[Reader-list] Call for Papers - Internet Research 4.0: Broadening the Band - 4th Annual AoIR Conference

[jeremy hunsinger]

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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
jeremy hunsinger
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