Dates: 20/21 August 2018
Location: Hasselt/Genk, Belgium
Website: Infrastructuring
Deadline for submission of position statements: 5 May 2018
What does infrastructuring look like? When does it look like that?
The notion of infrastructuring has been taking hold in the Participatory Design (PD) community as a way to address some of the ongoing developments and contemporary challenges relating to the increasingly networked and connected society. Underlying the relational concept of infrastructuring is a political perspective that speaks directly to the soul of PD, because infrastructuring constantly shapes power relations [Star and Bowker 2002, Beck 2002] However, despite the promises of opening up participation to knowledge sharing and production, the dynamics of participatory processes that shape infrastructuring efforts remain underspecified.
As a consequence, the aim of this workshop is to promote a political sensitivity to the study of, engagement with, intervention into and design for infrastructuring processes. In concrete we want to ask: how can we characterize and engage with the politics of participation for infrastructuring processes?
As a starting point to the collective effort we propose to “draw together” (Latour 2008): “What does infrastructuring look like? and even more importantly: “When does it look like that?” (Star & Ruhleder 1996). That means we will be discussing, sketching, drawing, writing, making, building, and glueing (maybe even sewing?) stuff, ideas, and concepts together prior and during the WS
Important dates:
• 5th of May: submission of position statements
• 20th of May: notification of acceptance
• 25th of May: Registration to the Conference starts
Workshops will take place either on the 20th or 21st of August 2018. See the website for more.
Location: Hasselt/Genk, Belgium
Website: Infrastructuring
Deadline for submission of position statements: 5 May 2018
What does infrastructuring look like? When does it look like that?
The notion of infrastructuring has been taking hold in the Participatory Design (PD) community as a way to address some of the ongoing developments and contemporary challenges relating to the increasingly networked and connected society. Underlying the relational concept of infrastructuring is a political perspective that speaks directly to the soul of PD, because infrastructuring constantly shapes power relations [Star and Bowker 2002, Beck 2002] However, despite the promises of opening up participation to knowledge sharing and production, the dynamics of participatory processes that shape infrastructuring efforts remain underspecified.
As a consequence, the aim of this workshop is to promote a political sensitivity to the study of, engagement with, intervention into and design for infrastructuring processes. In concrete we want to ask: how can we characterize and engage with the politics of participation for infrastructuring processes?
As a starting point to the collective effort we propose to “draw together” (Latour 2008): “What does infrastructuring look like? and even more importantly: “When does it look like that?” (Star & Ruhleder 1996). That means we will be discussing, sketching, drawing, writing, making, building, and glueing (maybe even sewing?) stuff, ideas, and concepts together prior and during the WS
Important dates:
• 5th of May: submission of position statements
• 20th of May: notification of acceptance
• 25th of May: Registration to the Conference starts
Workshops will take place either on the 20th or 21st of August 2018. See the website for more.
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