Dissemination of “content” has dramatically been challenged by environments such as Facebook, Youtube and Second Life as these introduce notionally open platforms that live off content created by users. Although user generated content has fulfilled the engagement requirement of many social networking environments, a question emerges in relation to the role of creative practice in a context which promotes malleable, transitory and user-led media. In a world of post-personalisation, digital media is faced with issues of locality, context and mobility. Although numerous applications have been built on creating environments within which personal preferences, approaches or visions can be implemented, the question of how design processes and creative practice strategies address these new media is still unanswered.

- How do notions of open form and interactive media relate to user-centred interaction design?
- What does the shift from object to environment imply for contemporary artistic practice?
- How can we develop design strategies for addressing rich media environments which incorporate user-generated, locative and sensor-based content?

The Two-Thousand + NINE Symposium invites researchers from fields as diverse as music, architecture, design, philosophy, dance or technology to address the interface between creative practice and user-led content in new media. The call for paper presentations at the TWO Thousand + NINE Symposium is now open.

All enquiries should be directed to:
Franziska Schroeder: f.schroeder [at] qub.ac.uk