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[ecrea] CfP: Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation - International Joint Workshop

Tue Aug 02 20:06:11 GMT 2011



CALL FOR PAPERS
EXTENDED DEADLINE
September 1, 2011

International Joint Workshop on
Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation


November 2-3 2011, at the University of Helsinki, Finland

The aim of the workshop is to gather an up-to-date account on facts, =20
policies, technologies as well as research results on electronic and =20
web-based means of immigrant participation in the society, and to =20
discuss whether these means can contribute to the overall inclusion of =20
immigrants. The pronounced approach of the issue is bottom-up, =20
emphasizing immigrants=E2=80=99 own needs, initiatives, organizations as wel=
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as their web competences and practices as the starting point of active =20
citizenship. We encourage not only academic communities but also =20
citizen groups, activists, NGOs and authorities to submit in order to =20
gain a holistic picture of the issue. Accordingly, the submissions may =20
take the form of position statements, white papers as well as =20
initiatives or research results.

Please submit an abstract of 200 words by September 1 2011 (extended =20
deadline) to email address (mauri.kaipainen /at/ sh.se) with =E2=80=9CIIeP =20
submission=E2=80=9D in the subject field. On the basis of the review, the =
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final submissions for the international joint workshop will be invited =20
before October 1 2011, after which full papers are due to the date of =20
the event itself.

The contributions will be published in the Publication series of the =20
Department of Social Research, Helsinki University and/or in the =20
context of the IIeP outcomes such as manuals and website. A selection =20
of the presented and further developed papers will be considered for =20
an anthology in an international journal with a referee practice.

The program of the international joint workshop will be published by =20
end of September at http://iiep-project.eu



Ms.Itir Akdogan

PhD Candidate
Department of Social Research/Media and Communication Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Helsinki - Finland


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