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Call for Participation
Papers, Call for Papers/Abstracts (Deadline May 1, 2006)
Workshops, Call for Proposals (Deadline May 15, 2006)
Posters, Call for Posters (Deadline July 15, 2006)
Papers/Abstracts Back to Top
Proposals Submission Deadline May 1, 2006
EPIC2006 seeks original, high-quality contributions in the context of industry that reflect the full breadth and scope of ethnographic praxis, including: conceptual development, research investigations, methodological & theoretical advances, design ideas, development experiences, discussion of what client constituencies do with findings, what constitutes successful results, considerations of representational practices and more. Submissions should report research, reflections and insights that contribute to our understanding of ethnographic praxis and help advance the state of knowledge for the community. We encourage theoretical and methodological perspectives from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.
Transitions is the theme of this year’s conference. Transitions is a broad, but important topic addressing the shifting landscapes of the world at macro and micro levels - global and societal shifts to changes in people’s daily lives. In industry the notion of transitions is important as organizations try to understand the global landscapes in which they play a part, as well as keeping up to date with their constantly changing consumer base. Indeed, is it possible that the popularity of ethnography in the business world is a mark of this transition, a liminal moment, in a rapidly changing world? In keeping with this theme, we invite submissions dealing with any of three categories of transition.
- Cultural Transitions: syncretism, globalization, modernization, organizational transformations, corporate acquisition, any transition of a long time scale that occurs infrequently in a life time.
- Social Transitions: movement through life stages, rites of passage, having children, getting married, starting a job, being laid off, shutting down of a manufacturing facility, reorganization, re-branding, ethnography as corporate research method du jour, that is, transitions that are special but occur regularly throughout the life of a person or a corporation.
- Transitions in Everyday Life: getting out of bed, arriving home, eating dinner, exchanging shift information, that is, routine transitions of the everyday.
Submissions
Submissions should draw upon work from one of these areas to highlight ethnographic praxis in a business context.
Abstracts should be submitted in .doc or .txt or .rtf format. Paper submissions must include:
- Title
- Author(s)’s email address, affiliation and other contact information
- Transition category: Cultural, Social, or Everyday life
- Proposed length of paper, if accepted (5 – 15 pages)
- Requested amount of time for your presentation (7-20 mins)
- 500 word abstract
- Outline of full paper
- References to relevant literature or other types of previous work, if appropriate to your submission.
Contributions submitted should not have been previously published or be under simultaneous review for any other conference, journal, workshop or other publication. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by University of California Press in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA). Authors are required to attend the conference to present their work.
Please send extended abstracts by May 1, 2006 to: submissions@epic2006.com In the email subject please write “ EPIC 2006 Papers.”
The Review Process
Abstract submissions will be put through a double blind review process; reviewers will not know who the authors are. Authors are encouraged to take care throughout the entire document to minimize references that may reveal their identities and their companies or institutions. Relevant references to an author's previous research, the corporate products or services should not be suppressed but instead referenced in a neutral way. Authors, of selected abstracts for the conference, will be expected to submit full papers for publication in the proceedings. Papers of differing length will be accepted into the conference.
The extended abstracts will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- significance to the community;
- implications for practice and theory of ethnography in business contexts;
- addressing the theme of “transitions”;
- advancements of methods, theories, applications and representations;
- originality, insight and creativity of the contribution.
Important dates for accepted abstracts/papers:
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Author(s) will be notified of provisional acceptance of the paper based on the abstract. |
July 21, 2006
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A first draft of the full papers sent to conference committee for complete review. Paper will need to meet publication style guidelines |
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Aug. 11, 2006
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Reviewer's comments will be sent to the author(s) |
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Sept. 8, 2006
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Revised papers addressing the reviewer's comments re-submitted |
Workshops Back to Top
Proposals Submission Deadline May 15, 2006
You are invited to submit workshop proposals for EPIC 2006. Workshops will take place in the afternoon of the first day of EPIC 2006, Monday September 25, 2006.
Workshops are an essential part of EPIC 2006. The 3-hour workshops are intended to provide a forum for exchanging ideas, sharing experiences, fostering conversation and research communities, learning from each other, exploring controversies, envisioning future directions and elaborating new methods and perspectives.
