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Mon Feb 17 2003

Calls: Conversation/Postgraduate Ling

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  • herring, Persistent Conversation, HI USA
  • watsonk, Manchester Postgraduate Linguistics Conference, UK

    Message 1: Persistent Conversation, HI USA

     Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:42:50 +0000
    From: herring <herringindiana.edu>
    Subject: Persistent Conversation, HI USA


    5th Annual Workshop and Minitrack on Persistent Conversation

    Short Title: Persistent Conversation Location: Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America Date: 05-Jan-2004 - 08-Jan-2004 Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2003

    Web Site: http://www.pliant.org/personal/Tom_Erickson/HICSS37pc.html Contact Person: Susan Herring Meeting Email: herringindiana.edu Linguistic Subfield(s): Discourse Analysis

    Meeting Description:

    CALL FOR PAPERS FIFTH ANNUAL WORKSHOP AND MINITRACK ON PERSISTENT CONVERSATION at the HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES on the Big Island of Hawaii, January 5 - 8, 2004

    *** AT-A-GLANCE ***

    TOPIC AREA: Conversation via digital media, such as email, chat, IM, texting, blogs, web boards, mailing lists, 3-D VR, multimedia computer mediated communication, etc. The focus of work may range from the analysis of structural characteristics of conversation such as turn-taking and threading, to the use of digital conversation in domains such as distance learning, knowledge management, and workplace collaboration.

    WHO: Researchers and designers from fields such as anthropology, computer-mediated communication, HCI, interaction design, linguistics, psychology, rhetoric, sociology, and so forth.

    CHAIRS: - Thomas Erickson, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center - Susan Herring, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University

    IMPORTANT DATES: - Abstract submission - Monday, March 17, 2003 - Abstract feedback - by Monday, March 31, 2003 - Paper submission - Sunday, June 1, 2003 - Accept/Reject notice - Sunday, August 31, 2003 - Final papers due - Wednesday, October 1, 2003

    *** DETAILS ***

    ABOUT THE MINITRACK

    This interdisciplinary minitrack and workshop brings designers and researchers together to explore persistent conversation, the transposition of ordinarily ephemeral conversation into the potentially persistent digital medium. The phenomena of interest include human-to-human interactions carried out using chat, instant messaging, text messaging, email, mailing lists, news groups, bulletin board systems, textual and graphic MUDs, structured conversation systems, document annotation systems, etc. Computer-mediated conversations blend characteristics of oral conversation with those of written text: they may be synchronous or asynchronous; their audience may be small or vast; they may be highly structured or almost amorphous; etc. The persistence of such conversations gives them the potential to be searched, browsed, replayed, annotated, visualized, restructured, and recontextualized, thus opening the door to a variety of new uses and practices.

    The particular aim of the minitrack and workshop is to bring together researchers who analyze existing computer-mediated conversational practices and sites, with designers who propose, implement, or deploy new types of conversational systems. By bringing together participants from such diverse areas as anthropology, computer-mediated communication, HCI, interaction design, linguistics, psychology, rhetoric, sociology, and the like, we hope that the work of each may inform the others, suggesting new questions, methods, perspectives, and design approaches.

    ABOUT PAPER TOPICS We are seeking papers that address one or both of the following two general areas:

    * Understanding Practice. The burgeoning popularity of the internet (and intranets) provides an opportunity to study and characterize new forms of conversational practice. Questions of interest range from how various features of conversations (e.g., turn-taking, topic organization, expression of paralinguistic information) have adapted in response to the digital medium, to new roles played by persistent conversation in domains such as education, business, and entertainment.

    * Design. Digital systems do not currently support conversation well: it is difficult to converse with grace, clarity, depth and coherence over networks. But this need not remain the case. Toward this end, we welcome analyses of existing systems as well as designs for new systems which better support conversation. Also of interest are inquiries into how participants design their own conversations within the digital medium -- that is, how they make use of system features to create, structure, and regulate their discourse.

    Examples of appropriate topics include, but are not limited to:

    - Turn-taking, threading and other structural features of CMC - The dynamics of large scale conversation systems (e.g. USENET) - Methods for summarizing or visualizing conversation archives - Studies of virtual communities or other sites of digital talk - The roles of mediated conversation in knowledge management - Studies of the use of instant messaging in large organizations - Novel designs for computer-mediated conversation systems - Analyses of or designs for distance learning systems

    For other examples of appropriate topics see the list of previous years' papers: http://www.pliant.org/personal/Tom_Erickson/HICSS_PC_History.html

    ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

    The minitrack will be preceded by a half-day workshop. The workshop will provide a background for the sessions and set the stage for a dialog between researchers and designers that will continue during the minitrack. The minitrack co-chairs will select in advance a publicly accessible CMC site, which each author will be asked to analyze, critique, redesign, or otherwise examine using their disciplinary tools and techniques before the workshop convenes; the workshop will include presentations and discussions of the participants' examinations of the site and its content. The workshop is primarily intended for minitrack authors, although other participants are welcome provided they are willing to prepare for it as described above.

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 1. Submit a 250 word abstract of your proposed paper via email to the chairs: Tom Erickson <snowfallacm.org>, Susan Herring <herringindiana.edu> by the deadline noted above.

    2. We will send you feedback on the suitability of your abstract shortly thereafter.

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION 1. Manuscripts should be 22-26 double-spaced pages, including diagrams, in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format. The final paper will be 10 pages, double-column, single-spaced.

    2. Each paper must have a title page that includes the title of the paper, full name of all authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s), telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es).

