[Air-l] Call for Participation - PDC 2004 - Please distribute!
Charlie Breindahl
hitch at hum.ku.dk
Wed Feb 4 23:27:29 PST 2004
The due date for research papers is fast approaching and there are lots of
other ways to participate. We hope to see you this summer in Toronto!
Call for Participation
PDC 2004
the eighth biennial
Participatory Design Conference
Artful Integration
Interweaving Media, Materials and Practices
<http://cpsr.org/conferences/pdc2004/>
July 27-31, 2004
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
In cooperation with the ACM and IFIP (pending)
Academic sponsors:
Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI), University of Toronto
Faculty of Information Studies (FIS), University of Toronto
Participatory Design (PD) is a diverse collection of principles and
practices aimed at making technologies and social institutions more
responsive to human needs. A central tenet of PD is the direct involvement
of people in the co-design of the systems they use.
The Participatory Design Conferences, held every two years since 1990, have
brought together a multidisciplinary and international group of software
developers, researchers, social scientists, designers, activists,
practitioners, users, citizens, cultural workers and managers who adopt
distinctively participatory approaches in the development of information and
communication artifacts, systems, services and technology.
Participatory design approaches have been used in traditional application
domains (such as computer systems for business, health care and
governmental) and are also relevant in emerging areas such as web-portal
design, e-government services, community networks, enterprise resource
planning, public (and other) CSCW (computer supported cooperative work)
systems, social administration & community development, university/community
partnerships, tele-health, communities of practice and political
deliberation / mobilization (e-democracy), digital arts and design,
scholarship and teaching with mediated technologies (e-learning), the
experience of a sense of place, cultural production and cultural
institutions. We further welcome submissions that explore the relationship
between PD approaches and the design of ICT (information and communication
technology) infrastructures such as open source projects, standards,
protocols, new media, policy, broadband and WiFi (Wireless Fidelity)
networks and the like, and how in turn they may enable and constrain the
possibilities for participation.
Participatory designers of ICT-applications may learn from, and, hopefully
contribute to, work in other fields, such as community and organizational
development, architecture, urban planning, policy development, media, design
and art, especially insofar as these fields increasingly use ICTs.
Participatory design approaches can be applied in various social settings
such as local communities, government agencies, civil society, NGOs, schools
and universities, companies, trade unions, etc. each with its own
distinctive stakeholder arenas and power relations.
The overall theme of the 2004 conference, "Artful Integration:
Interweaving Media, Materials and Practices" describes a central reality of
participatory design. It recognizes that an essential ingredient in design
practice is the working together of multiple, heterogeneous elements.
Whereas conventional design approaches emphasize the role of the designer
and the creation of singular "things," artful integration calls attention to
the collective interweaving of people, artifacts and processes to achieve
practical, aesthetic or emancipatory syntheses. The conference will include
the inauguration of the "Artful Integrators Award" for exemplary work in
participatory design.
We invite contributions on all aspects of participatory design, especially
those that address concerns discussed above. Share your artful integrations
with the broader community!
TYPES OF SESSIONS
We invite submissions for the following types of sessions (described more
fully below):
+ Research papers (maximum 10 pages)
+ Short papers (maximum 4 pages) research works in progress,
field experiences / stories from reflective practitioners, tools
and techniques reports)
+ Pre-Conference workshops (2 page proposals) Conference workshops (2
+ page proposals) Art Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs,
+ Demonstrations
(proposals include statement and sketch, see below)
+ Tutorials (2 page proposals)
+ Doctoral consortium
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Research Papers
Deadline: February 13, 2004
For the first time, the accepted PDC research papers will be published by an
academic press, specifically the ACM in their International Conference
series. In addition to the hardcopy form, papers will also be published via
the web in ACM's Digital Library. High academic standards will be expected.
Maximum length of research papers is 10 pages. Each submitted paper will be
double blind reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Authors are invited to
suggest names and contact information of one or two possible reviewers to
supplement reviews by Program Committee members. Such prospective reviewers
should have demonstrable expertise in the relevant field and be at
arms-length from the author(s) and the work presented.
Accepted papers should be revised according to the review reports and the
language should be checked by a native English speaker.
Deadline for submitting the camera-ready manuscript is June 4, 2004.
