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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 19

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Ecological perspectives in HCI: Promise, Problems, and Potential
A CHI 2015 workshop in Seoul, Korea
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Further details at: http://rizzo.media.unisi.it/EPCHI2015

Important Dates:
- Submission by: January 19th, 2015 (extended)
- Notification of Acceptance by: February 13th, 2015
- Workshop: April 19th, 2015

Given the important, and ever increasing, role played by "ecology" and  
related terms in HCI, there is a need for the field to reflect on the  
history and state of the art in employing ecological concepts and  
perspectives, and outline directions for future development. This  
one-day workshop will contribute to addressing this need by providing  
a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss the promise,  
problems, and potential of ecological perspectives in HCI.

The aim of the workshop is to reflect on interpretations and uses of  
ecology and related concepts in HCI research and explore the future of  
ecological perspectives in HCI.  In particular, the participants will  
discuss the potential of ecological perspectives for supporting rich  
and meaningful analysis, as well as innovative design, of interactive  
technologies in real-life contexts.

Some of the issues to be addressed at the workshop include (but are  
not limited to):
      - Different interpretations and uses of "ecology" in HCI.
      - The reasons why ecological perspectives are popular in HCI  
research (e.g., the perceived benefits of adopting an ecological  
perspective).
      - The main difficulties associated with applying the concepts of  
ecology, habitat, etc., in HCI research.
      - Integration of physical and digital objects within a  
particular ecology.
      - The relationship between the structure, functioning, and  
development of an ecology, on the one hand, and user experience, on  
the other.
      - Frameworks, models, and methods for studying ecologies.
      - The implications of the shift of focus of HCI toward ecologies  
for design research and practice (e.g., for the meaning of "design"  
and "designer").
      - Ecological perspectives in HCI research on sustainability.

SUBMISSIONS
We invite the submission of position papers, 2-4 pages in the ACM  
Extended Abstract format (http://chi2015.acm.org/authors/format)  
offering perspectives on one or more of the above topics.

Submissions should be made by email to [log in to unmask] and  
[log in to unmask] by January 19, 2015.

Please indicate which of the position paper authors will attend the  
workshop. Places are limited and we may need to cap the number of  
attendees per accepted paper.

At least one author of each accepted position paper must attend the  
workshop and all workshop participants must register for both the  
workshop and for at least one day of the main conference. For some  
early indication on prices, please refer to last year's workshop &  
conference pricing:
https://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1391976


ORGANIZERS
Eli Blevis, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA, and The Hong Kong  
Polytechnic University
Susanne Bødker, Aarhus University, Denmark
John Flach, Wright State University, USA
Jodi Forlizzi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Heekyoung Jung, University of Cincinnati, USA
Victor Kaptelinin, Umeå University, Sweden, and University of Bergen, Norway
Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine, USA
Antonio Rizzo, University of Siena, Italy

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