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    Society, its norms, its divisions, and its internal and external processes have become increasingly difficult to understand apart from the Internet, particularly the interactive and user-generated aspects of the Internet now generally referred to as “social media” or “Web 2.0.” However, much work remains in theorizing the ways in which the structures of Internet influence and are influenced by social relations. The pace of such theoretical development has been slowed, in no small part, by a tendency both within academia and within broader publics to conceive of the virtual or digital world as distinct from the material or “real” world. Instead, we prefer to conceive of the online and offline worlds as part of one, augmented reality, and it is from this starting point that we wish to invite a multi-disciplinary discussion about how the Web is changing/reinforcing social relations.

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    Society, its norms, its divisions, and its internal and external processes have become increasingly difficult to understand apart from the Internet, particularly the interactive and user-generated aspects of the Internet now generally referred to as “social media” or “Web 2.0.” However, much work remains in theorizing the ways in which the structures of Internet influence and are influenced by social relations. The pace of such theoretical development has been slowed, in no small part, by a tendency both within academia and within broader publics to conceive of the virtual or digital world as distinct from the material or “real” world. Instead, we prefer to conceive of the online and offline worlds as part of one, augmented reality, and it is from this starting point that we wish to invite a multi-disciplinary discussion about how the Web is changing/reinforcing social relations.

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    Society, its norms, its divisions, and its internal and external processes have become increasingly difficult to understand apart from the Internet, particularly the interactive and user-generated aspects of the Internet now generally referred to as “social media” or “Web 2.0.” However, much work remains in theorizing the ways in which the structures of Internet influence and are influenced by social relations. The pace of such theoretical development has been slowed, in no small part, by a tendency both within academia and within broader publics to conceive of the virtual or digital world as distinct from the material or “real” world. Instead, we prefer to conceive of the online and offline worlds as part of one, augmented reality, and it is from this starting point that we wish to invite a multi-disciplinary discussion about how the Web is changing/reinforcing social relations.

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    THEORIZINGTHEWEB

    CONFERENCE2011
    April, 9th 2011 University of Maryland Department of Sociology
    cyborgology.org /theorizingtheweb
    Keynote Speaker: danah boyd
    Participants Include: George Ritzer, Jessie Daniels, and Zeynep Tufekci
    Extended Deadline for Abstracts: February 20, 2011

    Call for Papers: The goal of the conference is to expand the range and depth of theory used
    to help us make sense of how the Internet, digitality, and technology have changed the ways
    humans live. We hope to bring together researchers (particularly graduate students and
    junior faculty) from a range of disciplines, including sociology, communications, philosophy,
    economics, English, history, political science, information science, the performing arts and
    many more. In addition, we invite session and other proposals by tech-industry professionals,
    journalists, and other figures outside of academia. Submit abstracts online at
    http://www.cyborgology.org/theorizingtheweb/submit.html. For further inquiries, email
    ttw2011@gmail.com.
    Topics will include:
    • Identity and self-presentation: concerns of privacy and publicity on the Web
    • Surveillance, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and secrecy online
    • The blurring of online and offline, real and virtual, cyborgism and augmented reality
    • The Internet and the changing nature of capitalism
    • How power and inequality (e.g., the Digital Divide) manifest on the Web
    • Political activism/slacktivism online
    • Bodies and sexuality in the Digital Age
    • “Relationship Status” and Online dating
    • “Prosumption” (i.e., the convergence of production and consumption online)
    • Global implications of the Internet (or of the multiple Internets)
    • McDonaldization, rationalization and the Web
    • Intersections of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability with
    respect to any of the above topics.
    Call for Artists: In addition to traditional presentations, the conference will feature a variety
    of artistic and multimedia events. As such, we invite proposals from artists for relevant
    works or performances in any medium as well as for discussion of such pieces. We seek to
    display art of all forms during the conference and after at a reception. This could include,
    but is not limited to, paintings, sculpture, poetry, digital art, and performance art.
    Co-Chair // Nathan Jurgenson Co-Chair // PJ Rey Treasurer // Tyler Crabb Designer // Ned Drummond
    Secretary // Sarah Wanenchak Publicity Officer // William Yagatich Publicity Officer // Sean Grey

    Department of Department of Sociology


    and Anthropology
    Sociology

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