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Re: [Air-l] translation appreciated
by Thomas Koenig 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Disclaimer: I have not read the relevant book chapter. At 16:49 12/01/2005, you wrote: >A review of Wellman & Haythornthwaite _The Internet in Everyday Life_ >(Blackwell 2002) in _Sociology_ 38, 4, July 2004: 641-643 It's issue No. 3, not 4 btw. >says that "The Global >Villagers" article I coauthored needs more: > >"sublating micro-narratival accounts of a global phenomenon". > >Although I am always eager to learn, this suggestion is not in a language >I speak. First of all, I think, the reviewer means that you sublate "micro-narratival accounts of a global phenomenon"[1], thus you need less, not more "sublating" according to the review. My wild guess is that "sublating" refers to the Latin "tollere", whose present participle is "sublatum". "tollere" is sort of an all-purpose verb, which can mean anything from "to overthrow" to "to raise" to "to purge." In this context I'd guess it means "to omit" or "to purge." Under "micro-narratival accounts" he probably understands stories, conversations, or utterances made outside the ideological frameworks found in mainstream public discourse as it appears in the (non-internet) media. These discourses have a heavy class bias, as does your survey according to the reviewer. Hence, he probably wants you pay more attention to less well-educated, non-US/Canadian voices on the internet, which he believes you have unduly neglected. Just my 2c Thomas [1] The entire sentence reads: "This is not to strike a parochial note but to ring warning on the dangers of sublating micro-narratival accounts of a global phenomenon." -- thomas koenig, ph.d. department of social sciences, loughborough university http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/mmethods/staff/thomas/index.html

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CFP: Computer Mediated Technologies Special Issue
by Mark D. Johns 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

The Iowa Journal of Communication announces a 2005 special issue on internet communication, guest edited by Mark Johns. Manuscripts should be received no later than January 30, 2005. Computer-mediated technologies (CMTs) are no longer the province of "techies," but have become everyday means of social interaction in our society. This interdisciplinary issue welcomes research on the impact CMTs have had in daily communication among family members and coworkers, colleagues and competitors, friends and strangers. Papers investigating how individuals communicate with one another through email, community mailing lists (listservs or USENET), instant messaging, weblogs, MUDs and MOOs, game environments, and other online venues will be considered. The issue will particularly focus on issues arising for researchers in effectively and ethically studying online communication, therefore papers dealing specifically with these "meta-research" issues, and papers suggesting particularly innovative adaptations of traditional research methods to the CMT settings are especially welcomed. We welcome submissions from researchers in a variety of areas. Any manuscripts not accepted for the special issue will be considered for the general issue of the journal. The IJC follows a policy of blind review so no author identification should appear in the body of the manuscript. Manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages and should include a title page that includes author(s) name, academic position, institutional affiliation, full address, telephone number, email address and brief author bio. An abstract of not more than 150 words should accompany the paper. All submissions must conform to the most current edition of the APA. Queries and manuscript submissions should be sent electronically to: Kimberly A. Powell, Editor, Iowa Journal of Communication, powellki(a)luther.edu. ------ Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Communication/Linguistics, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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Reminder - Intersections 2005 Deadline - Jan 17
by Lauren Cruikshank 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

