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*Sent:* December 18, 2007 7:16 PM
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*Subject:* Graduate Student Workshop: Values in Computer and Information
System Design

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_Call for Applications_



*Graduate Student Workshop: Values in Computer and Information System
Design *

Center for Science, Technology and Society

Santa Clara University

August 8-16 2008

/http://www.scu.edu/sts/VID/welcome.cfm/



_Workshop Directors:_



Geoffrey C. Bowker, Santa Clara University

http://www.scu.edu/~gbowker



Helen Nissenbaum, New York University

http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nissenbaum/





_Workshop Details: _



We invite applications for a one week NSF sponsored workshop on emerging
approaches to the study of values in computer and information systems.
Funding is available to help support students’ travel, accommodation,
and subsistence. Workshop goals include:



·     Deepening understanding of technology in relation to social,
moral, political and cultural values.

·     Creating new opportunities for collaborations among researchers
and scholars (current and future).

·     Revealing relevant cross-cutting literatures, approaches, and
methodologies.

·     Promoting the development of collegial networks among established
scholars and students.



Students will cover a diverse canon of works on technology and values,
and design and design methodologies promoting a broad understanding of
what “good” systems are.  Guest faculty, including major theorists and
design practitioners, will lead discussions and share their own work.



On Saturday August 16, students will present their work at a public
conference to a panel made up of industry and academic experts, who will
comment on their presentations.  There will also be two keynote
presentations.





_Who should apply?_



Students working toward a Ph.D., or equivalent professional degree, in
information science, media and communications, sociology, management,
policy, law, STS, computer science and engineering, and philosophy.
Applicants should have completed (or nearly completed) course
requirements and be on the path toward an independent project
(dissertation or other) related to the central themes of the Workshop.
We are striving for diversity of backgrounds, methodologies, and
geographic origin.



Please send: CV, 2-page project description, and letter of
recommendation (under separate cover) from a faculty member. CV should
mention relevant coursework, work, design, or system-building
experience. In a cover letter, applicants should mention potential
funding sources and needs.



_Send queries or materials to:_



Geoffrey C. Bowker

Center for Science, Technology and Society

Santa Clara University

500 El Camino Real

Santa Clara, CA 95053-0470

gbowker at scu.edu <mailto:gbowker at scu.edu>



Applications close: 15 January, 2008

Awards will be announced: 29 February, 2008



/http://www.scu.edu/sts/VID/welcome.cfm/

This workshop is made possible by NSF Science of Design Grant: CNS 0613893





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Michael Zimmer, PhD

Microsoft Fellow, Information Society Project

Yale Law School

e: michael.zimmer at yale.edu <mailto:michael.zimmer at yale.edu>

w: http://michaelzimmer.org