Information Technologies and International Development
Final Call for papers for a special issue on HCI and International Development
UPDATE: Please note that the submission deadline has been extended to
October 28, 2008
Information Technologies and International Development (ITID) is the leading
journal focusing on the intersection of information and communication
technologies (ICT) with international development.
Published by the MIT Press and edited at the University of Southern California
and the Georgia Institute of Technology, ITID is a multidisciplinary, quarterly
open access publication.
The journal is now inviting submissions for a special issue on HCI and
International Development. The new interdisciplinary field of human‐ computer
interaction for development (HCI4D) focuses on applying HCI principles to the
design and development of appropriate technologies for marginalized
communities around the world. HCI4D plays a critical role in ensuring that
technologies are usable, useful, appropriate, and well adapted to the
communities and contexts in which they are intended to be used.
Although there have been many successes, the field remains both
theoretically and methodologically under‐researched. In particular, design
methodologies have often been developed from a perspective that may not
reflect developing‐world contexts. Moreover, a lack of idea‐ sharing between
and across disciplines remains a barrier to the fields further development.
The aim of this special issue is to directly address these significant challenges.
We are soliciting critical and/or empirical investigations of the following themes:
HCI challenges in designing for underserved communities
How design practice can inform development theory and vice versa
Experiences in building the capacity of communities to work with HCI4D
researchers
How sociotechnical issues and context of use inform design
New methodologies in HCI4D
The evaluation of design and/or implementation processes
Lessons learned: HCI4D failures and success stories
This special issue is primarily concerned with HCI issues and programs
targeting underserved populations; the editors seek a diverse pool of
submissions presenting novel research designs that are theoretically or
empirically grounded and methodologically sound. Contributions are especially
welcome from researchers based in developing regions and those involved in
cross‐continental collaborations.
Please visit http://itidjournal.org/index.php/1111/information/authors
for more information about ITID, its author guidelines, and to submit a paper
for this issue.
Guest editors:
Niall Winters, London Knowledge Lab
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Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research India
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I encourage you to consider submitting to this important issue.
--Susan
Susan M. Dray, Ph.D., CHFP
Dray & Associates, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN USA
Phone: +1 612 377 1980
Fax: +1 612 377 0363
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"If the USER can't use it,
it doesn't work!"
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