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| [Nettime-bold] FINAL CFP: INTERNET RESEARCH 2.0 - Deadline March 2, 2001 |
> >INTERNET RESEARCH 2.0: INTERconnections > >The Second International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers >OCTOBER 10-14, 2001 >University of Minnesota >Minneapolis and St.Paul, Minnesota, USA > >DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: Friday, March 2, 2001 > >Keynote Speakers: > >Phil Agre, Associate Professor of Information Studies, University of >California, Los Angeles, USA > >Anita Allen-Castellito, Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of >Pennsylvania, USA > >Lisa Nakamura, Assistant Professor of English, Sonoma State University, USA > >Sheizaf Rafaeli, Head of the Center for the Study of the Information >Society and Professor of Business Administration, University of Haifa, Israel > > > >The Internet's ever-increasing points of connection to almost every >element of 21st century life have prompted strong interest in >understanding the social aspects of cyberspace. The popular press offers >wave after wave of speculation and vague forecasts, but what is really >needed to help us understand how to live in our wired world is research: >research that is collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary. > >In September 2000, over 300 people attended the first international >Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) at the >University of Kansas. This Conference built connections among Internet >researchers from across a range disciplines and from around the globe. In >October of 2001, INTERNET RESEARCH 2.0 will offer an opportunity to >reinforce and extend these connections. IR 2.0 will bring together >prominent scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students from many >disciplines and fields for a program of keynote addresses, paper >presentations, formal discussions, and informal exchanges. > >IR 2.0 will be held on the campus of the University of Minnesota, one of >the world's most technologically innovative campuses. The conference will >provide opportunities to network, learn from other researchers, hear from >leading players in Internet development, and take in the sights and sounds >of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. > >The Association of Internet Researchers invites paper, presentation, and >panel proposals on topics that address social, cultural, political, >economic, and aesthetic aspects of the Internet. We welcome submissions >from any discipline, as well as work from those producing new media or >working in multimedia studies. Panel presentations which establish >connections across disciplines, institutions and/or continents are >especially encouraged. We also seek presentations which will make creative >use of Internet technologies and techniques, including (but not limited >to) digital art and e-poster sessions. > >We suggest the following as possible themes for proposals. > >* communication-based Internet studies >* digital art >* distance education and pedagogy >* e-commerce and business >* gender, sexualities, and the Internet >* human-computer interaction (HCI) >* international perspectives on the Internet >* Internet technologies >* law and the Internet, including privacy and copyright issues >* methodological issues in Internet studies >* new media and Internet journalism >* psychology and the Internet >* the "Digital Divide" >* race and cyberspace >* rhetoric and technology > >This list is not meant to be exclusive, but rather to trigger ideas and >encourage submissions from a range of disciplines. When we are able to >identify scholars from a range of disciplines pursuing shared themes, we >will work to bring these scholars together for panel sessions. > >When preparing proposals, please consider the convention's conventions: > >* Most conference sessions will be 90 minutes, with no less than the >final thirty minutes reserved for discussion. > >* The average time allotted for a paper or presentation will be 15 minutes. > >If these time constraints are not appropriate for your panel/presentation, >please highlight this in your proposal. Also, please include any unusual >equipment needs or special considerations that might affect your presentation. > >Individual paper and presentation proposals should be no more than 250 >words. Panels will generally include three or four papers or >presentations. For panel proposals, the session organizer should submit a >150-250 word statement describing the panel topic, including abstracts of >up to 250 words for each paper or presentation in the panel. > >Graduate students are highly encouraged to submit proposals. They should >note their student status with their submissions, and, if they wish, >submit completed papers by the March 2 deadline so their work can be >considered for a special Student Award. The winner of the Student Award >will have conference fees waived. > >Conference organizers are working to ensure that IR 2.0 will be affordable >for graduate students, and indeed, for all attendees. Details of >anticipated costs will be posted to the conference website >(http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir ) in the coming weeks. > >All proposals should be submitted electronically at >http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/ > >It is preferred that you use HTML to minimally format your submission. > >The deadline for submissions of paper/session proposals is Friday, March >2, 2001. > >If you have questions about the program, conference, or AoIR, please contact: > >Program Chair: Leslie Shade, University of Ottawa, [email protected] >Conference Coordinator: John Logie, University of Minnesota, [email protected] >A(O)IR President: Steve Jones, [email protected] > >More Information about IR 2.0 can be found on the Conference Website: >http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir For more information about the Association of >Internet Researchers, including information on joining the Association, >visit AoIR's website at http://aoir.org Jeremy Hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu Instructor of Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Webmaster/Manager CDDC http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/cyber 526 Major Williams Hall 0130 http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy --my homepage Virginia Tech (yes i need to update it) Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540)-231-7614 icq 5535471 _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold