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Coping with Messiness in Ethnography: Authority, Bias and Immersion in 
ethnographic Fieldwork in the non-Western World
Workshop at CHI 2021, May 7th-8th, 2021, Online Virtual Conference
http://messy-ethnography.org/
https://chi2021.acm.org/

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IMPORTANT DATES
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  *   Extended submission deadline: February 25, 2021
  *   Notification of acceptance: March 8, 2021
  *   (Early Registration deadline: March 16, 2021)
  *   Camera Ready Papers Deadline: March 30, 2021
  *   Workshop days: May 7 and May 8, 2021

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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This workshop is dedicated to unpacking these messy challenges and complexities 
that arise when carrying out ethnographic fieldwork in non-western settings or 
carrying out fieldwork from a non-western perspective. The two-day workshop 
including a pre-workshop and post-workshop get-together, aims to provide a 
forum for researchers as well as practitioners and activists to discuss and 
reflect challenges in conducting ethnographic fieldwork and applying related 
methodologies. It is appreciated if contributions share first-hand insights, 
reflections and experiences focused on authority, bias and immersion in 
ethnographic fieldwork. Further, contributions with a stronger focus on 
socio-technical interventions and implementations in the non-western world are 
welcome as well.

Ultimately, this dialogue should lead to guidelines and approaches to 
ethnographic fieldwork that could prove more beneficial in politically charged, 
infrastructural challenged and underfunded regions.

We invite anyone interested in participating to submit a two to five-page 
position paper. Accepted participants will be asked to provide a one-page 
summary of the position paper as well as a short bio (250-300 words max.), to 
be shared amongst all other participants. Papers should critically reflect upon 
the authors’ experiences from the field or research area related to challenges 
they face while conducting ethnographic field work, with a focus on the areas 
of authority, bias and immersion. Authors’ prior experience does not have to be 
specifically concerned with these challenges, but the position papers will be 
expected to demonstrate how their experience is relevant to the workshop’s 
topics and can be applied within the workshop’s context.

Submissions should be sent to 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> in .pdf format. 
Position papers will be reviewed based on relevance and potential for 
contribution to the workshop. Details regarding presentations of work will be 
provided with acceptance notifications. At least one co-author of each accepted 
paper must register to the CHI 2021 conference to attend the workshop.

Further information on the registration rates can be found here: 
https://chi2021.acm.org/information/4702.html

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PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION
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  *   Position paper are up to 5 pages in length using the new ACM master 
article template, available in MS 
Word<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submission_template.docx>,
 
LaTeX<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-template/acmart-master.zip>
 or 
Overleaf<https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-template/pnrfvrrdbfwt>
 format.
  *   Position papers should be submitted in PDF format (non-anonymized) to 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>.
  *   Submission deadline: February 11th, 2021
  *   Papers will be selected based on their quality, compliance with the 
workshop themes, and the extent (and diversity) of their backgrounds
  *   The workshop is planned as a two-day event with group work sessions
  *   Pre- and Follow-up activities are planned prior and after the workshop 
each about half a day in length.
  *   Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper must 
attend the workshop and register for the conference.
  *   See the main conference site for more information on registration.
  *   The detailed timeframes for each day might be discussed with all to 
better consider time zones.

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WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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Marios Mouratidis, University of Siegen
Sarah Rüller, University of Siegen
Konstantin Aal, University of Siegen
Nina Boulus-Rødje, Roskilde University
Shaimaa Lazem, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, Egypt
Anicia Peters, University of Namibia
Simon Holdermann, University of Cologne
Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, Newcastle University
Ann Light, University of Sussex
Dave Randall, University of Siegen
Volker Wulf, University of Siegen

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CONTACT
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Web: http://messy-ethnography.org/
E-Mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>


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