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WWW2008

The World Wide Web Conference is a global event bringing together key researchers, innovators, decision-makers, technologists, businesses, and standards bodies working to shape the Web. Since its inception in 1994, the WWW conference has become the annual venue for international discussions and debate on the future evolution of the Web (link)


OPEN REPOSITORIES 2008: CALL FOR PAPERS & PANELS

OPEN REPOSITORIES 2008: CALL FOR PAPERS & PANELS
http://www.openrepositories.org/2008
Repositories are being deployed in a variety of settings (research,
scholarship, learning, science, cultural heritage) and across a range of scales (subject, national, regional, institutional, project, lab, personal). The aim of this conference is to address the technical, managerial, practical and theoretical issues that arise from diverse applications of repositories in the increasingly pervasive information environment.

A programme of papers, panel discussions, poster presentations, workshops, tutorials and developer coding sessions will bring together all the key stakeholders in the field. Open source software community meetings for the major platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) will also provide opportunities to advance and co-ordinate the development of repository installations across the world.

We invite developers, researchers and practitioners to submit papers describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of repositories. Submissions of up to 4 pages in length are requested in PDF or HTML format. Detailed submission instructions will be made available from this page.

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Australian Blogging Conference

Over the past decade, the internet has democratised publishing, transforming the way in which society communicates and researches. Once web page creation required a sophisticated knowledge of HTML, but user friendly tools now make it possible for anyone to create a web page. The easiest and most common web page to create is a blog, (or a weblog). These blogs take the form of an online journal or diary and can cover any topic – from the life of a high school student to complex political analysis and debate. With the proliferation of blogs over the last two years, their authors have had a significant influence on popular culture, scholarship, journalism and politics (link).


IEEE Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies

IEEE DEST 2008
IEEE Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies

26th-29th February 2008
Phitsanulok Thailand

Deadline for full paper submissions: October 14th, 2007

http://www.ieee-dest.curtin.edu.au/2008/tracks.php#trackE-humanities

eHumanities — Track Chairs: Marc Wilhelm Küster and Matthew Allen

Digital Ecosystem is defined as an open, loosely coupled, domain
clustered, demand-driven, self-organising collaborative environment,
where each species is proactive and responsive for its own benefit or
profit.
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The World Universities Forum

13 October 2007 is the proposal deadline in the call for papers for the:

The World Universities Forum
Davos, Switzerland, 31 January to 2 February 2008
http://universitiesforum.com

The World Universities Forum was created in the belief that academe must better engage today’s most crucial questions, and that higher education itself must be included as part of the wider discussion of global change. The Forum encourages the participation of university executives, administrators, scholars and research students, as well as journalists, policy makers, business and political leaders, and others who understand that the importance of the university extends well beyond campus.

All presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed Journal of the World Universities Forum. If you are unable to attend the Forum in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for review and possible publication in the Journal, and provide access to the online edition of the Journal.

To submit your proposal, please visit the Submit Proposal link on the Forum website http://universitiesforum.com

We look forward to receiving your proposals and hope you will be able to join us in Davos in January 2008.

Yours Sincerely,

Professor Fazal Rizvi
Department of Educational Policy Studies
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois, USA
For: The International Advisory Board of the World Universities Forum


Digital resources in the Arts and Humanities, Dartington College UK, 9-11 September

A brief reminder that this year’s conference on Digital resources in the
Arts and Humanities will be held at Dartington College of Arts, 9 - 11
September inclusive.
Visit the conference website at http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha07 now
to see the draft programme and register for this unique and
extraordinary event.
* Plenary speakers (in alphabetical order) *Paul Ayris*, *Gavin
Bryars*, *Greg Crane*, and *Deke Weaver*
* Panel sessions on *After the AHDS*, *Second Life*, *Representing
Performance*
* A dozen themed sessions on Virtuality; Performance and documentation;
Linguistic Resources; Textual Resources; Digital Media and Community
Building; Digital pedagogy; Tools and Resources; Music and musicianship.
* A concert from leading British contemporary music ensemble Icebreaker,
performing their recently recording of Philip Glass’ “Music with
changing parts”
* Performances from Blind Ditch, Avatar Body Collision, Tim Sayer,
Michael Young, and others
“DRHA continues to defy the border guards and challenge cultural
hegemonies, by demonstrating how Going Digital enriches our
understanding, our abilities, and our achievements. A splendid time is
guaranteed for all.”
Lou Burnard and Chris Pressler

Digital Classicist/ICS Work in Progress Seminar, Summer 2007

Friday 3rd August at 16:30, in room NG16, Senate House, Malet Street,
London

Melissa Terras (University College London)
‘Can computers ever read ancient texts?’

