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International Summer School @ Ningbo, China 2011

Posted by on November 23rd, 2010 · 2011, Short courses

The University of Nottingham will hold international summer school both in Ningbo China campus and Malaysia campus. We will be happy to receive your students if there are interests.

 These two-week courses, based at our campuses in China and Malaysia, will provide students with the opportunity to study a new subject while meeting people from all over the world and learning about a different culture. Students will study with world-class academics, take part in exciting cultural and social activities and make friends and memories that will stay with them for life.

 For detail please see our website:  http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationalsummerschools

 Course available at China campus: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationaloffice/prospective-students/international-summer-schools/china-campus.aspx

 Course structure: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationaloffice/prospective-students/international-summer-schools/course-structure.aspx

 Cultural programme: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationaloffice/prospective-students/international-summer-schools/cultural-programme.aspx

 How to apply:

Students from UNSW interested in this program should complete and UNSW Outbound Application form and send it to INTEX@unsw.edu.au :

Global Education Programs – Outbound application form     (227K)

and see

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationaloffice/prospective-students/international-summer-schools/how-to-apply.aspx

i-Docs – a symposium only about interactive documentary CFP

Posted by on November 23rd, 2010 · related topics

In an era of pervasive computing, social media and a networked ‘information

society’, digital documentary is embracing new forms. Web-docs, docu-games,

photo-reportages, trans-media projects and locative narratives are developing

new languages of factual communication that challenge the established linear

narrative of documentary.

i-Docs is the first lab/symposium to be dedicated to the rapidly evolving field

of interactive documentary. The symposium will be a day-long event to showcase

new projects and to discuss the artistic, economic and political implications of

new forms of factual representation.

In the evening the programme City Symphonies will open with a screening of Jean

Vigo’s 1930 film A propos de Nice, followed by a live response from documentary

film-makers Keith Marley (Liverpool John Moores University) and Geoffrey Cox

(University of Huddersfield).Marley and Cox’s performance will explore the

contemporary relevance of the City Symphony genre, suggesting new audiences for

documentary through live performance, interactivity and VJ culture.

After this we’ll be turning up the tunes and showcasing some more VJ talent!

i-Docs is convened by Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi and Jonathan Dovey on behalf

of the Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of the West of England,

Bristol. The event will be held at the Watershed Media Centre in central Bristol

on Friday, 25th of March 2011.

Participants are invited to present their current projects and research. There

will also be panel discussion, with a view to promoting debate between media

practitioners, commissioning editors, artists and academics.

Proposals for both paper and project presentations should be sent to:

idocs.symposium@gmail.com by Friday 26th of November 2010.

The proposal should clearly outline your intentions in no more than 300 words.

Links to further visual materials can be provided, if appropriate.

Confirmed keynote presentations from: Upian (Prison Valley, Gaza/Sderot,

Havana/Miami), Blast Theory (Rider Spoke, Desert Rain, A Machine To See With),

Nick Cohen – BBC Multiplatform Commissioning Executive for Documentary.

Suggested topics / themes:

* what is an interactive documentary?: possible classification methodologies

for a field in constant development

* collaborative media and documentary making: objectivity, activism and shared

authorship through the screens of mobile phones and web 2.0

* user-generated content in documentary practice: the new role of the producer

and possible models of collaboration

* crowd sourcing when documenting reality: possible ethical and political

consequences

* docu-games and mixed-reality games: can games document the real?

* database documentaries: navigational strategies and new possibilities for

representing multiple points of view

* the fine line between new media factual art, collaborative journalism and

interactive documentary

* what does the user think?: how do we user test, or evaluate user experience,

of an i-doc?

* possible financial models for i-docs: who are the financial players and what

do they want?

* case study presentation and/or analysis of specific i-doc projects

Selected papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Media

Practice. Several other publication possibilities are also being considered.

Sandra Gaudenzi

Associate Lecturer, LCC, University of the Arts London

PhD Candidate, Goldsmiths, University of London

www.interactivedocumentary.net

International/Exchange Student Experience Study

Posted by on November 22nd, 2010 · Uncategorized, Volunteer

Dear International/Exchange students,

You are invited to participate in a study on improving the integration between International/Exchange and Local students.

