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Designing for New Forms of Vulnerability: Exploring transformation and empowerment in times of COVID-19

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Katerina Cerna,

Richard Paluch,

Sven Bittenbinder,

Claudia Müller,

John VinesAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 82, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3441339

Published: 08 May 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Our workshop will concentrate on vulnerability of specific social groups due to various reasons, including COVID-19, and the potential for technology design to result in empowerment. We want to address issues of what new forms of vulnerabilities emerge and how we can design digital environments in a way that acknowledges vulnerability but also has the potential to empower people in ways that are meaningful for them. When planning the workshop, we will also reflect on social situations that can result in vulnerabilities for participants. Therefore, we will ensure that interested participants will experience low barriers to participation include a variety of people with different backgrounds and ensure that interaction happens based on equality principles and in an atmosphere of solidarity. Participants can exchange ideas and thoughts without worrying about being exposed to biased assumptions. The workshop will allow for non-hierarchical and cooperative discussion and collaboration through interactive online exercises, resulting in a collaboratively developed zine. Finally, the social sustainability of the workshop will be ensured through a website, mailing lists, joint publications and continuous contact.

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DOI:10.1145/3411763

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Ma SFerreira MNicolau HPrandi CEsteves ANunes NNisi V(2022)Catering for Students’ Well-being during COVID-19 Social Distancing: a Case Study from a University CampusProceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Information Technology for Social Good10.1145/3524458.3547261(146-153)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3524458.3547261
Popova KGarrett RNúñez-Pacheco CLampinen AHöök K(2022)Vulnerability as an ethical stance in soma design processesProceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3491102.3501994(1-13)Online publication date: 29-Apr-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3491102.3501994
McNutt A(2021)On the Potential of Zines as a Medium for Visualization2021 IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS)10.1109/VIS49827.2021.9623294(176-180)Online publication date: Oct-2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/VIS49827.2021.9623294

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