From anita1 at MIT.EDU Thu Sep 18 18:08:02 2003 From: anita1 at MIT.EDU (anita chan) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:08:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Itself] testing 2 Message-ID: testing #2 From anita1 at MIT.EDU Thu Sep 18 19:58:20 2003 From: anita1 at MIT.EDU (anita chan) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:58:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Itself] emailed lists Message-ID: hi all, i just sent the ITSelf announcement out to the following lists and email addresses: cms, mit: cmsg-students, cmsu-alum at mit.edu, cmsg-alum at mit.edu knight-fellows admin: jnikolai at mit.edu science writing, mit: sciwrite-www at mit.edu urban studies admin, mit: hoag at mit.edu TPP admin, MIT: sydney at mit.edu, tpp at mit.edu urban studies admin, mit: hoag at mit.edu harvard hist of sci contacts: ginger_hoffman at harvard.edu, mara_mills at yahoo.com architecture MIT contact: lilys at media.mit.edu sloan contact: lakhani at mit.edu, huising at mit.edu anthro brandeis contact: ailova at brandeis.edu, ailova at mit.edu, KSG harvard contacts: elta_smith at ksgphd.harvard.edu, Jay_Aronson at ksg.harvard.edu there are other grounds to be covered, no doubt. as you can see, i'm short on harvard and other campus contacts... see you all soon! anita From rmurthy at MIT.EDU Fri Sep 19 11:14:09 2003 From: rmurthy at MIT.EDU (Rekha Murthy) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:14:09 -0400 Subject: [Itself] please add Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20030919111327.00b4f790@po14.mit.edu> Hi, I'm a first-year CMS grad student. Please add me to your mailing list... this looks very interesting! Rekha From esbenson at MIT.EDU Sun Sep 21 19:26:00 2003 From: esbenson at MIT.EDU (Etienne S. Benson) Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 19:26:00 -0400 Subject: [Itself] Re: First Mtg: Info Societies, Technology & Self Reading Group In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030921192312.00a47b90@po10.mit.edu> Hi Sandy, Candis & Anita - This sounds neat. Could you add me to the ITSelf contact list? Thanks - Etienne At 06:40 PM 9/18/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Please join us next Thursday, September 25th, for the first meeting of the >Information Societies, Technology, and Self Reading Group. We'd like to >make the ITSelf Reading Group a cross/trans/interdisciplinary space to >explore the fraught connections between information technologies, social >organizations, politics and culture. We will pay particular attention to >building on existing disciplinary approaches. > >Our readings, as well as our overall agenda, we hope to be driven by the >interests of the collective group. With members' interests so far spanning >GPS, surveillance technologies and the state; space, engineering and >cultures of computation and simulation; free software, international >development and national sovereignty; and the growth of global/local >networks and media technologies; a preliminary reading list includes: > >* Manuel Castells, Rise of the Network Society and The Informational City >* Karl Marx, Machinery and Large Scale Industry, from Capital, vol. I >* Paul Rabinow, Making PCR >* Lawrence Lessig: The Future of Ideas >* Siva Vaidhyanathan, Copyrights and Copywrongs >* Howard Rheingold, Smart Mobs > >When: Thursday, September, 25th 11AM - 1PM. >Where: Conference Room in E51-275, MIT Campus > >For our first meeting, we'll cover two short readings - Paul Rabinow's >"Artificiality and Enlightenment: From Sociobiology to Biosociality", and >short excerpt from Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace by Lawrence Lessig. >Copies of the articles will be distributed from the STS student office, >E51-185, or can be sent by inter-office mail on request. > >Please do bring ideas and suggestions for future readings and meetings. >We'll supply the juice and snacks. > >For more information or to be added to the ITSelf contact list, email >Sandy Brown, Candis Callison and Anita Chan at ITSelf at mit.edu > >Information Societies, Technology and Self is sponsored by the Initiative >on Technology and Society at MIT. >------- >Sandy Brown, Program in Science, Technology and Society, MIT >Candis Callison, Program in Science, Technology and Society, MIT >Anita Chan, Program in Science, Technology and Society, MIT From anita1 at MIT.EDU Sun Sep 28 12:16:26 2003 From: anita1 at MIT.EDU (anita chan) Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:16:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Itself] Next ITSelf Mtg Message-ID: Hi All, The ITSelf Reading group met this past Thursday and agreed to meet next on Thursday, October 23, from 11a-12:30p, in E51-275. To gear up for Manuel Castells' upcoming visit to MIT's campus in the winter, we decided to dedicate the next meeting to a discussion of the first volume of his Information Age trilogy: "The Rise of the Network Society." Mark your calendars and pace your reading... If you know other folks who were interested in attending future meetings but weren't able to make the last meeting, please do forward this info on to them (or ask them to email me and I'll be sure to add them to the list). And thanks to everyone who turned up for the group's first meeting. It was a great, lively discussion! See you all in a few