call for papers

["Gilson Schwartz" <gschwartz@uol.com.br>]

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Gilson Schwartz
Professor Visitante
Instituto de Estudos Avançados
USP
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Call for Response Regarding a Conference for Doctoral Students Doing
Research to Understand or Close the Digital Divide
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> >The Alliance for Community Technology at the University of Michigan plans
> >to host a small international conference of doctoral students whose
> >research includes the digital divide -- the gap between technology haves
> >and have-nots -- or its social implications.  We would like to hear from
> >current doctoral students who would be interested in participating.
Modest
> >travel grants will be available.  We also hope to publish a book of the
> >best and most representative student papers.
> >
> >In order to design the conference, we would like to hear from as many
> >interested doctoral students as possible from around the world.  Our
> >collaboration can only advance research and knowledge.  Our objectives
> >include sensemaking (are we asking the right questions?),
> >community-building, and sharing perspectives and references.
> >
> >The digital divide, as it is known in the US, has spawned a variety of
> >related concepts: digital or social inclusion, community technology,
> >community networks, telecenters, public access computing, and more.  It
has
> >stimulated researchers from many disciplines to apply quantitative and
> >qualitative methods and to develop experimental models and tools.
> >
> >If you are currently pursuing a doctoral degree and your research area
> >includes the digital divide, please reply by January 22 to
> >katewill@umich.edu with answers to the questions below:
> >
> >1. Your name?
> >
> >2. Your email address?
> >
> >3. Your discipline (sociology, computer science, urban planning, public
> >policy, communications, library/information studies, engineering, etc.)?
> >
> >4. Your university?
> >
> >5. What year did you begin your doctoral work?
> >
> >6. One or two sentences on your dissertation topic (either tentative or
firm)?
> >
> >7. Other research you have done that relates to the digital divide (if
any;
> >URLs are helpful)?
> >
> >Please keep this project in mind as term begins and you plan your
research
> >and writing for the coming months.  We will contact respondents with
> >further information by February 15, 2000.
> >
> >Thank you very much.
> >
> >
> >
> >Kate Williams
> >Research Assistant, Alliance for Community Technology
> >Doctoral Student, U. of Michigan School of Information
> >http://www.communitytechnology.org
> >http://www.si.umich.edu
> >http://www.umich.edu/~katewill/
> >katewill@umich.edu