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Event Details
21-26 April 2018 - ACM CHI 2018 workshop on Maker Movements,
Do-It-Yourself Cultures and Participatory Design: Implications for HCI
Research
The organising committee invites submissions, in the form of position
papers, for this one-day workshop to be held as part of the ACM SIGCHI
2018 Conference <https://chi2018.acm.org/> on Human Factors in Computing
Systems, in Montreal, Canada between 21st- 26th April 2018.
The workshop will address questions and themes around the relationships
between maker and DIY culture and participatory design, with a
particular focus on visions, values and the implications of these
interconnections. Submissions can focus on any area of relevance to the
themes of the workshop, including:
- participatory design
- maker culture
- Do-It-Yourself approaches
- social innovation
- democratic design
- research methods and frameworks
- user and participant perspectives
- creativity and materiality
- grassroots activities and activism
- research in the wild.
Position papers are statements of interest and/or expertise in the
workshop topic. As the aim of the workshop is to encourage
cross-disciplinary discussions, submissions can include theoretical,
critical or practice-based formats, including frameworks, evaluations,
case studies, etc.
Important dates
Submission deadline: 2nd February 2018
Notification of acceptance: 22nd February 2018
One-day workshop: 21st or 22nd April 2018
Workshop website: https://makersdiyparticipatorydesign.wordpress.com/
Contact email: i.helgason@napier.ac.uk
Submissions should be in the CHI extended abstract format (4-6 pages) in
.pdf format. Submissions will be reviewed by the organising committee
and selected based on relevance to the workshop themes, quality of
submission and potential to stimulate discussion. At least one author
from each accepted submission must attend the workshop to present the
work.
