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SUMMARY:1st International Conference on Innovation in Rural Regions
DESCRIPTION:Across many parts of the world, rural regions are undergoing pr
 ofound structural transformations; driven by the erosion of industrial econ
 omies, demographic change, infrastructural fragility and ecological crises.
  At the same time, these regions are increasingly targeted by digitalisatio
 n agendas, innovation funding and technological imaginaries. But what does 
 innovation and design mean in these contexts? And what kinds of futures do 
 such interventions make possible?\n\nThis conference examines the diversity
  of social and technical practices in rural regions and how innovations are
  imagined, facilitated, contested and materially shaped. Rather than treati
 ng rural areas as peripheral or deficient spaces, we approach them as compl
 ex socio-technical systems, where global challenges such as aging populatio
 ns, resource depletion and institutional retreat manifest in concentrated a
 nd often under-examined ways. This conference therefore provides a space to
  reframe what counts as innovation in rural regions, and how design science
 , human-computer interaction (HCI), Computer Supported Collaborative Work (
 CSCW), information and communication technology for development (ICTD), sci
 ence and technology studies (STS) and regional research interleave and pote
 ntially can collaborate to analyze and shape these dynamics.
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DTSTART:20260913T060000Z
DTEND:20260915T160000Z
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