Fwd: CFP: Transnational Times: Locality, Globality and Mobility in Technology Design and Use
---- CFP: Transnational Times: Locality, Globality and Mobility in Technology Design and Use A workshop at Ubicomp 2010 September 26, 2010 Copenhagen, Denmark Organizers: Irina Shklovski, Silvia Lindtner, Janet Vertesi, Paul Dourish We seek interdisciplinary scholars interested in exploring the role of ubiquitous computing, the use of information and communication technologies and the politics of technological design in transnational settings to participate in our workshop, TRANSNATIONAL TIMES, at Ubicomp 2010. Through this workshop we aim to expand our current scholarly vocabulary for the conceptualization of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in addressing the interplay of local and global user interaction. Current work in Ubiquitous computing is already considering the use of technologies in the developing world and marginalized users in the developed world. This workshop extends such an interest to examine interactions with ubiquitous technology in a transnational context. After all, technologies such as mobile phones, social networking applications and the internet writ large complicate the framing of use and culture as bounded by national or geographical borders, as such illuminating diverse user practices and identities. In this analytical frame we take inspiration from theorists of the global in anthropology, sociology, and HCI who focus on flows across boundaries, hybridity and transnationality. Examples of possible papers or research topics of interest include (but are not limited to): the use of pervasive technologies such as multiplayer gaming across borders, studies of the use of social network sites among diaspora communities, use of the internet and other ICTs in censorship state zones, the role of mobile technologies in reconfiguring the local and the global, technology in the context of international migration networks, ubiquitous computing and cross- cultural collaboration, and the role of technology in international politics. Papers that develop theoretical approaches, that examine or report on empirical work, or that design technological artifacts are welcome, and need not be limited to "developing world" sites of interest. We hope to attract submissions from scholars working in a range of fields across computational, social and humanistic studies, such as human computer interaction, anthropology, media studies, sociology, science and technology studies and social and cultural geography. The goal of the workshop is to assemble like minds and projects, to develop a language and toolset appropriate for the study of ubiquitous technologies in transnational spaces, and to engage a wider community of researchers working in this area. We also hope this workshop will interest technology designers and developers currently working in non- western contexts. Full papers may later be solicited for a potential edited volume. TO APPLY: Interested participants should submit a 2-4 page paper in Ubicomp Archival Format describing your current project and its contribution to the workshop topic and themes. As you prepare your paper we suggest you visit our website at < http://www.ics.uci.edu/~lindtner/transnationaltimes<http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Elindtner/transnationaltimes>
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Papers must be emailed to transnationaltimes@gmail.com by JUNE 15, 2010. Decisions will be announced by June 30. All accepted participants should plan to attend at least one full day of Ubicomp 2010 in addition to the workshop. Registration will be handled by Ubicomp 2010's central registration page via < http://www.ubicomp2010.org -- Christina Dunbar-Hester Postdoctoral Fellow Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities & Social Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://virtualknowledgestudio.nl/
I am working on a paper on the transformation of private and public presence in the Internet Age. This began with the observation that a Kindle shows no BOOK COVER and what was previously a public statement of what you are reading is not private. (Read a magazine on a subway and someone may come up to you and ask how you like a certain article - the cover is a public statement of your reading choice.) Old fashioned mail - like Love letters - gave historians a paper trail to track the inner lives of people, which, indirectly took something very private and made it public. On the other hand, IM love notes, disappear from view after being read - making them more private that old mail in envelopes. Something public has become private. I am seeking other examples of communication in the Internet Age that is taking something essentially public and making it private. The cases of things that are private being made public abound, but the other side of the equation is fascinating. Despite all the talk of the loss of privacy, the fact remains that the internet age has made private many formerly public messages. Anyone have other suggestions of examples of public content going private? Alexander Randall Professor of Communication University of the Virgin Islands
Well, people do not always delete IM messages, SMS or emails, specially when they relate to love exchanges, but not only. They keep them re-read them, and sometimes show them to third parties, sharing the content, asking for advice and even doing an interpretive work together. For more on how the particularities of writing media, such as email, SMS or IM, of being reviewed, replicable and forwarded, make them particularly suited to be shared and then submitted to collective interpretation you can see Myers, Piers (2007): Sexed up intelligence or irresponsible reporting? The interplay of virtual communication and emotion in dispute sensemaking. In: Human Relations, 60, 4; 609-636. All the best Amparo ----- Mensaje original ----- De: Alex Randall <arandal@uvi.edu> Fecha: Jueves, Mayo 6, 2010 20:05 Asunto: [Air-L] Inside, Outside, Upside, Down - Privacy and Public presence in the Internet age A: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
I am working on a paper on the transformation of private and public presence in the Internet Age. This began with the observation that a Kindle shows no BOOK COVER and what was previously a public statement of what you are reading is not private. (Read a magazine on a subway and someone may come up to you and ask how you like a certain article - the cover is a public statement of your reading choice.)
