2015 workshop on FEMINISM AND FEMINIST APPROACHES IN SOCIAL COMPUTING

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We invite participants interested in feminist perspectives in social
computing and technology to join us for a pre-conference workshop at
CSCW 2015. We will explore literature and empirical studies to build a
set of creative dialogues around the topics of diversity, sexual
orientation, cultural attitudes, sociopolitical affiliations, and other
emergent themes. Conversations will be directed toward the challenges of
using a feminist approach in CSCW scholarship, fueled in particular by
the following generative questions:

* How do the concerns of feminism and queer studies align with the
central concerns of CSCW?
* How can we pragmatically employ feminist reflexivity to understand
current CSCW interests in mobile development, big data, and social
media, or distributed practices?
* How might we better represent our technological innovations and
mediated collaborations through feminist and queer studies approaches?
* What are the gaps that feminist perspectives can fill for CSCW
scholarship?
* How can we employ feminist perspectives to consider the nature of both
work and leisure life?
* How can feminist approaches be used to identify and legitimize
different forms of work central to CSCW concern?


We hope to unpack the unifying threads connecting the many
epistemological approaches across disciplines, field sites, theoretical
contributions, and methodologies that employ the term “feminism” for
studies of technology and collaboration.

Application Procedure
If you are interested in joining us, please submit a position paper
(1000-word limit) that includes:

1. A vignette or anecdote from your work or from existing literature
that illustrates your opinion on the purchase or challenge of a feminist
approach.
2. Three (3) or more relevant references annotated to generate
discussion on feminist approaches in CSCW.
3. Author biography including current research or potential goals of
research.


All proposals must be submitted in English. Papers will be selected via
blind review based both on quality as well as breadth of perspective in
order to ensure a broad conversation on gender. Accepted position papers
will be circulated within the participant group prior to the workshop
and made available post hoc on the workshop website (with permission).

SUBMISSIONS and questions may be emailed to feminis...@cornell.edu

Important Dates
Submissions due: Nov 21 5pm EDT
Acceptances announced: Dec 15, 2014
Workshop date: March 15, 2015

Thank you!
Stephanie B. Steinhardt, Cornell University
Amanda Menking, University of Washington
Ingrid Erickson, Rutgers University
Andrea Marshall, Drexel University
Asta Zelenkauskaite, Drexel University
Jennifer Rode, Drexel University