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---------- From: Phil Agre To: Red Rock Eater News Service Subject: [RRE]Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:27AM [Reformatted to 70 columns.] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE). Send any replies to the original author, listed in the From: field below. You are welcome to send the message along to others but please do not use the "redirect" command. For information on RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, see http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: info rre =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 17:17:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Schuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] ------------------------------------------------------- Please distribute widely to interested people and lists -- thanks! ------------------------------------------------------- Shaping the Network Society The Future of the Public Sphere in Cyberspace DIAC-00 A Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing (DIAC) Symposium Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility First Call for Abstracts / Papers May 20 - May 23, 2000 Seattle, Washington, USA _________________________________________________________________ Cyberspace may become the dominant medium through which people create and share information and ideas. How their conversations about the environment, culture, leisure, and political decisions, are conducted and how they are resolved are likely to have major social implications in the future. What directions and implications does cyberspace foretell for community, democracy, education and culture? Addressing those questions may be among the most urgent tasks facing humankind today. The objective of DIAC-00 is to integrate many perspectives, conversations, and people from around the world on the topic of public space in cyberspace: What is it? What should it be? What would we do with it? What can we do about it? While DIAC-00 will present "best practices" and other lessons learned "from the field" there is an urgent need for theoretical work (or "condensed practice") as well. For that reason, DIAC-00 is strongly encouraging reflective work on strategic and policy levels. There is enormous energy found at the grassroots level and it is growing. The big problem today is framing the idea of public space in cyberspace in a way that engages intellectuals, decision-makers, artists, and citizens. This can only be done by combining "best practice" stories with strong provocative conceptualizations of what is happening in our world and how public cyberspace can play a role. We need theories, concepts that can help us discuss, reflect, and take action on these critical matters. As an integral part of the DIAC-00 conference social scientists, engineers, computer scientists, artists, journalists, and other members of the research community will contribute their thinking on these pressing issues: * Community Informatics * Civic Knowledge, Civic Infrastructure * New Tools, Applications, Services, and Institutions * Theoretical Frameworks * Methodological Frameworks * Critical Theory * Social Economy of the Internet * Computers, Work, and Cyberspace * New -- and Retooled -- Media * Participatory and Community-Centered Design * Community Initiatives * Public Access and Community Networks * Practitioner and Researcher Co-Learning * Bridging the Digital Divide * Cyberspace Policy -- Social Policy -- Cultural Policy * Computer-Supported Community Work * Localism and Globalism * International Perspectives and Partnerships * Social Movements and Collaborations DIAC-00 will be a multifaceted event. This call for abstracts / papers addresses the research or academic component of the symposium. There are other opportunities for participation within this framework. The guidelines for workshop proposals will be released soon. DIAC-00 will be the seventh symposium sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility in the "Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing" series. DIAC-00 is intended to broaden the discussion and awareness about the future of cyberspace both in terms of topics and in terms of participation. It is also our intent to provide visibility to topics and perspectives that are often neglected by the media. Each extended abstract should contain a description and outline of the work, supporting evidence and data, and references. Abstracts and papers should be written in English. All extended abstracts should be submitted (in plain text only!) electronically to Peter Day ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Abstracts should be fewer than 2,000 words. Authors should remember that they will be addressing non-academics as well as academics at this conference and avoid jargon whenever possible. Citations should follow the Harvard Citation guidelines. Academic Program Committee: Phil Agre (US), Amy Bruckman (US), Natasha Bulashova (Russia), Steve Cisler (US), Greg Cole (US), Peter Day (co-chair; UK), Fiorella de Cindio (Italy), Susana Finquelievich (Argentina), Michael Gurstein (Canada), Toru Ishida (Japan), Peter Mambrey (Germany), Kate ODubhchair (UK), Volkmar Pipek (Germany), Jenny Preece (US), Lodis Rhodes (US), Douglas Schuler (co-chair; US), Lisa Servon (US), Erik Stolterman (Sweden), Peter van den Besselaar (Netherlands), Murali Venkatesh (US), Ken Young (Australia). Important Dates: February 15, 2000 extended abstracts due; March 15, 2000 feedback given to authors; May 1, 2000 revised abstracts due. May 20 - May 23, 2000 DIAC-00. The final papers, ready for book / journal, will be due sometime in summer 2000. We are planning to publish all submitted abstracts on our web site. We are planning to publish accepted papers in a book or journal. The academic program will be thoroughly integrated with the rest of DIAC-00. We are pleased to be a member of the Global 2000 Virtual Community Coalition. The Global 2000 Virtual Community Coalition is a loosely affiliated group of people, organizations, and events all over the world who are working together in the year 2000 to help promote democratic use of communication technology and discourage social exclusion due to inequitable access to communication. DIAC-00 is sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and co-sponsored by Friends and Partners. Please contact us if your organization would like to become a co-sponsor or endorser. We'd like to thank the Morino Foundation for their support. For more information about the symposium, please see the web site (http://www.scn.org/cpsr/diac-00) or contact conference organizer Doug Schuler, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 206.634.0752.