<Apologies for cross-posting> (Coping with) Messiness in Ethnography – Methods, Ethics and Participation in ethnographic Field Work in the non-Western World Workshop at ECSCW 2020, June 14h, 2020, Siegen, Germany http://messy-ethnography.org/ https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2020/ ------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------- · Submission deadline: April 10th, 2020 · Notification of acceptance: April 24th, 2020 · Camera Ready Papers Deadline: May 22nd, 2020 · Workshop day: June 14th, 2020 ------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------- This one-day workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers as well as practitioners and activists to discuss challenges in conducting ethnographic fieldwork by the book(s) and to start working on guidelines that are more practical and viable to adapt in non-Western contexts. The topics include but are not limited to research and design ethics and genuine participation of ‘users’ as partners in conducting research, designing and implementing interventions (be it social, cultural or technical). This will be used to inform new guidelines and approaches to ethnographic fieldwork that could prove more beneficial in politically charged, infrastructural challenged and underfunded regions. We invite anyone interested in participating to submit a two to four-page position paper. Papers should critically reflect upon the authors’ experiences from the field or research area related to challenges they face when conducting ethnographic field work. Authors’ prior experience does not have to be specifically concerned with these challenges, but the position papers will be expected to demonstrate how their experience is relevant to the workshop’s topic and can be applied within the workshops’ context. Submissions should be sent to sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de<mailto:sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de> in .pdf format. Position papers will be reviewed based on relevance and potential for contribution to the workshop. Details regarding presentations of work will be provided with acceptance notifications. At least one co-author of each accepted paper must register to the ECSCW 2020 conference to attend the workshop. ------------------------------------------------- PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------- · Position paper are up to 4 pages in length using the ECSCW Exploratory paper format · Position papes should be submitted in PDF format (non-anonymized) to sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de<mailto:sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de> · Submission deadline: April 10th, 2020 · Papers will be selected on the basis of their quality, compliance with the workshop themes, and the extent (and diversity) of their backgrounds · The workshop is planned as a full day event into group work sessions · Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper must attend the workshop. · See the main conference site for more information on registration etc. ------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS ------------------------------------------------- Sarah Rüller, University of Siegen Konstantin Aal, University of Siegen Marios Mouratidis, University of Siegen Nina Boulus-Rødje, Roskilde University Dave Randall, University of Siegen Bryan Semaan, Syracuse University Volker Wulf, University of Siegen ------------------------------------------------- CONTACT ------------------------------------------------- Web: http://messy-ethnography.org/ E-Mail: sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de<mailto:sarah.rueller@uni-siegen.de> Sarah Rüller M.Sc. Research Associate and PhD student YALLAH! Project Coordination // www.yallah.exchange<http://www.yallah.exchange> CRC 1187 - Media of Cooperation Digital Publics and Social Transformation in the Maghreb University of Siegen // Information Systems and New Media Kohlbettstraße 15 // 57072 Siegen // Room: US-E 103 Phone: +49 271 740 3474 Mobile: +49 162 354 2046