Interesting call for a workshop on computer supported cooperative work..
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From: Roast, Chris <C.R.Roast_at_shu.ac.uk>
Date: 12 April 2013 07:52
Subject: Fwd: Call for Papers: "CSCW at the Boundary of Work and Life"
To: Alex McLean <alex_at_slab.org>
Hi I hope all is well ... This might of interest ... Worth passing
onto the group?
Best wishes
Chris
Sent from my iPhone
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From: "Ciolfi, Luigina" <L.Ciolfi_at_SHU.AC.UK>
Date: 11 April 2013 13:56:41 BST
To: <CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS_at_LISTSERV.ACM.ORG>
Subject: Call for Papers: "CSCW at the Boundary of Work and Life"
Reply-To: "Ciolfi, Luigina" <L.Ciolfi_at_SHU.AC.UK>
Call for Papers
Workshop: "CSCW at the Boundary of Work and Life"
To be held at ECSCW2013, 21-25 September 2013, Paphos (Cyprus)
Submission deadline: June 28th 2013
http://cscwworkandlife.wordpress.com/
Workshop Theme
This workshop aims to explore how CSCW themes, concepts and
sensibilities can be extended and applied to practices blurring the
boundary between work and life. Technology has moved from workplaces
to become part of nearly every aspect of everyday life. Similarly,
CSCW research spans not only work settings and practices, but also
other life domains, from family life, to gaming, tourism and other
leisure activities. However, the neat distinction between which
activities are work-related and which are not is becoming less and
less meaningful as often the spheres of work and life blur into each
other. Similarly, the use of technology is not limited to specific
work vs. non-work situations.
It is increasingly difficult to keep work and life separated, to the
point that attempting to achieve work-life balance might be
counter-productive or more demanding than managing the blurring
between them.
Studies on the use of mobile phones, instant messaging and social
media, have also shown how the same communication channel is often
used for work and private activities almost at the same time. Mobile
technology and mobile interaction have often been a frame for looking
at these phenomena, linked to the idea of “mobilization” of practices
as well as of infrastructure, and mobilities studies have been the
frame for other examples of existing work on shifting patterns of home
life and work life physically, temporally and organisationally.
Such blurring might not necessarily be disruptive and/or avoidable: it
might be something that people are willing to put effort on, or
something that is accepted as part of everyday life and dealt with
through different strategies.
This workshop will discuss how to look at this blurring of practices,
spheres of life and expectations: is it a problematic issue that
should be addressed, or a new way of working and living that people
are increasingly embracing? How people coordinate and interact when
work tasks, personal tasks and leisure tasks blur into each other, and
how to support/facilitate/mediate this through design? How are work
and life practices negotiated when someone’s workplace is someone
else’s private space?
We welcome submissions on the following themes:
* Coordination, awareness, planning around work/life practices;
* The permeation of work and private life with respect to managing
work despite interruptions;
* The permeation of work and private life with respect to achieving
a suitable pace of life;
* Design for the support of both work and life practices;
* How collaboration and social interaction occur across work and
life domains;
* New interaction modalities that support/mediate the blurring of
work and life;
* Understanding the (positive and negative) impact that technology
for work and non-work has on work and non-work situations
* Theoretical and methodological issues on how to study these
issues (merging and/or developing existing frameworks, new conceptual
approaches, developments in methodology, etc.);
* Explorations of settings where this occurs (at home, in the
workplace, on the move…).
The workshop will run over 1 day. During the workshop, we will foster
debate moving away from traditional presentations, and by facilitating
discussions on shared artifacts. We will invite the participants to
contribute to the workshop with either posters illustrating a
concept/framework, or samples of data collected during fieldwork, or
demos/prototypes, and these materials will be the main subject of the
discussion.
In the afternoon session, we will lead more focused small-group
discussions on specific questions/issues, and practical brainstorming
exercises if the number of participants allows. The workshop website
will be used during these exercises to aid and document the event, and
to disseminate results to the wider Conference and the public at
large.
As a follow up to the workshop, we aim to produce an edited
publication (journal special issue or edited book) collecting all the
workshop contributions in extended form. Exploration of possible
publication venues is ongoing.
Submissions
Papers should be between 4 and 6 pages long and formatted according to
the ECSCW template (available at:
http://ecscw2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy/templates.zip). Submissions should be
emailed to gronvall_at_cs.au.dk<mailto:xxxx_at_xxx.xx>
All submissions will be reviewed by the organizing team.
Important Dates
June 28, 2013: deadline for submissions
July 25, 2013: notifications due
August 9, 2013: early registration deadline
September 21, 2013: workshop at ECSCW in Cyprus
Organisers
Luigina Ciolfi (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
Gabriela Avram (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Erik Grönvall (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Chiara Rossitto (University of Stockholm, Sweden)
Louise Barkhuus (University of Stockholm, Sweden)
Full information available at:
http://cscwworkandlife.wordpress.com/
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