We are flexible as to structure and focus. Workshops can focus on a particular methodology; revolve around existing, revised or novel field and analysis methods; be work sessions over data; or explore a particular theory or theories, or address the relationship between theory and practice. Workshops can be focused on addressing specific issues or specific arenas (e.g. physical and mental healthcare, education, recreation/leisure), specific groups (e.g. teenagers, the elderly, mobile or distributed workers) or specific places and spaces (e.g. home, school, workplace, recreational spaces, transitional spaces like airports and train stations, shopping malls). Workshops can also focus on the logistical, legal, political or ethical issues around field study planning and data gathering, analysis and sharing, or on particular challenges in proposing, establishing, conducting or promoting ethnographic practice within and across settings (e.g., within corporations, across academic departments, between academic and corporate contexts). Whatever the focus for the workshop, we encourage workshop submissions to address its relationship and contribution to the theme of EPIC 2006, “Transitions”, if possible.
Workshop activities can range from open forum discussion, to demonstrations or presentations with discussion, to collaborative activities such as structured brainstorming, illustrative games or role-plays. Whatever the focus or format, organizers will be required to schedule time for conversation, reflection, discussion, and debate. Although we envision most workshop activities to take place in one setting, let us know if your workshop will venture out into the world.
Your workshop proposal should include a summary of 500 words describing the theme(s) of the workshop; a longer description of the workshop structure, activities and goals; the names, contact information and background of the organizer(s); the maximum number of participants you'd like to attend the workshop and anticipated A/V requirements. Please be as specific as possible as it helps us in selection, and in helping you plan the workshop. Please also contact us if you have an idea and would like help outlining your proposal.
Accepted workshops will be publicized via the EPIC 2006 website within a month after organizers are notified. Workshop organizers will also be encouraged to promote EPIC 2006 and their workshops to potential attendees. Abstracts of accepted Workshop proposals will be published in the EPIC 2006 Proceedings.
Please send proposals by May 15, 2006 to: submissions@epic2006.com. In the email subject please write “EPIC 2006 Workshop Proposal”. Additionally, please include the email address of the main contact for the workshop, and any other contact details that will help us get in touch with you.
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Submission Deadline July 15, 2006
The Posters category provides practitioners with an opportunity to present work in a forum that facilitates open discussion and enables direct interaction with conference attendees. In the Posters category, we encourage submissions that are provocative, thought provoking, visually engaging, exploratory work, smaller projects, unusual representations of ethnographic work, and any other research, practices or representations that authors wish to present in an interactive, open forum. A special poster session will occur during the second day, during lunch. The posters, however, will be displayed throughout the conference.
Poster submissions should include an extended abstract of no longer than 1 page, including all figures and references, as well as a single page describing or illustrating the proposed poster. This page should convey to reviewers visual aspects of the poster that may not come across in the abstract, for example including a key graphic to be used in the poster.
Please send poster submissions by July 15, 2006 to:
submissions@epic2006.com In the email “Subject” please write “EPIC 2006 Poster”. Additionally, please include your email address and other contact details.
Notification of acceptance will happen by August 7. If the poster is accepted, a graphic of the posters will be posted on the EPIC2006 website. The poster graphic will need to be submitted by September 8, 2006. The poster abstract will be printed in the conference proceedings.
Important Dates for Posters
Deadline for submission: July 15, 2006
Acceptance Notification: August 7, 2006
Final Version Due: September 8, 2006
General Information
- Keep in mind that a poster is a visual medium. It is best to rely on images and figures to tell your story rather than words alone.
- Most people read from left to right and top to bottom-make sure the sequence of your poster is easy to follow.
- Sans serif fonts such as Arial, Verdana, and Trebuchet are easily readable, as are some serif fonts such as Times. While you are not limited to these fonts, keep legibility in mind.
- A powerful poster emphasizes one key issue. Think about the point you want to communicate. Are you sharing a unique methodology? An unusual topic? Unexpected findings? Find your message and make it clear to your audience.
- While you will have a chance to stand with your poster and talk with other attendees for an hour, it will be on display throughout the conference. Your poster should “speak” for itself to those you do not have a chance to talk to you.
Mechanics
- Posters should be aligned horizontally, 3' x 4' (approximately 91 cm x 121 cm, posters printed on A0 paper will also be allowed).
- Posters will be tacked to a wall during the conference. We recommend that you have your poster printed onto a single 3' x 4' sheet. However, if this is not possible, we can make arrangements for you to mount your components on a single sheet once on site.
- Title should be centered at the top of the poster in 48-60 point font.
- Authors names should be centered below the title in 36-48 point font.
- Text font should be readable from at least a few feet away, no smaller than 18 point, larger is recommended (24 point or more is better).
- The total amount of text on a poster should be no more than the equivalent of 3 double spaced pages in 18-20 point font.
- All illustrations should have explanatory captions.
- Posters should have a 1-2" (2-5 cm) border around the edge (white or decorated).
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