[Air-l] key terms/concepts for understanding the web

[SocAdmin]

Hi there,
I've come in at the end of this thread I think but the two sites in my
signature might be of use to anyone looking into the areas of e-Learning,
Social Incusion / Exclusion, Diversity, The Digitial Divide, Research in the
Virtual Realm etc.
Sociopranos has a whole section in which there are many good topics already
running, with in some cases researchers discussing their as yet unpublished
work.
ODELUCE is headed up by the same woman that runs similar sections on
Sociopranos. She's based at Storling University and a nice lady to chat to.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Luke" <robert.luke at utoronto.ca>
To: <air-l at aoir.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Air-l] key terms/concepts for understanding the web


> This perhaps betrays my own bias, but what about learning?  There is a
rather significant focus on the web as a locus of and for learning, lifelong
learning, formal and informal education, etc.  This could perhaps be
included in other aspects of your chapters...
>
> I would also include accessibility, digital diversity and digitial divides
as important concepts for understanding the potential impact(s) and
in/exclusion of all things webbish. Accessibility in particular has expanded
the meaning of the web exponentially.  "For people without disabilities,
> technology makes things convenient, for people with disabilities, it makes
things possible."
>
> Robert
>
> "swiss at uiowa" wrote:
>
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > Am considering a new edition of a book I edited a few years ago for NYU
Press: UNSPUN.
> > The book looked at key terms/concepts/tropes in re: the web.
> > In chapters written specifically for this text, the authors explored the
key terms and concepts -- gender, community, and so on -- that help shape
our understanding of the World Wide Web and its wide-ranging influence on
contemporary culture.
> > Each chapter highlighted for students both continuities and conflicts in
the meanings of the Web by focusing on the language surrounding key terms.
In doing so, the book  asked: what are we talking about when we talk about
the Web?
> >
> > Below: the TOC. What I'm wondering about is this: what key terms do you
all see as missing from this list? Clearly there are many. But developing
such a list would be helpful to me, and I'd appreciate your feedback on what
terms should be added, along with essays of about 20 pages on the terms?
> >
> > thanks for yr help. Contact me at <thomas-swiss at uiowa.edu>
> >
> > best, Thom
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > TABLE OF CONTENTS
> >
> > Introduction:  Unspun: The Web, Language, and Society
> >
> > 1.  Community
> >         Jodi Dean
> > 2.  Identity
> >         Jay Bolter
> > 3.  Gender
> >         Cynthia Fuchs
> > 4.  Race
> >             Lisa Nakamura
> > 5.  Political Economy
> >         Vincent Mosco
> > 6.  Cyberspace
> >         Rob Shields
> > 7. Governance
> >         Timothy Luke
> > 8.  Ideology
> >         John Sloop
> > 9.  Performance
> >         Dawn Dietrich
> >
> > 10.  Hypertext
> >         Matthew Kirschenbaum
> > 11. Narrative
> >         Joseph Tabbi
> > 12. Authorship
> >         Russell Potter
> > 13.  Multimedia
> >         Sean Cubitt
> >
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