 What you need to do?
Come and share your experience about local students and your brilliant ideas about how to facilitate useful interactions between international and local students.

What you will get?
For approximately 30 minutes of your time, you will be reimbursed with a $25 Myer Gift Card.

Book an interview now!
Anytime between 9:00a.m to 5:00p.m
From November 22th to December 3rd

To express your interest, please email Sophia your preferred date and time to sophia.cheng@unsw.edu.au to secure a booking.

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Sophia Cheng|Administrative Assistant|Office of the Director, Student Development|The Chancellery, Ground Floor, Room G19|The University of New South Wales|NSW SYDNEY 2052 AUSTRALIA|CRICOS Provider Code: 00098G

Phone: 02 9385 8547

Email: sophia.cheng@unsw.edu.au

AGSM MBA Programs Newsletter – Week 11

Posted by on November 22nd, 2010 · Newsletter

This week’s video newsletter:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6yaffpIsTI[/youtube]

Kerry Secerov, Team Leader of  AGSM’s Program Delivery & Development

Online Enrolment for Session 1, 2011

Online enrolment for Session 1, 2011 opened last Monday and will close at 5pm on Monday 29th November. Any enrolments or withdrawals after that may incur a $300 late enrolment/late withdrawal fee.

The Session 1, 2011 GDM / GCCM Course Calendars and the GDM Program Planning guide are available on the AGSM MBA Programs website.

Session 1 2011 Tuition Fee payment

Tuition fees for Session 1 are due by 13 February 2011. Your fee statement is available from your student profile on myUNSW 24 hours after enrolment – payment is also done via myUNSW.

Delivery of Course Materials

Please ensure your contact details and courier address are up to date on myUNSW to ensure correct delivery of your course materials.


MKTM Workshop 2 – Saturday 27 November

The Marketing Management workshop 2 will be held on Saturday 27th of November. For times and venue, please see our Timetables & Key Dates page.

End of Session Exams – Saturday 11 December

All NSW students (CBD, Kensington, Parramatta, North Sydney, North Ryde, as per your courier address on myUNSW) will be sitting their exams at one central venue in the Wentworth Building, University of Sydney.  All other students will sit their exam at their usual class venue. Intensive students will be sitting in their home state (as per courier address).

If you need to change your exam venue, you need to let us know by 3rd December 2010.

GCCM NSW students will be sitting their exam in the AGSM Building.  Interstate students will sit the exam in the Cliftons venues alongside GDM students. Any overseas-based GCCM students will need to organise their own venue and invigilator.

Events

November 2010

Canberra: Canberra: Executive Intelligence, Fujitsu House, 7-9 Moore St, Canberra, 24 Nov

What it takes to move into the senior executive echelons of an organisation

Brisbane: End-of-year Celebration Drinks, Jade Buddha (in the Jade Lounge), 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane, 30 Nov. Bookings essential

PLEASE NOTE: The Melbourne: Monthly Networking Drinks will return in December.

December 2010

Melbourne: End-of-year Networking Drinks, Silk Road (Dynasty Room), 425 Collins Street, Melbourne, 1 Dec

The Melbourne alumni committee is offering 1 free drink to everyone that pre-registers for the event by Monday 29th November. So book now!

We encourage students to access the events page regularly to keep up to date with events organised by alumni branches for alumni, students and their guests:

Design references

Posted by on November 19th, 2010 · Uncategorized

Ambience conference CFP

Posted by on November 18th, 2010 · related topics

CALL FOR CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION PARTICIPATION ? FIRST CALL

WELCOME TO <http://www.ambience11.se/>AMBIENCEZ11

?where art, technology and design meet

An international conference, and exhibition, which welcomes researchers and artists/designers/architects to the University of Borås 28-30 November 2011.

The Ambience conference focuses on the intersections and interfaces between technology, art and design. The first international conference in the Ambience series was held in Tampere, Finland in 2005. In Tampere 2005 the basic theme was ?Intelligent ambience, including intelligent textiles, smart garments, intelligent home and living environment?. In Borås 2008 it was ?Smart Textiles ? Technology & Design? and in Borås 2011 it will be the new expressional crossroads where art, design, architecture and technology meet; digital architecture, interaction design, new media art and smart textiles.

