Bei der IAS STS Conference (Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies) von 2.-3. Mai 2011 in Graz gibt es u.a. einen Call for Abstracts zu diesem interessanten Thema:

“Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion in Web 2.0”

Web 2.0 is considered as user-centred and democratic: Everybody is said to be able to participate and it seems that nearly everybody does. However, this is not the case of course. The Internet with all its interactive applications is not as colourful as it could be, it does not represent the ‘real’ world and it is definitely not democratic per se.

In this session we want to discuss

• boundaries and possibilities,
• theoretical inputs and empirical research,
• gender, queer and intersectionality issues of the current Internet.

Besides a critique on the current Web 2.0, we will discuss utopias as well – how can the Internet be further democratized?

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Submission of abstracts to: conference@ifz.tugraz.at
by Monday, January 24, 2011.

For more information: http://www.sts.tugraz.at

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