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congrats to into the blogosphere
by jeremy hunsinger 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/ made it onto yahoo's new and notable sites today http://dir.yahoo.com/new/

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PRESENCE 2004 deadline extended
by beareyso 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED DEADLINE PAPER SUBMISSION: JULY 15, 2004 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence PRESENCE 2004 Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 13-14-15 October 2004 Final program and registration form available on the web site: <http://www.presence2004.org/> Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------ The PRESENCE 2004 Committee is pleased to announce the 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence and the Annual Call for Papers. Academics and practitioners with an interest in research, theory, technologies, and applications related to the concept of presence are invited to submit their work for presentation. PRESENCE 2004 is organized by the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR) and the Medical Image Computing Laboratory, and supported by the European Union's FET Presence Research Initiative through the IST EMMA and IST OMNIPRES projects. Presentations are invited on: * Explications of the presence concept * Presence evaluation/measurement methodologies * Causes and consequences (effects) of presence * Presence in shared virtual environments and online communities * Social/affective interfaces, virtual agents, parasocial interactions * Presence-associated technologies: * Immersive, interactive, multimodal displays * Advanced broadcast/cinematic displays (stereoscopic TV, HDTV, IMAX,OMNIMAX) * Virtual environments/simulators * 3-D sound * Haptic/tactile displays * Presence applications: * Education and training * Medicine and therapy * Entertainment * Communication * Teleoperation * Presence and design * Presence in art * Presence and philosophical issues (e.g., the nature of 'reality') * The ethics of presence Proposals for workshops and panel discussions are also invited. In addition, the PRESENCE 2004 program will include exhibition of commercial products and non-commercial research projects Please see the conference website for abstract submission, instructions and other details. Conference Committee Conference chairs: Mariano Alcaniz (MedICLab) // Cristina Botella (UJI) Scientific Committee: Alexandros Bakalakos (European Commission) Anna Spagnoli (University of Padua) Anthony Steed (University College London) Cath Dillon (Goldsmith College) Erik Granum (Aalborg University) Frank Biocca (M.I.N.D. Lab) Fred Brooks (Worlington, Suffolk, UK) Gary Bente (University of Cologne) Giuseppe Riva (ATN-P Lab) Jane Lessiter (Goldsmiths College) John Waterworth (Interactive Institute) Jonathan Freeman (Goldsmiths College) Loretta Anania (European Commission) Luciano Gamberini (University of Padua) Matthew Lombard (Temple University) Mel Slater (University College London) Nat Durlach (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Rita Lauria (NC A & T State University) Rosa Baños (Universidad de Valencia) Steve Ellis (NASA) Wijnand IJsselsteijn (Eindhoven University of Technology)

