[ecrea] Third International Meeting of the ICTs-and-Society Network: Perspectives and Challenges

>CALL FOR CONTRIBUTION/PARTICIPATION
>Deadline for submissions extended until 6th Mayl 2010!
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>Third International Meeting of the ICTs-and-Society Network:
>=93Perspectives and Challenges=94
>Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Castelldefels, Barcelona, =20=
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>Spain
>29 June =96 2 July 2010
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>In 2008 the University of Salzburg, Austria, invited to a network =20
>launch meeting in the field of =93ICTs and Society=94 which comprises =20=
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>different approaches of different disciplines with different tasks =20
>that originate from Information Society Studies, Internet Research, =20
>Social Informatics, New Media Studies, Human Computer Interaction, to =20=
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>name but a few. In 2009 a follow-up meeting was held at the University =20=
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>of Trento, Italy.
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>The third annual meeting of the ICTs-and-Society Network 2010 is =20
>hosted by the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) at the Open =20
>University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona, Spain and supported by the =20=
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>University of Salzburg, Austria.
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>This meeting is as open to everyone engaged in ICTs-and-Society =20
>research, Internet research, Information Society research and related =20=
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>fields =96 whether you are a senior researcher or a PhD candidate =96 as =
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>the network is open itself.
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>Topics will thus revolve around
>- the impact of ICTs and society research on society,
>- our basic concepts and our background theory,
>- and our use of methodologies
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>and may include but are not restricted to:
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>- Normative Research and Meaningful Technology;
>- Critical Theory;
>- ICTs and Society =96 A New Transdiscipline?
>- Communities of Action =96 =46rom Message to Movement;
>- Problems of Empirical Research;
>- Towards a Science of Information, Information Society, and =20
>Information Technology!
>- How to Reconcile Technology and Society in Curricula;
>- The Future of the Network: ICTs-and-Society Network quo vadis?
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>Since the meeting is to facilitate self-organisation of researchers =20
>for the sake of self-reflection of the field, the format of the =20
>meeting will differ from a traditional paper presentation conference:
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>You are encouraged to suggest panels or round tables or other formats =20=
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>around the issues at stake. As usual, a session will last 90 minutes. =20=
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>We welcome your suggestions before May 06, 2010.
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>If you prefer to write a paper, you are free to do so and invited to =20
>submit it to http://www.triple-c.at/
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>Please send an abstract before 6th May 2010 to Alexander Banfield-Mumb =20=
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>((Alexander.Banfield-Mumb /at/ uti.at)).
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>Your abstract should contain
>- a clear description of the format you propose (round table, panel, =20
>workshops, presentation)
>- a statement why you consider this format appropriate
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>Abstracts for workshops, round tables or panels should have about 500 =20=
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>words and contain information on the topic and how it will be =20
>structured,
>Deadline: May 06, 2010
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>Abstracts for presentations should have max. 300 words (if possible =20
>with a suggestion for appropriate panels as can be found on URL =20
>schedule!)
>Deadline: May 06, 2010
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>For those who suggest workshops, round tables or panels we will notify =20=
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>you before April 30, 2010. The first day of the meeting (June 30, =20
>2010) will be shaped by PhD candidates=92 presentations only. If you are =
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>a student and want to present, please submit a PhD concept. Be aware =20
>that your paper should not only deal with your dissertation thesis, =20
>but will be evaluated against the criteria of how you reflect the =20
>problems of the field as indicated above. Nine papers will be =20
>selected. For further questions on the PhD Consortium please contact =20
>Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt at (pille.vengerfeldt /at/ ut.ee) and Celina =20
>Raffl at (celina.raffl /at/ sbg.ac.at).
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>A preliminary schedule of the network meeting is available at =
>http://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/schedule=20
>. Please adjust your contribution to one or more of the mentioned =20
>sessions, and/or suggest a new topic.
>Besides the scheduled programme, the meeting will provide ample space =20=
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>and time for ad-hoc working groups, informal and formal discussion =20
>groups and networking.
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>Important Dates:
>Deadline for suggested sessions, round tables, workshops: May 06, 2010
>Feedback to authors due date: May 13, 2010
>Deadline for contributions (within sessions): May 06, 2010
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>PhD workshop abstract deadline (500 words): May 06, 2010
>Decision on PhD abstracts: May 20, 2010
>Full paper submission due date for PhD contributions: June 15, 2010
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>Besides, the meeting will provide ample space for ad-hoc working =20
>groups if need be.
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>Keynote Speakers:
>William Dutton (Oxford Internet Institute)
>Juliet Webster (Work and Equality Research, London, UK)
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>If you have any inquires about the network meeting, please contact =20
>Alexander Banfield-Mumb at (Alexander.Banfield-Mumb /at/ uti.at). Please have =20=
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>a look at the website at http://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/ =20
>which will be updated on a regular basis.
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