********************** Please circulate this CFP reminder to all potentially interested graduate scholars. The deadline for submissions is January 17, 2005. Thank you and please accept our apologies for cross-posting. Lauren Cruikshank Intersections 2005 Conference Chair ********************** Intersections 2005: HYBRID ENTITIES Call For Proposals A Graduate Student Creative Conference Hosted by the students of the Joint Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture York University and Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada March 18-20, 2005 We invite all interested graduate students to join us for our 4th annual Intersections event, expanded this year into a weekend Creative Conference. As scholars doing interdisciplinary work in a joint programme, we are especially interested in encountering and generating significant intersections of art, activism and academia. How can we remix resistance? What can mongrel media make possible? How does contemporary culture rework us? Which beings, theories, technologies, cultures, languages, representations and values compound into interesting hybrid entities and identities? HYBRID ENTITIES is a call for works that take up what is revealed when entities collide and the creative or transformative possibilities in interesting combinations and connections. After last year's successful conference around themes of lag, error, breaks and gaps, our focus now turns to links, networks, compositions and new creations. We are interested in submissions that explore these intersections where names have not yet been given, where identities are still being formed and where new problems and possibilities for bridging the gaps among scholarly disciplines, and between scholars, artists and activists can be found. Open to all graduate students, this interdisciplinary conference welcomes submissions that take up these themes either through a paper presentation, an artistic expression, or an activist agenda. Details on subtopics and submission procedures follow below. ******************************* SUBTOPICS AND THEMES Invited submissions include papers, artwork and activist presentations that relate to the following broad themes: Media and Culture Topics could include (but are not limited to) subjectivity, popular and visual culture, media studies, cultural consumption and production, media democracy, representations of sexualities/race/ethnicity, gender studies, portrayals of social class, depictions of ability/disability, semiotics and linguistics, cultures of cities, space and place. Technology in Practice Submissions in this category might address (but are not limited to) questions regarding technology's emergent role in theoretical and practical debates surrounding art, authenticity, and aesthetics, negotiations of accessibility and identity, race and gender, explorations in the concepts of the cyborg, the post-human, and technoculture. Politics and Policy Potential areas of focus could include (but are not limited to) strategies of resistance, questions of structure, power and agency, deliberations about the communication and culture and the public sphere, sovereignty, accessibility, cultural policy, citizenship, globalization, copyright and intellectual property, privacy and surveillance, media ownership in Canada, communication policy. SUBMISSION FORMAT/DEADLINES As an expanded event, this year HYBRID ENTITIES will include the following formats for disseminating and discussing ideas. Paper presentations - 15 min. presentation of an academic paper with time for discussion to follow Creative work with artist's talk - Artwork/media for exhibition, accompanied by artist talk during conference Poster session (with possible roundtable discussion) - Presentation of materials in a poster and/or table display with discussant. If there is enough interest, these displays may be followed by a roundtable discussion. Although these formats are tailored to accommodate academic papers, artwork and activist contributions respectively, all participants are encouraged to apply for whatever format is most interesting or appropriate for your submission. All interested participants are asked to submit a textual abstract or artist's statement explaining the proposed presentation in light of the conference themes, and indicate which of the above three formats the presentation would take. Abstract or statement should be no more than 250 words (approx. 1 typewritten page, double spaced) and submitted via email as an attachment in .TXT, .RTF, or Microsoft Word format. Name and contact information should not appear on this page. Please include a separate page with the following information: 1. Title of presentation as it appears on the abstract or statement 2. Name 3. Affiliation (program and university) 4. Level and year of study (ex. Master's, 2nd year) 5. Phone number 6. E-mail address 7. Mailing address 8. A/V requirements (computer/projector, film projector, VCR, stereo, turntables, etc.) 9. Other requirements (table, easel, hooks, display materials). If you have exceptional requirements for your work, please contact us to discuss feasibility. Artists are also asked to submit a small sample of their work for adjudication, by either email or post. If sending creative works by email, please submit up to 10 jpegs sized to display onscreen or a multimedia clip with cumulative attachment size of 5mb or less. You may also direct us to an URL. Please number the pieces and put viewing instructions, comments and titles in your email if applicable. If submitting creative works by post, please mail the proposal well before the deadline with a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return to: Intersections, c/o Graduate Communication and Culture, 3068 TEL Building, York University, 4700 Keele St. Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3. You may send a CD, DVD, cued video or other multimedia, the duration of which does not exceed 10 minutes. Alternatively, you may send up to 10 slides or printouts of work, illustrations or diagrams. Please include a slide or media list with title, size, media, and date, and viewing instructions for your work if applicable. Please do not send original work. Deadline: MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2005. Please e-mail submissions to: intersec(a)ryerson.ca For inquires and info e-mail: tanner1(a)yorku.ca CFP available online: http://www.yorku.ca/cocugsa/conference.html Presented by the Communication and Culture Graduate Students Association: http://www.yorku.ca/cocugsa For more information about the Joint Programme in Communication and Culture: http://www.yorku.ca/comcult/

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Reminder - Intersections 2005 Deadline - Jan 17
by Lauren Cruikshank 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

