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FW: IISD is Now Recruiting for International Placement
by Miraj Khaled 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

FYI. Please note that these opprtunities are for Canadian citizens or permanent residents only. For further information, please contact Carolee Buckler at: intern-info(a)iisd.ca //// miraj ======================================== From: Carolee Buckler Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:27 AM To: WSIS Youth Caucus Subject: IISD is Now Recruiting for International Placement Greetings, I am writing to you on behalf of the Emerging Leaders for Governance Program (www.iisd.org/leaders/elg/) For 2005-2006, as part of the NetCorps Coalition, IISD is an implementing organization of the Information and Communication Technologies for Governance (ICT4G) Program under Canada Corps. The program seeks to blend together the use of information and communication technologies and e-governance within public and parapublic institutions and civil society organizations working to improve governance in developing countries. We are currently recruiting Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada between 19 and 40 years of age (the majority of applicants will be between 19 and 30 years)to undertake six month placements in Hungary, Bulgaria, Kenya, United States, and India. I would be most appreciative if you could publicize the attached information to eligible candidate. The deadline to submit applications is July 8, 05. The approximate start date is August/September. I've attached a flyer for further info. <http://files.tiggroups.org/27025/ICT4G.doc.word> Please don't hesitate to get in contact if you have any questions about the programme. Best wishes, Carolee Buckler, Project Manager International Institute for Sustainable Development http:://www.iisd.org \\\\\ Miraj Khaled ============ techiemik(a)yahoo.com mindexplorer.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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AoIR Elections: Voting commencing soon
by Matthew Allen 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

Dear all >From 1 July for 30 days we will be closing off discussion in the election forums and asking for all members of AoIR to VOTE :). Please make sure that if you wish to vote and are not currently a member, you join now (your conference registration will be discounted and there are other benefits). Also, it's time to review the discussion in the AoIR election forums - http://forums.aoir.org - and make your decisions. You may vote for one candidate in each category of officer (Vice-Present, Secretary, Treasurer, Grad Student) and for three candidates for the open seats. Shortly, I will let you know how to lodge your vote. Thanks Matthew Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities 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) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org

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Spam Holocaust Fraud
by Quentin (Gad) Jones 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

A change in the media ecology - got this just now in my inbox. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: hello Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:25:06 +0000 From: patrick berger <ptttyberg(a)msn.com> To: unlisted-recipients: ; (no To-header on input) Dear Friend What I relate to you via this message is very urgent but I urge you to read on for your assistance. There exists a dormant account belonging to a non-Swiss indigene since World War II.It may interest you to know that in July of 1997, the Swiss Banker's Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by non-Swiss citizens. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II (May 9, 1945). Most belonged to Holocaust victims. The continuing efforts of various government set up committees have since resulted in the discovery of additional dormant accounts -54,000 in December, 1999. The published lists contain all types of dormant accounts, including interest- bearing savings accounts, securities accounts, safe deposit boxes, custody accounts, and non-interest-bearing transaction accounts. Numbered accounts are also included. Interest is paid on accounts that were interest bearing when established. The Claims Tribunal handles processing of all claims on accounts due non-Swiss citizens. A dormant account holder (deceased) with a credit balance of 21,000,000 US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered by me, in my bank. The beneficiary was murdered during the holocaust era, Leaving no WILL and no possible records for trace of heirs. The Claims Tribunal has been mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit balance into the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died interstate (living no wills). Being an insider in the bank, I have all secret details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch. The funds will be routed via a private financial facility, being a safe haven for the funds and we can share the funds and use in investment of our choice. Due to the sensitive nature of my job, I need a foreigner to HELP claim the funds.All that is required is for you to provide me with your details for processing of the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds to you, to this regard, you are expected to fill out a text form. I will pay all required fees to ensure that the fund is transferred to a secured, numbered account in your name, where you will be capable of accessing the funds and gradually transfering to your country and other banks of choice in the world. You can find additional information about unclaimed funds at the following websites: http://www.swissbankclaims.com www.wiesenthal.com The Claims Processing Office has put funds in Escrow awaiting submission of valid claims for necessary disbursement. I find myself priviledged to have this information and this is a great opportunity of a life time of success without risks. Due to cautious reasons, reply via email only. You may reply to me securely through this email address(pttbrg(a)yahoo.co.uk) I await your urgent response to this proposal, My Regards Mr. Patrick Berger

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IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

If you are a presenter you should already have received notice about the conference layout. The message would have gone to the lead person on any paper. For all others, the conference layout and session organization is now available online. It is an all-but-final version. I am hopeful that only errors will need to be corrected from here on. Please see these two sites: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Layout-June05.html http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Sessions-June05.html Also please note that I will be travelling most of July and will deal with email only occasionally. /Caroline ---------------------------------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn(a)uiuc.edu) Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 East Daniel St., Champaign, IL, 61820 phone: 217-244-7453 fax: 217-244-3302 www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn

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[Fwd: [icie] Workshop on "Privacy from an intercultural perspective"]
by Michel J. Menou 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Apologies for multiple posting Dear colleagues, in early February 2006, the members of the project "Mobile Internet Services and Privacy" (see http://viadrina.euv-frankfurt-o.de/~mibpriv/index.html) will organize a workshop on "Privacy from an intercultural perspective" at the ZiF (Center of Interdisciplinary Studies, see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/ZIF) at the University of Bielefeld. The Workshop will address particularly younger scientists who work on that topic; travelling expenses will be refunded. Now, we are looking for about 5 to 8 participants: If you would like to participate or know somebody who would like to join us we would appreciate any suggestion. Since we have to plan a lot of things until July 1st, we ask you to answer as soon as possible but at latest until July 5th. Yours Karsten Weber -- PD Dr. phil. Karsten Weber Scientific Staff Chair of Philosophy European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) WWW : http://www.phil.euv-frankfurt-o.de E-Mail: kweber(a)euv-frankfurt-o.de Fon : +49 (0) 335 5534 2247 Fax : +49 (0) 335 5534 2817 Mobile: +49 (0) 151 1533 1550 -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the funding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41518165 Fax: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005

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CIRN 2005 conference
by Michel J. Menou 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Apologies for multiple posting Registration is now open for the CIRN 2005 conference which forms part of Information Society Week to be held in Cape Town from 22- 30 August. Confirmed keynote speakers for CIRN 2005 'Building Partnerships for the Information Society' 24-26 August include: - Prof Wideman Nkuhlu, the Chair of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development), Africa - Dr Satyanarayana, CEO of the National Institute of Smart Government at the International Institute of IT in Andhra Pradesh,India - Mr Flavio Zeni, Department of Public Admininstration and Development Management, UN, New York, USA - Mr Adama Samessekou, President of the Geneva WSIS preparatory process, President African Academy of languages (ACALAN), Mali - Professor Stewart Marshall, University of the West Indies The CIRN conference will include more than 90 selected presentations, workshops and panels relevant to the social appropriation of ICT for local benefit (Community Informatics). Major topics to be covered include: - Policies and strategies for successful Community Informatics - The practice of Community Informatics - Ethnographic and empowerment issues in Community Informatics - Community Informatics as a critical component of successful e-Service delivery - Evaluation and assessment of Community Informatics interventions - Infrastructure and systems for Community Informatics - Education as a critical component of Community Informatics - Community Informatics as a foundation for Government Partnerships Registration details on CIRN can be found at http://www.cirn2005.org or by contacting info(a)cirn2005.org CIRN 2005 and the www conference (http://infow3@cput.ac.za) which are being hosted by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology form part of Information Society Week being conducted under the patronage of - Mr Ebrahim Rasoul (Premier of the Western Cape) - Nomaindia Mfeketo (Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town) - Dr Marcus Balintulo (Interim Vice Chancellor, CPUT) and - Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (South African Minister for Communications) Information Society Week in the Western Cape Province of South Africa will focus on what the Information Society can do for small business, civil society, youth and government. It will consist of: - a series of workshops, training sessions, - demonstrations for all groups in civil society - a Civil Society Colloquium which will advance South African issues for the Tunis phase of the WSIS - three major conferences (CIRN2005, WWW and ICT for Women) -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the funding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41518165 Fax: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005

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too much email? - scales and papers
by Bernie Hogan 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

Hi Everyone, I'm currently looking for any studies out there of dealing with too much email (most specifically too much incoming email), or the stress this may induce. Four reasons: 1. Looking for a scale of email overflow. 2. Looking for a baseline of people who feel overwhelmed. 3. Looking for characteristics of people who feel overwhelmed. 4. Looking for email habits/programs that would mitigate feeling overwhelmed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many Thanks, BERNiE -------------------------------------------------- Bernie Hogan t-bhogan(a)microsoft.com bernie.hogan(a)utoronto.ca Research Intern PhD Student Community Technologies Department of Sociology Microsoft Research University of Toronto --------------------------------------------------

