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Re: [Air-l] work and ICT - literature query
by david_eddy_spicer＠harvard.edu 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Louise, I just came across a special issue of Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems that provides a good orientation to Activity Theory perspectives on the question you pose below: Bertelsen, O. W., & Bødker, S. (2000). Introduction: Information technology in human activity. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, 12, 3-14. They reference all the usual suspects: Nardi (1996); Engeström (many cites); Kuutti (esp. in Nardi). The intro also mentions cites that link AT perspectives with empirical research in a range of locales, including those that combine symbolic interactionism & actor-network frameworks. Hope this is helpful. David lou(a)louiseferguson.com Sent by: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org 01/03/03 11:10 AM Please respond to air-l To: air-l(a)aoir.org cc: Subject: [Air-l] work and ICT - literature query Happy new year to you all! I'm just about to launch on some interdisciplinary research on 'ICT and work' (the others are sociologists/anthropologists, I am an HCI person interested in CSCW and ethnographic techniques). So we're coming at the issue from some fairly different literatures. If anyone has a recommendation or two on good or favourite readings in this area - either in general, or addressing particular working environments or technologies - I'd love to hear them. From any part of the world is fine. Feeling a little brain dead right now! many thanks Louise Louise Ferguson London, UK lou(a)louiseferguson.com www.louiseferguson.com blog: www.louiseferguson.com/cityofbits.htm M: +44 (0)781 0260637 F: +44 (0)870 1354074

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Short course in Critical E-Museology
by Ken Friedman 12 Jan '03

12 Jan '03

Dear Colleagues, This will interest some of you working in the UK or nearby Europe. Best regards, Ken Friedman Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 15:20:22 +0000 From: Robert Zimmer <r.zimmer(a)GOLD.AC.UK> Subject: One-Week Intensive Course at Goldsmiths College --Apologies for Cross-Posting--- Goldsmiths, University of London announces new short course in Critical E-Museology A one-week intensive course for professionals in the cultural field combining cultural theory with practical, hands-on workshops. 17th February - 21st February 2002 Distance Learning through to 21st April The program focuses on the e-museum exploring the relationship between the material object of the traditional museum experience in relation to its electronic counterpart. While lectures and discussions will serve to articulate the contemporary debates around the e-museum, emphasis will be given to building a content-driven project during this short, yet creative week. Participants will go on to develop projects fully over a further period of 2 months when web sites will be handed in on April 21 and assessed. This is a pilot course, which will be recognized as part of requirements for a future MA in Critical E-Museology. Participants in the pilot course will receive a Postgraduate certificate in Critical E-Museology from Goldsmiths, the University of London. Syllabus: This new course aimed at museum and gallery professionals and professionals in the culture sector challenges the boundary between the concrete museum, the material referent and the electronic surrogate. If the museum experience can be seen as being as much about ideas, social interaction and personal narratives as it is about the original object, the E-museum needs to fulfill several functions. This short course will interrogate how museums make their screen debuts, and the various ways the digitally born object, the online archive, and the electronic surrogate have been authored by museums in the UK and internationally, as well as the impact of electronic architectures on the institution of the museum. Critical E-Museology combines both the theoretical and practical components of the e-museum and provides both a unique opportunity to examine contemporary debates as well as hands-on production that serve to articulate theory in the studio. This course emphasizes the correlation between cultural theory and contemporary practice and participants will have an opportunity to develop in-house project in a professional computer cluster with state of the art software. During the intensive week of study, participants will construct an e-museum of their own institution, or one of their own fictitious construction, including site map, implementation of logo and institutional identity, site navigational tools, for a content driven web site. The course takes place over five days with a separate theme for each day: - Monday: The e-museum as site of information and museum identity Tuesday: Informal learning paradigms in the museum, theatre and media Wednesday: The digitally born art object - Virtual Aura Thursday: The surrogate object and augmented reality Friday: The e-museum as institutional portal - bringing it all together This pilot course will be assessed by: I. Web project II. 4, 000 word report. Participants: Minimum 10, maximum 20 Cost: =A3500 For further details: Contact Professor Robert Zimmer, Head of Department of Computing, or Ms. Susan Hazan, guest lecturer Goldsmiths, University of London. e-mail: co901sjh(a)gold.ac.uk

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New Book: Cyberactivism
by Mike Ayers 11 Jan '03

11 Jan '03

Aoir'ers- here is some info on my new co-edited volume, due in february. Routledge is offering a discount if ordered before 3/30, direct from them. Am proud to say this collection features some very nice contributions from fellow Aoir'ers. Email me privately if you would like a .pdf form to print and fill out for ordering, or distribute to others. best, mike ayers. Cyberactivism Online Activism in Theory and Practice Routledge Press, New York, NY Edited by Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers Cyberactivism is a timely collection of essays examining the growing importance of online activism. The contributors show how online activists have not only incorporated recent technology as a tool for change, but also how they have changed the meaning of activism, what community means, and how they conceive of collective identity and democratic change. Topics addressed range from the Zapatista movement's use of the web to promote their cause globally to the establishment of alternative media sources like indymedia.org to the direct action of "hacktivists" who disrupt commercial computer networks. Cyberactivism is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the impact of the Internet on politics today. 6 x 9 : 336 pp Routledge 20% Discount expires 3/30/03 Hb: 0-415-91232-6: US: $85.00 US SALE: $68.00 [Can. $128.00 Can. SALE: $102.00] Pb: 0-415-91233-4: US: $19.95 US SALE: $15.95 [Can. $29.95 Can. SALE: $23.95] Table of Contents Introduction Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers I. Cyber-Social Movements Emerging Online 1. Internet Protests, from Text to Web Laura J. Gurak and John Logie 2. Indymedia.org: A New Communication Commons Dorothy Kidd 3. Classifying Forms of Online Activism: The Case of Cyberprotests Against the World Bank Sandor Vegh 4. The Radicalization of Zeke Speir: How the Internet Contributes to Civic Engagement and New Forms of Social Capital Theorizing Online Activism Larry Elin II. Theorizing Online Activism 5. Democracy, New Social Movements, and the Internet: A Habermasian Analysis Lee Salter 6. Comparing Collective Identity in Onlien and Offline Feminist Acivists Michael D. Ayers 7. Mapping Networks of Support for Zapatista Movement: Applying Social Networks Analysis to Study Cotemporary Social Movements Maria Garrido and Alexander Halavais 8. Identifying with Information: Citizen Empowerment, the Internet, and the Environmental Anti-Toxins Movement Wyatt Galusky III. Cautionary Readings of Community, Empowerment, and Capitalism Online 9. Wiring Human-Rights Activism: Amnesty International and the Challenges of Information and Communication Technologies Joanne Lebert 10. Ethic Online Communities: Between Profit and Purpose Steven McLaine 11. Gay Media, Inc.: Media Structures, The New Gay conglomerates, and Collective Sexual Identities Joshua Gamson Epilogue: Current Directions and Future Questions David Silver Routledge 29 West 35th St New York, NY 10001 EXAMINATION COPIES Taylor & Francis offers a 90-day approval period to academics. The book will be accompanied by an invoice dated 90 days from the time we process your order. If you adopt 10 or more copies of the title for your course, the examination copy is yours free. Return the invoice with the course information and purchase order number provided by your bookstore. If you wish to keep the book, but do not wish to adopt it, please pay the amount shown on the invoice, or return the book to us and the invoice will be canceled. To receive an examination copy please send your request to the following address: Taylor & Francis Customer Service Group, Att:SG, 7625 Empire Drive, Florence, KY 41042. Please allow up to four weeks for delivery. US customers call toll free 1-800-634-7064 Cust. Service: 10650 Toebben Drive Independence, KY 41051 FAX: 1-800-248-4724 Please send me the following books. I have included my check or money order for the full amount due, made out to Taylor & Francis." Charge my credit card: Mastercard VISA AMEX We request all individual orders be pre-paid. Please include shipping charges and taxes, if applicable. Canadian customers: Please pay in Canadian dollars by check or credit card. The Canadian dollar price is shown in brackets at the end of each title entry. ORDER FORM Printed in USA 04/01 61000 Prices are subject to change without notice. (4.00 first book, $1.00 each addtional) Account # Exp. Qty. US or CAN Price ISBN# Title Total Subtotal GST/Sales Tax Shipping and Handling Signature Order invalid without signature Address Institution Name E-Mail Telephone Cyberactivism 0415943205 Sales Tax: Residents of CA, CT, KY, MA, MD, MI, NY, and PA please add local sales tax. Canadian Residents please add 7% GST. Canadian customers call toll free 877-226-2237 Cust. Service: c/o Taylor & Francis/NEXAR 74 Rolark Dr., Toronto, Ontario M1R 4G2 Canada FAX FAX: 416-299-7531 -- Mike Ayers Department of Sociology Miguel Hall Manhattan College Riverdale, New York 10471 michael.ayers(a)manhattan.edu O:(718) 862-7406 F:(718)862-8044 ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through Manhattan College Webmail: http://www.manhattan.edu/

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New Book: Understanding the Psychology of Internet Behaviour: Vir tual Worlds, Real Lives
by A.N.Joinson 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Apologies for any cross posting Colleagues, I'm pleased to say that my book seems to have eventually been published outside Europe (although according to a look on Amazon today, it's due to be published in 1969). So, here's the advertising bumf :-) All the best Adam. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Understanding the Psychology of Internet Behaviour: Virtual Worlds, Real Lives (2003) Adam Joinson 240 pages ISBN: 0333984684 (Paperback) $24.95 / £16.99 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (www.palgrave.com)