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Short Papers (maximum 4 pages) (Chair: Joan Greenbaum)
Deadline: May 7, 2004
Short papers cover a range of possible formats and audiences
+ Research works in progress: research which is not yet ready to
be evaluated in a peer review. Short papers could cover research
designs, fieldwork, and/or preliminary research results.
+ Stories about experiences by reflective practitioners: we are
especially interested in short papers in which practitioners
describe their practical experiences with the (non) participation
of users. These reports may be derived from a variety of settings,
but should as a general feature describe the various stakeholders
in the design process, their mutual interactions, and how they
were affected.
+ Tools and techniques reports: the description of tools and
techniques, and of the application of these tools and
techniques, showing their usability for participatory design.
+ Short papers are also welcome that fit the "pattern" format
organized by problem, context, discussion, solution and references.
Potential short paper contributors are invited to contact the session chair
for further details. <joanbaum at ix.netcom.com>.
Pre-Conference Workshops (Chairs Thomas Binder & Judith Gregory)
Deadline: March 5, 2004
Full- or half-day invitational workshops will be held Wednesday, July 28,
2004. The proposal should contain a title, goals, technique, relevance to PD
and a schedule. Intended participants and how they will be recruited should
also be described. Workshop topics can include methods, practices, or other
areas of interest. Note that fees may be charged to cover workshop expenses
(such as lunch, materials, or equipment set up) but workshop organizers are
not paid. Potential pre-conference workshop contributors are invited to
contact the session co-chairs for further details.
<thomas.binder at interactiveinstitute.se> and <judithg at ifi.uio.no>.
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Conference Workshops (Chairs Peter Mambrey & Patricia Sachs)
Deadline: May 7, 2004
Conference workshops will be convened on July 30 from 2-5 PM.
Attendees will sign up for these workshops at the conference itself.
Please submit a two page proposal which includes title, goals, objectives,
and methods for making the workshop interactive with the participants.
Please indicate as the relevant background of the leaders, intended
participants, the maximum number of participants and whether you would need
special equipment. Feel encouraged to apply with others as a group.
Potential conference workshop contributors are invited to contact the
session co-chairs for further details. <mambrey at fit.fraunhofer.de>
<pascha at social-solutions.com>.
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Art Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs, Demonstrations (chairs
Yvonne Dittrich & Leah Lievrouw)
Deadline: May 1, 2004
The objective of this portion of the conference is to present and debate
works that combine outstanding aesthetic vision with a commitment to the
principles and philosophy of participatory design.
Successful proposals will demonstrate both design/artistic merit and the
collaborative involvement of designers, users, audiences, and/or other
relevant groups.
Works may incorporate any forms or genres of information/communication
technologies or digital media (e.g., sound, still/moving images, touch,
space, text, etc.), either alone or combined with other media and/or live
performance. Proposals must include:
+ A statement (maximum 500 words) describing the title and goals of the
submission, the techniques/media employed, the piece's relevance
to participatory design, and how it will occupy, challenge, provoke,
involve, entice or otherwise engage those involved in its design,
distribution and/or use.
+ A sketch, layout, design or plan that conveys the look/feel/
experience of the work (e.g., 30 seconds of Flash animation,
storyboards, web pages, etc., submitted as URLs, Zip/CD/DVD,
or other format).
+ The technical specifications for presentation and exhibition,
including hardware/software platforms, projection or other playback
equipment, time and space requirements, network/web access needs,
and so on.
+ Complete contact information (name, affiliation, mailing address,
telephone/fax/email/URL) for each artist/author of the entry.
All required parts of the proposal should be submitted to the conference
chairs in electronic form.
Works selected for PDC 2004 will be chosen by an international,
multi-disciplinary jury (representing arts/design/critical studies
as well as social sciences, informatics and computer science) and
will be exhibited for the duration of the conference. Artists/authors
will be expected to present and discuss a brief precis of their
piece in a roundtable session at the conference.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact the chairs for
further details about the aims and evaluation criteria for submissions,
at <ydi at itu.dk> or <llievrou at ucla.edu.> Entries must be received
by the program chairs no later than midnight (U.S. Pacific time)
May 1, 2004.
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Tutorials (pre-conference) (Chairs Volkmar Pipek & Bettina Toerpel)
Deadline: March 5, 2004
Full-day (6 hour) and half-day (3 hour) tutorials will be held
Tuesday July 27, 2004. The proposal should contain a title, goals,
technique, relevance to PD and a tutorial schedule. Please describe
any handouts that you intend to make available in the proposal.