********************** Please circulate this CFP reminder to all potentially interested graduate scholars. The deadline for submissions is January 17, 2005. Thank you and please accept our apologies for cross-posting. Lauren Cruikshank Intersections 2005 Conference Chair ********************** Intersections 2005: HYBRID ENTITIES Call For Proposals A Graduate Student Creative Conference Hosted by the students of the Joint Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture York University and Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada March 18-20, 2005 We invite all interested graduate students to join us for our 4th annual Intersections event, expanded this year into a weekend Creative Conference. As scholars doing interdisciplinary work in a joint programme, we are especially interested in encountering and generating significant intersections of art, activism and academia. How can we remix resistance? What can mongrel media make possible? How does contemporary culture rework us? Which beings, theories, technologies, cultures, languages, representations and values compound into interesting hybrid entities and identities? HYBRID ENTITIES is a call for works that take up what is revealed when entities collide and the creative or transformative possibilities in interesting combinations and connections. After last year's successful conference around themes of lag, error, breaks and gaps, our focus now turns to links, networks, compositions and new creations. We are interested in submissions that explore these intersections where names have not yet been given, where identities are still being formed and where new problems and possibilities for bridging the gaps among scholarly disciplines, and between scholars, artists and activists can be found. Open to all graduate students, this interdisciplinary conference welcomes submissions that take up these themes either through a paper presentation, an artistic expression, or an activist agenda. Details on subtopics and submission procedures follow below. ******************************* SUBTOPICS AND THEMES Invited submissions include papers, artwork and activist presentations that relate to the following broad themes: Media and Culture Topics could include (but are not limited to) subjectivity, popular and visual culture, media studies, cultural consumption and production, media democracy, representations of sexualities/race/ethnicity, gender studies, portrayals of social class, depictions of ability/disability, semiotics and linguistics, cultures of cities, space and place. Technology in Practice Submissions in this category might address (but are not limited to) questions regarding technology's emergent role in theoretical and practical debates surrounding art, authenticity, and aesthetics, negotiations of accessibility and identity, race and gender, explorations in the concepts of the cyborg, the post-human, and technoculture. Politics and Policy Potential areas of focus could include (but are not limited to) strategies of resistance, questions of structure, power and agency, deliberations about the communication and culture and the public sphere, sovereignty, accessibility, cultural policy, citizenship, globalization, copyright and intellectual property, privacy and surveillance, media ownership in Canada, communication policy. SUBMISSION FORMAT/DEADLINES As an expanded event, this year HYBRID ENTITIES will include the following formats for disseminating and discussing ideas. Paper presentations - 15 min. presentation of an academic paper with time for discussion to follow Creative work with artist's talk - Artwork/media for exhibition, accompanied by artist talk during conference Poster session (with possible roundtable discussion) - Presentation of materials in a poster and/or table display with discussant. If there is enough interest, these displays may be followed by a roundtable discussion. Although these formats are tailored to accommodate academic papers, artwork and activist contributions respectively, all participants are encouraged to apply for whatever format is most interesting or appropriate for your submission. All interested participants are asked to submit a textual abstract or artist's statement explaining the proposed presentation in light of the conference themes, and indicate which of the above three formats the presentation would take. Abstract or statement should be no more than 250 words (approx. 1 typewritten page, double spaced) and submitted via email as an attachment in .TXT, .RTF, or Microsoft Word format. Name and contact information should not appear on this page. Please include a separate page with the following information: 1. Title of presentation as it appears on the abstract or statement 2. Name 3. Affiliation (program and university) 4. Level and year of study (ex. Master's, 2nd year) 5. Phone number 6. E-mail address 7. Mailing address 8. A/V requirements (computer/projector, film projector, VCR, stereo, turntables, etc.) 9. Other requirements (table, easel, hooks, display materials). If you have exceptional requirements for your work, please contact us to discuss feasibility. Artists are also asked to submit a small sample of their work for adjudication, by either email or post. If sending creative works by email, please submit up to 10 jpegs sized to display onscreen or a multimedia clip with cumulative attachment size of 5mb or less. You may also direct us to an URL. Please number the pieces and put viewing instructions, comments and titles in your email if applicable. If submitting creative works by post, please mail the proposal well before the deadline with a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return to: Intersections, c/o Graduate Communication and Culture, 3068 TEL Building, York University, 4700 Keele St. Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3. You may send a CD, DVD, cued video or other multimedia, the duration of which does not exceed 10 minutes. Alternatively, you may send up to 10 slides or printouts of work, illustrations or diagrams. Please include a slide or media list with title, size, media, and date, and viewing instructions for your work if applicable. Please do not send original work. Deadline: MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2005. Please e-mail submissions to: intersec(a)ryerson.ca For inquires and info e-mail: tanner1(a)yorku.ca CFP available online: http://www.yorku.ca/cocugsa/conference.html Presented by the Communication and Culture Graduate Students Association: http://www.yorku.ca/cocugsa For more information about the Joint Programme in Communication and Culture: http://www.yorku.ca/comcult/

