<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Video Vortex community, </p><p class="MsoNormal">*Are you an expert of the ins and outs of various online video platforms, applications, technologies etc.? </p><p class="MsoNormal">*Are you well-versed and interested in presenting about Skype, Chatroulette, online video streaming, Foursquare, Seesmic, Netflix, and immediate online news channels, just to name a few. </p><p class="MsoNormal">*Are you active in exploring and discussing the problem of translation that exists across these platforms, to name but one example.</p><p class="MsoNormal">*Are you interested in contributing to a critical conversation that continues to expand the exploration of online video beyond Youtube?</p><p class="MsoNormal">*********</p><p class="MsoNormal">As most of you know, the INC recently put out a <a href="http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/videovortex/archives/767">call for the upcoming Video Vortex 6, Amsterdam </a>event on March 11 & 12, 2011. </p><p class="MsoNormal">While we've been receiving some really interesting proposals for talks, and the deadline for abstracts is not until October 11th, 2010, we're currently on an active hunt for people to contribute to the session:</p><p class="MsoNormal">'Platforms, Standards and the Trouble with Translation.' </p><p class="MsoNormal">as described in the call: </p><p class="MsoNormal">This theme seeks to draw forth experts who will offer strong interventions regarding various platforms and channels proliferating on the internet that contribute to the ecology and culture of online video. These include, but are not limited to: Skype, Chatroulette, streaming video technologies, Foursquare, Seesmic, Qik video, Netflix, immediate news channels online etc. The theme focuses on the problem of the translations across platforms that arise to due to conflicts in standards. The geo-cultural, and often the national, limits to open sharing of online content are also significant. How do users and producers get around the limits of these borders? How do they work under the radar or tunnel through the firewall in the face of censorship and content control? Or do people simply submit to the powers that be?</p><p class="MsoNormal">**********</p><p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in offering an abstract, please check out the original call <a href="http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/videovortex/archives/767">here</a>, for the submission format. </p><p class="MsoNormal">If you know of anyone you think could offer a great contribution, send us ideas to rachel(at)networkcultures(dot)org and pass along the message!</p><p class="MsoNormal">Abstract Deadline: October 11, 2010. </p><p class="MsoNormal">And of course, we're still interested in receiving proposals for the other sessions, so check out the original <a href="http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/videovortex/archives/767">call</a>, and send us your abstracts! </p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to hearing from you.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Rachel</p><div><br></div><p></p>
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