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>    1.  Transforming Communities: The 9th International Conference
>       on Communities & Technologies (Doug Schuler)
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> *The 9th International Conference on Communities & Technologies*
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> *Transforming Communities*
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> *3 - 7 June 2019, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria*
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> The biennial Communities and Technologies (C&T) conference is the premier
> international forum for stimulating scholarly debate and disseminating
> research on the complex connections between communities ? in their multiple
> forms ? and information and communication technologies.
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> C&T 2019 welcomes participation from researchers, designers, educators,
> industry, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing
> on the interaction between community and technology, including
> architecture, arts, business, design, economics, education, engineering,
> ergonomics, informatics, information technology, geography, health,
> humanities, law, media and communication studies, and social sciences.
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> *Transforming Communities*Communities are defined in many ways, often in
> relation to ancestry, culture, ethnicity, geography, interests, practices,
> religion, threats, or other categories of social connection. The concept
> represents both inclusion and exclusion along with other paradoxes of human
> relationships. Conservative alliances may use the trope of national or
> local communities to respond to external threats. Progressive groups may
> focus on communities to contain and contrast the alienation of extreme
> individualization. Regardless of catalyst, the ingroup|outgroup narratives
> of any community can hide internal inequalities. In addition, some
> communities find their commonality in a desire to harm others. Communities
> can be damaging.
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> The capacity of the term, its breadth of use, highlights the draw of social
> life: the myriad forms of human solidarity, the capacity to recognize other
> human beings as like us, the possibility for mobilization in defense of or
> to strengthen the communities with which a sense of belonging exists.
> Indeed, vibrant communities are not fixed entities, rather they are
> constantly made and remade everyday through people interacting across
> cultural, economic, environmental, political, and technological dimensions.
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> C&T's 2019 theme, "Transforming Communities", embraces such a dynamic view
> of communities. We recognize how communities are rooted in the construction
> of solidarities and mutual recognition at the same time there is tension
> and desire for change. We welcome scholarly contributions that pay
> particular attention to the roles of technology, and technology design, in
> the making, un-making, and re-making of communities.
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> C&T focuses on the notion of communities as social entities comprised of
> people who share something in common; this common element may be geography,
> needs, goals, interests, practices, organizations, enemies, or other bases
> for social connection. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs),
> and the design of new ICTs, can support community formation and development
> by facilitating communication and coordination among members, as well as
> enable and empower communities to work towards their goals. We must also
> acknowledge that ICTs are used in processes that degrade communities and
> community life; some ICTs could actually be antithetical to healthy
> communities; and some communities actively work towards oppressing others
> through their use of ICTs. For these reasons we encourage critiques of
> existing systems, approaches, communities, policies, and trajectories.
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> Communities may transform through efforts to secure a more equitable
> society, a healthy and diverse environment for future generations. However,
> transformation may lead to other types of outcomes, unforeseen or
> unacknowledged. The theme of transforming communities raises a number of
> questions, issues, possibilities and tensions and we encourage submissions
> to engage with both the intended and unintended effects of Communities &
> Technology.
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> *Important dates*
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>    - February 15, 2019 (23:59 CET) - Papers (full and short) and workshop
>    proposals due
>    - March 1, 2019 (23:59 CET)- Case studies (research track) due
>    - April 12, 2019 (23:59 CET) - Doctoral consortium applications due
>    - April 26, 2019 (23:59 CET) - Case studies (community track) due
>    - June 3-4, 2019 - Workshops in Vienna
>    - June 5-7, 2019 - Conference in Vienna
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> For more information - https://2019.comtech.community/submissions.html
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> Douglas Schuler
> douglas at publicsphereproject.org
> Twitter: @doug_schuler
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