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Call for papers and writing competition -- Yale ISP Conference on Access to Knowledge (A2K)
by Rotenberg, Boris 14 Nov '05

14 Nov '05

Dear All, I attach information regarding a call for papers and writing competition in conjunction with the upcoming Yale ISP conference on Access to Knowledge (A2K). Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested. For more information please visit www.ijclp.org Regards, Boris Rotenberg ---------------- YALE ISP CONFERENCE ON ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE (A2K), APRIL 21-23, 2006 THE YALE LAW SCHOOL INFORMATION SOCIETY PROJECT (ISP) and THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS LAW & POLICY (IJCLP) are pleased to announce their third interdisciplinary writing competition and a call for papers in conjunction with the Access to Knowledge (A2K) Conference taking place on April 21-23, 2006 at Yale Law School. We invite students, scholars, policy makers, activists and practitioners to submit papers for the writing competition and/or for publication by the IJCLP. CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION In the digital era, most multinational corporations and policymakers are of the view that the current trend characterised by increasing intellectual property rights and corporate control over knowledge best serve society’s interests. At the same time, however, a growing number of commentators believe that widespread access to knowledge (A2K) and the preservation of a healthy knowledge commons are the real basis for sustainable human development. Nonetheless, intellectual property-based approaches continue to singlehandedly dictate global legal norms and shape national legal infrastructures. The first goal of the Yale A2K Initiative is to come up with a new analytic framework for analysing the possibly distortive effects of public policies relying exclusively on intellectual property rights. Beyond this aim, the A2K initiative seeks to support the adoption and development of alternative ways to foster greater access to knowledge in the digitally connected environment. The landmark A2K conference at Yale Law School will bring together leading thinkers and activists on access to knowledge policy from North and South, in order to generate concrete research agendas and policy solutions for the next decade. This conference will be among the first to synthesize the multifaceted and interdisciplinary aspects of access to knowledge, ranging from textbooks and telecommunications access to software and medicines. The A2K Conference aims to help build an intellectual framework that will protect access to knowledge both as the basis for sustainable human development and to safeguard human rights. Key issues to be considered include, among others: - the economics of A2K in a digital environment; - A2K indexes and measurement techniques; - the limitations to A2K; - digital libraries and archives; - government investment in information production; - government procurement policies; - open source software; - the WIPO Broadcast Treaty; - access to education and scientific knowledge; - universal service in telecommunications; - the digital divide; - digital rights management; - open access journals. A full conference description will be available on the Yale ISP's A2K Initiative page at http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/a2k.html. WRITING COMPETITION Submissions for the writing competition must be received by noon EST, February 15th, 2006. The author of the best paper, as well as two runners-up will be invited to present their work at a panel during the conference. The author of the winning paper will receive coverage of his/her travel to and accommodations at Yale University for the conference. Selected papers will be announced by April 1st, 2006. The authors of the award-winning papers will automatically be invited to publish their work in a special Autumn 2006 volume of the International Journal of Communications Law & Policy (http://www.ijclp.org) devoted to Access to Knowledge. JOURNAL PUBLICATION Submissions for publication must be received by noon EST, May 1st, 2006. The selection committee, composed of the editorial board of the IJCLP, and some of the Yale ISP Fellows, will review and consider all submissions for publication in the special Autumn 2006 volume of the journal, including submissions for the writing competition. Authors will be notified of acceptance by June 15th, 2006. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers may be submitted on any A2K-related issue, provided that they lie within the central focus of the IJCLP – communications law & policy. All submissions should be written in English in .rtf or .pdf format. They should conform to academic citation standards, be no longer than 25,000 words, and include an abstract of up to 250 words. Submissions should be e-mailed simultaneously to the lead editors of the IJCLP, Simone Francesco Bonetti (simo.bonetti[at]tiscalinet.it) and Sudhir Krishnaswamy (krishnaswamysudhir[at]gmail.com) Inquiries may be addressed to any of the above.