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Call for reviewers for 2003 AoIR conference
by Matthew Allen 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Dear all you will by now have seen the call for papers for the IR v4 conference 'Broadening the Band' in Toronto, 2003. As Program chair, I wish to invite members of the Air-list to nominate to act as reviewers of proposals. A reviewer will need to reviewer a number of 700-word abstracts, provide basic feedback, according to set criteria. A reviewer will also provide assistance to the sub-chairs responsible for groups of papers in finalising their recommendations for inclusion in the program. This work will need to be done in March. There is an interactive website that will be used for managing the review process (the other side of the conference submission website :) ). I expect that, with a longer abstract, we will actually make the job a little easier (if slightly more time), because there will be more substance on which to choose for or against a paper. I note that, in particular, we will need some reviewers fluent in French; and we will need reviewers for creative/aesthetic presentations as well as more traditional scholarly papers. Reviewers will shortly be able to join a specialised mailing list aircon through which all review/program business will be conducted. To this end, please reply to me directly m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au using the subject line AOIR conference reviewer providing a brief (50 word) description of your interests and nominating one or two of the following topic areas which we are using to manage the review process (note - these are not streams :) ) Communities and Interaction Digital aesthetics Economics and Commerce Ethics, Law, Policy Gaming Globalisation/Localisation Histories Identities and Diversity Informatics Media and Communication Politics/(In)Equality Research methods, metrics, approaches Social Uses and Consequences Surveillance, Privacy, Security Teaching / Learning / Education Technologies and Infrastructures Theories / Philosophies Finally, if you are interested in taking on the more substantial responsibility of sub-chair for a particular topic/area, please indicate that too; if you can think of a suitable colleague who might not have received this email who would like to be involved, feel free to forward it to them. Best wishes Matthew Allen Program Chair, IRv4, Broadening the Band, Toronto 2003

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FILMWINTER: Vote now from now on!
by Benjamin Fischer 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

ENGLISH VERSION SEE BELOW SORRY FOR CROSSPOSTINGS Stimmt ab ab jetzt! DASDING-Publikumspreis Internet beim 16. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (16.19. Januar 2003) Ab dem 9. Januar harren die ausgewählten Websites des 16. Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media ihrer Abstimmung. Erstmalig wird der Online-Wettbewerb in Zusammenarbeit mit DASDING (SWR) durchgeführt. Ein Preis in Höhe von 1.000 Euro für die Website mit den meisten Stimmen wird vergeben. Die 22 nominierten Websites sind unter http://www.dasding.de und http://www.filmwinter.de zu finden. Weitere Programmhinweise zum Festival (Filmprogramme, Medieninstallationen, Eintrittspreise...) gibt es ebenfalls unter http://www.filmwinter.de Vote now from now on! DASDING-Audience Award Internat at the 16th Stuttgart Filmwinter (January 1619, 2003)

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Call for Papers
by Carrie E Hall 08 Jan '03

08 Jan '03

Call for Papers Computer-Supported Social Interaction (CSI) 2003 http://www.users.muohio.edu/birchmzp/csi/ April 25-26, 2003 Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 Proposal Submission Deadline: March 17, 2003 Advanced Registration Deadline: March 17, 2003 Computers and the Internet are becoming increasingly important mediums for social interaction. Many types of relationships including business, casual, and intimate are formed and maintained through the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC). The CSI 2K3 conference is an effort to bring together leading researchers in the field of CMC to discuss the psychological implications of technology on social relationships. The conference will feature presentations by: Tom Postmes (University of Amsterdam) Susan Weisband (Case Western Reserve University) We also invite individuals to submit proposals for poster or 10 minute oral presentations on topics related to the area of computer-supported social interaction. The poster/paper sessions will be scheduled around the featured presentations. We welcome proposals from any discipline relevant to the theme of the conference; submissions can be of an empirical nature or a theoretical/conceptual paper. Students are particularly encouraged to submit poster proposals. Topics may include but are not limited to: *Electronic team performance *Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) *Online relationships *Distance learning and education *Gender and technology *Internet research methodology *Research ethics *Human-computer interaction *Electronic commerce/privacy Submission Guidelines Authors must submit a 500-word proposal by March 17th, 2003. The abstract should present a brief yet detailed description of the problem, methodology, results and/or potential implications. Submit proposals online at: http://www.muohio.edu/birchmzp/csi/proposals.htm or email them to CSI(a)muohio.edu (with CSI Proposal as the subject heading) Registration *Deadline for advance conference registration is March 17th, 2003 *Register online at: http://www.users.muohio.edu/birchmzp/csi/reg.htm Please direct questions, concerns and suggestions to: CSI(a)muohio.edu ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

