[Air-L] CFP: CHI’26 Workshop CHIdeology: Disentangling the fragmented politics, values and imaginaries of Human-Computer Interaction through ideologies

[Jesse Haapoja]

Dear colleague,

Technology continually carries fragments of politics—design choices and
values shaping outcomes. In these turbulent times, this workshop explores
how broader ideologies—coherent worldviews underpinning political and
technological systems—influence and connect work in HCI. We aim to foster
explicit discussion of ideology’s role in shaping research agendas, values,
and assumptions through a hands-on half-day workshop.

We invite up to 20 scholars at any career stage to submit a 2–3 page
position paper (ACM single-column or DIS2026 pictorial format) engaging
with any of the following:

   - how they define or interpret “ideology”;
   - examples of ideology in HCI research or practice;
   - or political/methodological suggestions for making ideology visible.


Deadline: 5 February 2026 AoE

Nonverbal or pictorial contributions are welcome, as submissions will serve
as materials for the workshop activities. Papers will be reviewed for
relevance, originality, and potential to advance the conversation.
Selection will balance diversity in background, seniority, geography, and
perspective, if oversubscribed.
Selected contributions will be published on arXiv with author’s consent.
One author per submission must attend, either in person at the conference
or during the pre-workshop online event.

For more details and submission instructions, visit:
*https://ideologies.digital
<https://ideologies.digital/>*

On behalf of my collaborators Felix A. Epp, Matti Nelimarkka, Pedro
Ferreira, Os Keyes and Shaowen Bardzell,
a warm welcome, Jesse Haapoja