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Re: [Air-l] translation appreciated
by Irene Berkowitz 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

A guess Barry - but I am sure the author will have a much better response. "Negates the microscopic view" (?) I found this is Merriam-Webster online (m-w.com - a great site). Main Entry: sub·late Pronunciation: "s&-'blAt Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): sub·lat·ed; sub·lat·ing Etymology: Latin sublatus (pp. of tollere to take away, lift up), from sub- up + latus, past participle of ferre to carry -- more at SUB-, TOLERATE, BEAR 1 : NEGATE, DENY 2 : to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis - sub·la·tion /-'blA-sh&n/ noun Narrative (adj.) the representation in art of an event or story; also : an example of such a representation ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:49:37 -0500 >From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> >Subject: [Air-l] translation appreciated >To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org>, communication and information technology section asa <citasa(a)mit.edu>, communication and information technology section asa <citasa(a)mit.edu> > >A review of Wellman & Haythornthwaite _The Internet in Everyday Life_ >(Blackwell 2002) in _Sociology_ 38, 4, July 2004: 641-643 says that "The Global >Villagers" article I coauthored needs more: > >"sublating micro-narratival accounts of a global phenomenon". > >Although I am always eager to learn, this suggestion is not in a language >I speak. > >My spell checker was no help, even when I set it to "English (U.K.)". The >OED (2nd ed.) is no help either, as the first meaning of "sublate" is >obsolete and the second and third meanings are different from each other. >"Narratival," probably an offshoot of "narrative," does not even make the >OED. > >I've asked the author of the review for a translation but received no >reply. > >Hence, I look elsewhere: >Can anyone translate in whole or in part? > > 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 > _____________________________________________________________________ > >_______________________________________________ >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://aoir.org/airjoin.html Irene Berkowitz Director of Curricular Publications Temple University Office of the Vice Provost 215-204-7596 Please note my new email address below and update your address records accordingly. irene.berkowitz(a)temple.edu

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Re: [Air-l] CFP: AoIR's conference : Internet Research 6.0:Generations
by Andrew Herman 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

I would as well for the same reasons. AH Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> nils.zurawski(a)uni-hamburg.de 01/12/05 7:18 AM >>> Dear Caroline, sorry for answering so late... but I would like to volunteer as a reviewer, having done this the past three years.... fields of interest: journalism, surveillance, identity issues, space I look forward to the website... as it was mentioned in the report... best and a happy new year. it is not too late yet. nilz >The website for submissions to the next AoIR >conference will be up soon. Stay tuned to the >AoIR list for updates. > >Meantime, think about reviewing -- good for >AoIR, good for your resume! Sign up to the >Air-meet list if you are interested in reviewing. >Go to >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-meet-aoir.org >to subscribe. Details will be sent to that list. > >/Caroline Haythornthwaite > > -- Dr. Nils Zurawski Universität Hamburg Inst. für kriminologische Sozialforschung Allendeplatz 1 20146 Hamburg Germany tel. +49 (0) 40 42838 6185 fax. +49 (0) 40 42838 2328 Projekt zu Videoüberwachung: http://www.surveillance-studies.org _______________________________________________ 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://aoir.org/airjoin.html

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Re: MultiMediaStations in Austria, wikipedia etc
by David Brake 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