With a foundation in artistic practice the conference will be organized as a meeting place where art, design, architect and technology communities can come together to discuss and share ideas on the interfaces between art and technology development; a place where art, design, architecture and technology can meet and interact, to inform each other, and to bring new ideas back to their own community.

The conference will include sessions for paper presentations as well as an exhibition for the presentation of art, design and architectural work.

We welcome contributions from the areas of art, design and architecture where new technology plays a key role and also contributions from areas of technology where focus is on applications in contemporary art, design and architecture.

Keynote speakers will introduce discussions about, and critical reflections on, the future development of the intersections between artistic practice and technology. Concerts and performances will also display artistic perspectives on modern technology.

The conference is organized by The University of Borås in cooperation with Tampere University of Technology and is a part of the Smart Textiles Initiative ? <http://www.smarttextiles.se/>www.smarttextiles.se

Submitting

Extended abstracts of papers and exhibition proposals should be submitted no later than:

April 1 2011.

Please visit the conference website for more information and detailed instructions:

<http://www.ambience11.se/>www.ambience11.se

Be sure to check the website for changes that may appear as the submission deadline approaches.

Conference Chair

Lars Hallnäs

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Conference Organizing Committee

Chair

Agneta Nordlund Andersson

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Anne-Christine Andreasson

University of Borås

Therese Rosenblad Eriksson

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Malin Hansson

University of Borås

Annika Hellström

Jagör Bild & Form

Hanna Landin

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Heikki Mattila

Fibre Materials Science

Tampere University of Technology

Conference Program Committees

Digital Architecture

Chair

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen

Centre for IT and Architecture

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

School of Architecture

Ruiari Glynn

Bartlett School of Architecture

University College London

Interactive Architecture

Paul Nicolas

Centre for IT and Architecture

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

School of Architecture

Jenny Sabin

University of Pennsylvania

School of Design

Christoph Schindler

Schindlersalmerón

Interaction Design

Chair

—

Daniel Fällman

Interactive Institute

Umeå Institute of Design

Sarah Kettley

School of Architecture

Design and the Built Environment

Nottingham Trent University

Peter Gall Krogh

Department of Design

Aarhus School of Architecture

Stephan Wensveen

Department of Industrial Design

Eindhoven University of Technology

New Media Art

Chair

Johan Öberg

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Otto von Busch

School of Design and Crafts

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Cecilia Grönberg

School of Photography

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Annika Karlsson-Rixon

School of Photography

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Jane Philbrick

Valand School of Fine Art

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Smart Textiles

Chair

Linda Worbin

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Zane Berzina

Textile/Surface Design

Art College Berlin-Weissensee

Barbara Layne

Department of Studio Arts

Concordia University

Vibeke Riisberg

Designskolen Kolding

Sara Robertson

School of Textiles and Design

Heriot-Watt University

Sabine Seymour

School of Fashion

Parsons The New School for Design

Exhibition, Concerts and Performances Chairs

Björn Nilsson

New Music

Borås

Clemens Thornquist

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Linda Worbin

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Contact Ambience11: <mailto:info@ambience11.se>info@ambience11.se

Agneta Nordlund Andersson

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

SE501 90 Borås

Sweden

++46 33 435 4393

0705 739668

Ambience conference CFP

Posted by on November 18th, 2010 · related topics

CALL FOR CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION PARTICIPATION ? FIRST CALL

WELCOME TO <http://www.ambience11.se/>AMBIENCEZ11

?where art, technology and design meet

An international conference, and exhibition, which welcomes researchers and artists/designers/architects to the University of Borås 28-30 November 2011.

The Ambience conference focuses on the intersections and interfaces between technology, art and design. The first international conference in the Ambience series was held in Tampere, Finland in 2005. In Tampere 2005 the basic theme was ?Intelligent ambience, including intelligent textiles, smart garments, intelligent home and living environment?. In Borås 2008 it was ?Smart Textiles ? Technology & Design? and in Borås 2011 it will be the new expressional crossroads where art, design, architecture and technology meet; digital architecture, interaction design, new media art and smart textiles.

