[Sigiii-l] Fwd: [GKD] CFP: Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication

[Michel J. Menou]

Regards,

Michel J. Menou                mailto:Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr

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From: Maja van der Velden <maja at xs4all.nl>
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Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 1:43:27 PM
Subject: [GKD] CFP: Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication

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The biennial conference series on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology
and Communication aims to provide an international forum for the
presentation and discussion of cutting-edge research on how diverse
cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and
communication technologies. The conference series brings together
scholars from around the globe who provide diverse perspectives, both in
terms of the specific culture(s) they highlight in their presentations
and discussions, and in terms of the discipline(s) through which they
approach the conference theme.

URL http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ 

2004 Conference Theme:
Off the shelf or from the ground up? 
ICTs and cultural marginalization, homogenization or hybridization

Understanding the role of culture in how far minority and/or indigenous
cultural groups may succeed - or fail - in taking up ICTs designed for a
majority culture is obviously crucial to the moral and political
imperative of designing ICTs in ways that will not simply reinforce such
groups' marginalization. What is the role of culture in the development
of ICTs "from the ground up" - beginning with the local culture and
conditions - rather than assuming dominant "off the shelf" technologies
are appropriate? Are the empowering potentials of ICTs successfully
exploited among minority and indigenous groups, and/or do they rather
engender cultural marginalization, cultural homogenization or cultural
hybridization?

Original full papers (especially those which connect theoretical
frameworks with specific examples of cultural values, practices, etc.)
and short papers (e.g. describing current research projects and
preliminary results) are invited. Topics of particular interested
include but are not limited to:

*  Culture: theory and praxis
*  Culture and economy
*  Alternative models for ICT diffusion
*  The role of governments and activists in culture, technology and
   communication
*  ICTs and cultural hybridity
*  ICTs and intercultural communication 
*  Culture, communication and e-learning 



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