For what it's worth, British Telecom has 1,500 Internet kiosks around the country (certainly many in London) http://www.btplc.com/Innovation/Mobility/booth/ and I believe they have been around for at least two years - I have to say I have never seen anyone use them... As for collaborative content, there were several attempts before Wikipedia's success including http://www.everything2.com/ (mentioned in the Emigh & Herring paper), http://www.nupedia.com/ and my personal favourite, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/ (the BBC purchased and took over Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy collaborative encyclopedia which specialises in the quirky and is built around a community but is more explicitly hierarchical than the other efforts). David Brake, PhD researcher in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunicat… Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page) and http://blog.org/ (weblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - http://davidbrake.org/dealingwithemail/ gives ordering info and supplementary links

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Winter 2004 executive committee report + 2006 Location!
by Nancy Baym 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

January, 2005 Report of the a.o.i.r. executive committee Prepared by Nancy Baym AoIR Executive Committee President: Nancy Baym Vice-President: Matthew Allen Secretary: Ulla Bunz Treasurer: Benjamin Bates Open Seats: Radhika Gajjala and Annette Markham Appointed Seats: Monica Murero and Randolph Kluver Student Seat: Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki Publications Officers: Jeremy Hunsinger and Charlie Breindahl Past President (ex-officio): Steve Jones 2005 Conference Program Chair: Caroline Haythornthwaite 1. Introduction & General (Baym) This is the place to find out what's going on in the association. It's the best way for you to keep up so please read it! Our 24/7 discussions of the month on the executive committee mailing list are summarized in Ulla Bunz's section of the report. In addition to the enormous amount of organizing we have been doing (see Ulla's report below), we are pleased to announce the location for our 2006 conference: Brisbane Australia. Kylie Veale is serving as the local organizer, and we hope to announce a program chair shortly. We hope that this Pacific Rim location will enable people who have found it hard to attend our North American and European meetings to join us there. Also, election time will soon be upon us and I urge you to consider running for office. This association is only as good as the people who volunteer to make it work. As outlined in Ulla's report below, many positions are opening. Jeremy Hunsinger, who has overseen all of our technology since our inception, will be leaving this role. That is an appointed position, so if you have interest in that, please let someone on the current executive committee know. We will also be seeking a new treasurer, as Ben Bates will not be running again, so if you have experience with finance, please consider running for this important slot. 2. Executive Officers' Reports 2.1 President (Baym) 2.1.1 The conference in Sussex went off very well, with many thanks to Sheizaf Rafaeli and Kate O'Riordan for their hard work. We are now busy planning Chicago in October, 2005 and laying groundwork for Brisbane, 2006. I had the chance to visit the Chicago site this fall and think people will be pleased with the layout. All rooms are in a relatively compact area with a central meeting space that will work very well for socializing. The hotel itself is located very well, near the lake, lots of shopping, the Art Institute, and many other attractions. We also have two new babies to welcome as both Steve Jones and Charlie Breindahl became fathers this fall (Charlie for the second time)! Congratulations to them and their families. 2.2 Vice President (Allen) 2.2.1 I am facilitating the AoIR website discussions group of the Exec; am chairing the Conference Management Committee of the Exec; have organised local liaison and program chair for 2006 conference. In January I will start managing the election process for 2005. 2.3 Secretary (Bunz) 2.3.1 Since our last official report I have been dealing with record keeping including agendas and minutes, organizational statistics, and vote counting. The vote counting included keeping complex issues straight and providing clarifying summaries to the exec. I have put up the pilot survey and provided an in-depth analysis of the "what to keep about our conferences" question to the exec. I have participated actively in the discussions on the CMC and the 2006 and beyond conference locations, as well as contributed to other discussions, proof reading, website testing, Listserve transition issues, paper archives, etc. As the secretary is not a member of the CMC (for explanation see below), I cannot summarize their dealings and decisions, but below is the summary for the exec Listserve. What's been happening on the exec: August 12, 2003 January 2, 2005 - Perhaps the most significant change on the exec, which also accounts for the reduced email traffic on that listserve, has come about due to the institution of the Conference Management Committee (CMC). The CMC is AoIR-internal and deals with organizational conference issues. This allows us to standardize a lot of things and reduce the amount of detail work it takes every year when organizing the conference. This also reduced the micro-management of the exec in conference planning, though the exec still has to approve major decisions made by the CMC. Membership on the CMC rotates. Membership consists of: vice-president (who is in charge of the CMC), immediate past president, treasurer, student representative, local liaisons for the upcoming and the next conference (right now, 2005 and 2006), the program chairs for the upcoming and the next conference, an appointed AoIR member, and a representative of the conference agency at Virginia Tech. The conference agency is not to be confused with the CMC. The conference agency is an external organization that we are paying to take care of things like hotel reservations, program printing, etc. as explained in my last summary in September, 2004. We debated membership of the CMC at length and even rescinded an earlier vote as new issues had to be considered. The final consistency was approved by a vote of 10 in favor and 1 missing vote. - The exec helped proof and edit the Call for Papers for Internet Research 6.0, "Internet Generations," in Chicago, October 5-9, 2005. The call went to Air-l on December 