I'd like to think that we've been reaching out...I, for one, have attended ("crashed" is probably the more appropriate term) other disciplinary conferences in Chicago (it's one of the benefits of being in a city with the hotel/convention space for the "big" meetings) and distributed AoIR flyers, met with people, etc. For me, though, what's important is that AoIR's membership is _already_ multidisciplinary. I think that was evident at Kansas, and I suspect it'll be as evident, and then some, at the Minnesota conference. It would be excellent if members in other disciplines (and let's not just confine ourselves to scholarly disciplines but also think about industry, science, and terms other than "discipline" that we use to define what we do and where we think we belong) would assist in, on the one hand, reaching out to colleagues who may benefit from AoIR, and, on the other hand, let us know more about goings-on in their non-AoIR activities that might be of interest to AoIR members. This sort of thing has been happening, of course, and is for me one of the benefits of AoIR. I've learned much about Internet research in domains other than communication and sociology and in other parts of the world. Please, let's keep that up! Sj
thanks to Ulla Bunz for both the conference review and for throwing out some ideas for future collaborations. personally, i think the time is right to start thinking hard and creatively about linking up with other organizations, institutions, conferences, etc. i also think the time is right to reach out to a wide array of disciplines, especially outside communications and cultural studies. perhaps this can be one of our goals over the summer? thoughts?
david silver http://www.glue.umd.edu/~dsilver
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, jhuns wrote:
About two weeks ago I attended the fourth GOR (German Online Research) conference in G–ttingen, Germany. I'd like to give a brief summary of my impressions and ask for reactions, because an idea formed in my mind during the conference weekend. I remember conversation at and after AIoR about expanding our association, and preferably also organizing a meeting outside the US. I think it would be a great idea to strive for a joint meeting with GOR sometime in the (near) future.
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