If computer-supported cooperative work is your thing - or especially if it really isn't - please consider submitting a position paper to the workshop I'm running at CSCW 2004 with danah boyd and Michele Chang:
This workshop will address the many ways by which online presentations of self have been - and could be - constructed. In the absence of the body as a source of accountability and social legibility, individuals project a sense of self through multiple layers of mediation, including email addresses, graphic avatars, "friend lists," and results from search engines. How can we use the body in a mediated world? Or alternately, how can we promote rich modes of interaction that do not rely on the illusion of physical presence?
The deadline for submissions is September 20. There's more info at the website.
C'mon along. It'll be big fun.
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