15 and can be retrieved here: http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/air-l-aoir.org/2004-December/0068… - There was last minute conference coordination on issues like awards plaques, exec conference meetings, final program issues, birds of feather meetings, Cafepress, and instruction to panel chairs. - After the conference we discussed general conference issues, including blogs, computer access, and budget. A working group on virtualizing the conference has been set up, led by Tracy Kennedy. Contact her if you are interested in this issue. - We had animated discussion on the conference locations for 2006 and beyond. We took into consideration a number of issues, such as enhancing our international reach, financial/budget issues, organizational growth, and membership opinions. Brisbane was chosen as the 2006 location. The local liaison will be Kylie Veale from Curtin University. We have also begun considerations for conference locations beyond 2006 as we are beginning to be able to plan long-term. - Jeremy transitioned us onto a new Listserve program but most didn't experience too many difficulties. Some people had password problems but with combined efforts, Jeremy and I figured them out. - We have continued to evaluate our stats on paper submission and conference attendance. To make a long story short: We continue to get more international. However, South American and African scholars are still very under-represented. Our Asian contingent remains comparatively small as well. - We had to deal with an allegation of academic fraud. The issue was resolved to the satisfaction of both parties involved. - Jeremy prepared a new electronic conference submission and management system that we tested and will be using from now on. So, watch for submission guidelines! - We conducted a pilot survey Monica Murero designed related to conference issues and discussed the results and how they (should) influence our planning of future conferences. So far they have been guiding us mostly in the 2006 decision, but we have also noted that most people like the smaller size of AoIR, that you want Internet access at the conferences, and that you really like open spaces to mingle and talk. - Based on a suggestion by Michele White, we now have a Listserve for "feminists, postcolonial theorists, and queers doing Internet research." - As many of you may have noticed, the members-only part of the AoIR website has been down for a while, which is also why we do not have the conference paper archive for 2004 up yet. This is due to a website transition that we are undergoing. As all of the code-writing is done by Jeremy "pro bono" it's simply taking a little while longer. Please be patient, or volunteer your help if you have experience with programming. Matthew Allen is coordinating the web development, so contact him if you are able to help. - We are starting to gear up for AoIR elections which will be held in the spring. More information will be made available, but essentially there will be 10 positions open. The presidency is by default as Matt Allen will move up to become our president. Of the 10 positions, 6 are voted on by the membership (Vice-president/President-elect, treasurer, 2 open seats, graduate rep, and secretary). The remaining 4 are appointments (two technology people, two seats). If you are interested in running for any of the positions, please keep an eye out for more information. If there are people you would like to see run, please encourage them to do so. 2.4 Treasurer (Bates) 2.4.1. Busy managing membership as always. 2.5 Open Seats (Gajjala, Markham) 2.5.1 Gajjala: has been participating in discussion. 2.5.2 Markham: Been participating in Executive committee discussions of future conferences and direction of the association. Actively participated in dealing with various issues arising at the most recent conference. Also been helping with analysis of AOIR's web presence and testing possible interfaces. The qualitative research methods listserv has been up and running but there seems to be more discussion activity on Theresa Senft's blog, so this special interest group seems to have shifted. I have joined the Ethics working committee. 2.6 Appointed Seats (Murero, Kluver) 2.6.1 Murero: I have participated to all discussions and decisions in air-exec, and have organized the AoIR conference pilot survey , and analyzed results (to be discussed in air-exec). 2.6.2 Kluver: has been participating in discussion. 2.7 Student Seat (Tkach-Kawaski) 2.7.1 During this winter, I * participated in web-site discussions through the new site design draft, and am looking forward to further discussions; * participated in the conference management committee by offering opinions when warranted; * suggested/participated in 2005 keynote speaker discussion. 2.8 Publications Officers (Hunsinger, Breindahl) 2.8.1 Hunsinger: I've been very busy and my current main project is to get the new version of the website up and running with the members area all set. other than that, I've been involved with everything ulla noted. 2.8.2 Breindahl: I'm still weeding out the Rolex offers and the viruses (Subject: "Hi!") from the real messages to AIR-L. I am also active in the discussions regarding the future web presence of AoIR. 2.9 Past-President (Jones): In the main I've been working on the planning for the 2005 conference in Chicago, which is coming along quite well. The conference will take place in the heart of Chicago's downtown and I'm working on setting up several 'local' events of a non-scholarly nature for everyone's enjoyment. I've also been preparing for the onslaught of paperwork associated with attaining permanent non-profit tax-exempt educational status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Our temporary status expires at the end of this calendar year, and we must file forms to demonstrate that our activities over the past five years have been consistent with those of a non-profit tax-exempt educational organization. While I am confident that our activities have met the IRS's criteria, one never knows how they may be viewed by others, and there is rather a lot of information to sort through and paperwork to be written up. A final determination should be forthcoming by the middle of 2005. 3.0 2005 Conference Program Chair (Caroline Haythornthwaite) The conference website is nearly ready for release and should be available soon. Deadlines will be reconsidered given the timing of the site released. New reviewers are still being sought as well as calling on those who have reviewed in the past. -- Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org

