----- Forwarded message from Larry Stillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:11:34 +1100 From: Larry Stillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CI] Reminder: Deadline for Abstracts and Proposals is approaching for Prato 2006 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Abstracts and Proposals are due 1 February for: Constructing and Sharing Memory: Community Informatics, Identity and Empowerment: 3rd Prato International Community Informatics Conference. CIRN 2006. 9 - 11 October 2006. Academics, researchers, PhD students and practitioners are encouraged to submit for the different streams of the conference. For specific information, please see below. Forward to colleagues (and apologies for cross-posting). Website: http://www.ccnr.net/prato2006. Contact: prato2006 AT fastmail.fm. CALL FOR PAPERS We are seeking abstracts and proposals from academics, practitioners and PhD students for a conference and workshop event at the Monash University Centre, Prato Italy, 9-11 October 2006. The Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash, in conjunction with the Community Informatics Research Network, has held highly successful events in 2003 and 2004 in Prato. The Prato campus is an exceptional environment in which to exchange ideas. The Centre is just off the main piazza of a small Tuscan city. It is close to Italian transport hubs. There are also a limited number of workshop slots available. If you believe that you can offer an engaging and relevant workshop, please submit a short proposal as soon as possible. If you have other innovative ideas for events at the conference, please don't hesitate to contact us! IMPORTANT DATES/PROCESSES: 1 February 2006: all abstracts due for consideration - the earlier the better 1 March 2006: acceptance/rejection of abstracts 1 June 2006: papers due 1 August 2006: final version of papers after refereeing for publication in the official conference proceedings. Abstracts must be in the following format and submitted to prato2006 AT fastmail.fm: 1)Name/s of Authors 2) Affiliation/contact details [university/organisation, email of first author] 3) Title of Abstract 4) 250 word abstract or summary in English. Please submit the abstract in the body of an email, NOT as an attached document. Do not submit a paper at this time. Papers (up to 5,000 words) in the peer-reviewed stream will be blind-reviewed by at least two referees and only accepted upon the recommendation of referees and the review committee. Practitioners are encouraged to submit papers or reports, but please indicate if you wish this to be in the reviewed or non-reviewed stream. A style guide will be made available. Abstracts must be written in English, though papers can be written in English, French, Spanish or Italian. DO NOT submit a paper until your abstract is accepted. Papers will be published in the conference proceedings. DRAFT PROGRAM (subject to alteration) 1) Ph.D. colloquium with feedback from academics and students. Students to make a short presentation and submit a 1000-2000 word position paper or report. 2) Refereed paper stream & conference proceedings 3) Research/Practitioner workshops (proposed workshops so far included indigenous memory and ICTs; communities of practice; research methodologies; digital memories; social networks and community communication) 4) Keynote address by Alex Byrne, President, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 5) Intensive 1/2-day workshop for all participants on community-based research and community memory with Randy Stoecker, author of 'Research Methods for Community Change' (Sage 2005) 6) Social program The use of blogs/wikis and video/audio multimedia will lead to a real-time conversation as well as online documentation for the conference as issues are debated, and explored. The Monash Centre at Prato is wireless networked. RATIONALE Community informatics research and practice engages in the conscious and unconscious creation and transmission of memory. The Oxford English Dictionary refers to memory as a function, as an abstract form of knowledge, as a process, as a thing, and as a concrete representation of an abstract recollection or remembrance. >From Durkheim on, sociologists have analysed collective memory, and have had an interest in the role of technology in the storage of information. Anthony Giddens has argued that social and institutional structures (such as community networks) are best conceptualised as memory traces or cultures that draw upon stored information. He does not look to the minutiae of information or evidence directly, but does recognise the importance of new technologies in being a means to transmit memory (including formal and informal stories and records) across time and space in particular in ways that have never previously existed. The characteristics of particular technologies have a role in shaping the ways in which memories and stories (oral, and written) are reproduced (consider the growth of blogs and wikis as 'instant history'). How do we constitute memory? Is it linked to institutions and structures, or is community informatics supporting a separate public sphere (Habermas)? What is the place and role of community informatics in the development