Please include a budget for tutorial expenses (lunch, materials,
equipment set up, for example) in your proposal. Fees will be
charged, with tutorial organizers receiving surplus over tutorial
expenses. Potential tutorial contributors are invited to contact
one of the session co-chairs for further details.
<volkmar.pipek at iisi.de> and <beetee at itu.dk>.
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Doctoral consortium (Chairs: Jeanette Blomberg & Finn Kensing)
A full day, invitational doctoral consortium will be held Tuesday,
July 27, 2004. Doctoral candidates are invited to contact the one
of the session co-chairs for further details.
<jblomberg at almaden.ibm.com> and <kensing at itu.dk>.
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General submission information:
+ Submissions should be formatted according to the requirements
specific to each type of submission as listed on the conference
website and sent electronically to the chairs using the upload
facility to be found there.
+ Each submission will include a cover sheet with title, submission
type, submitter name(s) and affiliation(s), address(es) and email
address(es).
+ Receipt notification will follow over email.
+ All accepted contributions will be posted on appropriate web sites
and published in book form provided to conference participants as
part of the conference fee.
+ Volume I of the Proceedings will include all research papers and be
published by ACM Press as part of the International Conference
series. Research papers must be formatted according to ACM guidelines
(<http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html>). Additional
information as needed will be made available on the PDC 2004 web
site (<http://cpsr.org/conferences/pdc2004/>).
+ Volume II of the Proceedings will include all the other accepted
contributions in the traditional PDC-format.
+ Before a submission is included in either Volume I or Volume II,
at least one author of the submission must be registered for the
conference.
More details can be found on the conference website or by contacting
the Program co-Chairs or the Chair of the appropriate session.
IMPORTANT DATES
2004
+ February 13 Due date for research paper submissions
+ March 5 Due date for pre-conference workshops and tutorials
+ March 19 Acceptance notification for workshops and tutorials
+ April 23 Acceptance notification to authors of research papers
+ May 1 Due date for Art Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs,
Demonstrations submissions
+ May 7 Due date for short papers, conference workshop submissions
+ May 21 Acceptance notification short papers, conference workshops,
Art Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs, Demonstrations
+ May 31 Early registration date
+ June 4 Due date for Final Proceedings Vol 1 versions of research
papers
+ June 11 Due date for final Proceedings Vol 2 versions of
pre-conference and conference workshops and other submissions
+ July 27-31 PDC 2004
ALSO OF INTEREST
The ACM SIGCHI conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS2004)
takes place August 1-4, immediately following PDC2004 in Cambridge, MA,
1 1/2 hrs by air from Toronto. More information is available at:
<http://sigchi.org/dis2004/>
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
Conference Co-Chairs:
Andrew Clement, University of Toronto, Canada
Peter van den Besselaar, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts
and Sciences, Netherlands
Program Co-chairs:
Fiorella de Cindio, University of Milano, Italy
Doug Schuler, The Evergreen State College, USA
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Liam Bannon (Ireland), Thomas Binder (Sweden), Jeanette Blomberg (US),
Tone Bratteteig (Norway), Jacob Buur (Denmark), Debra Cash (US), Todd
Cherkasky (US), Andrew Clement (Canada), Peter Day (UK), Fiorella De
Cindio (Italy), Yvonne Dittrich (Sweden), Frank Emspak (US), Gerhard
Fischer (US), Joan Greenbaum (US), Davydd Greenwood (US), Judith
Gregory (Norway), Robert Guerra (Canada), Michael Gurstein (Canada), Bo
Helgeson (Sweden), Vidar Hepso (Norway), Finn Kensing (Denmark), Sarah
Kuhn (US), Leah Lievrow (US), Peter Mambrey (Germany), Preben Holst
Mogensen (Denmark), Gale Moore (Canada), Michael Muller (US) Julian Orr
(US), Norberto Patrignani (Italy), Volkmar Pipek (Germany), Rob Procter
(UK), Toni Robertson (Australia), Patricia Sachs (US), Partha Sarker
(Bangladesh), Doug Schuler (US), Steve Scrivener (UK), Lucy Suchman
(UK), Randy Trigg (US), Peter van den Besselaar (Netherlands), Ina
Wagner (Austria), and Volker Wulf (Germany).
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