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RE: [Air-l] city / centre
by saguiere＠ssdnet.com.ar 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

Gracias Marta Ahora lo llamo a Vidaurreta. Debe ser sobrino de Alicia Vidaurreta, una colega mayor. Eduardo Original Message: ----------------- From: noci nochi(a)gmx.net Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:30:06 +0100 To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] city / centre dear aoir, i am an architecture student from berlin, germany. i've been on aoir for a few years now and would like to post a request on literature/papers about "the city and its centre". i have also posted this slightly modified message on the SPACESYNTAX list and plan on merging the responses later on. if anyone could point me to theses/articles etc. concerned with, but no limited to, the questions about a) what makes a city centre the city centre? b) how do sociological aspects fit into the general picture, i.e. usage of the centre and provision of cultural/commercial services c) exemplary historical development models of city centres, also considerung polycentric developments d) mapping of flows, movements and services in cities, especially taking into account structural differences between centre and non-centre i'd be most grateful! i'll post a summary- hopefully bolstered up with responses from SPACESYNTAX- to the list later. i am aware of the work being done at CASA, London, and the GaWC network; though the focus there seems to be primarily on Geography/ GIS and GLobal Cities, respectively. thanks a lot! regards, max doelling TU Berlin _______________________________________________ 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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Re: first post (An Internet Without Space)
by Michele White 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

Dear Colleagues, Thanks for the interesting posts on space. One of my concerns is the ways that the concept of Internet space often leads to the idea that there are people on the screen or inside the interface. While there are certainly people engaging through varied technologies and they are very invested in their connections, the mediated aspects of engagement and the deeply constructed interfaces and identity representations are sometimes not addressed. This mediation significantly shapes what we see and experience. With increasing computer processing speed and connectivity, ubiquitous computing, and more detailed simulations it becomes easier and we are often encouraged to forget the technologies and representations. My hope is that we can address both user interests and the ways that traditional ideas of age, class, gender, race, and sexuality (which are conveyed through visual and textual representations) are reinscribed through technologies, practices, and depictions. I know that Ulla has asked me about alternative terminology and I often try to model this in my writing. I employ such terms as "setting" instead of space. Admittedly, sometimes thinking through our ways of speaking the Internet removes further words from my vocabulary and leads to a spluttering or form of unspeaking. As I researcher, I believe that one of my responsibilities is to consider the ways that individuals view and speak about Internet settings, contemporary technologies, and other social experiences and to suggest the problems, promises, and (as Ulla prompts) the other ways that individuals and societies can represent and produce these technologies and cultural practices. I sometimes rework a vocabulary from the humanitiesparticularly film and media studies, photography theory, literary studies, and art history to write about such depictions as the rectangular or body-shaped images of synchronous graphical settings or the photo-like images of webcams. We might also look to writings about past technologies to understand our representations of the Internet. Television and other media have been understood as live, alive, and a space. Thomas Hutchinson indicated, that with television "the outside world can be brought into the home" (ix) and Charles Siepmann argued that television was a way of "'going places' without even the expenditure of movement" (340). More recently, Rhona J. Berenstein has noted that television also had the reputation of "being a medium of immediacy: an apparatus that, more than film, offers its viewers live access to the world around them and hence it was assumed, to reality " and that television resonates "in spatial terms, suggesting a physical proximity between the viewer and the performance rendered" (26). In any case, it seems to me that each vocabulary and way of understanding the Internet produces a set of cultural perceptions that shape our understanding of these technologies and social practices, what they are, and what they can be. All my best, Michele Rhona J. Berenstein, "Acting Live: TV Performance, Intimacy, and Immediacy," Reality Squared: Televisual Discourse on the Real, ed. James Friedman. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002. Thomas H Hutchinson, Here Is Television, Your Window on the World. New York: Hastings House, 1948. Charles Siepmann, Radio, Television, and Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950.

