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by Greg Elmer 11 Feb '04

11 Feb '04

Kate, Great news! When you get the talk titles can you circulate them so that AoIR-types can network and promote these events (I'm assuming they are open to the public?). Greg Elmer >I'm also really pleased to announce that keynote speakers Sara Kiesler >and Nina Wakeford have accepted the invitation to speak at the >conference. > >Nina Wakeford is the Director of INCITE at the University of Surrey. Her >past research has included ethnographic work in the UK and the USA on >computing and internet culture, including studies of cybercafes, online >discussion groups and new media start-up companies. As well as studies of= > >technology she is interested in the sociology of sexuality, in particular= > >the use of queer theory, and the potential intersections between such >critical cultural theory, innovative ethnography and design practice. She= > >has undertaken collaborative projects with companies including British >Telecom, Fuji Xerox, Intel and Sapient. >(Quoted from http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/incite/wireninawakefordbio.htm) > >More info here: http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/nina_wakeford.htm > > >Professor Sara Kiesler=B9s current projects include: > >HomeNet: a study with PI, Bob Kraut, and others of the personal and >social effects of household technology and the Internet on individuals >and families. (http://homenet.hcii.cs.cmu.edu) This project has spun off= > >to a related project : Participation in Online Communities. New webpage >to come soon. > >Multidisciplinary collaboration: Studies under an NSF KDI grant with my >co-PIs Suzie Weisband and Pamela Hinds of distributed collaborations in >science, business, and education. (http://www.multi-collab.org/ ). This >project has spun off to other new projects: NSF ITR Large-scale >collaboration; NSF DST Multiple Task Trajectories. New webpages to come >soon. > >The Project on People and Robots: an ITR in human-robot interaction and >design with co-PIs Pamela Hinds, Jodi Forlizzi, and Sebastian Thrun. >(http://www.peopleandrobots.org) > >Quoted from: http://research.nursebot.cs.cmu.edu/Sara/index.html > > >Further keynote speakers still to be confirmed. > >All the best > >Dr. Kate O'Riordan >Lecturer in Continuing Education (Media Studies) > >Centre for Continuing Education >Sussex Institute >Essex House >University of Sussex >Falmer >Brighton >BN1 9QQ > >Tel: 01273 877774 >Email: k.s.o-riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk >Web: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/qlff7 -- Greg Elmer Associate Professor Department of Communication Florida State University 356 Diffenbaugh Tallahassee, FL 32303 850.645.4692 (tel.) Co-Editor Space and Culture: An International Journal of Social Spaces http://www.carleton.ca/space/ ________________________________________________________________________________

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Directory of representatives' websites: UK and Australia
by Wainer Lusoli 11 Feb '04

11 Feb '04

Apologies for cross-posting ----------------------------------------- Hallo - We have just compiled a directory of UK and Australian representatives' websites. The directory is updated every three months, and a summary table allows to track and compare Parliaments' online 'performance'. http://www.esri.salford.ac.uk/ESRCResearchproject/assemblies.html The tracking exercise is part of a wider project on the Internet and representation (www.ipop.org.uk) Hope it help, Best regards, Wainer -------------------------- Wainer Lusoli Research Fellow @ ESRI University of Salford http://www.ipop.org.uk w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk +44 (0)161 2955654 --------------------------

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Re: [Air-l] 2004 Conference - Keynote update
by K.S.O-Riordan＠sussex.ac.uk 11 Feb '04

