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Re: [Air-l] searching for scholars
by Radhika Gajjala 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

I live an hour away from U mich if that counts ;-) r At 11:14 AM 3/17/2006 -0500, you wrote: >Dear list, > >Does anyone know of anyone, or is anyone here, doing internet research >(in any discipline) at University of Michigan or University of >Pittsburgh? (apologies if it seems dull or offensive that I couldn't >think of you/them off the top of my head) > >You can contact me off-list. > >Many thanks, >Lauren >-- >lauren m. squires > lx: http://polyglotconspiracy.net > cmc: http://sociocmc.blogspot.com >_______________________________________________ >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/ Radhika Gajjala http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik Associate Professor Dept of IPC/School of Comm Studies 315 West Hall Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 419-372-0528 fax - 419-372-0202

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Fwd: UNESCO opens online platform for planning multi-stakeholder implementation of WSIS Plan of Action
by Jeremy Hunsinger 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

AoIR members should participate in these discussions. Begin forwarded message: > From: CI News <ci(a)unesco.org> > Date: March 14, 2006 10:55:03 AM EST > To: jhuns(a)vt.edu > Subject: UNESCO opens online platform for planning multi- > stakeholder implementation of WSIS Plan of Action > > UNESCO opens online platform for planning multi-stakeholder > implementation of WSIS Plan of Action > > > UNESCO has now opened an online platform to facilitate initial > contacts among stakeholders and to launch activities under the > Action Lines of the Geneva Plan of Action that are in the area of > competence of the Organization. > > This includes the following action lines: > > C3: Access to information and knowledge > C7: E-learning and E-science > C8: Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local > content > C9: Media > C10: Ethical dimensions of the Information Society > Link to online platform > > > > This is a one-off mail that is being sent to you as you have > earlier expressed interest in matters related to the World Summit > on the Information Society. > Should you like to be regularly be informed on UNESCO’s activities > in the area of communication and information, please register at > http://www.unesco.org/webworld/newsletter > > Plate-forme en ligne de l’UNESCO pour préparer la mise en œuvre > multi-parties prenantes du Plan d’action du SMSI > L’UNESCO vient d’ouvrir une plate-forme en ligne pour faciliter les > premiers contacts entre les différentes parties prenantes et > entreprendre des activités concernant les grandes orientations du > Plan d’action de Genève qui relèvent de la compétence de > l’Organisation. > Il s’agit des grandes orientations suivantes : > > C3: L’accès à l’information et au savoir > C7: Télé-enseignement et Cyberscience > C8: Diversité et identité culturelles, diversité linguistique et > contenus locaux > C9: Médias > C10: Dimensions éthiques de la société de l’information > lien vers la plate-forme en ligne > > > > Ce message est le dernier qui vous sera envoyé faisant suite à > l’intérêt que vous avez exprimé pour le Sommet mondial sur la > société de l’information. > Si vous souhaitez être régulièrement informé(e) des activités de > l’UNESCO dans le domaine de la communication et de l’information, > veuillez vous enregistrer en utilisant l’URL suivante : http:// > www.unesco.org/webworld/newsletter > > > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () 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

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[INFO] GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
by Merlyna Lim 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

