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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION In Terms of Design
The 2nd Workshop of http://mlab.uiah.fi/nordic-interactive/nimres2/
University of Art and Design Background During the last years, research in the area of analysis and design of interactive media and interaction technologies has got a lot of attention in Nordic national research programs, which has led to a proliferation of new research projects and increasing national networking. In 1998, these developments found a Nordic dimension in a series of meetings and discussions between nodes in Malmö, Gothenburg, Aalborg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen and Helsinki; and a Nordic network in interactive multimedia research started to take shape. The Nordic Interactive Multimedia Research School is the central forum of this emerging network. Organized twice a year, the Research school workshop is open for Ph.D. students and others engaged in research coming from a wide spectrum of backgrounds, from computer science to humanities, art and design. The first workshop of the research school (Malmö, November 1998) was jointly organized by Interactive Institute-Malmö, Art and Communication, Malmö University College, and InterMedia-Aalborg, Aalborg University. Titled "The Staging of Time, Space and Interactivity", the successful workshop brought together a broad range of researchers for lively discussions. Helsinki: "In Terms of Design" The second workshop, hosted by the University of Art and Design, will take place in Helsinki in May 28-30, 1999. The theme of the Helsinki workshop, In Terms of Design, manifests the central role of designers in the development of media environments and aims at charting the changing terrain of interactive multimedia research and design. In recent Scandinavian discussions, the need for new perspectives towards interactive media has been evident in proposing new agendas and names - such as new informatics, humanist informatics, and digital cultural studies - for existing disciplines. Common nominators to these new disciplines seem to include an emphasis on social and aesthetic aspects of media technology, as well as a culture and design oriented understanding of the 'user'. From the technological point of view, new areas and paradigms of computing - affective computing, neural and evolutionary learning systems, wireless communications, virtual reality and wearable computers - extend and challenge the traditional notions of human computer interaction and present complex questions for designers.
In the context of these developments, the Helsinki workshop welcomes
participants who share an interest in interactive multimedia research and
the reflective and critical practice of design. Of particular interest are
issues dealing with: The Helsinki workshop will be hosted by the Media Lab at the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH. The Media Lab runs a MA programme in New Media, doctoral studies as well as research and development projects in the evolving digital environments, including interactive television, game design, and digital museum design. The Media Lab fosters a broad interest in digital culture, technology and design exemplified by the multidisciplinary backgrounds of its students and researchers and by an ongoing dialogue between various approaches to interactive media design. For an overview of research interests in UIAH, see the university's electronic magazine art2, special issue on Design Research: Consuming/Media. Programme outline The research school programme includes plenary sessions with keynote presentations by invited speakers, focusing on both theoretical and practical issues, and parallel working group sessions, where the submitted papers and projects will be presented and discussed. The invited speakers include: Espen Aarseth, professor, University of Bergen, Norway; Luc Courchesne, media artist, Montreal, Canada; Timo Honkela, professor, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland; Mika Pantzar; researcher, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration; Merja Puustinen and Andy Best, media artists, Finland; Juhani Salovaara, professor, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland; Terry Winograd, professor, Stanford University, USA.
Friday, May 28
Saturday, May 29
Sunday, May 30 Note! The programme is still subject to changes. The Final programme will be announced on May 3rd with the full list of participants. Submissions The Helsinki workshop welcomes participants - doctoral students, researchers and practitioners - from the fields of art, design, science and technology to submit papers and project presentations that relate to the workshop themes. All participants are expected to submit a position statement (1-3 pages) describing their project or research interest. Participants will be divided into working groups based on these submissions, and will get reviews and comments from other participants and faculty members. If you want to participate in the workshop, please send your position statement by April 1, via e-mail to: Nimres2@mlab.uiah.fi in plain (ascii) form. You may, however, include web addresses that give relevant background information or demonstrate your work. The abstracts are intended to be available in the web for the participants only, and their status is thus clearly that of a working paper. In addition, we ask you to include 3-5 keywords or phrases that best summarize your main areas of interest. Please be rather specific.
In summary, the position statement e-mail should include: Schedule
* Position statements due: April 1 Registration There is a maximum limit of 40 doctoral student / artist-participants. Further we invite faculty related to the Nordic universities to participate. There will be room for up to 30 faculty participants. Participants are registered in the order in which we receive their registration forms. The registration fee, 500 FIM, covers participation in the workshop, lunches (Fri-Sun) and opening reception. Participants will receive an invoice, which has to be paid not later than May 10th. If payment is not received by this date, the registration is cancelled. Registration cannot be cancelled after the fee has been paid. Hotel information We have provisionally reserved rooms at two hotels in the Helsinki city centre, both with convenient transportation (tram, bus) to the main workshop venue, the University of Art and Design, in the Arabia district. If you require a hotel room please check the following chart to see prices covering three and four nights in either Hotel Martta or Sokos Hotel Helsinki. Please contact the hotels directly and use the Nimres reservation code "Nordic/UIAH" when making the reservation. The bookings should be made by April 25, 1999.
4 nights (Thu-Sun)
3 nights (Thu-Sat)
3 nights (Fri-Sun)
Hotel Martta, tel +358-9-6187400, fax +358-9- 6187401
Sokos Hotel Helsinki, tel +358-9- 131001, fax +358-9-13100222
******************* Return to Anna Arsniva not later than April 25. 1999. Name: Institution: Address: Country: Telephone: Email: URL: Ph.D. student: Yes No Artist doing explorative works in art and design: Faculty (position): ******************* Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH Programme committee
Minna Tarkka (Chair) tarkka@mlab.uiah.fi More information
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