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Second call for papers. Please send abstracts/ poster ideas by 29th
April 2005.
Registration is now open.
This is a second call for papers, posters and interest in attending a
two-day conference at the University of Essex, UK:
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Cultures of eBay: making sense of social and economic aspects of the
eBay 'phenomenon'
August 24th-25th 2005, Colchester, University of Essex
http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay.html
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Keynote speakers:
Rebecca Ellis and Anna Haywood, University of Essex, 'Virtually
second-hand: results of a two year ESRC funded project on eBay'
http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/team/beckye.html
http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/team/annah.html
Will Davies, Institute of Public Policy Research 'Implications of eBay
for the policy community'
http://www.ippr.org.uk/about/staff.php?id=180
Tim Dant, University of East Anglia 'The immateriality of Internet
shopping'
http://www.uea.ac.uk/psi/people/dant_t.htm
Delegate speakers include:
Katrin Amelang, Humboldt University Berlin, 'Inconsistent Autonomies:
Entangled subjects, architects of time and paradoxes in projects of
self-employment based on eBay.'
Monica Bouaru Turinici, Latts/Enpc, France, 'User courses and trust
building on eBay.'
Janice Denegri-Knott and Mike Molesworth, Bournemouth Media School, 'The
ontological function of eBay as the actualisation of consumers'
imaginations.'
Mary Desjardins, Dartmouth College, 'Ephemeral Culture/eBay Culture:
Film Collectibles and Fan Investments.'
Aloysius Edoh and Patricia. K. Litho, University of East London, 'CMOA
(Combinatorial Multi-attribute Auction): An Alternative to eBay.'
Torben Elgaard Jensen, Copenhagen Business School, 'Commerce and/or
Community - eBay's co-evolution of two different modes of ordering.'
Yasushi Fujita, University of Texas, 'eBay Japan's Mistake.'
Hilary Geoghegan, Royal Holloway, 'The virtual spaces of
telecommunications enthusiasm: the internet, Yahoo! Groups and eBay.'
Christian Heath and Paul Luff, King's College London, 'Transposing
auction practice: formalising the informal, globalising the local.'
Claire Hunter, 2CV: Research and Janice Denegri-Knott, Bournemouth Media
School, 'EBay as a labourer of love: A study of collectors, their
collections and their relationship with eBay.'
Alan Metcalfe (University of Sheffield), Nicky Gregson (University of
Sheffield) and Louise Crewe (University of Nottingham), 'The Unbearable
Lightness of eBay.'
Anna Notaro, Radboud University Nijmegen, 'Exploring Race in the Digital
Age: 'Blackness for sale' on eBay.'
Joanna M. Robson, University of East Anglia, 'Receiving the message loud
and clear? Audiencing and (web)sites of consumption.'
Michele White, Tulane University, 'From eBay to eGay: Rendering "Gay
Interest" in the Vintage Photography Category.'
If you would like more information on accepted abstracts, go to the
conference website:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay/Accepted%20abstracts.html
Conference background
This is the first independent UK conference which aims to look at the
cultural, social and economic aspects of eBay. The idea for this
conference originated from an ongoing ESRC project (RES-000-23-0433) at
Chimera, a department of the University of Essex, which began in
February 2004 and is due to end in January 2006. Results of this
research project will be disseminated at the conference.
The overall aim of this conference is to bring together academics, and
practitioner groups from both business and the voluntary sector, to
explore and 'make sense' of the cultural, social and economic aspects
and implications of eBay, the Internet auction site.
Important dates
Abstracts and posters no later than: 29th April 2005
Acceptance notification: 3rd May 2005
PowerPoint presentations no later than: 29th July 2005
Formal registration for all no later than: 16th May 2005
Conference dates: 24th and 25th August, 2005
Who should attend
Academics in the fields of (but not exclusively): new media, e-commerce,
cultural studies, sociology, human geography, HCI
Practitioners in relevant fields
Research students
Industry consultants
Conference themes
The conference themes have been written in order to accommodate the
interests of both academics and practitioner groups. Although papers and
presentations could address the following themes, submissions should not
be limited to the themes suggested. See the conference website
(Conference themes and scope section) for an outline of potential
research questions that could be addressed under each theme.
eBay and identity: the presentation of self/ others and knowledge
performance
* Significance (or not) of members' eBay user names.
* Presentation of self through item description, photography and
buying/ selling practices
* eBay 'claims to status' and disidentification practices
* Knowledge performance and presentation
* Knowledge giving
* 'Unknowingness'
* How do eBay sellers present themselves, others and material
culture in terms of discourses of 'race,' nation or Diaspora?
eBay and social capital
* eBay and 'community'
* eBay and the development of social capital
* eBay & trust
eBay, consumption and consumer lifestyles
* eBay and its effects on other disposal routes: charity shops,
throwing away, relegating to the attic
* eBay as a place to get rid of unwanted gifts
* eBay and 'minimalist living' - e.g. de-junking one's life
* eBay as ethical consumption? 'Recycling' to second owners.