of new means to capture private and public memory? This conference will focus on how information and communications technologies assist communities to use memory for the purposes of bridging and bonding, over time and space. The construction of personal and social memory can be facilitated or hindered by modern technologies, and in turn the technologies themselves help to shape memory, and the loss of it. POTENTIAL THEMES FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS. Abstracts and Presentations are primarily sought in the following areas, though other work in community informatics will be considered: * The documentation of oral and recorded community memory and stories through innovative community technologies. * Whose memory resides in community technology projects? * Library / community engagement. * Memory in disputed communities. * Participatory research, techniques and community memory. * Who has the responsibility for public memory? * Intellectual property rights and community memory. * Community history and community informatics. * Community organisations: electronic memory? * Theorising community memory. * Public libraries, archives, museums, community memory, and community technology. * Local identity, regional space, and community memory. * Community amnesia and community technology. * Multilingual and multicultural memory as minorities in dominant cultures. * Qualitative and Quantitative Dimensions of Memory. * Memory ethics. PhD Colloquium PhD students are encouraged to participate in the PhD colloquium, reporting on their PhD research to academics and other students. This is an opportunity to both share your PhD research and meet other PhD students and academics, as well as participate in the general conference. Students also submit a 1000-2000 word position paper for publication in the conference proceedings. Please follow the general instructions to submit an abstract. Abstracts must be in English. REGISTRATION We anticipate that full registrations will be in the region of $AU500(=310), excluding the fabulous hilltop conference banquet (~50). Concessions will be available for students. Registrations will be taken from early in the New Year, and is separate from your accommodation booking. You will be able to also register for social events and tours. ***We are unable to offer any bursaries or scholarships for attendance. Delegates must seek their own funds, and secure appropriate visas to attend.** ACCOMMODATION. Hotel space in Prato is limited, and your early reservation is strongly encouraged via our official agency. Detailed accommodation information will be made available shortly. Hostel accommmodation will also be available for students via ASA Tours. A conference rate has been negotiated with the hotels via ASA Tours, a licenced agency and a link information will become available via the conference website. This is the best way to ensure that your needs are met as either a presenter or delegate. Options are available for families. Cars and other services can be booked through ASA. In the new year you will be able to separately electronically register for the conference online. TRAVEL/SOCIAL Prato is close to Italian rail, air, and other transport hubs. See www.ccnr.net/prato2006/ for details of social activities, local cultural hightlights etc. The website also contains local cultural and tourism information. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chair: Prof. Don Schauder, Monash University; Ann Bishop, Ann Bishop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Gunilla Bradley, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan,Sweden; Fiorella de Cindio, Rete Civica de Milano/ University of Milan; Barbara Craig, Victoria University of Wellington; NZ; Peter Day, University of Brighton, UK ; John Fung, Hong Kong Council of Social Service; Mike Gurstein, NJIT; Graeme Johanson, Monash University; Sarai Lastra, Turabo University,Puerto Rico; Michel Menou, Somos@ Telecentros, Ecuador; Aldo de Moor, Vrije Universiteit Brussels; Yeslam al-Saggaf, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australia; Lyn Simpson, Queensland University of Technology; Wal Taylor, The Information Society Institute (TISI) South Africa; Beverly Trayner, Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais (ESCE), Portugal; Larry Stillman, Conference Organiser. SPONSORS Monash University, Australia; Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH),Sweden; Queensland University of Technology; Turabo University, Puerto Rico; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Community Informatics Program, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois; STARLab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Larry Stillman for the Conference ********************** Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University www.ccnr.net www.webstylus.net 03 9903 1801 fax 9903 2564 ¿Qué gigantes? dijo Sancho Panza ----- End forwarded message ----- --- You are currently subscribed to telecom-cities as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manage your mail settings at http://forums.nyu.edu/cgi-bin/nyu.pl?enter=telecom-cities RSS feed of list traffic: http://www.mail-archive.com/telecom-cities@forums.nyu.edu/maillist.xml