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------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Wal Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CIRN 2005 - 24-26 August, Cape Town Date sent: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:15:53 +1100 Hi Steven, ... We plan to make it an interesting time for delegates with pre & post conference tours to the township initiatives in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town where public service delivery and community interaction have been doing some very innovative work in the social appropriation of ICT for participation. We are also hosting the South African chapter of the WWW conference the week following CIRN 2005 and are presenting negotiating with the WSIS Civil Society Bureau to finalise a two day WSIS-CS colloquium on principles of evaluation of funded projects. So, two refereed papers, a colloquium and two short tours for one international airfare. Cape Town is of course one of the best kept secrets in the world; a lovely place, lots to do and see. And I thought you maybe able to create some interest in the conference and in building some useful learning network links. Wal Taylor Call for Papers CIRN 2005 24-26 August 2005, Cape Town South Africa The Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2005 Conference is open to receive research, policy and praxis based papers around the major theme of partnerships. Conference website http://www.cirn2005.org <http://www.cirn2005.org/> Community Informatics is principally involved with the social appropriation of ICT for local benefit The practice of community informatics usually involves role players with diverse interests, and many of the benefits are found in the combination of different role players' interests and resources. The main role players in CI are found in civil society, government, business and individuals. CIRN 2005 will highlight the interactions between these sectors in delivering local benefit. Increasing availability of ICT highlights the need for new partnerships between and within civil society, the public sector and business. It moves the agenda beyond simple questions of access, to effective use. This challenges the current roles, responsibilities and activities in civil society, government and business. Experience is demonstrating that neither 'top down' nor 'bottom up' approaches are consistently delivering universal benefit; rather, partnerships are providing significant value propositions in the emerging information economy. Further, whilst the relationships between business and government are quite well understood, the relationships between civil society and business, government and individuals in the emerging information age are still in formative stages. The conference is designed for researchers, policymakers, community leaders, ICT project leaders, government officials and regional community development groups who have interests, skills and experience in the social appropriation of ICT Critical dates: Abstracts and panel proposals 1 February 2005. Notification of acceptance 15 February 2005 Full refereed papers due 15 March 2002, Notification of acceptance 15 May 2005 Final papers due 30 June 2005 Contributions are invited from both developed and developing countries, but within the intended theme of the conference: Academic papers will be double-blind refereed and published in the conference proceedings. Papers that are not intended for refereeing are welcome and will be published separately. Case studies describing ICT related interventions and initiatives within communities are invited. Posters describing planned work or work in progress are also invited. Proposals for panels within areas closely related to community informatics are encouraged A PhD colloquium will be conducted and these presentations will be reviewed by a panel of leading CI researchers. Executive Committee Prof Andy Bytheway (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa) Dr Peter Day (Brighton University, United Kingdom) Prof Fiorella de Cindio (University of Milan, Italy) Prof Geoff Erwin (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa) Prof Susana Finquelievich (University of Buenos Aries, Argentina) Prof Mike Gurstein (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Prof Marlien Herselman, (Tshwane University of Technology, SA) Prof Don Schauder (Monash University, Australia) Prof Wal Taylor (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa Prof Wal Taylor (PhD) Professor Community Informatics Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, South Africa. Home page: http://www.cqnet.com.au/~user/waltaylor Has your library pre-ordered Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology. Hershey, PA. Idea Group Publishing. 2005 <http://www.idea-group.com/encyclopedia/details.asp?ID=4460> http://www.idea-group.com/encyclopedia/details.asp?ID=4460 You may also wish to view the recently published books: 'Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions' Eds. Marshall, Taylor & Yu. <http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146> http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146 'Closing the Digital Divide' Eds. Marshall, Taylor & Xu. http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1 <http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602> &sku=Q602 <http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602&impr intID= > 'Current IT Issues in Education' Ed. Tanya McGill <http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4041> http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4041 ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift UK Office Hours - 1pm - 11pm - - T: 0870.340.1266 Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org *** Past Messages, to Subscribe: http://dowire.org *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** New RSS XML Feed Available: *** http://www.mail-archive.com/do-wire@lists.umn.edu/maillist.xml
