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2nd CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: February 26, 2010

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CALL FOR PAPERS: AMCIS 2010 Minitrack on 'MASCULINITIES AND ICT' 16th
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Lima, Peru, August
12-15. 2010

---- Special Issue Journal Publication ------

Papers included in this Minitrack will be subject to a second round of
peer review following the conference for possible inclusion in a 
Special Issue of the International Journal of Information Systems and
Social Change http://www.igi-global.com/ijissc 
to be edited by the Minitrack Chairs.

----- AMCIS Minitrack: MASCULINITIES AND ICT Track: Social Inclusion and
ICT ----

Consideration of 'men's issues,' from fathering, men's health, to the
relationships between masculinity, class, race and sexuality, to
domestic violence - the field of the sociology of masculinity - has
become of increasing importance and concern to the academic community,
particularly as the ongoing development of feminism moves into
post-feminist and difference feminist positions (Pease, 2000).  However,
there is as yet little critical investigation of the relationship of
such issues to the creation, use, and influence of ICTs. Indeed, the
gender tracks of IT and IS conferences, and gender-issues journals, seem
largely to equate 'gender' with 'women's issues.'  Further, much of this
research focuses on women's inequality and oppression at the hands of
men (Beasley, 2005; Connell, 2005). Hence, the advent of a Social
Inclusion track at AMCIS is to be welcomed as a space in which to begin
to consider a broad range of men's issues related to ICT.

If indeed, as some authors maintain (Orkin 2009) the internet is used by
more men than women, why is this so? What aspects of IT use appeal to
what elements of the masculine gender roles of which cultures, and why? 
How does the notion of hegemonic masculinity factor into these
stereotypes (Light, 2007)?  How do the power relations among and between
men and women play out within the IT industry (Whitehead 2002)?   The
under representation of women in the ICT sector has been widely studied,
certainly in the contexts of western countries, while similar research
on masculinities and ICT remains limited even though technology has been
argued as an integral part of men's life experiences (Mellst'm 2004).

The study of masculinities ranges across subject areas embracing the
sociology of the masculine subject, men's activism and politics,
fathering, growing up, men's and father's rights, pornography, race,
ethnicity, difference, sexualities, sport, violence, work and class,
working with boys and men in different contexts, etc.  Arguably every
one of these areas has been touched, influenced, even transformed by
ICTs in the past decade or so, and research and theorizing around these
issues is as yet very sparse.

We invite research articles that explore masculinities and ICTs. We are
interested in including papers that are both conceptually and
empirically based. The topics of interest include but are not limited to
the following:

* What are the impacts of feminism, gender studies and the movement to
increase women's participation in ICT on masculinity and men's
relationship with ICT? 
* What is the effect of hegemonic and alternative masculinities on the 
development and use of ICT? 
* To what extent is culture an important influential factor that affects 
men's relationships with ICT? 
* What are the effects of race, ethnicity, social class and other 
socio-cultural identity factors  on conceptions of masculinity as
they relate to ICT? What are mechanisms to assess men's participation in
ICT in specific socio-cultural contexts? 
* To what extent can  some practices and experiences be transferred 
from one country to another country 
* What theories and research frameworks can be applied to explore 
men's issues and ICT? 
* What methodological challenges exist when examining men's issues and 
ICT?

------ Submission Process ----- 
Full paper submissions must be made
electronically through the AMCIS Manuscript Central submission system,
by February 26th 2010.  Papers should not exceed 5,000 words.  Paper
format may be found at:
http://amcis2009.org/images/stories/amcis09/doc/amcis09_paper_template.
doc

----- Important Dates ------ 
- January 4, 2010: Paper submissions open 
- February 26, 2010: Deadline for paper submissions 
- April 12, 2010: Notification of acceptance 
- April 26, 2010 Final copy due 
- August 12-15, 2010 AMCIS Conference

----- Minitrack Chairs -----

David Kreps University of Salford d.g.kreps@salford.ac.uk

Eileen M. Trauth Pennsylvania State University etrauth@ist.psu.edu


----- Further Information ----- 

AMCIS 2009 Conference Website:
http://www.amcis2009.org/ Or contact the Minitrack Chairs
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