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AoIR panel on public/private
by Holly Kruse 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

We've have someone drop off our possible panel for Brisbane on the use of private communication technologies in public places. If there's anyone interested in joining, now that the submission deadline has been moved to Feb. 21, please email me at holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu or hckrus01(a)yahoo.com. Thanks, Holly -- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication The University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave. Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845

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Doctoral workshop for UK Internet Research students
by Anoush Simon 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

[With apologies for cross-posting and to those for whom this is not relevant...] Dear all, We hope that this workshop will be of interest to UK-based students. Please forward to those who you think might be interested - thanks! Research training residential workshops *Free places available for doctoral students* Quantitative methods for Internet Research: workshop with Mike Thelwall 6-8th April 2006, University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK The Department of Information Studies at Aberystwyth is pleased to announce the first in a series of training workshops and seminars aimed at research students involved in researching Internet use, or using the Internet as a tool in their research. Professor Mike Thelwall, is based at the University of Wolverhampton, and is a leading researcher in web bibliometrics and link analysis (Webometrics). He has published extensively in these areas. He will introduce students to research techniques for investigating Internet use, including link analysis and blog analysis. Attendees will be shown how to take advantage of existing online data sources and will also be introduced to new specialist research software. This is an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) -funded workshop series which aims to acquaint doctoral researchers with some of the many ways that the Internet can be used both as a research tool and as a subject of research itself. PhD students at ANY stage of their research are invited to attend the intention is to provide training, facilitate discussion and allow research students from the various Information Studies and Information Systems departments in the UK to meet and forge links in an informal environment. Students or early career researchers with an interest in any aspect of qualitative or quantitative methodologies are welcome. The AHRC encourages doctoral students to undertake research training throughout their PhD. As such the intention of these workshops is to provide research skills that are both transferable and of immediate applicability for new researchers. The series is funded with provision from the AHRC to support collaborative research training for doctoral students. Attendance at the workshop is FREE of charge for doctoral students, including accommodation and meals, but places are limited. Under the terms of the programme, priority will be given to AHRC-funded students but all interested students are encouraged to apply. Attendees will asked to prepare a 5-10 minute presentation of their current research (or a poster presentation), in order to facilitate small-group discussion and exchange of ideas. The programme is intended to complement any research training that students undertake at their home institution and as such certificates of attendance will be provided for all attendees. Please contact Dr Wendy Shaw (<mailto:wes@aber.ac.uk>wes(a)aber.ac.uk) or Dr Anoush Simon (<mailto:ads@aber.ac.uk>ads(a)aber.ac.uk) The attractive seaside town of Aberystwyth is accessible by train, bus and road with easy rail links from Shrewsbury and Birmingham, further information about the University of Wales Aberystwyth including travel links, can be found at <http://www.aber.ac.uk/>http://www.aber.ac.uk/ ------------------------------------------- Dr Anoush Simon Department of Information Studies University of Wales, Aberystwyth Llanbadarn Fawr Aberystwyth SY23 3AS email: ads(a)aber.ac.uk

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Development of AoIR website
by Matthew Allen 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Dear all now that some other pressing matters have passed, there's been some time to work on the AoIR website. It's still very much a work in progress, but we hope that the site is now somewhat more orderly and accessible. The transition from the old site to the new site has involved more work than expected (spread over more than a year!); our thanks to all those who so ably made that transition (especially Charlie, Jeremy, Radhika and Ulla). There are three important things now for you to do First - check out the revised menu system and front page. Second- if you are an AoIR member, you should login! If you have forgotten your password then you can get another by email. If you have forgotten your username then.... email ME and I will see what I can do (it might 3-4 weeks). Third - if you login, you can start to add content...have a look at the way the system works; try some things out (we can always delete mistakes). Focus in particular on either a) 'current content' - discussion posts etc or b) adding more permanent material. Thanks Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org

