[Air-l] Call for Papers for the next AoIR conference

Kathleen O'Riordan K.S.O-Riordan at sussex.ac.uk
Tue Nov 18 08:26:06 PST 2003


Dear All

I am really pleased to be able to announce the call for papers for
Internet Research 5.0. There is a formatted version of the cfp on the web
site. Please circulate widely.  If anyone would like to volunteer their
time in any aspect of the conference planning or would like to be involved
in sponsorship please contact us as below.

Many thanks

Kate O'Riordan

Call for Papers ­ 

Internet Research 5.0: Ubiquity?

International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of
Internet Researchers at the University of Sussex, England, 19-22nd
September 2004

Submission site opens: December 15th 2003
Deadline for submissions: February 2nd 2004

Conference Websites:
http://aoir.org/2004  or http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cce/aoir 

The internet seems to be at once everywhere and invisible but
simultaneously it structures only a fraction of the communications of
the total global community.  It can facilitate greater interaction,
understanding and political activism; being used at the same time to
exclude, destroy and exploit.  The much cited ubiquity of the internet
needs to be examined in both the contexts in which it is accepted and
those in which it is contested. 

The theme of 'ubiquity?' addresses the following questions: Is the
internet everywhere?  How and where does the internet appear and act in
technical, social, political, or cultural contexts?  What does it mean
to have access and who does and doesn't have it? How does the presence
of the internet affect individuals, communities, families, governments,
societies and nation-states?  What are the implications of 'internet
everywhere'?   Submissions addressing these and other questions
regarding the internet are welcome.

Internet Research 5.0 will feature a variety of disciplinary and
interdisciplinary perspectives on the Internet.  Examining and
challenging the visibility and prevalence of the Internet and Internet
discourses, the conference will bring together a wide range of
researchers, practitioners and scholars for the exchange of formal and
informal ideas.  As with previous AoIR conferences, the aim is to
promote a deep, coherent and situated understanding of the Internet and
connected networks. 

IR 5.0 will take place at the University of Sussex, in the UK, close to
the historic and lively seaside City of Brighton and Hove and on the
edge of the spectacular Sussex South Downs.  The conference is hosted by
the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sussex in
association with local partners.

Submission of Proposals

The Association of Internet Researchers invites paper, presentation and
panel proposals on topics that address technical, social, cultural,
political, pedagogical, economic, and aesthetic aspects of the internet.
We welcome interdisciplinary submissions as well as submissions from
within specific disciplines. We especially seek panel proposals that
establish connections across disciplines, institutions, and/or
continents. We also encourage creative presentations that will make use
of internet technologies and artistic techniques. 

- Proposals for individual papers should be in the form of 500-1,000
word abstracts. 

- Creative presentations and demonstration projects should consist of a
500-1,000 word abstract, this should include links to illustrative
materials. 

- Panels will generally include three to four papers or presentations.
The panel organiser should submit an approximately 500 word statement
describing the session topic, include abstracts of up to 500 words for
each paper or presentation, and indicate that each author is willing to
participate in the session. 

Each submission must also be accompanied by a 100-word abstract that
will go into the conference proceedings if the submission is accepted. 
All papers, presentations and panels will be peer reviewed.   If you are
interested in reviewing submissions for this conference, please contact
program chair Sheizaf Rafaeli at the address below. 

Abstracts should indicate the disciplinary or conceptual approach,
theoretical orientation, methodology of the research or ideas, and the
key results or hoped-for results of the research.  Reference should also
be made to the broader significance of the work and its relationship to
existing bodies of work.  Clarity of the themes, content, aims and
outcomes, is of greater importance than word length.

Full-length papers will be required after the conference and a selection
of the highest quality papers will be published in an Annual Review
(subject to authors' permission).

Proposals can be for three types of contribution to the conference:
papers; creative presentations; and/or panels. 

Each person is invited to submit a proposal for no more than 1 paper or
1 presentation. In addition you may also submit or be part of no more
than a single panel. The aim is to include as wide a range of speakers
as possible and to thus avoid speakers using time in more than one
session.  Average time allotted for a paper or creative presentation
will be 15 minutes. Average time allotted for a panel will be 1 hour and
15 minutes, including discussion time.

There will be additional opportunities to contribute to the conference
by chairing sessions, taking part in roundtables and workshops and
through audience participation.

All proposals must be submitted electronically at
http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/ 

Deadlines:

Submission site available: 15th December 2003 
Final date for proposal submission: February 2nd 2004
Author notification: March 15th 2004
Presenter's Registration to the conference: September 1st 2004
Student Award: Completed paper: July 15th 2004

Graduate Students:

Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. They
should note their student status with their submission in order to be
considered for a special Student Award.  If accepted in the conference,
students wishing to be a candidate for the Student Award must also send
a final paper by July 15th 2004.

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 longer 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 Kate O'Riordan
k.s.o-riordan at sussex.ac.uk, and will be accepted up to March the 1st
2004. Notification of terms and space allocations will be sent out as
soon as details are confirmed, with final acceptance required by March
the 31st 2004. 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Program Chair: Sheizaf Rafaeli, 
Center for the Study of the Information Society (InfoSoc)
University of Haifa
sheizaf at rafaeli.net   
- All inquiries on reviewing,  acceptances and programme

Conference Chair: Kate O'Riordan (University of Sussex,
k.s.o-riordan at sussex.ac.uk)
- All inquiries on Sussex conference, local sponsorship and
pre-conference workshops

AoIR President: Nancy Baym, University of Kansas, nbaym at ku.edu 
- Inquiries regarding the Association of Internet Researchers and
sponsorship

On site conference team, aoir5 at sussex.ac.uk
- All inquiries on location, accommodation, registration

Association Website: http://aoir.org 

Conference Website: http://aoir.org/2004  or 
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cce/aoir 






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