[csaa-forum] CFP: Association of Internet Researchers, international conference in Brisbane, 27-30 Sep. 2006

[Melissa Gregg]

> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> IR 7.0: INTERNET CONVERGENCES
> International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of
> Internet Researchers
>
> Brisbane, Australia
> 28-30 September 2006
>
> Pre-Conference Workshops: 27 September 2006
>
> INTERNET CONVERGENCES
>
> The Internet works as an arena of convergence. Physically dispersed and
> marginalized people (re)find themselves online for the sake of 
> sustaining
> and extending community. International and interdisciplinary teams now
> collaborate in new ways. Diverse cultures engage one another via CMC. 
> These
> technologies relocate and refocus capital, labor and immigration, and 
> they
> open up new possibilities for political, potentially democratizing, 
> forms of
> discourse. Moreover, these technologies themselves converge in multiple
> ways, e.g. in Internet-enabled mobile phones, in Internet-based 
> telephony,
> and in computers themselves as "digital appliances" that conjoin
> communication and multiple media forms. These technologies also 
> facilitate
> fragmentations with greater disparities between the information-haves 
> and
> have-nots, between winners and losers in the shifting labor and capital
> markets, and between individuals and communities. Additionally these
> technologies facilitate information filtering that reinforces, rather 
> than
> dialogically challenges, narrow and extreme views.
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Our conference theme invites papers and presentations based on 
> empirical
> research, theoretical analysis and everything in between that explore 
> the
> multiple ways the Internet acts in both converging and fragmenting 
> ways -
> physical, cultural, technological, political, social - on local, 
> regional,
> and global scales.
>
> Without limiting possible proposals, topics of interest include:
>
> - Theoretical and practical models of the Internet
> - Internet convergence, divergence and fragmentation
> - Networked flows of information, capital, labor, etc.
> - Migrations and diasporas online
> - Identity, community and global communication
> - Regulation and control (national and global)
> - Internet-based development and other economic issues
> - Digital art and aesthetics
> - Games and gaming on the Internet
> - The Net generation
> - E-Sectors, e.g. e-health, e-education, e-business
>
> We call for papers, panel proposals, and presentations from any 
> discipline,
> methodology, and community that address the theme of Internet 
> Convergence.
> We particularly call for innovative, exciting, and unexpected takes on 
> and
> interrogations of the conference theme. However, we always welcome
> submissions on any topics that address social, cultural, political,
> economic, and/or aesthetic aspects of the Internet and related Internet
> technologies. We are equally interested in interdisciplinary proposals 
> as
> well as proposals from within specific disciplines.
>
> 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 welcome proposals for roundtable 
> sessions
> that will focus on discussion and interaction among conference 
> delegates,
> and we also welcome organized panel proposals that present a coherent 
> group
> of papers on a single theme.
>
> This year AoIR will also be using an alternative presentation format in
> which a dozen or so participants who wish to present a short overview 
> of
> their work to stimulate debate will gather together in a plenary 
> session
> involving short presentations (no more than 5 minutes) and extended
> discussion. All papers and presentations in this session will be 
> reviewed in
> the normal manner. Further information will be available via the 
> conference
> submission website.
>
> - PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit abstract of 500-750 
> words
>
> - SHORT PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-750 words
>
> - CREATIVE OR AESTHETIC PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-750 
> words
>
> - PANELS - submit a 250-500 word description of the panel theme (and
> abstracts of the distinct papers or presentations)
>
> - ROUNDTABLE PROPOSALS - submit a 250-500 word 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 person is invited to submit a 
> proposal
> for 1 paper or 1 presentation. People may also propose a panel of 
> papers or
> presentations, of which their personal paper or presentation must be a 
> part.
> You may submit an additional paper/presentation of which you are the
> co-author as long as you are not presenting twice. You may submit a
> roundtable proposal as well.
>
> Detailed information about submission and review is available at the
> conference submission website http://conferences.aoir.org. All 
> proposals
> must be submitted electronically through this site.
>
> PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
>
> All papers presented at the conference are eligible for publication in 
> the
> Internet Research Annual, on the basis of competitive selection and 
> review
> of full papers. Additionally, several publishing opportunities are 
> expected
> to be available through journals, again based on peer-review of full 
> papers.
> Details on the website.
>
> 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 also 
> send a
> final paper by 31 July 2006.
>
> 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 inquires regarding pre-conference proposals 
> should
> be submitted as soon as possible to the Conference Chair and no later 
> than
> 31 March 2006.
>
> DEADLINES
>
> Submission site available: 1 December 2005
>
> Final date for proposal submission: 7 February 2006
>
> Presenter notification: 21 March 2006
>
> Final workshop submission deadline: 31 March 2006
>
> Submission of paper for publication/student award: 31 July 2006
>
> Submission of paper for conference archive: 30 September 2006
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION
>
> Program Chair: Dr Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia,
> sudweeks at murdoch.edu.au
>
> Conference Chair: Dr Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology,
> Australia, a.bruns at qut.edu.au
>
> President of AoIR: Dr Matthew Allen, Curtin University of Technology,
> Australia m.allen at curtin.edu.au
>
> Association Website: http://www.aoir.org
>
> Conference Website: http://conferences.aoir.org (from 1 December)
>
>
>
> -- 
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>
>
Dr. Melissa Gregg
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies
and
Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies
School of English, Media Studies and Art History
University of Queensland 4072
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