[Air-L] Fwd: [Ict4d] Fwd: AfriCHI Workshop Deadlines approaching!

Fri Jul 22 03:40:30 PDT 2016

FYI,
Submit to AfriCHI workshops!

There is funding available for students to attend the conference in Nairobi
in November.
This is going to be a historic conference - hope to see some members of the
AoIR community there!

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Melissa Densmore <mdensmore at cs.uct.ac.za>
Date: Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:45 AM
Subject: [Ict4d] Fwd: AfriCHI Workshop Deadlines approaching!
To: ict4d <ict4d at cs.uct.ac.za>

Please note also upcoming deadline for Gary Marsden scholarships on August
31st.  Having an accepted workshop submission may aid in your application!

Melissa

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: AfriCHI Organising Committee <africhi at africhi.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:36 AM
Subject: AfriCHI Workshop Deadlines approaching!
To: Melissa Densmore <melissa.r.densmore at gmail.com>

Submit to AfriCHI Workshops!
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Apply to Workshops!
*AfriCHI 2016 Workshops are currently open for submission.* While dates for
individual workshops are in the process of being finalized, all workshops
will be held on 21, 22, and 23 November.

*HCI Living Curriculum (Deadline: 15 August)*
The results of a study on HCI education in 2014 prompted the proposal to
create a living curriculum that responds to the needs of multiple
stakeholders. A workshop held during CHI 2014 signaled coalescence in the
requirements for the establishment of said curriculum. This workshop seeks
to further explore among multiple diverse HCI educators on how to proceed
with the establishment of an HCI living curriculum that integrates
different cultural contexts and requirements. The envisaged outcome is a
plan to proceed with the creation of such a culturally sensible living
curriculum/a and its implementation. For more information and CFP visit
http://bit.ly/29MTNlW
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=266bad1276&e=4d7ae540b6>

*Social Media Usage in Africa and its Ethical Implications (Deadline: 15
August)*
African users are continuously signing onto Social Media and it has become
a game changer within the communication system. Most importantly the
research on Social Media has become a topic of tremendous interest within
the Human Computer interaction (HCI) field. Despite the benefits of Social
Media, there have been concerns among users, communities, academics,
researchers and governments on the ethical implications of Social Media
use. We plan to have a workshop on understanding the ethical implications
and perspectives of Social Media use from various stakeholders. Researchers
in the Social Media space can share their work and methods in order to gain
a broader under-standing of Social Media issues arising on the continent
and specifically ethical implications. Finally the workshop aims to
encourage collaboration and cross-cultural research among researcher in the
space. For more information, please see
http://bit.ly/socialmediaethicsworkshop_africhi
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=a6fced6817&e=4d7ae540b6>

*Designing Mobile Interaction for Low-Literacy (D-MILL) (Deadline: **passed
- stay tuned**)*
This workshop will provide a forum and an opportunity for researcher,
practitioners, and designers to discuss and share ideas on interaction
design knowledge for low-literacy. In this one-day workshop, we aim to: (1)
explore perspectives of interaction design knowledge for low-literacy and
(2) establish a common ground to develop a reusable design advice for
low-literacy. Both objectives aim towards creating a community that
consists both the HCI4D researcher, practitioners and designers that have
shared understanding and leverage the use of interaction design knowledge.
For more information about this workshop visit
https://africhidmill.wordpress.com
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=f00198bde6&e=4d7ae540b6>

*Decolonising Technology Design (Deadline: 10 August)*
This one-day workshop considers responses and creates alternatives to
practices that produce asymmetries between colonised and colonising peoples
and imagines a decolonised technology design. It introduces postcolonial
and anti-colonial approaches to the cultural legacies of colonialism and
imperialism, that frame contemporary technology design, with a special
emphasis on African theory and practice. Equally, it is a forum for sharing
experiences about uneven socio-economic, political or onto-epistemic
relations in technology design and actions that respond to, or resist,
these.
For more information about this workshop visit
http://decolonisingtechnology.kagonya.net
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=909a07530d&e=4d7ae540b6>

