fyi Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at 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 _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:33:32 +0200 From: Karl M. van Meter <vanmeter@iresco.fr> To: aimsoc@wanadoo.fr Subject: Call - Global & Local in Mobile Communication (10-11 Jun Budapest) Thanks to SocNet Submissions are invited for a conference on "The Global and the Local in Mobile Communication" to take place in Budapest, June 10-11, 2004. Four sections of submitted papers are planned on the topics of 1. GLOBALIZATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION 2. MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND LOCAL LIFE 3. MMS AND VIDEO IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION 4. MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND THE NEW INTIMACY Target dates: Submission of abstracts (max. 600 words) and short biographical statements (max. 150 words) by January 12, 2004. Abstracts should emphasize (a) where the proposed paper fits within the broader set of inquiries in the area of interest, and (b) what is new and substantial in the proposed contribution relative to the state of art in the field. Abstract submitters will be notified of the decision concerning acceptance by February 2, 2004. Deadline for receipt of draft full-length versions of papers (max. 3000 words, references formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style): April 26. Receipt of draft papers by this deadline is a condition for inclusion in the program. The papers will be compiled and distributed at the time of the conference to all participants. Deadline for receipt of final manuscripts for inclusion in the published conference proceedings: July 19. Speakers will include: Albert-László Barabási György Csepeli Jonathan Donner Leopoldina Fortunati James E. Katz Shin Dong Kim On-Kwok Lai Joshua Meyrowitz Kristóf Nyíri Mark Poster For further information do not hesitate to contact Kristóf Nyíri Director, Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences nyiri@phil-inst.hu http://www.fil.hu/mobil/2004/ Joint 2002-2006 RC33 membership & full BMS subscription: 110 euros! Payment is now possible by credit card. ****************************************************************** Karl M. van Meter vanmeter@iresco.fr tel/fax 33 (0)1 40 51 85 19 LASMAS-CNRS, 59 rue Pouchet 75017 Paris, France BMS, Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique (Bulletin of Sociological Methodology) bms-aims@wanadoo.fr RC33, Research Committee Logic & Methodology, International Sociological Association rc33@ext.jussieu.fr ******************************************************************