With a foundation in artistic practice the conference will be organized as a meeting place where art, design, architect and technology communities can come together to discuss and share ideas on the interfaces between art and technology development; a place where art, design, architecture and technology can meet and interact, to inform each other, and to bring new ideas back to their own community.

The conference will include sessions for paper presentations as well as an exhibition for the presentation of art, design and architectural work.

We welcome contributions from the areas of art, design and architecture where new technology plays a key role and also contributions from areas of technology where focus is on applications in contemporary art, design and architecture.

Keynote speakers will introduce discussions about, and critical reflections on, the future development of the intersections between artistic practice and technology. Concerts and performances will also display artistic perspectives on modern technology.

The conference is organized by The University of Borås in cooperation with Tampere University of Technology and is a part of the Smart Textiles Initiative ? <http://www.smarttextiles.se/>www.smarttextiles.se

Submitting

Extended abstracts of papers and exhibition proposals should be submitted no later than:

April 1 2011.

Please visit the conference website for more information and detailed instructions:

<http://www.ambience11.se/>www.ambience11.se

Be sure to check the website for changes that may appear as the submission deadline approaches.

Conference Chair

Lars Hallnäs

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Conference Organizing Committee

Chair

Agneta Nordlund Andersson

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Anne-Christine Andreasson

University of Borås

Therese Rosenblad Eriksson

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Malin Hansson

University of Borås

Annika Hellström

Jagör Bild & Form

Hanna Landin

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Heikki Mattila

Fibre Materials Science

Tampere University of Technology

Conference Program Committees

Digital Architecture

Chair

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen

Centre for IT and Architecture

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

School of Architecture

Ruiari Glynn

Bartlett School of Architecture

University College London

Interactive Architecture

Paul Nicolas

Centre for IT and Architecture

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

School of Architecture

Jenny Sabin

University of Pennsylvania

School of Design

Christoph Schindler

Schindlersalmerón

Interaction Design

Chair

—

Daniel Fällman

Interactive Institute

Umeå Institute of Design

Sarah Kettley

School of Architecture

Design and the Built Environment

Nottingham Trent University

Peter Gall Krogh

Department of Design

Aarhus School of Architecture

Stephan Wensveen

Department of Industrial Design

Eindhoven University of Technology

New Media Art

Chair

Johan Öberg

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Otto von Busch

School of Design and Crafts

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Cecilia Grönberg

School of Photography

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Annika Karlsson-Rixon

School of Photography

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Jane Philbrick

Valand School of Fine Art

Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts

University of Gothenburg

Smart Textiles

Chair

Linda Worbin

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Zane Berzina

Textile/Surface Design

Art College Berlin-Weissensee

Barbara Layne

Department of Studio Arts

Concordia University

Vibeke Riisberg

Designskolen Kolding

Sara Robertson

School of Textiles and Design

Heriot-Watt University

Sabine Seymour

School of Fashion

Parsons The New School for Design

Exhibition, Concerts and Performances Chairs

Björn Nilsson

New Music

Borås

Clemens Thornquist

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Linda Worbin

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

Contact Ambience11: <mailto:info@ambience11.se>info@ambience11.se

Agneta Nordlund Andersson

The Swedish School of Textiles

University of Borås

SE501 90 Borås

Sweden

++46 33 435 4393

0705 739668

Testing: abridged database for schema design

Posted by on November 18th, 2010 · Uncategorized

We are currently seeking feedback from  Key Users/Contributors about how we are expanding certain areas of data capture in the database. Below is a short (6 min) video in which Jo Croucher (Our Data Manager) and I talk through some of the issues that we are using this abridged version of database to test.  Those of you who have been asked to test this have been sent an email.

Click here to see  AbridgedSchemaTest2

Feedback notes:

Friday; Feedback two CIs/Editorial Board Members.

Negative ( which is a good thing when trying to solve a problem!)

Too much information on works? is measurement necessary?

Too many stubs will be generated if we create record files for each ROLE associated with the production of works ( particularly in design)? Ie. we don’t need a record for Kambrook associated with Musset’s kettle. Just need to be able to note that Kambrook  made it. ?

