On behalf of Burcu Sumer.
Apologies for cross-posting.
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Digital Asylum-seekers: The Clash of
Cultures
22-24 June 2010 - Sibiu, Romania
An international conference hosted by a consortium of eight institutions,
including University of Bucharest, University of Ankara, Free University
Brussels, and Polytechnical Institute of Porto - running DIGITAS, a
Grundtvig Multilateral Partnership (2008 2010)
Digital media and the internet have transformed the way young people learn,
play, socialize, and even participate in civic life. Children today have
access to media, be it through their computers, mobile phones or mp3
players, much more readily than their parents ever could. Consequently,
digital technologies facilitate young people's creation of media
environments and associated literacy practices that their parents find
particularly difficult to perceive or understand, and from which they are
effectively excluded.
Such media environments and their respective specific literacy practices are
fundamental for mapping a ?digital divide¹ operating along
inter-generational lines. For some time, researchers and practitioners alike
have shown that ?ICT training¹ of (older) adults, focusing exclusively on
the use of various ICT tools, both hardware and software, is ultimately
pointless in the absence of an adequate cultural orientation to such new
territories worth exploring, exotic as they may seem, but also fraught
with unimaginable dangers.
We therefore invite contributions from educators and researchers from all
scientific areas that describe, document, and analyse various forms of
engagement, in inter-generational contexts and family settings, of youth and
(older) adults with digital/online environments and how they relate to
various forms of social and cultural capital. We are also looking forward to
accounts of challenges and obstacles which encourage or inhibit engagement
to various digital/online environments and their specific cultures, as well
as of successful intervention strategies and pedagogical processes enabling
(older) adults to exploit the opportunities for learning, playing,
socializing, and participating supported by digital media.
We are looking forward to contributions submitted to one of the following
sections:
* Learning in a digital world
* Playing in a digital world
* Socializing in a digital world
* Participating in a digital world
Abstracts should be in English only and should contain a clear outline of
the argument, the theoretical framework, and where applicable methodology
and results. The preferred length of the individual abstracts is a maximum
of 500 words. Panel proposals should consist of at least four individual
contributions combining a panel abstract with individual abstracts, each
abstract not longer than 250 words.
Deadline for titles and abstracts is 19 March 2010. Please register your
submission at http://tiny.cc/DIGITAS_regform. Your questions are welcome at
digitas.conference [at] gmail.com.
The abstract proceedings will be circulated prior to the conference and
published online, while the full proceedings will be later published (with
ISBN) online. A selection of papers will be considered for publication in a
printed (with ISBN) version.
Conference web page, including organizational details and suggestions for
funding your participation to the conference can be found
athttp://tiny.cc/DIGITAS_conference.
Practical information
Date: 22-24 June 2010
Location: Ibis Hotel, Sibiu, Romania
Organizers: a consortium of eight European universities and training
organisations developing the LLP / Grundtvig Multilateral Project DIGITAS
(2008-2010)
Conference language: English
Enrolment fee: 300 EUR (3 days) or 100 EUR (one day only) - with a 50%
discount for students
Accommodation at IBIS Hotel, Sibiu: see options on registration form
Registration form: http://tiny.cc/DIGITAS_regform
Website: http://tiny.cc/DIGITAS_conference
E-mail: digitas.conference [at] gmail.com
Abstract and titles submissions deadline: 19 March 2010
Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2010
Registration deadline: 20 April 2010
Deadline for submission of full papers (for online and/or printed
publication): 23 July 2010
