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Freedom vs Protection in the Age of Networks
HCI 2009 Workshop, 6th September in Cambridge, UK
Call for papers
The first generation of Apple iPods shipped with a piece of cellophane over
the screen bearing the words "do not steal music" in four languages. If it
were not already obvious, the message indicated that here - potentially at
least - was a music stealing machine. Like makers of video recorders, Apple
argued that the device was intended solely for legitimate uses, although the
device did not and could not enforce the law. This defence didn't work for
early file sharing sites like Napster and Kazaa and, increasingly, digital
service providers are expected to constrain and restrict their users.
However there are many instances where openness in design has led to
unexpected developments. Second Life was built as a space for game designers
to try out ideas; nobody planned for it to be colonized as an online world.
During the plane crash in the Hudson River, the users of Twitter provided
images and eye witness accounts before any of the media: again the site's
founders never planned for it to be used in this way. These media support
old human activities in new ways but there are also instances of technology
development allowing for unexpected forms of human behaviour as in, for
instance, new forms of sexual interaction.
The manner in which we design determines what flexibility and discretion
stays with users. Web 2.0 and other network phenomena bring with them new
opportunities and risks and different potential for managing them. Medical,
social care and educational systems link up people considered vulnerable by
society with technology in ways that are protective, but could also be read
as normative. Benjamin Franklin said "Those who desire to give up freedom in
order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." But
HCI as a discipline has successfully used a protective approach to challenge
human cognitive limitations and no one would argue that safety critical
systems need more latitude for human error. This workshop will consider the
tensions and the many dimensions of a protective stance as ubiquitous
computing and the "internet of things" bring new challenges to the embedding
of social relations in software.
Position papers that address this tension are invited on topics such as,
but not limited to -
Intellectual Property and the Right to Share
Security vs Privacy and Anonymity
Designer Intent and User Appropriation
Human Computer Sexual Interactions
The Social Implications of Digital Networks
The day will include an invited keynote, short presentations and discussion.
Both academic and industrial researchers are invited to reflect across
domains on their practice: any aspect of the theme will be of interest so
long as it relates to networked life.
To participate, please submit a two page position paper to
<[log in to unmask]> by May 1st. For more details, see the call at:
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/events/hci2009/
Organising group:
Ann Light, Sheffield Hallam University
Chris Frauenberger, University of Sussex
Louise Valgerdur Nickerson, Queen Mary University of London
Mark Blythe, University of York
The workshop will take place on 6th Sept in Cambridge, UK, to follow the
British HCI conference (2nd-5th).
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