11 Feb '04

I'm also really pleased to announce that keynote speakers Sara Kiesler and Nina Wakeford have accepted the invitation to speak at the conference. Nina Wakeford is the Director of INCITE at the University of Surrey. Her past research has included ethnographic work in the UK and the USA on computing and internet culture, including studies of cybercafes, online discussion groups and new media start-up companies. As well as studies of technology she is interested in the sociology of sexuality, in particular the use of queer theory, and the potential intersections between such critical cultural theory, innovative ethnography and design practice. She has undertaken collaborative projects with companies including British Telecom, Fuji Xerox, Intel and Sapient. (Quoted from http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/incite/wireninawakefordbio.htm) More info here: http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/nina_wakeford.htm Professor Sara Kiesler¹s current projects include: HomeNet: a study with PI, Bob Kraut, and others of the personal and social effects of household technology and the Internet on individuals and families. (http://homenet.hcii.cs.cmu.edu) This project has spun off to a related project : Participation in Online Communities. New webpage to come soon. Multidisciplinary collaboration: Studies under an NSF KDI grant with my co-PIs Suzie Weisband and Pamela Hinds of distributed collaborations in science, business, and education. (http://www.multi-collab.org/ ). This project has spun off to other new projects: NSF ITR Large-scale collaboration; NSF DST Multiple Task Trajectories. New webpages to come soon. The Project on People and Robots: an ITR in human-robot interaction and design with co-PIs Pamela Hinds, Jodi Forlizzi, and Sebastian Thrun. (http://www.peopleandrobots.org) Quoted from: http://research.nursebot.cs.cmu.edu/Sara/index.html Further keynote speakers still to be confirmed. All the best Dr. Kate O'Riordan Lecturer in Continuing Education (Media Studies) Centre for Continuing Education Sussex Institute Essex House University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9QQ Tel: 01273 877774 Email: k.s.o-riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk Web: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/qlff7 --

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Re: [Air-l] Re: first post (An Internet Without Space/reply to Elijah)
by Jonathan Marshall 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

Eero Tarik <et(a)tarik.com.au>writes: > it is my goal to produce relevant results in the field of Internet > Research, without conceptualising/ hallucinating, without using geek > speak, but producing results that are efficient, able to be understood > by every English speaking person on the planet and published widely by > the media for the benefit of the public - and my results will be > relevant. This all sounds wonderful Eero: but even i might hope that my writings will prove interesting and relevents to a large body of people :) And I suspect that most people on this list have a vague inclination in that direction. It would be more interesting to tell people what you plan to do, or what kind of research you think would be relevant, or to give some taste of the kind of results you might want to generate. After all people might be interested. You don't have to give away 'secrets' if you don't want. But its hard to discuss deeply a general proposition that we would like our work to be relevant or interesting, or even that we would like it to involve numbers somewhere along the line. jon UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ======================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ========================================================================

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Re: first post (An Internet Without Space/reply to Elijah)
by Kevin Tharp 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

ET said: "I have ...<snip>" Well done, I am sure. But even in sports statistics are not the only thing to consider. Take my attendance at a baseball game as an instance. I do not know or care in most cases what a persons batting average is, or how well they have done in certain circumstances against certain players on certain fields. These statistics are readily available, but they do not mean anything to me, I simply don't care except as a curiosity. To me, the baseball game is about the camaraderie, the time spent with friends and family tailgating in the parking lot and in the stadium. I love the smell of the field, and the hot dogs, the seventh inning stretch and yes, the beer. The most important thing about a baseball game to me, is that I go with my children, and we are spending time together and creating memories that will last for a lifetime. If that is what you call hallucinating, then bring it on, because that is what baseball is to me. (For our Commonwealth friends, please replace baseball with cricket and hot dog with meat pie). I do not begin to suggest that the statistics are not a big part of the game. But please don't suggest to me that my experience of going to a baseball game is somehow not "real". Now I would extend the same argument to this discussion that started with the question of cyberspace. The richness of research will come from the diversity of research into the same phenomenon. Regards, Kevin W. Tharp

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2004 Conference
by Nancy Baym 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

