[Internet-nat-sec] Fwd: [Air-l] Call for Papers - Internet Research 4.0: Broadening the Band - 4th Annual AoIR Conference
jeremy hunsinger
jhuns at vt.edu
Tue Jan 7 10:25:29 EST 2003
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> From: Steve Jones <sjones at uic.edu>
> Date: Mon Jan 6, 2003 11:08:12 PM US/Eastern
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> Subject: [Air-l] Call for Papers - Internet Research 4.0: Broadening
> the Band - 4th Annual AoIR Conference
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> Call for Papers - IR 4.0: Broadening the Band
> International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of
> Internet Researchers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 16-19
>
> Lead organizer Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of
> Toronto
>
> Submission site opens: January 15, 2003
> Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2003
>
> Conference Website:
> http://www.aoir.org/2003 | http://www.ecommons.net/aoir
>
>
> Digital communications networks such as the Internet are changing the
> way people interact with each other, with profound effects on social
> relations and institutions. Yet many remain excluded from access and
> meaningful participation. It is timely to consider who is included,
> who is excluded and what we now know about the composition and
> activities of online communities.
>
> Internet Research (IR) 4.0 will feature a variety of perspectives on
> Internet, organized under the theme Broadening the Band. As in
> previous conferences, the aim is to develop a coherent theoretical and
> pragmatic understanding of the Internet and those that are empowered
> and disenfranchised by it. IR 4.0 will bring together prominent
> scholars, researchers, creators, and practitioners from many
> disciplines, fields and countries for a program of presentations,
> panel discussions, and informal exchanges.
>
> IR 4.0 will take place at the Hilton Hotel in the heart of downtown
> Toronto. The conference is hosted by a team led by the Knowledge Media
> Design Institute (KMDI) and its partners at the University of Toronto.
> The IR 4.0 steering and working committees reflect the growing
> pan-Canadian network of Internet researchers, including members from
> Quebec, Alberta, and New Brunswick, in addition to the local
> contingent from Toronto, York and Ryerson Universities.
>
> This year's theme, Broadening the Band, encourages wide participation
> from diverse disciplines, communities, and points of view. Under the
> umbrella theme, contributors are called to reflect upon, theorize and
> articulate what we know from within the emerging interdisciplinary
> space known as Internet Research.
>
> In a cultural sense, the theme calls attention to the need to examine
> access, inclusion and exclusion in online communities. What role do
> race, gender, class, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, age,
> geography, and other factors play in the degree of online
> participation? What are the indicators of meaningful participation?
>
> In a technical sense, the theme points to the development of
> broadband, wireless and post-internet networks and applications that
> are currently coming on-stream including community, private, public as
> well as national research networks (e.g. CA*net 4, Internet 2). We
> plan to use these technologies to make the conference an
> internet-mediated and internationally accessible event.
>
> In an organizational sense, the theme reflects a widening of AoIR's
> reach to include more researchers and constituencies involved in the
> evolution of the Internet. French language presentations will be
> included in the call for papers for the first time. Researchers and
> practitioners in the arts and culture sectors are encouraged to
> participate alongside social scientists and humanities scholars and
> researchers.
>
> In a thematic sense, "Broadening the Band" suggests widening the scope
> of topics and problematics considered within past conferences, while
> retaining the consistent emphasis on rigorous research work. This call
> for papers thus initiates an inclusive search for theoretical and
> methodological correspondences between this expanding theme and the
> many disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches that are required
> to address it with precision.
>
> Possible Topics:
> - Who is bridging what: questions and answers on the digital divide
> - New directions in digital art
> - E-me, e-you? (E- Health, E-Governance, E-Commerce,E-Business,
> E-games, E-entertainment, E-other)
> - Ethnicity, Race, Identity, Gender, Sexuality, Language(s) and
> Diverse Cultural Contexts Online
> - Who Decides: Ethics, Law, Politics and Policy of the Internet
> - We can't measure that, can we? Meaningful Indicators for Internet
> Access, Participation, Use and Effects
> - Who owns what? Value, Space, and Commons on the Internet
> - Is there an Author, a Publisher, or writing on the internet?
> - Transformed by Technics: New Technologies and The Post-Internet Age
> - Who is watching your computer, when You're not watching it....
> - When we are glocal: the internet in global and local manifestations
> - I put my lesson plans on the internet, what changed? Teaching,
> Learning and the Internet
> - Digital media and terror/ism: global flows, economies, and
> surveillance
> - Social movements, net-based activism, and hactivism in a global arena
> - Which methods, whose theories? determining approaches to internet
> research
> - Why did we digitize that, and what's it worth? Exploring the value
> of digital content
>
> This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather to trigger ideas
> and encourage submissions from a range of disciplines. The organizers
> will take an active role in generating and joining the various
> interests into appropriate formats.
