iConference 2012 | Workshops
Contents
- Overview
- Workshop #1: Values|Making|Critique|Design: A Workshop (full-day)
- Workshop #2: Championing the Impact of Sociotechnical Research (full-day)
- Workshop #3: Data Science and Analytics: What Is in It for iSchools? (half-day, morning)
- Workshop #4: Network Surveillance: Access Control, Transparency, Power and Circumvention in the 21st Century (half-day, morning)
- Workshop #5: “It’s Okay to Look”: The Interdisciplinary Agenda of Online Dating Research (half-day, morning)
- Workshop #6: Practiced Based Teaching: Challenges and Pedagogy Models (half-day, afternoon)
- Workshop #7: Making a Contribution Part II: (A) Process vs. static theories, (B) Concepts, the building blocks of theory (half-day, afternoon)
- Workshop #8: Cultivating Reflective Practices in Computer-Mediated Distributed Teamwork (half-day, afternoon)
- Workshop #9: Hack Your Books: Conservation and Library Science in Hackerspace (half-day, afternoon) NOTE: DESCRIPTION RECENTLY UPDATED
Overview
All attendees should plan to sign up for workshops when they register for iConference 2012. Your conference registration includes one full-day or two half-day workshops. All workshops will be held on Tuesday, February 7. Please note that space is limited, and workshop signup will be closed as each session fills.
Workshop #1: Values|Making|Critique|Design: A Workshop (full-day)
Time: 9:00 am-5:30 pm,
Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Ingrid Erickson, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop;
Nassim Jafarinaimi, New Media Center, Georgia Institute of Technology;
Cory Knobel, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh;
Lisa Nathan, School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies, University of British Columbia;
Matthew Ratto, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
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Workshop #2: Championing the Impact of Sociotechnical Research (full-day)
Time:
9:00 am-5:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Helena M. Mentis, Microsoft Research
Cambridge;
Rebecca Reynolds, Rutgers University, School of Communication & Information;
Karen Levy, Princeton University
Department of Sociology;
Joshua Introne, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence;
Charles Steinfeld, Michigan State
University;
Andrea Forte, Drexel University's iSchool
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Workshop #3: Data Science and Analytics: What Is in It for iSchools? (half-day, morning)
Time: 9:00 am-12:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Jian Qin, Syracuse University;
Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University
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Workshop #4: Network Surveillance: Access Control, Transparency, Power and Circumvention in the 21st Century (half-day, morning)
Time: 9:00 am-12:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Milton Mueller (Professor at Syracuse University);
Andrew Clement (Professor at University of Toronto);
Ron Deibert (Professor at University of Toronto);
Andreas Kuehn (PhD student at Syracuse University);
Stephanie Santoso (Masters student at Syracuse University);
Christopher Parsons (PhD student at University of Victoria);
Shuyuan Mary Ho (Assistant Professor at Drexel University)
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Workshop #5: “It’s Okay to Look”: The Interdisciplinary Agenda of Online Dating Research (half-day, morning)
Time: 9:00 am-12:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Christopher M. Mascaro, Drexel University;
Rachel Magee, Drexel University;
Elizabeth Thiry, Pennsylvania State University;
Sean Goggins, Drexel University
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Workshop #6: Practiced Based Teaching: Challenges and Pedagogy Models (half-day, afternoon)
Time: 2 pm-5:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Prof Venky Shankararaman, Associate Professor of Information Systems (Practice), Associate Dean (Education), School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University;
Prof Brian Cameron, Professor of Practice, Executive Director, The Center for Enterprise Architecture, College of Information Sciences and Technology
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Workshop #7: Making a Contribution Part II: (A) Process vs. static theories, (B) Concepts, the building blocks of theory (half-day, afternoon)
Time: 2 pm-5:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Prof. Martha García-Murillo, Ph.D, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University;
Naresh Agarwal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College
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Workshop #8: Cultivating Reflective Practices in Computer-Mediated Distributed Teamwork (half-day, afternoon)
Time: 2 pm-5:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
Organizers:
Lu Xiao, Faculty of Information & Media Studies, The University of Western Ontario;
Mary Beth Rosson, College of Information Sciences and Technology, the Pennsylvania State University;
John M. Carroll, College of Information Sciences and Technology, the Pennsylvania State University
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Workshop#9: Hack Your Books: Conservation and Library Science in Hackerspace (half-day) NOTE: DESCRIPTION RECENTLY UPDATED
Time: 2 pm-5:30 pm, Tuesday, February 7.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop will be held offsite at Site3 at 718R Ossington Avenue (just south of Ossington Subway). The alley, behind the church, in the building with the red door.
Organizers:
Tarquin Peter Steiner, MLIS Student: Archival Studies, School of Information Studies, McGill University, Conservator, The BookRook, Au Deuxieme Studio Collective, FouLab Membe, Bookbinder, CBBAG;
Halley Silversides, MLIS Student: Archival Studies, School of Information Studies, McGill University;
Alex Leitch, Site3, Co-Optimism Coordinator,B.Eng Graduate, University of Toronto





