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Call for Papers: Culture, Technology, Communication: Common world, different futures?

Posted January 31, 2016

CaTaC’16: Culture, Technology, Communication: Common world, different futures?

An IFIP supported event (International Federation for Information Processing), Working Group 13.8: Interaction Design and International Development.

Publication: in addition to Open Access Conference Proceedings, selected papers will be considered for a volume in the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology series, published by Springer.

Venue: University of West London

Dates: June 15-17, 2016

Keynote speakers:

Ann Light, Professor of Design and Creative Technology, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex.

Peter-Paul Verbeek, Philosophy Department & DesignLab, Twente University, the Netherlands.

The tenth biennial conference on “Culture, Technology, Communication” – (CaTaC)’16 – is open for papers exploring the intersections between culture, technology, and communication, applying different theoretical and methodological perspectives, genres, and styles, as well as within three themes:

  • At the Intersections of Culture, Technology, and Communication: Is Another Design Possible?
  • Culture, Technology, and Communication in Design for Development
  • Culture, Technology, and Communication in Practice?

Both short (3-5 pages) and long (10-15 pages) original papers are sought for presentation. Panel proposals addressing a specific theme or topic are also encouraged: please include names of committed participants and (provisional) presentation titles.

Please see the conference website <catacconference.org> for further details regarding submissions, deadlines, registration fees, venue and accommodations.

We look forward to welcoming you to London next June!

Conference Co-organizers:

  • Jos? Abdelnour-Nocera, Local host(School of Computing and Technology, University of West London)
  • Charles Ess, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo)
  • Maja van der Velden, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo)

Programme Committee

  • Herbert Hrachovec, (Philosophy Department, University of Vienna)
  • Michele M. Strano, Program Chair (Communication Studies, Bridgewater College)