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The Fourth Decennial Aarhus Conference, Aarhus Denmark, August 21-25, 
2005

We are proud to invite you to participate in the 2005 conference in 
Aarhus, entitled "Critical Computing - between Sense and Sensibility"

  Continuing the tradition from the conferences in 1975, 1985 and 1995, 
it is the aim of the fourth Aarhus conference to provide a forum for 
the exploration and development of new perspectives for critical 
computing.

  As information technology reaches out from the workplace to virtually 
all aspects of human life, the scope of critical IT research expands 
from a focus on designing computer support for quality of working life 
to new frontiers. These frontiers include the home, leisure time, 
citizen services, public spaces as well as the workplace. We face new 
challenges for technology support and new pitfalls regarding the ways 
in which people sense and form meaningful environments.

  Critical Computing is a multi-disciplinary conference in participatory 
design, interaction design, CSCW, social computing, digital art and 
entertainment addressed from a variety of disciplines like computer 
science, sociology, psychology, ethnography, architecture, and 
aesthetics.

  Topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:
        •     Objectives of critical computing e.g.: Is empowerment still the  
objective? How is the balance between tradition and innovation affected 
in the new contexts of use?
        •      Design ideals e.g.: How do we understand and use invisible 
computers,  ambient intelligence, etc.?
        •      Context e.g.: How will our environment be affected? Aesthetically? 
  Ergonomically? Ethically?
        •      Scope and quality e.g.: How do we define design quality when there 
is  no work to support? How do we assess relevance, sense and 
sensibility of computing artefacts?
        •      Design processes e.g.: Which new kinds of processes do we initiate 
to  involve users in design of computing systems and artefacts for 
homes,  semi-public and fully public spaces? How do we bridge between 
work and other aspects of human lives?
        •      Research method, e.g.: How can IT research adapt issues of  
sustainability, both environmental, social and economical?

Submission categories:
        •     Full papers
        •     Workshops
        •     Panels
        •     Poster/short paper
        •     Interactive papers/demos
        •     Doctoral Colloquium

The conference encourages presentations of examples in terms of cases, 
systems, applications and conceptual frameworks that contribute to the 
understanding of the new issues and design values. In keeping with the 
tradition of the Aarhus Conferences, this conference will encourage new 
types of presentations, including such that ask for active 
participation from the audience.

Conference co-chairs:
  Susanne Bødker & Kim Halskov Madsen

  Program co-chairs:
  Olav Bertelsen & Morten Kyng

Program committee:

Antonio Rizzo
University of Siena
Italy

Bo Helgeson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Sweden

Bruce Robinson
University of Salford
UK

Carla Simone
University of Milano - Bicocca
Italy

Dan Shapiro
Lancaster University
UK

Elena Pacenti
Domus Academy
Italy

Danah Boyd
University of California at Berkeley
USA

Elisa Giaccardi
University of Colorado
USA

Ellen Christiansen
Aalborg University
Denmark

Ericka Johnson
University of Linköping
Sweden

Erling Havn
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark

Finn Kensing
IT-University of Copenhagen
Denmark

Frieder Nake
University of Bremen
Germany

Gerhard Fisher
University of Colorado
USA

Giorgio De Michelis
University of Milano - Bicocca
Italy

Joan Greenbaum
City University of New York
USA

Jonathan Grudin
Microsoft Research
USA

Jørgen Bansler
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark

Karrie Karahalios
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA

Kerstin Zimmermann
University of Innsbruck
Austria

Kjeld Schmidt
IT-University of Copenhagen
Denmark

Liam Bannon
University of Limerick
Ireland

Lynette Kvasny
Penn State University
USA

Michael Muller
IBM Research
USA

Mikko Korpela
University of Kuopio
Finland

Morten Kyng
University of Aarhus
Denmark

Olav W. Bertelsen
University of Aarhus
Denmark

Patrizia Marti
University of Siena
Italy

Peter Bøgh Andersen
University of Aarhus
Denmark

Sabine Pfeiffer
München Inst. f. Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung
Germany

Sara Ilstedt Hjelm
The Interactive Institute
Sweden

Susanne Bødker
University of Aarhus
Denmark

Tone Bratteteig
University of Oslo
Norway

Volker Grassmuck
Humboldt University Berlin
Germany

Volker Wulf
University of Siegen
Germany

Wendy Mackay
INRIA
France

Wolfgang Coy
Humbolt Universität Berlin
Germany

Yngve Sundblad
Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden

Yvonne Rogers
Indiana University
USA

Yvonne Dittrich
IT-University of Copenhagen
Denmark

For further information and updates:
www.aarhus2005.org

  Submission deadline: 15 April 2005


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