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On Jan 3, 2024, at 6:04 PM, Morgan G. Ames via Members
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<excerpt><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>Dear SIGCIS Community,


The SIGCIS Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the
CFP for our 2024 SIGCIS Conference, <bold>SYSTEM UPDATE</bold>. Our
keynote for the event is
</color><bold><underline><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param>Anita Say
Chan</color></underline></bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>,
Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.


The SIGCIS Conference will take place <bold>July 14th, 2024</bold> in
Viña del Mar, Chile, on the Sunday of the SHOT conference. Abstracts
are due <bold>January 28, 2024</bold>.


Below you can find the full CFP for this year's conference. The CFP
can also be viewed as a
</color><underline><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param>Google doc
here</color></underline><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>, or at
our conference website:
</color><underline><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param>https://meetings.sigcis.org</color></underline><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>.


Please circulate widely, and we hope to see you at SIGCIS! 


-Morgan G. Ames, Xiaochang Li, Gili Vidan, Katya Babintseva, and
Colette Perold



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</color></excerpt><center><excerpt><bold><fixed><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>System
Update:

Patches, Tactics,
Responses</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></color></fixed><fontfamily><param>Calibri</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily></bold></excerpt></center><center><excerpt><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>Universidad
Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar, Chile | July 14, 2024</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>The
Special Interest Group in Computing, Information, and Society [SIGCIS]
welcomes submissions to their 15th Annual Conference

</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></fontfamily></color><underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>meetings.sigcis.org</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily></underline><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

</color><underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>Proposal
Due Date: January 28, 2024</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily></underline><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

<bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>KEYNOTE
SPEAKER

</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold></color><bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>Anita
Say Chan</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>

Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences

Director, Community Data Clinic

Provost Fellow, International Relations & Global Strategies

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

</color></excerpt></center><flushboth><excerpt><bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>THEME</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily></bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

</color></excerpt></flushboth><excerpt><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>Patches,
central to functioning computer systems, may improve performance, mend
security flaws, or debug code. Like a patch on torn clothing, these
updates are by design tactical and temporary, a response to immediate
vulnerabilities. Patchwork can be an important tool for resilience and
repair when a system overhaul would be protracted and disruptive.
Still, patchwork also presumes that problems are ‘bugs’ or ‘glitches,’
isolated issues that could and would be fixed on the go (Benjamin
2019, Kidwell 1998). As patches accumulate, their stitches and seams
can themselves be a vulnerability, and their presence may distract
from more transformative change.</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>The history
of computing is permeated with patchwork. While many have critiqued an
overreliance on quick technical fixes, patchwork can also be
understood as a targeted resistance, a vital stopgap that directly
addresses local failures and externalities within political, social,
and economic systems when systemic forms of recourse are limited or
unresponsive to the specific needs of local communities. As we gather
for our first SIGCIS meeting in Latin America, Chile provides
important historical lessons for how to think about architectures for
technology and power, ones that move beyond surface-level responses to
deeply revolutionary visions (Medina 2011). This history also reminds
us of the constraints faced by historical actors who must work within
a system even when seeking to update it.</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>“System
Update: Patches, Tactics, Responses” invites scholars, museum and
archive professionals, journalists, IT practitioners, artists, and
independent researchers across the disciplinary spectrum to consider
how the history of computing and information technology is entangled
with political and economic histories in a variety of contexts, and
especially to consider patchwork. In spaces of uneven infrastructural
investment, environmental restoration, or resistance and reparations,
what are the uses and limitations of quick fixes? How have patches
been used as tactical responses to large-scale, deeply historical
injustices? Who carries the burden of patchwork and who is left out of
the update? How can historical analyses help us respond to colonial
and environmentally-fraught computing practices in and beyond the
Global South? What strategies might allow for system rebuilding rather
than mere patching?</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>The annual
SIGCIS Conference begins immediately after the regular annual meeting
of our parent organization, the Society for the History of Technology
(SHOT). Information about the annual SHOT conference can be found at:
</bigger></bigger></fontfamily></color><underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger>https://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting/2024-joint-icohtec-shot-annual-meeting/</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily></underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>


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<bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>SUBMISSION
FORMAT AND PROCEDURES </bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>SIGCIS
welcomes proposals for individual 15-minute papers, 3-4 paper panel
proposals, and non-traditional proposals such as roundtables, software
demonstrations, art and music performances, hands-on workshops, etc.</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>Submissions
are due<bold> January 28, 2024 </bold>via Google Form
</bigger></bigger></fontfamily></color><underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger>https://forms.gle/87jx9wSrpUs8i4ZM7</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily></underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>.</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>Submissions
require:</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>	•	300-350
word abstract, summary, or prospectus (as appropriate for the
submission type). Full panel proposals should additionally include
200-250 word abstracts for each paper that will be part of the panel. 


