[Commlist] CFP CHI2021 Workshop: Coping with Messiness in Ethnography: Authority, Bias and Immersion in ethnographic Fieldwork in the non-Western World

*Coping with Messiness in Ethnography: Authority, Bias and Immersion in 
ethnographic Fieldwork in the non-Western World*
Workshop at CHI 2021, May 7th-8th, 2021, Online Virtual Conference
http://messy-ethnography.org/ <http://messy-ethnography.org/>
https://chi2021.acm.org/ <https://chi2021.acm.org/>

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IMPORTANT DATES
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  * Submission deadline: *February 11th, 2021*
  * Notification of acceptance: February 18th, 2021
  * Camera Ready Papers Deadline: March 4th, 2021
  * Workshop days: May 7th and May 8th, 2021


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CALL FOR PAPERS
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This workshop is dedicated to unpacking these messy challenges and 
complexities that arise when carrying out ethnographic fieldwork in 
non-western settings or carrying out fieldwork from a non-western 
perspective. The two-day workshop including a pre-workshop and 
post-workshop get-together, aims to provide a forum for researchers as 
well as practitioners and activists to discuss and reflect challenges in 
conducting ethnographic fieldwork and applying related methodologies. It 
is appreciated if contributions share first-hand insights, reflections 
and experiences focused on authority, bias and immersion in ethnographic 
fieldwork. Further, contributions with a stronger focus on 
socio-technical interventions and implementations in the non-western 
world are welcome as well.

We invite* scholars* and *practitioners* in the fields of *human 
computer interaction, information systems, (critical) media studies, 
STS, cultural anthropology, communication*, etc.

Ultimately, this dialogue should lead to guidelines and approaches to 
ethnographic fieldwork that could prove more beneficial in politically 
charged, infrastructural challenged and underfunded regions.

We invite anyone interested in participating to submit a two to 
five-page position paper. Accepted participants will be asked to provide 
a one-page summary of the position paper as well as a short bio (250-300 
words max.), to be shared amongst all other participants. Papers should 
critically reflect upon the authors’ experiences from the field or 
research area related to challenges they face while conducting 
ethnographic field work, with a focus on the areas of authority, bias 
and immersion. Authors’ prior experience does not have to be 
specifically concerned with these challenges, but the position papers 
will be expected to demonstrate how their experience is relevant to the 
workshop’s topics and can be applied within the workshop’s context.

Submissions should be sent to (info /at/ messy-ethnography.org) 
<mailto:(info /at/ messy-ethnography.org)> in .pdf format. Position papers will 
be reviewed based on relevance and potential for contribution to the 
workshop. Details regarding presentations of work will be provided with 
acceptance notifications. At least one co-author of each accepted paper 
must register to the CHI 2021 conference to attend the workshop.

Further information on the registration rates can be found here: 
https://chi2021.acm.org/information/4702.html 
<https://chi2021.acm.org/information/4702.html>

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PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION
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  * Position paper are up to 5 pages in length using the new ACM master
    article template, available in MS Word

<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submission_template.docx>,
    LaTeX

<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-template/acmart-master.zip> or
    Overleaf

<https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-template/pnrfvrrdbfwt> format.
  * Position papers should be submitted in PDF format (non-anonymized)
    to (info /at/ messy-ethnography.org) <mailto:(info /at/ messy-ethnography.org)>.
  * Submission deadline: *February 11th, 2021*
  * Papers will be selected based on their quality, compliance with the
    workshop themes, and the extent (and diversity) of their backgrounds
  * The workshop is planned as a two-day event with group work sessions
  * Pre- and Follow-up activities are planned prior and after the
    workshop each about half a day in length.
  * Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper
    must attend the workshop and register for the conference.
  * See the main conference site for more information on registration.
  * The detailed timeframes for each day might be discussed with all to
    better consider time zones.


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WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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Marios Mouratidis, University of Siegen
Sarah Rüller, University of Siegen
Konstantin Aal, University of Siegen
Nina Boulus-Rødje, Roskilde University
Shaimaa Lazem, City of Scientific Research and Technological 
Applications, Egypt
Anicia Peters, University of Namibia
Simon Holdermann, University of Cologne
Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, Newcastle University
Ann Light, University of Sussex
Dave Randall, University of Siegen
Volker Wulf, University of Siegen

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CONTACT
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Web: http://messy-ethnography.org/ <http://messy-ethnography.org/>
E-Mail: (info /at/ messy-ethnography.org) <mailto:(info /at/ messy-ethnography.org)>

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