[Sigiii-l] Fwd: [Air-L] CFP: A Special Issue on Transnational HCI

[M.J. Menou]

> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:41:17 +0200
> From: Irina Shklovski <irsh at itu.dk>
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org, Carpentier Nico
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> Subject: [Air-L] CFP: A Special Issue on Transnational HCI
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> Call for Papers (for the full text of this call please see:
> http://www.itu.dk/people/irsh/THCIcfp.pdf)
> ******
>
> A special issue of Human-Computer Interaction
> "Transnational HCI: Humans, Computers and Interactions Considered Globally"
>
> Deadline for proposals: December 1, 2011
>
> Special issue editors:
> Irina Shklovski IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
> Janet Vertesi Princeton University, USA
> Silvia Lindtner University of California, Irvine, USA
> Lucy Suchman Lancaster University, UK
>
> HCI researchers are increasingly interested in understanding the role of
> technology in relation to global processes. ICT4D (Information and
> Communication Technologies for Development), emerging markets, new forms
> of mobility, and the internationalization of organizations dominate
> contemporary conversations about information and communication
> technology. Whether in academia or industry, all agree that technology
> design and research today must consider the role these globalizing
> processes play in the way people collaborate, interact and exchange
> ideas across national and cultural boundaries.
>
> The focus of this special issue is on the relations between
> transnational processes and technology practice, design and research. We
> are especially interested in characterizing the theoretical,
> methodological, and empirical challenges of our work in transnational
> settings in a way that will be useful for future research and design in
> this area. For example, what analytical and methodological frames from
> within the HCI tradition offer new approaches to this empirical context,
> and which of our existing frames require reconsideration? How does
> "Transnational HCI" engage with or challenge ICT4D or Reflexive HCI?
> Thinking interdisciplinarily, what can the broader HCI community learn
> by drawing on work in other disciplines, such as information studies,
> anthropology, media and cultural studies, communications, science and
> technology studies? How can HCI contribute a novel perspective on
> transnationalism and technology to those disciplines as well?
>
> We encourage papers that represent a variety of disciplinary
> perspectives and analytical approaches. True to the "transnational"
> perspective, submissions do not have to be limited to "developing world"
> sites. Examples of topics that fall into the scope of this special issue
> include but are not limited to:
>
> . The network society: global flows, frictions and politics in
> local-global technology use
> . Cross-cultural collaboration and culture as encounter
> . Communication and collaboration across boundaries (not just the
> nation-state)
> . Diaspora communities, the politics of international migration, and
> technology
> . Use of information and communication technologies in censorship state
> zones
> . The role of information and communication technologies in
> reconfiguring "the local"
> . Political, local and translocal in new technological sites
> . Technology design and use in constructing, reproducing, or enforcing
> notions of global connectedness or local community
> . The role of technology in preserving versus undermining cultural identity
> . Mobility and circulation in constructing or moving between the local
> and the global
> . Methods for analysis and design in complex, hybrid, or virtual
> transnational spaces
> . The relationship between the researcher, designer and user in
> transnational collaborative projects
>
> This special issue follows upon two successful workshops: the Ubicomp
> 2010 workshop "Transnational Times" organized by Shklovski, Lindtner,
> Vertesi, and Dourish, and the CHI 2011 workshop "Transnational HCI"
> organized by Vertesi, Lindtner and Shklovski.
>
> *Important Dates*
> Deadline for proposals: December 1, 2011
> Response to authors: January 5, 2012
> Full papers due: April 2, 2012
> Reviews to authors: July 16, 2012
> Revised papers due: October 15, 2012
> Reviews to authors: February 15, 2013
> Final papers due: April 1, 2013
>
> Submission of proposals
> Proposals should be at least 1000 words and provide a clear indication
> of what the paper will be about. Proposals should be submitted by email
> to the special issue editors (transnationaltimes at gmail.com). Mention
> explicitly in the email that your submission is intended for this
> special issue. The proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the
> special issue themes and guidance will be given. The full paper
> submissions will be peer reviewed to the usual standards of HCI.
>
> --

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Irina Shklovski
Assistant Professor Design, Culture, Mobility& Communication (DCMC)
IT University of Copenhagen
Rued Langgaards Vej, 7 2300, Copenhagen S. Denmark
http://www.itu.dk/people/irsh/
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