日期﹕2016年11月14日-11月16日
主辦：中國美院跨媒體學院 網絡社會研究所
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全球互聯網何處使用率最高？一幅西方中心的網絡地圖會在你我心中浮現出來。然而這張網絡技術設施靠海底光纖相互鏈接的圖景僅僅是西方跨國大公司的一面之辭。今年二月一份由賓夕法尼亞大學網絡政策觀察站、密蘇里新聞資料庫和香港中文大學新聞與交流學院聯合的研究報告所示，一旦我們從互聯網實際使用流量的（而非技術角度）角度來觀察網絡，得到的將是一幅去中心的多姿多彩的網絡區域文化地圖。網絡空間越來越脫離美國獨佔鰲頭的景象，南半球已成爲網絡文化參與的主力在巴西、俄羅斯、印度、中國，非西方的在線文化如雨後春筍蓬勃發展。
The Internet as Global Usage: 2009 (left), 2011, 2013 (right). The dots are websites and the lines represent the existence of significant traffic overlap between them. These show that global Web usage clusters itself into many communities of websites based on shared traffic. What the member websites of these clusters have in common with each other allows us to identify them as expressions of online regional cultures (see legend).
一面是非西方地區生猛的網絡實踐，一面是西方的知識範式理論，是時候反思西方理論對網絡乃至技術之見，重新描繪和想象另一種異質的賽博空間了。
第一屆網絡社會年會將以“網絡化的力量”爲題於2016年11月14-16日，在杭州中國美術學院召開。網絡社會研究所邀請來自美國，英國，德國，法國，荷蘭，比利時，巴西以及亞太地區包含中港臺與日本的學者，報告最新研究心得與對中國網絡社會的提問。從美學、生態、物質和算法四個維度出發，討論當下社會中物聯網、智能物件、社交網絡、大數據分析等技術所創造的不同形式的網絡化社會。
年會除了理論主題演講外，另籌劃了青年圓桌論壇，以研究交流與藝術實踐觀摩爲主。在微信用戶高達5.7億，支付寶成爲日常經濟工具，小米手環成爲智能穿戴市場的中國第一，世界第二的現實條件下，我們應該有新的研究來指出既有之網絡理論的不足，事實是：沒有含括中國網絡現實的研究是不可能成爲網絡理論的。沒有比這個時刻更需要我們自己的經驗研究了。我們需要浸泡在中國網絡環境中的青年學者來交流自己的田野觀察和批判；我們需要年青藝術家來超越理論術語的限制，帶來希望與創造性破壞。這是國內首次有關網絡社會實踐之青年的圓桌會議，是國內首次“數碼原住民”（digital nativism）火炬晚會，是創新交流聚會和思想實踐之電子舞會。現在你唯一要作的事情，就是跟參加舞會前的準備一樣，物色對象與裝扮自己。
由是，我們熱切向居住於國內與港澳臺青年有志者徵稿。論文發表者主題不限，唯需是當地的經驗研究；藝術創作者以媒體藝術和網絡藝術爲主，兩者均請於2016年7月30日24：00前提交至 308645611@qq.com：
- 500字之內的“論文摘要”或“作品簡述”（作品需同時附3張呈現效果圖）
- 200之內字個人簡歷，中英文皆可；
- 信件標題註明“Paper for Round Table”。
經本屆組委會評議後，於八月中旬公佈入選結果並告知截稿日期，赴會細節事項，參與會議邀請函與相關證明文件。入選者需要在大會公告截至日前完成全文（論文組）或作品簡報檔（藝術家），否則大會有權力取消其資格。會議內容將全文集結正式出版，與會者之研究發表成果能廣泛傳播，以資證明。任何相關事宜皆可來電郵詢問。
Call for Papers of Youth Round Table | The First Annual Conference of Network Society “Forces of Reticulation”
Date：14-16th November, 2016
Organizer: The Institute of Network Society (INS), School of Inter- Media Art (SIMA) of China Academy of Art (CAA)
There is one question: which place has the highest rate of global Internet usage? Maybe a Western centric Internet map will automatically rise in front of you. However, this map, which is facilitated by the technology of submarine optical fiber, is only a one-sided statement claimed by western big multinational corporations. In February 2016, a research project that was initiated by the Internet Policy Observatory of University of Pennsylvania, the Journalism Library of the University of Missouri, and the School of Journalism and Communication of Chinese University of Hong Kong, revealed that the Web, when mapped based on its usage, does not have its core in the West, but is a mosaic of online regional cultures that associate with physical places. They analyzed traffic to the world’s most popular 1,000 websites – which consistently account for 99 percent of global Web traffic. The result showed that the Internet is becoming more decentralized, or to be more precise, de-Westernizing, as more users from disparate cultures are taking over its topography by bringing in their own cultural identities. Web witnessed a gradual process of “de-Americanization”. In other words, the global South has become the main part of the network culture. Non-Western online cultures have strengthened, especially those linked to Brazil, Russia, China and India.
