of hotels in Taos, New Mexico, the campus has casitas for on-site lodging. Since the campus is in the Carson National Forest, it is a wonderful place for walks and talks. The town of Taos, has something for everyone. Seated on the high-desert mesa at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Taos is rich with art, steeped in history, and provides visitors with a variety of experiences. Native American, Spanish, and Anglo cultures are proudly preserved through art and architecture, music and dance, and food and festivals for all to enjoy throughout the year. According to one website, " The region's frontier sagas of romance and history, its big-hearted cowboy quests, and the enduring mystique of ancient culture have woven themselves deeply into the tapestry of our collective memory and imaginations." The ACA conference will begin on the evening of October 3 rd with a meet-and-greet event, followed by three days filled with intellectual presentations and discussion. An amazing experience has been planned to conclude the conference on Saturday evening, Oct. 6th . Student submissions are welcome. The deadline for submitting papers and panels is May 31, 2007. Acceptance notices will be sent early in July. Theme One: Determining Place -Objective and Subjective Contexts By examining how communication defines circumstance, conditions, factors, state of affairs, situation, scene, and backgrounds, the populace forms categories consisting of communities and groups in which to make meaning. During the first day of the conference, participants will examine such themes as: How do we construct places or socially shared contexts? How do we make the places known to others? What role does ecology play in communication? How do we learn the fabrics of socially shared contexts in traditional and virtual settings? Do newly created places provide for more or less expression? Are all contexts virtual in that we perceive them according to our own templates of reality and how does this impact communication? How is the substitution of nonhuman for human technology, transforming our lives into controlled environments and affecting the selection of communication channels and participants? Theme Two: Shaping Change through Communication Successful action, movements, operations, engagement, power, influence, happenings, events, and activities are bringing people together to shape society. During the final day of the conference, participants will focus on how actions link place and identity to create virtual and electronic campaigns, many of which have given previously silent people more visibility to take part in such movements to transform their lives and communities. Topics such as The Third Force -- how people are coming together via the Internet to impact social problems -- from Hurricane Katrina to hunger. What are the social, cultural, and technological factors that facilitate or hinder people from working with each other from different locations? Do we need a new "place" to foster collaboration? How do we communicate what we need and what we can offer across boundaries? How do we create a shared social context so we can organize and coordinate our actions? In a society that wants instant, preformed solutions to social issues, how do we find the language to bind rather than divide us? Theme Three: Establishing Identities - Exogenous and Indigenous Identities Through examining the roles of participants, contributors, entrants, competitors, players, and candidates, the second day focuses on the native and the innovative roles people play when communicating. Who are we, traditional people or displaced people in a diasporic world? A networked world? How do we communicate "we"? Are "we" changing all the time? Are we empowered to revive or revise who we are? Are we free to choose how to express who we are? Who will be counted in "we" vs. "them"? How do we communicate to people that we are (not) one of them? The effects of a virtual society on multiculturalism: are we more homogenous because of the Internet or less so? In a culture that tends to believe deeply that in general 'bigger is better' how do we humanize a McDonaldized society? Do we define our society as intracultural or Multicultural? How do we protect and pass down our oral traditions and ceremony in a fast paced society? Does technology help or hinder the preservation of storytelling? Student Submissions The American Communication Association is open to all participants. Students are encouraged to submit full-length papers and panel proposals. SUBMISSION PROCESS: Please submit papers and panels to Rita Kirk ( rkirk(a)smu.edu) All submissions should be submitted electronically. You will receive notification that the submission has been received, and again later when the panels and schedules are posted. Convention Costs: The convention will cost $150 USD for professionals and full-time professors and $75 for students. There will be many "together events" where drink and food will be served, representing a significant outlay of this capital. -- ========================================================== Tyrone L. Adams, Ph.D. Richard D'Aquin Associate Professor of Journalism and Communications Department of Communication http://comm.louisiana.edu University of Louisiana at Lafayette P.O. Box 43650 Lafayette, LA USA 70504 Direct Phone: 337.482.6077 Facsimile: 337.482.6104 http://www.swampboy.com/ "Got on a dead man's suit and smilin' skull ring. Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing." --Springsteen ==========================================================

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pre-conference workshop on research and learning in sl at IR8.0
by Jeremy Hunsinger 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hello all, as many of you know I've been working on this pre-conference workshop dealing with sl for ir8.0 and I have to say things are looking like it will come together. This email is what i want to call a fair warning. In the next week or so, I should have everything lined up pretty well, and will probably have two calls for papers participants. Those that I've already talked to about this, should if they are interested, contact me now so we can perhaps hash out some details. Those that have not yet heard of this but are really doing cool research or teaching in sl should start preparing abstracts and papers. Currently, I've booked an all day workshop, for less than 40 people, but more than 12 (as there are 12 who i've already talked to), so the other spots will likely be competitive. This event will be more of a workshop/ symposium of the research, but based in completed research, so people actually are grounded, and will hopefully have plans for future research too. The goal for me is to really build a solid knowledge base and mutual support network (my usual modus operandi). It should be fun and fairly intense. If you are interested, you can send me an email now, or wait until i send to Official announcement soon:) Jeremy Hunsinger () 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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Re: [Air-l] social networking sites ranked by traffic [methods question]
by Paul DiPerna 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

