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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:23:39 -0500 From: jeremy hunsinger <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CFP: Internet Research 2.0 - Association of Internet Researchers To: [log in to unmask] Please Distribute: >>INTERNET RESEARCH 2.0: INTERconnections >> >>The Second International Conference of the Association of Internet >>Researchers >>OCTOBER 10-14, 2001 >>University of Minnesota >>Minneapolis-St.Paul Minnesota, USA >>Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 2, 2001 >> >>Confirmed 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 is 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. >> >>We also invite proposals for pre-Conference workshops. These proposals >>should be submitted as soon as possible (no later than January 31, 2001) >>so that the workshops can be publicized. >> >>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, [log in to unmask] >>Conference Coordinator: John Logie, University of Minnesota, [log in to unmask] >>A(O)IR President: Steve Jones, [log in to unmask] >> >>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 ************************************************************************************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html *************************************************************************************