[SIGCIS-Members] Members Digest, Vol 7, Issue 12
Dag Spicer
spicer at computerhistory.org
Thu Jan 27 10:02:14 PST 2011
What is the difference between a "Roundtable" and an "Open Fishbowl?"
Dag
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> 1. Henry Tom (JHUP executive editor) passed away (Thomas J. Misa)
> 2. Re: Call For Papers: Internet Research 12.0 (IR-12)
> (John Paul Laprise)
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> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:56:46 -0600
> From: "Thomas J. Misa" <tmisa at umn.edu>
> To: sigcis <members at sigcis.org>
> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Henry Tom (JHUP executive editor) passed
> away
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> Some very sad news. Henry had just retired from JHUP, where -- in 36 years
> and 1,000 books -- he'd done much to create publishing opportunities in the
> history of technology and, indeed, to move a major press fully behind the
> developing field.
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> http://www.press.jhu.edu/news/index.html#henry_tom
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> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:23:10 +0300
> From: John Paul Laprise <j-laprise at northwestern.edu>
> To: "members at sigcis.org" <members at sigcis.org>
> Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Call For Papers: Internet Research 12.0
> (IR-12)
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> I have attended a number of these and Tom?s points are well taken. It is a
> broad conference with a higher proportion of junior scholars than many other
> conferences (as one might expect in a newer field of inquiry). That said, it?s
> a very vibrant conference with lots of ideas being thrown around. Brilliant
> and not so brilliant. I?ve got to get out to one of these again soon.
>
> John
>
> From: members-bounces at sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces at sigcis.org] On Behalf
> Of Thomas Haigh
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:16 AM
> To: members at sigcis.org
> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Call For Papers: Internet Research 12.0 (IR-12)
>
> Below is the CFP for the Association of Internet Researchers. I haven?t been
> to one of these, though I almost did in 2009. The scope seems to be creeping
> beyond just the Internet and the composition is deliberately
> interdisciplinary, so proposals on video game history, etc. and things related
> to the conference theme of ?Performance and Participation? might be received
> with interest. Note that, unlike history conferences, they expect to receive
> full papers at some point.
>
> Tom
>
> From: sigtis-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigtis-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf
> Of Karine Nahon
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:02 AM
> To: sigtis-l at asis.org
> Subject: [Sigtis-l] Call For Papers: Internet Research 12.0 (IR-12)
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> Please distribute as appropriate.
>
>
>
> I'm pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for next year's Internet
> Research conference. The website for the conference is: http://ir12.aoir.org
> . Follow us on twitter at @ir12.
>
>
>
> Call for Papers Internet Research 12.0 ? Performance and Participation
>
>
>
> The 12th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the
> Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
>
>
>
> October 10-13, 2011
>
> Renaissance Hotel, Seattle
>
> Seattle, Washington, USA
>
>
>
> People perform identities, worry about economic performance, expect better
> performance from technologies, and feel pressure to perform as employees or in
> other roles in life. We observe or participate in artistic performances,
> ritual performances, and the performance of experiments. Join us in
> considerations, analyses, and celebrations of the many types of performance
> and participation online and in blended online/offline contexts. We look
> forward to creative articulations of the many meanings of the term performance
> and to the many ways of considering types of participation.
>
>
>
> To this end, we call for papers, panel and pre-conference workshop proposals
> from any discipline, methodology, community or a combination of them that
> address the conference themes, including, but not limited to, papers that
> intersect and/or interconnect with the following:
>
>
>
> * Creative performances and digital arts
>
> * Participatory culture and participatory design
>
> * Critical performance and political participation
>
> * Identity performance
>
> * Exclusion from participation
>
> * Economic performance of Internet-related industries
>
> * Game performance
>
> * Performance expectations (as workers, citizens, etc.)
>
> * Ritual performances and communal participation
>
>
>
> Sessions at the conference will be established that specifically address the
> conference themes, and we welcome innovative, exciting, and unexpected takes
> on those themes. We also welcome submissions on topics that address social,
> cultural, political, legal, aesthetic, economic, and/or philosophical aspects
> of the Internet beyond the conference themes. In all cases, we welcome
> disciplinary and interdisciplinary submissions as well as international
> collaborations from both AoIR and non-AoIR members. We particularly invite
> proposals from scholars in the areas of digital arts and digital humanities.
>
>
>
> SUBMISSIONS
>
>
>
> We seek proposals for several different kinds of contributions. As in the
> past, we welcome proposals for traditional academic conference PAPERS,
> organized PANEL PROPOSALS that present a coherent group of papers on a single
> theme, as well as PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS which focus on a particular topic.
> We also invite proposals that will focus on discussion and interaction among
> conference delegates. A common form of this type is the ROUNDTABLE SESSION,
> but we would also like to encourage other formats, such as OPEN FISHBOWL
> SESSIONS. (See the Wikipedia entry under ?Fishbowl (conversation)? for a
> description of this format. Fishbowl sessions should cover broad topics of
> interest to a wide segment of the AoIR community.)
>
>
>
> DEADLINES
>
> Submissions Due: 1 March 2011 (Papers, Panels and Pre-Workshops. Details
> below)
>
> Notification: 1 May 2011
>
> Full Papers Submissions Due: 1 July 2011
>
>
>
> NOTE: The submission deadline this year is later than in previous years, but
> for this reason, it is a HARD DEADLINE; there will be no extensions to this
> date.
>
>
>
> SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
>
> All papers and presentations will be evaluated in a standard blind peer
> review.
>
>
>
> Format:
>
>
>
> * PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit abstract of 600-800 words
>
> * PANEL PROPOSALS - submit a description of 600-800 words on the panel theme,
> plus a 250-500 word abstract for each paper or presentation. The panel
> organizer must assemble these materials for submission,
>
> * ROUNDTABLE and FISHBOWL PROPOSALS - submit a statement indicating the nature
> of the discussion and form of interaction, and listing initial participants.
> (In the case of a fishbowl proposal, this will include the name of the
> moderator, and the names of the first four speakers for the fishbowl.)
>
> * PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS - please submit all workshop proposals via email to
> ir12chair at aoir.org<mailto:ir12chair at aoir.org>. Workshop proposals should
> include names of presenters, and a 1,000-word description.
>
>
>
> Papers, presentations and panels will be selected from the submitted proposals
> on the basis of multiple blind peer review, coordinated and overseen by the
> Program Chair. Each individual may present only one paper during the
> conference, though they may be listed as a co-author on multiple papers. In
> addition to this one presentation, they may also appear on a panel,
> roundtable, or performance.
>
>
>
> PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
>
>
>
> Full papers submitted by the 1 July 2011 deadline will undergo review to be
> published in an open-access, online collection, Papers of the Internet
> Research Conference (ISSN forthcoming).
>
>
>
> Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of
> the journal Information, Communication & Society. Authors selected for
> submission for this issue will be contacted prior to the conference.
>
>
>
> PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
>
>
>
> On October 10, 2011, there will be a limited number of pre-conference
> workshops and symposia that 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
> inquiries regarding pre-conference proposals should be submitted as soon as
> possible to both the Conference Chair and Program Chair and no later than Marc
> h 1, 2011.
>
>
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION
>
>
>
> * Program Chair: Lori Kendall, Graduate School of Library and Information
> Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, email:
> loriken(at)illinois(dot)edu
>
> * Conference Chair: Karine Nahon, Information School, University of
> Washington, email: karineb(at)uw(dot)edu
>
>
>
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> The Information School,
> University of Washington
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