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Fwd: TP Msg. #613 WOMEN PROFESSORS WITH CHILDREN
by jeremy hunsinger 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

this was engineering oriented, and u.s. centric, but I think it is worth noting in the association context, so I'm sending it anyway. jeremy Begin forwarded message: > From: Rick Reis <reis(a)stanford.edu> > Date: January 10, 2005 4:44:04 PM EST > To: tomorrows-professor(a)lists.Stanford.EDU > Subject: TP Msg. #613 WOMEN PROFESSORS WITH CHILDREN > > "The details of the stories varied widely, but common themes included > the necessity for choices and giving up on some things, the benefits > of shared responsibilities, the importance of private time for self > and spouse, and for developing strategies that work. Specific > strategies included setting priorities consistent with family, > limiting travel, delegating responsibility, and advance planning and > anticipating." > > * * * * * * > TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR(SM) MAILING LIST > desk-top faculty development one hundred times a year > > Over 21,500 subscribers > Over 600 academic institutions > Over 100 countries > > Sponsored by > THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING > http://ctl.stanford.edu > > An archive of all past postings (with a two week delay) can > be found at: > http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/index.shtml > > * * * * * * > Folks; > > In June 2004 a workshop on Mentoring in Engineering was held at > Stanford with the joint support of the Presidential Award for > Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring > (PAESMEM, administered by the NSF and funded by the White House) and > the Stanford School of > Engineering. The two day workshop brought together graduate students > and all levels of faculty for presentations and discussions on the > needs, goals, methods, and best practices for mentoring students, > junior faculty, and mid level faculty for academic careers. The > emphasis was on mentoring members of underrepresented groups in > academic engineering, especially women, but most of the topics are > common to all interested in academic engineering careers. An excerpt > on Women Professors With Children appears below followed by a copy of > the table of contents of the proceedings. The full Workshop > Proceedings are available at the workshop website > http://paesmem.stanford.edu/ in both pdf format for printing and html > format for Web viewing. > > Regards, > > Rick Reis > reis(a)stanford.edu > UP NEXT: World's Top 500 Universities > > > Tomorrow's Academic Careers > > ------------------------------------ 750 words > -------------------------------------- > > WOMEN PROFESSORS WITH CHILDREN > > This session was intended to provide some advice, anecdotes, > perspectives, and information about combining children with an > academic engineering career. The session resulted in two chapters in > this book. The first talk of the session concerned the timing of > children- should one have babies during one's graduate student years, > during a postdoc, as a faculty member pre-tenure, or should one wait > until after tenure? A wealth of data relevant to these questions is > presented in chapter *. The remainder of the session concerned > strategies for balancing work and family once a baby has arrived, > issues treated in chapter *. The presentation, discussions, and the > chapter collect anecdotes regarding successful balancing of children > and career from four women engineering professors. > > Obviously children are of concern to both parents and not just women > faculty, but equally obviously the workload is different with > childbirth and women historically have borne the brunt of childcare. > All but one of the panelists in this session were women, but men > participated actively in the discussions. > > The details of the stories varied widely, but common themes included > the necessity for choices and giving up on some things, the benefits > of shared responsibilities, the importance of private time for self > and spouse, and for developing strategies that work. Specific > strategies included setting priorities consistent with family, > limiting travel, delegating responsibility, and advance planning and > anticipating. > > The rewards of an