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DAC 2005 2nd Call for Papers
by Lisbeth Klastrup 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Dear colleagues, There is still time left to write and submit a paper for the Digital Arts & Culture 2005 conference!! Paper submission is August 8th and the conference takes place in December 1st-3rd at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The theme of the conference is Digital Experience: Design, Aesthetics & Practice. Researchers within the humanities, social sciences, human-computer interaction and computer science studies, as well as those working both practically and theoretically in newer fields such as digital art, digital literature, game studies, online communities and new media studies are encouraged to submit proposals for papers. Possible topics could be, but are not restricted to: - the specific nature of digital experiences - cultural implications of digital experiences - characterizing the user experience in specific digital environments (i.e. computer games, online worlds, and ubiquitous computing environments) - experiencing emotions, affect and trust in digital environments - emergent formations in digital media - methodologies for analysing digital experiences - aesthetic approaches to communication design and experience - the design and experience of non-informational spaces (digital art, codework, literature, games etc.) - design experience documented (case studies and examples of actual design) Find the full cfp, conference history, accommodation information etc at the conference website: http://www.itu.dk/dac2005/index.htm greetings, conference chairs Lisbeth Klastrup & Susana Tosca

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in our time: greatest philosopher
by Jeremy Hunsinger 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Some of you might find this worth a bit of perusal. it is the bbc radio show in our time's greatest philosopher vote , with quite a bit of secondary literature and some radio snippets, and some british celebrity's votes... . http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/ greatest_philosopher.shtml Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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RE: [UTKSIS-L] [Air-l] How is the Internet bad for us?
by Heidelberg, Chris 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Charles: You make some compelling arguments, but I am certain that you took my thoughts a lot further than I would have taken them. Indeed, it would seem that we agree on much more than we disagree. If one examines the history of the Internet, college students have long had access to it since the early 1980's when I was an undergraduate so the technology really is not that new for the specific group that we are discussing. In historical terms, if you are one who takes the long view I can accept your definition of a new technology. I can also agree with you on the problems with the food supply as well. I try to eat organic as much as possible; however, the problem in the U.S. is that ordinary citizens cannot mount consistent efforts against the corporate interests that have access to the lawmakers,policy makers and legal counsel to get things like questionable food in the food supply. All one has to do is look at the current situation in America where there is no national health care to see that the corporate interests are the real interests. Unfortunately, there is a lot of economic Darwinism going on in this country and it is going to take a cataclysmic event to get people to wake up in America. I recently saw a chart that Americans are divided along the same lines today as they were during the Civil War. This is tragic; however, it is very predictable since we never have fully dealt with the aftermath of slavery and economic justice for the working class and middle class in this nation. Getting back to the food supply argument, the agribusiness lobby has Washington lawmakers and the media under control. One can look at Opensecrets.org and see where the money is going every day and see the sponsors during the billboards of the talking head programs on CNN, Fox, MSNBC and the networks. The water situation was actually the subject of a special report by the Center for Public Integrity. It appears that worldwide the softdrink and water companies are assuming control of the market. Actually, the City of Baltimore, where I live, is actually selling its tap to the public because it has consistently been cited as tasting good and being clean. I am actually doing my dissertation on edutainment and convergence, and I disagree with getting rid of brick and mortar institutions for several reasons. First, the sociological dynamic is incalculable for the young people and the older ones too attending institutions of higher learning. Second, the exchange of ideas and cultures is critical to continuing the discourse that Plato began when he began the Academy in ancient Greece. Third, there are certain times when a student needs tactile intervention from the professor or fellow classmates to assist the student in learning a particular skill. Fourth, it would appear that a mix of traditional and technology based courses tend to compliment one another. This appears to be especially true in field based courses in certain majors. For example, I am writer, filmmaker and producer by trade. An electronic field production class does not really lend itself well to graduate students who work in the field as a purely classroom or electronic course. A student needs minimal classroom time for this course which I have taught while focusing on the production in the field setting. He or she should maintain electronic contact with the professor to keep the professor abreast of issues or problems, but there is no need to meet every week during the middle of a production. Finally, I am certain from what I am seeing in classroom and library design, both are happening at my university and others like Hopkins and Maryland, That libraries are becoming more like edutainment centers that will be open 24 hours with card access and digital access to books. The rationale is that there are a finite number of a given book that a school can have and this number may not be enough to serve the students of the college and the Maryland area since all colleges and universities share resources. While I may not on principle agree with the economic determinism that is in use in this nation and globally, I possess enough common sense to understand that historically people in this nation have short memories, are living from pay check to pay check and simply have not demonstrated the consistent political will to stand up to government tyranny, unfairness and pro-business policies. I would have benefited economically from a Bush or Kerry victory; however, I am always amazed at the individuals who continually vote against their own economic best interests. I am beginning to see the long term wisdom of Lou Dobbs on the subject of globalism. Globalism has many tempting factors to businesses, but at the end of the day American businesses will find that the rest of the world will extract its pound of flesh for years of economic and political dominance by the U.S. and that concerns me. Wages for working people have been decreasing for nearly two decades while net worth of the richest 1% keeps rising a higher rate. This cannot last forever with negative consequences for the country and the world. Have a good weekend. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Charles Ess Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 5:10 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [UTKSIS-L] [Air-l] How is the Internet bad for us? Chris Heidelberg wrote: <snip> > However, the future of research will be just that electronic based > research with electronic citations because of the economics of > maintaining libraries and the costs of books, especially textbooks and > research based books. Um, you may well be correct. But at the risk of sounding excessively critical, this also sounds very much like much of the rhetoric that characteristically accompanies new technologies, especially in the United States - in my experience, the culture most likely to embrace new technologies uncritically. As an example, U.S. folk largely accepted genetically modified foods without much of a question mark, while several European countries (Denmark, Norway, Austria) organized consensus conferences to determine whether or not these should be introduced into the food stream and market (with a resounding 'no' as a result). The latter do _not_ automatically assume newer is necessarily better or inevitable - but open to critical evaluation, especially as a function of democratic governance. The point is not to say that one is better than another - I prefer the more critical/democratic approach, but my European friends often look with envy at the U.S. where, in Hofstede's terms, our low uncertainty avoidance (= willingness to take risks) means precisely that we innovate and diffuse new technologies at a rather brisk clip. Both are good. But beyond the potential fallacy of self-fulfilling prophecy - underneath this I also hear at least an economic determinism, again, characteristically North American. Lots of countries and cultures make choices - for anything ranging from food and wine to quality of books - that are not fully constrained by economic efficiencies, but include other values that frame economic considerations. You're certainly correct that print-based media will continue to be expensive - but this is by itself not a drop-dead argument for the inevitability of electronic media. It is conceivable - whatever one may make of the values matrix that results in such choices - that both individuals and cultures will continue to prefer certain media, despite less expensive alternatives, simply because they are valued for any number of reasons. A simple example is water - bottled water in the U.S. was considered a namby-pamby European luxury some 30 years ago, and now is a mainstay of U.S. culture, even though it's far more expensive (and usually better) than what comes out of the tap. More recently, people my age will remember that in the 1990s, arguments similar to yours were made to declare that distance learning and the virtual university would eliminate "bricks-and-mortar" colleges and universities within ten years. For one thing, the proponents got their economics wrong - the costs of the former turned out to be much higher than most anticipated. But it also turned out that, for better and/or for worse, people - especially traditional-age students - _like_ the educational (and extra-curricular) experience provided in real-world, embodied settings - and are indeed quite willing to pay a premium for it. > This current discourse reminds me of the concerns by teachers during > the 1970's when I was in grade school and parents and teachers > complained about the use of calculators, and now nearly every math and > science class requires excessive calculator usage because of the > element of time. My point is that students should have the > fundamentals of great research and practice it; however, we all need > to recognize that when Google finishes its work it will simply be too > easy and practical not to fully utilize electronic services. The more > important key may be that students properly give credit to sources and > that the sources be "approved" by the professor. Davis is an excellent person to teach the basics. I'm not sure I have a quarrel here - but I would add a caveat. Yes, calculators, etc. came in - and I believe it's clear that basic math skills, including the ability to do simple math in one's head, or even with a piece of paper, went out, as many of the teachers and parents worried it would. Albert Borgmann writes perceptively on this, I think: a feature of modern technology is to make things easier for us on the surface of use - by relying on increasingly complicated technological systems underneath - resulting in a "de-skilling" in many ways. Kids who can velcro their shoes may no longer learn to tie a simple knot - and the cashier who grew up with calculators apparently cannot figure out (this happened the other day) that four grapefruit at $.50 each total to $2.00. (I'm not making this up.) Of course I want my students - not to mention, little ol' me - to have access to the latest and greatest databases and search technologies for their research; but my observation (as someone who has taught freshman almost every year since 1980) is that even with rising standardized test scores, every year my students are less and less capable of doing very much _without_ electronic aids. So I worry about confident predictions about what _will_ happen in the indefinite and as-yet-to-be-chosen future - especially when these seem (perhaps I misread you here) to _not_ worry about the consequences, not of _complementing_ the use of traditional print-based scholarship with electronic counterparts, but of replacing the former with the latter entirely? thoughts and comments welcome - I'm sure I'm wrong here in important ways - and happy weekend, 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.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ 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-aoir.org(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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