Fourth International Conference on
CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION

Off the shelf or from the ground up?
ICTs and cultural marginalization, homogenization and hybridization 

Karlstads Universitet (Karlstad University), Sweden
27 June to 1 July 2004
http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac

P R E L I M I N A R Y   P R O G R A M

Sunday 27 June

17:00 Registration and refreshments  

Monday 28 June

08:45-09:00 Opening Charles Ess and Fay Sudweeks
Co-Chairs
09:00-10:00 Keynote Speaker  
10:00-11:00 Session 1 Culture: theory and praxis (2 long)
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Session 1 (cont'd) Culture: theory and praxis (3 short)
12:30-13:00 Discussion Session 1 issues
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 2 Culture and economy (1 long, 3 short)
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:30 Discussion Session 2 issues

Tuesday 29 June

09:00-10:30 Session 3 Alternative models for ICT diffusion (3 long papers)
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Session 4

Role of governments and activists in culture, technology and communication (1 long, 3 short)

12:30-13:00 Discussion Sessions 3 and 4 issues
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Panel TBA
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 Session 5 ICTs and cultural hybridity (3 short)
17:00-17:30 Discussion Session 5 issues
18:30

Depart for Conference Dinner

Wednesday 30 June

09:00-10:30 Session 6 Culture, communication and e-learning (1 long, 3 short)
10:30-11:00 Break
10:30-12:30 Session 6 (cont'd) Culture, communication and e-learning (2 long, 3 short)
12:30-13:00 Discussion Session 6 issues
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Panel Off the shelf or from the ground up? (4 papers)
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Panel (cont'd) Off the shelf or from the ground up? (4 papers)
16:00-16:30

General discussion

Thursday 1 July

09:00-10:30 Session 7 ICTs and intercultural communication (1 long, 3 short)
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Session 7 (cont'd) ICTs and intercultural communication (2 long)
12:00-12:30 Discussion Session 7 issues
12:30-13:00 Summary All issues
13:00-14:00 Lunch