*Harnessing the Power of Digital Mobile Maps in Africa (Deadline: 28 July)*
Africa has experienced an explosive growth of smartphones– particularly
sub-Saharan Africa where growth rates are more than twice the global
average. Such mobile devices provide new ways for technologies to help
people discover and interact with their physical worlds. In particular,
harnessing the power of digital mobile maps in Africa has the opportunity
to transform lives by providing greater access to information, goods, and
services that exist in people’s physical worlds. Despite this potential,
there are a number of challenges and opportunities to doing so that are
unique to Africa’s culture, infrastructure, and physical landscape. The
goal of this workshop is to engage in creative ideation around this topic
in order to create a series of innovative designs and to build out a
research agenda that would push forward the design and development of such
technologies.  Visit the website
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=3f87b9ceba&e=4d7ae540b6>
for
more information.

*Gumzo: new dialogues in HCI (Deadline: 23 July)*
Gumzo at AfriCHI’16 is a one-day workshop which aims to advance HCI by
engaging design practice and scholarship with diverse voices and local or
broader creativity, challenging dominant perspectives and raising critical
issues about technology, society and participation in technology
production. In Gumzo sessions, HCI practitioners, cholars, ethnographers,
designers,storytellers, artists, performers and film-makers (and/or
designers or researchers who collaborate with them) present original works,
ideas and insights that relate technology and Africa, and reflect on the
role of audio-visual media and performance in conveying knowledge about
technology and design. We also plan to foreground the difficulties for
designers and users who need to deal with the unequal global hierarchies of
language and culture which inform the development of technologies. To
submit a paper to this workshop, download our CFP here
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=2e417e0c35&e=4d7ae540b6>
.

*LEDz and Cocktailsz (Deadline: stay tuned!)*

This workshop will explore the use of low cost materials to stimulate ideas
for introducing technology education in low resource communities in the
African Region using HCI methods. We will begin with a tutorial for
crafting together paper circuits using LEDs, copper tape, and a coin cell
battery. Participants will follow along with the workshop leaders and be
encouraged to use what they have learned to design their own custom paper
card circuits for children in a local Kenyan hospital. Following the design
session, the workshop leaders will open the floor up for discussion on
alternative methods for teaching technology education in low resource
communities in order to broaden participation and perception of the field.
To participate, please register for the workshop when you register for
AfriCHI.

For questions about workshops, please email the workshop organisers or
contact the AfriCHI Workshop Chairs at workshops at africhi.net.
Deadlines
23 July
Gumzo: new dialogues in HCI
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=1f295a1b0d&e=4d7ae540b6>
15 August
Social Media Usage in Africa and its Ethical Implications
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=206eaa7746&e=4d7ae540b6>
15 August
HCI Living Curriculum Workshop
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=73098912bb&e=4d7ae540b6>
28 July
Harnessing the Power of Digital Mobile Maps
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=85e40e29eb&e=4d7ae540b6>
10 August
Decolonising Technology Design Workshop
<http://africhi.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=931258999a&e=4d7ae540b6>

*Conference main program submissions deadlines have passed.*
News
*Partnering with MIT Center for Civic Media*
True to the theme of AfriCHI: Kujenga madaraja, kubomoa vizuizi or Building
Bridges, Breaking Barriers, AfriCHI’16 is exploring real-time Internet
links with institutions throughout Africa to ensure that people who cannot
travel to Kenya can listen to talks.

The MIT Center for Civic Media is partnering with AfriCHI
to provide conference support in the form of media coverage by
partnering students of the Center with the AfriCHI team and doing joint
activities. The Center is a collaboration of the MIT Media Lab and
Comparative Media Studies Writing.

AfriCHI’16 welcomes this opportunity to collaborate and looks forward to
more such exciting opportunities.  For more information please see the press
release
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.

Drs Anicia Peters and Chris Chepken
General Conference Co-Chairs
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