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Call for chapters: Researching communities with community participation
by Andy Williamson 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Researching communities with community participation An edited book that presents personal but grounded perspectives on engaging communities to undertake research within them in ways that promote and privilege the voice of the community, is respectful of local or indigenous practices and is culturally safe. Community informatics is a praxis-based discipline concerned with the social appropriation of technology. As such research, in this context is often applied and qualitative in nature. It is, like the project being examined, embedded in the community and at its best provides useful and usable results for a range of stakeholders, including the community itself, funding agencies, developers of policy and other practitioners. Claims are often made that such research is a partnership but in reality, our time in a community is often limited and, unless we are also a part of that community, we are unlikely to be directly affected by the project. This book positions researchers as guests, hopefully invited in, sometimes simply 'parachuted' in by a government agency or NGO as part of a contractual obligation to evaluate. How then are we as researchers to achieve a balance between all the stakeholders? How are we to ensure that the voice of the community is heard, not simply in the research but in the design of the research and the application of outcomes. Our focus is on the impact of the project on people and the potential for engagement and change. Every community is different and so each project must reflect that and so must our research. Whilst these issues apply to any community, they can often be more significant for researchers working with marginalized groups and with indigenous peoples. Objectives A resource for researchers wanting to engage in community-centric research and community practitioners wanting to learn more about collaborative research. This book will provide a practical but rigorously grounded resource that describes applied, community-based research through the narrative and exemplars of researchers and the communities themselves. Audience * Academic Researchers * Community activists and practitioners * Post-graduate students * Commercial researchers and evaluators * Government agencies and policy developers * Anyone wishing to work effectively with communities Call for Chapters Contributions are sought for this book in two formats: 1) Researcher perspective Chapters of between 3000 - 5000 words that provide an overview of a project and community, please include personal reflection and reflexive commentaries on the process and lessons learned. Since the book is targeted at researchers, literature should be used to support arguments where appropriate, however, it is not intended to be a dense or overly academic publication. These submissions will be peer reviewed before acceptance. 2) Community perspective Short vignettes (1000-2000 words) are sought from community practitioners describing their experiences of research in their communities. Both positive and negative stories are sought, however each chapter should provide a summary of learning experiences and recommendations for future projects. These submissions will be editorially reviewed before acceptance. Timetable * Initial chapter proposals due 3 Apr 06 * Authors notified of provisional acceptance Jun 06 * First draft of chapters due for review Sep 06 * Authors notified of acceptance/changes Nov 06 * Final chapters due Jan 07 * Publication Jun 07 Proposals Chapter proposals should be sent to andy[at]wairua.co.nz in the body of an email and should include: * Working title * Authors names and affiliations * Type of submission: Researcher or practitioner * Summary of the proposed chapter (max 500 words)

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CFP: Web Searching: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
by Michael Zimmer 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

[sorry for cross-postings; feel free to distribute] CALL FOR CHAPTERS Web Searching: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Digital Formations Series. Peter Lang Publishing) Editors: Amanda Spink, Professor of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology Michael Zimmer, Department of Culture and Communication, New York University Proposal Submission Deadline: April 1, 2006 Full Chapters Due: August 1, 2006 INTRODUCTION Web search engines have emerged as a unique new media formation within contemporary culture. “Web Searching: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” will provide an interdisciplinary, theoretical perspective of the lived experience of web searching; each chapter will push forward our understanding of social, cultural, economic, legal, political, information and communication impacts of these technologies. The book will critically examine the emerging critical issues, theories, and interdisciplinary formations arising from, and surrounding, web searching, particularly the impact on individuals, social groups, modern and postmodern ways of knowing, and public and private life. CHAPTER SECTIONS Planned book sections include, but are not limited to, the following: Communication Perspectives Cultural Perspectives Economic Perspectives Ethical Perspectives Information Behavior Perspectives Legal Perspectives Political Perspectives Social Perspectives SUBMISSION INFORMATION Potential contributors are invited to submit a 2-5 page chapter proposal to the Editors by April 1, 2006, detailing the background, motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by April 15 as to the status of their proposal and sent organizational guidelines. Full chapters should be 8,000-9,000 words in length and are due on August 1, 2006. Final revised manuscripts will be due on September 30, 2006. INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to: Amanda Spink – ah.spink(a)qut.edu.au Michael Zimmer – michael.zimmer(a)nyu.edu ----- Michael T. Zimmer Doctoral Candidate, Media Ecology Department of Culture and Communication New York University email: michael.zimmer(a)nyu.edu webpage: http://michaelzimmer.org/

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AoIR 7.0 Doctoral Colloquium, Brisbane, 27 Sep 2006
by Marcus Foth 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Call for Participation Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Annual Conference 2006, Brisbane, Australia DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM (Please forward to students you supervise, to relevant lists, and please excuse cross-postings.) The AoIR 7.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on 27 Sep 2006 where they will have a chance to present their research plans and discuss them with peers and established senior researchers. Interested students should prepare a 2 page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date with a focus on issues and concerns, as well as the expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Please submit your 2 page application by 1 April 2006 to: Marcus Foth at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au PhD students are encouraged to submit an application for the Doctoral Colloquium (by 1 April) as well as a paper for the AoIR conference (by 21 Feb) if they wish. Applicants will be notified of acceptance to the Doctoral Colloquium by 1 June 2006. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an 8 page report on their research by 1 August 2006. This report is not a conference paper. It will be distributed to all Doctoral Colloquium attendees to prepare for an informed discussion, Q&A and feedback from the chairs on the day. All attendees of the Doctoral Colloquium are required to register for the AoIR conference. For further details please visit the conference website at http:// conferences.aoir.org/ or contact the convenor of the AoIR Doctoral Colloquium, Marcus Foth, at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au Chairs: Barbara Adkins, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Nancy Baym, University of Kansas, USA Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Randolph Kluver, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Host and Sponsor: Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology Best Regards, Marcus Foth -- Marcus Foth MA(DigitalMedia) BCompSc(Hons) BMultimedia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Mobile +61 407 745 021 - Fax +61 7 3864 3723 http://ici.qut.edu.au/

