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"Designing for palpability"
Pervasive 2007, the Fifth International Conference on Pervasive
Computing, May 13-16, 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/conferences/pervasive2007/index.phtml
Workshop URL:
http://www.ist-palcom.org/palpable_pervasive_2007/
Theme:
Pervasive computing has taken computing beyond comprehensive systems
into a multitude of devices and environments. In some sense this makes
the computer disappear (Weiser 1991) and it enables ‘bricolage’ of
disparate elements. However, people find it hard to realise the
potential of pervasive computing. Which devices, services or resources
are the best ones to use in a given situation? How to address breakdown?
What to do when surrounded by potentially thousands of services and
devices one could use? What when safety or privacy matters? To engage
pervasive computing technologies effectively and creatively, people need
to be able to notice and make sense of actual and potential
computational processes, states, affordances and dependencies. They need
to be able to do so in ways that are appropriate for their specific
situation, their level of computer ‘literacy’ and interest.
For us, an important element of what is needed is captured by the word
‘palpable’, especially in its meaning of 'plainly observable',
'noticeable, 'manifest, obvious, clear'. Palpability is not a property
of the technology itself, but an effect of people's engagement with
technologies, objects, and environments. For designers of pervasive
computing, this means that they cannot design palpability into
technologies. But they can design for palpability, to support people in
making computing palpable. Doing so challenges a number of concepts
introduced with the vision for pervasive computing. For example,
'invisibility', 'ambient intelligence', 'autonomy' and
'(de-)composition' - turn out to require respecification with regard to
people's practices of using technologies at work, and in everyday life
and play. Notions like inspection, experimentation, translation,
emergent use, etc. become important.
Participation:
For this workshop we invite 3-5 page position/design example papers that
explore how one might design for ‘palpability’. Our own approach is
informed through ethnographic studies and participatory design and
focuses on the development of architectural support and a vision for
‘palpable’ pervasive computing. Questions contributors might wish to
address include:
* How do people make things 'palpable' for themselves and others? E.g.
fieldstudies of human-computer interaction, but also practices within
the sciences, medicine, the arts or any other relevant area of human
practice. Theoretical or philosophical submissions are also welcome.
* What technical possibilities exist? E.g. reviews and reports of
existing approaches, for example, computational reflection,
accountability, seamful design, design for dependability, palpable computing
* What are the experiences with existing technical approaches?
* How can we understand, and create new resonances, between human and
machine, actual and potential, behaviour?
* Which design methods are best suited to addressing the challenges?
E.g. reports and reflections on methodological innovations, or new
challenges for traditional methods
The aim of this workshop is to bring together experts from different
disciplines and approaches to develop the state-of-the-art in this
emerging field of research and design. We may pursue opportunities to
publish a special issue journal edition. Participation is limited to 30
participants. Position papers will be circulated beforehand. It is
possible to participate without submitting a paper. Please get in touch.
Important Dates:
February 16, 2007: Deadline for Position/Design example Paper (3-5
pages) submissions
March 2, 2007: Notification of accepted Proposals, registration for the
workshop
May 13, 2007: Palpable Computing Workshop and Pervasive 2007 conference
Programme Committee:
Peter Andersen
Monika Büscher, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK
Christian Heath, King’s College, London, UK
Mads Ingstrup, Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Morten Kyng, Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Preben Mogensen, Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Dan Shapiro, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK
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Monika Buscher
Senior Research Fellow
PalCom http://www.ist-palcom.org/
Department of Sociology
Lancaster University
Lancaster
LA1 4YD
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1943 604944
Mobile: +44 (0)7890847166
email: [log in to unmask]
Homepage: http://www.daimi.au.dk/~buscher/mbuscher/mbuscher.htm
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