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facebook
by Nicole Ellison 14 Nov '05

14 Nov '05

Hi all, Chip Steinfield, Cliff Lampe and I (all in the Telecommunications, Information Studies, and Media dept at MSU) are in the early stages of data collection for a project examining facebook, but nothing to share quite yet. The Acquisti piece mentioned earlier is the only published work I've seen on Facebook, but would love to know if there are others I'm missing. There seems to be more work on friendster and the more established systems. danah's work would be a good place to start: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/10/24/my_articles_on.html Nicole ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Nicole Ellison, PhD Asst. Professor, Dept. of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University 517.432.1667 nellison(a)msu.edu

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Re: [Air-l] Facebook
by Ren Reynolds 14 Nov '05

14 Nov '05

The 'many to many' community focus on 'social software' they can be found here: http://www.corante.com/many/ M2M includes Danah, Clay Shirky and others. ren www.renreynolds.com terranova.blogs.com ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:00:49 -0600 >From: Jill Walker <jill.walker(a)uib.no> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] Facebook >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >danah boyd is doing really interesting work on this - she has a >weblog with links to papers, and you can probably find others through >her work. > >Also check out the Many2many weblog with danah, Liz Lawley, Clay >Shirky and other online social network researchers. > >Jill >> Searches of the papers at AoIR conferences and the journal indexes >> come >> up empty. Who is doing research on the social networking websites, >> such >> as Facebook, Myspace, XuQa, Tagworld, Catch-27, etc.??? If you know of >> any scholarly work on this phenomenon, please email me off list. >> Thanks. >> -- >> Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. >> Assistant Professor >> Dept. of Communication Studies >> Luther College, Decorah, Iowa >> http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ >> ----------------------------------------------- >> "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." >> ---Mark Twain >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > >_______________________________________________ >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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Fwd: 2006 International Digital Media and Arts Association and Interactive Media Studies Conference Call for Papers
by Steve Jones 13 Nov '05

