this may be of interest to some. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of david silver Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cyberculture-announce] call for papers, jobs, opportunities
[1] La Revista Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad hace un llamado a la comunidad académico-científica, entidades, fundaciones y organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales nacionales e internacionales para la presentación de artículos sobre trabajos de desarrollo tecnológico y/o científico en áreas que incluyen (pero no limitan): -Telecentros Comunitarios en Colombia y América Latina -Tecnologías aplicadas en los Telecentros Comunitarios -Aplicaciones y desarrollo para Telecentros Comunitarios -Impacto de los telecentros en las comunidades -Sostenibilidad de los Telecentros -Construcción de la Sociedad de la Información desde los telecentros -Telecentros e Inclusión Digital -Telecentros Genero y Equidad -Los Telecentros y las Metodologías de Investigación Participativa con las comunidades Los artículos seleccionados serán publicados en el volumen 03 de la Revista Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad. La publicación aparece en formatos impreso y electrónico. La supervisión general de la revista está a cargo del GNTT. Para la coordinación editorial, el diseño, entrega de artículos, o aclarar sus dudas, podrá comunicarse con la Ingeniera Virginia Solarte Muñoz, al siguiente correo [EMAIL PROTECTED] o llamar al 8209800 extensión 2154 - 2151 - 2132 IDIOMA Los idiomas oficialmente aceptados son: Español y Portugués FECHAS IMPORTANTES *** Fecha límite de recepción de artículos: 14 de Octubre de 2005 *** Notificación de artículos aceptados: 11 de Noviembre de 2005 *** Fecha de Publicación de la Revista: 15 de Diciembre de 2005 Envíe sus artículos, sugerencias y comentarios a: Correo Electrónico: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Las especificaciones de publicación para los artículos puede encontrarlas en http://gntt.unicauca.edu.co [2] Job Position Washington State University Vancouver Liberal Arts, Digital Technology & Culture http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/dtc/ The Department invites applications for an upper-level Assistant or Associate Professor of Digital Technology and Culture on the Vancouver campus located in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, beginning August 2006. The successful candidate will be expected to direct the interdisciplinary program in Digital Technology and Culture, teach undergraduate and graduate classes with a 2-2 teaching load, pursue an active research agenda, and engage in service activities/administrative activities for the department, university, and community. We seek someone to teach in the interdisciplinary B.A. degree program in Digital Technology and Culture, (currently administered by the Department of English) a liberal arts-based curriculum exploring relationships between technology and meaning-making both in historical and contemporary contexts. Terminal degree in appropriate field required. Discipline open, with special consideration given to candidates with proven national research profile in digital technology as social practice and teaching experience in higher education. A focus on and concern for diversity is highly desired. Concentrations might include informatics, media studies, digital diversity, artificial intelligence, among other fields. A demonstrated potential for excellence in both teaching and research is required. The appointment is at the upper-level Assistant or Associate Professor rank. The salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Deadline for submission of applications will be December 15, 2005. Candidates must provide TWO copies of each of the following: letter of application summarizing qualifications, current curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, graduate transcripts, and teaching evaluations (if available). Send application materials to: Linda Weidmann, Clerical Manager Digital Technology and Culture Search Committee Washington State University Vancouver 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue Vancouver, WA 98686-9600 WSU is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action educator and employer. [3] Call for chapters Globalization and Communicative Democracy: Community Media in the 21st Century Editor: Kevin Howley, DePauw University Combining seminal work on community and alternative media with new essays written by academics, activists, and community media workers, this volume offers new insights into the global struggle for communicative democracy from the perspective of local communities. Organized thematically, this anthology examines the intersection between community media and issues of democratic theory and the public sphere, cultural politics and social movement theory, neoliberalism and media reform efforts, as well as media activism and international solidarity building. This collection seeks to bring together scholars, activists and cultural critics from the fields of media and cultural studies, development communication, political economy, sociology, anthropology, community informatics, and media literacy, among others, to examine community media from theoretical, empirical, and practitioner perspectives. Historical and contemporary case studies are especially welcome. Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following: * Community Media and Social Movements * Media Activism and International Solidarity Efforts * Community Media and/as Cultural Politics * Media and Community Development * Innovative Cultural Forms & Practices in Community Media * Community Media & New Technologies * Indigenous Peoples¹ Media * Communication Policy and the Public Interest * Media Literacy, Pre-professional training and Community Media * Tactical/Autonomous/Community Media * Community Journalism And Investigative Reporting * Community Media and Civil Society * NGOs and Community Media * Community Media & Local Cultural Production * Media Reform, Media Activism and Community Media * Community Media and Collective Memory * Production and Distribution through Global Networks Potential contributors should send a biographical sketch along with an extended abstract (800-1000 words) in a Word attachment to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by January 31, 2006. Inquiries regarding submissions should be sent to Dr. Kevin Howley at the same address. Kevin Howley is author of Community Media: People, Places, and Communication Technologies (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Dr. Howley¹s work has appeared in the International Journal of Cultural Studies, Transformations, the Journal of Radio Studies, Ecumene, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, and Social Movement Studies. [4] Vectors Journal Issue 2 Now Online Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular is pleased to announce the launch of Issue #2: Mobility. The Mobility issue of Vectors includes work ranging from a rhizomatic exploration of the historical representation of the Irish to a manifesto for creating academic superheroes. Featured scholars include David Lloyd, Jane McGonigal, the Labyrinth Project, Julian Bleecker, the Guantanamobile Project, Todd Presner, and Dietmar Offenhuber. Vectors is edited by Tara McPherson and Steve Anderson with creative direction by Erik Loyer and Raegan Kelly. Vectors is an international peer-reviewed electronic journal dedicated to expanding the potentials of academic publication via emergent and transitional media. Vectors brings together visionary scholars with cutting-edge designers and technologists to propose a thorough rethinking of the dynamic relationship of form to content in academic research, focusing on the ways technology shapes, transforms and reconfigures social and cultural relations. The Mobility issue of Vectors is online at: http://www.vectorsjournal.org Please also explore Issue #1: Evidence in the Vectors Archive and contribute to an ongoing dialogue with the project creators via the Vectors Forums. *** enjoy. david silver subscribe? unsubscribe? https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cyberculture-announce _______________________________________________ Cyberculture-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cyberculture-announce _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
