Over the last years, civic technology projects have emerged around the world to advance open government and community action. Although Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) communities have shown a growing interest in researching issues around civic technologies, yet most research still focuses on projects from the Global North. The goal of this workshop is, therefore, to advance CSCW research by raising awareness for the ongoing challenges and open questions around civic technology by bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners from different regions. The workshop will be organized around three central topics: (1) discuss how the local context and infrastructure affect the design, implementation, adoption, and maintenance of civic technology; (2) identify key elements of the configuration of trust among government, citizenry, and local organizations and how these elements change depending on the sociopolitical context where community engagement takes place; (3) discover what methods and strategies are best suited for conducting research on civic technologies in different contexts. These core topics will be covered across sessions that will initiate in-depth discussions and, thereby, stimulate collaboration between the CSCW research community and practitioners of civic technologies from both Global North and South.
翻译:过去几年来,世界各地都出现了公民技术项目,以推进开放的政府和社区行动,尽管计算机支持的合作工作(CSCW)和人类-计算机互动(HCI)社区对围绕公民技术的研究问题表现出日益浓厚的兴趣,但大多数研究仍然侧重于来自全球北方的项目,因此,这次讲习班的目标是通过弥合不同区域研究人员和从业人员之间的差距,提高对当前挑战和公民技术开放问题的认识,从而推进CSCW的研究。讲习班将围绕三个中心议题组织:(1) 讨论当地环境和基础设施如何影响公民技术的设计、实施、采用和维护;(2) 确定政府、公民和地方组织之间建立信任的关键内容,以及这些要素如何根据社区参与的社会政治背景而变化;(3) 查明哪些方法和战略最适合在不同背景下进行公民技术研究,这些核心议题将在将启动深入讨论的各次会议上讨论,从而促进CSCF研究界与全球南北的公民技术从业人员之间的合作。