13 Nov '05

> Call for Papers > > The International Digital Media and Arts Association and Miami > University's > Center for Interactive Media Studies presents the 2006 iDMAa + IMS > Conference. The conference's theme is built around an examination > of the many > codes that drive the digital media and arts world. The Conference > will bring > academics, artists, and industry representatives together to help > define, > refine and advance the leading edge of new media. This is the third > annual > iDMAa Conference and fifth annual IMS Conference. > > The conference will include refereed paper presentations, panels, > discussion > workshops, gallery talks, and performances. Pre-conference, hands-on > tutorials (free for iDMAa members) will begin on Wednesday, April > 5th, 2006. > The conference will begin on April 6th and end on April 8th. The > conference > will also include a juried exhibition and a vendor fair. This > conference is > sponsored and hosted in Oxford, Ohio by Miami University's Center for > Interactive Media Studies. > > The Conference seeks submissions of papers for presentation and > discussion. > All papers will be refereed for acceptance and selected papers will be > published in the iDMAa Journal. There will be an on-line proceedings, > including all accepted work, as well. Submissions will be accepted > in two > categories: papers and notes. Papers will follow traditional > academic writing > standards and should not exceed ten pages. Notes are at most two > pages long. > Online and interactive supplements can be included. > > Please send all submissions by November 23rd, 2005 to: > Prof. Peg Faimon, Program Chair > 231 Hiestand Hall > Miami University > Oxford, OH 45056 > faimonma(a)muohio.edu > > Papers may be submitted for review in Microsoft Word or PDF format. > Please > follow standard academic paper formatting conventions. > > Supplementary materials may be submitted in formats displayable by > standard > web browsers with freely available plug-ins (e. g. Flash, > RealPlayer, Windows > Media Player 10 or Quicktime). Authors will be notified of > acceptance by > January 6, 2006. > > Your submission should include a cover letter indicating which > conference > track is preferred (See list below). Participants are also > encouraged to > propose panels or complete 'paper sessions' on topics of specific > interest. > Special conference rates are available to individuals who organize > and bring > complete panels for sessions. > > We encourage the submission of panels. Panel submissions should > include a > brief description of the panel topic and list of panelists. Note > that any > panel chair submitting a panel with a minimum of four panelists who > are full > paying registrants to the conference will receive a discounted > registration. > > > <code> Conference Tracks > > "We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be > released" > - Jean Houston > > The 2006 iDMAa + IMS conference is structured around the taxonomy > outlined > below. These categories are meant only to be broad groupings as an > organizational tool. The suggestions included below each track are > just that > - suggestions. We encourage broad, creative, and radical > interpretations of > these tracks. > > Track One: Art Code | Code Art > Sample Topics: Algorithmic Art, Software Art, Net Art, Installation > Art, > Physic Computing, Sonic Art, Interactive Design and Development > > Track Two: Academic Code > Sample Topics: Curriculum Development, Promotion & Tenure, Program > Development, Pedagogy, Technical Support and Funding, Inter- > Institutional > Collaboration, Digital Film Schools, Classroom and Lab Exemplars, > eTextbooks > > Track Three: Image Code > Sample Topics: Digital Photography, Digital Imaging as Art, 3-D > Modeling, > Digital Printing, Medical Imaging, Commercial Design, Installation, > Digital > Painting > > Track Four: Time-Based Code > Sample Topics: Digital Video, Flash, Processing, Distance > Collaboration/Performance, Animation, Film, Interactive > > Track Five: Cultural Code > Sample Topics: Network Culture and Complexity/Change, Philosophy, > Digital > Identity > > Track Six: Legal Code > Sample Topics: Copyright, Legal Issues for Artists, P2P File > Sharing, Open > Source, Creative Commons > > Track Seven: Semiotic Code & Storytelling > Sample Topics: Digital Narrative, Digital Asset Management, Still > Image as > Narrative, Semantic Web > > Track Eight: Commercial Code > Sample Topics: Mobile Media, Emerging Technologies, Business > Applications > > Track Nine: Game Code > Sample Topics: Serious games, artistic games, commercial games, > games as > pedagogy, analysis of games

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Re: [Air-l] facebook
by Mary L. Gray 13 Nov '05

13 Nov '05

shameless self-promotion here: I've got a piece on thefacebook as a means of mediating social distance. it'll be in the ASA journal, _Contexts_ ...it should be out in the issue after next. I'd welcome feedback or thoughts on the draft if anyone's interested. ___________________________________________________________ Mary L. Gray, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Culture Affiliate Faculty Gender Studies Department and American Studies Program Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-9700 ph. 812/855.4379 fx. 812/855.6014 email: mLg(a)indiana.edu http://www.indiana.edu/~qcentral On Nov 13, 2005, at 3:07 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:10:13 -0600 > From: "Mark D. Johns" <johnsmar(a)luther.edu> > Subject: [Air-l] Facebook > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Message-ID: <4376AE95.6010107(a)luther.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Searches of the papers at AoIR conferences and the journal indexes > come > up empty. Who is doing research on the social networking websites, > such > as Facebook, Myspace, XuQa, Tagworld, Catch-27, etc.??? If you know of > any scholarly work on this phenomenon, please email me off list. > Thanks. > -- > Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication Studies > Luther College, Decorah, Iowa > http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/

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Facebook
by Mark D. Johns 13 Nov '05

13 Nov '05

Searches of the papers at AoIR conferences and the journal indexes come up empty. Who is doing research on the social networking websites, such as Facebook, Myspace, XuQa, Tagworld, Catch-27, etc.??? If you know of any scholarly work on this phenomenon, please email me off list. Thanks. -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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space, place and the internet
by Barry Wellman 12 Nov '05

