[Cddc] Fwd: [IAMCR] CFP, Web_site Histories

Tue Jan 29 09:36:35 EST 2008

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> From: Brügger Niels <nb at imv.au.dk>
> Date: January 28, 2008 12:26:47 PM CST
> To: announcements at iamcr.org
> Subject: [IAMCR] CFP, Web_site Histories
>
> *Please distribute widely. Apologies for cross-posting*
>
> Call for Papers
>
> Conference title: Web_site Histories: Theories, Methods, Analysis
>
> One-day conference, October 14th 2008. The main purpose of Web_site
> Histories is to place the new and emerging field of Web History on
> the research agenda and to map the field of historical website  
> studies.
>
> Organizer: The Centre for Internet Research, University of Aarhus,
> Denmark.
>
> The conference is associated the AoIR 9.0 conference "Rethinking
> Communities, Rethinking Place" in Copenhagen (http://
> conferences.aoir.org)
>
> Confirmed keynote speakers:
> Kirsten Foot, Associate Professor, University of Washington
> Steven Schneider, Professor, State University of New York
> Title: Object-Oriented Web Historiography.
> Abstract: Foot & Schneider will present a keynote address that
> focuses on their proposal of an “object-oriented” approach to
> researching and writing Web history. They will consider the various
> meanings of object entailed within the notion of object-oriented Web
> historiography in order to advance both the theoretical foundation
> and methodological rigor of developmental analyses of Web artifacts
> in their hyperlinked contexts. Developmental analyses of any aspect
> of the Web, whether engaged in contemporaneously or retrospectively,
> entail dynamics within and between the (co)producers of Web
> artifacts, production practices and techniques, and Web artifacts
> themselves. These dynamics make it difficult but very important for
> scholars to identify and situate their object(s) of analysis
> historically and theoretically. See extended description at http://
> www.cfi.au.dk/en/events/conferences/wsh08/keynote.
> Kirsten Foot and Steven Schneider are the authors of Web Campaigning
> (MIT Press 2006) as well as a number of articles about Web Sphere
> Analysis.
>
> A panel will round off the conference by discussing the future
> directions of studies of Web History. Besides Kirsten Foot and Steven
> Schneider panel participant will be Niels Brügger, Associate
> Professor, the Centre for Internet Research, University of Aarhus.
>
> The main purpose of Web_site Histories is to place the new and
> emerging field of Web History on the research agenda and to map the
> field of historical website studies. The focus on the Web can be seen
> as a specialization within the larger field of Internet History, but
> with another subset of questions and challenges. The underscore in
> the title reflects the uncertainty and variability of the object of
> study – are we talking about the Web in general, Web Spheres,
> individual websites, or web pages? The conference welcomes papers on
> any of these approaches or any other theme, topic or idea connected
> to the theories, methods or analysis of Web History. Theoretical
> approaches could be discussions of the object of study or reflections
> on doing historical research on this particular subject.
> Methodological approaches may include abstract or more specific
> considerations of the range of applicable methods, both old and new,
> to Web History. Finally, the analytical approach welcomes
> contributions exploring the practical hazards and possibilities of
> this special kind of empirical material, as well as papers on
> concrete empirical studies.
>
> Papers are also welcome on a wide array of historically-grounded
> themes. The topics below are examples of the kinds of issues paper
> presenters are invited to address — but are not intended to limit
> topics suitable for paper submissions:
> ·      General as well as more specific histories of the development
> of the Web, focusing on, for instance, technology, graphic design,
> culture etc.
> ·      The history of the Web as a subset of the history of the
> Internet, with emphasis on, for instance, the development of
> hardware, software and protocols
> ·      The organizational architecture of the Web in a global,
> national, transnational or local perspective
> ·      Defining moments and events on the Web, either in terms of how
> the Web was conceived and built, or in terms of how it is or was
> perceived and used
> ·      Demographical, social, cultural, or other factors influencing
> Web use and uptake
> ·      Political, economic, institutional or personal histories of
> the Web
> ·      The growing popularity of social networking sites in a
> historical perspective
> ·      Interactivity, genre and media discussions in relation to the  
> Web
> ·      The histories of expectations in pre-web time meeting the
> reality of the Web
> ·      Source availability and validity – the archiving of the Web
> ·      The history of the Web in the larger framework of media history
>
> Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words by April 15th 2008
> (further instructions at http://www.cfi.au.dk/en/wsh08). After a
> process of double-blind peer review, authors will be notified of
> accepted papers by May 15th. Full papers will be due by August 31st
> 2008. Please note that there is a maximum of 30 participants, and
> priority will be given to paper presenters. Paper presentations will
> consist of short presentations with opponents/discussants and
> roundtable-style discussions. Presenters are therefore also expected
> to act as opponents/discussants.
>
> Participation in the conference is free, and coffee and lunch is
> included (yes, there is such a thing as a free lunch). Following the
> conference, papers will be considered for inclusion in an edited
> volume on Web Histories.
>
> The conference takes place at the University of Aarhus, two days
> before the start of the AoIR 9.0 conference in Copenhagen (http://
> conferences.aoir.org). Aarhus is situated west of Copenhagen and is
> the second largest city in Denmark with a population of approximately
> 300,000. It is accessible by train or by air via the Aarhus or
> Billund airports. Read more about Aarhus and the university: http://
> www.au.dk/en/why and http://www.au.dk/en/aarhus.htm.
>
> The Centre for Internet Research is located at the Institute of
> Information and Media Studies, and was established in September 2000
> in order to promote research into the social and cultural
> implications and functions of the internet. Read more about the
> Centre: http://www.cfi.au.dk/en/about/profile
>
> Conference website: http://www.cfi.au.dk/en/wsh08.
>
> The conference is sponsored by:
> ·      'The Knowledge Society', a joint research priority area at the
> Faculty of Humanities, University of Aarhus,
> ·      the Institute of Information and Media Studies, University of
> Aarhus
> ·      the Centre for Internet Research, University of Aarhus.
>
> About the organisers:
> Niels Brügger (PhD, MA) is Associate Professor at the Institute of
> Information and Media Studies, University of Aarhus, and co-founder
> of the Centre for Internet Research. His primary research interests
> are website history, web archiving, and the internet and media
> theory, and he recently started the research project "The history of
> www.dr.dk, 1996-2006" (read more at http://imv.au.dk/~nb).
>
> Vidar Falkenberg (MSc) is a PhD fellow at the Institute of
> Information and Media Studies, University of Aarhus, and a member of
> the Centre for Internet Research. His research is on the development
> of online newspapers in Denmark (read more at http://
> www.internetaviser.dk).
>
>
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jeremy hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu 
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