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IR7.0 - Internet Convergences - deadline extended
by O'Riordan, Kate 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Hi Denise - extended to 21 Feb - see below best kate ----- Internet Research 7.0, Brisbane 28-30 September 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS IR 7.0: INTERNET CONVERGENCES International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers Brisbane, Australia 28-30 September 2006 Pre-Conference Workshops: 27 September 2006 INTERNET CONVERGENCES The Internet works as an arena of convergence. Physically dispersed and marginalized people (re)find themselves online for the sake of sustaining and extending community. International and interdisciplinary teams now collaborate in new ways. Diverse cultures engage one another via CMC. These technologies relocate and refocus capital, labor and immigration, and they open up new possibilities for political, potentially democratizing, forms of discourse. Moreover, these technologies themselves converge in multiple ways, e.g. in Internet-enabled mobile phones, in Internet-based telephony, and in computers themselves as "digital appliances" that conjoin communication and multiple media forms. These technologies also facilitate fragmentations with greater disparities between the information-haves and have-nots, between winners and losers in the shifting labor and capital markets, and between individuals and communities. Additionally these technologies facilitate information filtering that reinforces, rather than dialogically challenges, narrow and extreme views. CALL FOR PAPERS Our conference theme invites papers and presentations based on empirical research, theoretical analysis and everything in between that explore the multiple ways the Internet acts in both converging and fragmenting ways - physical, cultural, technological, political, social - on local, regional, and global scales. Without limiting possible proposals, topics of interest include: - Theoretical and practical models of the Internet - Internet convergence, divergence and fragmentation - Networked flows of information, capital, labor, etc. - Migrations and diasporas online - Identity, community and global communication - Regulation and control (national and global) - Internet-based development and other economic issues - Digital art and aesthetics - Games and gaming on the Internet - The Net generation - E-Sectors, e.g. e-health, e-education, e-business We call for papers, panel proposals, and presentations from any discipline, methodology, and community that address the theme of Internet Convergence. We particularly call for innovative, exciting, and unexpected takes on and interrogations of the conference theme. However, we always welcome submissions on any topics that address social, cultural, political, economic, and/or aesthetic aspects of the Internet and related Internet technologies. We are equally interested in interdisciplinary proposals as well as proposals from within specific disciplines. SUBMISSIONS We seek proposals for several different kinds of contributions. We welcome proposals for traditional academic conference papers, but we also encourage proposals for creative or aesthetic presentations that are distinct from a traditional written 'paper'. We welcome proposals for roundtable sessions that will focus on discussion and interaction among conference delegates, and we also welcome organized panel proposals that present a coherent group of papers on a single theme. This year AoIR will also be using an alternative presentation format in which a dozen or so participants who wish to present a very short overview of their work to stimulate debate will gather together in a plenary session involving short presentations (no more than 5 minutes) and extended discussion. All papers and presentations in this session will be reviewed in the normal manner. Further information will be available via the conference submission website. - PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit abstract of 500-750 words - SHORT PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-700 words - CREATIVE OR AESTHETIC PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-700 words - PANELS - submit a 250-500 word description of the panel theme and abstracts of the distinct papers or presentations - ROUNDTABLE PROPOSALS - submit a statement indicating the nature of the roundtable discussion and interaction. Papers, presentations and panels will be selected from the submitted proposals on the basis of multiple blind peer review, coordinated and overseen by the Program Chair. Each person is invited to submit a proposal for 1 paper or 1 presentation. People may also propose a panel of papers or presentations, of which their personal paper or presentation must be a part. You may submit an additional paper/ presentation of which you are the co-author as long as you are not presenting twice. You may submit a roundtable proposal as well. Detailed information about submission and review is available at the conference submission website http://conferences.aoir.org. All proposals must be submitted electronically through this site. PUBLICATION OF PAPERS All papers presented at the conference are eligible for publication in the Internet Research Annual, on the basis of competitive selection and review of full papers. Additionally, several publishing opportunities are expected to be available through journals, again based on peer-review of full papers. Details on the website. GRADUATE STUDENTS Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. Any student paper is eligible for consideration for the AoIR graduate student award. Students wishing to be a candidate for the Student Award must also send a final paper by 31 July 2006. DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM The IR7.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in Internet research or a related field a special forum on 27 September 2006 where they will have a chance to present their research plans and discuss them with peers and established senior researchers. Interested students should prepare a 2 page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date and expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Please submit your 2 page application by 1 April 2006 to Marcus Foth at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 1 June 2006. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an 8 page paper on their research by 1 August 2006. Doctoral Colloquium Host and Sponsor: Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Prior to the conference, there will be a limited number of pre- conference workshops which will provide participants with in-depth, hands-on and/or creative opportunities. We invite proposals for these pre-conference workshops. Local presenters are encouraged to propose workshops that will invite visiting researchers into their labs or studios or locales. Proposals should be no more than 1000 words, and should clearly outline the purpose, methodology, structure, costs, equipment and minimal attendance required, as well as explaining its relevance to the conference as a whole. Proposals will be accepted if they demonstrate that the workshop will add significantly to the overall program in terms of thematic depth, hands on experience, or local opportunities for scholarly or artistic connections. These proposals and all inquires regarding pre-conference proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to the Conference Chair and no later than 31 March 2006. DEADLINES Final date for proposal submission: 21 February 2006 Presenter notification: 21 March 2006 Final workshop submission deadline: 31 March 2006 Submission for publication/student award: 31 July 2006 Submission for conference archive: 30 September 2006 CONTACT INFORMATION Program Chair: Dr Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, f.sudweeks(a)murdoch.edu.au Conference Chair: Dr Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au President of AoIR: Dr Matthew Allen, Curtin University of Technology, Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au Association Website: http://www.aoir.org Conference Website: http://conferences.aoir.org

