Association of Internet Researchers (a.o.i.r.) (20.01.2004)
The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. It is a resource and support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders. The association is international in scope. (information & text project-homepage)

 Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATAC) (20.01.2004)
The biennial conference series on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication aims to provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and communication technologies. The conference series brings together scholars from around the globe who provide diverse perspectives, both in terms of the specific culture(s) they highlight in their presentations and discussions, and in terms of the discipline(s) through which they approach the conference theme. (information & text project-homepage 20.01.2004)

 How Do We Perceive or Shape "Foreign" and "Native" Cultural Identities? Research on Processes of Intercultural Dissociation, Mediation and Identity-Shaping. Funding initiative of the Volkswagen Foundation (Germany) (20.01.2004)
An initiative of the VolkswagenStiftung (Germany), promoting national and international research projects in the field of humanities and cultural studies. The site lists all projects participating in the programme which include as well research in the field of media and cultural identity, media and migration and related fields of scientific research.

 The virtual second generation. Negotiating ethnicity - an exemplary analysis of young indians of the second generation living in Germany
A scientific research project aimed at the analysis of young indian migrants, who live in Germany in the second generation and use the Internet for cultural identity performances. The project is hosted an the Institute of Comparative Cultural and Social Anthropology of the University of Viadrina (Frankfurt / Oder) and funded by the VolkswagenSitftung. For more information see the site of the VolkswagenStiftung (20.01.2004).

 Netculture and the politics of ethnic identity (21.04.2004)
The internet and the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are looked upon as catalysts of social change. In connection with globalisation, the idea has arisen that through the Net human co-operation will in future be boundless, and that at the same time hierarchies will become pointless and dissolve. The Net, in the “digital age”, is considered an inevitable force of social progress. Will citizens in future thus govern themselves by participating in the Net? Will minorities become better integrated when they are linked up – and will their problems thereby be solved of their own accord? (information and text project-homepage, 21.01.2004)

 'Sociocultural self-assertion of Russian-Jewish immigrants in Israel, Germany and the USA by biculturalism, bilingualism and community forming - a comparative analysis of common interests and differences' (20.01.2004)
Research project of the Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum of the University of Potsdam (Germany). Sociologists, cultural and political scientists, historians and judaists will participate in this project, which is focusing on the complexity of the immigrants integration in their new surroundings, on the phenomenon of "Russian enclaves" and on the importance and influence of the national media in this process. The project is planned for two years (May 2003 - May 2005). (information & text project-homepage)

  Virtual “Identity Workshops” in Chinese Internet. Construction and Performance of Identity under Conditions of Accelerated Socio-cultural Change (20.01.2004)
Scientific research project, located at the Institute for Asian Studies at the University of Hamburg.

 Spaces of Identity (05.05.2004)
Spacesofidentity.net is a multidisciplinary international web-journal dedicated to issues of tradition, cultural boundaries and identity formation in Central and Eastern Europe. [It] hopes to make a contribution to ongoing debates in cultural studies. It scrutinizes the new, post-Soviet symbolic geographies that separate insiders from outsiders (informed by history and politics but implying identity), investigate the (historically and culturally) constructed nature of common symbols and histories, and trace the multiple vectors of domination and resistance involved in their emergence. (Information and text project homepage)

 The Central Asia + Information and Communication Technologies project (19.07.2004)
The Central Asia + Information and Communication Technologies project is a multi-year investigation of Internet and related technology developments in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. This work explores how the Internet influences cultures and societies by examining how information technology affects life in Central Asia. Researching Central Asia allows the project to examine novice users' adoption patterns; in addition, the strength of personal information networks in Central Asia provides insight into how diverse communities adapt IT for their needs. (Information and text project homepage)