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FW: Call for papers on ICT and Society
by Gina Neff 22 May '03

22 May '03

- For STS scholars in the Southern states and beyond, The Mid South Sociological Association (MSSA) is calling for papers for an 'Internet and Society' session. The conference is November 5-8 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At the present, the Internet and Society session is penciled in for November 5. It hopes to attract a broad range of multi-disciplinary work in this new and growing field. That means you don't have to be classified as a sociologist to attend or present. The conference site is http://www3.uakron.edu/hefe/meeting.htm The contact person for this session is Rick Duque at: rduque1(a)lsu.edu As a side note, there will be a workshop/roundtable on 'sociologists as activists' featuring local environmental activists and scholars in the movement, highlighting the unique social challenges of doing scholarly research on the front lines of the environmental movement. Other related topics will include gender and minority activism. Thank you Rick Duque Department of Sociology Louisiana State University rduque1(a)lsu.edu www.worldsci.net

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Fwd: Call for Papers Special Issue: 'Digital and New Media Research'
by Steve Jones 22 May '03

22 May '03

>____________________________________________________ > >@IVSA@IVSA@IVSA@IVSA@IVSA@IVSA@IVSA@IVSA@ >____________________________________________________ > > >VISUAL STUDIES >Call for Papers >Special Issue: >'Digital and New Media Research' > >Visual Studies invites submissions for a special issue on the role >of digital and >new or multimedia in visual research. Technological changes associated with >new media are having significant impacts on the practice of Visual >Sociology and >critical, interpretive research on visual culture. Transformations >are occurring in >fieldwork practices, research dissemination, and in the social practices >associated with visual media. This issue will address the >implications of these >changes in terms of method, theory, and subject in visual research. >The issue seeks articles that might include (but not limited to) the >following: >The role of digital media as tools in field or research settings, including: >multimedia ethnography; 'digital' elicitation; participatory research and >camcorders; database management tools, qualitative analysis software, etc. >The status of multimedia formats (Web/CD/DVD etc.) in the representation and >dissemination of visual research: digital museums, archives, and >object oriented >repositories; interactive field/web sites; multimedia and the politics of >representation. >Research on the social uses of new media technologies (web, digital home mode, >gaming, etc.): subcultures identified through digital visual >practice; social impact >of digital technology on professional visual practices; critical >accounts of the >visual construction of digital practices; digital technology and new social >movements. >Visual Studies is a Routledge journal published twice a year on behalf of the >International Visual Sociology Association. The journal provides the >key resource >where issues of a visual nature, whether it be epistemological, >methodological, >empirical, symbolic, or ethical may be aired and debated. It >includes articles on a >broad cross-section of topics and is interested in all work that is >visually oriented. >The cross-disciplinary and multi-modal nature of the journal will be >reflected by >the coverage of anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, media >studies, visual >culture, symbolic interaction, documentary photography (moving and >still images) >information technology, visual literacy, visual intelligence, and >communication >studies. Visual material that supports or forms the basis of submissions is >encouraged. If the submission warrants, there may be opportunities for online >links to multimedia components. >For questions about this issue, please contact the guest editor at the address >below. Submission deadline is September 1, 2003. >Dr Brian Rusted, Faculty of Communication & Culture, University of Calgary, >Alberta CANADA T2N 1N4. Tel: 403-220-7766. Fax: 403-282-6716. email: >rusted(a)ucalgary.ca

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(no subject)
by rsvasc＠ar.microlink.com.br 22 May '03

22 May '03

Hi all, would someone kindly send me again the message which was a "call for chapters" for a book named "mobile phones and young people? I have erased it by mistake and I'm interested in it... Thanks Camila Donnola Psychology dept. Pontifícia Universidade Católica Rio de Janeiro - Brazil ___________________________________ Microlink Internet com Qualidade, http://www.microlink.com.br

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posts in media and cultural studies
by K.S.O-Riordan＠sussex.ac.uk 22 May '03