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M/C: 'open' issue now available
by Felix Stalder 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:06:57 +1000 From: M/C - Media and Culture <mc(a)media-culture.org.au> Reply-To: production(a)media-culture.org.au To: mc(a)media-culture.org.au Subject: M/C: 'open' issue now available FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 1 July 2004 M/C - Media and Culture is proud to present issue three in volume seven of the award-winning M/C Journal http://journal.media-culture.org.au/ 'open' - Edited by Felix Stalder & McKenzie Wark Since the rebranding of Free Software into Open Source in 1998, "open" has become the buzzword for all things progressive on and off the Internet. Open Law, Open Hardware, Open Culture, Open Publishing, Open Access or Open Archives are just some of the many concepts which are being retooled to serve the more or less defined public good in the Information Society. Yet, at the same time, multinational corporations have become major actors in the Open Source Software area and commercial publishers are beginning to seriously look into Open Access models. In the background of the recent enthusiasm with "open" lurks the "Open Society" concept of Karl Popper, whose political preferences for Margaret Thatcher's neoliberalism are well known. 'Open' takes a critical look at this concept of the "open". Is it a temporary buzzword that signifies nothing but an astute sense of salesmanship? Is it an alternative social concept, or just yet another step in making capitalism ever more flexible? What is it that makes something "open" and are some projects more "open" than others? Is "open" always better than closed? How does "open" relate to areas where we might value closure, for example, personal privacy? Can we imagine an even more open concept of social, cultural and economic life? Feature Article Biella Coleman and Mako Hill "How Free Became Open and Everything Else Under the Sun" Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has been adopted as a political tool by leftist activists. At the same time, it has been embraced by large corporations to extend profits and has been criticized as an integral force in late capitalism. It has been adopted by members of the growing Commons movement as a model for limiting the power of capitalism. This essay attempts to confront the variability of these relationships through a cursory analysis of each field and through an look at FOSS philosophy and practice. It argues that Free Software exists as a politically agnostic field of practice - built on and through a broadly defined philosophy. It analyzes the way that this philosophy is well suited for the spread of FOSS technologies and its translation into the terms of radically different, even oppositional, social and political movements. Articles Dale Bradely "Open Source, Anarchy, and the Utopian Impulse" The utopian impulse evident in the discourse surrounding open source software development is addressed from the perspective that the liberatory promises of its anarchy-inspired politics is undermined by efforts to integrate its communal programming practices into existing market hegemony. William Thake "Editing and the Crisis of Open Source" The Free Software movement that began in 1985 and the newer "open source" movement, represented a serious threat to traditional methods of production and distribution. The idea of a non-proprietary method of cultural exchange was and is a radical departure from traditional models that have come to restrict creativity and free exchange. But contrary to the grand proclamations of some, what we are witnessing is the capture and transformation of elements threatening to capitalism, and a repackaging of open source concepts to be useful in a new flexible labor environment. Carol-Ann Braun and Annie Gentes "Dialogue: A Hyper-Link to Multimedia Content" This paper analyses an augmented chat space entitled Sandscript. The Web- site evokes a world etched on shifting sands, erased with time, uncovered by a process akin to the patient explorations of an archeologist. Key words spontaneously typed in by chatters trigger the appearance of texts and drawings in the chat space as well as in the surrounding frames. Here, dialogue serves as a hyper-link to content. The augmented chat space is a fluid "back bone" around which artistic content is articulated, prompted by unsuspecting chatters. Joseph Reagle Jr. "Open Content Communities" This essay sketches the characteristics of an open content community by considering a number of prominent examples, reviewing sociological literature, teasing apart the concepts of open and voluntary implicit in most usages of the term, and offers a definition in which the much maligned possibility of "forking" is actually an integral aspect of openness. Tony Sampson "A Virus in Info-Space: The Open Network and Its Enemies" Tony Sampson investigates the role of viruses in shaping the digital environment of the last 25 years. Paul Cesarini "'Opening' the Xbox: Linux, Microsoft, and Control" Paul Cesarini looks at the possibilities of turning the X-box into a low cost multi-purpose computer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- M/C Journal 7.3 is now online: <http://journal.media-culture.org.au/>. Previous issues of M/C Journal on various topics are also still available. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- M/C Reviews is now available at <http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/>. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All contributors are available for media contacts: mc(a)media-culture.org.au. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----+-------+---------+--- http://felix.openflows.org

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Re: Photoblogs and MoBlogs (Zach Johnson)
by Douglas Galbi 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

>I've done some preliminary searching for academic research related to >Photoblogs >(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=photoblog&r=f) and >MoBlogs (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moblog&f=1) and >so far have come up pretty short. Any references published or >otherwise would be most appreciated. Have you considered the literature on words, images, and gestures in making sense? There is a lot of interesting material spanning a wide range of disciplines. For an idea of what's out there, flip through "Sense in Communication" at www.galbithink.org Douglas Galbi

