Dear all,
Find below the CfP for 'Designing Wellbeing', a workshop exploring the role
of design in relation to wellbeing and healthcare that might be of interest
to some. For further information regarding the workshop please contact Anja
Thieme ([log in to unmask]).
Regards,
John.
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Call for Participation: DESIGNING WELLBEING
DIS 2012 Workshop
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
IMPORTANT DATES:
-- Submission by: March 16th, 2012
-- Notification of Acceptance: April 16th, 2012
-- Workshop days: June 11-12th, 2012
WORKSHOP WEBSITE:
http://di.ncl.ac.uk/designwellbeing/<https://owa.northumbria.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://di.ncl.ac.uk/designwellbeing/>
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WORKSHOP AIM AND DESIGN THEMES
This two-day workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of
researchers, designers and practitioners who are currently working on
wellbeing in the field of interaction design or health care, or are
interested in the topic.
Wellbeing is defined as positive mental health, it is not only the absence
of mental illness but the presence of positive psychological functioning.
The workshop aims to establish a foundational agenda for interaction design
research around this concept of wellbeing. It will provide a platform to
share experiences and resources, create new ideas for design and build
valuable future collaborations. The workshop will further include
activities that allow for the experience of different aspects of wellbeing.
Moreover, workshop attendees will be invited to collaboratively create
design concepts that have the potential to support peoples wellbeing and
will develop first prototypes using Gadgeteer.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
We invite authors to submit their 1-2 page workshop papers using (DIS paper
format) describing research or experience in all areas of designing
wellbeing. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- theoretical foundations and definitions of wellbeing;
- discussions of challenges in designing wellbeing;
- design concepts or developments of wellbeing enhancing technologies;
- user or case studies of how interaction designs have been
appropriated to support wellbeing;
- guidelines, implications or lessons learned for engaging users in
the design process or evaluation of wellbeing supporting designs;
- methods and tools for measuring wellbeing.
Authors are further invited to include a 100-200 word definition of their
understanding of wellbeing to stimulate discussion.
SUBMISSION & REVIEW
Submissions should be send to [log in to unmask] Workshop papers will
be reviewed by a program committee and the workshop organizers.
All workshop participants must register for both workshop days and for at
least one day of the main conference. Accepted papers will be made
available on the workshop website
(http://di.ncl.ac.uk/designwellbeing/<https://owa.northumbria.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://di.ncl.ac.uk/designwellbeing/>
).
Please feel free to email us if you have any questions about the workshop.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
WORKSHOP ORGANISERS
Anja Thieme, Newcastle University, UK
Madeline Balaam, Newcastle University, UK
Jayne Wallace, Northumbria University, UK
David Coyle, University of Bristol, UK
Siān Lindley, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
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John Vines
School of Design, Northumbria University
Culture Lab, Newcastle University
Transtechnology Research, University of Plymouth
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+44 (0) 7712 825 513
www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/scd/
www.trans-techresearch.net
www.johnvines.eu
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