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How and Why to Start and Run a SIGCHI Local Chapter

Tuomo Kujala

subject

ta113Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONMultimediabusiness.industryField (Bourdieu)local communitiesVisibility (geometry)GlobePublic relationsSpecial Interest Groupcomputer.software_genreLocal communityspecial interest groupsInformationSystems_MODELSANDPRINCIPLESmedicine.anatomical_structurePolitical sciencemedicineInformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUSbusinesscomputer

description

There is a vast and increasing interest towards local HCI communities around the globe and in particular on geographical areas in which HCI has only recently started to gain increasing interest by local industries as well as academic institutions. A SIGCHI Local Chapter is one of the ways a local HCI community can organize and get visibility and support for their activities. However, many active volunteers in this field might not be aware of this possibility. The main goal of the Chapters' SIG in CHI'15 is to inform interested parties of SIGCHI Local Chapters and to find ways in which SIGCHI could better support local HCI communities with their various needs all over the world.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-04-18Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2727686