>
>
> Submission of Proposals
>
> The Association of Internet Researchers invites paper, presentation,
> and panel proposals from AoIR members and non-members on topics that
> address social, cultural, political, economic, and aesthetic aspects
> of the Internet. We welcome interdisciplinary submissions as well as
> submissions from within specific disciplines. French language
> presentations will be included in the call for papers for the first
> time. We especially seek panel proposals that establish connections
> across disciplines, institutions, and/or continents. We also encourage
> creative presentations that will make use of Internet technologies and
> artistic techniques. Proposals for papers should be in the form an
> approximately 500-750 word abstract. Creative presentations and
> demonstration projects should consist of an approximately 500-750 word
> abstract, plus brief illustrative material. Panels will generally
> include three to four papers or presentations. The panel organizer
> should submit an approximately 500 word statement describing the
> session topic, include abstracts of up to 250 words for each paper or
> presentation, and indicate that each author is willing to participate
> in the session. Abstracts and proposals may be submitted for review in
> English or in French.
>
> Papers, presentations and panels will be selected from the submitted
> abstracts on the basis of peer review, coordinated and overseen by the
> Program Chair, assisted by sub-chairs with expertise in specific areas
> of scholarly and aesthetic knowledge relating to the Internet.
>
> Proposals can be for three types of contribution to the conference: -
> papers, creative presentations, and panels. Each person is invited to
> submit a proposal for 1 paper or 1 presentation. People may also
> propose a panel of papers or presentations, of which their personal
> paper or presentation must be a part. Average time allotted for a
> paper or creative presentation will be 20 minutes. Average time
> allotted for a panel will be 1 hour and 30 minutes, including
> discussion time.
>
> Detailed information about format of submission and review is
> available at the conference website http://www.aoir.org/2003. All
> proposals must be submitted electronically at
> http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/ (_note_ - submission site opens
> January 15, 2003).
>
> Deadlines:
>
> Submission site available: January 15, 2003
> Final date for proposal submission: March 1, 2003
> Author notification: April 1, 2003
> Presenter's Registration to the conference: September 1, 2003
> Student Award: Completed paper: September 1, 2003
>
> Graduate Students:
>
> Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. They
> should note their student status with submission in order to be
> considered for a special Student Award. Students wishing to be a
> candidate for the Student Award must also send a final paper by 1st
> September 2003.
>
> Canadian graduate students outside of central Canada should note that
> funds may be available for travel and subsistence. Notice will be sent
> out to the AoIR list as soon as funding commitments are confirmed.
>
> To ensure diverse participation, registration fees will be kept low
> for presenters, and a billeting and room sharing system will be
> established. Simultaneous French language translation will be
> available (subject to budgetary considerations) in certain sessions.
>
>
> Pre-Conference Workshops
>
> Prior to the conference, there will be a limited number of
> pre-conference workshops which will provide participants with
> in-depth, hands-on and/or creative opportunities. We invite proposals
> for these pre-conference workshops; local presenters are encouraged to
> propose workshops that will invite visiting researchers into their
> labs or studios or locales. Proposals should be no more than 1000
> words, and should clearly outline the purpose, methodology, structure,
> costs, equipment and minimal attendance required, as well as
> explaining its relevance to the conference as a whole. Proposals will
> be accepted if they demonstrate that the workshop will add
> significantly to the overall program in terms of thematic depth, hands
> on experience, or local opportunities for scholarly or artistic
> connections. These proposals and all inquires regarding pre-conference
> proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to the Conference
> Chair aoir at ecommons.net, and will be accepted up to June 15th.
> Notification of terms and space allocations will be sent out as soon
> as details are confirmed, with final acceptance required by June 30,
> 2003.
>
>
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION
>
> If you have questions about the conference, program, or AoIR, please
> contact:
>
> Program Chair: Matthew Allen, Curtin University of Technology,
> Australia
> m.allen at curtin.edu.au
> - All inquiries on review and acceptances
>
> Program Co-chair: David Mitchell, University of Calgary
> mitchell at ucalgary.ca
> - Inquiries on conference themes and special technology themes
>
> Conference Chair: Liss Jeffrey, Knowledge Media Design Institute and
> McLuhan Program, University of Toronto
> aoir at ecommons.net
> - All inquiries on Toronto conference and pre-conference workshops
>
> Associate coordinator: Katherine Parrish, OISE/University of Toronto
> aoir at ecommons.net
>
> AoIR President: Steve Jones
> sjones at uic.edu
>
> Association Website: http://www.aoir.org
>
> Conference Website: http://www.aoir.org/2003 |
> http://www.ecommons.net/aoir
>
>
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