Old fashioned mail - like Love letters - gave historians a paper trail to track the inner lives of people, which, indirectly took something very private and made it public. On the other hand, IM love notes, disappear from view after being read - making them more private that old mail in envelopes. Something public has become private.
I am seeking other examples of communication in the Internet Age that is taking something essentially public and making it private.
The cases of things that are private being made public abound, but the other side of the equation is fascinating. Despite all the talk of the loss of privacy, the fact remains that the internet age has made privatemany formerly public messages.
Anyone have other suggestions of examples of public content going private?
Alexander Randall Professor of Communication University of the Virgin Islands
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Amparo Lasén Dpto Sociología I Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología UCM Campus de Somosaguas Pozuelo de Alarcón 28223 0034913942899 alasen@cps.ucm.es
This is such an interesting way of thinking about this issue. I particularly find the definition of “private” as something that people perceive as unseen or as difficult to access after the fact to be very thought provoking. It seems that much of what you are examining has to do with perception of privacy as well as accessibility after a conversation. Another example might be chat in online video games (WoW, Xbox Live…)—on the one hand the companies that own the games are likely recording all text based chat—but on the other, to the "conversers" they can feel ephemeral in spite of peoples’ ability to screen capture. This is setting aside the voice chat that many gamers use. I have spent a lot of time thinking about whether the return to text as a common medium for synchronous (IMing for example) and asynchronous chats (posting boards or email for example) has made us more likely to disclose secrets to each other. For example, the flowery language in an old fashioned love letter is more easily used in textual interaction than spoken word. I don’t know if there is any work on this—but when looking at the growing number of people meeting partners in online social locations that are not dating sites, it seems as though there might be some impact of text as the primary medium of communication. Can’t wait to see your paper, Jessica -------------------------------------- Jessica L. Beyer Doctoral Candidate University of Washington Department of Political Science http://students.washington.edu/jlbeyer -------------------------------------- On Thu, 6 May 2010, Alex Randall wrote:
I am working on a paper on the transformation of private and public presence in the Internet Age. This began with the observation that a Kindle shows no BOOK COVER and what was previously a public statement of what you are reading is not private. (Read a magazine on a subway and someone may come up to you and ask how you like a certain article - the cover is a public statement of your reading choice.)
Old fashioned mail - like Love letters - gave historians a paper trail to track the inner lives of people, which, indirectly took something very private and made it public. On the other hand, IM love notes, disappear from view after being read - making them more private that old mail in envelopes. Something public has become private.
I am seeking other examples of communication in the Internet Age that is taking something essentially public and making it private.
The cases of things that are private being made public abound, but the other side of the equation is fascinating. Despite all the talk of the loss of privacy, the fact remains that the internet age has made private many formerly public messages.
Anyone have other suggestions of examples of public content going private?
Alexander Randall Professor of Communication University of the Virgin Islands
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Alex Randall -
Christina Dunbar-Hester -
Jessica L. Beyer -
MARIA AMPARO LASEN DIAZ