CFP: Ubicomp 2009 Workshop on Hybrid Design Practices: Situating Ubicomp's Interdisciplinarity

> Hybrid Design Practices: Situating Ubicomp's Interdisciplinarity
>
> Current Ubicomp research and practice often go beyond
> interdisciplinarity. New hybrid practices are created, by
> synthesizing methods from multiple disciplines, such as design,
> ethnography, engineering, and sociology. This does not only imply
> crossing of disciplinary or epistemological boundaries, but also
> engagement across diverse cultural sites and perspectives. We take
> hybrid practices to mean day-to-day interdisciplinary practices that
> are often established beyond pre-designed institutional,
> disciplinary, or transdisciplinary boundaries. This hands-on
> workshop will focus specifically on hybrids that involve the design
> of ubiquitous computing systems, drawing together both individuals
> who have experience developing and using such hybrids, as well as
> those who have an interest in applying hybrid practices to their work.
>
> Thus, this workshop explores questions such as:
> • How might ethnographic field work be incorporated into design prac
> tice?
> • How might design practice work be incorporated into ethnographic f
> ield ?
> • How might fieldwork or design sketching be integrated more closely
> into the process of theorizing?
> • What might theory-oriented design or design-oriented theorizing lo
> ok like?
> • What role can Ubicomp design practice play for cross-cultural and
> multi-sited explorations?
>
> We invite participants with any disciplinary background to submit a
> two-page position paper which expounds on examples of the hybrid
> design practice which they employ in their own research or work;
> details why their current research might benefit from this approach;
> relates an opinion on the current state of, or speculates on the
> future of, hybrid practices in Ubicomp and HCI; or proposes a brief
> exercise, focused on the exploration of leisure activities in Disney
> properties (specifically those areas open to the public, rather than
> those for which admission must be paid), which other participants
> could undertake in order to experience a new form of hybrid practice.
>
> Please submit position papers to Silvia Lindtner <lindtner [at]
> ics.uci.edu> by June 25.
>
> For more details, please see http://www.prusikloop.org/hybrid/ <http://www.prusikloop.org/hybrid/
> >
>
> Dates
>
> June 25 ........... Submission Deadline
> July 20 ........... Acceptance Notification
> August 1 ......... Final Manuscript Due
> September 30 ... Ubicomp Workshop Program
>
> Workshop Organizers
>
> Eric Baumer, Informatics, University of California, Irvine
> Johanna Brewer, Frestyl
> Barry Brown, Communication, University of California, San Diego
> Lucian Leahu, Computer Science, Cornell University
> Silvia Lindtner, Informatics, University of California, Irvine
> Karen Martin, Bartlett School, University College London
>