Web as Culture: Ethnographic, linguistic and didactic perspectives International Symposium organized by the Graduate Centre for Study of Culture (GCSC) and the Centre for Media and Interactivity (ZMI), Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany Main Building and Margarete-Bieber-Hall, Ludwigstrasse 23/34, 35390 Giessen Justus Liebig University Giessen, July 16 - 18, 2009 The World Wide Web is a cultural space in which new forms of social networking, of creating, acquiring and teaching knowledge and competencies, and of constructing personal and cultural identities have emerged. The International Symposium "Web as Culture" addresses issues that are involved in the processes of the construction and the perpetuation of social structures, cultural narratives, memories, knowledge and language in the World Wide Web. Particular emphasis is placed on sociocultural processes of transformation such as the change of social networks, the change of teaching and learning cultures and language change instigated by the World Wide Web. These sociocultural processes of transformation will be discussed from various disciplinary perspectives and at all relevant levels of analysis in three parallel sections "Networks, Ethnography, and the Web", "Learning, Teaching, and the Web" and "Language, Linguistics, and the Web". Please visit our website www.webasculture.de for detailed information on the conference program and guest registration (deadline June 15th, 2009). Program overview Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:30 - 12:30 Registration & Coffee 12:30 - 13:00 Conference Opening 13:00 - 14:00 Prof. Dr. Henning Lobin "Web as Culture" 14:00 - 14:30 Break 14:30 - 16:00 Session 1 16:00 - 16:30 Break 16:30 - 17:30 Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Angelika Storrer "Chatspeak: How web users adapt written language to synchronous communication"

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Friday, July 17, 2009 09:00 - 10:30 Session 2 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:00 Panel Discussion (Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael K. Legutke) 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:00 Session 3 15:00 - 15:30 Break 15:30 - 16:30 Session 4 16:30 - 17:00 Break 17:00 - 18:00 Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Manfred Faßler "Smarte Ethnien? Was und wie suchen wir in digitalen Netzwerken?"

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Saturday, July 18, 2009 09:00 - 10:30 Session 5 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:00 Keynote Lecture: Prof. Steven Thorne, Ph.D. "Culture, technology, and mediation" 12:00 - 12:30 Final Discussion (Chair: Dr. Thomas Weber) Contact: Email: info@webasculture.de Website: www.webasculture.de Organisers: Joybrato Mukherjee Zentrum für Medien und Interaktivität Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Ludwigstraße 34 35390 Giessen Marcus Burkhardt International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Alter Steinbacher Weg 38 35394 Giessen <https://elysion.uni-giessen.de/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://cultdoc.uni-giessen.de/> ___________________________________ Thies W. Böttcher M.A. | PhD Fellow & Research Assistant (Website) International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) Gießener Graduate School for the Humanities (GGK) Justus Liebig University Gießen Alter Steinbacher Weg 38 35394 Gießen Germany Tel.: +49.641.99 300 46 Tel.: +49.641.99 300 41 (GCSC Office) Fax: +49.641.99 300 49 thies.boettcher@gcsc.uni-giessen.de <mailto:thies.boettcher@gcsc.uni-giessen.de> http://gcsc.uni-giessen.de/ <http://gcsc.uni-giessen.de/> http://cultdoc.uni-giessen.de/ <http://cultdoc.uni-giessen.de/> www.uni-giessen.de/videoblog-gcsc <http://www.uni-giessen.de/videoblog-gcsc>