Wednesday 12 July |
| 17:00 |
Transport,
if required, from TradeWinds Hotel to Kidogo Arthouse |
| 17:30-18:00 |
Registration |
Kidogo Arthouse
(Bathers Beach, Rear 47 Mews Rd, Fremantle, between
McDonalds and "The Round House") |
| 18:00-19:00 |
Reception |
Kidogo Arthouse
featuring didgeridoo performer and art exhibition |
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Thursday 13 July |
| 08:00-09:00 |
Registration |
Foyer,
Tradewinds Hotel |
| 08:45-09:00 |
Coffee |
| 09:00-09:15 |
Opening |
Charles Ess and Fay
Sudweeks, Co-Chairs |
| 09:15-10:00 |
CATaC -
First and Second Looks |
Charles Ess, Drury University, USA |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Session 1:
IT in Marginalised Communities |
Outside
the Net: Kiribati and the knowledge economy
Trevor H. B. Sofield, Murdoch University, Australia
Challenges and opportunities in introducing information and communication technologies
to the Kelabit community of North Central Borneo
Roger Harris, Poline Bala, Peter Songan, Elaine Guat Lien
Khoo, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Break |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Session 1:
IT in Marginalised Communities (cont'd) |
Barangays
of IT: Filipinizing mediated communication and digital power
Peter Sy, University of the Philippines, Philippines
Rural secondary school teachers' attitudes towards information technology: A study in
the Kelabit highlands of Bario, Borneo
Elaine Guat Lien Khoo, Tingang Trang, Pong Won Sia, Peter
Songan, Roger Harris, Poline Bala, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia |
| 12:30-13:00 |
Discussion |
Session 1 issues |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
Trader Morgans Restaurant |
| 14:00-15:00 |
Session 2: Virtual
Environments |
Disenfranchisement
from the global technoculture: Broadening the conceptual discourse on accessibility
Dineh Davis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Symbiotic interface contingency: The reciprocal emergence of use and abuse
Steffen Walz, University of Texas at Austin and University
of Tuebingen, Germany |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Discussion |
Session 2 issues |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Break |
| 16:00-17:30 |
Session 3:
Cyberculture |
Cyberpower: The culture and politics of
cyberspace
Tim Jordan, The Open University, United Kingdom
Ethnography and hermeneutics in cybercultural research: Accessing IRC virtual
communities
Jose L. Abdelnour Nocera, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Venezuela
Mindscapes and Internet mediated
communication
John G. Gammack, Murdoch University, Australia |
| 17:30-18:00 |
Discussion |
Session 3 issues |
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Friday 14 July |
| 08:45-09:00 |
Coffee |
| 09:00-09:45 |
Keynote Address |
Dr
Duane Varan, Digital Television Advertising Research Group, Murdoch University
Cultural Conservation in the Global Village
The rapid advancement of digital telecommunication technologies is increasingly
inhibiting the capacity of governments to control the cultural diets of their citizens.
The asymmetrical nature of information flow exposes audiences to increasing amounts of
foreign content. Yet we still know remarkably little about the potential cultural
impact associated with such exposure and our theoretical models remain largely simplistic.
Dr Varan will explore an alternative framework for contextualising such encounters: A
model of cultural erosion based on a longitudinal natural experiment isolating the impact
of the introduction of television in the Cook Islands. The model differentiates between
diverse processes associated with such erosion including cultural abrasion, displacement,
deflation, deposition and saltation. Dr. Varan will also explore the policy
implications of his research highlighting the need to reinforce and consolidate local
cultural terrains as a strategy of cultural conservation in the digital future. |
| 09:45-11:00 |
Session
4: Culture and Information Systems |
Information systems and organisational culture in a developing
country: A critical theory perspective
Mark C. Williams, R. S. Gunatunge, Edith Cowan University,
Australia
Reducing the negative effects of power distance during asynchronous pre-meeting without
using anonymity in Indonesian culture
Sjarif Abdat, Graham P. Pervan, Curtin University of
Technology, Australia
Thai culture and communication of decision making processes in requirements
engineering
Theerasak Thanasankit, Brian Corbitt, Victoria University
of Wellington, New Zealand |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Break |
| 11:00-12:30 |
Session 4: Culture and Information Systems (cont'd) |
A
world wide web of cultures or a "world wide web" culture
Andrew Turk, Murdoch University, Australia
The Impact of Cultural Values on Computer Mediated Group Work
Nasrin Rahmati, Monash University, Australia
Explaining community informatics success prospects: The autonomy/harmony model
Celia Romm, Wal Taylor, Central Queensland University,
Australia |
| 12:30-13:00 |
Discussion |
Session 4 issues |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
Trader Morgans Restaurant |
| 14:00-15:30 |
Session 5: Education and
Policy |
A
consideration of culture in national IT and e-commerce plans
Steve Benson, Craig Standing, Edith Cowan University,
Australia
Dissemination on a global scale? Possibilities and problems in access to
Internet-based academic journals
Sara Gwynn, Peter Thomas, University of the West of
England, United Kingdom
Addressing the moral poverty of computing higher education, including the Web
Mark Williams, Guy Duczynski, Edith Cowan University,
Australia |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Discussion |
Session 5 issues |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Break |
| 18:30 |
Bus to Swan Valley |
| 19:30 |
Conference Dinner - Sandalford Winery, Swan Valley |
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Saturday 15 July |
| 08:45-09:00 |
Coffee |
| 09:00-10:00 |
Session 6: Technology
and Learning |
A
theoretical argumentation and evaluation of South African learners' orientation towards
and perspectives on the empowering use of information - a calculated prediction of
computerised learning for the marginalised
Louisa Postma, Rand Afrikaan University, South Africa
A culture for computer literacy
Richard Thomas, University of Western Australia, Australia |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Discussion |
Session 6 issues |
10:30-11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00-12:30 |
Session 7: The Role of
Media in Communication |
How cultural differences affect the use of information
and communication technology in Dutch-American mergers
Frits Grotenhuis, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Nerdy no more: A case study of
early Wired (1993-96)
Ann Willis, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Technological Transformations of the Public Sphere: The
Role of CMC
David Holmes, University of NSW, Australia |
| 12:30-13:00 |
Discussion |
Session 7 issues |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
Trader Morgans Restaurant |
| 14:00-15:00 |
Break |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Panel |
Summary of issues raised during the conference |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Break |
| 16:30-17:30 |
Forum |
Open forum
exploring research directions |
| 17:30- |
Cocktails |
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Sunday 16 July |
| 07:00-21:00 |
Post-Conference
4WD safari tour including Pinnacles (Nambung National Park), sand dunes,
wildflowers, koalas (Yanchep National Park)
Pickup and dropoff at bus stop opposite TradeWinds Hotel |