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International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems
(IWIPS 2011): The New Silk Route: Eastern Product and Services,
Western and
Global Markets
http://www.iwips2011.org/

Special Track Call for Papers:
RE-FRAMING HCI THROUGH LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES

Organizers:
Jose Abdelnour-Nocera - Thames Valley University, UK
Masaaki Kurosu - Open University of Japan, Japan
Torkil Clemmensen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Nic Bidwell, CSIR-Meraka & Nelson Mandella Metropoliton University, South Africa
Ravi Vatrapu, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia
Vanessa Evers, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


One of the current challenges for HCI as a discipline is addressing
the tensions created between local cultures and the assumptions,
priorities and values embedded in this discipline. Translating local
knowledge into valid and useful HCI tools is not a simple problem, but
one that requires re-defining and re-negotiating disciplinary
boundaries (and connections) and the subject and object of interaction
design. Focusing on local or indigenous awareness and practices in
design pushes the envelope in a very exciting way. For instance, the
democratic values of equal participation driving user-centred design
are not necessarily shared by local communities which prioritize
respecting the views of their leaders.  Addressing these gaps requires
a fresh look at how diverse disciplines and professions explore and
conceptualize the relation between users, designers and other
stakeholders.  While the global HCI community has well-defined
conceptual and methodological frameworks, there is little research
about how local HCI professionals experience, adapt and implement this
knowledge, nor how to locate HCI so that it is locally accountable
(Suchman, 2002).  To progress this research we must start by better
understanding relationships between HCI concepts and methods and their
meanings to local and indigenous groups. Universal perspectives on HCI
like ethnology and ethnography, e.g., technomethodology (Dourish and
Button, 1998), and national culture models (Hofstede, 2001) and
activity theory (Kaptelinin & Nardi, 2006) have all had an impact in
the design of interactive systems for culturally different users, but
the potential contribution of explicitly local or indigenous
perspectives, approaches and experiences with HCI, see e.g., (Kurosu
et al, 2004), have not become so clear and uniform. Furthermore, the
idea of what constitutes a useful and usable system in different
cultural contexts remains partially explored at the very least. It is
hoped this workshop will further our understanding of these issues and
lead to practical recommendations for people researching and
implementing HCI at global and local levels.

The topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Examples of indigenous product design

*      Overview of related work in HCI and CSCW (especially portable
ICT-related devices and systems);
*     Critiques of earlier approaches to design;
*     Related work on  participatory design
*     Actionable recommendations and guidelines for the conception,
design and evaluation of    interactive systems from local
perspectives;
*     Improved methods for the gathering and elicitation of issues
when implementing standard       HCI perspectives into local contexts;
*      Understanding participatory design as a sociotechnical endeavour in HCI.

SUBMISSIONS

Position paper submissions of up to 3,000 words are invited reporting
on research or experiences on any of the above topics.  All papers
must be written and presented in English and will be peer reviewed by
at least 2 reviewers. Submissions will be due in 7 April 2011. It is
expected that the best papers presented at the workshop will be
developed into a journal special issue in the Journal of Universal
Access in the Information Society. Papers must be formatted according
to the IWIPS proceedings format (http://www.iwips2011.org/calls.html).


AIM
The aim of the workshop is to present different local and indigenous
perspectives from all over the world to lead into an international
dialogue on re-framing concepts and models in HCI/Interaction Design.


PRESENTATION FORMAT
All participants will receive accepted position papers prior to the
workshop. Common issues and threads will be identified at the
beginning of the session for participant group discussions. The
individual groups will present back to the entire workshop group for
further input. In the second half tangible outputs will be defined as
a way forward, this could include joint projects, publications, and
grant applications.











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