-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CfP: Special Issue on Distributed Participatory Design Datum: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:01:31 +0200 Von: Dorina Gumm gumm@informatik.uni-hamburg.de Antwort an: Dorina Gumm gumm@informatik.uni-hamburg.de An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

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************************************************************* Distributed PD: Challenges and Opportunities Special Issue for Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems www.distributedpd.com

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Call for Papers

Theme: This Special Issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems invites submissions addressing the challenges and opportunities of conducting Participatory Design (PD) in distributed projects, here referred to as Distributed PD.

Originally, PD was developed with a focus on co-located design activities, where the users and designers meet face-to-face in order to establish some common ground. As such, PD becomes challenging in projects that involve a large number of users and stakeholders, who may be distributed across space, time and organizational structures.

Some research in the field of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) has considered how to support such distributed projects. Although little research in the CSCW community has explicitly focused on PD, the two communities could benefit from each other. For example, researchers in the area of CSCW have studied how to effectively facilitate communication and knowledge sharing. However, the focus here lies on the software for collaborative work rather than supporting participatory design approaches across spatial, temporal and organizational distances. Moreover, PD does not necessarily argue for, or include, computers in order to support group work during design. In addition to this, the area of distributed software development (DSD) provides research on communication and coordination in (globally) distributed software development. Yet, such research lacks consideration of participation between stakeholders. Today, the number of complex web-based information systems is increasing, which brings new challenges. For example, a possible breakdown of division of labor between new types of distributed specialists entering the design process.

PD is undeniably challenged by distributed project settings, although PD has already been applied in distributed projects (cf. presented work at the workshops on DPD at NordiCHI 2006 and at CHI 2008). This Special Issue recognizes and promotes the relevance of PD in distributed project settings. The objective of the Special Issue is to unify the successes and failures of processes, methods and tools used to facilitate PD in distributed settings.

More information and a complete CfP can be found at www.distributedpd.com.

*Recommended topics* for papers to be included in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to: - Tools to enable direct user participation. - Methods and processes to enable direct user participation. - Methods, processes, tools to study distributed PD. - Evaluation of distributed PD processes and methods. - Evaluation of PD approaches for distributed contexts. - Methodological considerations for studying DPD. - Theoretical research on distributed PD. - Principals and issues. - Case studies of distributed PD. - Distributed PD in different application domains.

*Guest Editors:* - Amir Naghsh, Dr., Faculty of Art, Computing, Engineering and Science, Sheffield Hallam University, England. A.Naghsh@shu.ac.uk - Karin Danielsson, PhD-student, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden. kdson@informatik.umu.se - Dorina Gumm, Researcher, effective webwork GmbH / Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany. gumm@effective-webwork.de

*Representative of the editorial board of SJIS:* Prof Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics, matti.rossi@hse.fi

The submissions should follow the guidelines of the general-level SJIS submissions: http://www.e-sjis.org/authors/submission.htm and be should submitted to matti.rossi@hse.fi Address that your submission is targeted to the special issue.

*Important Dates:* - First version of papers submitted: September 8, 2008 - First version reviewed: November 10th 2008 - Second version of paper submitted: January 25th 2009 - Second version reviewed: March 25th 2009 - Final, polished articles submitted: April 30th 2009 - Special Issue published: June 2009

Regards, Amir Naghsh, Karin Danielsson, Dorina Gumm

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