Researchers in the Centre of the Study of Ancient Documents, and the
Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford (and now UCL
SLAIS), have been attempting to build a system to aid historians in
reading damaged and deteriorated texts, specifically those from
Vindolanda. But to what extent can computers ever hope to “read”
ancient texts, and how can computers aid (not replace) historians in
propagating readings from hard to read documentary material?

ALL WELCOME

The seminar will be followed by wine and refreshments.

For more information please contact Gabriel.Bodard@kcl.ac.uk or
Simon.Mahony@kcl.ac.uk, or see the seminar website at
http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2007.html


Wolfenden50: Sex/Life/Politics in the British World 1945-1969

2007 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Wolfenden Report, a British government inquiry into homosexuality and prostitution which profoundly shaped public debate on the regulation of these sexualities (and others), in Britain and beyond.Most famously, the Report recommended that homosexual acts between consenting adults in private ought not to be an offence and 2007 also marks the fortieth anniversary of the passage of this recommendation into law in the Sexual Offences Act of 1967.This seems like a suitable moment to look at the ways in which minority/deviant/ marginalised/vilified/ sexualities have been lived, understood, regulated and constructed in the post-War period, and to that end a conference is being held at King’s College in London in June 2007 (link).


DIGITAL ARCHIVE FEVER

CHArt TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
London Venue to be confirmed
Thursday 8 - Friday 9 November 2007

 

- FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - 

 

Museums, galleries, archives, libraries and media organisations such as publishers and film and broadcast companies, have traditionally mediated and controlled access to cultural resources and knowledge. What is the future of such ‘top-down’ institutions in the age of ‘bottom-up’ access to knowledge and cultural artifacts through what is generally known as Web 2:0 - encompassing YouTube, Bittorrent, Napster, Wikipedia, Google, MySpace and more. Will such institutions respond to this threat to their cultural hegemony by resistance or adaptation? How can a museum or a gallery or, for that matter, a broadcasting company, appeal to an audience which has unprecedented access to cultural resources? How can institutions predicated on a cultural economy of scarcity compete in an emerging state of cultural abundance?

 

For the twenty-third CHArt conference we are looking for papers that reflect upon these issues, particularly in relation to visual culture. We particularly welcome contributions from those working in either ‘traditional’ cultural organisations or those involved in new forms of cultural access and distribution.

 

We welcome contributions from all sections  of the CHArt community: Art Practice; Art History; Museums; Galleries; Curation; Archives; Libraries; Education; Media and Broadcast Production; Cultural Assets Management and Access; Hardware; Software; Theory.

 

Please email submissions (a three hundred word synopsis of the proposed paper with brief CV of presenter/s and other key figures) by 30 June 2007 to Hazel Gardiner (hazel.gardiner@kcl.ac.uk).

 

CHArt is delighted to be able to confirm that a limited number of bursaries are available (supported by the AHRC ICT Methods Network) for Post Graduate students presenting papers.  For further information about CHArt bursaries, please contact Hazel Gardiner.

 

Dr Charlie Gere
Chair, CHArt

 

CHArt
c/o Centre for Computing in the Humanities
Kings College, University of London
Kay House
7 Arundel Street
WC2R 3DX
www.chart.ac.uk

CHArt (COMPUTERS AND THE HISTORY OF ART) TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE

DIGITAL ARCHIVE FEVER

Thursday 8 - Friday 9 November 2007
Central London Venue to be confirmed

Museums, galleries, archives, libraries and media organisations such as publishers and film and broadcast companies, have traditionally mediated and controlled access to cultural resources and knowledge. What is the future of such ‘top-down’ institutions in the age of ‘bottom-up’ access to knowledge and cultural artifacts through what is generally known as Web 2:0 - encompassing YouTube, Bittorrent, Napster, Wikipedia, Google, MySpace and more. Will such institutions respond to this threat to their cultural hegemony by resistance or adaptation? How can a museum or a gallery or, for that matter, a broadcasting company, appeal to an audience which has unprecedented access to cultural resources? How can institutions predicated on a cultural economy of scarcity compete in an emerging state of cultural abundance?

