[Air-L] CaTaC’16: website now open for submissions – submissions due February 15, 2016.

[Charles Ess]

Dear AoIRists,

with apologies for any duplications: please forward and distribute to those
whom you think might be interested.
Many thanks,
- charles ess
Professor in Media Studies
Department of Media and Communication
University of Oslo
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CaTaC’16: Culture, Technology, Communication: Common world, different
futures?
An IFIP supported event (International Federation for Information
Processing), Working Group 13.8: Interaction Design and International
Development.
Publication: in addition to Open Access Conference Proceedings, selected
papers will be considered for a volume in the IFIP Advances in Information
and Communication Technology series, published by Springer.

University of West London, June 15-17, 2016.
Keynote speakers:  Ann Light, Professor of Design and Creative Technology,
School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex.
Peter-Paul Verbeek, Philosophy Department & DesignLab, Twente University,
the Netherlands.

The tenth biennial conference on “Culture, Technology, Communication” –
(CaTaC)’16 – is open for papers exploring the intersections between
culture, technology, and communication, applying different theoretical and
methodological perspectives, genres, and styles, as well as within three
themes:

* At the Intersections of Culture, Technology, and Communication: Is
Another Design Possible?
* Culture, Technology, and Communication in Design for Development

* Culture, Technology, and Communication in Practice?

Both short (3-5 pages) and long (10-15 pages) original papers are sought
for presentation. Panel proposals addressing a specific theme or topic are
also encouraged: please include names of committed participants and
(provisional) presentation titles.
Please see the conference website <catacconference.org> for further details
regarding submissions, deadlines, registration fees, venue and
accommodations.
We look forward to welcoming you to London next June!

Conference Co-organizers:
* José Abdelnour-Nocera, Local host(School of Computing and Technology,
University of West London)
* Charles Ess, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Media and Communication,
University of Oslo)
* Maja van der Velden, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Informatics,
University of Oslo)
Programme Committee
* Herbert Hrachovec, (Philosophy Department, University of Vienna)
* Michele M. Strano, Program Chair (Communication Studies, Bridgewater
College)