12 Nov '05

This seems a possible venue for readers of these lists. Absolutely no apologies for cross posting. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:00:10 -0500 From: urbanth-l-request(a)lists.ysu.edu Subject: URBANTH-L Digest, Vol 55, Issue 6 [x-posted from SPACE-AND-PLACE(a)LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU] Please feel free to forward this call to others who might be interested. **1st Call for Papers** Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Journal Special Issue "Settings for Collaboration: The Role of Place" Co-edited by Luigina Ciolfi, Geraldine Fitzpatrick and Liam Bannon Background Existing Recent work in HCI, CSCW and -more recently- interaction design has begun to critically examine the concept of place, its meaning and the implications for design. Early work by Erickson (1993) and Harrison and Dourish (1996) suggested that place, is a more appropriate concept rather than space is the notion that for providing an appropriate suitable framework for understanding people's interaction with their physical environment. More recently, a consideration of place has been introduced in studies of particular domains such as geographical technologies, collaborative systems and interactive environments. In particular, increasing attention is being paid to the notion of place as a useful conceptual tool when studying people's interaction with ubiquitous computing environments, whereby computational power augments and enhances existing features of actual physical environments. Place provides a frame for understanding how people relate to complex environments that include technology, physical and material resources and especially other inhabitants. A debate is emerging regarding different conceptual definitions of place and on their implications if introduced within the HCI, CSCW and interaction design areas, particularly in terms of methodological approaches. The meaning and implications of these different notions needs to be discussed and analysed, and especially when the notion of place is applied to understanding social and collaborative activities in a number of locales, from work environments, to public spaces,. This is even more so as new forms of collaboration are enabled through ubiquitous computing environments. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): conceptual frameworks for understanding place methodological approaches for studying interaction and communication in place case studies describing the design and evaluation of spatially distributed and mobile technologies case studies of human experience of place mediated by technologies SUBMISSIONS Deadline for submissions: 31st January 2006 Notification of Acceptance: 15th April 2006 Submission of manuscripts (between 5000 and 10000 words, a figure equals 250 words) are invited. At this stage no specific format is required, however you are invited to follow the layout guidelines given at http://www.springerlink.com/(odegqt3b3lfjvx45b10mnom1)/app/home/journal.asp? referrer=parent&backto=linkingpublicationresults,1:100250,1 Please **email** your submission (in MS Word or Acrobat PDF format) to luigina.ciolfi(a)ul.ie REVIEW BOARD (more reviewers to be confirmed) Liam Bannon, University of Limerick (Ireland) Matthew Chalmers, University of Glasgow (UK) Luigina Ciolfi, University of Limerick (Ireland) Geraldine Fitzpatrick, University of Sussex (UK) Eva Hornecker, University of Sussex (UK) Leysia Palen, University of Colorado (USA) Mark Perry, Brunel University (UK) GUEST EDITORS Luigina Ciolfi, University of Limerick (Ireland) Geraldine Fitzpatrick, University of Sussex (UK) Liam Bannon, University of Limerick (Ireland) Please contact luigina.ciolfi(a)ul.ie if you have any queries ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Luigina Ciolfi Interaction Design Centre Engineering Research Building, ER1 005 University of Limerick, Ireland Tel. [+353] 061 213530 Fax. [+353] 061 213484 Web: http://richie.idc.ul.ie/luigina/ http://www.idc.ul.ie/ http://www.shared-worlds.org/ http://www.idc.ul.ie/nomads/

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Direct Representation
by Stephen Coleman 12 Nov '05

12 Nov '05

This is a new pamphlet, which argues for a more interactive form of democracy, published yesterday by the Institute for Public Policy Research: http://www.ippr.org.uk/ecomm/files/Stephen_Coleman_Pamphlet.pdf Stephen Coleman Oxford Internet Institute

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Antw: air-l Digest, Vol 16, Issue 9 (Absence - Carl-Markus Piswanger)
by Carl-Markus Piswanger 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

I am out of office. I will be back on November 21. Carl-Markus Piswanger

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last.fm?
by Nancy Baym 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Hi, Is anyone studying last.fm? If you are, I would love to hear about your work. Thanks, Nancy

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