>From: "Larry Stillman" <larrys01@optusnet.com.au>
>To: gcnp@globalcn.tc.ca
>Subject: [gcnp] Early announcement: Constructing and sharing memory, Oct
>9-11, Prato,
> Italy
>Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:31:44 +1000
>
>Please excuse cross-posting, and forward to colleagues.
>
>Constructing and sharing memory: community informatics, identity and
>empowerment: 3rd Prato International Community Informatics Conference;
>CIRN 2006.
>
>9 - 11 October 2006.
>
>Contact: [email protected]. Website: http://www.ccnr.net/
>
>We are seeking feedback and early expressions of interest (250 word
>abstracts) for a conference and workshop event at the Monash Centre,
>Prato Italy, 9-11 October 2006. The Centre for Community Networking
>Research, Monash, in conjunction with the Community Informatics Research
>Network, has held highly successful events there in 2003 and 2004. The
>Prato campus is an exceptional environment in which to exchange ideas
>and enjoy Tuscan culture. It is close to Italian transport hubs.
>
>Program.
>
>We propose that Constructing and sharing memory: community informatics,
>identity and empowerment, 3rd Prato International Community Informatics
>Conference; CIRN 2006, will include the following components:
>
>1) Ph.D. colloquium.
>2) Refereed paper stream, for publication.
>3) Research/Practitioner workshops.
>4) Intensive one-day workshop on community-based research with Prof
>Randy Stoecker, author of 'Research Methods for Community Change' (Sage
>2005).
>5) Social program, including a conference banquet on a Tuscan hill-top.
>6) Meeting of the Community Informatics Research Network.
>
>The use of blogs/wikis and video/audio multimedia will lead to a
>real-time conversation as well as online documentation for the
>conference.
>
>...
>
>Potential themes for papers and presentations.
>
>* The documentation of oral community memory through innovative
>community technologies.
>* Whose memory resides in community technology projects?
>* Memory in disputed communities.
>* Participatory research, techniques and community memory.
>* Who has the responsibility for public memory?
>* Intellectual property rights and community memory.
>* Community history and community informatics.
>* Community organisations: electronic memory?
>* Theorising community memory.
>* Public libraries, archives, museums, community memory, and
>community technology.
>* Local identity, regional space, and community memory.
>* Community amnesia and community technology.
>* Multilingual and multicultural memory as minorities in dominant
>cultures.
>* Qualitative and Quantitative Dimensions of Memory.
>* Memory ethics.
>
>Important Dates/Processes:
>
>1 February: all abstracts due for consideration
>1 March: acceptance/rejection of abstracts
>1 June: papers due
>1 August: final version of papers after refereeing.
>
>Papers (up to 5,000 words) in the peer-reviewed stream will be
>blind-reviewed by at least two referees and only accepted upon the
>recommendation of referees. Abstracts must be written in English,
>though papers can be written in English, French, Spanish or Italian.
>
>...
>
>Registration/Accommodation/Travel.
>
>We anticipate that full registrations will be in the region of ¬270,
>including the conference banquet. Concessions will be available for
>students.
>
>We suggest that you book promptly through our agent to ensure local
>accommodation. Information will be made available on the conference
>website at www.ccnr.net.
>
>At this time, we are unable to offer any bursaries or scholarships for
>attendance. Delegates must seek their own funds, and secure
>appropriate visas to attend.
>
>Some preliminary information is available on the website.
>
>Contact: prato2006@fastmail.fm.
>
>If you are interested in being put on an announcement list, and/or have
>any specific suggestions for workshops, speakers, or keynotes, please
>contact us. If you are interested in an institutional partnership
>(including sponsorship or participation of Ph.D. students) for the
>event, also contact us.
>
>
>**********************
>Larry Stillman
>Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash
>University www.ccnr.net www.webstylus.net
> 03 9903 1801 fax 9903 2564
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