<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Call for contributions to (virtual) PDC
workshop: “Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility: The Past,
Present and Future Values of Participatory Design”</b></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Values
play a central role in technology design. But whose values? Where are
they coming from? How exactly do they play out and shape the
socio-technical systems we create? And which values do we want
to prevail? New challenges such as the climate crisis and societal
polarization call for technologists to become part of the public and
political arena. This results in a new sense of responsibility, but the
closing of</span><a href="http://cpsr.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">CPSR</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
the Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility, has left a gap.
Today, across tech workers, academics and computing
professionals, there is a renewed sense of urgency for engaging the
public and politics to change course in how computing is shaping
society.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">At a
time when intersections in automation and AI agendas, social justice and
climate emergency are inspiring researchers of all types and
temperaments to write passionate</span><a href="https://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">appeals for change</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, is it time to revive the activist wing of PD with a new structure for public and political engagement?
This interactive workshop at <a href="http://pdc2020.org/" target="_blank">PDC 2020</a>
(conducted remotely) will re-invigorate the debate around values and
social responsibility across disciplinary boundaries in the Latin
American context to discuss:</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Who has what responsibilities related to values in computing today?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
Where are the boundaries, connections and overlaps in value
responsibilities
across designers, academic researchers, tech workers, community
organizers and other stakeholders? Whose values are marginalized how?
What can we learn from CPSR? </span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">How do we handle values critically in PD research and practice?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
Beyond a call to be sensitive, and methods to support sensitivity,
PD must also face how marginalization, coercion and false consensus
play out on the level of values. How do existing approaches to PD
account for this? Does this present a challenge to PD practice and
research? How can computing professionals and academics
support those affected by computing in emancipating themselves from the
values embedded in computing?</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What should a CPSR for the 21st century look like?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
The CPSR wound down over a decade ago, but today, organizations like it
are more
needed than ever. What could such an organization achieve? What should
it be like? How could it come to be? Many organizations, initiatives,
collectives and individuals already speak to these concerns. How can
they connect and cooperate more effectively?</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We
ask prospective participants to submit a short position paper (500-1000
words) in English, Spanish or Portuguese that outlines</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:12pt;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a concrete case or experience report that speaks to responsibilities and values,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a historical view on CPSR,</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a reflection or critique of current positions or practices, or</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12pt;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a personal interest statement.</span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please submit papers via email to
</span><a href="mailto:pdc2020cpsr@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">pdc2020cpsr@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> by April 7.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are also building a </span>
<a href="https://graphcommons.com/graphs/bb42292b-a855-4841-b65a-c143a0e12c8f" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">collaborative map</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> of relevant organizations and welcome
contributions!</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A note on Covid-19:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> We expect that the workshop will be primarily or exclusively conducted remotely. PDC currently operates on the
assumption that the conference will take place, but that remote participation will be essential and supported. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers:</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-top:12pt;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Christoph Becker, University of Toronto, Canada</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ann Light, University of Sussex, UK</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Victoria Palacin, University of Helsinki and LUT University, Finland</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dawn Walker, University of Toronto, Canada</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Christopher Frauenberger, TU Wien, Austria</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rachel Charlotte Smith, Aarhus University, Denmark</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, University of Toronto, Canada</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="DE-AT">Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar, MIT Media Lab, USA</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12pt;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Nemer, University of Virginia, USA</span></li></ul>
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