PCD'94 - ARTIFACTS Call for Participation

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, October 27-28, 1994

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Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

In the last few years, participatory approaches to design have gained adherents around the world. Participatory design approaches have at their core the involvement of workers in the design and development of new technologies and work practices that have the potential of improving their work lives. Collaborative design projects combine the skills and knowledge of workers who will use or are using the technology, with the technological and organizational expertise of those involved in its development.

The first Participatory Design conference explored the historical roots of this way of working, by bringing European practitioners together with American researchers and industry developers. By the second conference, PDC'92, participatory approaches to design had taken root in the US, not only in research environments, but also at several commercial firms. The goal at that time was to take a further step towards defining and nurturing participatory design. In PDC `94, we would like both to consider our ways of working and to foster a substantial dialog among practitioners. The conference is an international forum where this emerging community can meet, exchange ideas and experiences, and investigate the incorporation of participatory design approaches in new areas such as: product development, long-term system maintenance and redesign, and settings in the developing world.

We encourage the participation of all those interested in learning aboutparticipatory design and in trying it in their own settings, as well as those currently employing participatory approaches to design (possibly under other names).

Artifacts submissions (including posters and demonstrations)

The Artifacts program brings together representations, techniques, methodologies and technologies developed for or through participatory design. (A representation may take the form of documents and other objects that reflect work practices, designs, and associated materials, and should include both the artifact itself and how it is used in the work situation.)

A contribution to the Artifacts program should be intended to be shown or demonstrated informally at a booth. The Artifacts program will take place in conjunction with the conference dinner and thus will not overlap with the papers/panels/workshops tracks.

Submission Requirements:

• Description and motivation of the artifact and how it is used in practice (5 copies, maximum 3 pages). Include non-textual materials like photographs, videotapes, sketches, etc., if appropriate (only one copy of a videotape is required, and photographs may be provided in photocopied form). Be sure to describe any plans to engage conference participants directly in using the artifact.
• Each accepted artifact will be represented by a one-page, published short paper in the PDC'94 Proceedings. Please contact Michael Muller at the addresses given below to obtain a copy of the author's kit or consult the format/guidelines available through cpsr.org. The one-page short paper MUST be received in camera-ready format as part of the submission, due 15 July 1994.
• Brief description of artifact presenter's relevant experience and background.
• Any special equipment or power requirements.

Bill Anderson                           Conference Chair
Susan Suchman & David Bellin            Local Co-chairs
Susan Irwin Anderson & Randall Trigg    Program Co-chairs
Andrew Clement                          Panels Chair
Finn Kensing                            Workshops Chair
Annette Adler & Michael Muller          Artifacts Co-chairs
Elizabeth Erickson                      Proceedings Chair
Erran Carmel                            Treasurer
Barbara Katzenberg & Peter Piela        Publicity Co-chairs

Annette Adler (Artifacts Co-Chair)      Susan Irwin Anderson (Program
Xerox Corporate Architecture               Co-Chair)
                                        Xerox Corporate Research &
                                        Technology

Susanne Bodker                          Tone Bratteteig
Aarhus University, Denmark              University of Oslo, Norway

Andrew Clement (Panels Chair)           Yrjo Engestrom
University of Toronto                   University of California, San
                                        Diego

Christiane Floyd                        Joan Greenbaum
University of Hamburg                   City University of New York

Judith Gregory                          Kaj Gronbaek
University of California, San Diego     Aarhus University, Denmark

Jonathan Grudin                         Mike Hales
University of California, Irvine        University of Brighton, United
                                        Kingdom

Karen Holtzblatt                        Finn Kensing (Workshops Chair)
InContext Enterprises                   Roskilde University Center,
                                        Denmark

Sarah Kuhn                              Michael Muller (Artifacts
University of Massachusetts, Lowell        Co-Chair)
                                        US West Advanced Technologies

Charley Richardson                      Patricia Sachs
University of Massachusetts, Lowell     NYNEX Science and Technology

Randall Trigg (Program Co-Chair)        Eline Vedel
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center         The National Bank of Norway

Ina Wagner                              Terry Winograd
Technical University, Vienna            Stanford University/Interval
                                        Research

email: band@wc.mc.xerox.com

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