academic life are many: the job is intellectually > stimulating, and you work on a problem you love. It's flexible and > customizable, and you have the self-determination that comes from > having no boss, and from choosing what you work on. You have the > satisfaction of knowing that you are contributing to the knowledge of > the human race, and you are training the next generation of scientists > and inventors. > > From the point of view of having children, the rewards of being a > professor and parent are also numerous. The work week and work day are > flexible, so you can go to school performances and sports events and > parent-teacher conferences, without having to punch a time clock, and > in fact without having to notify anyone that you are leaving, and > without having to account for your time to anyone. The children are > exposed to all sorts of fascinating intellectual topics from an early > age; they learn to appreciate the questions and the approach to > answers that a mind devoted to the pursuit of new knowledge produces. > Also the children of women who are engineering faculty do not grow up > with some of the stereotypical notions of women that other segments of > the population may have, e.g., that girls can't do math, and that a > woman's place is in the home. > > Proceedings Table of Contents > > * Contents > * Preface > * Acknowledgements > * Overview > * Mentoring > * Best Practices > * Early and mid career mentoring > * How to be as bright and capable as everyone seems to think > you are > * Mentoring support: National and local resources for > mentoring > * Mentoring for academic leadership > * Women professors with children > * Epilog > * Mentoring > * References > * Best practices > * General observations > * Stages of mentoring > * Issues in mentoring of women > * Early and mid career mentoring > * Introduction > * Graduate students > * Junior faculty > * Maintaining momentum after tenure > * How to feel as bright and capable > * What is the Imposter Syndrome? > * Who's Most at Risk for the Imposter Syndrome? > * If They Only Knew ...How Imposters Explain Away Success > * The Phew Factor: Fooled Them Again > * Refining Competence > * About the Author > * Mentoring support > * Web resources > * Case Studies > * MentorNet > * Mentoring: A Berkeley Perspective > * Mentoring at the Center for Workforce Development > * The Caltech Women's Center > * The NSF ADVANCE Program > * Advancing women at Virginia Tech through institutional > transformation > * Mentoring for academic leadership > * Academic Leadership > * Choosing Leadership > * Mentoring for academic leadership > * Women professors with children > * Introduction > * Timing of Children > * Strategies > * Conclusions > * Do babies mattter? > * Survey of Doctorate Recipients > * Leaks in the Pipeline to Tenure > * Leaks in the Pipeline: Tenure Track to Tenure > * Family Status > * Family Status 12 Years out from PhD > * UC work and family survey > * Everyone is very busy > * The baby lag for UC women in pursuit of tenure > * Biological baby births by age of UC faculty > * Having fewer children than they wanted > * Sloan Grant > * Epilog > * Appendix: Participants > * Footnotes > > > * * * * * * * * > NOTE: Anyone can SUBSCRIBE to the Tomorrows-Professor Mailing List by > addressing an e-mail message to: > <Majordomo(a)lists.stanford.edu> > > Do NOT put anything in the SUBJECT line but in the body of the message > type: > > subscribe tomorrows-professor > * * * * * * * * > To UNSUBSCRIBE to the Tomorrows-Professor send the following e-mail > message > to: <Majordomo(a)lists.stanford.edu> > > unsubscribe tomorrows-professor > -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== > This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list > server. 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professional blogs
by Nancy Baym 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

Can anyone recommend readings for a Ph.D. student in our department who is writing a dissertation looking at corporate blogging as a means of building a public relations/professional relationships? If you know of any, please email her directly: Kathy Menzie <kathy.menzie(a)washburn.edu> Thank you, Nancy -- Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org

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