weeks, anita From anita1 at MIT.EDU Sun Sep 28 12:19:15 2003 From: anita1 at MIT.EDU (anita chan) Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:19:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Itself] The Chronicle Career Network: Cultural Producation and Media Studies - University of California at San Diego (fwd) Message-ID: fyi... _________________________________________________________________ - The text of the job listing is below - Cultural Producation and Media Studies -- University of California at San Diego -- California Communication: The University of California, San Diego, Department of Communication (http://communication.ucsd.edu/) is seeking to fill several full-time, tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level, beginning Fall 2004: Cultural production and media studies. Specific areas of research concentration are open but could include work on: popular culture (television, film, radio, music, folklore, theater, and fashion); audience reception; changing media markets and new forms of representation; communication media and social identity; cultural memory; or patterns of access to and use of information technology. Individuals with a strong theoretical background and orientation to questions of race and ethnicity are especially encouraged to apply. MFA or Ph.D candidates with experience and/or expertise in the practice and theory of media production will be seriously considered. The political economy/institutional analysis of communication. Specific areas of research concentration are open, but could include historical or contemporary work on: the cultural industries (such as television, film, music, publishing, or advertising) and the way cultural production is affected by the interplay of the old and new economies; the nature of media markets; communication, globalization and post-colonial studies; the intersection between the political economy of communication and race, gender and/or nationalism; or the relationship between communication and social movements. Salaries are in strict accordance with UC pay scales. If non-citizen, state immigration status. UCSD is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. Applicants are invited to preview campus diversity resources and programs at the campus website for Diversity (http://diversity.ucsd.edu/). To assist applicants who may have concerns regarding employment opportunities for spouses/partners, please consider the UCSD Web site for the Academic Job Opportunities Bulletin (http://academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/offices/aaa/recruitment/), the Staff Employment Opportunity Bulletin (http://joblink.ucsd.edu/) or our links to employment opportunities at other education and research institutions in San Diego (http://www.ucsd.edu/sandiego.html). Send vita, statement of research and teaching interests, and names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of three references supporting the applicant's teaching qualifications by November 14, 2003, however, we will review applications until the position is filled. Please send materials to: Val Hartouni – Culture Recruitment or Dan Hallin – Social Force Recruitment, Department of Communication (0503), University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0503. _________________________________________________________________ Visit The Chronicle's Career Network at http://chronicle.com/jobs/ _________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2003 by The Chronicle of Higher Education From candis at MIT.EDU Tue Sep 30 12:16:52 2003 From: candis at MIT.EDU (candis callison) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:16:52 -0400 Subject: [Itself] Indiana U. job posting Message-ID: The Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in new media to begin Fall 2004. We seek an individual who focuses on new media to join an innovative, interdisciplinary program that covers media studies, performance studies, and rhetoric. While we invite candidates from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, we encourage applicants involved in ethnographic or historical research that encompasses any type of emergent media defined as "new" in specific social and historical contexts. This may range from digital media and networked communication to the emergence of television, radio, video, or sound recording technologies in various socio-cultural settings, including nonwestern societies. Applicants should be prepared to discuss the role that these media play in shaping perceptions of history and culture, in forging individual and collective identities, and in mediating social change. Applicants are expected to have a strong research agenda and a commitment to excellence in teaching. Preference will be given to candidates who have their Ph.D. in hand by the date of appointment. Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin on November 14, 2003. Address applications to: Christopher Anderson, Chair, New Media Search, Department of Communication and Culture, Mottier Hall, 1790 East 10th Street, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405-9700. Indiana University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. The university actively encourages applications and nominations of women, minorities, applicants with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups.