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Call to participation 2006
The Vox Internet project seeks to build an open network within the
French scientific field of researchers and experts dedicated to the
study of the Internet from the perspective of its technological,
social and political development. As the network is based on a portal
for the management of documents and publications, its momentum and
richness are largely dependent on its breadth and the involvement of
each of its members.
The central theme of the 2006-2009 program is entitled : "Internet
governance : the democratic construction of standards". In the
collaborative process of producing and capitalizing on knowledge which
Vox Internet wishes to implement, aside from regular seminars and two
colloquia (one to be held half-way through the program and the second
at the end of the program), we have launched the web portal
voxinternet.org for phase II. This portal is set to become the
infrastructure that underpins scientific production within the four
program axes that the main issue is broken down into.
The history and conceptions of communication techniques
The Internet of things
Global Practices, Local Governances and Subjectivities
Media convergences & new subjectivities
As a tool for monitoring and transmitting knowledge, the portal aims
to become a free-access knowledge base, a selection of relevant
current events and a directory of resources, by making use of all the
possibilities offered to researchers by information and communication
technologies (ICT).
The portal's objective is to demonstrate the relevance of work carried
out in an open and non-hierarchical group that makes efficient use of
time and material resources without sacrificing in any way the
scientific rigor required of an academic production. Through the
disinterested preoccupation of vitalizing and mutualizing SHS research
into the questions of the development and regulations of the Internet,
we have been led to experiment with the use of ICT as a tool for
managing information, measured against the work of knowledge
production in a single discipline and constructing the
multidisciplinary knowledge necessary for understanding some of the
major challenges faced by contemporary societies.
The project's final aim is to become a crucial body of French,
Francophone and European works, to be compared with the abundant North
American scientific production on these questions. The project's final
aim is to build a crucial body of French, Francophone and European
works, to be compared with the abundant North American scientific
production on these questions. For this open research network to
function successfully, three roles are necessary :
• Participants : (see the user's guide below)
• Authors : An author is a participant who has proposed an article
published on the site. The interest of an online publication lies in
the ability to make its content dynamic and interactive, by : leading
a discussion of the articles proposed and setting up web links to
external references.
• Working group moderators : Participants and authors. A moderator
guides the evolution of a working group by reviewing and evaluating
online resources and managing common resources. Within the piloting
committee, he or she will have a key role in organizing the program's
seminar sessions and colloquia.
The Vox Internet network is open to all proposals to take part in its
program. As the continuous adaptability and permeability of the
network are a major challenge, our knowledge production process is
intended as an experiment in the forms of Internet organization
applied to the research field.
Françoise Massit-Folléa
Scientific coordinator École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences
humaines / Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Paris
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Amar Lakel
Research & development Docteur en Sciences de l'information et de la
communication Chercheur associé au CRIS, Paris X - Nanterre / FMSH
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Projet Vox Internet - Bureau 313
Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
54 bd Raspail
F - 75270 Paris cedex 06
Editeur: Vox Internet - Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme -
Paris
http://www.voxinternet.org
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