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comm position @ vt
by jeremy hunsinger 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

We seek a colleague whose research focuses on the computer-mediated environment as public or mass communication. Candidates for this position should be prepared to teach courses from among visual media; multimedia production; communication, Internet, and society; new communication technologies, and special topics in media studies. Ideally, the candidate's research would focus on computer-mediated communication related to social influence/public advocacy or media studies, with a preferred emphasis on the role of new communication technologies in mass communication campaigns (e.g. health, political, issue campaigns). Please see http://www.comm.vt.edu for a complete description of position responsibilities and the department. A letter of application, curriculum vitae, and a statement of research and teaching philosophy should be submitted through the online system. Supplemental materials, including three letters of reference, should be forwarded to John C. Tedesco, Search Committee Chair, Department of Communication, Shanks Hall (0311), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061. Phone: (540) 231-3224. E-mail: tedesco(a)vt.edu. 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 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

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (november 2004)
by david silver 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

New reviews (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/) include: B.H. Bagdikian, The New Media Monopoly (Beacon Press, 2004). Reviewed by Ali Unlu Pablo Boczkowski, Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers (MIT Press, 2004). Reviewed by Anne Beaulieu Enjoy. david silver www.thedaybefore.org

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Two open positions at MSU Dept. of Telecommunications, Info. Studies, & Media
by Nicole Ellison 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

Hello colleagues, My department at Michigan State University is conducting a search for two open rank positions. Please see below for details and feel free to forward to other interested parties. Thank you, Nicole ------------------------------------------------- Position Announcements The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media is pleased to announce two open rank positions in the tenure system at Michigan State University. Candidates are sought at the assistant, associate or full professor level, with the ability to contribute to a department that provides teaching, outreach, research, and creative/design activities in a broad range of media and information technology areas. Such areas include economics, policy, management and strategy, international/comparative telecommunications, social and business aspects of new media, and traditional and new media design and production. Within these areas, the contexts for study and design among department faculty include entertainment, social interaction, group collaboration, e-business, healthcare, human computer interaction, online behavior, presence in virtual environments, game design, 3D graphics, animation, and interactivity. Candidates whose interests cross two or more of these and related areas are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates are expected to develop a substantial program of research and/or design work, emphasizing contribution to peer-reviewed outlets. Teaching opportunities will be in both undergraduate and graduate courses, with the typical teaching load set at two courses per semester. Summer teaching appointments are often available. An interest in obtaining external funding for research and creative/design work is expected. Released time is available based on grant productivity. Requirements: A relevant terminal degree is required. Those completing their degree also will be considered. Evidence of scholarship (including portfolio for creative/design applicants) and teaching ability is required. The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University is a thriving place of scholarship, teaching, and public service. Its faculty has a national and international reputation and is actively involved in research projects funded by the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and other major organizations. Founded in 1855, Michigan State University is situated in East Lansing, a pleasant university town just on the border of Lansing, the capital of Michigan. Our vast campus is known as one of the most beautiful in the nation and is home to over 40,000 students from 85 nations and about 4000 faculty and staff. MSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. Female and minority applicants are especially encouraged to apply. Handicappers have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, names and addresses of three references, and a cover letter describing research and/or design interests and relevant experiences. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Search closes when suitable candidates are hired. Positions are to begin in August 2005. Please mail the application to the search committee chair, Dr. Charles Steinfield, 409 CCAS, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 48824-1212. On the web: http://www.msu.edu, http://tc.msu.edu, http://quello.msu.edu, http://mind.msu.edu, http://commtechlab.msu.edu, http://dmat.msu.edu, http://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Nicole Ellison, PhD Dept. of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University 517.432.1667 nellison(a)msu.edu

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students, activism, the day before the US election, and a web cam
by david silver 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

hello! here in seattle, we've organized a pretty interesting series of events that will take place across the university of washington campus on the day before the election (http://www.thedaybefore.org) what is interesting, to me at least, is the diversity of supporters and the number of supporters (80 and growing!). the idea is simple: there are 55,000 students, staff, and faculty at UW and we think they should all vote. we expect some public spectacles, so be sure to tune in on our web cam: http://www.washington.edu/cambots david silver

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Judith Amsel/SES/SCT is out of the office.
by Judith Amsel 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

I will be out of the office starting 10/28/2004 and will not return until 11/01/2004. I am away from the office on vacation, but I will respond to your message when I return. If you need help with a Luminis CMS-related issue, please contact Amy Eagleston (aeaglest(a)sungardsct.com) You may also wish to contact Kathy Pecor at 801-257-4139.

