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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 19:51:02 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dr. Bellin Conference Account"
PARTICIPATORY DESIGN - 4th Biennial Conference Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Nov. 13-15, 1996
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 3, 1996 (for PAPERS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS, and DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM; deadline for Artifacts - August 2)
Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), in cooperation with IFIP WG9.1 (Computers & Work), ACM SIGCHI, and ACM SIGCAS.
Please note: PDC'96 immediately precedes CSCW'96.
(Further details are available at the PDC'96 WWW site: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/conferences/pdc96/pdc96.html or via email from pdc96@ncat.edu)
OVERVIEW Since the first Participatory Design Conference in 1990 (PDC'90), much has been learned about involving workers in the analysis, design and organizational implementation of new technologies and work practices. Participatory design projects have combined the skills and knowledge of workers with the technological and organizational expertise of design practitioners in efforts to develop technologies and practices that improve people's work lives. Earlier Participatory Design conferences have explored the historical roots of worker involvement in system design and have looked at the application and transformation of participatory design approaches as they have moved from academic to industrial settings.
PDC'96, along with providing an international forum where researchers and practitioners can exchange ideas and experiences, will consider the relation between participatory design and the changing political, organizational, and economic landscape.
We encourage participation of those interested in learning about participatory design, as well as those currently involved in participatory design projects (possibly under different titles). We welcome paper submissions, proposals for panels and workshops, and submissions to our "artifacts" room. PDC'96 also will sponsor a doctoral consortium. Wherever possible, we encourage participants to draw on their own experience from concrete situations.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
* Experiences and lessons learned from projects incorporating participatory design approaches;* Tools, techniques, and principles of organization for participatory design projects;* Continuing participation of users in all activities from generation of visions to system maintenance;* The ethics of participation (e.g. obligations to management versus workers; designers' responsibility for what happens "down stream");* The politics of participatory design (e.g. identifying whose interests are being served over the course of a project);* The relation of participatory design projects to 'information infrastructure' (e.g. digital libraries; community free-nets);* The relation of participatory design to organizational/managerial change agendas;* The relation of participatory design to the growing permeability of organizational boundaries (e.g. who participates and how in cross-organizational development efforts);* The relation of participatory design to the labor movement (e.g. labor unions' own technology development and analysis efforts);* The relation of participatory design to increasing globalization of production;* Frameworks for understanding and analyzing participatory design, and models for its incorporation in system development practice;* The theoretical roots of participatory approaches to design (e.g. connections to action research).
PAPERS Submission Deadline: MAY 3, 1996 We solicit papers from researchers and practitioners on topics related to participatory design. We especially encourage submissions that draw upon experience (e.g. from analysis, design, use, integration, maintenance). Papers will be grouped into thematic sessions that will include designated discussants and encourage audience participation.
Submission requirements: Papers should be no longer than 6000 words and should include authors' affiliations and contact information as well as an abstract of no more than 200 words. Please submit 5 copies to:
Jeanette Blomberg Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
Requests for information should be made to Jeanette Blomberg (Blomberg@Parc.xerox.com) or Finn Kensing (kensing@dat.ruc.dk).
PANELS Submission Deadline: MAY 3, 1996 We solicit proposals for panels on provocative, innovative, controversial or late-breaking topics that promote sharing experiences, clarifying positions and lively discussions among panelist and the audience. Panels should have no more than four speakers. While successful panels often are structured as a debate, we also invite proposals organized to engage the audience in alternative ways or that report on works in progress.
Submission requirements: An overview of the proposed panel which describes the goals, themes and central issues (maximum 3 pages). Also include a brief description of the panel organizer's relevant experience and background, a list of panelists who have agreed to participate, and a brief sketch of each. Please submit 5 copies to:
Susan Anderson 1350 Jefferson Rd. 801-27C Rochester, NY 14623 USA.
Requests for information should be sent to Susan Anderson (Sand.henr801C@Xerox.com or anderson@eso.mc.xerox.com) or Bill Anderson (Band@wc.mc.Xerox.com).
WORKSHOPS Submission Deadline: MAY 3, 1996 We invite participants to propose workshops that will take place in parallel and last approximately 3 hours. Topics can include any of the above themes, however, we prefer the workshops to be as concrete as possible and the format to be participative.
