[Air-L] CfP CHI 2013 Workshop on Exploring the Diversity of Families: Designing Technologies for the Contemporary Family Life

[Konstantinos Kazakos]

Call for participation:
*CHI 2013 workshop on Exploring the Diversity of Families: Designing
Technologies for the Contemporary Family Life*

IMPORTANT DATES:
• Submission by: January 11th, 2013
• Notification of Acceptance: February 8th, 2013
• Workshop days: Sunday April 28, 2013

Website: http://www.design4diversefamilies.org/<https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=a83X0gBUoE6eefeiAo05VVE7kqSSvc8IA1OL3YH638A9-bIcmPO7Im7th4AYSms-Aufu0rUsCBQ.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.design4diversefamilies.org%2f>

Contact: *design4diversefamilies at gmail.com*

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In recent years, the HCI community has expanded its interest to include
exploring the role of technology within the domestic domain; particularly
in the context of families and technology. Numerous studies have focused on
mapping the challenges and opportunities faced in designing technologies
that are appropriated to the needs of contemporary families. However, few
research lines have focused on supporting families with diverse structures
and situations (i.e. divorced, same-sex, dealing with death, work-related
periodic separation and reunion). This workshop aims to explore the
research space of family design and further our understanding of what it
means to design technologies for diverse family structures. During the
workshop we will readdress the meaning of a diverse family, the methods
used to conduct family research as well as discuss design and evaluation
techniques with a focus on user experience.

This one-day workshop will bring together researchers, practitioners and
designers who are interested in furthering our understanding of designing
technologies for diverse families. Indicative examples of these family
types include those separated by divorce, families that experience periodic
transitions between being together and apart due to work-related reasons,
foster and many-children families, same-sex and multicultural families as
well as families experiencing chronic illnesses. During the workshop we
will revisit the meaning of a diverse family, the methods used to conduct
family research as well as discuss design and evaluation techniques with a
focus on user experience.

We invite authors to submit their *4-6 page position papers** *(in the Extended
Abstract Format<https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=a83X0gBUoE6eefeiAo05VVE7kqSSvc8IA1OL3YH638A9-bIcmPO7Im7th4AYSms-Aufu0rUsCBQ.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fchi2013.acm.org%2fauthors%2fformat%2f%23extendedformat>
), *video or photo essays* (up to a maximum of 2 minutes of viewable
content), or *fieldwork narratives* (4-6 pages) that relate to the broad
theme of diverse families and technology. Discussion topics include but are
not limited to:

▪   Theoretical conceptualizations of diverse families;
▪   empirical studies within this space;
▪   methods and tools for diverse families;
▪   evaluation practices of technologies for diverse families;
▪   guidelines or lessons learned;
▪   ethical considerations.

Submissions should be sent in *pdf* format to *
design4diversefamilies at gmail.com*. Position papers will be reviewed by the
organizers according to their significance, quality of presentation, as
well as their potential to stimulate discussion. The accepted papers will
be uploaded to the workshop's website.

Please do note that all workshop participants must register for both the
workshop and for at least one day of the main CHI 2013 conference.  The
reason for this policy is that workshops are supposed to be a part of the
CHI conference, not separate events that happen to be in the same location
at the same time. The intention is that people will be attending the
conference as well. For some early indication on prices, please refer to
last year's workshop & conference pricing:
http://chi2012.acm.org/registration.shtml<https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=a83X0gBUoE6eefeiAo05VVE7kqSSvc8IA1OL3YH638A9-bIcmPO7Im7th4AYSms-Aufu0rUsCBQ.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fchi2012.acm.org%2fregistration.shtml>

Please feel free to email us if you have any questions about the workshop.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.

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*Workshop Organizers*
Konstantinos Kazakos, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Elizabeth Bales, University of California San Diego, USA
Carman Neustaedter, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Svetlana Yarosh, AT&T Labs, USA
Joseph ‘Jofish’ Kaye, Yahoo! Labs, USA
David Kirk, Culture Lab, Newcastle University, UK
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