Hello, Just a reminder about our upcoming deadline of March 1 for abstracts for our edited volume: Postcards from the Metaverse.
Enjoy the weekend! Best, Robina --------------- > > > > Hello, > > We would very much like to invite you to contribute to our edited volume: > Postcards from the Metaverse. Below is the CFP and here is the link to the > CFP on our blog; > http://nordicworlds.net/2010/12/09/call-for-book-chapters-postcards-from-the-m > etaverse/. > > Please feel free to forward this to those who you think might be interested. > > Thank you! > > Regards, > Robin > > > -----------Call for Book Chapters------- > > Postcards from the Metaverse Reflections on how the entangling of the > virtual with the physical may impact society, politics, and the economy. > > Editors: Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics > Dominic Power, Uppsala University > > > New waves of internet and information technology are beginning to promise ever > richer and more immersive ways to connect with technology and with each other. > Developments in augmented reality, social media, virtual worlds and the > immersive/3D internet signal a move towards communications technologies and > virtual spaces that offer immersive experiences persuasive enough to begin to > blur the lines between the virtual and the physical. This book aims to compile > leading edge voices from diverse backgrounds to write about how they imagine > the future immersive internet will shape or misshape society, politics, and > the economy. > > The intention is to create a book based on a collection of short thought > pieces that will critically engage with the future directions that the > immersive internet might, should, or even should not take. The idea is not to > collect a series of empirical pieces but to collect pieces that provoke and > attempt to take in the big picture and the long term. > > As the immersive internet - including social media, augmented reality, virtual > worlds, online games, 3D internet and beyond - is being explored by a number > of different disciplines we encourage participation from a wide range of > academic disciplines: e.g., artificial intelligence, business administration, > cognitive psychology, communication, economics, geography, human-computer > interaction, neuroscience, social psychology, sociology. Equally since the > future of the immersive internet is very much an open creative process, we > invite contributions from social commentators, business people, technology > creators, writers and thinkers. To date, we have participation confirmations > from more than 10 leading researchers such as Tom Boellstorff, Mia Consalvo, > Edward Castranova, Tony O¹Driscoll, and Barry Wellman. > > The idea is to create a thought-provoking and challenging book that builds on > thoughtful short chapters (5-10 pages in length) that take a progressive > and/or critical perspective on some aspect of how the immersive internet can > be a space for progressive social, political and economic development in the > future. > > Submission guidelines and timeline: > > After the initial call is completed, we will approach several major > publishers. The production of the book will be facilitated by the editors as > well as members of the Nordic Virtual Worlds Network (Nordic VW Network, > www.nordicworlds.net). The initial intention is to publish the collection as > an eBook that will be available across multiple platforms: e.g. Amazon, > iTunes, and direct download. The book will be licensed under Creative Commons. > We also aim to publish the book in paper format. > > March 1, 2011: Please enter your abstract or short outline of your > contribution of maximum 300 words at > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PostcardsfromMetaverse or by email to the > editors by March 1, 2011. > > July 1, 2011: Upon abstract acceptance, authors will be invited to submit full > chapters of between 3500 and 5000 words. All submitted chapters will be > reviewed on a double-blind basis by subject experts. The editors will strive > to be an active and helpful resource to the chapter authors. > > Fourth quarter 2011: Anticipated date for book to be ready for publication > > Please do not hesitate to contact either of the editors if you have further > questions: [email protected] or [email protected]. > > > Robin Teigland, PhD > Stockholm School of Economics > Stockholm, Sweden > www.hhs.se/csc > www.knowledgenetworking.org > www.slideshare.net/eteigland > twitter: RobinTeigland > Second Life: Karinda Rhode > OpenSim: Robin Teigland > > > Check out NVWN - Nordic Worlds Virtual Network! An international, > inter-disciplinary project co-funded by NICe investigating entrepreneurship > and innovation through virtual worlds and the 3D internet: > www.nordicworlds.net <http://www.nordicworlds.net> . > > > > > _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