More fellowships from the Annenberg Center... for graduate students. ............................................... Graduate Fellowships: The Meaning of the New Networked Age We invite applications for six graduate fellowships from advanced graduate students to take part in a major multi-disciplinary research initiative to explore the "The Meaning of the New Networked Age: Innovation, Content, Society, and Policy." The ACC theme is intended to convene an multi-disciplinary cohort of scholars to focus on a topic of pressing concern not well addressed in more established disciplinary and departmental institutions. The ACC research program will explore the drivers transforming networked society, their meaning, and their implications for business and government policy. We welcome researchers from various disciplines including anthropology, architecture, the arts, business, communications, computer science, design, economics, engineering, history, international relations, law, library science, neurosciences, political science, rhetoric, and sociology. The USC graduate fellowships will provide office space to allow students to complete their dissertations and a $5,000 stipend for the 2006-2007 academic year. Graduate fellows working on theses related to the meaning of the networked age are preferred. Graduate fellows are expected to spend significant time at the ACC and to participate in theme related activities during 2006-07, including a monthly speakers series and weekly seminars. ACC is a research institute devoted to the study of new media from a multi-disciplinary perspective. We are in a period of fundamental transformation in the nature of the networks that connect people, information, objects, and locations. But, what does it mean and what, if anything, should be done to guide the process? The ACC research program will explore the drivers of these changes, their meaning, and their implications for business and government policy. The 2006-2007 theme investigates the structure and evolution of today's political, social, cultural, technological, and knowledge networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * How new technology is transforming politics in areas such as redistricting and citizen participation, policy and law for network media access and control * Communication law and policy * New models of intellectual discourse and citation * Peer-to-peer cultural production and distribution * The emergence of pervasive mobile and wireless networks Applications should include a CV, a cover letter including a personal statement, and a brief statement of research goals in relation to the theme, and the names and email addresses of three references. Address all application materials to Elizabeth Harmon, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, 734 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007. Email contact: eharmon(a)annenberg.edu. The deadline for receipt in our office is April 30, 2006.

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searching for scholars
by Lauren M. Squires 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Dear list, Does anyone know of anyone, or is anyone here, doing internet research (in any discipline) at University of Michigan or University of Pittsburgh? (apologies if it seems dull or offensive that I couldn't think of you/them off the top of my head) You can contact me off-list. Many thanks, Lauren -- lauren m. squires lx: http://polyglotconspiracy.net cmc: http://sociocmc.blogspot.com

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Fwd: <nettime> Creative Commons enforced in court
by Jeremy Hunsinger 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

For those interested: > > The first case (as far as I'm aware) enforcing a Creative Commons > licence has come out in the Netherlands. The case involves famous > podcaster Adam Curry, who had a number of pictures in Flickr under an > Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike licence. Some of the pictures > were taken by Weekend, a Dutch tabloid, and placed in the cover. Curry > sued over infringement of the non-commercial and attribution elements > of the licence, and apparently has obtained =E2=82=AC=C2=801000... > > web link > http://technollama.blogspot.com/2006/03/creative-commons-enforced-in- > court.html > > http://technollama.blogspot.com/2006/03/update-on-dutch-cc-case.html > > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: majordomo(a)bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the > msg body > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime(a)bbs.thing.net Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () 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

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Re: [Air-l] searching for scholars
by Dan L Burk 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

At Pittsburgh, contact Mike Madison at the law school. At Michigan, Peggy Radin has just joined the law school (quite a coup for them!) but is at the moment still phyically at Stanford. Michigan also has a slew of people at the Information School -- talk to Brian Kahin, Jeff Mackie-Mason, Paul Resnick, Virginia Rezmierski, Marshall Van Alstyne, and probably a bunch of others I'm not thinking of right away. DLB On 17 Mar 2006, Lauren M. Squires wrote: > Dear list, > > Does anyone know of anyone, or is anyone here, doing internet research > (in any discipline) at University of Michigan or University of > Pittsburgh? (apologies if it seems dull or offensive that I couldn't > think of you/them off the top of my head) > > You can contact me off-list. > > Many thanks, > Lauren > -- > lauren m. squires > lx: http://polyglotconspiracy.net > cmc: http://sociocmc.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011 bits: burkx006(a)umn.edu

