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Hi, this might be of interest to list members. A call looking for presentations, walks, discussions and observations that take place away from the desk, outside the conference venue. The theme(s) of the track are location-aware technologies, the body and site. Your presentation may take some extra organisation so feel free to get in touch ahead of time ([log in to unmask]) *Sensing, Walking and Embodiment With and By Technologies: A Track Away From The Desk* 4S/EASST Barcelona August 31st - September 3rd 2016 Deadline: *21st February 2016*Submit here: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst_4s2016/panels.php5?PanelID=3979 Convener: Christopher Wood, Queen Mary, University of London ( [log in to unmask]) Location aware devices are becoming ever-present both through GPS-enabled smartphones and RFID chips. As this equipment becomes increasingly present and embedded in public space, the production of the body, sensors and ideas of location and presence becomes more complex and multi-layered. This emergent complexity raises challenges for ethnographic methods. This track seeks experimental presentations connected to the affordances, potentials and construction of a given site and the technologies which construct it. Following Tim Ingold in saying that "Locomotion, not cognition, must be the starting point for the study of perceptual activity (Ingold, 2000: 166)", we are particularly interested in walking and embodiment. This may contain, but not be limited to, sensory ethnographic methods (Pink 2015, Bull 2013). We may also consider how sensory approaches could be developed or reframed in relation to machine sensors operating across networks. Walking and discussion also has the potential to create new and rewarding spaces for the development and proliferation of knowledge (Wickson et al 2015). We especially value a process where the presentation and discussion of work takes place within a physical space relevant to its content. Critical art practices may also be a useful entry point into this discussion. We propose a panel of experiments in presentation outside the conference venue. These could comprise of sound or smell walks, site-specific discussions, observations of the operation of technology in public space or interventions involving the movement and arrangement of bodies. Bull, Michael (2013) Sound Mix: The Framing of Multi-Sensory Connections in Urban Culture. Soundeffects, 3 (3). Ingold, T. (2000) The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill. London: Routledge. Pink, S. (2015) Doing Sensory Ethnography (Second Edition). London: Sage. Wickson, Fern, Roger Strand, and Kamilla Lein Kjølberg (2015) The Walkshop Approach to Science and Technology Ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics 21(1): 241–264. FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be sending a message to over 300 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to respond to everyone. To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/wan