    3. The first page of the manuscript should include the title and a 300-word abstract of the paper.

    4. Papers should contain original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere.

    5. Do not submit the same manuscript to more than one Minitrack.

    6. Papers should be submitted by email, to the minitrack chairs: Tom Erickson <snowfallacm.org>, Susan Herring <herringindiana.edu> by the deadline noted above.

    ABOUT HICSS

    Since 1968 the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) has become a respected a forum for the substantive interchange of ideas in all areas of information systems and technology. The objective of HICSS is to provide a unique environment in which researchers and practitioners in the information, computer and system sciences can frankly exchange and discuss their research ideas, techniques and applications. Comments and feedback from each HICSS conference indicate that the conference format continues to be professionally rewarding and stimulating to everyone who attends. More information about the HICSS conference can be found at http://www.hicss.org/.

    Conference Administration: - Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair, spraguehawaii.edu - Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator, hicsshawaii.edu - Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator, eidennisindiana.edu

    2003 Conference Venue: Hilton Waikoloa Village (on the Big Island of Hawaii) 425 Waikoloa Beach Drive Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738 Tel: 1-808-886-1234 Fax: 1-808-886-2900 http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com

    Message 2: Manchester Postgraduate Linguistics Conference, UK

     Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 07:15:52 +0000
    From: watsonk <watsonkedgehill.ac.uk>
    Subject: Manchester Postgraduate Linguistics Conference, UK


    12th Manchester Postgraduate Linguistics Conference

    Location: Manchester, United Kingdom Date: 12-APR-03 - 12-APR-03

    Call Deadline: 21-Feb-2003

    Web Site: http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk Contact Person: Kevin Watson Meeting Email: watsonkedgehill.ac.uk Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    ******* The 12th Postgraduate Linguistics Conference at the University of Manchester ******* In collaboration with the North West Centre for Linguistics And with the support of the LAGB

    SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003 University of Manchester

    SECOND & FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline for Abstracts: 21 Feb 2003)

    Guest Speaker: Robyn Carston

    We are delighted to announce that the 12th Postgraduate Linguistics Conference at the University of Manchester will be held on the 12 April 2003, following the 3rd NWCL Research Training Programme in Linguistics (see http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk/research.htm). The conference is organized by postgraduates for postgraduates, to present their research and exchange ideas.

    There will be a number of papers (20 minutes plus 5 minutes for discussion) on a wide range of linguistic topics, and a guest lecture by Robyn Carston of UCL (see below).

    We welcome submissions from all postgraduates in any area of linguistics, from phonetics and phonology, to syntax, to sociolinguistics. Please see the 'Guidelines for Submission' below.

    The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Papers in Linguistics of the University of Manchester (PLUM).

    The conference will be followed by a wine party hosted by the NWCL, and so we invite you to join us for a farewell drink at the end of the day (or week, for those of you who will have been to the NWCL Research Training Programme).

    Registration fee only 7UKP **No registration fee for students from NWCL institutions***

    INVITED SPEAKER

    The guest speaker for the 12th Postgraduate Linguistics Conference will be Robyn Carston, of UCL. Robyn is the author of many papers on the implicit/explicit distinction, pragmatics & cognition, the interface between pragmatics & grammar, and others, and is an editor of Mind & Language. She is also the author of the very recent book 'Thoughts and Utterances: The Pragmatics of Explicit Communication' (2002, Oxford: Blackwell). The title of the lecture will be announced in due course. See the conference website for further information.

    GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

    You should submit 1 electronic copy (anonymous) and 1 hard copy (containing your name and affiliation). Send the electronic copy (as .doc, .rtf, or .pdf) to watsonkedgehill.ac.uk, and mail the hard copy to Kevin Watson, North West Centre for Linguistics, School of Languages, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT

    FORMATTING

    Abstracts should be no longer than 1 side of A4, and in Times New Roman font (size 12pt). Your page should have 3cm margins on each side. The title, author's name and affiliation should be in size 14pt (Times New Roman) and centred on the lines at the top of the page. Please note that your name and affiliation should be left off the version you email to us, as this will be distributed amongst the refereeing committee.

    DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Abstracts should reach us by 21st February 2003 You will be notified whether your abstract has been successful by the 14th March 2003.

    REGISTRATION Conference fee: 7UKP No fee for students from NWCL institutions

    To register, download the registration form from the NWCL website (http://www.salford.ac.uk/pgconf.htm) and send, with your payment if applicable (with cheques made payable to University of Manchester) to Kevin Watson, North West Centre for Linguistics, School of Languages, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT.

    DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION 24th March 2003

    ***NB: There was a mistake on the first calls for papers - the actual final date for registration is the 24th March, not the 2nd March as previously stated.***

    CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk Follow the link to the 12th Manchester PG Conference

    CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS watsonkedgehill.ac.uk

    THE 12TH MANCHESTER PG CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

    Main contact for correspondence: Kevin Watson, Edge Hill College of Higher Education (watsonkedgehill.ac.uk)

    Main local organizers: Francesco Goglia, University of Manchester (francantyahoo.com) Efrosini Deligianni, University of Manchester (efrosini_hotmail.com)

    Conference organizers:

    Aousouk Mohammed Ali, University of Wales Bangor (elpa1abangor.ac.uk) Kelly Pycroft, University of Sheffield (kellypycrofthotmail.com) Dave Mcgrath Wilkinson, University of Central Lancashire (dmcgrathwilkinsonbtinternet.com) Sattar Izwaini, UMIST (sattar.izwainistudent.umist.ac.uk)