I read this and there is a compelling argument. I am arguing for transdisplinary methods, perspectives and vocabulary, with the commitments that will involve. I was unmoved by that writing as it pertains to this agenda. I'm squarely opposed to "institutionizing" into a discipline. Let's hear it for the commons! Nancy Baym <nbaym@ku.edu> wrote: This discussion echoes the theme of a special issue of The Information Society I edited in which researchers from several disciplines contemplated the disciplinary status of 'internet research.' The (a?) short story was that the authors independently argued that it was in our best interest to avoid becoming an institutionalized discipline. Here is the table of contents: Vol. 21, No. 4 Special Issue: ICT Research and Disciplinary Boundaries: Is "Internet Research" a Virtual Field, a Proto-Discipline, or Something Else? INTRODUCTION Internet Research as is Isn't, Is, Could Be, and Should Be Nancy K. Baym ARTICLES Fizz in the Field: Toward a Basis for an Emergent Internet Studies Steve Jones Internet Research and the Sociology of Cyber-Social-Scientific Knowledge Christine Hine Digital Media and Disciplinarity Jonathan Sterne Disciplining the Future: A Critical Organizational Analysis of Internet Studies Annette N. Markham Who Wants to be a Discipline? Naomi S. Baron Internet Indiscipline: Two Approaches to Making a Field Wesley Shrum Towards a Transdisciplinary Internet Research Jeremy Hunsinger Science and Technology Studies Approaches to Internet Research John Monberg New Media/Internet Research Topics of the Association of Internet Researchers Ronald E. Rice The Internet in China: A Meta-review of Research Randolph Kluver and Chen Yang Making Space for Religion in Internet Studies [Abstract] Heidi Campbell ICT Research, the New Economy, and the Evolving Discipline of Economics: Back to the Future? Hans-Jürgen Engelbrecht You can read abstracts here: http://www.indiana.edu/~tisj/21/index.html#4 _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.