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>
> Please distribute to colleagues and relevant lists!
>
>
> Lisbeth Klastrup
> Conference Chair
> IT University of Copenhagen
>
> Brian Loader
> Program Chair
> University of York
>
>
>
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> INTERNET RESEARCH 9.0: RETHINKING COMMUNITY, RETHINKING
PLACE
> International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the
Association of
> Internet Researchers (AoIR)
> Copenhagen, Denmark
>
> Workshops / Doctoral Colloquium: October 15th, 2008
>
> AoIR. conference: October 16–18th, 2007
>
> Deadline for paper submissions: February 8th, 2007
>
>
> RETHINKING COMMUNITY, RETHINKING PLACE
> In the past few years, new forms of net-based
communities have
> emerged,
> distributed on various websites and services, and
making use of
> several
> media platforms and genres to stay connected. Now, as
mobile and
> location-based technologies are reintroducing
"place" as an
> important aspect
> in the formation of communal and social activities, it
is time to
> consider
> and rethink the concept of online or virtual
communities. Not
> forgetting the
> lessons we have learned from studying the early virtual
communities,
> how do
> we describe, analyse, theorise and design the
communities and social
> formations of the early 21st century? How do we address
the blurring
> of
> boundaries between places and communities on- and
offline?
>
> 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.
>
> 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, economic, and/or aesthetic 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,
but we also
> encourage
> proposals for creative or aesthetic presentations that
are distinct
> from a
> traditional written ‘paper.’
>
> 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.
>
>
> SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
> All papers and presentations in this session will be
reviewed in the
> normal
> manner. Detailed information about review and
submission will be
> available
> through the conference submission website: http://
> conferences.aoir.org in
> early January 2008.
>
> Format
> - PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit abstract
of 600-800
> words
>
> - CREATIVE OR AESTHETIC PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract
of 500-750
> words
>
> - 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
> Several publishing opportunities are expected to be
available through
> journals, including a special issue of
"Information, Communication &
> Society", based on peer-review of full papers. The
website will
> contain more
> details.
>
>
> GRADUATE STUDENTS
> Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit
proposals. Any
> student
> paper is eligible for consideration for the AoIR
graduate student
> award.
> Students wishing to be a candidate for the Student
Award must send a
> final
> paper by June 30, 2007.
>
> Ph.D. students will also want to consider participating
in the
> Doctoral
> Colloquium:
> Following the very successful examples of previous
Doctoral
> Colloquia, we
> will again aim to offer an all-day Doctoral Colloquium
on October
> 15th 2008
> (Wednesday) for Ph.D. students who wish to present
their current
> work for
> critical evaluation by their peers and senior scholars.
Submission and
> registration details will be available on the
conference website
> http://conferences.aoir.o
rg as soon as possible.
>
>
> PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
> Prior to the conference, 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, 2007.
>
>
> DEADLINES
> Submission site available: January 10, 2008
> Proposal submission deadline: February 8, 2008
> Presenter notification: March 31, 2008
> Final workshop submission deadline: March 31, 2008
> Submission for student award competition: June 30,
2008
> Submission for conference archive: July 31, 2008
>
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION
> Program Chair: Dr. Brian Loader, University of York, UK
<bl506 york.ac.uk
> >
> Conference Chair: Dr. Lisbeth Klastrup, IT University
of Copenhagen,
> Denmark
> <ir9confitu.dk>
> President of AoIR: Dr. Charles Ess, Drury University
<cmessdrury.edu>
> Association Website: http://www.aoir.org
> Conference Website: http://conferences.aoir.o
rg
>
>
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Jeremy Hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy
Research,
School of Information Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu
)
Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew
upon a
thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps
millions, think.
--Byron
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