The Internet as Global Usage: 2009 (left), 2011, 2013 (right). The dots are websites and the lines represent the existence of significant traffic overlap between them. These show that global Web usage clusters itself into many communities of websites based on shared traffic. What the member websites of these clusters have in common with each other allows us to identify them as expressions of online regional cultures (see legend).
These user-centric maps mentioned above challenge, rather than reinforce, the existing concept of an Internet anchored by Western knowledge and norms They encourage the (Anglophone, especially) general public to refresh their own preconceptions by exploring the vastly heterogeneous cyberspace.
Therefore, The First Annual Conference of Network Society themed “Forces of Reticulation” would take place during 14-16th November 2016 in China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China. The Institute of Network Society INS will invite famous scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Brazil as well as Asian and Pacific regions to attend the conference and present their latest research findings and thoughts on the Chinese Network Society. Scholars will mainly focus on four dimensions: aesthetics, ecology, materiality and algorithm to shed light on the different forms of Network Society created by the Internet of things, intelligent objects, social networks, big data analysis and other technologies in the present day.
Apart from the academic speeches, the conference will also include Youth Round Table Summit in the main forms of exchanging ideas and artistic practices. The fact that the WeChat has got up to 570 million users, Alipay becomes citizens’ daily economic tool and Mi Smart Band manages to become the most used item of wearable devices in China and the second in the world—it urges us to come up with new hypotheses and findings to challenge the existing network theories—because in fact, it will not even be possible to claim that there is a network theory when the research of Chinese network reality is excluded. The experiences and relevant researches are desperately needed, from both young scholars who grow up in the Chinese network environment and can provide with their own field observation and criticism, and young artists who can break through the boundary of theoretical phrases, bringing hope and creative destruction. This will be the first ever youth round table summit for Network Society in China—a first ever “digital nativism” bonfire party as well as an electronic ball for innovative exchanges and thought practices. Now all you need to do, is to pick a theme and dress up!
Hence, we initiate this call for papers fromall ambitious young people who live in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. If you would submit a research paper, there will be no limit on the theme so longas it has to be an empirical study; if you are an artist, please focus on mediaart or network art. All work should be submitted before the midnight of 30th July 2016 to 308645611@qq.com including:
- a 500-word “Abstract” or “Introduction”with 3 pictures of final effect drawing
- a 200-word CV,either in Chinese or in English
- with the title “Paper for Round Table”
After the discussion of the organizing committee, the final results will be released in Mid August along with further details of deadline for papers, the conference and invitation letters for coming to Hangzhou. The selected scholars and artist are expected to complete their work before the deadline; otherwise the committee will cancel their qualifications. The content of the conference will be assembled in the full text for the official publication so that the latest findings and results can be widely spread. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email (811196862@qq.com) .
本體論維度 / Ontological Dimensions