Call for Participation
PDC 2018 invites contributions from, amongst others, the fields of HCI
(Human-Computer Interaction), CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work),
co-design, design research, CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning),
ICT4D (Information and Communication Technology for Development), design
anthropology, sociology, media studies, architecture and spatial planning, and
arts. The conference offers multiple venues for contributions, including traditional
academic Full Papers, and reflective and exploratory Short Papers, Workshops,
Tutorials, a Doctoral Colloquium and Situated Actions (an interactive
exhibition format). PDC 2018 seeks novel research results or new ways of
thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in the following and
related areas:
PD as a political process
Critical application and evaluation of the relations that characterise PD
processes, e.g. in relation to gender, power, culture and sociomaterial
dimensions in the development, implementation and appropriation of designed
artefacts.
PD as a political movement
Critical, theoretical, and empirically-based reflections on the role of
participatory design in contemporary societies, e.g. how socio-technical
relations shape and can be shaped towards cooperative design of technologies,
spaces, artefacts, and services, or the politics of design.
Domain-specific applications of PD
Experiences with and analysis of applications of PD within specific domains,
including: economy and social inequalities, migration and xenophobia, museums
and cultural heritage, tourism and transportation, healthcare and basic social
needs, education and the labour market, public administration and crisis
management, social computing and datafication, spatial planning, architecture
and city-making and other domains and communities.
Infrastructures and complex challenges
Empirical and theoretical studies and perspectives addressing complex
challenges such as the infrastructuring of multiple and widely distributed
stakeholders in participatory design.
Theoretical reflections
Development of new theoretical concepts, introduction of theoretical
perspectives, or critical analysis with clear relevance to participatory design
and collaboration around technology design and use.
Tools, methods and techniques
The description and evaluation of new tools, methods and techniques developed
to facilitate democratic cooperation on designed artefacts, experiences,
IT-based systems, or organisational forms of design, including the extension of
existing ones.