* eBay as a 'weird' or spectacular site of alternative consumption
* eBay as a societal mirror in terms of what is being bought and
sold
* eBay as a store of social memory in material culture e.g. 'memory
artefacts,' nostalgia
Collecting in an e-society
* The impact of eBay on offline collecting practices/ rituals
* eBay and globalised collecting - the world of goods
* eBay and the ease of 'armchair collecting'
* The effect of eBay on specific collecting cultures and
communities
eBay and employment effects
* What impact is eBay having on self-employment in the UK?
* Who does an eBay living appeal to?
* What impact is eBay having on other forms of employment?
* Is eBay creating new types of jobs?
* Is eBay a good place to start trading for the newly
self-employed?
* eBay as a supplementary source of income
* Is eBay a good medium for selling services?
eBay, competition and the 'perfect market'
* Does eBay really constitute the economists' 'perfect market'?
* Is eBay creating new markets?
* eBay and competition
* eBay's business model
eBay and the 'real' economy
* Money flows
* National postal services and other goods distribution networks
* Internet infrastructure - Broadband vs. dial up
eBay and website design
* Designing e-commerce sites: what makes eBay sticky?
* Designing e-commerce sites to support trustworthiness
* How effective is eBay's feedback system?
eBay and the consumer
* eBay and consumer privacy
* eBay and consumer protection issues
Representations of eBay
* How has eBay been represented in the media?
* How do eBay's customers perceive it - through practice and media
representation?
Guidance for authors of papers
It is not intended for authors to submit full papers for the conference.
Presenters will be chosen by a panel on the basis of their submitted
abstracts. Abstracts should be no more than 400 words. If you are
interested in participating, please email your abstract to the
conference administrator by 29th April, 2005. Please e-mail Dr Martin
Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address) using
the title 'eBay Conference.'
The submission must include:
* A title and abstract (400 words) outlining the work to be
presented
* Name(s) & contact details for each of the author(s)
* Whether work is completed or on-going
* Whether partly or wholly a student project
* If work is subject to external constraints, (e.g. commercial
sensitivity)
Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by 3rd May 2005.
PowerPoint presentations will be required by 29th July 2005.
Guidance for poster submission
Poster submissions addressing any of the areas identified in the
conference topics are invited. The poster sessions are an ideal venue
for presenting recent research results or ongoing research projects that
might not yet be complete, but whose preliminary results are interesting
nonetheless. Although poster authors do not formally present their work,
the session allows for informal open-ended questions and discussion as
attendees explore the topic with the presenter(s), who can convey their
ideas without the requirements of a written paper. Unfortunately, as
poster sessions afford opportunities for interaction with other
attendees, poster submissions cannot be made without attendance.
If you would like to present a poster, please send details to Dr Martin
Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address) using
the title 'eBay Conference poster.' The deadline for poster submission
is 29th April, 2005.
The submission must include:
* A title and brief abstract (250 words) describing the contents of
the poster
* Name(s) & address(es) of author(s)
* Name of presenter of the poster, address, email, telephone and
fax number (if available)
* Whether work is completed or on-going
* Whether partly or wholly a student project
* If work is subject to external constraints (e.g. commercial
sensitivity)
* A brief note indicating how the space afforded for display of the
poster will be used, including any innovative suggestions for display
or observer involvement.
Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by 3rd May 2005.
There is no predefined layout and content format for poster
presentations. A standard A1 poster board (approx 23 x 33 inches or 61 x
45.7cm) will be
provided to display your work. For additional information on
posterpresentations, please refer to the conference website.
Conference location
The conference will be held at the campus of the University of Essex in
Colchester, UK (see http://www.essex.ac.uk/about/ ). The University is
situated in a landscaped parkland campus on the outskirts of Colchester,
the oldest recorded town in Britain. Colchester is served by excellent
transport links, with the A12 running into London and trains to the
capital taking 45 minutes. Stansted Airport, the home of many of the
'budget' airlines is easily accessible. Colchester is also linked from
the north with Ipswich and via the A14 to Birmingham, the M1/M6 to the
Midlands and the north of England. Accommodation is available on the
campus.
More information
For more information on any aspects of the conference, please see the
conference website:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay.html
Additionally, please e-mail Dr Martin Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk
to create full e-mail address) using the title 'eBay Conference' for any
queries you may have. To go to this e-mail address automatically,
please go to the conference website.
Anna Haywood
Chimera
University of Essex
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