[spectre] MelbourneDAC: call for papers

[Adrian Miles]

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Digital Arts and Culture::2003::Streaming Wor(l)ds
The 2003 iteration of the Digital Arts and Culture (DAC) 
international conference series is to be held on the city campus of 
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia from May 19 to 23, 2003.

keywords: Augmented Reality, Cyberculture, Electronic Fiction, 
Electronic Music, Electronic Nonfiction, Electronic Poetry, 
Electronic Spatiality, Electronic Temporality, Flash Fiction, Flash 
Nonfiction, Games Culture, Games Sociology, Games System Design, 
Games Theory , Hypertext Literature  , Hypertext Theory , Interactive 
Architecture, Interactive Cinema and Video  , Interactive Graphic 
Narrative, Interactive Performance, MOOs, MUDs, RPG, Networked 
Improvisation, Networked performance, Streaming Narrative, Time Based 
Interactive Media, Virtual Reality, Virtual Worlds, ,

++proposals++
Artists, scholars, developers and practitioners working in these and 
cognate fields are invited to submit 500 word proposals for papers 
and panels by September 15, 2002. All proposals for papers and panels 
must be submitted via the submission page which will shortly be 
available from the conference web site:
http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/dac/

All contributions will be reviewed by the conference academic board 
and short listed nominations will be contacted by November 1, 2002.

Short listing does not mean that your work has been accepted for the 
conference. Short listing means you will be invited to write a full 
paper, panel proposal, or forum description for review by the program 
committee. Only complete papers, panel submissions and forum 
descriptions will be considered for acceptance and this is subject to 
full peer review by the program committee.

Paper and panel submissions must be completed and submitted by 
February 1, 2003 for final peer review and consideration. All 
accepted work will be published in a full conference proceedings.

++papers++
Papers are academic presentations that reflect any of the conference 
themes. Proposals for papers are limited to 500 words and should give 
the program committee an indication of your major argument or 
arguments, and your theoretical approach. It is expected that only 
abstracts that suggest an original contribution to the field will be 
short listed.

++panels++
Panels are themed discussions that concentrate on any of the 
conference themes. Panels are to consist of a position statement 
(that may or may not be collectively authored) that panel members 
respond and contribute to. Panel proposals ought to include a draft 
position statement (maximum of 500 words) and list the members of the 
panel. Panels are expected to make a constructive and original 
contribution to debate and ideas in the field.


++what is dac?++
DAC is an international conference focusing on new media theory and 
practice in critical contexts. It has nurtured a significant 
international community of young and innovative researchers, artists 
and scholars in the interdisciplinary field of new media, and has 
become the benchmark conference for research and collaborative 
endeavour in new media. DAC has always offered a specialised forum 
that has emphasised the importance of bringing together leading 
practitioners for the exchange of ideas and to develop international 
professional networks and knowledge economies. MelbourneDAC:Streaming 
Wor(l)ds recognises and intends to continue this role through the 
papers, panels, and forums it hosts, and the innovative series of 
collaborative workshops and events that will be undertaken by all 
conference participants. The mission of MelbourneDAC is to not only 
exchange ideas and promote new developments in digital arts and 
culture but to ensure that all participants develop relevant and 
sustainable professional communities.

Adrian Miles Conference Chair
adrian.miles@rmit.edu.au

Antoanetta Ivanova Conference Producer
antoanetta@novamediaarts.net

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