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IR 7.0 - Deadline extended or just a rumor?
by Denise N. Rall 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Dear Air-ers - Having a bit of difficultly getting the abstract in - my co-author is currently on a archeological dig in Thailand with sporadic computer access - how's that for an exotic excuse. Was the deadline extended to 10 February or was that just someone else's conference that advertised the extended deadline?? Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, Ph.D. submitted, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tuesdays: Room T2.12, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 or Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html

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[Fwd: Announcing: H-Digirhet]
by Douglas Eyman 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Greetings! I wanted to pass on the announcement of a new list dedicated to exploring "digital rhetoric" -- what is it? How is it enacted? What is the relationship between digital rhetoric and classical rhetoric, digital rhetoric and visual rhetoric, digital rhetoric and digital literacy? Please consider joining the conversation if you are interested in questions like these. We're hoping for a broadly interdisciplinary group, and I'm particularly hopeful that folks on this list will be interested in signing up too. (And feel free to forward as appropriate, thanks!) Doug ANNOUNCING H-Digirhet: H-Net Network for Digital Rhetoric Member of: H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online ABOUT H-Digirhet H-Digirhet provides an online discussion space for teachers, researchers, and scholars who are working at the intersections of writing, rhetoric, communication, and digital technologies, focusing on issues of digital composition, computer-mediated communication (CMC), digital literacy, information and communication technologies (ICTs), human-computer interaction (HCI) and digital rhetoric. Like all H-Net lists, H-Digirhet is moderated to edit out material that, in the editors' opinion, is not germane to the list, involves technical matters (such as subscription management requests), is inflammatory, or violates evolving, yet common, standards of Internet etiquette. H-Net's procedure for resolving disputes over list editorial practices is Article II, Section 2.20 of our bylaws, located at: http://www.h-net.org/about/by-laws.php H-Digirhet is currently edited by Douglas Eyman. Logs and more information can also be located at: http://www.h-net.org/~digirhet To join H-Digirhet, please send a message from the account where you wish to receive mail, to: listserv(a)h-net.msu.edu (with no signatures or styled text, word wrap off for long lines) and only this text: sub H-Digirhet firstname lastname, institution Example: sub H-Digirhet Leslie Jones, Pacific State U Alternatively, you may go to http://www.h-net.org/lists/subscribe.cgi to perform the same function as noted above. Follow the instructions you receive by return mail. If you have questions or experience difficulties in attempting to subscribe, please send a message to: help(a)mail.h-net.msu.edu H-Net is an international network of scholars in the humanities and social sciences that creates and coordinates electronic networks, using a variety of media, and with a common objective of advancing humanities and social science teaching and research. H-Net was created to provide a positive, supportive, equalitarian environment for the friendly exchange of ideas and scholarly resources, and is hosted by Michigan State University. For more information about H-Net, write to webstaff(a)mail.h-net.msu.edu, or point your web browser to: http://www.h-net.org

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Brian Cugelman is out of the office.
by Brian Cugelman 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

I will be out of the office starting 07/02/2006 and will not return until 08/02/2006. For web or CMS related matters, please contact Cécile Gunera cgunera(a)unfccc.int.

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