FYI, Submit to AfriCHI workshops! There is funding available for students to attend the conference in Nairobi in November. This is going to be a historic conference - hope to see some members of the AoIR community there! *www.nannaventer.co.za <http://www.nannaventer.co.za> | www.hackingdesign.org <http://www.anjaresearchblog.wordpress.com>+27 84 929 4647 | @nannaventer* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Melissa Densmore <mdensmore@cs.uct.ac.za> Date: Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:45 AM Subject: [Ict4d] Fwd: AfriCHI Workshop Deadlines approaching! To: ict4d <ict4d@cs.uct.ac.za> Please note also upcoming deadline for Gary Marsden scholarships on August 31st. Having an accepted workshop submission may aid in your application! Melissa ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: AfriCHI Organising Committee <africhi@africhi.net> Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:36 AM Subject: AfriCHI Workshop Deadlines approaching! To: Melissa Densmore <melissa.r.densmore@gmail.com> Submit to AfriCHI Workshops! View this email in your browser <http://us13.campaign-archive2.com/?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=539453b89c&e=4d7ae540b6> Apply to Workshops! *AfriCHI 2016 Workshops are currently open for submission.* While dates for individual workshops are in the process of being finalized, all workshops will be held on 21, 22, and 23 November. *HCI Living Curriculum (Deadline: 15 August)* The results of a study on HCI education in 2014 prompted the proposal to create a living curriculum that responds to the needs of multiple stakeholders. A workshop held during CHI 2014 signaled coalescence in the requirements for the establishment of said curriculum. This workshop seeks to further explore among multiple diverse HCI educators on how to proceed with the establishment of an HCI living curriculum that integrates different cultural contexts and requirements. The envisaged outcome is a plan to proceed with the creation of such a culturally sensible living curriculum/a and its implementation. For more information and CFP visit http://bit.ly/29MTNlW <http://africhi.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=266bad1276&e=4d7ae540b6> *Social Media Usage in Africa and its Ethical Implications (Deadline: 15 August)* African users are continuously signing onto Social Media and it has become a game changer within the communication system. Most importantly the research on Social Media has become a topic of tremendous interest within the Human Computer interaction (HCI) field. Despite the benefits of Social Media, there have been concerns among users, communities, academics, researchers and governments on the ethical implications of Social Media use. We plan to have a workshop on understanding the ethical implications and perspectives of Social Media use from various stakeholders. Researchers in the Social Media space can share their work and methods in order to gain a broader under-standing of Social Media issues arising on the continent and specifically ethical implications. Finally the workshop aims to encourage collaboration and cross-cultural research among researcher in the space. For more information, please see http://bit.ly/socialmediaethicsworkshop_africhi <http://africhi.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=a6fced6817&e=4d7ae540b6> *Designing Mobile Interaction for Low-Literacy (D-MILL) (Deadline: **passed - stay tuned**)* This workshop will provide a forum and an opportunity for researcher, practitioners, and designers to discuss and share ideas on interaction design knowledge for low-literacy. In this one-day workshop, we aim to: (1) explore perspectives of interaction design knowledge for low-literacy and (2) establish a common ground to develop a reusable design advice for low-literacy. Both objectives aim towards creating a community that consists both the HCI4D researcher, practitioners and designers that have shared understanding and leverage the use of interaction design knowledge. For more information about this workshop visit https://africhidmill.wordpress.com <http://africhi.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=f00198bde6&e=4d7ae540b6> *Decolonising Technology Design (Deadline: 10 August)* This one-day workshop considers responses and creates alternatives to practices that produce asymmetries between colonised and colonising peoples and imagines a decolonised technology design. It introduces postcolonial and anti-colonial approaches to the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism, that frame contemporary technology design, with a special emphasis on African theory and practice. Equally, it is a forum for sharing experiences about uneven socio-economic, political or onto-epistemic relations in technology design and actions that respond to, or resist, these. For more information about this workshop visit http://decolonisingtechnology.kagonya.net <http://africhi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=909a07530d&e=4d7ae540b6> *Harnessing the Power of Digital Mobile Maps in Africa (Deadline: 28 July)* Africa has experienced an explosive growth of smartphones– particularly sub-Saharan Africa where growth rates are more than twice the global average. Such mobile devices provide new ways for technologies to help people discover and interact with their physical worlds. In particular, harnessing the power of digital mobile maps in Africa has the opportunity to transform lives by providing greater access to information, goods, and services that exist in people’s physical worlds. Despite this potential, there are a number of challenges and opportunities to doing so that are unique to Africa’s culture, infrastructure, and physical landscape. The goal of this workshop is to engage in creative ideation around this topic in order to create a series of innovative designs and to build out a research agenda that would push forward the design and development of such technologies. Visit the website <http://africhi.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=3f87b9ceba&e=4d7ae540b6> for more information. *Gumzo: new dialogues in HCI (Deadline: 23 July)* Gumzo at AfriCHI’16 is a one-day workshop which aims to advance HCI by engaging design practice and scholarship with diverse voices and local or broader creativity, challenging dominant perspectives and raising critical issues about technology, society and participation in technology production. In Gumzo sessions, HCI practitioners, cholars, ethnographers, designers,storytellers, artists, performers and film-makers (and/or designers or researchers who collaborate with them) present original works, ideas and insights that relate technology and Africa, and reflect on the role of audio-visual media and performance in conveying knowledge about technology and design. We also plan to foreground the difficulties for designers and users who need to deal with the unequal global hierarchies of language and culture which inform the development of technologies. To submit a paper to this workshop, download our CFP here <http://africhi.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=2e417e0c35&e=4d7ae540b6> . *LEDz and Cocktailsz (Deadline: stay tuned!)* This workshop will explore the use of low cost materials to stimulate ideas for introducing technology education in low resource communities in the African Region using HCI methods. We will begin with a tutorial for crafting together paper circuits using LEDs, copper tape, and a coin cell battery. Participants will follow along with the workshop leaders and be encouraged to use what they have learned to design their own custom paper card circuits for children in a local Kenyan hospital. Following the design session, the workshop leaders will open the floor up for discussion on alternative methods for teaching technology education in low resource communities in order to broaden participation and perception of the field. To participate, please register for the workshop when you register for AfriCHI. For questions about workshops, please email the workshop organisers or contact the AfriCHI Workshop Chairs at workshops@africhi.net. Deadlines 23 July Gumzo: new dialogues in HCI <http://africhi.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=1f295a1b0d&e=4d7ae540b6> 15 August Social Media Usage in Africa and its Ethical Implications <http://africhi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=206eaa7746&e=4d7ae540b6> 15 August HCI Living Curriculum Workshop <http://africhi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=73098912bb&e=4d7ae540b6> 28 July Harnessing the Power of Digital Mobile Maps <http://africhi.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=85e40e29eb&e=4d7ae540b6> 10 August Decolonising Technology Design Workshop <http://africhi.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=931258999a&e=4d7ae540b6> *Conference main program submissions deadlines have passed.* News *Partnering with MIT Center for Civic Media* True to the theme of AfriCHI: Kujenga madaraja, kubomoa vizuizi or Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers, AfriCHI’16 is exploring real-time Internet links with institutions throughout Africa to ensure that people who cannot travel to Kenya can listen to talks. The MIT Center for Civic Media is partnering with AfriCHI to provide conference support in the form of media coverage by partnering students of the Center with the AfriCHI team and doing joint activities. The Center is a collaboration of the MIT Media Lab and Comparative Media Studies Writing. AfriCHI’16 welcomes this opportunity to collaborate and looks forward to more such exciting opportunities. For more information please see the press release <http://africhi.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=661d992f33fc276dd7cb159c8&id=df30c65ff6&e=4d7ae540b6> . 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