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Moreover, we would like this collection to reflect the interdisciplinarity of indigenous media studies. We thus welcome contributions from Native American studies, cinema and television studies, visual anthropology, cultural studies, art history, journalism, and communication. We will include historical research, local case studies, interviews with producers, cross-cultural analyses,international perspectives, as well as metacritical work.
1. CALL FOR PAPERS Conference on Digital Cultures Place: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Date: June 21-22, 2005 This multidisciplinary conference will explore the cultural implications of the spread of digital technologies throughout Asia. Following recent media theory based on US and Japanese digital cultures, we will analyze how Asian uses of digital technology are transforming local experiences, aesthetics, and social formations. Papers may focus on particular digital practices, such as personal web pages, PC and on-line gaming, digital animation, and cellphone text-messaging, or analyze representations of digital technology in discourses such as science fiction and chatroom discussions. We will place emerging digital cultures in the context of both local cultural traditions and globalization. Themes include: 1) adaptations of local art forms to the digital media, and how these adaptations effect the meaning of those arts in their traditional milieu as well as how people conceptualize the digital media 2) local conceptualizatioins of the global community and the "network society" 3) concepts of the self, the body, and language emerging in Asian digital genres and practices, and how these emerging concepts draw on or challenge concepts of the self, the body, and language in local religious, philosophical, or popular discourses. Scholars in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, video arts, history of science and related disciplines are invited to attend. Please submit abstracts (approximately 250 words) to Teri Silvio by electronic mail at tsilvio@gate.sinica.edu.tw; or by fax: 886-2-2785-5836 Deadline for abstracts: April 1, 2005 Deadline for papers: June 15, 2005 Funding for airfare and lodging may be available for presenters. NB: The language for discussion will be English; if you wish to submit a paper in Chinese or another language, you must notify us in advance. 2. new phd program: "The College of Humanities and Social Sciences at NC State announces the approval of its new interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM). Built on the premise that new developments in communication media and information technologies require a dramatic shift in instruction and research, this program integrates the study of oral, written, and visual modes of communication to focus on the human dimensions of information and communication technologies." See details at http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/crdm/ 3. New CMA articles: Appel, Myra Behrouza, Orkideh Doostdar, Alireza Kuntsman, Adi
QUALITATIVE SOFTWARE: RECENT INNOVATIONS & DECISION-MAKING (National Association for the Practice of Anthropology) Thursday, December 16 from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Presenters: Raymond C. Maietta, Ph.D (Research Talk, Inc.) & Alison Hamilton-Brown (UCLA Substance Abuse Program): ATLAS.ti, ETNOGRAPH, HyperResearch and MAXqda are evolving to meet the needs of qualitative researchers. This full-day work session highlights recent innovations in the qualitative software arena. This session reviews the major uses for qualitative data analysis software and pays special attention to how new directions in software affect decisions for choice and use. The workshop does not attempt to laud one package as "best." Instead users leave with a thorough checklist of items to consider that insure smooth transition to computer-aided analysis of qualitative data. Note: Workshop is run seminar style. No hands-on computer wok. THE PROMISE OF DVD-MULTIMEDIA FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCHERS (National Association for the Practice of Anthropology) Saturday, December 18 from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Presenter: Jodie Piner (Yauapai College): The workshop serves to instruct visual anthropologists and researchers in presenting their visual (video or photographic) research outcomes, audio material, and written documentation on DVD. The promise of DVD is the ability to present vast amounts of material, providing an interactive experience that transcends the concept of "thick description."
