Conference on Cultural Diversity in/and Cyberspace

Preliminary Schedule

May 5, 2000
University of Maryland

8:30Breakfast
9:00Welcome
 Opening Address by Ernest Wilson, Director, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland
10:00Break
10:10Session I: Race Games: Simulations in Cyberspace
  "'Black Like Virtual Me:' Student Reactions to Online Diversity" Nicholas Proctor, Simpson College
  ""The Construction of Gender and Race in a Massive Multiplayer On-Line Role Playing Game," Mindy Basi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  "The Turing Game: A Participatory Exploration of Identity in Online Environments," Joshua Berman and Amy Bruckman, Georgia Tech University
11:30Break
11:40Concurrent Sessions:
 Session II: New Terrains: Presentations of Self Online
  "The Same Old Gender Plot? Women Academics' Identities on the Web" Jill Arnold & Hugh Miller, The Nottingham Trent University
  "Virtually Belonging: Risk, Connectivity and Coming Out Online," Elizabeth Bassett and Kate O'Riordian, University of Brighton
  "The Digital Voice of Black Germany: Opportunities and Dangers of an Online Discussion on Afro-German Identity," Isabell Cserno, University of Maryland
 Session III: Style and Difference in Online Youth Culture
  "Cyberspace and Youth Cultural Styles," Brad Warren, Deakin University, Australia
  "Online Bonds and Offline Boundaries: Teens and Discussions of Difference," Lynn Clark, University of Colorado
1:00Lunch - Roundtable Discussion on Teaching in/and/with the Diversity of Cyberspaces, Debra DeRuyver, University of Maryland, Moderator
2:00Concurrent Sessions:
 Session IV: Tune in, Tune Out, Log On: Whose Domain is it, Anyway?
  "Encoding/Decoding Cyberspace: Towards a Theoretical Framework for Exploring Cultural Diversity In and Out of the Net," David Silver, University of Maryland
  "Surfing in Public: Race, Public Access, and the Internet Experience," Elizabeth Tunstall, Sapient Corporation
  "The Revolution will (Probably) Not Be Digitized: An Overview and Analysis of MP3 and the Recording Industry," Vincent Stephens, University of Maryland
 Session V: Art, Identity, and Diversity
  "Building A Cyber Center With Community Art," Chris Drew, Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center, Chicago
  "The Delightful Diversity of Cyber-Places," Arthur Helweg and Adrian Mihalache, Western Michigan University
  "The Post-Gender Identities as a Metaphor: Gender Constrcution in Cyberspace," Jasna Koteska, Central European University, Budapest
3:20Break
3:45Keynote Address: "Transnational Digital Subjects: Constructs of Identity and Ignorance in a Digital Economy," Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University
5:00Adjourn
6:00Dinner