Social stigma and human exceptionalism have contributed to unsustainable menstrual
products and a neglect for the nutrients in menstrual blood that can enrich soil. In a …

This paper traces different conceptions of the body in HCI and identifies a narrative from
user to body, body to bodies, and bodies to more-than-human bodies. Firstly, this paper …

Designing with living organisms can offer new perspectives to design research and
practices in HCI. In this work, we explore first-person perspectives through design research …

Our bodies are home to an unseen ecosystem of microbes that live in symbiosis with us. In
this work, we extend the “human” in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) to include these …

The menopause transition involves bodily-rooted, socially-shaped changes, often in a
context of medicalisation that marginalises people based on their age and gender. With the …

In recent years, there has been a notable proliferation and diversification of works in HCI,
that integrate living microorganisms; an imperative lifeform dominating ecosystems of our …

A growing number of design researchers explore engagement with and through biodata. To
help make sense of this growing space, we synthesize three emergent themes:(1) …

Bodily transformations that attend breastfeeding include entanglements of more-than-human
materials and agencies. These can be seen in exchanges of physical matter, such as …

Existing self-tracking devices have been criticized for perpetuating a dualist, rather than
phenomenological, understanding of the self as a separated mind and body. In this paper …

Ingestible sensors have become smaller and more powerful and allow us to envisage new
human-computer interactions and bodily play experiences inside our bodies. Users can …