Some colleagues and I are putting together a workshop for CHI 2026 on ideologies in HCI - with remote participation welcome! Please do submit if you have something. The full Call for Proposals:
Technology continually carries fragments of politics—design choices and values shaping outcomes. This workshop explores how broader ideologies—coherent worldviews underpinning political and technological systems—influence and connect work in HCI. We aim to foster explicit discussion of ideology’s role in shaping research agendas, values, and assumptions through a hands-on half-day workshop.
We invite up to 20 scholars at any career stage to submit a 2–3 page position paper (ACM single-column or DIS2026 pictorial format) engaging with any of the following: how they define or interpret “ideology”; examples of ideology in HCI research or practice; or political/methodological suggestions for making ideology visible. Nonverbal or pictorial contributions are welcome, as submissions will serve as materials for the workshop activities. Papers will be reviewed for relevance, originality, and potential to advance the conversation. Selection will balance diversity in background, seniority, geography, and perspective, if oversubscribed.
Selected contributions will be published on arXiv with author’s consent. One author per submission must attend, either in person at the conference or during the pre-workshop online event. For more details and submission instructions, visit: https://ideologies.digital