Requests for clear citation policy (I agree but  this is an editorial Board issue- over to you!)

Positive( also useful)

Like the way that works can be dividied into parts- helps with complex works.

Like the way that Roles will now be searchable.   Also appreciate the inclusion of curators and arts professionals.

Appreciate the logic of associating medium with work, rather than a person.  So person  + Role and Medium +work.

Tuesday; CI x2  ( I CI also Ed board)

Measurement is important and should stay as field for design objects. ( 1)

Both want clear citation and additional reading policies.

Issues with category confusion over medium- ie Musset eg. Is Industrial design of the same order as Plastics etc… (totally right- catgeories get covered by TAGs and medium is medium and relates to a specific work.)

Agree that we don’t need records for every associate- we need to define primary roles ( ie Creator, curator etc)  who get full records and secondary roles ( ie Kambrook in the Musset eg) who don’t.

RE-NEW DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL CFP

Posted by on November 17th, 2010 · related topics

Call for papers, posters, demos and workshops

We invite you to submit papers, posters, demo, and worshop proposals for the International Conference on Interactive Media Art – The Unheard Avantgarde in Copenhagen, Denmark May 17-19 2011. The core purpose is to examine interactive media art in its various manifestations, and the conference is organized in connection with the re-new digital arts festival. Submissions that combine scientific research or technological development with artistic design for the purpose of extending media art’s artistic framework are particularly invited.

All submissions are double blind peer reviewed by an international panel of experts. Accepted submissions are published in the conference proceedings. Extended version of selected submissions will be included in a post conference book publication.

We invite the following submissions:

  • Papers
  • Poster & demo
  • Papers, posters & demos with artwork
  • Sessions
  • Workshops

Artwork submissions only – such as performance, installations, video, music etc. – should be submitted through the Digital Arts Festival.

Topics

We welcome submissions related to interactive media art including, but not limited to the following:

Sketching Interactive Systems – Prototyping Techniques
Interactivity Design: Software and Hardware Tools
Mobile Experience Design
Novel Interfaces / Controllers
Novel Sensor and Actuator Technologies
Augmented Musical Instruments
Robotic Music and Haptic Devices
Multimodal Interaction and Interactive Sonification
Interfaces for dance and physical expression
Gestures and music
Sound Synthesis and Analysis

Cross-modality Protocols
Emotion Mapping Strategies
Expression Analysis and Machine Learning
Generative Algorithms
Narratives in Interaction
Gesture Measurement

Perceptual and Cognitive Issues
Embodiment
Strategies for Meaning-Making

Embodied Art
Reactive Media Art
Media Art in Social Sub-Culture
Interactive Multimedia Installations
Large-Scale Urban Art

Examining Past Work and Stimulating New Ideas and Research
Historical Studies in Interactive Art
Reports on Student Projects Related to Interactive Media Art
Artistic, cultural, and social impact of interactive media art
Enabling Interactive Media Art Networks

Postdigital Field
Transdisciplinary Practice
Posthuman Body
Social Technology
Unheard Avantgarde
Sound Art
Radio
Media Consciousness

Call for papers

Full Paper: 4-6 pages in proceedings, oral presentation with optional demo
Short Paper: 2-4 pages in proceeding

Call for poster & demo

Poster: 1 page in proceeding, up to 1 x A1 size at conference poster area
Demo: 1 page in proceeding, table at conference demo area

Call for artwork with paper/poster/demo

Artwork: notify in your paper/poster/demo submission, and make a seperate submission of the artwork to re-new 2011

Call for sessions

Your proposal should be 500-1.000 word and provide ao. a brief description of the session including its duration and relevance to the Framing Art + Technology theme.

Call for workshops

Your proposal should be 500-1.000 word and state the topic, the assumed knowledge required for participants, venue requirements and specify session duration. Also include your CV in the workshop’s topic.

Call for artwork

Artwork submissions only – such as performance, installations, video, music etc. – must be made through the Digital Arts Festival.

Comments about the SPRC research

Posted by on November 17th, 2010 · Uncategorized

Leave any comments about the SPRC research study on the Financial Management Program here.  Please use professional courtesy in framing your comments: posts will be monitored and any defamatory or derogatory comments will be removed.