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Wireless World:
Social, Cultural and Interactional Issues in Mobile Communications and
Computing
Sponsored by the Digital World Research Centre and Hewlett-Packard
Friday April 7, 2000 at the DWRC, University of Surrey
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This workshop aims to provide an interdisciplinary and multi-sector forum to
consider the social, cultural and interactional issues involved in the
design and use of mobile devices.
Recent media reports have described the uptake and use of mobile devices as
a 'revolution' which will have a significant impact on innovation in
computing and telecommunications industries, as well as widespread effects
in the conduct of everyday work and home life. Existing mobile technologies
hold the potential to modify established social relationships, and create
new ones. Furthermore, increasing convergence in computing and
telecommunications technologies provide opportunities for numerous
socio-technical futures. What will these futures look like, and what social,
cultural and interactional factors will influence their development? How do
present uses and social organisation influence the innovation and design
process? What relevant social factors impact on the production of mobile
technologies, and what are the effects of mobile technology diffusion on
social and cultural relationships?
So far, there have been few interdisciplinary forums that provide the
opportunity for both academics and industry to discuss current research on
social, cultural, and design issues in mobile technologies. The workshop
aims to bring together researchers from academic disciplines and IT
industries, and is designed to facilitate communication and discussion
between qualitative and ethnographic approaches from the social sciences and
media/ technology studies, and approaches derived from HCI (human-computer
interaction) research.
The papers from the forum will form the core of an edited publication on
social issues in mobile computing and communications. This edition will
provide an account of significant current research, offer opportunities for
dialogues between different disciplines, approaches and methods, and will
provide a focus to discuss research directions in the social studies of
mobile technologies.
-- Participation --
Workshop fees are 40 GBP with a reduced rate of 10 GBP for postgraduate
students. This includes subsistence for the day of the workshop. A
registration form will be available shortly from DWRC web site:
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/dwrc/wireless.html
To attend the workshop complete the registration form, along with payment
details and fax or post it to:
Karin Mitchell
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Digital World Research Centre
University of Surrey
Guildford Surrey GU2 5XH, UK
Ph: +44 (0) 1483 259446
Fax: +44 (0) 1483 259550
-- Contacts --
Dr. Richard Harper, Digital World Research Centre
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Dr. Nicola Green, Digital World Research Centre
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Dr. Barry Brown, Hewlett-Packard Research Labs
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