Human values in curating a human rights media archive

Durrant, Abigail; Kirk, David; Reeves, Stuart

doi:10.1145/2556288.2557196

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“…In this paper we take up three of the four topics discussed: addressing the universal vs. culturally specific values issue as an empirical one, strengthening Musqueam voice in publications, and making our own voices as researchers and designers more clear. Durrant et al drew upon concerns from VSD in their research on values in curating videos in a human rights archive [18]. They noted a particular challenge for interaction designers is to enhance cultural engagement with sensitive archive materials while supporting empathic interactions, a challenge we take up in a different context here.…”

Section: Value Sensitive Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing Cultural Values into Interaction

Muntean

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Matkin

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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In this paper, we highlight possibilities for designing intangible cultural values into interactions with technologies in heritage spaces. We do this specifically through the design of ʔeləw ̓ k ̓ ʷ -Belongings, an interactive tangible table installed in a cultural heritage museum. The tabletop was collaboratively designed to communicate complex and narrative information and values about Musqueam culture. Rather than focusing only on content and interface design, we wanted visitors to also experience Musqueam values through their interactions with the system. We describe our value-sensitive design process, present five interdependent design goals, discuss the design strategies that enabled us to meet these goals, and evaluate our approach through a user study. From our design process and evaluation we offer recommendations for designing values into interactions more generally and for tangible interactions specifically in ways that support visitors' experience and understanding of specific cultural values through technology.

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Section: Value Sensitive Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing Cultural Values into Interaction

Muntean

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Matkin

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Other work has focused on human rights media archiving, in particular, on preservation and curation of genocide survivors' oral testimonies ('Densho', 1997;'USC Shoah Foundation', 2007; 'Welcome to Genocide Archive Rwanda', n.d.). Within HCI, one recent study stands out as closely related to our own, that of Durrant et al (2014). Durrant and colleagues sought to understand the archiving processes of 'sensitive archive materials' that are emotive and visceral, and contextualized within a politically and ethically contested history, again, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.…”

Section: The Growth Of Conflict and Post-conflict Transitional Justicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Research that seriously engages with long(er) term design processes from diverse perspectives and theoretical orientations is sorely needed. Early efforts of this ilk in the human-computer interaction (HCI) community can be found around domains such as conflict and post-conflict situations (Aal et al, 2014;Durrant et al, 2014;Mark and Semaan, 2009;Smyth et al, 2010;Wallace et al, 2014), crisis informatics (Burns and Eltham, 2009;Starbird and Palen, 2012), collapse informatics (Tomlinson et al, 2013), cultural heritage (Liu, 2010) and sustainability (Bidwell et al, 2013;Blevis, 2007). The work reported here joins this literature-in the context of recovering from genocide and the development of systems of transitional justice-and draws from the theoretical framing of multilifespan design .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In situations related to trauma and conflict, a diversity of perspectives and understandings is likely. Information system designers need a nuanced understanding of the politically and ethically fraught contexts in which their design work is situated (Durrant et al, 2014). Further, certain perspectives may not be welcome by some stakeholders and some perspectives may do harm (e.g.…”

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Multi-Lifespan Information System Design in Support of Transitional Justice: Evolving Situated Design Principles for the Long(er) Term

2016

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Human societies face some significant problems-such as those tied to limitations of the human psyche, to tears in the social fabric, and to slow-moving natural processes-that defy rapid solution. Correspondingly, information systems that help to address these problems also develop over long(er) periods of time. Yet contemporary research and industry information system design is held to increasingly ambitious project deadlines. Research that engages with long(er) term design processes from diverse perspectives and theoretical orientations is needed. Early efforts of this ilk in the human-computer interaction community can be found around domains such as conflict and postconflict situations, crisis informatics, collapse informatics, cultural heritage and sustainability. The work reported here joins this literature-in the context of recovering from genocide and the development of systems of transitional justice-and draws from the theoretical framing of multilifespan design. Specifically, we report on the first 8 years of a multi-lifespan information system design project-the Voices from the Rwanda Tribunal-to support aspects of transitional justice in Rwanda. We offer a systematic presentation of the project's design principles and explicate the development of those guiding design principles through our engagement with a set of nine design challenges. We provide design reflections that pertain to information systems for transitional justice, conducting multi-lifespan information system design under shifting socio-political and technical conditions, and engaging with value sensitive design. We conclude with our contributions and open questions. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTSThrough this submission we:• Model the type of reflective scholarship that can inform and enrich longer-term research projects.• Report on the first 8 years of a multi-lifespan design project-the Voices from the Rwanda Tribunal.• Address the problem of designing an information system pertaining to long-term processes and outcomes of transitional justice systems. • Review related information systems for transitional justice, the Rwandan context and our prior work.• Describe our design approach, including a systematic presentation of the project's guiding design principles. • Explicate the development of those guiding design principles through our engagement with a set of nine design challenges. • Demonstrate how guiding principles can provide one conceptual tool both to evoke and resolve value tensions throughout a design process. • Demonstrate the roles political and social change, shifting perspectives and time (including pause) play in longer-term design processes. • Demonstrate how well-designed systems have the potential to make information more accessible and comprehensible to the people who confront injustice, now and well into the future. • Articulate open questions concerning how to ethically engage multi-lifespan design work.

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“…For example, [13] focuses explicitly on web-based memorialization, [12] describes the application of reflective design to digital memorials, whilst [36] considers the use of digital memorials and online grief as a form of entertainment, and [27] considers methodological issues around the wellbeing of researchers working in this area. In mapping this space comprehensively, we seek to answer questions that have arisen in our own continuing work, in contexts ranging from the creation of bespoke personal memorials to the curation of a human rights media archive in Rwanda [10]. The breadth of memorials discussed highlights the many different scales of interaction, and the huge resource of design possibilities available.…”

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An emergent framework for digital memorials

Moncur

Kirk

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

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Memorialization is a ubiquitous human practice, which is increasingly intersecting with our digital lives. It is becoming ever more commonplace to see discussions and examples of digital memorials in research literature, technology shows and art galleries. However, the design space for digital memorials has, to date, been little explored. In this paper, we propose an emergent framework for digital memorials, based around notions of actors, inputs, form and message. The framework is grounded in examples of current memorialization practice, and situated within a contextual understanding of memorials as an emergent digital phenomenon within a networked society. In detailing the framework we highlight features of the design space that can be exploited in the development of bespoke memorial technologies, and identify potential areas of future interest that this framework brings to the fore, such as HCI's engagement with critical concepts of the postself and temporality.

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Human values in curating a human rights media archive

Cited by 17 publications

References 18 publications

Designing Cultural Values into Interaction

Designing Cultural Values into Interaction

Multi-Lifespan Information System Design in Support of Transitional Justice: Evolving Situated Design Principles for the Long(er) Term

An emergent framework for digital memorials

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