CALL FOR PAPERS - 2002 Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) ANNUAL MEETING University of Toronto May 29 - June 1, 2002 http://alcor.concordia.ca/~csaa1/eng/confe.htm EMERGING ISSUES IN METHODOLOGY: CONDUCTING INTERNET RESEARCH Organizer: Tracy L.M. Kennedy This session seeks to explore some of the issues and trends that are emerging from on-line research. Papers in this session may discuss issues of ethics and validity using on-line research or discuss areas such as the implications of conducting on-line research for the methodological field. Also considered will be theoretical approaches to conducting Internet research. VIRTUAL GENDER Organizer: Tracy L. M. Kennedy This session seeks to unravel how gender is inscribed and reproduced in cyberspace. Papers in this session may discuss the intersections between masculinity, femininity and technology in the virtual world, identity construction, the fluidity of gender in cyberspace (gender swapping) or transgendering technology. Also considered for discussion will be analysis of the representation of gender in cyberspace and how these representations are either empowering or problematic. Please send a 250 word abstract with your name, address, phone number, email, university affiliation by December 15th, 2001 to: Tracy L. M. Kennedy tkennedy@netwomen.ca or snail mail: Graduate Dept of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON M5S 2J4 Tel: 905-327-9926 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~