Posts from ‘November, 2006’
CALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Pragmatics
From [ETHNO/cios] list:
Journal of Pragmatics, Special Issue on “Questions of Context in Studies of Talk-in-interactionâ€I have been asked to edit a special issue of Journal of Pragmatics on “Questions of Context in Studies of Talk-in-interactionâ€.Papers should deal with the fraught problem of the admissibility of contextual knowledge in the analysis of talk-in-interaction and state a [...]
THE 13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE, INTERACTION, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Events-related posts, today.
This one is from [ETHNO/cios] list
THE 13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE, INTERACTION, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
University of California, Santa BarbaraMay 17-19, 2007
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Barbara FoxUniversity of Colorado at BoulderLinguistics
Celia KitzingerUniversity of YorkSociology
Norma Mendoza-DentonUniversity of ArizonaAnthropology
Jason RaleyUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraEducation
The conference addresses topics at the intersection of language, interaction, and culture from theoretical perspectives that [...]
SALSA 07
No. This is not a Bolognese Salsa, or a Pesto Salsa…
I’m just posting some info on the next Symposium About Language and Society-Austin I received this moring by [Languse]:
The Symposium About Language and Society-Austin (SALSA) is pleased to announce its 15th Annual Meeting to be held April 13-15, 2007 at the University of Texas at [...]
Paper: The development of an integrated psychosocial approach to effective usability of 3D Virtual Environments for Cybertherapy
Title:The development of an integrated psychosocial approach to effective usability of 3D Virtual Environments for Cybertherapy
Authors:Carlo Galimberti, Gloria Belloni, Matteo Cantamesse, Alberto Cattaneo, Fabiana Gatti, Maddalena Grassi & Luca Menti
Abstract:The aim of the paper is to describe a possible direction of development and theoretical model for ergonomic research in the Virtual Reality (VR) field [...]
Virtual Press Conference
A VR Press conference may be not more exciting, with the hype about SL Reuters, SL IBM and similar initiatives.
But…
This time we’re speaking about a Press Conference in WoW! There are a lot of differences between World of Warcraft and SecondLife, but IMHO a main issue is the context: WoW is a contextualized world, with [...]
AISB’07 Symposium: AI and Narrative Games for Education
[From the PRESENCE-L LISTSERV]
There is an increasing interest in the computer games industry in the development of games with emotionally compelling interactive stories. Games designers, screen writers and narrative theorists propose contrasting approaches to engineer satisfying stories in which players can participate for pure entertainment or educational purposes. Intelligent serious games for education are applications [...]
