<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Wicked problems in the Age of Tech</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">// please share with colleagues </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T)</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call for Participation</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The </span><a href="https://2021.comtech.community/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (</span><a href="https://2021.comtech.community/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">C&T 2021</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">), to be held at the University of Washington in Seattle from June 21-25, 2021, cordially invites you to </span><a href="https://2021.comtech.community/submissions/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">submit</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> 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.)</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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. </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The theme of C&T 2021 is “</span><a href="https://2021.comtech.community/2020/06/13/2021-theme/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.” 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:</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bottom-up movements, grassroots developments, civic activism, community engagement, participatory publics, communities and innovation; ethics, power and social justice issues;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Crowdfunding, collective and civic intelligence, community learning, early warning systems, collective awareness, collaborative awareness platforms; social cognition; community emotion; happiness; historical memory;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Community owned and operated technology, peer production and the commons, DIY and maker communities (makerspaces, fablabs, crafters); community agriculture;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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;<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The future of communities and technology; simulations, utopian or dystopian design; durable relationships and long-range goals; and<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Development and support of the Communities & Technologies community; social and technological critique; effectiveness and other measures.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Deadlines</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Papers (full and short)<u></u><u></u></span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">February 26, 2021 (23:59 PST), paper submissions due<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Workshops<u></u><u></u></span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">March 12, 2021 (23:59 PST), workshop proposals due <u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Case studies<u></u><u></u></span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">March 12, 2021 (23:59 PST), case studies due<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Doctoral colloquium<u></u><u></u></span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">April 9, 2021 (23:59 PST), Doctoral Colloquium applications due<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Posters/demos<u></u><u></u></span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">April 9, 2021 (23:59 PST), posters/demos due<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">EUSSET Grant for student and community organizations to attend C&T 2021<u></u><u></u></span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">May 3, 2021 (23:59 PST), applications due<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Student Volunteers<u></u><u></u></span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">April 15, 2021, applications due<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Early-Bird Registration <u></u><u></u></span><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">May 7, 2021, early-bird registration ends<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For further details, see <a href="https://2021.comtech.community/submissions/" target="_blank">https://2021.comtech.community/submissions/</a>.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">General Chair</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Shelly D. Farnham, Third Place Technologies</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Program Co-chairs</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sara Fox, Carnegie Mellon University / Community-Tech Collective</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kentaro Toyama, University of Michigan </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Case Studies Co-Chairs</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maria Menendez-Blanco, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Workshop Co-Chairs</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Jasmine Jones, Berea College</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Anne Weibert, Universitat Siegen</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Posters and Demos Co-Chairs</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Anna De Liddo, The Open University</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Yuheng Hu, University of Illinois at Chicago</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Proceedings Chair</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Florian Cech, Vienna University of Technology / Center for Informatics and Society</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Social Media Chair</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tanja Ertl</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Student Volunteers Co-Chairs</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Konstantin <span class="gmail-il">Aal</span>, University of Siegen</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">General Organizing Committee</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Chris Coward, University of Washington / Center for an Informed Public</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Adrienne Russell, University of Washington</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Douglas Schuler, The Evergreen State College / Public Sphere Project</span></p></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);border-collapse:separate"><div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>