Hi all, A reminder that the extended deadline is fast approaching for the 2004 Association of Internet Researchers' conference at the University of Sussex, located in the seaside resort of Brighton and Hove, England. Sussex is a short train ride from London's Heathrow airport. Don't miss this chance to spend time with an unparalleled variety of internet researchers from many nations, disciplines, and perspectives while enjoying Brighton's "sun, sea, brilliant clubs, great places to eat, fabulous shops, cosmopolitan vibe and extraordinary atmosphere of tolerance and freedom" (quoted from http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/publications/pgrad2004/1-1-7.html where you can learn more about the location). The deadline is February 15. Visit the conference website and read the CFP at: http://aoir.org/2004/ Many thanks to those of you who have already volunteered to serve as reviewers for the submissions. Your work is critical to the quality of the conference. Sheizaf Rafaeli, our program chair, is still interested in hearing from people willing to review, so if you are interested but have not yet contacted him, please send him a note at sheizaf(a)rafaeli.net and let him know your areas of expertise. I look forward to seeing many of you there! 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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RE: [Air-l] Query re. programs in Global Communication
by Nan Kim-Paik 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

= = = = = = Nan Kim-Paik Coordinator of Global Studies Center for International Education Garland Hall, Rm 110 UW-Milwaukee P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Tel: (414) 229-2976 Fax: (414) 229-3626 My belated thanks to Bonnie Strong and Charles Ess for the very helpful responses and information regarding these programs! Charles Ess--Thanks also the information about the catac 04 conference. Actually I had already seen the announcement for it on the list of upcoming conferences posted at Nordicom http://www.nordicom.gu.se/conferences/conferences.html ...But you may wish to update that listing and include a more descriptive blurb, as it referred only generally to the "conference theme." Thanks again, Nan -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie Strong air-l(a)aoir.org <mailto:air-l%40aoir.org> Sent: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:20:15 -0500 Subject: Re: [Air-l] Query re. programs in Global Communication I am a Master's student at Georgetown University in the Communication, Culture, and Technology Graduate program. My focus is intercultural / international communication - specifically CMC. More information on the program (which I recommend highly) is found at http://cct.georgetown.edu Bonnie Strong Children's Digital Media Center Georgetown University -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org] On Behalf Of Charles Ess Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:21 AM To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Query re. programs in Global Communication Dear all: You might look at the Joint Graduate Programme in Communication & Culture, a collaborative program run by York and Ryerson Universities in Canada: <http://www.yorku.ca/comcult/>. FWIW: one of the Danish students in a course I taught at IT-University last fall on intercultural communication online had spent a delightful and productive year there. It certainly prepared her well to address the topics and issues of the course. >From my perspective, of course, a curriculum on global communication would include attention to the complexities of cultural values and communicative preferences as these are first embedded in the design of CMC technologies, and then as these work to shape the diffusion of and responses to these technologies in diverse cultures - i.e., the general focus of the biennial conferences on "Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication. " CATaC'04 (he said in a shameless bit of self-advertising) will take place in Karlstad, Sweden, this year, June 27-July 1 - please see http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/index.html for conference description, etc. In all seriousness, I would imagine that at least some of the publications to emerge from the CATaC series would be of interest. G'luck - and please keep us posted! cheers, Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Springfield, MO 65802 USA voice: 417-873-7230 fax: 417-873-7435 homepage: <www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html> Co-chair, CATaC '04: <it.murdoch.edu.au/catac> ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Nan Kim-Paik" <nkim-paik(a)cie.uwm.edu> To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:32 PM Subject: [Air-l] Query re. programs in Global Communication > Dear AoIR members > > I am facilitating the development of a new curriculum at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the area of global communication, and I would greatly appreciate your insights regarding trends in the field. > > I would be particularly interested in your thoughts on: > > --which programs (anywhere in the world) you think are particularly vibrant and provide curricular leadership; > > --and what you think would be important to include in an undergraduate curriculum in global communication, whether or not such courses are currently included in program with which you are familiar. > > What we mean by "global communication" is still under negotiation, but we hope that the program will combine the study of communication, information, media and culture. > > Several people have already suggested that I look into the programs at Goldsmiths and LSE, but if you have other leads, I would be most grateful. > > Nan Kim-Paik > Global Studies Coordinator > Center for International Education > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > P.O. Box 413 > Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 > nkim-paik(a)cie.uwm.edu > Tel: (414) 229-2976 > =02*=C6=F7x%@=A8@Z*=08m=D1=C8 =1A*=0F j)fj=7F b?j*

