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The Digital World Research Center and Hewlett-Packard
announce a workshop and edited collection
Call for papers and participation
Wireless World:
Social, Cultural and Interactional Issues in Mobile
Communications and Computing
Friday April 7, 2000
Digital World Research Centre
University of Surrey, England
This workshop aims to provide an interdisciplinary and multi-sector forum to
consider the social, cultural and interactional issues involved in the
design and use of mobile devices.
Recent media reports have described the uptake and use of mobile devices as
a 'revolution' which will have a significant impact on innovation in
computing and telecommunications industries, as well as widespread effects
in the conduct of everyday work and home life. Existing mobile technologies
hold the potential to modify established social relationships, and create
new ones. Furthermore, increasing convergence in computing and
telecommunications technologies provide opportunities for numerous
socio-technical futures. What will these futures look like, and what social,
cultural and interactional factors will influence their development? How do
present uses and social organisation influence the innovation and design
process? What relevant social factors impact on the production of mobile
technologies, and what are the effects of mobile technology diffusion on
social and cultural relationships?
So far, there have been few interdisciplinary forums that provide the
opportunity for both academics and industry to discuss current research on
social, cultural, and design issues in mobile technologies. The workshop
aims to bring together researchers from academic disciplines and IT
industries, and is designed to facilitate communication and discussion
between qualitative and ethnographic approaches from the social sciences and
media/ technology studies, and approaches derived from HCI (human-computer
interaction) research.
The papers from the forum will form the core of an edited publication on
social issues in mobile computing and communications. This edition will
provide an account of significant current research, offer opportunities for
dialogues between different disciplines, approaches and methods, and will
provide a focus to discuss research directions in the social studies of
mobile technologies.
Themes of Interest
Include, but are not limited to:
Working and Domestic Life
Public and Private, Boundaries and Environments
Space, Time and Mobility
Modalities of Communication and Interaction
Social and Cultural Factors in Usability and Convergence
The Design Process and Organisation
Organisation, Industry and Regulation
Consumption, Media and Culture
Cross-cultural Studies
Comparative Technologies
Submission
Papers are invited for the February 18 2000 paper submission deadline. It is
expected that these papers will form the basis of presentation and response
at the workshop, and will later be reviewed for inclusion in the edited
collection. The workshop will be organised into four sessions, each
consisting of short paper presentations and invited responses, with a
summary discussion at the end of the workshop. The presentations are
expected to focus the concerns of the papers circulated beforehand, and
identify critical themes and debates. A restricted access Website and
Bulletin Board will be established on the DWRC site for announcements,
timetable updates and discussion.
Schedule
Workshop Paper Submission -- Friday February 18, 2000
Electronic Distribution of Workshop Papers -- Friday March 17, 2000
Workshop -- Friday April 7, 2000
Submission of Papers for Edited Collection -- May 5, 2000
Anticipated Publication Date -- December 2000
Contacts
Dr. Richard Harper
Digital World Research Centre
University of Surrey
Guildford Surrey
GU2 5XH, UK
Ph: 01483-259-446
Fax: 01483-259-550
Mob: 07971-201-076
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Dr. Nicola Green
Digital World Research Centre
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey
GU2 5XH, UK
Ph: 01483-259-446
Fax: 01483-259-550
Mob: 07901-851-808
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Dr. Barry Brown
Hp Labs
Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8QZ, UK
Ph: 0117 312 9520
Fax: 0117 312 8924
Mobile: 0788 799 5479
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http://www.surrey/ac/uk/ dwrc
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