Dear All,
You are _not_ required to submit a full paper to Wonderground.
We welcome working papers.
A working paper is what some conferences label an "extended
abstract." We call this a working paper to clarify our intentions and
to make life easier for those who have the kinds of funding rules
that Nicola mentions.
A working paper is work in progress. It is not finished.
We allow up to 2,000 words for working papers.
A good working paper, like a good extended abstract, should:
1) State the theme of the paper.
2) Promise a contribution.
3) Provide evidence for the argument that the author will present to
reach the conclusion.
4) State the structure of the argument and showing how the author
will develop it.
5) Show how the evidence and the argument will lead to a
contribution. Evidence may include summaries of the author's
empirical work as well as discussion from the literature.
6) Provide a selected reference list to support the working paper in
the same way that a full reference list will later support the full
paper.
We invite THREE kinds of presentations:
1) Working papers - up to 2,000 words
2) Full papers - up to 6,000 words
3) Research exhibition projects - flexible criteria
All three kinds of proposals will go through double-blind review.
This is DRS policy at this time. Two independent referees from
different nations will review each contribution. A referee with
appropriate subject field expertise will review each proposal.
There is also no need to worry about being rejected because your
research methods do not appeal to the referee. An expert in
structural equation modeling or an anthropologist specializing in HCI
will not review research projects by historians and critics. For the
same reason, we will not be asking a specialist in symbolic
interactionism to review a paper using multivariate regression to
study economic issues or a design critic to review a design methods
contribution.
Referees are more than gatekeepers. They are editors and coaches. The
job of the referee is not to keep authors out of Wonderground. It is
to bring them in and help them to deliver a good working paper, full
paper, or research exhibition project. We may therefore ask reviewers
with multiple kinds of expertise to review across disciplines when it
serves our goal of helping authors to advance their work.
Wonderground is an anthology conference. We are inviting the entire
field of design research to Lisbon. Specialists will meet and share
ideas. Many of us will talk across the boundaries of our specialties.
All of us will find sessions that interest us. Each of us will avoid
sessions that do not. We are free to talk participatory design or
value engineering and we are free to avoid them in favor of design
management or what-have-you.
We plan a conference where each of us can help to create an
environment where we can learn from each other and grow.
The wonderful crew at Wonderground welcomes you all to Lisbon!
Ken
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Ken Friedman
Wonderground Co-chair
Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Institute for Communication, Culture, and Language
Norwegian School of Management
Design Research Center
Denmark's Design School
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