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The Futuresonic international conference and the Social Technologies Summit invite proposals for talks, presentations, workshops and session themes. Submissions of innovative formats for social interaction are encouraged.

We are inviting submissions of ethnographic studies that investigate how people notice trouble and develop a sense of the scope for (remedial) action. 'Diagnostic' work plays a crucial role not only in medical consultations, but also in many other professions and situations. It makes people focus on their engagement with material agencies, and the studies presented at this workshop will allow some insight into the practical negotiation of socio-material relations.

Pervasive computing is becoming a reality, but people often find it hard to understand its potential, let alone appropriate it creatively. The word 'palpability' captures an important element of what is necessary to realise the possibilities of pervasive computing,...