CfParticipation: Critical Issues in HCI, HCI 2008 Workshop - Liverpool

Call for Participation: Critical Issues in HCI
HCI 2008 Workshop Liverpool, Monday 1st September

Computing technology is now so pervasive that the study of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) is almost the study of everyday life. A consensus has emerged in HCI that its historical concerns, such as usability and efficiency, are no longer sufficient scopes of inquiry. There have been turns to fun and enjoyment, emotional design, experience design, culturally situated design, critical and reflective design, beauty and aesthetics, and technology for social action.

As HCI has become more implicated in culture, the field has become concerned with critical theory. Critical theory is a catch-all term that encompasses a number of writers and disciplines; it includes the sub fields of hermeneutics, phenomenology, semiotics, Marxism, feminism, deconstruction, and postmodernism, among others. Critical theory has traditionally aimed to help critics, understand, explicate, and evaluate dense cultural phenomena, such as literature, film, social ritual, and mass media.

Developing connections between critical theory and HCI is a major undertaking that will likely require much work. This workshop is designed to bring together some of the people interested in doing it.

PLANS AND GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP
This one day workshop will take the format of short presentations in the morning followed by a group design / evaluation activity in the afternoon.

THE GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP ARE TO
· Provide a forum to discuss current interest in critical theory
· Identify the perspectives which are currently being used in HCI and those which are neglected
· Discuss the ways in which critical theory can be made relevant to design
· Consider problems of legitimating critical theory as a relevant source for HCI

TO PARTICIPATE
Please send a 300-500 word abstract outlining your interest in critical theory and / or your current or previous work in the area to mblythe@cs.york.ac.uk by the 24th of July.

WORKSHOP ORGANISERS
Mark Blythe
University of York, UK
Department of Computer Science mblythe@cs.york.ac.uk

Jeffrey Bardzell
Indiana University School of Informatics
Human Computer Interaction Design
jbardzel@indiana.edu

Shaowen Bardzell
Indiana University School of Informatics
Human Computer Interaction Design
selu@indiana.edu

Alan Blackwell
University of Cambridge, UK
Computer Laboratory
Alan.Blackwell@cl.cam.ac.uk

Associated Link: Critical Issues in HCI

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