22 May '03

University of Sussex School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies We are seeking to appoint several positions to support our continuing expansion in Media & Cultural Studies, and Media Practice. We offer a stimulating, research-focused environment with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of teaching and learning. These appointments are part of an exciting University restructure, and are intended to consolidate the future academic direction of the Department and School. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Media Practice (2 posts) Ref: 226 £26,270 - £33,679 or £35,251 - £39,958 (pro-rata for 0.5 post) (one full time and one 0.5 permanent) The successful candidate will have a strong record of critical practice and experience of practice teaching in Higher Education. Preference will be given to candidates offering at least one of the following specialisms: photography/digital imaging, fiction production, sound/radio, documentary (still or moving image), interactive media. Lecturer B/Senior Lecturer in Media & Cultural Studies Ref: 227 £26,270 - £33,679 or £35,251 - £39,958 (full time permanent) The candidate would be expected to make a significant contribution to our emerging new curriculum, and to deliver research effectively. For the senior position, an international level of research performance would be expected, together with evidence of academic leadership in learning, teaching, or quality assurance. Specialisms may include: popular culture, print media/journalism, cultural approaches to new media, cultural industries. The academic specialism of the post is open, however the candidate?s work would be expected to be compatible with the Cultural Studies re-orientation of the Departmental Research Strategy. Lecturer A in Gender and Media Studies Ref: 228 £22,191 - £25,451 (one year fixed term) This appointment is open to candidates holding a PhD in a relevant area, with previous experience of teaching in Higher Education at both undergraduate (essential) and postgraduate (desirable) levels. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in both of our new Interdisciplinary Programmes in Gender Studies, and Cultural Studies, as well as deliver core curriculum in Media Studies. An ability to contribute to the MA in Gender and Media Studies and MA in Gender Studies is desirable. Closing date: Thursday 20th June 2003 Interviews week commencing 14th July 2002 Application details are available from and should be returned to the Staffing Services Office, Sussex House, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH, tel (01273) 678706, fax (01273) 877401, email recruitment(a)sussex.ac.uk Details of all the University?s vacancies can be found via the University Website: http://www.susx.ac.uk/Units/staffing An Equal Opportunity Employer The posts will be advertised in The Guardian on 27th May, the THES on Friday 30th May, and electronically on www.jobs.ac.uk

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2 New papers on opensource.mit.edu + Workshop Proceedings
by Karim R. Lakhani 21 May '03

21 May '03

Hello All, I am pleased to let you know that the following two papers are now live on our website. Many thanks to the authors that submitted the papers. Also below you will see a link to a workshop proceedings on open source held at ICSE 2003 which I had the privilege to co-organize with Joe Feller, Brian Fitzgerald and Scott Hisham. ********************************* Paper 1 Authors: Fitzgerald, Brian & Tony Kenny Title: Open Source Software can Improve the Health of the Bank Balance - The Beaumont Hospital Experience http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/fitzgeraldkenny.pdf Abstract: This study describes the implementation of open source software in a large Irish public sector organization, Beaumont Hospital. The findings reveal a radical shift in open source deployment from invisible horizontal infrastructure systems to highly visible vertical applications. The case study describes the implementation of these systems, the difficulties encountered, and also the benefits in terms of astonishing cost savings of €13m over 5 years. . Given that Beaumont were already receiving academic pricing discounts for many of their original proprietary closed source applications, the savings for a typical commercial organization could be even higher. The study also identifies the primary drivers in the move to OSS, namely principle, pragmatism and practicality. The study also indicates how a typical company can contribute back to the OSS community in their own unique way, by distributing applications form their own domain of expertise, rather than having to make detailed code contributions to the original code base. Paper 2 Authors: Narduzzo, Alessandro & Alessandro Rossi Title: Modularity in Action: GNU/Linux and Free/Open Source Software Development Model Unleashed http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/narduzzorossi.pdf Abstract: Organizational and managerial theories of modularity applied to the design and production of complex artifacts are used to interpret the rise and success of Free/Open Source Software. Strengths and risks of the adoption of a modular approach in software project management are introduced and are related to the achievements of the GNU/ Linux project. It is suggested that mindful implementation of the principles of modularity may improve the rate of success of many Free/Open Source software projects. Authors suggest a possible revision towards an improved theory of modularity that may be extended also to settings different from software production. ************************************************************** Taking Stock of the Bazaar: 3rd Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering This Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering is an official event of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering, held at the Hilton Porland in Portland, Oregon, USA from May 3-10, 2003. Workshop Overview Building on the success of Making Sense of the Bazaar and Meeting Challenges and Surviving Success - the 1st and 2nd Workshops on Open Source Software Engineering (ICSE 2001 and ICSE 2002) - Taking Stock of the Bazaar will bring together researchers and practitioners for the purpose of discussing the diverse array of techniques, supporting tools and social/organizational contexts which can be observed in the domain of open source software (OSS). Proceedings at: http://opensource.ucc.ie/icse2003/ ************************************************** thanks all! Karim -- =============================================== Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan School of Management MIT Free/Open Source Software Research Project e-mail: karim.lakhani(a)sloan.mit.edu voice: 617-851-1224 fax: 617-344-0403 http://spoudaiospaizen.net/ http://opensource.mit.edu | http://freesoftware.mit.edu http://userinnovation.mit.edu

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URL for public dialogue on California Education
by Laurie Maak 21 May '03

21 May '03

Sorry folks, I left off the end of the URL! http://www.webdialogues.net/masterplan Apologies! Laurie Maak

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Invitation to "Visit" an online dialogue
by Laurie Maak 21 May '03

21 May '03

Folks, There is an online dialogue currently underway in California that you might find interesting. http://www.webdialogues.net. This is a public dialogue on education policy: It is the second policy dialogue with CA legislators about California's long range education Master Plan. The first dialogue, about the Plan, was conducted last spring, almost 1000 people registered. The current dialogue is about the legislation being developed to implement key aspects of the Plan. Almost 700 people are participating from throughout the state. Panelists include nine legislative sponsors of the eight bills plus other experts. The dialogue is being hosted AND conducted by the CA Education Master Plan staff. They are using a dialogue environment that is easy to manage for the non-technical. The site is managed (and all content is added) through web forms accessible by administrators. Announcements, summaries, feedback surveys, etc. are automated. I've been developing and producing large-scale online dialogues for years and this is very smooth. You don't have to register to look around. You do have to register to post. And, your contributions would be welcome in the discussion. The discussion will be going on through the end of this week, May 23. The Web site will be available for at least a year. Laurie Maak Dialogue developer and producer

