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ABSTRACT THE LENGTH OF THE PAPER
In this publication template, the formatting There are two submission categories:
Full paper submissions 8 pages or less.
requirements for submitting your paper to
Short paper submissions 4 pages or less.
Participatory Innovation Conference 2012 are
THE STRUCTURE OF THE PAPER
described. This template is kindly on loan from
A paper typically consists of 5 or more main sections,
Nordic Design Research. All submissions to the though usually no more than eight. Usually these
sections have some subsections. When formatting your
conference must use this format. The easiest way paper, you can use the following structure.
to prepare your paper is simply to use this INTRODUCTION
document, replacing the content with your own. Explain first the topic of your paper and why it is
interesting.
Every submission should begin with an abstract
LITERATURE AND THEORY
that fits the first column on the first page, like here. Then explain your literature and theory, and why you
think it is useful.
The abstract should be a concise statement of the
problem, why it is a problem, your approach or DATA AND METHODS
Typically this section tells how you gathered, saved and
idea, conclusions and contributions of the work to analyzed your data.
the field of design research. EVALUATION OF DATA
This section assesses the quality of your data. The point
INTRODUCTION of this section is that when outsiders know what you
When creating your submission, you can use a standard have been doing, they can decide whether they trust
word processing application and simply replace the your claims or not. Without a methods section, this is
content here with your own. This template contains not possible.
special typeface styles (e.g. ‘PINC Title’, ‘Contact
RESULTS
info’, ‘Heading 1’, ‘Heading 2’, ‘Normal’, etc.), which
you can use in order to format your own text properly This section is usually divided into two or three
and easily. sections. Here you ought to discuss what you learned in
your study compare this learning to your theory: was it
The paper title, author's names, affiliations, and email right or wrong, and on what grounds tell about anything
addresses run across the full width at the top of the first else you find interesting.
page, an example of a paper with two authors is given
here. If affiliation or emails do not fit on one line, they DISCUSSION
can occupy multiple lines, as shown above, where a Here you first tell in nutshell what you have found and
carriage return instead of a comma separates the which aspects of your theory proved to be right. Then
institutional affiliation from the email. you can proceed to wider discussion, in which you
Do not include page numbers, headers or footers in your typically reflect what was the point of the whole paper.
paper submission. What kinds of implications it has, etc.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS transcript contains a language other than English, please
Here you can mention the names of people who have also include an English translation.
been helping you, colleagues who have been important (3) TH/F4/HH/1-2/Ryebread
for your work and institutions that have been helping 01 CR: Der ska’ ikke t{o stykker rubber.=
you. Mention also who funds your research, if there has
There shouldn’t be t{wo pieces of rye
been funding. However, start with people, not
bread.=
institutions.
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COLOR, FIGURES, AND VIDEO 02 CG: =.tsk. Undskyld.
=.tsk. Excuse me.
Color figures such as diagrams and images are
03 CR: {Hvorfor skal jeg plu’sli’ ha’ deth.
encouraged – this is a participatory innovation
conference. When using color in diagrams, please {Why am I all of sudden having that.
remember that many people print papers in grayscale: {CG picks up a piece of rye bread and
do a test print. moves towards the kitchen
Example 1: Text describing the example.
Place transcripts as appropriate in relation to the
sections of the paper that refer to them. Add a label for
the transcript beneath, using the ‘Caption’ style with the
label ‘Example’ so the transcript can be referred to in
the text. They may be referenced in the following way
from the text (see Example 1).
INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS
This template was adapted from the Nordic Design
Research Conference format. If you have any questions
concerning formatting or submissions, send your
enquiry to your track chairs.
FORMATTING GUIDELINES
Figure 1: Text describing the sample image The paper should be formatted for A4 page size
(21x29.7cm) with margins of 2cm on all sides. Columns
Place figures as appropriate in relation to sections of the should be of the same width, with a space between them
paper that refer to them, and they may be referenced in measuring 0.8cm.
such text (see sample Figures 1 and 2). Figures may
extend across one or both columns and may be labeled Spelling and punctuation may follow any consistent
with captions underneath. dialect of English (e.g., British, Canadian or American).
Hyphenation is at your own discretion, but we suggest
that only native English speakers with a Masters degree
or more in English hyphenate – for the rest of us,
hyphenating that language is time-consuming and prone
to errors.
We recommend writing in a straightforward style
avoiding complex, colloquial, and gendered language,
as well as explaining acronymns used and technical
terms the first time they are used in the paper.
Figure 2: Example of a graph Please, use the full (extended) alphabetic character sets
(for example, the letters ø, é, å, ç, â, ö, etc. in names of
Embedding short video clips into papers is possible, but people, institutions and places as appropriate to the
as they do not print, they are not encouraged. Should origin of the word). These characters are already
you want to provide video with your paper, contact the included in the font used in this template and in most
chair of your track for instructions. common typefaces.
TRANSCRIPTS SUBSECTIONS
Transcripts of data should be used where appropriate. Paragraph and line spacing are applied automatically if
We do not require a particular form of transcription, but you use the Microsoft Word styles to format your text.
ask that you format them with the ‘Transcript’ style,
which will place a border around the transcript. If your
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FONT INSTRUCTIONS Upper-case.
The font used throughout the paper is Times New
Roman Normal mixed case, unless specified otherwise. PINC Abstract Text
Normal To be used for the text of the abstract.
Size 11pt / Line spacing 1.5 lines / 6pt after
To be used for the main text throughout the paper.
Size 10pt / Line spacing 12pt / 6pt after. PINC References
Caption To be used for references.
Size 10pt / Line spacing 12pt / 6pt after
To be used for captions beneath figures and
transcripts. Transcript
Size 8pt / Line spacing 9.6pt / 10pt after.
To be used for transcript examples.
PINC Title Size 9pt / 2pt after / black border / 0.5cm tabs.
To be used for main title of the paper. REFERENCING
Size 27pt / Line spacing 31pt. References in text are done with author and year in
Upper-case. brackets. Example:
Contact info ...Rizzo claims that co-design is the future of business
(Rizzo 2009). In broad terms, this may be true, but...
To be used for author names, affiliations and email
addresses. At the end of the document is a list of references in
Size 10pt / line spacing 12pt. alphabetical order. References are written in the
Upper-case. Harvard style. Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harvard_referen
Heading 1 cing
To be used for level 1 headings in the paper. http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/harvard.pdf
Size 11pt / Line spacing 13.2pt / 11pt before / 2pt
after. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~expos/sources/writing_wit
Upper-case. h_sources.zip
References section is at the end of the paper:
Heading 2
Rizzo, F. 2009. Strategie di co-design. Teorie, metodi e
To be used for level 2 headings in the paper. strumenti per progettare con gli utenti. Milano:
Size 9pt/ Line spacing 12pt / 9pt before. FrancoAngeli.
Upper-case.
Bohrer, S., Zielke, T. and Freiburg, V. 1995, ‘Integrated
PINC Abstract Header obstacle detection framework for intelligent cruise
control on motorways’, IEEE Intelligent Vehicles
To be used for the heading of the abstract.
Symposium, Detroit, MI Piscataway, pp.276-281
Size 11pt / Line spacing 12pt / 11pt before / 8pt
after.
COLUMNS ON THE FINAL PAGE SHOULD BE OF EQUAL LENGTH
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