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[ecrea] CFP: Information and Communication Technologies and the Current Crisis: How Are They Connected?
Tue Aug 04 20:16:31 GMT 2009
Call For Papers - Special Issue of tripleC
(http://www.triple-c.at): Information and
Communication Technologies and the Current Crisis: How Are They Connected?
The Crisis that began in 2007 continues to
convulse the world. Labelled by some as merely a
recession, yet it is associated with dramatic
changes in national and global power. Others
frame the Crisis as merely a consequence of
over-promoting a narrow range of financial
transactions associated with subprime mortgage
instruments. These were indeed overly
aggressively oversold by deregulated bankers,
but this was likely only an important trigger of
the Crisis, not the primary cause.
In this special issue, we will explore the
notion that much of the basis of the Crisis
should be assigned to financial transactions not
just made possible but also strongly afforded by
use of computer technologies. Thus, those
operating at the highest levels of algorithmic
capacity bear substantial responsibility for the Crisis.
For students of technological innovation and
diffusion, many questions emerge about the
connection between the Crisis in general and
computerization. Some of the questions involve
the tight relationship between cultures of
technological empowerment and financial elites.
Others questions, while appearing initially to
be purely economic, turn out on examination to
articulate strongly with the public interest,
civil society, policymaking, and public discourse more generally.
These in turn lead to further, perhaps quite new
critical questions about the emerging
relationships between capitalism, democracy and
the data-information-knowledge-technology nexus.
Thus, equally important for responsibility is
specification of what is known within computer
science about the technological dimensions of
the Crisis of this crisis. Ultimately, a
rethinking of the very notion of ?crisis? itself may be needed.
Some specific questions authors may choose to address include:
What kind of crisis is this, how is it different
from previous ones, how are these differences
related to automated ICTs and the changed practices they have afforded?
What role do computer professionals have in the crisis?
Does this crisis suggest a dystopian post-human future?
What media theories best explain the crisis, or
has the time arrived for newly radical approaches in this area?
How does public policy fit in the private world of computerization?
What historical guides are available as tools to
foster better analyses of technological crisis?
Will the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India,
China) be the ?winners? of this crisis?
Are there artistic innovations that help refine
political and policy responses to this crisis?
What new knowledge innovations are needed to
understand the forces at work in this crisis and
its implications for democracy?
What new questions need to be addressed to
orientate research about the crisis?
How are the computing-, information-, and
media-industries affected by this crisis? How will they develop in the future?
This special issue of tripleC is intended to
feature research from both theoretical and
practical perspectives. We seek contributions
from any theoretical, professional, or
disciplinary perspective that offers innovative
analysis that promotes debate about technology and the Crisis.
Submission deadline: Full papers should be
submitted until October 31st, 2009. All papers
will be peer reviewed. The special issue will be published in spring 2010.
tripleC Cognition, Communication,
Co-operation: Open Access Journal for a Global
Sustainable Information Society
(http://www.triple-c.at) promotes contributions
within an emerging science of the information
age with a special interest in critical studies
following the highest standards of peer review.
Submissions must be formatted according to
tripleC?s guidelines
(http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/about/submissions#authorGuidelines),
make use of APA style, and use the style
template
(http://triplec.at/files/journals/1/template-0.dot).
Papers should be submitted online by making use
of the electronic submission system
(http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/user/register,
http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/login). When
submitting to the electronic system, please
select ?Special issue on crisis & communication? as the journal?s section.
ISSUE CO-EDITORS: David Hakken
((dhakken /at/ indiana.edu)) and Marcus Breen ((m.breen /at/ neu.edu))
David Hakken is professor of informatics at
Indiana University. Marcus Breen is associate
professor of communication studies at Northeastern University.
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