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Fellowships in Technology, Institutions and Governance (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 08 Jan '03

08 Jan '03

FYI, Please don't contact ME, but the folks below. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)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 ___________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:34:55 -0500 From: David Lazer <David_Lazer(a)HARVARD.EDU> To: SOCNET(a)LISTS.UFL.EDU Subject: Fellowships in Technology, Institutions and Governance ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** FYI, pass on to interested grad students; social network approaches to these issues welcome... Fellowships in Technology, Institutions and Governance 2003-2004 The National Center for Digital Government Research and Practice (NCDG) (www.ksg.harvard.edu/digitalcenter) is offering a small number of pre-doctoral residential fellowships to support dissertation research in the area of technology, institutions, and governance. ELIGIBILITY Applicants should be nominated by their department or program and submit a letter of support from a department head or program chair. The Center offers pre-doctoral fellowships for U.S. citizens for one year, with a possibility for renewal. Applications for pre-doctoral fellowships are welcome from those students who have passed their general examinations prior to appointment. The Center encourages applications from a range of disciplines and fields bearing on information, technology, institutions, and governance. The Center also encourages applications from women and minorities. Fellows are expected to devote some portion of their time to collaborative endeavors, as arranged by the appropriate program or project director. Pre-doctoral research fellows are expected to contribute to the Center's research activities, as well as work on - and ideally complete - their doctoral dissertations. STIPEND INFORMATION The National Center for Digital Government offers ten-month stipends of $20,000 to pre-doctoral research fellows. Only a limited number of fellowships are available, so interested candidates are encouraged to apply for other sources of funding. All applicants should indicate clearly whether they are seeking full or partial funding from NCDG, and indicate other potential funding sources. In most cases, office space and supplies, computers with LAN and Internet connections, and access to Harvard University libraries and other facilities will be provided. NCDG pre-doctoral fellowships are supported by the National Science Foundation under the auspices of the National Center . APPLICATION PROCEDURES and CONTACT INFORMATION Each applicant should submit as one complete packet: 1. a 3 to 5 page double-spaced statement summarizing the dissertation prospectus, including its relevance to the research interests of one of the National Center; 2. a curriculum vitae; 3. 3 sealed letters of recommendation (not emails) attesting to the applicant's scholarly promise and professional competence; 4. a short writing sample pertinent to the application; 5. a sealed graduate school transcript. There is no physical application to fill out. The steps above constitute the application process. The applicant is responsible for collecting all materials, including letters of recommendation and transcripts and submitting them as one packet to the Center. Materials submitted will not be returned to the applicant. Emailed materials will not be accepted, unless specifically indicated by the Fellowship Coordinator. The application deadline is March 1, 2003. Late applications will not be accepted. Direct applications to: Camiliakumari Wankaner Telephone: (617) 495-3745 E-mail: camiliakuimari_wankaner(a)harvard.edu Mailing address: Camiliakumari Wankaner Fellowship Coordinator National Center for Digital Government John F. Kennedy School of Government 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge , MA 02138 _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/) To unsubscribe, send an email message to listserv(a)lists.ufl.edu containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.

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Couch Award Call
by Mark D. Johns 08 Jan '03

08 Jan '03

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College Dr. Katherine M. Clegg, University of Illinois, Chicago Dr. Lori Kendall, SUNY-Purchase Dr. Shing-Ling S. Chen, University of Northern Iowa Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2003 International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $150, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $50. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the A.o.I.R. conference, October 16-19, 2003. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at johnsmar(a)luther.edu . Application deadline is May 1, 2003. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication/Linguistics Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: johnsmar(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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Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award
by Sarina Chen 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award Sponsored by Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for research papers and published works (i.e., books or articles) to be considered for Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award. To be considered for the Christians Award, submissions should interpret or address important theoretical issues in the areas of ethics, mass communication theory, and the relationship between media and technology and culture; interpret and apply concepts employed in Christians' work in new and insightful ways. Submissions will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Christians¹ approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Lee Wilkins, University of Missouri Dr. Robert Fortner, Calvin College Dr. Deni Elliott, University of Montana Dr. Ronald Arnett, Duquesne University Both single and co-authored works are accepted. The Award winner will receive a Christians Award plaque to be presented in the 2003 Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in Kansas City, or the National Communication Association (NCA) in Miami Beach. Those interested please send six copies of the research papers or published works (if the publication is a book, six copies of the table of contents and of one chapter is sufficient) with a 100-word abstract to: Shing-Ling S. Chen Dept. of Communication Studies Univ. of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 Tel: 319-273-6021 E-mail: chen(a)cccsir.org Application deadline is February 1, 2003. Notification of award application will be sent out by April 1, 2003. Questions and comments about Christians Award application, please contact Shing-Ling S. Chen, Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614; Tel: 319-273-6021; E-mail: chen(a)cccsir.org

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