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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello SIGCIS members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many of you are now packing to leave for Copenhagen, or may already be in the air. So I wanted to make a couple of important reminders or announcements.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Usually I go through the SHOT provisional program posted online and compile a list of all papers and panels with material related to computing. Sadly this year I’ve been unable to find any detailed program information on the meeting website at <a href="http://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual_meeting.html">http://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual_meeting.html</a>. You will find below this message the details of the three main conference panels organized or sponsored by SIGCIS – though we still don’t know the room assignments.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><b>The SIGCIS lunch</b> takes place 12:30 to 2:00 on Friday. Hopefully you’ve seen our previous announcements on this topic. The information on the SHOT website is still wrong – in fact the lunch will be a tapas buffet with a cost of $25 per person, paid in advance when you pick up your materials at the meeting registration desk. The location is the rotunda by the Soldjberg Plads cafeteria. Unfortunately we were left off the SHOT registration form this year, so the process of establishing who is coming has been rather chaotic. We hope that at least a few additional spaces will be available for those who did not already reserve a spot via email to SHOT – if you are interested then check this when you are at the registration desk. Bring plenty of cash for the book auction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><b>The SIGCIS workshop</b> takes place all day on Sunday. We have now updated the program at <a href="http://www.sigcis.org/workshop12">http://www.sigcis.org/workshop12</a> with details about the <b>post-workshop informal group dinner</b>, which will take place shortly after the workshop at a nearby restaurant. Pay in cash directly at the restaurant. Andy Russell, the workshop chair, has been collecting names for the reservation list. <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:arussell@stevens.edu?subject=SIGCIS%20question">arussell@stevens.edu</a></span> There is no official business to be conducted – just chat and relaxation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>If you are coming to the workshop, <b>PLEASE do you best to read the precirculated papers </b>for the dissertations in progress session and/or the work in progress session. These are available directly from the workshop program page via the “full text” links. <a href="http://www.sigcis.org/workshop12">http://www.sigcis.org/workshop12</a> I am printing them to read on and between planes on my way to Denmark. These sessions will just feature short (approx 5 minute) statements from the authors followed by discussion of the precirculated materials. So we need a critical mass of people in the audience who have read them. My apologies for not sending a reminder earlier. We usually do this when the collection is complete, and the sad truth is that for each session we only ever received two out of three papers. The four participants who did get their material to us for posting should not suffer for the sins of the other two, so let’s make an effort to read their materials and give them a spirited discussion that makes their journey worthwhile.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below is what we received from SHOT with details on the timing of the SIGCIS panels in the main conference:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>FRIDAY, 5 OCTOBER</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>8.30 - 10 AM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalic'> </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalic'>The Social Origins of Personal Computing</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Sponsored by SIGCIS</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Organizer: </span><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Peter Collopy </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(University of Pennsylvania)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Chair: </span><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>John Laprise </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(Northwestern University in Qatar)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Commentator: </span><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Thomas Haigh </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Kevin Gotkin </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(University of Pennsylvania): When Computers Were Amateurs: Hobbyist Computer Clubs,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>1966-1976</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>(WITHDRAWN: Peter Collopy </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(University of Pennsylvania): “A Bicycle for the Mind”: The Personal Computer as</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Appropriate Technology)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Laine Nooney </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(Stony Brook University): Home is Where the Game Is: Sierra On-Line and Women’s</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Computer Gaming</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>FRIDAY, 5 OCTOBER</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>2 - 3.30 PM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalic'>International Information Identities</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Sponsored by SIGCIS</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Organizer: </span><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Thomas Haigh </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Chair: </span><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Daniel Holbrook </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(Marshall University)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Commentator: </span><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Marie Hicks </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(Illinois Institute of Technology)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Petri Paju </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(University of Turku): Composing a New Europe: IBM’s Electric Typewriter and European Reconstruction</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Ramesh Subramanian </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(Quinnipiac University): Technology Policy and National Identity: The Personal</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>Computer Comes to India</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-Bold'>Christopher Leslie </span></b><span style='font-family:TimesNewRomanPS'>(Polytechnic Institute of New York University): CSNET and the Internationalization of the Internet</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Saturday 6 October</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2 – 3.30 PM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>36. International Information Societies</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sponsored by SIGCIS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Organizer: <b>Thomas Haigh</b> (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><span lang=FR style='color:black'>Chair: <b>Pascal Griset</b> (Université Paris IV, Sorbonne)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in'><span style='color:black'>Commentator: <b>Gerard Alberts</b> (Amsterdam University)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Giuditta Parolini </span></b><span style='color:black'>(University of Bologna): The Politics of the Statistical Tables for Biological,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> Agricultural and Medical Research</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Bernard Dionysus Geoghegan </span></b><span style='color:black'>(Humboldt University, Berlin):<b> </b>Claude Lévi-Strauss and the</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> Technologies of Man: Cybernetic Reasoning and the Reform of the Human Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Ksenia Tatarchenko </span></b><span style='color:black'>(Princeton University):<b> </b>A Plan for the Soviet Future: Programming, the</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> Second Literacy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>