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ECAP'06 first call for papers
by Charles Ess 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Dear AoIR-ists, In case you know any philosophy types... (smile) == With the usual apologies for cross-posting and duplication: please distribute widely. First Call for Papers ===================================================================== COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY IV European Meeting E-CAP 2006@NTNU Norway Norwegian University for Science and Technology Dragvoll Campus, Trondheim, Norway, June 22-24, 2006 <http://www.eu-cap.org/> Conference Co-Chairs: Charles Ess (Drury University / NTNU): <cmess(a)drury.edu> May Thorseth (NTNU): <may.thorseth(a)hf.ntnu.no> (E-CAP is the European conference on Computing and Philosophy, the European affiliate of the International Association for Computers and Philosophy (IACAP): see <www.iacap.org> for further information.) ===================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES January 27, 2006 Submission of extended abstracts March 1, 2006 Notification of acceptance May 5, 2006 Early registration deadline June 22-24, 2006 Conference GENERAL INFORMATION >From Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 June 2006 the Fourth International European Conference on COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY will be held on the Dragvoll Campus of the Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. PROGRAM Continuing the foci of the E-CAP conferences (beginning in Glasgow, 2002), ECAP'06 will deal with all aspects of the "computational turn" that has emerged over the past several decades, and continues to expand and develop as a result of the multiple interactions between philosophy and computing. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Dr. Raymond Turner, Department of Computer Science University of Essex, UK <http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/staff/turnr/> Dr. Vincent Hendricks, Department of Philosophy and Science Studies Roskilde University, Denmark <http://akira.ruc.dk/~vincent/> RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS We invite papers that address all topics related to computing and philosophy, including cross- and interdisciplinary work that explores the computational turn in new ways. Hence, the following is intended to be suggestive, but not exclusive: - Philosophy of Computer Science - co-chairs, Amnon H. Eden, Raymond Turner (Essex) (see <http://pcs.essex.ac.uk/ecap06/cfp.html>) - Ontology (Distributed Processing, Emergent Properties, Formal Ontology, Network Structures, etc) - chair, Luciano Floridi (Oxford) - Computational Linguistics- chair, Staffan Larsson (Gothenburg University) - Global Information Infrastructures - chair, Johnny Søraker (NTNU) - Philosophy of Information and Information Technology - Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Problem of Consciousness - Computer-based Learning and Teaching Strategies and Resources & The Impact of Distance Learning on the Teaching of Philosophy and Computing - IT and Gender Research, Feminist Technoscience Studies - Information and Computing Ethics - Biological Information, Artificial Life, Biocomputation - New Models of Logic Software - "Intersections" - e.g., work at the crossroads of logic, epistemology, philosophy of science and ICT/Computing, such as Philosophy of AI SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors should submit an electronic version of an extended abstract (total word count approximately 1000 words). The file should also contain a 300 word abstract that will be used for the conference web site/booklet. Final papers must not exceed a total word count of 3500 words and an abstract of not more than 500 words. The submissions should be made electronically, either as PDF, rtf ,or Word format. To submit papers visit <http://www.eu-cap.org/submit> The extended abstract submission deadline is Friday 27th January 2006. WORK IN PROGRESS (WiP) SESSION A special Work in Progress (WiP) session will be organized. This session is mainly intended for presentation of on-going and recent work. Accepted papers will not be included in the conference proceedings; instead they will be published through the www. Submission should be sent in the same format as extended abstracts. Please indicate on your submission: WiP. For information about paper submission and the program that is not available on the conference web site (<http://www.eu-cap.org/>), please contact the Conference Co-Chairs. REGISTRATION Registration will take place through the conference website, <http://www.eu-cap.org/> ACCOMMODATION To book accommodation, please visit the conference web site, <http://www.eu-cap.org/>/ VENUE The NTNU campus at Dragvoll offers excellent conference facilities as well a beautiful physical setting as it overlooks Trondheim and the Trondheim fjord. The city of Trondheim (Norway's ancient capital and home to the Nidaros Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral north of the Rhine) is easily accessible by air and rail, and is itself more than worth the visit. (Beyond city-related information provided on the conference website, start with <http://www.trondheim.com/>) == Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies 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: http://www.catacconference.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