	•	100-150 word bios for each participant


If you are submitting a co-presented paper, pre-constituted panel, or
other submission involving multiple participants, please only have one
person submit for the group; contact and professional information for
other participants can be included in the Bio submission section. </bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>SIGCIS is
especially welcoming of new directions in scholarship. We maintain an
inclusive atmosphere for scholarly inquiry, supporting disciplinary
interventions from beyond the traditional history of technology and
promoting diversity in STEM. We welcome submissions from: the
histories of technology, computing, information, and science; science
and technology studies; oral history and archival studies; critical
studies of big data and machine learning; studies of women, gender,
and sexuality; studies of race, ethnicity, and postcoloniality; film,
media, and game studies; software and code studies; network and
internet histories; music, sound studies, and art history; and all
other applicable domains.</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>Questions
about the submission process should be sent to:
</bigger></bigger></fontfamily></color><underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>08B1,4F88,D1D2</param><bigger><bigger>sigcis.conference@gmail.com</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily></underline><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>.</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

<bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>REGISTRATION
COSTS</bigger></bigger></fontfamily><bigger><bigger><bigger>

</bigger></bigger></bigger></bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>Hosting
an in-person event incurs costs related to room and A/V rental,
catering, etc. These costs are subsidized in part by our parent
organization, SHOT, but participants should expect registration fees
in the range of $45-50 for SHOT attendees and $90-120 for those only
attending the Sunday SIGCIS Conference (we list these rates in good
faith, but they are subject to change). Attending SHOT has its own
registration costs.


</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>TRAVEL
AND CARE GRANTS</bigger></bigger></fontfamily><bigger><bigger><bigger>

</bigger></bigger></bigger></bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>Continuing
our 2022 initiative, SIGCIS will be offering grants to support travel
expenses and/or expenses related to child, elder, and other forms of
care for presenters whose responsibilities at home may present a
barrier to in-person participation. The top financial priority of
SIGCIS is support for graduate students, visiting faculty without
institutional travel support, and others who would be unable to attend
the meeting without travel assistance. We will reach out to presenters
after acceptances have been sent out with further information and
instructions for applying.</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>Any award
offered is contingent on registering for and attending the SIGCIS
Conference. Please note that SHOT does not classify the SIGCIS
Conference as participation in the SHOT Annual Meeting, so acceptance
by SIGCIS does not imply eligibility for the SHOT travel grant program.


</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>ACCESSIBILITY
ACCOMMODATIONS REQUESTS</bigger></bigger></fontfamily><bigger><bigger><bigger>

</bigger></bigger></bigger></bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>The
submission Google form will include a field where individuals may make
requests for accessibility accommodations. Since our event is
coordinated by our parent organization, SHOT, we cannot guarantee our
ability to meet all accommodation requests. However, our intent will
always be to advocate strongly to meet the accessibility needs of our
participants.


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<bold><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger><bigger>SIGCIS
MEETINGS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</bigger></bigger></fontfamily><bigger><bigger><bigger>

</bigger></bigger></bigger></bold></color><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>1D65,53A4,7A98</param><bigger><bigger>Morgan
G.
Ames</bigger></bigger></color><color><param>1F99,1F99,1F99</param><bigger><bigger>,
University of California, Berkeley
</bigger></bigger></color><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>(SIGCIS
Vice-Chair of Meetings)</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

</color><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>1D65,53A4,7A98</param><bigger><bigger>Xiaochang
Li</bigger></bigger></color><color><param>1F99,1F99,1F99</param><bigger><bigger>,
Stanford University</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

</color><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>1D65,53A4,7A98</param><bigger><bigger>Katya
Babintseva</bigger></bigger></color><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>,
Purdue University</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

</color><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>1D65,53A4,7A98</param><bigger><bigger>Gili
Vidan</bigger></bigger></color><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>,
Cornell University</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>

</color><fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><color><param>1D65,53A4,7A98</param><bigger><bigger>Colette
Perold</bigger></bigger></color><color><param>536A,536A,536A</param><bigger><bigger>,
</bigger></bigger></color><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param><bigger><bigger>University
of Colorado</bigger></bigger></color></fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>


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