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Re: [Air-l] Internet as medium with different sub-media or channels?
by William Bain 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Regarding the idea of the Internet as a library and the talk of possible theoretical works, I wonder if I could just note that in air-l list Vol 20, Issue 17 Bob Rehak posted some references to theoretical works and also convincingly compared the Internet with movies. At this point, with my neophyte status, the medium with different sub-media or channels idea seems to me a pretty powerful description. I'd like to share some places I've found recently, largely with the help of things posted on air-l. These include: Gonzalo Frasca's Ludology.org, http://ludology.org/staticpages/index.php?page=20030129004146960 and Jesper Juul's The Ludologist, http://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/?p=108 and the e-Learning Centre, http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/games.htm I for one hope more will get discussed on the semiological aspects soon! Best wishes to All, William Bain, UAB, Barcelona --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

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Visiting Research Fellowships at Annenberg Center for Communication USC
by Merlyna Lim 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Visiting Research Fellowships: The Meaning of the New Networked Age Annenberg Center for Communication University of Southern California The Annenberg Center for Communication (ACC) (www.annenberg.edu) at the University of Southern California invites applications for up to eight postdoctoral positions and one visiting scholar position. These Visiting Research fellows will take part in a major multi-disciplinary research initiative to explore the “The Meaning of the New Networked Age: Innovation, Content, Society, and Policy.” We welcome researchers from various disciplines including anthropology, architecture, the arts, business, communications, computer science, design, economics, engineering, history, international relations, law, library science, neurosciences, political science, rhetoric, and sociology. ACC is a research institute devoted to the study of new media from a multi-disciplinary perspective. We are in a period of fundamental transformation in the nature of the networks that connect people, information, objects, and locations. But, what does it mean and what, if anything, should be done to guide the process? The ACC research program will explore the drivers of these changes, their meaning, and their implications for business and government policy. The 2006-2007 theme investigates the structure and evolution of today’s political, social, cultural, technological, and knowledge networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - How new technology is transforming politics and citizen engagement worldwide, - Communication law and policy - New models of intellectual discourse and citation, - Peer-to-peer cultural production and distribution, - The emergence of pervasive mobile and wireless networks. The ACC intends to convene a multi-disciplinary cohort of scholars to focus on a topic of pressing concern not well addressed in more established disciplinary and departmental institutions. The visiting fellows will work with the ACC’s senior fellows and also will be expected to pursue their research in residence at the Annenberg Center during the 2006-2007 academic year. They will collectively be responsible for organizing one conference and a monthly speakers series, and to attend two weekly Fellows’ seminars of graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty fellows on the theme of the meaning of the new networked age. They may not hold any other appointment during the period of the fellowship. The postdoctoral fellowship is intended for scholars who have completed their Ph.D since 2001, but we also will consider researchers with at least four years of relevant, real- world experience. The ACC fellowship carries a stipend of $45,000 in addition to a limited amount of funds to support research and relocation expenses. The visiting scholar position is intended for a mid-career scholar with a well -established track record and demonstrated leadership and expertise related to the theme. The stipend will be commensurate with the scholar’s current position. ACC will also provide a limited amount of funds to support research and relocation expenses. Applicants should clearly indicate whether they are applying for a postdoctoral position or the visiting scholar position. Applications should include a CV, a cover letter including a personal statement, and a brief statement of research goals in relation to the theme. Three letters of recommendation are to be sent directly by the writers (letters may also be faxed to 213-747-4981). Address all application materials to Elizabeth Harmon, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, 734 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90089-7725. Email contact: eharmon(a)annenberg.edu. The deadline for receipt in our office is April 30, 2006. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A picture is worth a thousand words but it uses up a thousand times the memory" Merlyna Lim, Ph.D. Annenberg Center for Communication University of Southern California (USC) 734 West Adams Boulevard Los Angeles - CA, 90089 http://www.annenberg.edu http://www.merlyna.org e-mail_1: merlyn(a)bdg.centrin.net.id e-mail_2: mlim(a)annenberg.edu