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[Fwd: [km4dev-l] second issue of the KM4Dev e-journal now on-line]
by Michel J. Menou 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [km4dev-l] second issue of the KM4Dev e-journal now on-line Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:48:36 -0500 From: Staiger, Simone (CIAT) <s.staiger(a)cgiar.org> Reply-To: KM for Development <km4dev-l(a)dgroups.org> To: KM for Development <km4dev-l(a)dgroups.org> Dear KM4Dev community, in the name of the guest editors of the second issue of the KM4D Journal I am happy to announce that the volume entitled "Approaches to promote knowledge sharing in international development organizations" is now on-line at www.km4dev.org/journal <http://www.km4dev.org/journal> . (click on CURRENT on the top of the page). This issue presents papers on experiences with knowledge sharing in international development organisations, highlighting strategies and approaches used to foster knowledge sharing in diverse settings and presenting their results. We hope you enjoy this issue of the journal, and we look forward to the many fruitful discussions that it will stimulate. Simone Allison Hewlitt, Doug Horton, Nathan Russell and Simone Staiger-Rivas with Lucie Lamoureux Guest Editors, Approaches to promote knowledge sharing in international development organisations Simone Staiger-Rivas Communications Unit Webpublishing Knowledge Sharing - InforCom Project (Information and Communications for Rural Communities ) CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical) E-mail: s.staiger(a)cgiar.org CIAT Web site: www.ciat.cgiar.org InforCom Web site: www.ciat.cgiar.org/inforcom Knowledge Sharing Web site: http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/cgiar/knowledge_sharing/home.htm --- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.4/109 - Release Date: 21/09/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.4/109 - Release Date: 21/09/2005

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"Electronic advocacy" article for Wikipedia.Org
by Deborah Elizabeth Finn 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Dear Colleagues, I've created an "Electronic advocacy" article for Wikipedia.Org, and would like to invite you to contribute to it: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_advocacy> Many thanks and best regards from Deborah Deborah Elizabeth Finn Boston, Massachusetts, USA deborah_elizabeth_finn(a)post.harvard.edu http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog http://public.xdi.org/=deborah.elizabeth.finn

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Antw: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 14, Issue 18
by Carl-Markus Piswanger 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I am out of office - for requests please call +43 (0)664 8340264. I will be back on September 23. Carl-Markus Piswanger

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Fwd: Fellowship: Yale Information Society Project
by Yong Liu 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Information Society Project Yale Law School ISP Fellowship Announcement The fellowship is designed for recent law graduates or Ph.Ds who are interested in careers in teaching and public service in any of the following areas: Internet and telecommunications law, first amendment law, media studies, intellectual property law, access to knowledge, cybercrime, cultural evolution, bioethics and biotechnology, and law and technology generally. This year we have a particular interest in hiring fellows interested in computer security and privacy issues as well as development and the information society. Fellows receive a salary of approximately $37,000 plus Yale benefits. Fellows are expected to work on an independent scholarly project as well as help with administrative and scholarly work for the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. More information on the ISP is available at: http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ The formal application materials including the following: (1) A brief (one to five page) statement of the applicant's proposed scholarly research; (2) A copy of the applicant's resume; (3) A law school (or graduate school) transcript; (4) At least one sample of recent scholarly writing; (5) Two letters of recommendation. Applications can be sent all year round as fellows are accepted on a rolling basis. Applications for the 2006-7 ISP fellowship must postmarked no later than Feb. 1, 2006. The application materials should be sent (in hard copy) to: Information Society Project Fellowship Program c/o Deborah Sestito, Room 333 Yale Law School 127 Wall Street P.O. Box 208215 New Haven CT 06520-8215 -- Eddan Katz Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School Executive Director, Information Society Project http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org

