To: ALIS EHAS <alis@pe.ehas.org>, REDTICCA
<redticca@dgroups.org>, politicas@tele-centros.org

>http://funredes.org/mistica/cas/emec/produccion/memoria14/0076.html

CIRN Prato 2006 Community Informatics Conference

En http://www.ccnr.net/prato2006/ encontraran un
programa provisorio y formulario para inscripción
anticipada con rebate para la 3a conferencia CIRN de Prato

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>Dear Colleague
>
>With 55 anticipated presenters and ancillary
>panels or workshops, including a PhD colloquium,
>the 3rd Community Informatics CIRN 2006
>Prato Conference 9-11 October 2006 [
>http://www.ccnr.net/prato2006/] will be one of
>the most exciting community informatics conferences yet held.
>
>The characteristics of particular technologies
>have a role in shaping the ways in which
>memories are reproduced (consider the growth of
>blogs and wikis as 'instant history'). How do we
>constitute memory? What is its relationship to
>formal and informal stories that reside in
>communities? Is it linked to institutions and
>structures, or is community informatics
>supporting a separate public sphere (Habermas)?
>What is the place and role of community
>informatics in the development of new means to
>capture private and public memory? Through an
>engaged and participatory process, we also hope
>to set a future goals for community informatics
>research and practice, and document our outcomes
>online (bring your wireless networked laptop).
>
>Presentations from academics and practitioners
>from many countries include the following themes
>(See abstracts on the website):
>
>- Indigenous memory and technology
>- Oral memory and technology projects
>- Community-based research and practice
>- Trauma, social memory and recovery
>- Cultural institutions(libraries, archives,
>universities) and the knowledge commons
>- Theorising community memory
>- Memory in urban communities
>- E-services, technical backends, and community memory
>
>The Keynotes, PhD colloquium and Panels/
>Workshops are also currently being confirmed and
>there will be scheduled of time (and space) for impromptu meetings.
>
>Earlybird registrations are now open.
>
>1) To register, go to
>www.ccnr.net/prato2006rego/ and follow the links
>to the Mollyguard and Paypal secure registration sites. Or go directly
>to http://prato2006.mollyguard.com and follow
>the instructions. 2) To book hotel
>accommodation through the official agents,
>ASATours, follow the link on the same page.
>Block bookings with local hotels have been made
>for the conference and very reasonable student
>accommodation is also available.
>
>Conference Costs:
>
>Early bird to June 1: 310eu; Full registration
>after June 1: 350eu; Student (with confirmed
>ID): 280eu; Single Day: 150eu. Registration
>includes delicious tea and coffee breaks, lunch,
>conference proceedings and materials, and a
>terrace cocktail function on October 9th. For
>and additional 55eu, you (and your partner or
>friends) can attend the fantastic conference
>banquet at the Villa Medicea 'La Ferdinanda'
>http://www.artimino.it/
>
>3) There is also a full social program, see
>http://www.ccnr.net/?q=social.
>
>Other enquiries prato2006ATfastmail.fm.
>
>The Conference is very grateful for the support
>of the following organisations:
>
>Monash University, Australia; Queensland
>University of Technology, Australia; Royal
>Institute of Technology, Sweden; Victoria University,
>Wellington New Zealand; Turabo University,
>Puerto Rico; University of Illinois-Urbana
>Champaign; Vrije Universitat Brussel; Intel Corporation.
>
>Conference Chair : Professor Don Schauder,
>Monash University Ann Bishop, University of
>Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Gunilla Bradley,
>Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan/Royal Institute of
>Technology, Sweden; Fiorella de Cindio, Rete
>Civica de Milano/ University of Milan; Barbara
>Craig, Victoria University of Wellington, New
>Zealand; Peter Day, University of Brighton, UK;
>John Fung, Hong Kong Council of Social Service;
>Mike Gurstein, NJIT; Graeme Johanson, Monash
>Unversity; Sarai Lastra, Turabo University,
>Puerto Rico; Michel Menou, Somos@Telecentros
>(Ecuador); Aldo de Moor, Vrije Universiteit,
>Brussel; Yeslam al-Saggaf, Centre for Applied
>Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australia; Cao
>Sanxing, Communication University of China
>(CUC), Beijing; Lyn Simpson, Queensland
>University of Technology; Wal Taylor, The
>Information Society Institute (TISI), South
>Africa; Beverly Trayner, Escola Superior de
>Ciências Empresariais (ESCE), Portugal;
>
>Larry Stillman
>
>[Please foward to colleagues/ apologies for cross-posting]

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Dr. Michel J. Menou
Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management