Empowerment in HCI - A Survey and Framework

Worker Empowerment in the Era of Sharing Economy Platforms in Global South

“…From Schneider et al 's axis, only one, namely the "concept of power" discusses the very nature of empowerment. It is separated in power-to and power-over [35]. This distinction closely matches the division made in this paper.…”

“…They state that all these views focus on different areas of participation while neglecting others. Schneider et al in turn has identified four axis for differentiating different streams of literature regarding to empowement in HCI: concept of power, psychological component, persistence of empowerment, and design mindset, which differ in the understanding of empowerment from the HCI literature [35].…”

“…Empowerment has been associated mainly with amplifying the participants voices in contributing to design, and balancing the power differentials between participants [39]. PD also emphasizes the empowerment raising from the participation in the design process [10,35] and in determining the use of it [38].…”

Exploring design guidelines for fostering citizen engagement through information sharing: Local playgrounds in The Hague

“…Policies to create a partnership between citizens and the city are rarely in place [57], which limits the power and influence that citizens have. Within the urban context, the notion of power in citizen empowerment is thus understood as a power-over relation between two actors [29] where one actor (the government) has power over the other actor (the citizens), and this means the government can use their power (for example creating certain participation policies) to allow citizens to do something they would otherwise not be capable of (starting an initiative to improve the neighbourhood) [58]. This paper considers empowerment according to the definition of Zimmerman [59] as "a process in which people gain understanding and control over personal, social, economic, or political forces in order to take action to better their lives.…”

“…The question on how to design technology for community engagement and empowerment is extensively discussed in literature (see for example a review on empowerment in Human-Computer Interaction by Schneider et al [29]). This paper specifically focuses on interactive technology designs which foster information sharing and citizen participation in an urban context.…”