VIRT3C@Hull 2010 Developing the Virtual Society: Conflict in Adoption of Collaborative Networks

VIRT3C@Hull 2010 Developing the Virtual Society: Conflict in   Adoption  of Collaborative Networks
19-20 March
http://virt3c.wordpress.com/

[1]Public Keynote speaker:
Geert Lovink
[2]Keynote speakers:
Gabriella Coleman [Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU]
Mathieu ONeil [Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV) & Australian National University]
Our plenary theme is Developing the Virtual Society: Conflict in  Adoption of Online Collaborative Networks. As virtual society   develops,
and peer technologies and practices pump in its heart, this   conference brings together academics of all disciplines to discuss conflict   in the
adoption of collaborative networks. This is a time of confrontation between older forms of communication and organization and new ways   of sharing, collaborating and acting collectively. We seek to explore  conflicts emerging in the transition from, and resistance to, horizontal participatory networks, as well as conflict within collaborative networks. We welcome suggestions for panels and   papers on any area relating to our theme, and particularly in the following areas:
Network Theory
P2P and FLOSS methodology adoption
FLOSS methodology
Open source conflicts and forking
Adoption by NGOs and the developing world
Adoption by social movements, hacktivism, cyberconflict
Institutional resistance to networks
Online P2P places and conflicts
We encourage contributions, including, but not limited to, politics, economics, computer science, business, psychology, sociology, and   law.
With your abstract of no more than 300 words please include the following information:
Name, postal address, email Institutional affiliation and position (if applicable)
Please send abstracts in Word or pdf format to the organisers at [3]athina.k@gmail.com
Provisional Deadline for abstracts: 15th January 2010
References
1. http://virt3c.wordpress.com/public-key-note/

2. http://virt3c.wordpress.com/key-notes/

3. mailto:athina.k@gmail.com