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Best Practices in Ph.D. Education for Design [ CFP: Special Journal Issue ]
by Ken Friedman 27 Sep '01

27 Sep '01

>>>>> Call for Papers >>>>> Special journal issue >>>>> Best Practices in Ph.D. Education for Design. Special issue The journal Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education will publish a special issue on best practices in Ph.D. education for design in November 2002. We seek articles offering examples of best practice and models for what should be done in developing the Ph.D. in design. We invite submissions on topics on all aspects of doctoral education. Suggested themes: Supervision Content of taught courses Management of courses-by-research Admission practice Curriculum development Program planning Staffing needs Resource allocation Thesis requirements Research methods requirements Operational definitions of degree programs. Budgeting Research funding Quality assurance This issue will focus on exclusively the research doctorate. In most cases, this is the degree titled Ph.D. We will not consider the doctorate in professional practice (f.ex., D.Des.), the studio doctorate (DFA, DCA), or the teaching doctorate (DA, Ed.D.) We recognize that doctoral awards differ among nations and across disciplines. We will consider articles on doctoral research degrees with different titles as long as the award is a research degree with a clearly defined research component. The editors of the special issue are David Durling and Ken Friedman. David Durling is director of the Advanced Research Institute at Staffordshire University School of Art and Design. He is also chair of the Design Research Society and editor of Design Research News. Ken Friedman is Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design in the Department of Technology and Knowledge Management, Norwegian School of Management. He is also Visiting Professor at Staffordshire University. Together, Durling and Friedman organized and chaired the international conference on doctoral education in design in La Clusaz, France. Submission Guidelines Aims and Scope Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education is a refereed journal which aims to inform, stimulate and promote the development of research with a learning and teaching focus for art, design and communication within higher education. This issue is focused on design. Notes for Contributors We will only consider papers that are not being considered for publication elsewhere. If there is more than one author, please attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal. Procedure Submissions will be circulated for double blind peer review. It is the aim of the journal editorial team that authors will normally be informed of the submission's suitability for the journal within eight weeks. Authors of accepted papers will, in due course, receive proofs of their articles and be asked to send corrections to the editor. Types of contribution There are three possible types of contribution: Major Papers - suggested length is 5000-6000 words. Material presented will contribute to knowledge in its field and should include original work of a research or developmental nature and/or proposed new methods or ideas which are clearly and thoroughly presented and argued. Shorter Items of length 1,000 - 2,500 words. These could include reports of research in progress, reflections on the research process, research evaluations of funded projects. Reviews Of relevant recent publications, electronic media, software and conference reports. Separate guidelines for reviewers are available, please contact Paul B Clark for details - p.clark(a)bton.ac.uk Format Each manuscript should contain: i) title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus a short biographical note (150 words) should be supplied on a separate sheet. (ii) abstract of 100-150 words (iii) 3-6 key words (iv) the main text should be clearly organised with a hierarchy of heading and subheadings, with quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text. Main headings should be typed in capitals, secondary headings should be in lower case. (v) the style should be clear and concise, using straightforward language. If technical terms or acronyms must be included, they should be defined when first introduced. UK spellings should be used. (iv) footnotes should be avoided (v) references in the text should be made thus - author's name, year of publication in brackets, relevant page numbers. If reference is made to a number of publications by an author in the same year, these should be distinguished by using suffixes (2001a, 2001b etc) References should be listed alphabetically at the end of paper as the following examples: Cina, C. (1994) TINA's Academy, in De Ville, N and Foster, S (Eds) The Artist and the Academy: Issues in Fine Art Education and the Wider Cultural Context. Southampton: John Hansard Gallery Dudley, E & Mealing, S. (2000) Becoming Designers: Education and Influence. Exeter: Intellect Gregg, P. (1996) Modularisation: what academics think, in Higher Education Quality Council, In Focus: Modular Higher Education in the UK. London: HEQC Higher Education Quality Council (1994) Choosing to change: extending access, choice and mobility in higher education. The report of the HEQC CAT development project (the Robertson report) London: HEQC O'Sullivan, T. (1998) Nostalgia, Revelation and Intimacy. In Geraghty, C. and Lusted, D. (eds) The Television Studies Handbook, London: Arnold Prosser, M. & Trigwell, K. (1999). Understanding learning and teaching: The experience of higher education. Buckingham: SRHE/Open University Press. (vi) A total word count, including references should be provided. Tables and figures Tables and figures should be prepared on separate sheets, clearly labelled and their position indicated by a marginal note in the text. Tables contain numbers, figures contain diagrams or mainly words. All tables and figures should have short descriptive captions and their source(s) typed below. Illustrations Illustrations should be numbered consecutively and be accompanied by short descriptive captions. Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (ie not requiring redrawing), each on a separate A4 sheet or as scanned images. Photographic images should preferably be submitted as JPEGs scanned full size at 300 dpi and given clear titles (other formats, GIFFs , TIFFs and EPS files can also be accepted). NB Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Copyright: Before publication, authors are requested to assign copyright to the ADC-LTSN subject to retaining their right to reuse the material in other publications written or edited by themselves and due to be published at least one year after initial publication in the Journal. Liability: The authors of the Journal warrant that their works, collectively or individually do not infringe any Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) or violate any laws. The authors shall indemnify the association and hold the association harmless from any damages and liabilities arising from any breach of IPR in connection with their literary or artistic contributions to the Association and its journal. Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as a Word file in the form of an attachment to an e-mail. If the file is large because it contains images it should compressed with StuffIt or ZipIt. Alternatively it may be sent on a Zip disk (Mac compatible). Send to: Kath Bowden, Editorial Assistant: k.m.bowden(a)bton.ac.uk Review submissions should be sent to Paul B Clark (p.clark(a)bton.ac.uk) Please consult the Reviewers guidelines for further details. For further information about the journal, contact the Editorial Assistant: Kath Bowden, ADC-LTSN, University of Brighton, 68 Grand Parade, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 2JY. Tel / Fax: 01273 643119 Email: k.m.bowden(a)bton.ac.uk --