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WTMC Summer School on 8-12 September 2003 in the Netherlands
by U.M.Kemppainen＠wmw.utwente.nl 21 May '03

21 May '03

Cultures of Techno science - Ethnography, Humans/Machines, and Objectivity Anchor teacher: professor Lucy Suchman Centre for Science Studies Lancaster University WTMC Summer school 8-12 September 2003 Since the first laboratory ethnographies at the end of the 1970s, science and technology studies have developed unique insights into the heterogeneity of scientific and technological cultures. This work made clear that 'science' is not a unified phenomenon, living a life of its own separate from other social sectors. This contradicted the tradition, still strong today, to speak of science as a unique, unified way to produce knowledge. Many claims on behalf of science or high technology are based on this image. Science studies has made clear that knowledge is situated knowledge. Objectivity is bounded, contextualized, and therefore relative objectivity. Instead of the scientific culture, it seems more productive to speak of scientific cultures. Even the sub domain of techno science, presently the most prestigious form of knowledge production, is carried out through a variety of ways of living and forms of knowing. This year's WTMC Summer School takes as its central theme techno scientific cultures and ways to study them. Ethnographic studies of techno science will be presented and discussed, with a focus on new insights into the changing relationship between humans and machines. And we will take a closer look at how scientific objectivities are being produced in the context of the techno sciences. Professor Lucy Suchman is a founding contributor to the ethnographic study of techno science. (See http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/lsuchman.html <http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/lsuchman.html> ) She worked for twenty years at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, where she led the development of anthropological research into technological design. She has acquired fame as a specialist in human-machine interaction and in theories of the relationship between humans and machines. Suchman is a Collaborating Editor of Social Studies of Science. She has received a number of awards for her work, among them the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science. The location is Study- and Conference Centre Soeterbeeck in Ravenstein <http://www.kun.nl/soeterbeeck> in the Netherlands. The Summer School is part of the graduate training of the PhD students in the Netherlands. A limited number of places are available for other (foreign) PhD students. The fee is EURO 635 (excl. meals and hotel room), the reduced rate for EASST members is EURO 545. EASST has a tradition of making a few travel stipends available. Please inquire at the EASST secretariat. For registration please use the online registration form: http://www.wmw.utwente.nl/wtmc/ <http://www.wmw.utwente.nl/wtmc/> ( see announcement 'International WTMC Summer School 2003 '/online registration form) For information and registration: Marjatta Kemppainen, University of Twente, u.m.kemppainen(a)wmw.utwente.nl <mailto:u.m.kemppainen@wmw.utwente.nl> , phone +31-53-489 4847, fax +31-53-489 4775.

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Information about Rob Kling Social Informatics Scholarship fund
by hrosenba 20 May '03

20 May '03

The School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University has posted a full press release about our friend and colleague Rob Kling's sad passing... Press Release: Rob Kling Passes Away May 15th, 2003 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/news/story.php?story_id=640 Over the next week, and beyond, we will be adding comments from Rob's friends at... http://www.slis.indiana.edu/klingremembered/ If you would like to send SLIS News your comments, please either send them to djsquire(a)indiana.edu or mis(a)indiana.edu. Rob's wife, Dr. Mitzi Lewison, has established a $10,000 SLIS scholarship at the IU Foundation in Rob's memory: the "Rob Kling Social Informatics Scholarship Fund" Individual contributions can be made to the fund in his memory. To ensure that the funds are directed to this purpose, checks should be made payable to the "IU Foundation" with the name of the scholarship fund on the memo line. Indiana University Foundation P. O. Box 500 Bloomington, IN 47402 If you have questions: (812) 855-8311 http://iuf.indiana.edu/giving/giving.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Howard Rosenbaum Associate Professor of Information Science School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Voice: 812.855.3250 Mail: hrosenba(a)indiana.edu Web: http://www.slis.indiana.edu/hrosenba/www/Home/home.html

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library, internet, democracy
by Bettina Fabos 20 May '03

20 May '03

Hello colleagues, I'm rounding up some smart contributors for a special issue of Library Trends that focuses on Internet commercialism, information retrieval, and the political economy of the Web. It'll be called "The Commercialized Web: Challenges for Libraries and Democracy." If you'd like more information, visit the issue description at www.uni.edu/~fabos/library.html, or contact me at fabos(a)uni.edu. If you know of anyone who does this kind of work, please direct them to this web site. I'm especially looking for people who can write about the government-supported subject gateway initiatives in Canada and throughout Europe. Library Trends is one of the most respected library journals and enjoys a wide circulation. This promises to be an exciting issue. Thanks for your input. With kind regards, Bettina Fabos Assistant Professor University of Northern Iowa

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