[AISWorld] Deadline Extension: Call for Participation: Workshop "Participation for Development" at the PDC 2014
Mikko Korpela
mikko.korpela at uef.fi
Wed Jul 23 07:37:33 EDT 2014
For those interested in the "Participation for Development" workshop:
The deadline for submission has been postponed.
The new deadline is: Monday 28th July - 12:00 CEST
Best regards,
Yvonne, Retha, Mikko, Gertrudes, Rahel and Jens
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Workshop 'Participation for Development'
In conjunction with PDC 2014, Windhoek, Namibia
http://www.pdc2014.org/
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Organizers:
Yvonne Dittrich, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Retha De La Harpe, Cape Peninsula Univ. of Tech., South Africa
Mikko Korpela, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Finland
Gertrudes Macueve, Univ. Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
Rahel Bekele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Jens Kaasbøll, University of Oslo, Norway,
More information: http://participation4d.blogspot.dk/
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is more and more promoted
as a driver and facilitator of economic growth and development in low
and middle income countries. ICT for Development (ICT4D) though has
mixed successes. Sustainability of solutions and usability respectively
usefulness for the intended beneficiaries have been reported as causes.
Participatory approaches to development have been proposed to address
these causes. Participatory Design (PD) seems like a perfect fit.
However, at the Participatory Design Conferences, research that
addresses PD in low and middle income countries is rare. The workshop
aims at bringing together the PD researchers working with
under-privileged communities and attracting researchers from the ICT4D
communities to the PD conference. The goal is to share experiences and
start a discussion on how participation, ICT and development might relate.
Purpose and Intended Outcome
The workshop is meant to be a discussion forum for researchers working
with participatory approaches in the context of ICT4D. We aim at
bringing together researchers working with participatory design in ICT4D
projects and compare experiences with Participation for Development.
During the workshop, we plan to discuss how to promote the discussion on
'Participation for Development' in connection with the PD community and
conference. This could e.g. be in form of a special issue for one of the
relevant journals or an edited volume.
How to participate
You are invited to submit a position paper of up to 5 pages.
We especially encourage the presentation of concrete projects. Please,
highlight the way the intended beneficiaries and other stakeholders
contributed to the project and reflect on the dimensions of development
- e.g. human, economical, and/or technical did benefit from the
participation.
If your project didn't take a participatory approach, this fact and its
implications could be subject to the position paper.
If your project is still in a planning phase, feel free to map out the
intended participation.
Position papers are submitted through the easychair website:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/submission_new.cgi?a=6999791
Important Dates
28 July, 12.00 Position paper deadline
30 July Notification of acceptance
5 Aug Early registration
5 Oct Workshop
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Yvonne Dittrich, assoc. prof
www.itu.dk/people/ydi
Software Development Group
IT University of Copenhagen
+45-7218-5177
Rued Langgaards Vej 7
DK-2300 K¿benhavn S, Denmark
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