<nettime> FINAL CFP for A(o)IR CONFERENCE

[jeremy hunsinger <jhuns@vt.edu>]

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS --
The deadline for submissions of paper/session proposals is 15 MARCH, 2000.

INTERNET RESEARCH 1.0: THE STATE OF THE INTERDISCIPLINE
FIRST  CONFERENCE of the ASSOCIATION OF INTERNET RESEARCHERS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE KS, USA
SEPTEMBER 14-17,2000
Conference Website: http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir/

The growth of the Internet is one of the greatest cultural phenomena of our 
time, impacting almost all areas of life. It is crucial to build knowledge 
about the Internet's socio-cultural dimensions. Despite great interest, 
knowledge-building in Internet research is hindered by a lack of 
international, centralized opportunities for scholars from different 
disciplines to interact. This international conference, the first meeting 
of the Association of Internet Researchers, will focus on the Internet as a 
distinct interdisciplinary field for research. It will bring together 
prominent scholars, researchers, and students from multiple disciplines for 
keynote addresses, paper presentations, formal and informal discussions.

The Association of Internet Researchers (A.(o).I.R.) invites submissions of 
between 150 and 250 words on all topics that address any social, cultural, 
political, economic, or aesthetic aspects of the internet. We welcome 
submissions from any discipline and encourage international and 
interdisciplinary work as well as submissions from those producing new 
media or working in multimedia studies.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

Manuel Castells
Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Castells 
has published over 17 books, including a recent trilogy on the information 
age which begins with The Rise of the Network Society (1996). In 1995-1996, 
Castells was appointed to the European's Commissions's High Level Expert 
Group on the Information Society and is a member of the European Academy.

Susan Herring
Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Arlington. 
Her recent edited collections include Computer-Mediated Communication: 
Linguistic, Social, and Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Computer-Mediated 
Discourse Analysis.

Rob Kling
Professor of Information Systems and Information Science at Indiana 
University at Bloomington. He is the editor of Computerization and 
Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices, and editor-in-chief of the 
international journal The Information Society.

Helen Nissenbaum
Research Associate and Lecturer at the University Center for Human Values 
at Princeton University and founding editor of the international journal, 
Ethics and Information Technology.

Barry Wellman
Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His recent collection 
is titled Networks in the Global Village. He is also a principal founder of 
a new journal, City and Community, the first issue of which will appear in 
2000.

FORMAT OF PROPOSALS

All proposals should be submitted electronically at: 
http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/
Average time allotted for a panel will be 1 hour and 30 minutes, including 
discussion time.
Average time allotted for a paper or presentation will be 15 minutes.
If these time constraints are not appropriate for your panel/presentation, 
please include that in your abstract.
Please include any equipment or special considerations that might affect 
your presentation.

Proposals can be of three types.

PAPERS
Proposals for papers :150-250 word abstract.

CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS/DEMONSTRATIONS
Creative presentations (surprise us!)  and Internet-related project 
demonstrations (including
digital art) are encouraged. The format for these proposals are the same as 
those for regular
papers.

PANELS
Panels will generally include three to four papers or presentations. The 
session organizer should submit a 150-250 word statement describing the 
session topic, include abstracts of up to 100 words for each paper or 
presentation, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in 
the session. Presenters should plan on using around half of the panels' 
time for presentation, and the rest of the time for discussion of the 
issues raised by these papers.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Graduate students are highly encouraged to submit proposals. They should 
note their student status with submission for consideration of a special 
Student Award. The winner of the Student Award will have conference fees 
waived.


FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS

Submissions will be accepted at http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/
It is preferred that you use HTML to minimally format your paper .

REGISTRATION

Registration will begin April 15, 2000. Check the conference website for 
details.

Conference Coordinator: Nancy Baym, nbaym@ukans.edu
Program Chair: Jeremy Hunsinger, jhuns@vt.edu
A(O)IR President: Steve Jones, sjones@uic.edu

More Information can be found on the Conference Website: 
Http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir

For more information about the Association of Internet Researchers visit 
our website at http://aoir.org
Jeremy Hunsinger          	http://www.cddc.vt.edu
Instructor of Political Science	Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Webmaster/Manager CDDC
526 Major Williams Hall 0130	http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy --my homepage
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061		(540)-231-7614


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