Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 19.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 06:31:18 +0100
From: Fay Sudweeks <sudweeks@dijkstra.murdoch.edu.au>
Subject: Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication
Conference
REGISTER NOW ....
Register for CATaC'00 by 9 June 2000 to take advantage of the discount
registration fees!
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
International Conference on
CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND
COMMUNICATION (CATaC'00):
Cultural Collisions and Creative Interferences in the Global Village
12-15 July 2000, Fremantle, Australia
http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac00/
http://www.drury.edu/faculty/ess/catac00
Computer-mediated communication networks, such as the Internet and the World
Wide Web, promise to realise the utopian vision of an electronic global
village. But efforts to diffuse CMC technologies globally, especially in
Asia and among indigenous peoples in Africa, Australia and the United
States, have demonstrated that CMC technologies are neither culturally
neutral nor communicatively transparent. Rather, diverse cultural attitudes
towards technology and communication - those embedded in current CMC
technologies, and those shaping the beliefs and behaviours
of potential users - often collide.
This biennial conference series aims to provide an international forum for
the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge research on how diverse
cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and
communication technologies. The conference series provides diverse
perspectives, both in terms of cultures and disciplines. The first
conference in the series was held in London in 1998 (see
http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac98/ for copies of the papers
presented).
VENUE
The venue is the Tradewinds Hotel in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Fremantle, approximately 20 km west of Perth, is a major tourist attraction
offering fine crafts, original music and theatre, exciting galleries,
museums and bookshops. Along with maritime history and extensive
architectural conservation, the Arts have become a central part of Fremantle
life where visitors discover the past and present. Western Australia is
reknowned for its superior wines, particularly from the Margaret River and
Swan Vally wine growing areas. Registrants will have the opportunity of
joining a pre-conference tour of Perth and environs, and a post-conference
safari to Nambung National Park.
PROGRAM
The focus of the conference is on discussion of the issues raised in
presentations by a variety of scholars representing Australia, France,
Germany, Hungary, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, South Africa,
Spain, UK, USA and Venezuela (see
http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac00/list_of_papers.html).
RECEPTION AND CONFERENCE DINNER
The reception will be held at the Kidogo Gallery in Fremantle and will
feature a didgeridoo player. The conference dinner will be held at
Sandalford Winery
in the Swan Valley.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The keynote speaker is Dr Duane Varan, Director of the Multimedia Lab at
Murdoch University. The title of Dr Varan's keynote speech is "Cultural
Conservation in the Global Village".
REGISTRATION FEES
(Prices in AUD which is approximately USD0.59 to AUD1.00)
Conference Fee: $325 ($375 after 9 June)
Author Fee: $275 ($325 after 9 June)
Student Fee: $125 ($150 after 9 June)
Register at
http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac00/register-form.html
ACCOMMODATION
There is a range of accommodation available, including the conference hotel
(Tradewinds Hotel). Accommodation details and a booking request form are at
http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac00/accommodation.html
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CONFERENCE ORGANISERS
Co-Chairs:
Charles Ess, Drury College, USA, catac@lib.drury.edu
Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, catac@it.murdoch.edu.au
Vice-Chair:
Andrew Turk, Murdoch University, Australia, a_turk@murdoch.edu.au
Manager:
Moira Dawe, Murdoch University, m.dawe@murdoch.edu.au
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