Hello (This is my first time posting to the list, so I guess I'm officially "de-cloaking"!) As part of a soci/anth field research course I'm taking at Concordia University, I'm doing a small-scale research project on digital appropriation tactics among young Canadian males, a practice that is often called "piracy". However, I don't use that term, because it seems laden with negative sterotypes and pre-conceptions. I'm particularly interested in how these youth integrate their music downloading/ripping, software "softlifting", image/text/slogan/logo lifting practices, etc. into their identity, sense of agency, power relations with society and attendance of social norms. These are areas of research and inquiry on this topic that don't seem to have much done on them yet, which is largely why I chose this topic over other digital culture research possibilities. As part of the research project, I am expected to do an analysis and report on at least 6 academic journal articles from peer-reviewed publications. So far, though, there doesn't seem to be anything written in the soci/anth/psych/cul.studies literature about the identity and social/personal aspects of these practices. All hits to date have revolved around authorship, financial/legal/civil impacts and the like. Thus, I'm putting out the call to all of you -- are you aware of any academic-focused articles written about this topic, particularly with same focus as my own? Do you know of anyone who has done qual./quan. Research on the topic? Have you perhaps presented something yourself at a conference that isn't yet published? If you'd be willing to share your research/article or point me to a resource or individual, I would be very grateful. While I'd also appreciate referrals to certain books or websites, my list of these resources is fairly long already. It is primarily academic journal articles, scholarly conference proceedings and scholarly-focused articles/research that I now require. Thanks in advance for any and all help! Tamara *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Tamara Paradis tparadis@canada.com