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Contact
by Dianne Looker 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Hi there, Since you sent your query to the whole AoIR list, I got to see it. I will be there - hopefully we can connect and talk about my research in more detail than you are getting from the e-mails we send to collaborators. Cheers, Dianne Looker Professor Of Sociology Acadia University Wolfville, N.S. Canada B4P 2R6 Phone: (902) 585-1257 Fax: (902) 585-1769 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@aoir.org] On Behalf Of mwhitty Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:57 AM To: 'Association of Internet Researchers' Subject: RE: [Air-l] AoIR conference registration now open! Hi Kate, Is the full programme up now (or did I miss it?). Not sure if others would find it useful too; however, I would find it helpful to know what date I'm presenting so that I can work out what days to register for and book my trip. Regards, Monica Dr. Monica Whitty Queen's University Belfast School of Psychology David Keir Building Northern Ireland BT7 1NN Phone: +44 (0)28 9097 5654 Email: m.whitty(a)qub.ac.uk http://www.psych.qub.ac.uk/staff/whitty.html -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@aoir.org] On Behalf Of Kathleen O'Riordan Sent: 24 June 2004 12:40 To: Association of Internet Researchers Cc: air-meet(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] AoIR conference registration now open! Dear Colleagues The registration for Internet Research 5.0, the 2004 AoIR conference, is now open. Please register via the 'Conference' page of the web site: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cce/aoir/ or www.aoir.org/2004 We extend a very warm welcome to participants in the AoIR conference and hope to see as many of you as possible there! Apologies for the delay in offering this service, as you will notice we still have a technical issue with the web form, in the interests of expedience, registration is via PDF in the interim. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Regards Kate O'Riordan Please distribute this notice. _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Netville paper wins 2nd prize
by Barry Wellman 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Folks, I'm delighted to tell you that Keith Hampton and Barry Wellman's paper has won second prize (aka Honorable Mention) for the Park Award for an Outstanding Publication, given annually by the American Sociological Association's Community and Urban Sociology section: "Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet Supports Community and Social Capital in a Wired Suburb." _City and Community_ 2, 3 (Fall 2003): 277-311. It's nice to see Internet based stuff recognized by a non-Internet section. 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 _____________________________________________________________________

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Fwd: CFP Other Players reminder
by T.L. Taylor 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Passing along for Miguel & Jonas... TL ------- From: Jonas Heide Smith <jonas(a)AUTOFIRE.DK> Subject: Call for papers - Other Players conference in December (REMINDER) Hi all (apologies for cross-posting), This is to remind you of the AUGUST 1st deadline for paper submissions for OTHER PLAYERS - A CONFERENCE ON MULTIPLAYER PHENOMENA (www.itu.dk/op) Full call for papers: www.itu.dk/op/callforpapers.php Conference: December 6-8, 2004 Place: Center for Computer Games Research (The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) We accept full papers (up to 6000 words) only, and all submitted papers will undergo blind review by expert game scholars. Papers must deal with one or more multiplayer issues in digital games. If you are interested in the conference, please subscribe to the special notification list - available from the front page of the conference website: www.itu.dk/op. Please note that we are in the process of revising the conference website considerably. We'd be grateful for suggestions or error reports (smith(a)itu.dk) We look very much forward to welcoming you in Copenhagen in December! If you have any questions regarding the conference please write to - Academic questions: Jonas Heide Smith (smith(a)itu.dk) - Administrative questions: Lise Louv (louv(a)itu.dk) Kind regards, Miguel Sicart and Jonas Heide Smith The Center for Computer Games Research - http://game.itu.dk -------------------------------------------- JONAS HEIDE SMITH PhD candidate, MA in Media Studies IT University of Copenhagen Department of Digital Aesthetics and Communication Glentevej 67 / Office 1.12 DK-2400 Copenhagen Tel: (+45) 38 16 89 35 Mobile: (+45) 24 91 33 13 Web: http://www.itu.dk/people/smith

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ELO Publishes "Acid-Free Bits" on the Web
by Carol Wald 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

