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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Colleagues, Christian Greiffenhagen and I are thinking of convening a panel on "video methodologies and STS" at next year's European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) conference in Trento, Italy (September 2-4, 2010) [http://www.easst.net/node/2326]. At this stage, we would like initial expressions of interest to participate in the panel. PANEL TOPIC Despite the rapid technical developments and a general turn to the visual in the social sciences, video methodologies are still not widely used within STS, and most researchers continue to rely on 'traditional' ethnographic or other qualitative research methods using other means, such as talk or writing. However, video technologies clearly offer exciting possibilities of capturing the dynamics and complexities in the field. Video constitutes a new form of evidence that can be exploited by researchers. Not only can it be used for the purposes of observation and documenting, video can also be used for 'action research' as a research tool through which field participants could represent their experiences through new media production and exchange (e.g., de Block and Sefton-Green 2004). When applied in STS, video helps to understand the complexities and multi-modalities in scientific and/or technical development and implementation processes more fully. Would everyone agree with these arguments? What are the challenges of applying video-based methods in STS-like research (e.g., nuisances of using video technologies, field workers' informed consent, interaction with the field workers, ethics of publishing video data)? How have video-based methods been applied in different types of research? What are the implications of video-based methods to STS research? Is it possible to capture 'where the action is' on video, or is scientific and technological work too distributed, both spatially and temporally, to allow such capture? This panel will invite papers discussing the questions raised above (but not subject to them) and a call for abstracts will be issued once the panel proposal is accepted. Those who would like to get involved (either participate in, present a paper at, or co-organise the panel) should contact Yuwei Lin <yuwei [at] ylin.org> before 5 October 2009. General comments on this panel are also welcome. Look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Yuwei Lin Refereces Liesbeth de Block and Julian Sefton-Green. (2004), 'Refugee children in a virtual world: intercultural online communication and community' in Brown, A.J. & Davis, N.E. (eds), Digital Technology, Communities and Education (World Yearbook of Education 2004), London: RoutledgeFalmer, pp. 196-210. -- Yuwei Lin | yuwei at ylin dot org http://www.ylin.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 25 February 2009, the University launched its new name, Edinburgh Napier University. For more information please visit our website. Edinburgh Napier University is one of the top 10 universities in the UK for graduate employability (HESA 2009) This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else out-with the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373