[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.

____________________________________________

Rebecca Ellis

Chimera

http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/index.html

Institute for Socio-Technical Research & Innovation

University of Essex

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