[ecrea] Call for Participation - PDC2018 - Participatory Design Conference

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - PDC2018

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The 16th biennial Participatory Design Conference (PDC)

Hasselt & Genk, Belgium, 20 - 24 August 2018

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"Participatory Design, Democracy and Politics"

The Participatory Design Conference (PDC) is a conference with a long 
history in bringing together scholars who present research on the direct 
involvement of people in design, development, implementation, and 
appropriation activities of information and communication technologies, 
spaces, artefacts, and services. PDC brings together a multidisciplinary 
and international group of researchers and practitioners encompassing a 
wide range of issues that emerge around participatory design, 
encountered and discussed in multiple fields. These include, but are not 
limited to, HCI (Human-Computer Interaction), CSCW (Computer Supported 
Cooperative Work), co-design, design research, CSCL (Computer Supported 
Collaborative Learning), ICT4D (Information and Communication Technology 
for Development), development studies, design anthropology, sociology, 
media studies, architecture and spatial planning, and arts.

In 2018, the Participatory Design Conference will be held in Belgium, in 
a year that is characterised by municipal elections in the region. Not 
only on a local level are things in motion; we are facing several 
challenges on a global level too: growing economic and social 
inequalities, growing migration rates, and a rise of xenophobia, 
right-wing upsurge and securitarian policies. PDC 2018’s theme, 
‘Participatory Design, Politics and Democracy’, questions both the role 
of participatory design practitioners in the PD processes themselves and 
in the changing political landscape.

Please see the full call: www.pdc2018.org <http://www.pdc2018.org> [1]

Join us on Facebook [2], Twitter [3] and Instagram [4]

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DEADLINES

* Full papers: 10 November 2017, 23:59 CET.

* First notification to full papers authors: 12 January 2018, 23:59 CET.

* Full-paper revised submission, Short papers, workshops, tutorials, 
doctoral colloquium and situated actions submission: 9 February 2018, 
23:59 CET.

* Second and final notification of acceptance: 27 March 2018, 23:59 CET.

* Camera ready versions: 18 May 2018, 23:59 CET.

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SUBMISSION CATEGORIES

PDC 2018 invites submissions in the following categories (to be 
published in the ACM International Conference Proceeding Series):

* FULL PAPERS: (maximum 10 pages, excl. references). Full papers should 
report on substantial and original, unpublished research that advances 
Participatory Design (PD). As a single-track conference and the only 
research conference exclusively dedicated to PD, PDC full research 
papers have a broad impact on the development of PD theory, approaches 
and practices. Full papers will be published in the ACM International 
Conference series. Each submitted paper will be double-blind reviewed by 
at least 3 reviewers and may be subject to a “revise and resubmit” 
process if deemed suitable. Where papers rank equally, we will accept 
papers that broadly address the theme of the conference in preference to 
others. Please make sure your submission is correctly anonymised. Each 
paper should be thoroughly proofread, polished and formatted according 
to submission instructions before submission.

* SHORT PAPERS: (maximum 4 pages, excl. references). Short papers should 
present original, unpublished ideas and research that explores or 
advances the field of Participatory Design (PD) or reflect on its 
potential future developments. As these will be presented and discussed 
in thematic sessions run in parallel, short papers can benefit from 
making one, clear contribution. Authors are encouraged to present a 
focused reflection or a meaningful empirical case study. A focused 
reflection will be expected to explore or advance existing 
ideas/concepts or propose new ones at a theoretical level, even coming 
from nearby disciplines to build an interdisciplinary dialogue. A case 
study will be expected to present applications of PD that are 
empirically fascinating even without strong theoretical grounding. Each 
submitted short paper will be double-blind reviewed by at least 3 
reviewers. Short papers will also be published in the ACM International 
Conference series. Please make sure your submission is correctly 
anonymised. Each paper should be thoroughly proofread, polished and 
formatted according to submission instructions before submission.

* INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS: (maximum 3 pages, excl. references). Workshop 
proposals should describe half-day or full-day sessions on topics that 
include reflections, methods, practices, and other areas of interest 
related to Participatory Design (PD). They should support an interactive 
format wherein active participation is possible and clearly goes beyond 
a presentation format. These formats could include problem definition, 
small discussion groups, mapping themes, etc. It should justify the need 
for the workshop and should contain the workshop’s title, its goals, the 
planned format, methods or techniques used to structure the workshop, 
the way participants should contribute to the workshop, its relevance to 
PD, and a draft schedule. This description should also include how the 
workshop topic links to the conference theme and how the organisers have 
the relevant expertise to set up this workshop. The duration of the 
workshop (half day or full day), envisioned participants, minimum and 
maximum number of participants and how they will be recruited should 
also be described. In the recruitment procedure, important dates should 
be clearly communicated to the participants. Finally, the workshop 
proposal should include a clear statement about the expected concrete 
outcomes of the workshop (e.g. journal publication, research proposal, 
exhibition). In the evaluation of the proposals the following will be 
the main evaluation criteria: relevance of topic to conference; 
interactivity of format; potential to draw participants. The workshop 
location holds several workspaces for wood cutting, 3D printing, 
electronic tinkering, laser cutting, etc. If, in your workshop setup, 
you foresee to use any of these facilities, please contact the workshop 
chairs before submitting your proposal.

