Academic Prototyping as a Method of Knowledge Production: The Case of the Dynamic Table of Contexts

Ruecker, Stan; Adelaar, Nadine; Brown, Susan; Dobson, Teresa; Knechtel, Ruth; Liepert, Susan; MacDonald, Andrew; Peña, Ernesto; Radzikowska, Milena; Roeder, Geoff; Sinclair, Stéfan; Windsor, Jennifer

doi:10.22230/src.2014v5n2a158

Cited by 4 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 5 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…At this point, the IWW system is largely a thought experiment, or perhaps it might better be understood as an experimental prototype of the kind that is useful in thinking through a topic (Ruecker et al, 2014). It might even be considered, in the right context, as a provocation (Botermans, 2011).…”

Section: Conclusion and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Speculative Feminist Approach to Project Management

Radzikowska

Roberts-Smith

Zhou

et al. 2019

Strategic Design Research Journal

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper, we discuss how taking a speculative feminist approach, as proposed by some members of the human-computer interaction (HCI) community, results in a radically different design of software for project management. As we interpret it, speculative feminist design in HCI demonstrates attention to the following six principles: challenging the status quo; designing for an actionable ideal; searching out the invisible; considering the micro, meso, and macro; privileging transparency; and welcoming critique. In the context of project management, our approach to software design has therefore included the following priorities: all stakeholders have goals, but not necessarily shared goals; the line between an internal deliverable and an external project outcome is blurred; impacts can occur immediately or decades later; impact assessment methods need to be explicit in the project planning system. In adopting the terms speculative feminism and critical feminism, we intend that our work be understood as situated within the territory of Critical Theory as applied particularly to the work of the Frankfurt School. We introduce our design, called It's a Wicked World (IWW), as an example, although it is only the current iteration of one part of a larger, ongoing project.

show abstract

Section: Conclusion and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%