[Ci4cg-announce] Wicked problems in the Age of Tech

[Doug Schuler]

*Wicked problems in the Age of Tech*

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*10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T)*

*Call for Participation*



The 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies
<https://2021.comtech.community/> (C&T 2021
<https://2021.comtech.community/>), to be held at the University of
Washington in Seattle from June 21-25, 2021, cordially invites you to submit
<https://2021.comtech.community/submissions/> research papers, case
studies, workshop proposals, posters, demos, and doctoral research plans
for potential presentation or facilitation at the conference! (We are
optimistically planning for an in-person conference, but if pandemic
conditions persist, alternative plans will be made.)



The biennial International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T)
is the premier international forum for stimulating debate and disseminating
research on the complex connections between communities – in their multiple
forms – and information and communication technologies. C&T is brought to
you by EUSSET, the European Society for Socially Embedded Systems, who also
brings you ECSCW.  We welcome researchers, designers, educators, industry,
practitioners, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives
bearing on the interaction between community and technology.



The theme of C&T 2021 is “Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech
<https://2021.comtech.community/2020/06/13/2021-theme/>.” Papers and
proposals are accepted from a variety of relevant perspectives including
technology, philosophy, social sciences, policy, design, business, art, the
humanities, and so on. Examples of relevant topics include, but are not
limited to, the following:



   - Wicked problem domains such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change,
   racism, misogyny, policy brutality, the opioid crisis, immigration,
   human-trafficking, homelessness, authoritarianism, disinformation, poverty,
   public health, self-governance, and terrorism.
   - Diverse communities and their relationships to technology; urban and
   rural, migrants, refugees, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ, activists and social
   movements, low-income communities, alt-right and hate groups; the
   developing world and non-Western societies; professional communities,
   communities of practice, research communities;
   - Bottom-up movements, grassroots developments, civic activism,
   community engagement, participatory publics, communities and innovation;
   ethics, power and social justice issues;
   - Crowdfunding, collective and civic intelligence, community learning,
   early warning systems, collective awareness, collaborative awareness
   platforms; social cognition; community emotion; happiness; historical
   memory;
   - Community owned and operated technology, peer production and the
   commons, DIY and maker communities (makerspaces, fablabs, crafters);
   community agriculture;
   - Civic problem-solving, communities in relation to urgent and complex
   challenges to the health of the planet and the people that inhabit it;
   collaborative systems; partnering with education; government, civil
   society, and movements;
   - Support of community processes: sensemaking, online deliberation;
   issue, argumentation and discussion mapping; community ideation and idea
   management systems; collective decision-making; group memory; participatory
   sensory networks;
   - The future of communities and technology; simulations, utopian or
   dystopian design; durable relationships and long-range goals; and
   - Development and support of the Communities & Technologies community;
   social and technological critique; effectiveness and other measures.



*Deadlines*

   - Papers (full and short)
      - February 26, 2021 (23:59 PST), paper submissions due
   - Workshops
      - March 12, 2021 (23:59 PST), workshop proposals due
   - Case studies
      - March 12, 2021 (23:59 PST), case studies due
   - Doctoral colloquium
      - April 9, 2021 (23:59 PST), Doctoral Colloquium applications due
   - Posters/demos
      - April 9, 2021 (23:59 PST), posters/demos due
   - EUSSET Grant for student and community organizations to attend C&T 2021
      - May 3, 2021 (23:59 PST), applications due
   - Student Volunteers
      - April 15, 2021, applications due
   - Early-Bird Registration
      - May 7, 2021, early-bird registration ends



For further details, see https://2021.comtech.community/submissions/.

*General Chair*

Shelly D. Farnham, Third Place Technologies



*Program Co-chairs*

Sara Fox, Carnegie Mellon University / Community-Tech Collective

Kentaro Toyama, University of Michigan



*Case Studies Co-Chairs*

Maria Menendez-Blanco, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano



*Workshop Co-Chairs*

Jasmine Jones, Berea College

Anne Weibert, Universitat Siegen



*Posters and Demos Co-Chairs*

Anna De Liddo, The Open University

Yuheng Hu, University of Illinois at Chicago



*Proceedings Chair*

Florian Cech, Vienna University of Technology / Center for Informatics and
Society



*Social Media Chair*

Tanja Ertl



*Student Volunteers Co-Chairs*

Konstantin Aal, University of Siegen



*General Organizing Committee*

Chris Coward, University of Washington / Center for an Informed Public

Adrienne Russell, University of Washington

Douglas Schuler, The Evergreen State College / Public Sphere Project
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