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Upcoming Events Constructing
Cyberculture(s): April 6-7, 2001 Co-Sponsored
by The Chesapeake Chapter of the American Studies Association and
the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity The Cyberculture
Working Group is a collection of University of Maryland and neighboring
graduate students and faculty members from across the disciplines
interested in exploring the intersections between the Internet,
culture, and society. At our 1999 Conference, "Cultural Diversity
in/and This year's conference seeks to continue these and other discussions by focusing on how different groups and communities construct and use the virtual world. We are seeking scholars from around the world and across the disciplines to discuss the ways that complex, multi-layered identities are being created and performed in online spaces, present case studies of virtual communities, and examine how digital environments shape and are shaped by "real" and "virtual" political and cultural dynamics. We hope to discuss possible connections between the humanities, social sciences, and the emerging, contested field of "cyberculture studies." We also welcome papers that address the uses of online technologies in classrooms and communities. Keynote Speakers
will include Lisa Nakamura, author of "Race In/For Contact Information: Subject: CyberSystems and Computer Science 2001 Conference Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:16:28 -0500 From: aomgt@infi.net To: "envtecsoc@csf.colorado.edu" <envtecsoc@csf.colorado.edu> 2001 Cyber Systems and Computer Science Conference March 21-24, 2001 at the St. Anthony Hotel, SanAntonio, Texas, USA. Attention: Information Systems, Resource Management,
Information Technology, Cyber Systems and Computer Science: Conceptual Frameworks, Practices and Applications. Please visit the Web at http://www.e-academe.org/
for information, Willem Arthur Hamel, Ph.D., CEO Call for Articles SOCIALISM AND DEMOCRACY is an interdisciplinary journal of Marxist social and political analysis. We are interested in receiving essays for publication which deal with the global dimensions of contemporary capitalism. Articles can focus on specific countries, regions or theglobal system. Articles should present a new contribution to our understanding of contemporary social conditions, ecological crisis or specific political struggles. If you have an idea for an article or a finished article ready forsubmission, I can be reached at: George Snedeker mailto:snedeker@concentric.net CALL FOR PAPERS The 29th Research Conference on Communication, Information
and Internet Policy TPRC hosts this annual forum for dialogue among scholars and decision-makers from the public and private sectors engaged in communication and information policy. The purpose of the conference is to acquaint policymakers with the best of recent research and to familiarize researchers with the knowledge needs of policymakers and industry. The TPRC program is assembled from submitted and invited abstracts. TPRC is now soliciting proposals for papers for presentation at its 2001 conference. Proposals should be based on current theoretical and/or empirical research relevant to the making of communication and information policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. TPRC welcomes national, international, or comparative studies. Subject areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to the following. More information about these areas is available from the TPRC web site at http://www.tprc.org/TPRC01/sessions01.htm . Abstracts should be certain to contain a clear statement of the central ideas and outcomes of the research, in addition to a description of the topic being addressed. All submissions must be submitted via the TPRC web site at http://www.tprc.org/submit/. The site contains a form that you can use to submit your contact information, a 500-word abstract, and a brief CV. In addition, ifyou have already written a full paper, you may post that online and submit the URL. Submissions are due by March 31, 2001. No submission will be accepted after this date. Inquiries may be made to the members of the Program Committee (contact info available from http://www.tprc.org/TPRC01/prog-comm01.htm): Lorrie Faith Cranor - Chair, AT&T Labs-Research
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