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Special CMC issue available
by Mark D. Johns 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

From: Kim Powell powellki(a)luther.edu The Iowa Communication Association is proud to announce publication of a special issue of the Iowa Communication Journal on Computer Mediated Communication. The special issue may be purchased for $15 by contacting the journal's business manager Jill Rhea at rhea(a)bvu.edu or sending payment to her at Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA 50588. COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION SPECIAL ISSUE TABLE OF CONTENTS Frankfurtschool.com: The Application of the Frankfurt Schools' Critical Scholarship to the Internet Magdalena Wojcieszak Rethinking Life Online: The Interactional Self as a Theory for Internet-Mediated Communication Marcelo Vieta Unique and Ordinary Problems in Internet Research: Research Ethics, the Law, and Power Mark D. Johns When Messages are the Medium: Researching Best Practices in Online Education Sharon S. Kleinman Exploring the Half-life of Internet Footnotes Michael Bugeja and Daniela V. Dimitrova ----- Kimberly A. Powell, Ph.D. Professor and Department Head Communication Studies Department http://commling.luther.edu/ Luther College

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Elearning Workshop
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Space is still available in the Elearning workshop to be held Oct. 5, 2005 at the IR 6 conference. Please join us! See the site below for current details on the workshop. Sign up for the workshop via the conference website. /Caroline http://people.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/ElearningWorkshop.htm ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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Fwd: [IP] Do we take the internet seriously? [unfotunately many do not in DC djf)
by Jeremy Hunsinger 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

Begin forwarded message: > From: David Farber <dave(a)farber.net> > Date: September 18, 2005 4:44:10 PM EDT > To: Ip Ip <ip(a)v2.listbox.com> > Subject: [IP] Do we take the internet seriously? [unfotunately many > do not in DC djf) > Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jock Gill <jg45(a)mac.com> > Date: September 18, 2005 3:51:23 PM EDT > To: Farber Dave <dave(a)farber.net> > Cc: Jock Gill <jg45(a)mac.com> > Subject: Do we take the internet seriously? > > > Dave, > > For IP if you wish. > > Jock > > Jock Gill > The Power of Wireless > Cooperative gain from collective behaviors at the edges > (781) 396-0492 > > > A new post on the Greater Democracy blog: > > <http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/000410.html> > > Do We Take the Internet Seriously? > > Thomas Friedman asked a key question in his recent NY Times op-ed: > Eating Our Lunch. > > Being a tiny city-state of four million, Singapore is obsessed with > nurturing every ounce of talent of every single citizen. That is > why, although its fourth and eighth graders already score at the > top of the Timss international math and science tests, Singapore > has been introducing more innovations into schools. Its government > understands that in a flattening world, where more and more jobs > can go anywhere, it's not enough to just stay ahead of its > neighbors. It has to stay ahead of everyone - including us. > > Message to America: They are not racing us to the bottom. They are > racing us to the top. > > Friedman goes on to write that Singapore takes the internet > seriously, and by implication asks if we do too. > > Friedman, however, left off a very important question: Is the > internet for corporations or the people? Is it a force for > fossilization or a force for enabling the future? > > To put it another way: is the internet about the government working > as the hand maiden of the Hollywood cartel in a vain attempt to > stop evolution and lock us in the past, or is it about the > government working with the people to catalyze innovation and new > economic opportunities for our future? > > Continued at <http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/000410.html> > > > ------------------------------------- > You are subscribed as jhuns(a)vt.edu > To manage your subscription, go to > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip > > Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- > people/ > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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Call for Chapter Proposals -- Edited Collection on International Online Communication
by St-Amant, Kirk 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

