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>Shaping the Network Society:
> Patterns for Participation, Action, and Change
>http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/diac02/
>
>May 16-19, 2002
> Seattle, Washington, USA
>
>
>Tomorrow's information and communication infrastructure is being
>shaped today.
>
> But by whom and to what ends?
>
>Researchers, community workers, social activists, educators and
>students, journalists, artists, policymakers, and citizens are all
>concerned about the shape that this new infrastructure will take.
>
> Will it meet the needs of all people?
> Will it help the citizenry address current and future issues?
> Will it promote democracy, social justice, sustainability?
>
> Will the appropriate research be conducted?
> Will equitable policies be enacted?
>
>
>Symposium Aims
>
>A "public sphere" where people learn about, discuss, and deliberate
>on important issues, such as increasing economic disparity,
>militarization, environmental degradation, racism or sexism, is
>critical to our future.
>
>Clearly, information and communication technology--and the uses to
>which it is put--is central to any effort that helps empower people to
>effectively look at and resolve our collective concerns.
>
>At the same time, giant media conglomerates and computer companies are
>rapidly increasing their control of the information and communication
>infrastructure upon which this public sphere depends. Governments,
>too, are often part of this problem; instead of promoting access and
>two-way access to this infrastructure, they actively or passively
>discourage civic sector uses.
>
>Civil society is responding in a million ways. The opportunities and
>challenges offered by a global "network society" are too great to be
>ignored.
>
>The Shaping the Network Society symposium is designed to aid in these
>efforts by providing a forum and a platform for these critical issues.
>And, through the use of "patterns," we hope that this conference will
>help inject organization, motivation, and inspiration into the
>evolution of an information and communication infrastructure that
>truly meets today's -- and tomorrow's -- urgent needs.
>
>Please join us in Seattle (and beyond) in May 2002 for this exciting
>and important event!
>
>DIAC-02
>
>This event will be the eighth biannual Directions and Implications of
>Advanced Computing (DIAC) symposium. A variety of events are planned
>ranging from invited speakers, panel discussions, and pattern
>presentations to numerous opportunities for informal working sessions
>-- both planned and spontaneous -- on various topics. Also, as with
>previous DIAC symposia, we will do our best to provide a few
>surprises ...
>
>Pattern Orientation
>
>To promote bridge-building, we are soliciting "patterns," instead of
>abstracts, that will be developed into full papers for this symposium.
>A "pattern" is a careful description of a solution or suggestion for
>remedying an identified problem in a given context that can be used
>to help develop and harness communication and information technology
>in ways that affirm human values.
>
>The information contained in patterns is similar to that in
>traditional abstracts or papers, but it is arranged in a common
>structure in order to inspire scholars and practitioners to think
>about their work in terms of social implications and actual social
>engagement; build networks that include research, practice, and
>advocacy; and facilitate the integration of all submitted patterns
>into a coherent network of patterns, or "pattern language," that will
>form a useful and compelling knowledge structure which can help spur
>additional research, solutions, and activism. As a result, individual
>patterns are exciting because each is, in essence, a small theory
>about some part of the communication and information universe. In
>addition, since the individual patterns will be stored in an online
>database, the overall strategy opens myriad possibilities that will
>allow us as a community to synthesize the patterns into a collectively
>constructed body that creates new opportunities for collaboration and
>deliberation.
>
>We believe that the "pattern" orientation will be beneficial and
>thought-provoking for all participants. If you are tempted to submit
>a pattern, we encourage you to do so. Although this approach may
>require different thinking, we believe that it will be worth the
>effort.
>
>Patterns can be submitted for consideration for presentation at the
>Shaping the Network Society conference, or simply to be published on
>the web site and as a contribution to the knowledge structure.
>
>
>Developing and Submitting Patterns
>
> Patterns are SOLUTIONS to PROBLEMS in a given CONTEXT.
>
> Patterns can be observable actions, empirical findings,
> hypotheses, theories, social or media critiques, case studies,
> or "best practices"; indeed, any template or crystallized or
> distilled knowledge in some area that will help people in the
> field--researchers, practitioners, journalists, policymakers,
> artists, citizens.
>
> Patterns exist at all levels; they can be "global" as well as
> "local," theoretical as well as practical.
>
> Patterns are the springboard for discussion, research, and
> activism.
>
>
>The primary elements needed to develop a pattern for submission are:
>
>- The name or TITLE of the pattern (brief, one-ten words).
>- A succinct statement of the essence of the PROBLEM in one or two
> sentences.
>- A DISCUSSION section (300-600 words) that describes the background
> of the problem, evidence for its proposed solution, and the range of
> ways that the solution can be applied.
>- The SOLUTION to the problem is presented in a summary form that
> describes the field of physical and social relationships which are
> required to solve the stated problem, in the stated context.
>- An optional descriptive image can be used to provide a visual
> representation of your pattern and/or an optional summary image can
> show a pictorial representation (diagram) of the solution. Although
> these IMAGES are an optional element, we encourage you to include
> them to supply useful information that is difficult to provide in
> words and to make your pattern page more attractive and consistent
> with other patterns.
>
>Complete details on pattern submission, including example patterns,
>are available for further clarification at the symposium web site:
>http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/diac02/
>
>The preferred way to submit patterns is through the pattern intake
>site, which can be accessed from the symposium site or directly at:
>http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/diac02/pattern.cgi. If you cannot
>access the intake site, please send your pattern as email text (no
>attachments) to docrod99@hotmail.com. Please consult the help page,
>http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/diac02/patterns/help.html, for
>guidance on an e-mail submission.
>
>
>Important Dates
>
> December 1, 2001 Deadline for pattern submission for conference
> consideration
> January 15, 2002 Feedback to conference pattern submitters
> (accept/reject decision)
> March 15, 2002 Full papers (based on accepted patterns) due
> April 15, 2002 Last day to submit patterns for database inclusion
> only
> May 16-19, 2002 Shaping the Network Society Symposium
>
>
>Sponsors
>
>Public Sphere Project of Computer Professionals for
> Social Responsibility (CPSR)
>
>National Communication Association Task Force on the Digital Divide
>
>
>Program Committee
>
>Abdul Alkalimet (US), Alain Ambrosi (Canada), Ann Bishop (US),
>Kwasi Boakye-Akyeampong (Ghana), Rod Carveth (US), Andrew Clement
>(Canada), Fiorella de Cindio (Italy), Peter Day (UK), Susana
>Finquelievich (Argentina), Mike Gurstein (Canada), Harry Hochheiser
>(US), Toru Ishida (Japan), Susan Kretchmer (US), Brian Loader (UK),
>Geert Lovink (Netherlands, Australia), Richard Lowenberg (US), Peter
>Mambrey (Germany), Peter Miller (US), Kenneth Pigg (US), Scott
>Robinson (Mexico), Partha Pratim Sarker (Bangladesh), Doug Schuler
>(US), David Silver (US), Sergei Stafeev (Russia), Erik Stolterman
>(Sweden) and Peter Van den Besselaar (Netherlands).
>
>Other invaluable assistance
>
>Noriko Okazaki (graphics), Robin Oppenheimer (advisor), Scott Rose
>(web technology).
>
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>http://www.cpsr.org/
>Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
>P.O. Box 717 * Palo Alto * CA * 94302
>Phone: (650) 322-3778 *
>Email: evoy@cpsr.org
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