Hello AoIR! A group of us are co-organizing a pre-conference workshop on rural computing for the 2018 Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) conference happening in the New York City area this November. If any of you are interested in that topic, it'd be a great place to meet other folks. The short call is below and I'm happy to answer any questions. You can check out all the info (including about the conference itself) at www.ruralhci.info. Best, Jean ---- *Call for Participation for CSCW 2018 Workshop, "Rural Computing: Beyond Access and Infrastructure"* Are you interested in computing research in rural areas? Please consider joining us on Sunday, November 4, 2018 for our workshop, “Rural Computing: Beyond Access and Infrastructure” at CSCW 2018 in Jersey City, NJ. There is increasing interest in the fields of computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), social computing, and human computer interaction (HCI) in rural areas. In particular, scholars have begun to investigate how to make these sites more central to computing research and design, and not solely as sites with failing or falling behind infrastructure or low technology adoption rates. In this workshop, we will foreground how the study of rural areas and their relationships to technology draw attention to significant topics in CSCW and HCI, including biases inherent in crowd computing platforms, sustainable practices, design, and aging populations. We invite interested participants to submit a 2-4 page position or research paper that addresses the workshop theme (rolling deadline starting September 5). More information, including a full CFP, is available at: www.ruralhci.info. Please direct any questions to ruralcomputingworkshop@gmail.com. -- Jean Hardy PhD Student | University of Michigan School of Information jkhardy@umich.edu | c. 206.696.0707 | pronouns: he/him/his