[Air-l] Self-description and platform for Open Seat

[Barry Wellman]

As the norm in the AOIR governance process seems to be evolving towards
public statements by/about candidates, here's mine.

I was nominated by Caroline Haythornthwaite and Keith Hampton for an open
council seat on AOIR. I was asked by AOIR (via Jeremy Hunsigner) to
prepare a 250-word self-description and platform. I present it below. 

For more details, see my website.

Cheers,  Barry
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  Barry Wellman        Professor of Sociology       NetLab Director
  wellman at chass.utoronto.ca   http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman
  
  Centre for Urban & Community Studies        University of Toronto
  455 Spadina Avenue   Toronto Canada M5S 2G8   fax:+1-416-978-7162
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:30:52 -0400
From: Barry Wellman <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>
To: aoir office nominations <nominate at aoir.org>
Cc: Caroline Haythornthwaite <haythorn at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>,
     jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu>
Subject: Self-description and platform for Open Seat



As a keynote speaker at our founding conference, I want to keep the
momentum going.

Research: I believe in systematic, quality research. I've been studying
the Internet and its precursors since the 1970s. I've (co)-authored more
than 160 scholarly articles and (co)-edited three books, including The
Internet in Everyday Life and Networks in the Global Village.

Organization: Let's pioneer new ways to keep connected. In 1976, I founded
the International Network for Social Network Analysis, quite similar to
AOIR. I've served on the Sociology and Computing section Council of the
American Sociological Association, and the International Sociologists'
Community Council. I just co-founded a new journal as head of the ASA's
Community section.

Breadth: At AOIR, I will work to foster skill-expanding workshops. My
research encompasses a wide range of interests: how people find community
online, how people work together online, knowledge management, and the
rise of the networked society. I've collaborated in the design of new
communication systems.

Interdisciplinary: I've collaborated with computer scientists, educators,
engineers, historians, information scientists, lawyers, psychiatrists,
psychologists, and sociologists, and I'm an ICA member. I've been a board
member of Toronto's Knowledge Media Design Institute, McLuhan Program, and
Structural Analysis Program.

International: A Canadian, I've lived and worked in Europe and Asia. I've
collaborated with scholars in 8 countries in Europe, Asia and America. My
work has been translated into 8 languages. I've lectured and given
workshops in 16 countries in South and North America; Eastern and Western
Europe; Western, Southern and Eastern Asia. 

 Barry
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  Barry Wellman        Professor of Sociology       NetLab Director
  wellman at chass.utoronto.ca   http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman
  
  Centre for Urban & Community Studies        University of Toronto
  455 Spadina Avenue   Toronto Canada M5S 2G8   fax:+1-416-978-7162
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