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<P><SPAN class=601151400-08022006><FONT face=Arial size=2>[Hi list - FYI this
year AoIR will have a distinct cultural studies bent -
including one of the keynotes - so do think of submitting a paper or panel
proposal. The conference also features a doctoral student colloqium
which would be really helpful for grad students looking for extra feedback/
support from established researchers, please draw it to the attention of any
grad students you may have or know working in the area of internet studies...
This conference will be an important opportunity to showcase the diversity of
internet research in Australia - Melissa]</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>CALL FOR PAPERS - SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 21
FEBRUARY</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>IR 7.0: INTERNET CONVERGENCES</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the
Association of Internet Researchers</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brisbane, Australia</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>28-30 September 2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pre-Conference Workshops: 27 September
2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>*** EXTENDED DEADLINE ***</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>By popular demand, we have extended the deadline for
paper abstracts to 21 February - for full details, see below.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>INTERNET CONVERGENCES</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Internet works as an arena of convergence.
Physically dispersed and marginalized people (re)find themselves online for the
sake of sustaining and extending community. International and interdisciplinary
teams now collaborate in new ways. Diverse cultures engage one another via CMC.
These technologies relocate and refocus capital, labor and immigration, and they
open up new possibilities for political, potentially democratizing, forms of
discourse. Moreover, these technologies themselves converge in multiple ways,
e.g. in Internet-enabled mobile phones, in Internet-based telephony, and in
computers themselves as "digital appliances" that conjoin communication and
multiple media forms. These technologies also facilitate fragmentations with
greater disparities between the information-haves and have-nots, between winners
and losers in the shifting labor and capital markets, and between individuals
and communities. Additionally these technologies facilitate information
filtering that reinforces, rather than dialogically challenges, 'narrow and
extreme views.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>CALL FOR PAPERS</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our conference theme invites papers and presentations
based on empirical research, theoretical analysis and everything in between that
explore the multiple ways the Internet acts in both conve/rging and fragmenting
ways - physical, cultural, technological, political, social - on local,
regional, and global scales.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Without limiting possible proposals, topics of
interest include:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Theoretical and practical models of the
Internet</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Internet convergence, divergence and
fragmentation</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Networked flows of information, capital, labor,
etc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Migrations and diasporas online</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Identity, community and global
communication</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Regulation and control (national and
global)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Internet-based development and other economic
issues</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Digital art and aesthetics</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Games and gaming on the Internet</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- The Net generation</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- E-Sectors, e.g. e-health, e-education,
e-business</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>We call for papers, panel proposals, and
presentations from any discipline, methodology, and community that address the
theme of Internet Convergence. We particularly call for innovative, exciting,
and unexpected takes on and interrogations of the conference theme. However, we
always welcome submissions on any topics that address social, cultural,
political, economic, and/or aesthetic aspects of the Internet and related
Internet technologies. We are equally interested in interdisciplinary proposals
as well as proposals from within specific disciplines.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>SUBMISSIONS</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>We seek proposals for several different kinds of
contributions. We welcome proposals for traditional academic conference papers,
but we also encourage proposals for creative or aesthetic presentations that are
distinct from a traditional written 'paper'. We welcome proposals for roundtable
sessions that will focus on discussion and interaction among conference
delegates, and we also welcome organized panel proposals that present a coherent
group of papers on a single theme. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>This year AoIR will also be using an alternative
presentation format in which a dozen or so participants who wish to present a
very short overview of their work to stimulate debate will gather together in a
plenary session involving short presentations (no more than 5 minutes) and
extended discussion. All papers and presentations in this session will be
reviewed in the normal manner. Further information will be available via the
conference submission website.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit
abstract of 500-750 words</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- SHORT PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-700
words</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- CREATIVE OR AESTHETIC PRESENTATIONS - submit
abstract of 500-700 words</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- PANELS - submit a 250-500 word description of the
panel theme and abstracts of the distinct papers or presentations</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>- ROUNDTABLE PROPOSALS - submit a statement
indicating the nature of the roundtable discussion and interaction. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Papers, presentations and panels will be selected
from the submitted proposals on the basis of multiple blind peer review,
coordinated and overseen by the Program Chair. Each person is invited to submit
a proposal for 1 paper or 1 presentation. People may also propose a panel of
papers or presentations, of which their personal paper or presentation must be a
part. You may submit an additional paper/presentation of which you are the
co-author as long as you are not presenting twice. You may submit a roundtable
proposal as well.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Detailed information about submission and review is
available at the conference submission website </FONT><A
href="http://conferences.aoir.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://conferences.aoir.org</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>. All proposals must be submitted electronically through this
site.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>PUBLICATION OF PAPERS</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>All papers presented at the conference are eligible
for publication in the Internet Research Annual, on the basis of competitive
selection and review of full papers. Additionally, several publishing
opportunities are expected to be available through journals, again based on
peer-review of full papers. Details on the website.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>GRADUATE STUDENTS</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit
proposals. Any student paper is eligible for consideration for the AoIR graduate
student award. Students wishing to be a candidate for the Student Award must
also send a final paper by 31 July 2006.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The IR7.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students
working in Internet research or a related field a special forum on 27 September
2006 where they will have a chance to present their research plans and discuss
them with peers and established senior researchers. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interested students should prepare a 2 page summary
of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the
methods being used, the progress to date and expectations and hopes from the
colloquium.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please submit your 2 page application by 1 April 2006
to: </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marcus Foth at m.foth@qut.edu.au</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 1 June
2006. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an 8
page report on their research program by 1 August 2006.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Colloquium Chairs:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve Jones, Nancy Baym, Randy Kluver, and Barbara
Adkins</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doctoral Colloquium Host and Sponsor:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University
of Technology</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 more 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 and no later than 31 March
2006.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>DEADLINES</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Submission site available: 1 December 2005</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Final date for proposal submission: 21 February
2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Presenter notification: 21 March 2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Final workshop submission deadline: 31 March
2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Submission for publication / student award: 31 July
2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Submission for conference archive: 30 September
2006</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>CONTACT INFORMATION</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Program Chair: Dr Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University,
Australia F.Sudweeks at murdoch.edu.au</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conference Chair: Dr Axel Bruns, Queensland
University of Technology, Australia a.bruns at qut.edu.au</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>President of AoIR: Dr Matthew Allen, Curtin
University of Technology, Australia m.allen at curtin.edu.au</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Association Website: </FONT><A
href="http://www.aoir.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.aoir.org</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>
Conference Website: </FONT><A href="http://conferences.aoir.org/"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://conferences.aoir.org</FONT></U></FONT></A></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>