#twecon

CfP: #twecon 2012 – September 3rd (12pm NZST) to 4th (12pm NZST)

Call for Papers: #twecon – September, 2012

The author of the blog “EPISTO!,” Matthew Dentith (HORansome), is inviting paper titles and abstracts for the 3rd #twecon, to be held on September the 3rd to 4th, 2012 (from 12pm NZST on the 3rd to 12pm NZST on the 4th).

The brief for this tweet-based conference is open and thus we are accepting papers on any topic.

To submit a paper for inclusion at #twecon please tweet your paper’s title and short abstract (you may want to use a tweet for each) with the tag #twecon any time between now and the 2nd of September (this is mostly so the organiser will have an idea of how many papers he will be archiving and to send out helpful reminders to those who are planning to give papers on the day). Anyone may enter.

Details about the previous #twecon, including copies of the papers given at the conference, can be found here and here.

Rules:

1. Papers may be no longer than 6 tweets in length (with one of those tweets being a compulsory title/byline).

2. Each tweet must be numbered.

3. Tweets may link to images, short video clips (less than thirty seconds in length), but cannot link to written material unless it is a link to a quote, further readings, et cetera.

You should not use a link in a tweet to get around the 140 character limit.

4. Each tweet must have the following tag: #twecon

The Conference

The conference will start on Monday, the 3rd of September at midday New Zealand time. Please keep an eye on the #twecon hashtag during that time or visit this page for updates.

After the opening address (at 12pm) has been given presenters may start giving their papers. In the last two years there was no strict timetable and people used what might be called a “modicum of commonsense” to ensure that papers were given throughout the day rather than just lumped together at the beginning.

Once all the listed papers have been given there will be a closing speech, at which point presenters and attendees are expected to go to their local alehouse, pub, coffee spot or liquor cabinet for a post-conference drink. You are not required to wear name tags during the conference, but if you want to wear a badge emblazoned “I just presented at #twecon: ask me about my paper!” during the day you will not be stopped from doing so (unless such an activity is illegal in your jurisdiction).

All papers will be archived on this page.


Impromptu paper on Kerry Bolton

1. A impromptu paper about Kerry Bolton #twecon

2 He recently published this paper t.co/uK1L1LJ which doesn’t explicitly argue for but supports the Celtic New Zealand thesis #twecon

3. The CFP for the journal explicitly states:

“The Journal willingly doesn’t make part of the so called “specialized” reviews.

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4. “The Journal willingly doesn’t make part of the so called “specialized” reviews. The published articles characterized by a

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5. “… scientific exactitude which does not gives way to technicalities, in order to allow an easy popularization.” #twecon

6. Such publications are disturbing: they provide ready citations which bolster the “arguments” of other members of that community. #twecon

Draft #twecon programme

#twecon takes place on the 11th of July and these are the papers you can expect to see presented.

Matthew Dentith – The problem with official theories

David Cauchi – Perspective painting proves nothing exists

stacefamily – Moving beyond love and luck: building right relationships and respecting lived experience in New Zealand autism policy

In 1997 a mother killed her autistic daughter but in spite of much policy attention since, ASD remains a ‘wicked’ problem. Why?

stutterdude – Stuttering Fun Facts: things you might not have known about stuttering

Josh Addison – A meta-comedic defence of touchy topics

Paul Scoones – Scripting Subtitles: the pros and cons of writing production notes for classic series Doctor Who DVDs

Mike Dickison – A new reconstruction for the giant Haast’s Eagle, Harpagornis moorei

George Darroch – “Invisible Genocide” – claims of secret genocide(s) in Indonesian Papua

Cheryl Bernstein – A photographer is a person who attempts to place within the image information that is not predicted by the camera

Matthew Dentith – Summarising a 85,000 word PhD thesis, entitled “In defense of conspiracy theories,” in 5 tweets

Megan Clayton – A third, a third, a third: some thoughts on union activism in a New Zealand provincial university

Robyn Gallagher – Seen Your Video: The Early Years of NZ On Air-funded Music Videos

Pauline Dawson – A Farewell Symphony: Memory loss and the loss of memories

Heather Gaye – Culture Shocker: anecdotal-but-hard-learned tips for kiwi travelers on surviving the move to London.

James Butler – Socialised media, privatised message: the shifting focus of the editorial voice

Andrew Long – TMI: Twitter as emergent autobiographical manifestation engine

Train the Teacher – It’s about the learning: The role of teachers in the information age

<a href=””http://twitter.com/parkesweb”>Steve Parks – ¿Nadie piensa en los niños? Un caso para la enseñanza de lengua extranjera obligatoria.

Or: “Won’t somebody think of the children? A case for mandatory foreign language teaching.”

Aimee Whitcroft – Robots and tentacles: the singularity as kraken

#twecon update

#twecon, the conference that takes place on Twitter, via the medium of tweets, takes place on July the 11th.

Here are some of the papers you can expect:

HORansome – The problem with official theories

DCBCauchi – Perspective painting proves nothing exists

stacefamily – Moving beyond love and luck: building right relationships and respecting lived experience in New Zealand autism policy

In 1997 a mother killed her autistic daughter but in spite of much policy attention since, ASD remains a ‘wicked’ problem. Why?

stutterdude – Stuttering Fun Facts: things you might not have known about stuttering

monkeyfluids – A meta-comedic defence of touchy topics

Plus many more.