[Air-l] AoIR conference venues

[Nancy Baym]

Everyone,

We have every intention of diversifying our conference locations in 
years to come. As has been pointed out, it is worth remembering that 
in 2000, just 4 years ago, we were amazed that people actually came 
to Lawrence Kansas for our first meeting. We are seeking to balance 
the desire/need to have true global reach and accessability with 
managing our limited resources and assuring that we are in a location 
where enough people will in fact come to make it financially viable 
(and not too expensive for attendees).

There has been and is a good deal of very intense discussion on the 
executive committee regarding how to assess financial risk, and how 
to do that balancing so that we can, in fact, meet outside North 
America and Europe. We have no intention of limiting our meetings to 
North America and Western Europe forever.

We will be having a poll up before too long seeking input from all of 
you on this crucial issue.

Nancy


>Hi,
>
>The cities I mentioned as possible conference venues are just examples. Of
>course Budapest is a nice city and I am pretty sure that Chicago is one too.
>My point is, that we should start including other, in many respects
>marginalized, regions of the world in the diverse discourses about the
>internet. And having a conference in an, e.g., non-English speaking country
>of the South would signal that research from outside Europe and Northamerica
>is welcomed and recognised. As internet usage shifts from Northamerica and
>Western Europe to Asia and Latin America, researchers need to establish and
>renew networks and bonds to these regions. 
>
>Cheers,
>Philipp
>
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Nancy Baym	http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym
Communication Studies, University of Kansas
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