Submission requirements: An overview of proposed workshop describing the content and format of the workshop including means of involving participants (maximum 3 pages). Also include a brief description of the workshop organizer's relevant experience and background and a short abstract for publication in the proceedings. Please submit 5 copies to:
Kim Halskov Madsen Information Science Aarhus University Niels Juelsgade 84 DK 8200 Aarhus N Denmark
Requests for information should be sent to Kim Halskov Madsen (Halskov@imv.aau.dk)
ARTIFACTS (including posters and demonstrations) Submission Deadline: AUGUST 2, 1996 The Artifacts program brings together representations, techniques, methodologies and technologies developed for or through participatory design. (A representation may take the form of documents and other objects that reflect work practices, designs, and associated materials, and should include both the artifact itself and how it is used in the work situation.) A contribution to the Artifacts program should be intended to be shown or demonstrated informally at a booth.
Submission requirements: A description of the artifact and how it is used in practice (maximum 3 pages). If appropriate include non-textual materials like photographs, videotapes, sketches, etc. (only one copy of a videotape is required, and photocopies of photographs are adequate). Also include a brief description of artifact presenter's relevant experience and background, a description of any plans to engage conference participants directly in using the artifact, and any special equipment or power requirements. Please submit 5 copies to:
Michael Muller Applied Research U S West Advanced Technologies 4001 Discovery Drive, Suite 270 Boulder, Colorado 80303 USA
Requests for information should be sent to Michael Muller (Michael@advtech.USWest.com).
DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Submission Deadline: MAY 3, 1996 We invite Ph.D. students with a strong focus on PD research to present their ongoing work and have the comments of other Ph.D. students as well as senior researchers.
Submission requirements: A statement of what you would like to get out of the consortium and a description of your research; including your problem statement, methods, activities and date of expected completion (maximum 3 pages). Also include a short curriculum vitae. Please submit 5 copies to:
Joan Greenbaum Visiting Professor Informatics Department University of Oslo Post Boks 1080 Blindern N 0316 Oslo Norway
Requests for information should be sent to Joan Greenbaum (joan@ifi.uio.no).
IMPORTANT DATES (in 1996) MAY 3 Paper, Panel, Workshop, and Doctoral Consortium submissions are due June 21 Acceptance notifications to authors August 2 Artifacts proposals received August 16 Final versions of papers/panels/workshops/doctoral consortium statements are due August 30 Acceptance notifications to artifact presenters Nov. 13-15 Conference
Accepted submissions and proposals from all categories will appear in a proceedings distributed to conference participants.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Conference co-chairs David Bellin, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA Andrew Clement, University of Toronto, Canada
Program Co-chairs Jeanette Blomberg, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA Finn Kensing, Roskilde University, Denmark
Panels co-chairs Susan Anderson, Xerox Corporation, USA Bill Anderson, Xerox Corporation, USA
Workshops chair Kim Halskov Madsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Artifacts co-chairs Michael Muller, US West, USA Marian G. Williams, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Doctoral Consortium chair Joan Greenbaum, University of Oslo, Norway
Proceedings chair Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, Apple Computer, USA
Publicity chair Barbara Katzenberg, Digital Equipment Corporation, USA
Treasurer Debra Cash, New Century Enterprises, USA
Other Members of the Program Committee: Libby Bishop, Institute for Research on Learning, USA Keld Bodker, Roskilde University, Denmark Susanne Bodker, Aarhus University, Denmark Tone Bratteteig, University of Oslo, Norway Jack Carroll, Virginia Tech, USA Karen Holtzblat, InContext Enterprises, USA Reinhard Keil-Slavik, University of Paderborn, Germany Sarah Kuhn, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Vicki O'Day, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA Pat Sachs, NYNEX, USA Dan Shapiro, Lancaster University, Great Britain Leigh Snelling, Union Research Centre on Organization and Technology, Australia Lucy Suchman, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA Kari Thoresen, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway David Tippen, Center for Information Technology Innovation, Canada Randy Trigg, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA Ina Wagner, Technical University of Vienna, Austria Jack Whalen, Institute for Research on Learning, USA Terry Winograd, Stanford University, USA
FURTHER INFORMATION ON PDC '96: e-mail pdc96@ncat.edu or URL http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/conferences/pdc96/pdc96.html ```
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