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Fwd: NMA faculty position at CRCA/UCSD
by Steve Jones 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

Begin forwarded message: > Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate Professor, New Media Arts > University of California San Diego > > The University of Californa, San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities > (http://dah.ucsd.edu) invites applicants for an assistant or beginning > associate professor of new media arts, to begin July 1, 2004. Salary > will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and based upon > UC pay scales. > > Candidates should have creative and/or theoretical work that > demonstrates a substantial engagement with computing in any field of > the arts such as (but not limited to) the visual arts, music, theatre > and/or dance. The position will be affiliated with the New Media Arts > area of the California Institute of Information Technology and > Telecommunications [Cal-(IT)2 - http://www.calit2.net ], and with the > Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA - > http://www.crca.ucsd.edu) The position will involve teaching within > the Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts Major and the development > of new digital arts graduate programs. The candidate will join one of > the departments of Visual Arts, Music, or Theatre and Dance. PhD, MFA > or commensurate professional experience is required. > > To apply, please send a letter of intent including a statement of > qualifications and research interests, curriculum vitae, samples of > creative work and/or publications, along with names and addresses > (including email addresses) of three references to: > > Digital Arts Search Committee > CRCA 0037 > UC San Diego > La Jolla, CA 92093-0037 > > The application deadline is March 10, 2004, or until the position is > filled. Please reference position #4-332-CRCA in all correspondence. > Enclose self-addressed postcard for acknowledgment of application and > SASE for return of work samples. > > UCSD is a major research university that promotes and supports > creative work and advanced research in all forms of the arts including > practice, history and theory. One of the ten campuses in the > world-renowned University of California system, UCSD has rapidly > achieved the status as one of the top > institutions in the nation for higher education and research. Total > current campus enrollment is nearly 25,000. Generous research funding > and excellent studio facilities are available. Teaching will include > both graduate seminars and undergraduate classes and active > involvement with a new interdisciplinary graduate program currently in > development. > > UCSD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong > institutional commitment to excellence through diversity. > > X X X >

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papers on weblogs wiki
by Thomas N.Burg 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

Dear AOIR members and bloggers, Lisbeth Klastrup collected some academic papers and articles on weblogs (http://www.klastrup.dk/archive/ 2004_02_01_archive.html#107634409840894819). I thought it would be helpful to set up a wikipage where everybody could add relevant papers. So please add you papers and/or those you know of here http://wiki.randgaenge.net/pmwiki.php/Weblog/HomePage Please go to Papers and edit there. Thanks Thomas ----------------------------------------- Thomas N. Burg Center for New Media Danube University Krems http://randgaenge.net http://wiki.randgaenge.net/ http://blogtalk.net http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/zn

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Re: [Air-l] structuration
by Irene Berkowitz 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

Hi, Giddens would support a blending of these positions in his Theory of Structuration. He allows for creative individual agency within the context of these structures. IB ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 07:18:11 +1000 >From: "Kevin Tharp" <k.tharp(a)cqu.edu.au> >Subject: [Air-l] structuration >To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> > >I suggested: >> Similar to the concept of community (dare I use such word in >> educated company), it is not the infrastructure that makes the >> community, it is the people that make the community. The >> community is then supported by the infrastructure. > >To Which Jonathon Marshall replied: >>I'd suggest that the infrastructure is not quite that passive. The >infra structure allows certain types of community to form, >>and is in turn shaped by the politics of that community and >>may reinforce those politics. The more permanent the structure the more >it enstructures. But even a permanent shifting structure >>enables certain behaviours more than others. > >I Absolutely agree! This is much in the vein of Giddens structuration, >which is a balance between determinism and social shaping. I still >stand by my conviction that it is not the infrastructure that makes the >community it is the people. Without the people, there is no community. >Perhaps it would have been better stated, "the community is then >supported and shaped by the interaction of the people and the >infrastructure." > >Regards, >Kevin W. Tharp > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l Irene Berkowitz 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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