For anyone interested in Web usage surveys and sampling/methods procedures, I have a quick question.. Do you see any particular methods "leader" among various website traffic monitoring services? The field that comes to mind consists of Hitwise (used in the O'Hear blog post), comScore Media Metrix, Nielsen NetRatings, and Alexa. My understanding is that comScore is generally the most valid and reliable service. I'm not a methodologist by any stretch of the imagination, and so I'm be very interested to hear what people on our list might say. Here are some supporting URLs: Hitwise: http://www.hitwise.co.uk/products-services/how-we-do-it.php comScore Media Metrix (I've used comScore stats for a previous conference paper): http://www.comscore.com/method/method.asp Nielsen//NetRatings: http://www.netratings.com/downloads/us/NetView_US.pdf Alexa: https://websearch.alexa.com/static.html?show=webtour/start It would be interesting to see social network site rankings based on international usage.. I suspect market shares for MySpace and Facebook would decrease when compared to US-based stats, but I'm not sure by how much. Cyworld, Bebo, orkut, and even Friendster have had considerable penetration outside the United States. - Paul -------------- Paul DiPerna Blau Exchange http://www.blauexchange.org email: pdiperna(a)blauexchange.org online ID: http://claimid.com/pdiperna > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Air-l] social networking sites ranked by traffic > From: Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> > Date: Sat, March 17, 2007 12:38 pm > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Cc: sils announce <sils-announce(a)list.pratt.edu> > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=114 > > could be useful > > > jeremy hunsinger > 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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Re: [Air-l] air-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 21
by Kathy Mancuso 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Peter, When asking questions about the background of the founder of Wikipedia, it might be prudent to keep in mind that Jimmy Wales is a subscriber to this list and phrase your inquiries in appropriately neutral terms. The answer to this question is that Wales made the money that enabled him to start Wikipedia working on a portal/directory site (something like Yahoo's directory) that included among other sites listings of porn sites but was not itself porn. Kathy -- . . . connection in an isolating age . . . Katherine Mancuso, graduate student, Emory University Web 2.0 research, life, and meta: http://museumfreak.livejournal.com http://del.icio.us/museumfreak "Whenever anyone says 'You are,' they mean 'I want you to be.'" --Anais Nin

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Re: [Air-l] pre-conference workshop on research and learning in sl at IR8.0
by Suely Fragoso 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Jeremy I am definitely interested! I am doing some work in sl with my undergraduates right now, so I should have something to present by october Sue Fragoso >>> jhuns(a)vt.edu 18/03/07 20:11 >>> Hello all, as many of you know I've been working on this pre-conference workshop dealing with sl for ir8.0 and I have to say things are looking like it will come together. This email is what i want to call a fair warning. In the next week or so, I should have everything lined up pretty well, and will probably have two calls for papers participants. Those that I've already talked to about this, should if they are interested, contact me now so we can perhaps hash out some details. Those that have not yet heard of this but are really doing cool research or teaching in sl should start preparing abstracts and papers. Currently, I've booked an all day workshop, for less than 40 people, but more than 12 (as there are 12 who i've already talked to), so the other spots will likely be competitive. This event will be more of a workshop/ symposium of the research, but based in completed research, so people actually are grounded, and will hopefully have plans for future research too. The goal for me is to really build a solid knowledge base and mutual support network (my usual modus operandi). It should be fun and fairly intense. If you are interested, you can send me an email now, or wait until i send to Official announcement soon:) Jeremy Hunsinger () 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 _______________________________________________ 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/ -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antiv�rus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.

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CFP: International Research Workshop on Analysing eParticipation Contributions, May 2007
by Yigal Arens 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

International Research Workshop on Analysing eParticipation Contributions In conjunction with dg.o 2007 - Bridging Disciplines and Domains 8th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research May 20-23, 2007, Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA, USA Overview: The purpose of this one-day workshop is to develop a better understanding of the technological and socio-technical tools and techniques to analyse user-contributions in eParticipation initiatives. Find the full call for participation at <http://www.dgsociety.org/ Analysing_eParticipation.htm>. Find more information about the dg.o 2007 conference at <http:// www.dgsociety.org/conference.php>. -- Yigal Arens USC/ISI 310-448-8766 arens(a)isi.edu http://www.isi.edu/arens

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[THANKS] cell phone and sms research
by Redante Asuncion-Reed 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hello all I just wanted to send a quick thank you to all who responded to me on and off list regarding sms and cell phone research. Many thanks! I really appreciate it. Regards, Redante ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather

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social networking sites ranked by traffic
by Jeremy Hunsinger 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=114 could be useful jeremy hunsinger 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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