[ICTs-and-Society] Uppsala conference report

[Ursula Huws]

Sorry, perhaps I over-reacted. I absolutely agree with Charles that ‘internet studies’ builds on a large and rich body of previous work. Perhaps wrongly, I thought contesting claims to have invented the field were being put forward, something that seems to happen all too often these days and makes me rather cross. Apologies to anyone who feels misrepresented, Ursula

From: Charles Ess [mailto:charles.ess at gmail.com]
Sent: 07 January 2013 15:45
To: Ursula Huws; Z. Karvalics László; Niels Finnemann; 'Mathieu ONeil'; discussion at lists.icts-and-society.net
Subject: Re: [ICTs-and-Society] Uppsala conference report


Um, sorry – I didn’t understand this to be an argument, but rather an effort to develop a more complete historical understanding of how something called “Internet Studies” has emerged as a distinctive cluster of research domains, however much the territories and terrains may well be contested, changing, etc.
No quarrel, of course, but that Internet Studies, at least in my sense and experience of it, reaches very far back to computer-mediated communication work in the 1980s and 1990s, and perhaps a bit earlier.
So perhaps I missed something, but I appreciated the extensions and comments.

Best,
Charles Ess


On 07.01.13 16:31, "Ursula Huws" <ursulahuws at analyticaresearch.co.uk> wrote:
This seems to be a particularly pointless argument to be having. Scholars in a variety of disciplines have been studying the internet since the early 1990s. In many cases this built on earlier research on ‘socio-technical systems’, the ‘information society’ and numerous other designations. To bring these discussions together under the broad heading of ‘internet studies’ is useful. To pretend that in so doing anyone has invented a new field of study is fatuous nonsense. We all stand on the shoulders of our predecessors. A failure to recognise this is a sign, not of originality, but of blinkered vision (possibly combined with an over-inflated sense of self-importance).
Ursula Huws


From: discussion-bounces at lists.icts-and-society.net [mailto:discussion-bounces at lists.icts-and-society.net] On Behalf Of Z. Karvalics László
Sent: 07 January 2013 13:30
To: 'Niels Ole Finnemann'; 'Mathieu ONeil'; discussion at lists.icts-and-society.net
Subject: Re: [ICTs-and-Society] Uppsala conference report

Dear Collegues,

Just for the record, as a part of the landscape:
Other dedicated, systematic social science focused research on Internet and society has been started around 2000 in research institutes, devoted to information society research in Tampere (2001) and Budapest (1998).
Best

Laszlo Z. Karvalics


From: Niels Ole Finnemann [mailto:finneman at imv.au.dk]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 1:17 PM
To: Mathieu ONeil; discussion at lists.icts-and-society.net
Subject: Re: [ICTs-and-Society] Uppsala conference report

Thanks a lot  for these interesting accounts.
I have a very small correction however. In the opening it is said
“Internet studies have historically developed in the United States. The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) was the first Internet research centre to be launched in Europe, in 2001.”

This is not quite correct as we initiated a Center for Internet Research in September 2000 at Aarhus University in order “to promote research on the social and cultural functions and meanings of the internet”.
Prior to that we had a series of conferences on internet studies.
The center still exist and you can an overview of its history and  activities at http://cfi.au.dk/ - for the early history: http://cfi.au.dk/news/2000/
Of course the OII have been much more influential, but anyway.
Best regards
Niels Ole Finnemann

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Sendt: 7. januar 2013 12:09
Til: discussion at lists.icts-and-society.net
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Hi everyone



In case you missed it, here is another account of the conference, recently published in InMedia:



Mathieu O'Neil, "Internet Studies in Europe. Symposium on Internet and Society, 25-28 October 2011, Humboldt University, Berlin; ICTs and Society Conference, 2-4 May 2012, Uppsala University, Uppsala".



http://inmedia.revues.org/489#article-489



cheers


Mathieu


On 01/07/13, Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs at uti.at> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

Please find below a link to a report on the Uppsala ICTs & Society conference.

Best, Christian

Fuchs, Christian. 2012. Conference Report: The 4th ICTs and Society Conference: Critique, Democracy and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society. Nordicom Information 34 (3-4): 89-99.
http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/NI.pdf

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