> http://virt3c.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/
>
> The Inaugural Interdisciplinary Conference of the Virtual Communication,
> Collaboration and Conflict (VIRT3C) Research
Group at the University of Hull
>
> VIRT3C@Hull 2010 Developing the Virtual Society: Conflict in Adoption of
> Collaborative Networks
> 19-20 March
>
> Keynote speakers:
>
> Gabriella Coleman [Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU]
>
> Mathieu O¹Neil [Paris Sorbonne Paris IV]
>
> Public Keynote: TBA
>
> Our plenary theme is ?Developing the Virtual Society: Conflict in
> Adoption of Online Collaborative Networks¹. As virtual society develops,
> and peer technologies and practices pump in its heart, this conference
> brings together academics of all disciplines to discuss conflict in the
> adoption of collaborative networks. This is a time of confrontation
> between older forms of communication and organization and new ways of
> sharing, collaborating and acting collectively. We seek to explore
> conflicts emerging in the transition from, and resistance to, horizontal
> participatory networks, as well as conflict within collaborative
> networks. We welcome suggestions for panels and papers on any area
> relating to our theme, and particularly in the following areas:
>
> ? Network Theory
> ? P2P and FLOSS methodology adoption
> ? FLOSS methodology
> ? Open source conflicts and forking
> ? Adoption by NGOs and the developing world
> ? Adoption by social movements, hacktivism, cyberconflict
> ? Institutional resistance to networks
> ? Online P2P places and conflicts
>
> We encourage especially contributions, including, but not limited to,
> politics, economics, computer science, business, psychology, sociology,
> and law.
>
> With your abstract of no more than 300 words please include the
> following information:
>
> Name, postal address, email
> Institutional affiliation and position (if applicable)
>
> Please send abstracts in Word or pdf format to the organisers at
> (athina.k /at/ gmail.com)
> Provisional Deadline for abstracts: 15th January 2010
>
>
