-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 2nd Call for Papers: AMCIS 2010 Masculinities and ICTs Minitrack Datum: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:00:31 -0500 Von: David Kreps d.g.kreps@salford.ac.uk Antwort an: David Kreps d.g.kreps@salford.ac.uk An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org
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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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