AnthroCommons With the announcement of the move of the 2004 Annual Meeting to Atlanta in December, Professor Rosemary Joyce proposed to the AAA Executive Board a way to creatively salvage the scholarly program of this year’s conference. Professor Joyce proposed that the AAA sponsor an online forum whereby session participants could exchange and discuss their organized topics, even if they do not take place in face-to-face meetings as originally planned in San Francisco. Affiliates of the Alexandria Archive Institute and Cultural Heritage International, Dr. Eric Kansa, Dr. Jeanne Lopiparo, and Dr. Michael Ashley, and the Class of 1960 Multimedia Authoring Center for Teaching in Anthropology (MACTIA), generously offered to donate their services to develop this online forum, including all programming, interface design, required software, server space, volunteer organization and on-line help. The AAA Executive Board enthusiastically endorsed the online forum. These volunteers rallied additional financial and organizational resources to make this effort happen within weeks. As these individuals continued to obtain critical input from various AAA members, it became readily apparent that the online forum also needed to be a central place for Association and Section leaders to post current announcements about organizing and scheduling business related to the Annual Meeting. AnthroCommons will provide a virtual community that can bridge events that have been cancelled, or will occur in Atlanta and elsewhere this Fall. All of our efforts to plan and organize the exchange of ideas, and the conduct of Association and Section business, will be available in a central repository for anyone to search and access. This innovative use of digital technology will facilitate professional and scholarly communication both for this and in future years. The option for contributors to select “open” Creative Commons (http://www.creativecommons.org) copyright licenses will further open doors for information sharing in and beyond our community. This scholarly content in AnthroCommons will be archived in perpetuity through AnthroSource and accessible by AAA members. AAA’s Annual Meeting is the largest single community gathering of anthropologists each year where anthropologists network, exchange ideas, and develop ways to further our profession. AnthroCommons can enhance the scholarly program through the durable use of numerous multi-media technologies and online discussion groups in advance and after the onsite AAA Annual Meeting. AnthroCommons will expand our audience to anthropologists and the broader public, nationally and internationally, beyond those individuals who attend the Annual Meeting in person.
Unfortunately, it's too late to view it now, but Teresa Senft broadcasted her dissertation defense over the Internet. You can see notes on it here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/museumfreak/183646.html#cutid1
FYI (good day) I am announcing a newly created website: Technology-Enhanced Language Revitalization. http://projects.ltc.arizona.edu/gates/TELR.html The goal of Technology-Enhanced Language Revitalization (@ the university of arizona) is to establish an informational resource for community language specialists, advocates, and linguists centering on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in language revitalization. Feel free to distribute this announcement! We also ask for your kind comments on the content and structure of this website as we continue to update, improve, and add information. qe’ciyéewy’ew, (thank you) Phil Cash Cash (Cayuse/Nez Perce) Ph.d in the Joint Program in Anthropology and Linguistics University of Arizona, Tucson mailto: cashcash@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~cashcash ps: thank you Bill and Melinda Gates.
CyberOrient Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Call for Papers The Middle East Section (MES) of the American Anthropological Association announces a new electronic journal CyberOrient CyberOrient presents original, peer-reviewed articles, short essays, commentaries, book and website reviews on the online representation of any aspect of Middle Eastern cultures, Islam, and the use and impact of the internet in the Middle East or diaspora. The subject is both an imaginary, an Orient created in cyberspace without formal geographical borders, Individual scholars and students will be able to post research notes or queries through an online message board. In 2005, CyberOrient will begin on AnthroSource, administered by the American Anthropological Association
What opportunities for representation has the Internet created in the Middle East, and how has it influenced popular culture, language and norms? • Does CyberOrientalism continue the East-West divide fixed in the colonial era by European political hegemony? • Does the proliferation of sites by individuals from various cultural backgrounds democratize political and religious behavior in the Middle East? • What does the Internet offer to groups who have not traditionally had access to an open public domain for expression, especially women and marginalized groups? • Does the wide range of views posted on the Internet foster tolerance and greater understanding on current issues of political and religious strife? • What is the impact of the virtual Islamic community on the practices of Muslims worldwide? • How does access to Internet cafes and global connections influence cultural norms in Middle Eastern societies? • How does an anthropologist conduct e-ethnography in cyberspace? • How is "culture" reinvented through the medium of cyberspace? For submission guidelines, click here. For more information, please contact the editor. Editor: Daniel Martin Varisco |
