Eliciting alternative economic futures with working-class detroiters: Centering afrofuturism in speculative design

TR Dillahunt, AJ Lu, J Velazquez - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Economic crises such as the global recession and financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 and the
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, have elevated new forms of economic …

What makes civic tech initiatives to last over time? Dissecting two global cases

A Hamm, Y Shibuya, S Ullrich… - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Civic tech initiatives dedicated to environmental issues have become a worldwide
phenomenon and made invaluable contributions to data, community building, and publics …

Translation as (Re) mediation: How Ethnic Community-Based Organizations Negotiate Legitimacy

CM Sum, AT Tran, J Lin, R Kuo, CL Bennett… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Ethnic community-based organizations (CBOs) play an essential role in supporting the
wellbeing of immigrants and refugees. CBO workers often act as linguistic and cultural …

Designing digital participatory budgeting platforms: Urban biking activism in Madrid

M Menendez-Blanco, P Bjørn - Computer Supported Cooperative Work …, 2022 - Springer
Civic technologies have the potential to support participation and influence decision-making
in governmental processes. Digital participatory budgeting platforms are examples of civic …

AI beyond deus ex machina–Reimagining intelligence in future cities with urban experts

J Mlynar, F Bahrami, A Ourednik, N Mutzner… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The current mechanisms that drive the development of AI technologies are widely criticized
for being tech-oriented and market-led instead of stemming from societal challenges. In …

Letters from the future: Exploring ethical dilemmas in the design of social agents

M Luria, S Candy - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We present a case-study of using Ethnographic Experiential Futures (EXF) to surface
underlying divergences, tensions and dilemmas implicit in views of the futures of” social …

HCI for climate change: Imagining sustainable futures

E Mencarini, C Bremer, C Leonardi, J Liu… - Extended Abstracts of …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
As the climate crisis is turning into one of the most critical issues of our time, HCI researchers
keep reflecting on the role their work can play in reducing the impact of adverse …

Socio-digital rural resilience: An exploration of information infrastructures within and across rural villages during Covid-19

IG Johnson, V Vlachokyriakos - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Access to the internet and digital technology are reported determinants and enablers of
social capital and community resilience. However, despite rural areas facing ecological …

Walking and Talking: Place-based Data Collection and Mapping for Participatory Design with Communities

S Prost, V Ntouros, G Wood, H Collingham… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
This paper explores the value of a participant-led walking method, during which matters of
place in urban or rural contexts are explored. While walking, a diverse dataset is collected …

Data Probes as Boundary Objects for Technology Policy Design: Demystifying Technology for Policymakers and Aligning Stakeholder Objectives in Rideshare Gig …

A Zhang, R Rana, A Boltz, V Dubal… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Despite the evidence of harm that technology can inflict, commensurate policymaking to
hold tech platforms accountable still lags. This is pertinent to app-based gig workers, where …