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Position at National University of Singapore
by Randy Kluver 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

Faculty Openings: Social Implications of IT; Information Studies; Human-Computer Interaction. National University of Singapore The Information & Communications Management Programme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore seeks two or more open-rank faculty members in the social, political, cultural, and ethical implications of IT. We are looking for a candidate in human computer interaction and IT content design areas as well. The successful candidates will be expected to help develop curriculum, teach graduate and undergraduate courses, and give new research directions to this relatively new programme at NUS. Areas of interest include, contexts of computers and information use; internet studies; ethics and intellectual property rights; connectivity and digital divide; users and identities; gendered aspects of IT; IT and organizations; political implications of IT; information management; surveillance and privacy; cross-national comparisons of IT development; innovations systems and IT; bio-informatics; history of IT; social and cultural aspects of IT design; cultural and critical studies of information society; and social studies of information science and technology. Candidates with expertise in one or more of these areas should submit: (1) a letter of application describing their teaching and research interests; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) sample written work and syllabus (for junior level appointments); and, three letters of recommendation. PhD is required. Appointments will be on a tenure-track basis, and in exceptional cases tenure will be granted on appointment. Salary and benefits are competitive. Dr. Randy Kluver will be in Minneapolis to attend the Association of Internet Researchers from October 10-15. Those interested in meeting to discuss their interest in a position please contact him directly at icmrk(a)nus.edu.sg. Please send application materials to: Chair, Search Committee, Information & Communications Management Programme, FASS, AS3 #04-16, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570. Tel: (65) 874-6320; Fax: (65) 779-4911; E-mail: icmgp(a)nus.edu.sg. Applications must be received by 15 November 2001. Randy Kluver Information and Communication Management FASS 3, #04-16 National University of Singapore Singapore, 117570 (65) 874-8755, fax (65) 779-4911

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CyberTimes Navigator
by Ken Friedman 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

Dear Colleagues, The New York Times has a marvelous page that its own newsroom staff uses in navigating the Web. It is available to you at http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/cynavi.html --snip-- About This Page Navigator is the home page used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web. Its primary intent was to give reporters and editors new to the Web a solid starting point for a wide range of journalistic functions without forcing all of them to spend time wandering around blindly to find a useful set of links of their own. Its secondary purpose was to show people that there's a lot of fun and useful stuff going on out there. --snip-- -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Technology and Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management Visiting Professor Advanced Research Institute School of Art and Design Staffordshire University

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Re: [Air-l] re: network analysis programs
by Willard Uncapher 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

At 01:08 PM 9/25/2001 -0500, Chris wrote: >I'm trying to learn more about network analysis statistical programs. I >want to know which are used most often, which are Window-oriented, >limitations to various programs, etc. I earlier provided INSNA's software site, as well as some thoughts about key issues associated with network data collection. Barry Wellman also emphasized this site. If I might go one step further, you might also consider the issue of the visualization of dynamically interconnected data in general, of the translation of sampled data into spatialized, temporalized, haptic/embodied, and/or linguistic 'representations' and feedback. Nodes and links are but one frame, and even multidimensional networks can be represented different ways. Many of the people I work with are quite creatively excited by 'visualization' research. Further, socio-cultural theorists such as Johannes Fabian have raised the question of the visualist bias of social theories and assumptions about power (eg the panopticon), while many scientists with whom I have talked, such as GIS mapmakers, and interested in working with artists to think of new ways to 'inform' all the data. To that end, you might also consider some of the 'data-mining' software (some of it free) on: <www.kdnuggets.com/software/visualization.html >. In fact, this professional data mining site is full of interesting software <http://www.kdnuggets.com/software/index.html> and resources, <http://www.kdnuggets.com/index.html>. The site includes text analysis, classification, clustering software, as well as examples of companies involved in data mining. There are variants of network analysis software here which might not have been appropriate on INSNA's site, but which explores the organization in and of networks, as well as other models. Good luck! Willard Willard Uncapher, Ph.D. / Ctr. for Technocultural Studies / UC, Davis / willard(a)well.com

