[spectre] www.catacconference.org

[Louise Desrenards]

Hi!

A former comment was may be to say that in French, " cata " is a faded 
version of " catastrophe ".

Otherwise sounding in our hears " catac " is not 'cata but all the contrary 
reminds of " atac "
(anagrams such as to be near palindroms)

Raw sounding possibly War
-of the destiny of the lists raw from an absolutist vision of them.
and so on:)

All my best,

L.

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> International Conference on
> CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION (CATaC'06)
>
> 28 June - 1 July 2006
> University of Tartu, Estonia
> http://www.catacconference.org
>
> Conference theme:
> Neither Global Village nor Homogenizing Commodification:
> Diverse Cultural, Ethnic, Gender and Economic Environments
>
> The biennial CATaC conference series continues to provide an
> international forum for the presentation and discussion of current
> research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation and
> use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). 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.
>
> The 1990s' hopes for an "electronic global village" have largely been
> shunted aside by the Internet's explosive diffusion. This diffusion was
> well described by Marx - all that is solid melts into air - and was
> predicted by
> postmodernists. The diffusion of CMC technologies quickly led to many
> and diverse internets. A single "Internet", whose identity and
> characteristics might be examined as a single unity, has not
> materialised. An initially culturally and gender homogenous Internet
> came more and more to resemble an urban metropolis. Along the way, in
> the commercialization of the Internet and the Web, "cultural diversity"
> gets watered down and exchanges strong diversity for a homogenous
> interchangeability. Such diversity thereby becomes commodified and
> serves a global capitalism that tends to foster cultural homogenization.
>
>
> CATaC'06 continues our focus on the intersections of culture,
> technology, and communication, beginning with an emphasis on continued
> critique of the assumptions, categories, methodologies, and theories
> frequently used to analyse these. At the same time, CATaC'06 takes up
> our characteristic focus on ethics and justice in the design and
> deployment of CMC technologies. We particularly focus on developing
> countries facilitated by "on the ground" approaches in the work of NGOs,
> governmental agencies, etc., in ways that preserve and foster cultural
> identity and diversity. By simultaneously critiquing and perhaps
> complexifying our theories and assumptions, on the one hand, and
> featuring "best practices" approaches to CMC in development work, on the
> other hand, CATaC'06 aims towards a middle ground between a putative
> "global village" and homogenizing commodification. Such middle ground
> fosters cultural diversity, economic and social development, and more
> successful cross-cultural communication online.
>
> Original full papers (especially those which connect theoretical
> frameworks with specific examples of cultural values, practices, etc.:
> 10-20 pages) and short papers (e.g. describing current research projects
> and preliminary results: 3-5 pages) are invited.
>
> Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to:
> - Culture isn't 'culture' anymore
> - The Internet isn't the 'Internet' anymore
> - Gender, culture, empowerment and CMC
> - CMC and cultural diversity
> - Ethics and justice
> - Free/Open technology and communication
> - Internet research ethics
> - Cultural diversity and e-learning
>
> SUBMISSIONS
> All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international panel of
> scholars and researchers and accepted papers will appear in the
> conference proceedings. Submission of a paper implies that it has not
> been submitted or published elsewhere. At least one author of each
> accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference.
>
> Full papers (10-20 formatted pages) - 13 February 2006
> Short papers (3-5 formatted pages) - 20 February 2006
> Workshop submissions  - 20 February 2006
> Notification of acceptance  - mid March 2006
> Final formatted papers  - 29 March 2006
>
> There will be the opportunity for selected papers from this 2006
> conference to appear in special issues of journals. Papers in previous
> conferences have appeared in journals (Journal of Computer Mediated
> Communication, Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique
> de Communication, AI and Society, Javnost- The Public, and New Media and
> Society) and a book (Culture, Technology, Communication: towards an
> Intercultural Global Village, 2001, edited by Charles Ess with Fay
> Sudweeks, SUNY Press, New York). You may purchase the conference
> proceedings from the 2002 and 2004 conference from
> www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac.
>
> CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
>   Charles Ess, Drury University, USA, catac at it.murdoch.edu.au
>   Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, catac at it.murdoch.edu.au
> PROGRAM CHAIR
>   Herbert Hrachovec, University of Vienna, Austria
> CONFERENCE CO-VICE-CHAIRS
>   Pille Runnel, Tartu University, Estonia
>   Pille Vengerfeldt, Tartu University, Estonia
>
>
>
>
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