[Sigtis-l] Fwd: Prato CIRN Conference 2013: abstracts for all streams now OPEN incl PhD colloquium

Wed Apr 10 10:42:34 EDT 2013

FYI (and apologies for any duplication) - Adam

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Conference 2013: abstracts for all streams now OPEN  Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013
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*Prato CIRN Conference Oct 28-30 2013, Monash Centre, Prato Italy: Nexus,
Confluence, and Difference: Community Archives meets Community Informatics
*

Dear Colleagues

You can now register your submission (refereed, non-referred PhD, workshop,
posters) via the database  @ conftool.com/prato2013. For more information
about the conference location, travel, and costs, see
cirn.wikispaces.com/prato2013.

Please also forward this email.

In 2013 the Prato Conference is being jointly organised by CIRN, the
Center for Information as Evidence<http://legacy.gseis.ucla.edu/cie/>,
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and the Centre for
Organisational and Social
Informatics<http://infotech.monash.edu/research/about/centres/cosi/>at
Monash University. It will explore the rich synergy of experiences and
viewpoints amongst Community Informatics and Community Archives researchers.

Community Informatics is primarily concerned with improving the wellbeing
of people and their communities, through more effective use of ICTs.
Community Informatics foregrounds social change and transformative action
in emergent social-technical relationships rather than prediction and
control. This orientation also has much in common with Development
Informatics.

Community-centric archival research, education and practice are concerned
with empowering communities in support of such desirable objectives as
democracy, human and civil rights, self-determination, sustainable
development, and social inclusion. Recordkeeping and archiving are
fundamental infrastructural components supporting community information,
self-knowledge and memory needs, thus contributing to resilient communities
and cultures.

The 2012 Prato Conference was the first time that people from Community
Informatics and Community Archives came together. Much of the research that
CI people were reporting was of great interest to archivists because it
addressed memory and identity infrastructures and how technologies can
support them. New approaches to archival research, education and practice
that support community-based scholarship provide an alternative lens for
looking at Community Informatics research, education and practice.
Community Informatics researchers gained new insights into the
characteristics, motivations and interests of diverse, often
underrepresented communities.

 2012 Conference participants identified a strong nexus between the two
areas of research in which closer interaction could result in significant
support for each other’s activity. There also appears to be a strong
alignment in values around the principles of
There also appears to be a strong alignment in values around the principles
of transformative research, social justice, and giving voices to those who
currently lack a voice.

* Some topics to consider for conference papers, and presentations or
special workshops.*

   - How can Community Informatics and Community Archives inform each other?
    - How might such cross-fertilization or convergence (professional,
   practical, conceptual) be encouraged?
    - The dark side of community activity; dealing with suspicion, trauma,
   failure or hostility and their legacies.
    - How do we use and tell stories ethically and effectively?
    - Addressing incommensurability in community-based research.
    - Community-aware management, storage and ownership of community data
   and technology.
    - Participatory methodologies in Community Informatics and Community
   Archives research
    - The relationship of other frameworks such as Citizenship Journalism
   or Community-based research to Community Informatics and Community Archives
    - Working with the hard end of the Information Sciences.

*Other Papers and Presentations*

 We also welcome papers (refereed, non-referred, works in progress) in any
other area of Community Informatics, Development Informatics, Community
Archives and related disciplines. We embrace interdisciplinarity, and Prato
is the ideal place to share ideas!

*PhD colloquium*

 We also encourage PhD students in any of these disciplines to participate
in the PhD symposium. Many students have gained much from participation in
this activity.

*Dates and Processes*

 In order to enhance the quality of papers in all streams, Program Chairs
will take an active role in guiding papers through the  review process and
deadlines will be adhered to.

 The following kinds of papers are sought:

   - Full papers for blind peer review by at least 2 reviewers (up to 6000
   words).
    - Works in progress and more speculative pieces (reviewed and selected,
   but not peer reviewed)
    - Non refereed papers, including practitioner reports (up to 6000
   words).
    - PhD papers which provide an outline of current or proposed PhD
   research (between 2-3000 words, including references).
    - Proposals for workshops or panel discussions.
    - Proposals for posters.

* Conference papers for all categories MUST use the conference format  at *

You can only submit abstracts and proposals via the conference database @
conftool.com/prato2013

   - Call for papers & proposals. Expressions of interest conference
   website. Abstracts/papers can only be submitted through the conference
   database which will be made available. Submit the abstract in the online
   form, not as an attachment. Abstracts up to 550 words.    Please submit by
   May 15 to avoid disappointment.
    - Acceptance/modification/ rejection notices    As soon as possible
   thereafter
    - Full papers and abstracts for all streams due    1 July 2013.  The
   conference format can be accessed  @
   http://cirn.wikispaces.com/file/view/Prato2013.doc .
    - Referee reports to participants by    1 September 2013
    - Final version of papers, based on peer review and program committee
   decisions due    1 October September 2013
    - Conference proceedings    Online
    - Registrations    Available from 1 July
    - Post-conference ½ day workshop    October 31 October 2013 (more
   information will be posted).

*Conference Chairs (partial)*

   - Sue McKemmish, Monash University
    - Anne Gilliland, UCLA
    - Tom Denison, Monash University
    - Aldo de Moor, CommunitySense, Netherlands
    - Larry Stillman, Monash University
    - Nicola Strizzolo, Univ. of Udine, Italy

*Committee (partial)*

   - Patricia Arnold, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
    - Fiorella de Cindio, University of Milan, Italy
    - Mike Arnold, University of Melbourne, Australia
    - Ann Bishop, Univ. of Illinois, USA
    - Gunilla Bradley, Royal Institute of Tech., Sweden
    - Peter Day, University of Brighton, UK
    - Wallace Chigona, Univ. of Cape Town, South Africa
    - Barbara Craig, Victoria Univ. of Wellington, NZ
    - Aldo de Moor, CommunitySense, Netherlands
    - Vesna Dolnicar, University of Lubljana, Slovenia
    - Alison Elliot, University of Sydney, Australia
    - Manuela Farinosi, University of Udine, Italy
    - Leopoldina Fortunati, University of Udine, Italy
    - Ricardo Gomez, University of Washington, Seattle
    - Marlien Herselman, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa
    - Sarai Lastra, Turabo Univ., Puerto Rico
    - Mike Martin, University of Newcastle, UK
    - TJ McDonald, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
    - William McIver, Jr, National Research Council Canada
    - Mauro Sarrica, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    - Douglas Schuler, The Public Sphere Project, The Evergreen State
   College, USA
    - Eduardo Villanueva Mansilla, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
    - Steve Thompson, Teesside University, UK
    - Will Tibben, University of Wollongong, Australia
    - Janet Toland, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
    - Emiliano Trere,Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México
    - Gilson Schwartz, Univ. São Paulo, Brazil
    - Andy Williamson, Future Digital, UK
    - Martin Wolske, University of Illinois, USA

Conference Organisation

   - Larry Stillman, Monash University, Australia
    - Amalia Sabiescu, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
    - Nemanja Memarovic, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland

Queries to prato2013 at fastmail.fm

Larry Stillman, PhD
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