(Apologies for cross postings) Call for Papers DESIGNING FOR CIVIL SOCIETY A special issue of Interacting with Computers ================================================================================= BACKGROUND We invite contributions to a special issue of the journal Interacting with Computers examining the challenges of designing systems to support democractic participation in civil society. Democratic participation is not merely an issue of electronic voting, but also of campaigning, organising and participation in policy formation through a wide variety of groups. Such organisations may be formally constituted, e.g. trade-unions, political parties, voluntary groups or campaigning 'non-governmental organisations' (NGOs), or may be informal collections of individuals and organisations conducting conversations and sharing electronic material e.g. email petitions, weblogs and satirical emails such as those circulated opposing the war in Iraq. This special issue of Interacting with Computers will explore how existing knowledge of human computer interaction (HCI) and of the use of information & communication technologies (ICT) can be applied by such groups, and what questions such groups pose for our emerging understanding of HCI and information systems. ========================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES * Full paper submission: 20th Feb 2004 * Response to authors 16th April 2004 * Final revisions due 21st May 2004 * Planned publication: November 2004 ====================================================== FURTHER DETAILS Papers should be submitted by email to the editors (s.walker@lmu.ac.uk / a.m.dearden@shu.ac.uk ) Full details of the call and instructions for authors are available from: http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cms/teaching/amd/CivilSociety <http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cms/teaching/amd/CivilSociety> For more information contact: Andy Dearden (a.m.dearden@shu.ac.uk) or Steve Walker (s.walker@lmu.ac.uk) Andy Dearden School of Computing and Management Sciences Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield S1 1WB UK Tel: +44 (0)114 225 2916 Fax: +44 (0)114 225 3161 Web: http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cms/teaching/amd <http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cms/teaching/amd>