[AISWorld] First Call for Papers: Special Issue on the History of Computing in Oceania Sept 30th 2022

[Janet Toland]

The IEEE Annals of the History of Computing invites submissions for a proposed special issue titled "Histories of Computing in Oceania" edited by Sebastian Boell (The University of Sydney, Australia) and Janet Toland (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand).

The region of Oceania includes Australasia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. To date the history of computing in this vast and relatively lowly populated region is underrepresented, notwithstanding recent efforts to expand the geographical scope of the history of computing. The geographical characteristics of Oceania have facilitated the development of innovative, interesting (and often unique) patterns of information and knowledge exchange. For instance, despite limited interaction with work undertaken overseas Trevor Pearcey built CSIR Mark 1, the first digital stored program computer in the world that played music, in Australia between 1947-49. Nonetheless, representations of these important contributions made to the history of computing in Oceania in the academic discourse are still scant.

This special issue explores the history of computing in the countries of Oceania with reference to the nuanced relationship between the local and the global. Bringing together accounts from Oceania it seeks to document a history currently often only published in grey literature.

Examples of submissions sought for the special issue include:

  *   Historical, post-colonial, and regional perspectives on the development, appropriation, and use of computing technologies in Oceania;
  *   The regional, national, or transnational politics of computing and telecommunications;
  *   Exploration of multinational versus local initiatives;
  *   National and international transfer of technologies, knowledge and people;
  *   Critical analyses of the development of computing education;
  *   Studies of community computing, ICT4D and the role of NGOs;
  *   Histories and critical analyses of digital initiatives that involve Indigenous people.



Submission Guidelines
Papers will be due for peer review by September 30, 2022.

Further details here https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/an/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-histories-of-computing-in-oceania
Dr Janet Toland
Associate Professor in Information Systems
Victoria University of Wellington/ Te Herenga Waka
+64 4 463 6861

Editor: From Yesterday to Tomorrow 60 Years of Tech in New Zealand https://history.itp.nz/