I followed the instructions on formatting my post as plain text; is this OK? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- "Acid-Free Bits: Recommendations for Long-Lasting Electronic Literature" by Nick Montfort and Noah Wardrip-Fruin v. 1.0 June 14, 2004 ELO's Preservation, Archiving and Dissemination Committee (PAD) has just published an important set of guidelines for creating enduring eliterature and digital media works. "Acid-Free Bits" is now available at the ELO's website, http://www.eliterature.org . We hope that artists, writers, instructors, scholars, and librarians will find "Acid-Free Bits" both useful and provocative for writing, art-making, teaching, and debate about the nature and future of born-digital writing. We look forward to hearing your thoughts about "Acid-Free Bits." Please feel free to contact the authors with your feedback: Nick Montfort: nickm [at] nickm [dot] com ; web: http://nickm.com Noah Wardrip-Fruin: nwf [at] brown [dot] edu Please also feel free to post comments on the PAD discussion forum. You will find a link to this forum on the "Acid-Free Bits" web page. Best regards, Carol Ann Wald Program Assistant Electronic Literature Organization ---------------------------------------------------- 11000 Kinross Ave., Suite 245 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1615 t 310.206.1863 f 310.206.6676 http://www.eliterature.org

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Photoblogs and MoBlogs
by Zach Johnson 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

All, I've done some preliminary searching for academic research related to Photoblogs (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=photoblog&r=f) and MoBlogs (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moblog&f=1) and so far have come up pretty short. Any references published or otherwise would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. Zach Johnson PhD Candidate Bournemouth University Media School Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB UK

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re;INTERNATIONAL INTERNET PRESERVATION, CONSORTIUM
by et 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

thanks for posting this Jeremy. Finally, the most important issue in Internet Research cracks a mention ! In my opinion the two most critical innovations needed for the internet, from an internet researchers point of view, are 1. the need for complete recording and archiving of ALL webpages and 2. the need for the implementation of a royalty payment system for producers of small to medium sized websites. Looking at 1.... The Australian government has an internet archiving system - unfortunately this system is only interested in archiving selected websites owned by major organisations. Even the Internet Archive appears to only record medium to large websites and ignores small publishers and mum and dad sites.My sporting website was recorded by the Wayback Machine( poorly and infrequently) and is in the Alexandria Library archive, yet it is not in the Australian government archive. My wifes business website does not appear in any archive. There appears to be far too much inconsistency. The problem is that public servants and government bodies tend to be very elitist as we see in the Australian example where they are only interested in archiving the big boys. Yet it is a reality of the internet that often the best and most comprehensive information is not provided by official bodies but rather by enthusiastic individuals or groups. For example, in the sport of rugby union, the website of the official body in Australia is archived by the government. My website, which not only possessed a far greater range of information but was also the content provider for much of the official bodies site, was not recorded. By not recording every site the quality of the archive is far less than it might otherwise be. If one wants to find information about Style Sheets, they do not go to a university website, they go to a site run by a mad enthusiast who toils away for hours every week for free. If you want information about a sport or sports betting odds, often it is a private website that covers the subject in the most comprehensive manner. If you want to know about the latest Social Security rates or issues you would find more information at a private website than from a government body. In most areas of human endeavour, officialdom lags far behind the efforts of the individual or small groups. Even from the point of view of all the social researchers out there, I would imagine the resource that should be available from all the individual homepages is a huge treasure that should be retained, yet is being lost daily. I believe that every webpage, except for those who explicitly opt out, should be archived at least once a month by a global organisation with governments and large companies benefitting from the internet contributing to the cost of this exercise and with open public access. Anything less than this is not worth bothering with. Issue number 2 - as stated above I believe there should be a royalty system for those who operate small to medium websites based on the accesses to their website. Technically possible - I think so. Capable of being set up without excessive fraud - probably Of benefit to the internet's diversity - definitely. Without going into it too much, I see a fund being established which would make payments to individual operators of websites who achieve a minimum number of web page accesses per month, who do not carry advertising or offensive material, and with there being a ceiling of perhaps $1000 per month to any individual registered with the scheme. This would help keep many operators in the industry rather than fall away when life's responsibilities require them to spend more time earning real money. Just a few thoughts, regards Eero Tarik

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