tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150143862481339963.post6743982339421304242..comments2023-10-23T08:47:16.825-07:00Comments on Puteri's Musings 3: MergedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150143862481339963.post-72739490565469390142009-03-12T10:18:00.000-07:002009-03-12T10:18:00.000-07:00I came across some information on an international...I came across some information on an international conference, They have very interesting panels on identity and a featured panel on Barak Obama and you can also make a real African Safari…<BR/>The Institute of Identity Research (IDmap) announces an international conference<BR/>on Identity Politics on the Internet to be held in Kenya on the 27th to 29th of<BR/>August 2009. The aim of the Conference is to create discourse in the area of<BR/>Identity politics on the Internet and other related topics.<BR/>The Conference will be graced by several leading scholars who have written and<BR/>researched extensively on issues of Identity. We hope that this conference will<BR/>result in solutions and better understanding of the problems facing issues of<BR/>identity in the contemporary context.<BR/>AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE<BR/>IDENTITY POLITICS ON THE INTERNET<BR/>August 27-29, 2009<BR/>Organized by Institute of Identity Research (IDmap)<BR/>www.idmap-conferences.net<BR/>Will be held in Amboseli Wildlife National Park, Kenya<BR/>Featured panel: Barack Obama' Election and Kenyan politics of Identity:<BR/>Will he identify himself with the World or with his People?<BR/><BR/>• The Dead line for submission of the Abstracts is 01.05.2009 (200-500 words)<BR/>in Word or PDF formats<BR/>• The Dead line for submission of full-text papers is 01.07.2009<BR/>Preliminary program of the Conference includes the following panels:<BR/>• Kenyan 2007 Presidential elections and the Internet<BR/>• Traditions and Identity in Kenyan politics: Barak Obama as a Luo<BR/>representative of Kenyan identity politics<BR/>• Facebook and Identity: do old ethnicity definitions still matter?<BR/>• World Identity politics: Case-studies and Comparative Analysis<BR/>• Parties and recruitment in the digital world<BR/>• Gender, ethnicity and empowerment: what is better to be a white man or a<BR/>black woman?<BR/>• When religion comes to the Internet: the new ways to build and reinforce<BR/>religious identity<BR/>• Government on the Internet: new ways to preserve Nation-state and its<BR/>identity on the Net<BR/>• New English and E-Linguistic: jargon and vocabulary of Internet campaigns<BR/>Participants are welcomed to join the following working groups:<BR/>• Computers and identity<BR/>• Culture and identity<BR/>• Mathematical expressions of identity<BR/>• Internet and Politics<BR/>• Internet Vocabulary<BR/>Best Identity MA/PhD Thesis work award:<BR/>During the conference the Institute will award the best MA/PhD work submitted<BR/>for the evaluation. The work should reveal an original and innovative approach<BR/>in the field of Identity with its expression on the Internet. Information<BR/>regarding submission procedure can be found on our site or through direct<BR/>contact of our Administrators.<BR/><BR/>www.idmap.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com