* TUTORIALS: (maximum 3 pages, excl. references). Half day and full day 
sessions for teaching conceptual frameworks, methods/techniques, and 
novel approaches in Participatory Design (PD). The proposal should 
contain a title, goals, method or technique, its relevance to PD, 
intended participants and a schedule for the tutorial. We are looking 
particularly for tutorials with relevance to the conference theme, and 
the local/societal context of PDC 2018. Please describe in the proposal 
any handouts or materials that you intend to make available to 
participants. In the evaluation of the proposals the following will be 
the main evaluation criteria: relevance of topic to conference; 
knowledge and skills transfer; potential to draw participants.

* DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM: (maximum 4 page proposal, excl. references). The 
doctoral colloquium is a full-day session intended for PhD students 
working within the field of Participatory Design (PD). It will provide 
students with an opportunity to discuss issues of concern to them in 
their studies and receive extensive feedback from the DC co-chairs, 
along with a core group of senior participatory design researchers, and 
other student participants. Enrollment is limited and selection will be 
based on the quality of application submissions, taking into account how 
the research is related to PD. The aim will be to include a range of 
students with different disciplinary emphases, at different stages of 
their research programs, and coming from different cultural backgrounds. 
The proposal should give an overview of the PhD project, including 
research motivations and questions, intended contributions, methods, 
status of current work, major findings and plans for further research. 
Accepted applicants will be asked to do some pre-conference preparation, 
including reading each other’s submissions and articulate common themes, 
among others. More directions will be provided.

* SITUATED ACTIONS: (maximum 2 pages text with 2 pages optional images 
or plans; or 5 minutes audio/video). Extending the conference theme of 
PD and politics, we are retooling the former interactive exhibitions 
format to one that incorporates public space in the city of Hasselt, 
imbricating the conference with the urban community. Situated actions 
may encompass PD-inspired exhibitions, performances, interventions, 
workshops, public debates, or other highly interactive engagements. They 
can be public representations of research, or new participatory 
encounters designed for Hasselt citizens, conference attendees, or a 
mixture of both. Projects will be presented on the first evening of the 
conference in lightning 5 minute introductions to all conference 
attendees, who will later be able to register for two different 
30-minute situated action sessions during the following days of the 
conference. Proposals should include a description (2 pages) of the 
situated action, including any plans or images (2 pages), its relation 
to PD, and specific requirements for realisation of the situated action. 
Alternatively, audio or video files describing the project may be 
submitted. Each submitted project, case, demo, and/or design/art work 
will be peer reviewed for applicability to the PD community, and (once 
accepted) undergo a process of curation into the situated action format. 
Those submissions that address or explore the conference theme will be 
favoured in the selection process. The conference will introduce the 
project leaders of accepted projects to local contacts who can help to 
understand Hasselt’s past, present, and the impending political moment; 
provide suggestions for possible venues; and assist with pre-conference 
logistics. Additionally, a longer-duration exhibition space is available 
for “traces” of the Actions or parallel installations. This exhibition 
space, the Hasselt Beguinage, is the historic site of a 750 year old 
intentional community and will serve as an alternative venue during the 
main conference.

* THE ARTFUL INTEGRATORS’ AWARD: We welcome nominations for the seventh 
Artful Integrators’ Award, to be presented at PDC 2018. The Award is 
intended to recognise outstanding achievement in the area of 
participatory design. Where traditional design awards have gone to 
individual designers and/or singular objects, the Artful Integrator’s 
Award emphasises the importance of collaborative participation in 
design, and a view of good design as the effective alignment of diverse 
collections of people, practices and artefacts.

* PD PRACTITIONERS OUTSIDE ACADEMIA (INDUSTRY TRACK): In this edition of 
PDC we aim to strengthen dialogue and learning around new research, 
methods, and innovative practices of participation by supporting 
practitioners that are active in commercial, government, and 
not-for-profit organisations to submit their work to any of the PDC 
submission categories, instead of to a special track. Practitioners 
interested in this support should send an expression of interest (1 page 
max no later than 1st of september 2017 via email to: 
(industry /at/ pdc2018.org) <mailto:(industry /at/ pdc2018.org)>) so they can receive 
feedback from a team of Industry Chairs that will provide guidance on: 
contribution, right submission category for the potential manuscript and 
possible options for coaching or co-authoring support.

We look forward to you joining us in Genk & Hasselt (Belgium) in 2018!

Liesbeth Huybrechts & Maurizio Teli

PDC 2018 chairs

Links:

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[1] https://pdc2018.org/

[2] https://www.facebook.com/PDC2018

[3] https://twitter.com/PDC2018

[4] https://www.instagram.com/participatorydesignconf2018/

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