Call for Participation

Indigeneity, a central concept of diversity and inclusion, remains underdeveloped in social computing literature. In our interactive workshop, we will explore how we should conceptualize indigeneity in social computing and what that means in terms of research, research participation, and technology design more broadly. Participants will reflect and create a collective vision of how conceptualizing indigeneity can be a critical lens for understanding the power, values, and cultural factors entangled with technology. We invite researchers and practitioners to submit position papers under the following themes:

• Indigeneity in Social Computing: When referring to decolonial and postcolonial computing research, what does the term Indigenous mean?

• Recognition in Sociopolitical Contexts: What are the similarities and differences between the communities studied in those projects and the indigenous people recognized in their respective sociocultural and geopolitical contexts?

• Contributions to Social Computing: What are the implications of conceptualizing indigenousness for critical computing?

Submission Details:

• Submission and notification deadlines:

  • First round of submissions deadline: August 15, 2023

  • Notification of acceptance for the first round of submissions: September 1, 2023

  • Second round of submissions deadline: September 20, 2023

  • Notification of acceptance for the second round of submissions: October 5, 2023

• Word limit: 2000 words (excluding references)

• Template: ACM Master Article Submission Templates, single column https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template (we are flexible about the template)

• Selection criteria: Contribution to the workshop's themes and potential to stimulate discussions.

• Submission: https://forms.gle/uHJHmC1tQNzHN7pA6