[IAEP] Fwd: [bytesforall_readers] CFP - CHI workshop on Human-Centered Computing in International Development

[Walter Bender]

Maybe it is finally time for a CHI paper... I can help wordsmith.

-walter

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:36 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another event for our calendar. Who wants to write a proposal?
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nithya Sambasivan <nithyas at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:34 PM
> Subject: [bytesforall_readers] CFP - CHI workshop on Human-Centered
> Computing in International Development
> To: bytesforall_readers at yahoogroups.com
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Human-Centered Computing in International Development
>
> Workshop at CHI '09 Conference
>
> From Kansas City to Kigali, Information and Communication Technologies
> (ICTs) have evolved to reach wider audiences in the past few decades,
> resulting in changes in goals, context, and target groups, as well as
> ethical contexts. This leads us to ask the critical question of who we
> are designing for, how, and why. On the one hand, interactive
> applications have permanently affected the field of Human-computer
> Interaction, whose concerns were traditionally cognitive. On the other
> hand, interactive systems are increasingly taken up in the developing
> world, both by richer urban elites and growing middle classes, and by
> urban and rural users in more economically marginal areas. These
> situations involve very different contexts of use, and demand new
> design solutions. In designing for inclusivity, these ICT tools are of
> value to the end-user only if they are made relevant. More than ever,
> therefore, it is important, to cultivate design practices that allow
> for meaningful embedding of interactive systems in the cultural,
> infrastructural, and political settings where they will be used.
>
> The goal of the workshop is to exchange success/failure stories,
> methodologies, and best practices, to develop new partnerships, and to
> learn from each other. The workshop is open to anyone in fields such
> as Human-Computer Interaction, International Development, Social
> Sciences, Public policy, Computer Science, Education, Economics, and
> Healthcare who is interested in contributing to this dialogue.
>
> TOPICS
> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
> - Sustainability: A key tension between research and development
> projects is that of developing sustainable projects – when
> sustainability generally goes well beyond the scope of typical
> research
> - Governments, Policies: We are often working in countries that are
> not our own, and must deal with foreign governments. Selected
> participants will share insights on working with local governments,
> importing equipment and securing permission to do research.
> - Development Theory: Working towards building a common vocabulary,
> workshop participants with grounding in development theory will be
> asked to think about what should be considered foundational knowledge
> for researchers working on human-centered design for international
> development
>
> SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
> Please send a 2-4 page position paper describing one of the following:
> * your experience in this area,
> * your findings,
> * your interest aligned with the above topics,
> * methodologies you have used in research or practice that you feel
> might be relevant in this area,
> * some other appropriate question you might want to discuss at the workshop, or
> * a proposal you might have for a collaborative group HCI4D task (i.e.
> the website or the joint bibliography), which we could debate at the
> workshop.
>
> E-mail position papers to Nithya Sambasivan at nsambasi at ics.uci.edu
> Deadline for submissions: 23rd October, 2008
> Notification of acceptance is on/around 28th November, 2008.
>
> --
> PhD student
> Human Computer Interaction | Information and Computer Sciences
> University of California, Irvine
> http://www.ics.uci.edu/~nsambasi
>
>
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