Max Krüger
Max Krüger is a research assistant and PhD candidate focusing on the role of IT in issues of migration and arriving.
In a time of increased (forced) migration, the borders of many countries are not only experienced physically. We are witnessing new ways in which borders are being created, re-created and evolved. In this workshop we are concerned about borders mediated by digital technologies. We aim to bring together researchers and local organisations working with migrants and refugees to investigate the interplay between borders and technology. We aim to explore how borders are defined within the digital age, how they are experienced, and discuss how technology is used to enforce, challenge and overcome borders.
Call for Participation
Within the growing contexts of migration, technology is playing a critical role in enforcing, navigating and challenging geographical borders as well borders formed through technologies themselves. This one-day workshop aims to facilitate discussions on the interplay between borders and technologies as well as discuss how HCI research can further our understanding of this field.
We invite researchers and practitioners interested in participating to submit 2-4 pages long papers (in an appropriate format). Submissions should explore and reflect on a specific case where borders were enforced, challenged or overcome through the use of digital technologies. Cases and stories can be based on personal experiences and/or experiences of witnessing others encounters with borders, participant statements, or even media.
Submissions should be sent to displacedhci@tutanota.com in .pdf format. Position papers will be reviewed based on relevance to the workshop. At least one co-author of each accepted paper should attend the workshop.
Submitting anonymously
If you wish to submit anonymously you can do so via TOR and onionshare. Download the Tor browser. Go to Twitter on the following days and times to check the onionshare link.
Thursday, April 18, 4-6pm CEST,
Friday, April 19 12-2pm CEST
Saturday, April 20, 10am-noon CEST
Open the link with the TOR browser and upload your .txt file
Please only send .txt files. Everything else will not be accepted
Important Dates:
Final Submission Deadline: April 20, 2019
Final Notification: April 25, 2019
Workshop Day: June 3 or 4, 2019
Location:
TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Max Krüger is a research assistant and PhD candidate focusing on the role of IT in issues of migration and arriving.
Franziska Tachtler is a PhD student exploring the role of technologies in promoting resilience in unaccompanied migrant youth.
Ana Bustamante Duarte is an urban researcher investigating participatory approaches for designing mobile geospatial services supporting forced migrants.
Eiad Yafi is an Assistant Professor at Universiti Kuala Lumpur actively involved in ICTD research with focus on investigating role of technologies in Crisis Informatics in Conflict Zones.
Koula Charitonos is a Lecturer at the Open University UK with research interests in learning in low-resource settings.
09:00-09:30 | Welcome |
09:30-10:30 | Presentation of participants |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
11:00-11:30 | Defining Borders |
11:30-12:00 | Exploring how technologies are enforcing borders |
12:00-13:30 | Lunch | 13:30-14:00 | Exploring how technologies are challenging borders |
14:00-15:00 | Exploring how technologies are being used to navigate borders |
15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break |
15:15-16:00 | Groups presenting back |
16:00-16:45 | Exploring the role of HCI research in understanding of the interplay between technologies and borders |
16:45-17:00 | Wrap up & next steps |