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network analysis software
by Barry Wellman 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

Chris, et al. You can find out about network analysis software from the page of the International Network for Social Network Analysis. http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/project/INSNA/ You can also go thru that website to join INSNA and its SocNet listserve. Barry, the proud INSNA founder. ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________

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final candidate list election
by jeremy hunsinger 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

this is the final list of candidates. of course it is the unofficial list, the official list is on the website http://aoir.org/members* changes/corrections, etc. should be sent to nominate(a)aoir.org President* Steve Jones *Vice President * Nancy Baym *Treasurer* Ben Bates *Secretary* Ulla Bunz Nils Zurawski *Open Seats* Matt Allen Andrea Baker Ulla Bunz* Mia Consalvo Charles Ess Laura Gurak Nick Jankowski Klaus Bruhn Jensen Lisbeth Klastrup* John Logie Geert Lovink Michel Menou Kate O?Riordan Lois Ann Scheidt* David Silver Gitte Stald Jonathan Sterne Jenny Sunden Barry Wellman -- Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 virginia tech blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614

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Re: [Air-l] re: network analysis programs
by Willard Uncapher 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

At 01:08 PM 9/25/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I'm trying to learn more about network analysis statistical programs. I >want to know which are used most often, which are Window-oriented, >limitations to various programs, etc. There is a general, older page on social network analysis software: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/project/INSNA/soft_inf.html (part of the International Network for Social Network Analysis- http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/project/INSNA/ ). While I've known people who used such software (eg., Negopy), I am not particularly knowledgeable. Further the appropriateness, cost, and robustness of any particular software can vary between different tasks. Barry Wellman's group and network would be knowledgeable (and he has a fine publications page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/index.html ). Nine theoretical wrinkles of your mathematical situation: 1. defining and locating 'actors/actants/nodes' for your data; 2. relating 'mere' connectedness and centrality within networks to power over and in a network; 3. considering networks in networks (from my perspective any 'node' is itself a network); 4. relating links at the level of parts or at the level of super-sets to those which do not occur at the level of study, and vice versa; 5. clarifying the way the 'collection' of the data, particularly where it is 'easy' foregrounds certain questions over others; 6. Deciding whether to distinguish networks based on content, media, frequency, etc. or to combine them as a unitary network; 7. Determining or accounting for what is missing from the network (temporary autonomous situations/zones, hidden links, sensitive links, etc.); 8. Conversely, setting a value for what might be in or constituting a link in a network based on play, mistake, or other indeterminancies (other than eliminating it as noise); and importantly, 9. defining/deconstructing the boundary or level of the study, although boundary conditions can simply be asserted, often by someone evincing a perspective from 'outside' the network, even if they also 'belong' to it - the notion of 'deconstruction' is very much meant here. How one answers those questions will have a great impact on where and how the statistics are collected, and on what the statistics produce, what they reveal, and how they are interpreted. Good luck! Willard Willard Uncapher, Ph.D. / Ctr. for Technocultural Studies / UC, Davis / willard(a)well.com

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sharing room @ AOIR conference
by Anabel Quan Haase 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

Hi all! I am a phd student at the University of Toronto and I am looking for 1 or 2 females to share a room in Minneapolis. Please let me know if you are interested. Regards from Toronto, Anabel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Anabel Quan Haase Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Terminology query ...
by Ken Friedman 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

Dear Colleagues, A colleague in Denmark asks a technical terminology question. Someone on this list may know the answer. He asks: "Would you please confirm that the right translation of the Danish word 'teleslynge' is 'handsfree' in English. Teleslynge means that if you have an hearing aid in your ear, the sound from i.e. a loudspeaker will come though your hearing aid via radio waves. In churches it is normal with this feature." I know most of you don't speak Danish, but I'd be grateful to know what such a device is called. If there is a term for a similar device, I'll welcome that information. If you have an answer, please drop me a direct note at <ken.friedman(a)bi.no> Best regards, Ken Friedman -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Technology and Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management Visiting Professor Advanced Research Institute School of Art and Design Staffordshire University

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Re: [Air-l] Terminology query ...
by Zunt＠aol.com 26 Sep '01

26 Sep '01

In a message dated 9/26/2001 9:03:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ken.friedman(a)bi.no writes: > "Would you please confirm that the right translation of the Danish > word 'teleslynge' is 'handsfree' in English. Teleslynge means that if > you have an hearing aid in your ear, the sound from i.e. a > loudspeaker will come though your hearing aid via radio waves. In > churches it is normal with this feature." Ken, I don't speak Danish, but here's a page re: the assistive technology you're talking about: http://members.aol.com/centrumweb/csalspur.html To my way of thinking, the work "handsfree" surely misses the mark. We are talking about transmission & reception of a wireless broadcast--of rather limited range--using one of several available technologies. Cheers, Bob Briggs Westport, MA

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