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-----Original Message----- From: SocioTechnical approaches to Information Systems Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of jeremy hunsinger Sent: 20 November 2008 16:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: CFP: Internet Research 10.0 Internet: Critical > (this is the 10th anniversary) Apologies for x-posting, please > distribute as appropriate-jh Call for Papers > > Internet Research 10.0 -- Internet: Critical http://ir10.aoir.org/ > > The 10th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the > Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) > > October 7-11, 2009 > Hilton Milwaukee City Center > Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA > > > As the Internet has become an increasingly ubiquitous and mundane > medium, the analytical shortcomings of the division between the online > and the offline have become evident. Shifting the focus to the > fundamental intermeshing of online and offline spaces, networks, > economies, politics, locations, agencies, and ethics, Internet: > Critical invites scholars to consider material frameworks, > infrastructures, and exchanges as enabling constraints in terms of > online phenomena. Furthermore, the conference invites considerations > of Internet research as a critical practice and theory, its > intellectual histories, investments, and social reverberations. How do > we, as Internet researchers, connect our work to social concerns or > cultural developments both local and global, and what kinds of agency > may we exercise in the process? What kinds of redefinitions of the > political (in terms of networks, micropolitics, participation, > lifestyles, resistant or critical practices) are necessary when > conceptualizing Internet cultures within the current geopolitical and > geotechnological climate? > > To this end, we call for papers, panel proposals, and presentations > from any discipline, methodology, and community, and from conjunctions > of multiple disciplines, methodologies and academic communities that > address the conference themes, including papers that intersect and/or > interconnect the following: > > * critical moments, elements, practices * critical theories, methods, > constructs * critical voices, histories, texts * critical networks, > junctures, spaces * critical technologies, artifacts, failures * > critical ethics, interventions, alternatives. > > 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. > > > SUBMISSIONS > > We seek proposals for several different kinds of contributions. We > welcome proposals for traditional academic conference PAPERS and we > also welcome proposals for ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS that will focus on > discussion and interaction among conference delegates, as well as > organized PANEL PROPOSALS that present a coherent group of papers on a > single theme. > > > DEADLINES > > Call for Papers Released: 15 November 2008 Submissions Due: 1 February > 2009 > Notification: 15 March 2009 > > > SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS > > All papers and presentations in this session will be evaluated in a > standard blind peer review. > > Format > > - PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit abstract of 600-800 > words > > -FULL PAPERS (OPTIONAL): For submitters requiring peer review of full > papers, manuscripts of up to 8,000 words will be accepted for review. > These will be reviewed and judged separately from abstract submissions > > - PANEL PROPOSALS - submit a 600-800 word description of the panel > theme, plus 250-500 word abstract for each paper or presentation > > - ROUNDTABLE PROPOSALS - submit a statement indicating the nature of > the roundtable discussion and interaction 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 is invited to submit a proposal for 1 paper or > 1 presentation. A person may also propose a panel session, which may > include a second paper that they are presenting. An individual may > also submit a roundtable proposal. You may be listed as co-author on > additional papers as long as you are not presenting them. > > > PUBLICATION OF PAPERS > > Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special > issue of the journal Information, Communication & Society, edited by > Caroline Haythornwaite and Lori Kendall. Authors selected for > submission for this issue have already been contacted prior to the > conference. > > All papers submitted to the conference system will be available to > AoIR members after the conference. > > > PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS > > On October 7, 2009, there will be a limited number of pre-conference > workshops which 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 March 31, 2009. > Conference Workshops: http://conferences.aoir.org/workshops.htm > > > CONTACT INFORMATION > > Program Chair: Susanna Paasonen, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced > Studies Conference Co-Chairs and Coordinators: Elizabeth Buchanan, > Michael Zimmer, UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies and Center > for Information Policy Research; Steve Jones, University of Illinois- > Chicago Vice-President of AoIR: Mia Consalvo, Ohio University > Association Website: http://www.aoir.org > > Conference Website: http://ir10.aoir.org/ > > > SPONSORS (partial list)** > > * School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee * > Center for Information Policy Research, University of Wisconsin- > Milwaukee * Department of Communication Studies, University of > Illinois-Chicago * Center for Information and Society and the > Department of Communication, University of Washington * American > Society for Information Science and Technology-Wisconsin Chapter > > **Institutions or organizations interested in sponsorship > opportunities should contact Elizabeth Buchanan-eliz1679 at uwm.edu > > -- > Michael Zimmer, PhD > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Associate, Center > for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > e: [log in to unmask] > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > > > ____ > 2008 Annual Meeting > People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People > October 24-29, 2008, Columbus, Ohio > ________________________________________ > Asis-l mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l ************************************************************************************ 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 *************************************************************************************