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[cultstud-l] VECTORS CALL FOR FELLOWS (fwd)
by david silver 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

vectors has been publishing / platforming some really interesting work. see below for details. david ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:37:04 -0800 From: Tara McPherson <tmcphers(a)usc.edu> Reply-To: Cultural Studies <cultstud-l(a)comm.umn.edu> To: CULTSTUD-L(a)comm.umn.edu Subject: [cultstud-l] VECTORS CALL FOR FELLOWS Summer 2006 Fellowship Call for Proposals Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular The University of Southern California’s Institute for Multimedia Literacy is pleased to announce a third annual Fellowship program for summer 2006 to foster innovative research for its digital publishing venture, Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular. First launched in 2005, Vectors is an international electronic journal dedicated to expanding the potentials of academic publication via emergent and transitional media. Moving well beyond the text-with-pictures format of much electronic scholarly publishing, Vectors brings together visionary scholars with cutting-edge designers and technologists to propose a thorough rethinking of the dynamic relationship of form to content in academic research, focusing on the ways technology shapes, transforms and reconfigures social and cultural relations. Vectors adheres to the highest standards of quality in a strenuously reviewed format. The journal is edited by Tara McPherson and Steve Anderson, with Creative Directors Erik Loyer and Raegan Kelly and Lead Programmer Craig Dietrich, and is guided by the collective knowledge of a prestigious international board. About the Fellowships · Vectors Fellowships will be awarded to up to eight individuals or teams of collaborators in the early to mid- stages of development of a scholarly multimedia project related to the themes of Difference or Memory. Completed projects will be included in Volume 3 of the journal in 2007. Vectors features next-generation multimedia scholarship, publishing work that can only be realized in an online format. Volume Three, Issue One: Difference From Charles Babbage's 19th century "Difference Engine" to Derrida's 1980s neographism "Différance," the notion of difference has served as a provocative metaphor for thinking about language, culture, politics, technology and identity. This issue of Vectors encourages diverse examinations of the notion of difference as it plays out in a variety of cultural spheres, discourses and practices. We are interested in a broadly-conceived notion of difference, one that engages technology and culture or that might be productively examined through the format of an interactive multimedia journal. In particular, we seek proposals that foreground the cultural or political manifestations of racial, gender, national, religious, ethnic, geographic, technological or economic differences. Possible areas of investigation include but are not limited to: -historical and future conceptions of difference -rethinking otherness, multi-culturalism, convergence -technologies of difference -legacies + limits of 1990s theories and manifestations of difference -sounding out difference(s) -afro-futurism, speculative differences, future species -sameness and/or difference, the logics of both/and -rethinking identity; difference/multiplicity/fragmentation -post-Katrina, post-9/11, post-racism -post-feminist gender differences -war and ethnic/religious differences -economic disparity and cultural differences Volume Three, Issue Two: Memory Jean Luc Godard's dictum that "only the hand that erases can write" underscores the ironic and contradictory status of memory in postmodern culture. In an age when both history and memory are routinely characterized as being at an end, it is more important than ever to closely examine the epistemological precepts and rhetorical strategies by which we engage, remember and speak about the past. This issue of Vectors explores a range of possible frameworks for thinking about memory as a phenomenon that is fundamentally entangled with the discourses of competing disciplines, political imperatives and cultural contexts. We are particularly interested in proposals that engage the eccentric, disruptive and dynamic potentials of memory as it relates to history, media, technology, and/or the sciences. Possible areas of investigation include but are not limited to: -the impact of proliferating technological and prosthetic forms of memory -scientific and medical visualization -visual memory, media and popular culture memories -memorialization, reminiscence, recall -the role of nostalgia, desire, psychology and narrative -amnesia, displacement, erasure, regeneration -the dynamic interplay of remembering and forgetting; "creative forgetting," "active forgetting" -memory as practice, process and ritual -reconstruction, reenactment, rescripting and remixing of memories -counter-memory, chaos and resistance -discontinuous, fragmentary or disruptive visions of the past -individual vs. social, cultural and popular memory About the Awards All fellowship recipients will participate in a one-week residency June 19-23, 