CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
ACM CHI 2006 WORKSHOP
Montreal, Canada
NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2006
About Face - Interface:
Creative Engagement in New Media Arts and HCI
Saturday April 22 and Sunday April 23, 2006
Workshop website: http://studio416.cfa.cmu.edu/CHI06workshop_AboutFace
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WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Pamela Jennings, Human Computer Interaction Institute and School of Art
Carnegie Mellon University
Elisa Giaccardi, Center for LifeLong Learning and Design
University of Colorado, Boulder
Magda Wesolkowska, Faculty of the Built Environment and Planning
University of Montreal
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
This two-day workshop will bring together a vibrant community of
individuals interested in the new models for communication and
interaction demonstrated by new media art and their potential
contribution to HCI. The divergent thinking and creative visions
supported by new media art practices offer a platform that emphasizes
creative engagement as a locus for innovative design and evaluation
methods for HCI research.
Researchers and practitioners from several distinct fields of artistic
and scientific inquiry, including art, design, engineering, education
and HCI will engage in discussions about issues of new media art
practice and evaluation and their relationship to HCI research. The
focus of the workshop is on identifying and sharing projects and
research methods that bring to light the synergies between the
research-in-practice of the new media art community and research
activities in the HCI community. The workshop goal is to discuss
attributes required for a theoretical framework that positions creative
engagement as a hub for future transdisciplinary research.
We welcome creative practitioners involved in new media art and cultural
production, HCI researchers concerned with the design of novel
interfaces and technologies in support of creativity and collaboration
(with a particular emphasis on pervasive computing, tangible interfaces,
and interaction models of emotion and context aware computing),
theorists and researchers in aesthetics and social and cultural studies
interested in issues of creative engagement.
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WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
Establish a ground for a thoughtful and vibrant dialogue amongst
creative practitioners, social scientists, and HCI researchers to
provide insights and indications for brainstorming, understanding, and
developing:
* theoretical frameworks for concepts of creative engagement in the new
design space engendered by information technologies, particularly as
they relate to aspects of engagement (embodiment, intersubjectivity,
affect, etc.), means of engagement (place, narrative, etc.), effects of
engagement (creativity, sociability, sense-making, etc.), design
approaches (metadesign, participatory design, user centered design,
etc.), and participative systems (reflective or synergetic communities,
artistic and cultural networks, etc.);
* interface features, system components and applications that support
requirements of creative engagement;
* new methods and experiences for evaluating interfaces and interaction
systems grounded in "research-in-practice" aimed to support novel
applications for creative engagement;
* leverages for artistic and cultural community practices as
contributions to HCI and technical research practices.
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INTENDED AUDIENCE
* Creative practitioners involved in new media art and cultural
production projects;
* Researchers and practitioners concerned with the design of novel
interfaces and technologies in support of creativity and sociability (on
the computer, in the museum, in the city, in the classroom, etc.);
* Researchers and practitioners interested in technical research and
development applied to the creative practices, with a particular
emphasis on pervasive computing, tangible interfaces, and interaction
models of emotion and context aware computing;
* Researchers and practitioners interested in the design and
sustainability of participative systems (e.g. open source, open content,
artistic and cultural networks);
* Theorists and researchers in aesthetics and social and cultural
studies interested in issues of embodied interactionism, sense-making,
and engagement.
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WORKSHOP SUBMISSION PROCESS
Submission Deadline: Friday January 6, 2006
Workshop participants will be selected on the basis of a submitted 2 to
4 page position paper. The position paper must outline the submitters
view on the workshop theme and the reasons for interest in the topic
including the following information:
* A theoretical account or investigation in the concept of creative
engagement or related topics;
* A description or account of a method or project related to designing,
sustaining or evaluating creative engagement.
All submissions must follow the ACM CHI formatting guidelines for
workshop abstracts which is available at:
http://www.chi2006.org/ceaf.php
Email submissions to: [log in to unmask]
with the email subject heading "CHI2006 Workshop Submission."
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