[Air-L] CfParticipation: Workshop at ECSCW 2024 - Multispecies Urbanism and the Methodological Future of Inclusive Smart City Design

[Aal, Konstantin, Dr.]

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Workshop on Multispecies Urbanism and the Methodological Future of Inclusive Smart City Design
At the 22nd ECSCW 2024, European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
17.06.2024 or 18.06.2024 – 08:30am – 13:00pm (CET)
Rimini, Italy

Website: https://just-city.pubpub.org/

TL;DR
* Half-day workshop in conjunction with ECSCW 2024 in Rimini
* Motivation letters via Google Form
* The deadline for submitting position papers is May 10th, 2024
* At least one of the authors of submissions accepted for the workshop must register for ECSCW 2024

Abstract:
The incorporation of digital infrastructure has become increasingly important in Smart Cities. Inclusive Smart City design requires an intersectional approach that engages human and non-human actors. While in academia inclusive design and socio-technical methods are emerging, Smart City practitioners lack universally accessible collections of methods applicable for diverse target groups. This workshop examines creative, qualitative and participatory methods with practitioners and researchers for inclusive design of Smart Cities that consider the needs and preferences of vulnerable target groups such as older adults, wildlife, and nature. A participatory approach is applied, taking into account the multidisciplinary complex work context of practitioners, e.g., representatives of municipalities. This workshop is the third of a series of workshops against this theme and closes the circle of different relevant stakeholders (researchers, vulnerable target groups, practitioners), resulting into a collection of inclusive, participatory methods which are made accessible to Smart City practitioners in an online toolbox.

Call for Participation:
This half-day workshop will explore creative, qualitative, and participatory methods for the inclusion of vulnerable human and non-human groups (wildlife, nature) in Smart City design.

We seek motivation letters where potential participants share one method each related to the workshop theme. Letters of motivation should be submitted via
Google Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JZCpnV2sqFsmcOxc8WL-qR31by0dd1TlDgfZYFq88PY/viewform?edit_requested=true> by Mai 10th, 2024. At least one author of accepted letters must register for the main workshop (attendance onsite or hybrid) and at least one day of the conference (attendance onsite).

This hands-on hybrid workshop, which is the third in a series of workshops and whose orientation is based on all previous measures, will facilitate the exchange of methods and knowledge, the building of skills in the use of the methods presented, and the collaborative design of an active Caring Community using a user-centered evaluated spectrum of methods for inclusive Smart City design processes that give voice to the most vulnerable groups. With this focus, we lean on CSCW-related studies that design and support collaborative work and coordination on the basis of computer-supported systems.

The workshop-related Miro board will share the essence of the accepted letters and diverse methods to inform all participants before the workshop and give therefore more space for deep dialogue, exploration and adaptation of methods in the workshop.

We invite researchers interested in the theme but also professionally active or experienced with at least one of the vulnerable target groups (human and/or non-human actors) and/or their practitioners. Motivation letters can be uploaded in the Google Form sharing your motivation, professional background, method used and experiences linked to that. For more details and future collaboration see our Caring Community platform<https://just-city.pubpub.org/>.

Organizers:
Tanja Aal (University of Siegen)
Laura Scheepmaker (Saxion University of Applied Sciences)
Alicia Takaoka (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Doug Schuler (The Evergreen State College)
Alan H. Borning (University of Washington)
Claudia Müller (University of Siegen)
Konstantin Aal (University of Siegen)

We are looking forward to your submissions!