2006 at USC’s Institute for Multimedia Literacy, where they will have access to state of the art production facilities. Fellows work in collaboration with world-class designers and Vectors' technical support and programming team throughout the project’s development, typically during a span of 3-5 months. The residency will include colloquia and working sessions where participants will have the chance to develop project foundations and collectively engage relevant issues in scholarly multimedia. Applicants need not be proficient with new media authoring, but must demonstrate familiarity with the potentials of digital media forms. Evidence of the capacity for successful collaboration and for scholarly innovation is required. Fellowship awards will include an honorarium of $1500 for each participant or team of collaborators, in addition to travel and accommodation expenses. About the Proposals We are seeking project proposals that creatively address issues related to the themes of Difference and Memory. While the format of the journal is meant to explore innovative modes of multimedia scholarship, we are not necessarily looking for projects that are about new media. Rather, we are interested in the various ways that 'old' and 'new' technologies suggest a transformation of scholarship, art and communication practices and their relevance to everyday life in an unevenly mediated world. Applicants are encouraged to think beyond the computer screen to consider possibilities created by the proliferation of wireless technology, handheld devices, alternative exhibition venues, etc. Projects may translate existing scholarly work or be entirely conceived for new media. We are particularly interested in projects that re-imagine the role of the user and seek to reach broader publics. Work that creatively explores innovations in interactivity, cross-disciplinary collaboration, or scholarly applications for newly developing scientific or engineering technologies are also encouraged. Proposals should include the following · Title of project and a one-sentence description · A 3-5 page description of the project concept, goals and outcome. This description should address questions of audience; innovative uses of interactivity, address and form. Please also detail the project’s argument and its contribution to multimedia scholarship and, more generally, to contemporary scholarship in your field. · Brief biography of each applicant, including relevant qualifications and experience for this fellowship · Full CV for each applicant · Anticipated required resources (design, technical, hardware, software, exhibition, etc.) · Projected timeline for project development · Sample media if available (CD, DVD, VHS (any standard), or NTSC Mini-DV); for electronic submissions, URLs are preferred but still images may be sent as e-mail attachments if necessary) Projects that articulate a clear understanding of the value of multimedia to their execution will be the most successful. Take seriously the questions "Why does this project need to be realized in multimedia? What is to be gained by the use of a rich media format for the argument or experience I aim to present?" Electronic applications are preferred. Please submit to: vectors(a)annenberg.edu Mailing address Vectors Summer Fellowships Annenberg Center for Communication 746 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-7727 Priority will be given to applications received by April 15, 2006. Fellowship recipients will be notified in May 2006. Additional Information For additional information about Vectors and the Vectors Summer Fellowship Program, please visit http://www.vectorsjournal.org Questions may be directed to Tara McPherson tmcphers(a)usc.edu or Steve Anderson sfanders(a)usc.edu _______________________________________________ CULTSTUD-L mailing list: CULTSTUD-L(a)comm.umn.edu http://www.comm.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/cultstud-l

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La List
by Suely Fragoso 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Charles and others LA AoIR is nearly set up - in fact I must have finished the process yesterday but had no time to send the general call for participation. Please hold a little while more - it will be running soon (in 3 languages, btw - Spanish, Portuguese and English) I will keep the AoIR exec up to date with whatever is said in weird languages over there ;) Sue >>> cmess(a)drury.edu 16/03/2006 11:40 >>> I have _got_ to figure out this email thing... My apologies to the list - and to Suely and our colleagues in a nascent group of scholars interested in supporting Internet research in Latin America - for relying too much on my mailer and not enough on my paying attention to whom is an email is actually addressed... Sigh. On we go... - cX Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies <http://www.drury.edu/gp21> Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC'06: http://www.catacconference.org Co-chair, ECAP'06: http://www.eu-cap.org Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23 _______________________________________________ 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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