The 3rd EmpathiCH Workshop @ CHI 2024 Empathy-Centric Design: Scrutinizing Empathy Beyond the Individual
(Apologies for possible Cross-Posting) This is a call for papers for the EmpathiCH Workshop at CHI 2024 to be held in Hawai’i on the 11th of May 2024. Online version: https://empathich.com/participate/
** OVERVIEW** The EmpathiCH workshop (at CHI 2024) focuses on empathy-centric design research in human-computer interaction and associated fields. In this edition, the workshop welcomes contributions towards the theme of Scrutinizing Empathy Beyond the Individual, i.e. research which examines the nature and implications of empathy being a design principle in interactive systems, interfaces, intelligent agents, etc.
Authors are encouraged to contribute to the workshop by submitting research papers (6-8 pages), short papers (4-5 pages), pictorials, provocations, or system demonstrations.
**TOPICS OF INTEREST** The 3rd EmpathiCH Workshop builds on its predecessors wherein the workshop welcomes original, high-quality academic contributions in: * Hypermedia and interactive software with empathy-centric design * Human-computer, human-robot, and human-agent empathy * Assessment and measurement of empathy and empathetic systems * Empathy abuses, tensions, and misuses * Empathy and interaction dynamics in multi-stakeholder systems * Empathy in sensitive, personal, critical, or medical circumstances
Specifically, the theme this year is Scrutinizing Empathy Beyond the Individual, we also welcome research contributions which examine (or go beyond) the three provocations of our theme: * Empathy in a post-humanist HCI context. * How do externalized representations of users (avatars, profiles, organizations) empathize? * What is the nature of empathy and interaction in the context of abstractions such as a collective ideology or cause? * How do these representations help, harm, impact, eliminate, introduce, highlight, or devalue facets of empathetic interaction? * The role of the researcher in empathy-centric design. * How can CHI research be approached in an empathetic manner? * What role and drawbacks does empathy play in an interactive research environment? * Empathy beyond perspective-taking. * Emotion contagion and resonance in interactive systems * Interpersonal empathy and empathic accuracy for artificial agents
We aim to bring together authors and participants from across HCI, AI, social science, design, psychology, and health from universities, companies, non-profit organizations, and government sectors.
**SUBMISSION GUIDELINES** We welcome the following types of submissions along with a brief description of the submission type. All submissions are to be a maximum of eight (8) pages excluding references. * Research Paper: novel research on Empathy-Centric Design (i.e., empathy in HCI and related fields) * Case study: research based on real-world experiences on Empathy-Centric Design topics * Provocation/Position Paper: inspiring, controversial, provoking thoughts on Empathy-Centric Design * System Demonstration: prototypes and new technology concepts that will be tested during the workshop (including a description of what attendees will experience through the demos) related to Empathy-Centric Design topics * Pictorials: visual components (e.g., diagrams, sketches, illustrations, renderings, photographs, annotated photographs, and collages) accompanying text to convey new ideas and contribute to Empathy-Centric Design
**IMPORTANT DATES** * Paper Submission: February 22, 2024 * Notifications: March 15, 2024 * Camera Ready Submission: TBA
**FURTHER DETAILS** The details of the workshop and all other information are available at https://empathich.com
For any additional questions or clarifications, please contact Alok Debnath (debnatha@tcd.ie) or Allison Lahnala (alahnala@uni-bonn.de)