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Call for Papers: Special Theme Issue of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
<http://www.personal-ubicomp.com/>
"At Home with IT: Pervasive Computing in the Domestic Space" <http://www.cs.aau.dk/~dubois/cfp-puc.html>
Since Debbie Hindus' pivotal call to take seriously information technology in the home, domestic applications of ICT have grown significantly. Current literature promotes two overall approaches to IT in the domestic space. Firstly, attention has been given to 'instrumental' activity such as surveillance, coordination, scheduling, information management, shopping etc. In contrast, technologies for personal use rather than instrumental activity are receiving growing attention from both research and industry. Whilst the design of technology for traditional 'goal oriented' activity benefits from the long tradition of use-centred design that pervades a number of interrelated disciplines (Human-Computer Interaction, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Information Systems etc.) designing personal technologies for activities in the domestic space, which go beyond traditional goal oriented use, involves new challenges.
In this special issue, we are concerned with design of personal technologies for activities that take place in or around the home and make up the social fabric of that home when the 'work' of family life is abstracted out. We are interested in technology design and use for human activity that is not easily conceptualised in terms of 'tasks', or 'goals', and is not necessarily well-assessed using traditional measures of use such as 'effectiveness' and 'efficiency'.
Example topics might include (but are certainly not limited to):
- accounts of the particular challenges of studying and designing for domestic activity
- theorising technology in the home
- understanding and supporting phatic activity
- technologies for maintaining a sense of presence in absence when family members are separated by distance
- accounts of the exchange of intimate messages across distance and time
- passing the time pleasantly
- 'decorating' a home with ambient technology
Three formats of submission are requested:
- long papers, with a particular focus on empirical work (10-15 pages)
- shorter 'technology sketches' emphasising innovative solutions (3-5 pages, pictures of artefact required)
- short interviews with key players (1-2 pages, photo of interviewee required)
General enquirires about submissions can be sent to any of the three editors. However, specific enquiries about on long papers should be sent to Steve Howard ([log in to unmask]), technology sketches to Jesper Kjledskov ([log in to unmask]), and interviews to Mikael B. Skov ([log in to unmask]).
Long papers should conform to the usual format of the journal, see Author Guidelines. Authors of 'Technology Sketches' and 'Interviews' should contact the editors prior to submission.
Timescale:
- Deadline for submissions: October 1st 2005
- Feedback to authors: December 15th 2005
- Camera ready copy: March 1st 2006
Editors:
Steve Howard, [log in to unmask], The University of Melbourne/Aalborg University
Jesper Kjeldskov, [log in to unmask], Aalborg University
Mikael B. Skov, [log in to unmask], Aalborg University
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