Call for participation (Apologies for cross-posts) Reclaiming Repair Maintenance and Mending as Methods for Design Workshop at CHI 2013, Paris, France, April 28, 2013 http://reclaimingrepair.wordpress.com/ Key dates: Submission deadline: January 11, 2013 Acceptance notification: February 8, 2013 Workshop day: Sunday, April 28, 2013 Errors, omissions, and failures underlie almost everything we do. Our cell phones inevitably break, our software becomes outdated, and our appliances degrade. In response, we fix and maintain what we already have; we upgrade our software and replace broken parts, often in creative and imaginative ways. For example, the work of repairing mobile handsets may enable survival, sustenance, and social mobility, and the repair of alarm clocks and desk lamps may spur creative reinvention and reuse. Still, breakage and repair tend to be overlooked as important sources of technology design and innovation. This workshop considers what the field can learn from, and contribute to an engagement with repair practices. Our investigation will advance and inform HCI design methods and approaches to studying, and developing tools to support repair activity. The workshop will also provide a forum for participants and organizers to develop a shared language around issues of breakdown, maintenance, and repair. We thus hope to acquire a deeper understanding of what repair activities make possible — both for sustainable design and creative invention. We request that participants submit a one-page thought piece to reclaimingrepair@gmail.com by January 11, 2013 that describes their work in relation to repair and HCI. This could take the form of an argument, a portfolio, or an analytic intervention. Submissions will be accepted based on originality, quality, and how well they represent disciplinary and geographic range. Authors of accepted submissions will be asked to bring a broken technology to the workshop. Submissions from outside the HCI community will be particularly welcome (e.g., information studies, archaeology, anthropology, history, philosophy, or the arts). For any questions, contact reclaimingrepair@gmail.com We look forward to your contribution! Workshop organizers: Steven J. Jackson, Department of Information Science, Cornell University Garnet Hertz, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine Lara Houston, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, Nimmi Rangaswamy, Microsoft Research India Daniela K. Rosner, Program in Science, Technology & Society, Stanford University -- ~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~- Daniela K. Rosner http://www.danielarosner.com http://dada.cca.edu/~drosner/materials -- ~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~-:~- Daniela K. Rosner http://www.danielarosner.com http://dada.cca.edu/~drosner/materials