[Air-l] Re: first post (An Internet Without Space)

[Nancy Baym]

Thank you Denise for reposting my CFP. Some people have asked whether 
it is full and/or really open to unsolicited manuscripts. It is not 
full, and yes, unsolicited manuscripts are welcomed! If any of the 
recent conversation on air-l has gotten you thinking about these 
issues, please consider writing up your thoughts. Nancy


>  > Eero Tarik
>>  Adelaide
>>  It does make me wonder whether Internet Studies should be in the
>>  Arts/Humanities area or whether it should be a Science where numbers,
>>  rather than concepts, are investigated and analsyed. Now there is a
>>  subject worthy of discussion - Internet Studies, is it Art or a Science ??
>
>hi eero
>your comments made me think of this call for papers nancy sent to the list
>at the beginning of january
>denise carter
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>>  For those who missed this CFP or whose memories need jogging. The
>>  deadline is February 27. Please share this CFP with others who might
>>  be interested. Thanks.
>>
>>  CALL FOR PAPERS
>>
>>  The Information Society (TIS) special issue on
>>
>>  ICT RESEARCH AND DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES: IS "INTERNET RESEARCH" A
>>  VIRTUAL FIELD, A PROTO-DISCIPLINE, OR SOMETHING ELSE?
>>
>>  Edited by Nancy Baym, University of Kansas
>>
>>  Issues raised by information and communications technologies (ICTs)
>>  transcend disciplinary boundaries.  Ever since the beginning of ICT
>>  research, scholars have sought to carve out spaces within the
>>  discipline-bound institutional structures where streams of thoughts
>>  of different hues co-mingle more freely.  The early efforts in the
>>  1960s and 1970s focused on the creation of interdisciplinary research
>>  centers and programs and journals such as Telecommunications Policy
>>  and The Information Society.  In the 1980s and 1990s, we saw the rise
>>  of schools of information, information studies, and informatics on
>>  campuses where the conditions were ripe for entrepreneurial activity.
>>  The variation in the names and curricula of these schools suggests
>>  that we are still trying to get a sense of the new intellectual
>>  landscape.  Within this unsettled context, the growing number of
>>  researchers attracted towards the Association of Internet Researchers
>>  [AoIR] conference gives reason for pause.  One now often hears people
>>  talking about the "field" of "Internet Research" while its
>>  practitioners continue to be housed in departments and schools of
>>  library science, business, information science, communications, and
>>  others. Something clearly seems to be afoot.  But what is it? Is
>>  Internet Research a virtual field wherein we have resigned to the
>>  permanence of disciplinary boundaries and created an overlay or
>>  virtual network across them? Or, are we seeing the emergence of a
>>  proto-discipline whose growth will knock down disciplinary boundaries
>>  and create a new institutional space? Or, is Internet Research a
>>  forerunner of some other configuration we barely understand?  This
>>  special issue seeks to explore and chart out this evolving
>>  intellectual landscape.
>>
>>  Contributions in the form of full-length articles (6000 words), forum
>>  pieces (3000 words), and short position papers (1000 words) are
>>  invited.  The special issue intends to present a variety of
>>  perspectives and hence is open in terms of topics covered.  Among
>>  other things, contributors could address questions such as the
>>  following:
>>
>>  To what extent is Internet Research an academic "field" or "discipline"?
>>
>>  What does it mean to label this field? Is "Internet Research" the
>>  right name? What are the other possibilities and what are their
>>  implications?
>>
>>  To the extent that it is a field, what is its emergent structure?
>>
>>  In what ways does the growth of this research area parallel or differ
>>  from other disciplines? What lessons for the present and the future
>>  might be learned from those histories?
>>
>>  Where do we stand now relative to where Film Studies, Women's
>>  Studies, and other new fields were a few years ago?
>>
>>  Manuscripts prepared according to the TIS guidelines
>  > (http://www.indiana.edu/~tisj/contributors/authors.html) should be
>>  submitted by February 27, 2004.  Please send the manuscripts to Nancy
>>  Baym (nbaym at ku.edu).  Authors are encouraged to discuss their ideas
>>  with the guest editor.
>>
>>  --
>>  Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym
>>  Communication Studies, University of Kansas
>>  102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
>>  Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org
>>
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Nancy Baym	http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym
Communication Studies, University of Kansas
Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA
Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org