[Commlist] ACM CHI'21 Workshop, 2nd CfP: Developing participatory digital citizenship to address the crisis of democracy (online)

Call for Papers:

In search of the alternative future:

Developing participatory digital citizenship to address the crisis of 
democracy


The workshop is based on the notion that democratic digital societies 
require a new form of citizenship, namely digital citizenship. 
Considering our contemporary, highly digitalized lives, we argue that 
digital citizenship should be understood in the broadest possible sense; 
for example, entailing aspects such as enhancing everybody’s capability 
to understand the profound consequences of digitalization of societies.


Thus, in this workshop, we strive to formulate a working definition of 
participatory digital citizenship, and to share issues, challenges, 
opportunities, methods and empirical examples pertaining to this as a 
goal. This is necessary to address the current crisis of democracy 
fueled by social media, big data and AI in the service of surveillance 
capitalism. Moving towards truly participatory digital citizenship will 
require, among other things, more transparent and understandable 
technological systems. Furthermore, it will require the development and 
implementation of democratic and participatory methods to co-create 
better applications, policies and regulation, to improve digital 
literacy in practice, and to empower citizens.


DATE AND TIME


The workshop is held online on Friday May 7, EST 09:00-13:00 / CET 
15:00-19:00

(the time slot may change slightly due to the conference organization: 
the correct time will updated at the workshop website).


PARTICIPATION


We invite those interested to submit a position paper (3–4 pages) in the 
SIGCHI Full paper 
format:https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submission_template.docx


These contributions may address, for example:

 Theoretical considerations; e.g., utilising key theoretical concepts 
from various fields
Case studies; empirical works that explore different aspects of digital 
citizenship in datafied environment or that can contribute to our 
understanding of the concept
Design-based explorations in real-world settings, e.g. implementation of 
participatory approaches into the design of societally relevant 
technology systems, or FabLab or DIY based projects among different 
populations
Methods: Methodologies that can contribute towards understanding and 
developing participatory digital citizenship, such as participatory 
design, speculative design, citizen science, ethnography, research 
through design, etc.
Thematic issues; e.g. ethical dilemmas; data privacy and surveillance; 
emerging geographies of digital inequalities; design thinking; 
wellbeing; sustainability; global perspectives, etc.

Please note that at least one author of each accepted position paper 
must attend the workshop and all participants must register for both the 
workshop ($30) and for at least one day of the CHI 2021 conference. 
Registration rates for CHI can be found here: 
https://chi2021.acm.org/information/4702.html


Deadline of the position papers: February 21, 2021

Papers should be sent to: (Johanna.ylipulli /at/ aalto.fi) and (aale.luusua /at/ oulu.fi)

Workshop website: https://tinyurl.com/yay7zon5

Conference website: https://chi2021.acm.org/



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