SUBMISSIONS
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Research/Exploratory Paper Information
We are no longer accepting Proposal Submissions, but welcome nominations for the 3rd Artful Integrators’ Award.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Artful Integrators’ Award
We welcome nominations for the third Artful Integrators’ Award, to be presented at PDC 2008 in Bloomington, Indiana on 4 October. The Award is intended to recognize outstanding achievement in the area of participatory design of information and communications technologies. Where traditional design awards have gone to individual designers and/or singular objects, the Artful Integrator’s Award emphasizes the importance of collaborative participation in design, and a view of good design as the effective alignment of diverse collections of people, practices and artifacts. The award will go to a group of people who together have worked out, in an exceptionally creative way, a new and useful configuration of artifacts and practices. While no single element of the design might be particularly extraordinary in itself, the combination of design process and outcome will be.
The first Artful Integrators’ Award was presented at PDC 2004 to Randall Trigg and the Global Fund for Women.
The second Artful Integrators’ Award was presented at PDC 2006 to the Health Information Systems Programme (HISP).
We invite you to nominate candidates for the Arftul Integrator’s Award in 2008.
The Artful Integrator Awards Committee members for 2008 are Lucy Suchman, Judith Gregory and Randall Trigg.
Deadline for nominations is 30 June 2008
SUBMISSION DESCRIPTIONS
Research papers:
(full paper – maximum 10 pages). Research papers should report on completed research which furthers topics in Participatory Design. Research papers will be published in the ACM International Conference series. High academic standards will be expected. Each submitted paper will be double blind reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Authors are invited tosuggest names and contact information of one or two possible reviewers to supplement reviews by Program Committee members. Such prospective reviewers should have demonstrated expertise in the relevant field and be at arms-length from the author(s) and the work presented. Accepted papers should be revised according to the review reports and the language should be checked by a native English speaker.
Exploratory papers:
(short paper – maximum 4 pages). Exploratory papers should present ideas that could benefit from discussion with members of the PD community. These papers may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches. Each submitted paper will be double blind reviewed by at least 3 reviewers.
Interactive workshops:
(2 page proposal). Half day and full day sessions on topics that include methods, practices, and other areas of interest and that support an interactive format where active participation beyond presentation is solicited. The proposal must justify the need for the workshop and should contain a title, goals, technique, relevance to PD and a schedule. Intended participants and how they will be recruited should also be described.
Tutorials:
(2 page proposal). Half day and full day sessions for teaching conceptual frameworks, methods/techniques, and novel approaches. The proposal should contain a title, goals, technique, relevance to PD and a schedule. Please describe in the proposal any handouts that you intend to make available.
Doctoral consortium:
(2 page proposal) Full day session. The doctoral consortium is intended for Ph.D.-students working in the field of PD. It will provide students with an opportunity to present issues of concern to them in their doctoral studies and receive extensive feedback from the session co-chairs and student participants. Enrollment is limited and selection will be based on application submissions. The proposal should give an overview of the Ph.D.- project, including research question, method, how the Ph.D.-work is related to PD, the status of current work, major findings and plans for further research. Accepted applicants will be asked to provide a revised and elaborated proposal a few months before the conference.
Artifacts, posters, products, interactive demonstrations:
(2 page proposal). Works may include projects, techniques, and products developed with a commitment to the principles and philosophy of PD and they may incorporate any forms or genres of information/communication technologies or digital media (e.g., sound, still/moving images, touch, space, text). Successful proposals will be presented during an evening session where participants can interact with presenters and artifacts. The proposal should include title, goals, technique, relevance to PD and a sketch or design, as appropriate. Please describe your plan for audience participation.
ParticipART - Participatory Installations, Performances and Prototyping:
(2 pages proposal + supplementary materials on CD/DVD).
Artists/designers working in the field of visual, installation, and performative arts are invited to submit projects that enable participation. We are interested in participatory installations, performances and prototyping that challenge the notion of participation through art and challenge art through participation. Please refer to detailed Call for Participation HERE.
Panels:
We invite proposals for panels organized in the traditional or in an innovative format. Panels typically have approximately four speakers who will succinctly state their positions and then debate their differences. Consider in your proposal how you might use creative strategies to engage the audience. For Panel Submissions, please include: An overview of the proposed panel describing the themes and central issues, and why these are important for the PD community. ; 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
panelist's background (the total submission should be 1-2 pages following SIGCHI Conference Proceedings Format).
FORMATTING GUIDELINES
Submissions should follow the SIGCHI Conference Proceedings Format (www.sigchi.org/chipubform).
PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS
The proceedings (research papers) will be published in the ACM International Conference series.
Exploratory papers, Workshop descriptions, Tutorials descriptions, Doctoral proposals, and Art work descriptions will be published by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (www.cpsr.org).
For research papers and exploratory papers:
Please make sure that your submission is anonymous in order to facilitate a double blind review process.
- Only PDF or Word files may be submitted (pdf, doc, docx)
- Submissions are only accepted by the PDC on-line submission tool