Call for Chapter Proposals Submission Deadline Nov. 15, 2005 For the Edited Collection Linguistic and Cultural Online Communication Issues in the Global Age Edited by Kirk St.Amant, Texas Tech University, USA INTRODUCTION TO SUBJECT AREA International online access has grown rapidly in recent years with the number of global Internet users growing by almost 2.8 million in July of 2004 alone. This increased global access, however, brings with it a variety of new conditions and concerns that could markedly affect international interactions in online environments. Differences in language, cultural communication expectations, laws, and software standards are but some of the factors individuals need to consider when using online media to interact with individuals from different countries and cultures. This collection will address these issues by exploring the various aspects that could affect communication and comprehension in international online interactions. OBJECTIVE OF PROPOSED BOOK The primary objective of this text is to provide readers with in-depth information on the various linguistic, cultural, technological, legal, and other factors that affect interactions in online exchanges. Through examining such topics, this collection would help readers make more effective decisions related to the uses and design of online media when interacting with individuals from other cultures. This primary objective would also accomplish two secondary, but equally important, objectives: The collection would provide readers with the foundational knowledge needed to communicate effectively with individuals from other countries and cultures via online media. The collection would provide readers with the knowledge needed to create effective online materials for users (clients, students, colleagues, etc.) from other countries and cultures. AUDIENCE FOR THIS PROPOSED TEXT The primary audience for this book would include seven groups that would use this text for a variety of reasons. These audiences/groups are: Executives, managers, and other business decision makers Marketers, service providers, and support personnel Researchers (both academic and corporate) studying cross-cultural discourse in online environments Educators who teach in online learning environments Educational administrators who manage international students participating in online programs Administrators of international non-profit agencies RECOMMENDED TOPICS Prospective subject areas and specific topics for this publication include, but are not limited to, the following: The Growth of Global Online Access Historical developments affecting international Internet access and developments or trends currently affecting international online access The global digital divide and public and private projects used to expand international Internet use. Language, Culture, and Online Communication Linguistic and other cultural communication factors affecting online exchanges Implications linguistic or cultural communication differences could have for future developments related to online communication English as a global language and how cultural groups use different kinds of online media Technology, Compatibility, and International Online Discourse Technological factors that affect if, how, and when individuals from different nations use online media to locate or to exchange information Different kinds of software and hardware/computing technology used to interact online Effects telecommunications infrastructures of different regions have on online access in those areas Law, Policy, and International Internet Use Legal standards or policy stances affecting how individuals in different nations use online media Different national privacy and copyright laws affecting the nature of international online interactions Policies of government monitoring that affect uses of online media in different nations Policies on infrastructure developments that affect online access in different regions Markets, Economics, and International E-commerce Economic conditions affecting how individuals in different nations use online media Prospects of using online media to tap overseas markets Corporate plans for expanding online access into different regions (especially developing nations) E-marketing practices related to global audiences International outsourcings affects on online access in different regions Economic factors affecting the language and design choices used when interacting online Globalization, Education, and Online Environments Educational factors affecting online access and use in different regions Effects of globalization on online education and enrollments in online programs Examinations of how different educational conditions and standards uses of online media Discussions of how online environments can improve education in different regions Perspectives on the Future of Global Cyberspace Future development of international online access and discourse in global cyberspace Establishing global standards for online discourse (or online legal practices) Examining how technology developments might change the nature of international cyberspace Discussions of what increased global online access might mean for domestic online interactions SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Prospective authors are invited to submit chapter proposals of 200-500 words on or before November 15, 2005. In their proposal, prospective authors should clearly explain: The purpose and the contents of their proposed chapter How their proposed chapter relates to the overall objectives of the book Authors will be notified of the status of their proposal and sent chapter organization guidelines by December 15, 2005. Drafts of chapters will be due by March 15, 2006. Please send inquiries or submit material electronically (Rich Text files) to the editor at kirk.st-amant(a)ttu.edu The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, and Idea Group Reference imprints, in Spring 2007.

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roommate finder
by Jeremy Hunsinger 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

http://wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=Roommate_Finder and of course there are other things on the wiki too, like the huge list of Internet Researchers that your name may or may not be on, then there is the big list of Internet Law Researchers that our colleaug Yong Liu provided . jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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