For the twenty-third CHArt conference we are looking for papers that reflect upon these issues, particularly in relation to visual culture. We particularly welcome contributions from those working in either ‘traditional’ cultural organisations or those involved in new forms of cultural access and distribution.

We welcome contributions from all sections? of the CHArt community: Art Practice; Art History; Museums; Galleries; Curation; Archives; Libraries; Education; Media and Broadcast Production; Cultural Assets Management and Access; Hardware; Software; Theory.

CHArt also hopes to offer a bursary scheme again this year (supported by the AHRC ICT Methods Network) to Post Graduate students presenting papers.

Please email submissions (a three hundred word synopsis of the proposed paper with brief CV of presenter/s and other key figures) by 30 June 2007 to Hazel Gardiner (hazel.gardiner@kcl.ac.uk).

Dr Charlie Gere
Chair, CHArt

CHArt
c/o Centre for Computing in the Humanities Kings College, University of London Kay House
7 Arundel Street
WC2R 3DX

- CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 30 JUNE 2007 -? CALL FOR PAPERS -


International Workshop on Virtual Research Environments and Collaborative Work Environments

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working in the areas of virtual research environments1 (VREs) and collaborative work environments (CWEs). Both concepts are characterised as providing consistent and dependable work environments for particular kinds of work organisation, emphasising the dynamic establishment of collaborative work contexts between independent partners. Further aspects such as the mobility of work activities and requirements such as security and confidentiality also play a role in both concepts. Despite these similarities, it would seem that the development of research programmes and the establishment of research communities within these fields has to date progressed independently. As a consequence, there is a danger of wasteful duplication of effort, conceptual divergence and technical incompatibility. The workshop’s aim is to address these concerns by soliciting contributions from the research community dealing with topics such as (link).


UK E-Science: All Hands Conference

The UK e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM) provides a forum for discussion and demonstration of a broad range of e-Science projects from all disciplines. The conference features many excellent opportunities for networking through presentations by researchers who are active in e-Science projects, poster sessions, workshops and demonstrations. The schedule also includes a number of invited Keynote speakers involved in leading Grid and e-Science activities worldwide. This popular and well established conference is now in its sixth year and attracts delegates from many discplines and organistations, including senior decision makers working in research and IT using advanced computing techniques and technologies. It also attracts distinguished members of the UK academic community and all eight UK Research Councils exhibit at the event. As a sponsor you can reach UK and International researchers to form collaborations and have early access to new ideas (link).


Beyond Text: Sound, Voice, Image, and Object

With increased movement and cross-fertilization between countries and
cultures, and the acceleration of global communications, we have entered an
era 'beyond text'. Sounds, voices, images and material objects can be
circulated more rapidly and widely than ever before. The Beyond Text:
Sounds, Voices, Images, and Objects strategic programme aims to generate new
understandings of and research into the impact and significance of these new
methods of communication. The programme is timely socially and politically.
For example, this research could have an impact on educational practice and
policy at a time when traditional forms of literacy are being supplanted by
the manipulation of sounds and images via the internet. The programme has a
budget of £5.5 million over 5 years.

A draft outline specification document for the programme has been developed.
It outlines potential research themes, possible opportunities for
interdisciplinary and collaborative work and looks at the potential for
international impact. This specification will help to form the basis of
future consultation for the development of the programme.

Beyond Text Consultation Events
The AHRC is having two consultation events to discuss the programme
specification on Wednesday 28th March 2007 at The Teacher Building, Glasgow
and Wednesday 4th April 2007 at RSA, London. Further information, a
registration form and a draft programme is available here.

Should you wish to be included on our mailing list for the Beyond Text
programme, please email Lee Novak at l.novak@ahrc.ac.uk.