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CALL FOR PAPERS (EXTENDED): SOCIAL INTERACTION AND MUNDANE
TECHNOLOGIES WORKSHOP 2008 (SIMTech'08)
http://www.mundanetechnologies.com/goings-on/workshop/cambridge/
NEW DEADLINE (Papers): 24th September 2008
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Contributions in the form of 4 page position papers (ACM SIG format),
2 page posters (ACM SIG format) and 1-page proposals are invited for a
one and a half day workshop at Microsoft Research, Cambridge
(supported by Microsoft Research).
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft Research, Redmond
Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
Professor William Gaver, Goldsmiths, University of London
SYNOPSIS
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SIMTech '08 hopes to consider:
* Computer gaming and social life - how computer games support social
networks and social worlds;
* Technology's temporality and longevity - the implications of
technologies being readily available and 'at hand' over time;
* The transformations that we perform on technology - the process of
how we 'tame' them, the phasing in making them ordinary;
* The rhetoric around technology and how we talk about technology in
terms of being "mundane", "magical", "smart" and even "emotional";
* Lessons from and methods associated with the long-term deployment
of simple technologies in particular settings (e.g. the home, health care
settings)
* Issues with the potential immortality of technology - concerns with
personal data 'living on' on after death;
* Technology and 'dark' emotions - how technology can support anger,
perversion, criminal actions, addiction etc;
* Digital living - the implications of spending large segments of life
engaging with others through technology (e.g. via email, social
networking tools, virtual worlds etc.);
* Death, technology and memorials - how ordinary technology evoke
powerful memories, nostalgia and interact with the grieving process.
More details from:
http://www.mundanetechnologies.com/goings-on/workshop/cambridge/
SUBMISSIONS
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We accept the following submissions for the workshop:
1. Full Papers - due 24th September* (extended)
Please submit a 4-page paper in accordance with the ACM SIG format.
Submissions should be anonymised: they will be reviewed by the
Program Committee and selected on the basis of their relevance and
interest.
2. Posters - due 17th October*
Please submit a 2-page paper in accordance with the ACM SIG format.
Submissions need not be anonymised: they will be reviewed by the
Program Committee and selected on the basis of their relevance and
interest. Authors of successful poster submissions will be asked to
display a poster at the workshop and will briefly present their work.
3. Proposals - due 24th October*
Please submit a 1-page proposal with a brief description of relevant work
that you have done/are doing that is relevant to the workshop themes.
Successful applicants will be added to the list of participants.
*2400 (EST) to c.graham [at] lancaster.ac.uk
More details from:
http://www.mundanetechnologies.com/goings-on/workshop/cambridge/
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Please contact Connor Graham for further information:
c.graham [at] lancaster.ac.uk
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