MediaCities
http://mediacities.net
International Conference, Workshops and Exhibition
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
May 3-5, 2013

DEADLINE: December 17, 2012

MediaCities is pleased to announce an open call for workshops organized in conjunction with the conference, to be held in Buffalo, New York from May 3-5, 2013.

We invite workshop proposals that address specific themes around pluralities and globalities, particularly as they appear in some of the topics that have already been identified in the call for papers:

• the contexts of non-Western cities and post-industrial societies (Other Urbans);
  
• protest, public space, and contested shared urban events (Uncommons);
  
• new life in dead and dying urban milieux (Zero Growth Cities);
  
• cross-scale urban landscapes (Media Geographies) and,
  
• trans-national urban cities (Bordervilles).
  

More information on these topics is available here: http://mediacities.net
MediaCities workshops can take either of the following forms:

• Workshops designed to share knowledge in emerging areas amongst a small group of people within an intimate, peer-oriented setting. This may be through presentations, demonstrations, field trips, actions or events or any combination thereof.
  
• Skill-share workshops that provide hands-on experience in an area of general interest to the MediaCities community, including (but not limited to): mobile and locative media, platforms for embedded and distributed sensing, urban data visualization, ambient informatics and responsive systems.

A workshop proposal should contain at least the following information:

• Names, affiliations and bios of main organizers.
  
• Motivation and rationale for the workshop.
  
• For knowledge-share workshops:
  
  • a draft of the Invitation to Participate to be issued.
    
  • expected number and format of presentations, demonstrations, actions or events.
  
  
• For skill-share workshops:
  
  • an outline of the topics to be covered.
    
  • a description of required skill-level of participants.
    
  • a list of required tools and equipment.
  
  
• A list of technical resources and space requirements for the workshop.
  
• The workshop deadlines, both internal and external.
  
• Expected number of participants.
  
• An itemized budget indicating all expenses and income for the workshop.

Email proposals as a single PDF to cfp-workshops [at] mediacities [dot] net with the subject line “PROPOSAL: MediaCities Workshops.” Send questions to chairs [at] mediacities [dot] net.

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