18.524 conferences: BlogTalk Downunder; DRH 2005

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 18, No. 524.
       Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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   [1] From: Adrian Miles <adrian.miles_at_rmit.edu.au> (58)
         Subject: CFP: blogtalk Sydney

   [2] From: Lorna Hughes <lorna.hughes_at_nyu.edu> (73)
         Subject: DRH 2005: First announcement and CFP

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         Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:25:20 +0000
         From: Adrian Miles <adrian.miles_at_rmit.edu.au>
         Subject: CFP: blogtalk Sydney

In light of recent conversations here about blogs, the conference
announcement below may be of interest:

Call for Papers
BlogTalk Downunder
Sydney, 20 & 21 May, 2005

An official call for papers that address any of the conference themes, but
not restricted to these, is announced.

Papers are welcomed from academics or practitioners across all levels and
disciplines. Early career researchers and students are also encouraged to
submit abstracts for papers.

Suggested conference themes:
Weblogs in education
Weblogs in language & literacy
Weblog application tools / software
Weblogs in organisations
Weblogs as a medium: genres, styles, aesthetics, discourse etc
Weblogs in social studies
Weblogs in journalism
Weblogs in cultural studies
Weblogs in political arenas
Weblogs & technologies - RSS, graph theory, network mapping
Weblogs and knowledge management
Emergent trends - including moblogging, audio-blogging, vlogs
Future issues

Abstracts of no more than 500 words are required in Word format - emailed to:
Anne.Bartlett-Bragg_at_uts.edu.au
Please include:
Your name
Position
Institution or Organisation
email contact
URL (if relevant)

Acknowledgement will be sent via email within 48 hours of receipt.

Key Dates:
Submission of abstracts
31 January, 2005

Paper acceptance
28 February, 2005

Final versions of papers
31 March, 2005

Final Papers:
Final papers are due by 31 March, 2005. A maximum of 3,000 words.
Paper presentations will be a maximum of 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for
discussion.

All papers accepted will be blind refereed by 3 people and eligible for DEST.

Workshop Sessions:
Submissions to conduct a half-day (3 hour) workshop are also welcomed.
A detailed outline, including objectives and topics to be covered, will be
reviewed by the organising committee.
Participant attendance will be at additional cost to conference
registration. Costs of the workshop and fees will be negotiated with
presenters.

--
cheers
Adrian Miles
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         Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:26:30 +0000
         From: Lorna Hughes <lorna.hughes_at_nyu.edu>
         Subject: DRH 2005: First announcement and CFP
**** First Announcement and call for proposals:  DRH 2005 ****
DRH 2005: Digital Resources for the Humanities
University of Lancaster, UK
4th - 8th September 2005
   IMPORTANT DATES:
* 31st January 2005: proposals can be submitted via the electronic
submission form at the conference website.
* 28th February, 2005: Deadline for submission of abstracts
* 15th April, 2005:  Notification of acceptance of papers, sessions,
posters and workshops
* April 2005: Registration opens
* May 2005: Provisional programme announced.
Conference Web Site: http://www.drh.org.uk
The DRH conferences have established themselves firmly in the UK and
international calendar as a major forum bringing together scholars,
postgraduate students, librarians, archivists, curators, information
scientists and computing professionals in a unique and positive way, to
share ideas and information about the creation, exploitation, use,
management and preservation of digital resources in the arts and humanities.
At this, the tenth DRH conference, we plan to encourage papers and sessions
that focus on critical evaluation of the use of digital resources in the
arts and humanities.  What has the impact really been?  What kinds of
methodologies are being used?  What are the assumptions that underlie our
work?  How do we know that the work that we accomplish is truly new and
innovative? How does technology change the way that we work?
The Conference will also address some of the key emerging themes and
strategic issues that engagement with ICT is bringing to scholarly research
in the arts and humanities, with a particular focus on advanced research
methods.  The kinds of questions that we would like to see addressed might
include the following: what sort of research does ICT in the arts and
humanities enable researchers to do that could not be done before at all?
Does this enable 'old' research to be done in a significantly new way? In
what ways does the technology serve the scholarship?  Similarly, what are
the key aspects of virtual research environments ("cyberinfrasture") which
can facilitate collaborative research?
Proposals for individual papers, sessions, workshops and posters are
invited, and the abstract submission system at the conference website will
be accepting proposals from January 31st, 2005.
Types of presentation for which proposals are invited:
Papers
Proposals for papers should be no less than 750 words. Papers will be
allocated 30 minutes for presentation, including questions.
Sessions
Sessions (90 minutes) take the form of either:
Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word statement
describing the proposed session topic, and include abstracts of no less
than 750 words for each paper. The session organizer must also indicate
that each author is willing to participate in the session;
or
A panel of four to six speakers. The panel organizer should submit an
abstract of 750-1500 words describing the panel topic, how it will be
organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each
speaker is willing to participate in the session.
Poster Presentations
Poster presentations may include computer technology and project
demonstrations. Posters presentations may be a more suitable way of
presenting late-breaking results, or significant work in progress. There
should be no difference in quality between poster presentations and papers,
and both will be submitted to the same refereeing process.
As an acknowledgement of the special contribution of the posters to the
conference, the Programme Committee will once again award a prize for the
best poster presentation.
The Local Organising Committee is headed by Tony McEnery and Andrew Hardie,
Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Lancaster.
Please contact the local organizers with any questions about registration
or conference arrangements at Lancaster: drhconf_at_lancaster.ac.uk
The chair of the Programme Committee is Lorna Hughes, Assistant Director
for Humanities Computing, New York University.
Please contact the Programme Chair with any questions about submitting
abstracts, or about the reviewing process: (Lorna.Hughes_at_nyu.edu).
Please visit http://www.drh.org.uk for regularly updated details about the
conference and, for information on how to submit proposals.
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