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Fwd: [cultstud-l] cfp: The Internet and Alternative Political Practices
by jeremy hunsinger 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: gary hall <gary.hall(a)connectfree.co.uk> > Date: October 28, 2004 12:02:10 PM EDT > To: Cultural Studies <cultstud-l(a)mailman.acomp.usf.edu> > Subject: [cultstud-l] cfp: The Internet and Alternative Political > Practices > Reply-To: gary.hall(a)connectfree.co.uk, Cultural Studies > <cultstud-l(a)mailman.acomp.usf.edu> > > Call for Papers > > Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC) > > Issue 2 (Spring-Summer 2005): The Internet and Alternative Political > Practices > > Aiming to open up a critical dialogue on the Internet and alternative > political > practices, the second issue of WPCC is welcoming both theoretical and > applied > contributions. Stimulating this dialogue is the potential of the > Internet to > transform our notions of citizenship, democracy and political > practice. The > Internet can also be used as a tool by current social movements and > alternative > political activists, changing the way people organize and protest > around their > ideas. It may also foster alternative media practices that redefine > our notions > of the public sphere, alter social and political identities, and > facilitate > processes of development and empowerment, particularly for the > politically > disenfranchised. > > Therefore, the coming issue of WPCC will be an attempt to address > these topics > by drawing on research that focuses on the following interrelated > questions: > > Ø How is the Internet transforming our notions of democracy, > citizenship and > the public sphere? > > Ø Has the Internet changed political campaigning, both for electoral > and > alternative politics? > > Ø Has it influenced political activism, organizing and participation? > > Ø Is it transforming our perceptions of the political? > > Ø How is it used by current social movements, both local and global? > > Ø Does it foster alternative political and media practices? > > Ø Does it affect the development and negotiation of social and > political > identities? > > Ø Does it empower the grassroots and the local? > > > Applicants may submit abstracts of no more than to 350 words to > Anastasia > Kavada - anakavada(a)hotmail.com or Pantelis Vatikiotis – > p_vatikiotis(a)hotmail.com. The deadline for the submission of abstracts > is > Monday 22 November. > > Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC) is a > peer-reviewed > journal, published twice a year in hard copy and PDF format. WPCC > recognises > the interdisciplinary nature of the field of Media and Cultural > Studies, and > therefore deliberately encourages diverse methods, contexts and themes. > Particular interests include, but are not limited to, work related to > Popular > Culture, Media Audiences, Political Economy, Promotional Culture, New > Media, > Political Communication, Migration and Diasporic Studies. > > A major goal of the WPCC is to help develop a de-westernised and > transcultural > sphere that engages both young and established scholars from different > parts of > the world in a critical debate about the relationship between > communication, > culture and society in the 21st Century. > > WPCC invites contributions from all scholars; particularly those at the > beginning of their careers. > > > > -- > Dr Gary Hall > Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Middlesex University > Co-editor of Culture Machine http://www.culturemachine.net > My website http://www.garyhall.info > > > > > _______________________________________________ > cultstud-l mailing list: cultstud-l(a)mailman.acomp.usf.edu > http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/cultstud-l > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Re: [Air-l] Tutorial: How to unsubscribe from air-l
by Eszter Hargittai 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

> one key point of communicating with the list is that you have to > send > from an email that is subscribed to the list, it has to be a > perfect > match, or the list software will discard it. > Of course, unfortunately, this setting makes it impossible to use aliases for this list, unless you're okay with not ever posting anything. Eszter

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screening out spam
by Gary Thompson 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

The recent spate of messages from those trying to unsubscribe reminds me that about 2/3 of everything I get via e-mail—even with an academic address—is spam. I’ve got my “rules” set up so as to try to catch some of this: --if the subject line contains certain keywords, e.g., “market,” “drugs,” “investment,” “penis,” “casino,” then it goes into my trash box. --if the from line contains “admin,” then it goes in the trash box --if the “to” says “undisclosed recipients,” etc. I’m wondering whether others have had success with similar rules, as opposed to installing spam-killing software (and as for that, how well does it work, when spammers garble key words so as to avoid screening, e.g., Vi*ag*kra or other combinations). Gary Thompson

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