[Air-l] Re: Cfp: Cultures of eBay conference, Registration is now open
Ellis, Rebecca M
rellis at essex.ac.uk
Fri Mar 18 03:49:22 PST 2005
Registration is now open. Please send expressions of interest by 21st March 2005 and abstracts by 31st March 2005.
Apologies for cross-posting. Please disseminate widely.
This is a call for papers, posters, and expressions of interest in
attending a two-day conference at the University of Essex, UK:
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Cultures of eBay: making sense of social and economic aspects of the
eBay 'phenomenon'
August 24th-25th 2005, Colchester, University of Essex
http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay.html
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Conference background
This is the first independent UK conference which aims to look at the
cultural, social and economic aspects of eBay. As such, this e-mail asks
for early expressions of interest in attending, as well as being a call
for papers and posters, in order to gauge the demand for this one-off
conference. The idea for this conference originated from an ongoing ESRC
project (RES-000-23-0433) at Chimera, a department of the University of
Essex, which began in February 2004 and is due to end in January 2006.
Results of this research project will be disseminated at the conference.
The overall aim of this conference is to bring together academics, and
practitioner groups from both business and the voluntary sector, to
explore and 'make sense' of the cultural, social and economic aspects and
implications of eBay, the Internet auction site.
Important dates
Expressions of interest in attending (for non-presenters only), no later
than: 21st March 2005
Abstracts and posters no later than: 31st March 2005
Acceptance notification: 22nd April 2005
PowerPoint presentations no later than: 29th July 2005
Formal registration for all no later than: 16th May 2005
Conference dates: 24th and 25th August, 2005.
Who should attend
Academics in the fields of (but not exclusively): new media, e-commerce,
cultural studies, sociology, human geography, HCI
Practitioners in relevant fields
Research students
Industry consultants
Conference themes
The conference themes have been written in order to accommodate the
interests of both academics and practitioner groups. See the conference website (Conference themes and scope section) for a full and detailed outline of potential research questions that could be addressed under each theme.
Meta themes:
eBay and identity: the presentation of self/ others and knowledge
performance
eBay and social capital
eBay, consumption and consumer lifestyles
Collecting in an e-society
eBay and employment effects
eBay, competition and the 'perfect market'
eBay and the 'real' economy
eBay and website design
eBay and the consumer
Representations of eBay
Guidance for authors of papers
It is not intended for authors to submit full papers for the conference.
Presenters will be chosen by a panel on the basis of their submitted
abstracts. Abstracts should be no more than 400 words. If you are
interested in participating, please email your abstract to the conference
administrator by 31st March, 2005. Please e-mail Mr Martin Hicks (hicksm
and add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address) using the title 'eBay
Conference.'
The submission must include:
. A title and abstract (400 words) outlining the work to be
presented
. Name(s) & contact details for each of the author(s)
. Whether work is completed or on-going
. Whether partly or wholly a student project
. If work is subject to external constraints, (e.g. commercial
sensitivity)
Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by 22nd April 2005.
PowerPoint presentations will be required by 29th July 2005.
Guidance for poster submission
Poster submissions addressing any of the areas identified in the
conference topics are invited.
If you would like to present a poster, please send details to Mr Martin
Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address) using
the title 'eBay Conference poster.' The deadline for poster submission is 31st March, 2005.
The submission must include:
. A title and brief abstract (250 words) describing the contents of
the poster
. Name(s) & address(es) of author(s)
. Name of presenter of the poster, address, email, telephone and fax number (if
available)
. Whether work is completed or on-going
. Whether partly or wholly a student project
. If work is subject to external constraints,
(e.g. commercial sensitivity)
. A brief note indicating how the space afforded for display of the
poster will be used, including any innovative suggestions for
display or observer involvement.
Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by 22nd April 2005.
There is no predefined layout and content format for poster presentations.
A standard A1 poster board (approx 23 x 33 inches or 61 x 45.7cm) will be
provided to display your work. For additional information on poster
presentations, please refer to the conference website.
More information
For more information on any aspects of the conference, please see the
conference website:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay.html
Additionally, please e-mail Mr Martin Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk
to create full e-mail address) using the title 'eBay Conference' for early
expressions of interest, or any queries you may have. To go to this e-
mail address automatically, please go to the conference
website.
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Rebecca Ellis
Chimera
http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/index.html
Institute for Socio-Technical Research & Innovation
University of Essex
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