Introduction to the Special Issue on HCI and the Body

Almeida, Teresa; Balaam, Madeline; Bardzell, Shaowen; Hansen, Lone Koefoed

doi:10.1145/3406091

Cited by 35 publications

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“…Holding and creating space for explicitly engaged scientific accounts is only one of the necessary steps within our own academic circles. Despite a solid foundation to lean on, creating such spaces can be challenging or dangerous, especially for junior researchers in an environment that is as disciplinarily diverse as HCI and as competitive as academia, as has also been expressed by Almeida et al [5] in their introduction of TOCHI on Reimagining Women's Health [95]. It means addressing flaws and injustices within our own circles, which can be confrontational, uncomfortable, and dangerous.…”

Section: Relations Within Our Academic Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

On Activism and Academia

Leal

Strohmayer

Krüger

2021

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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In recent years HCI and CSCW work has increasingly begun to address complex social problems and issues of social justice worldwide. Such activist-leaning work is not without problems. Through the experiences and reflections of an activist becoming academic and an academic becoming an activist, we outline these difficulties such as (1) the risk of perpetuating violence, oppression and exploitation when working with marginalised communities, (2) the reception of activist-academic work within our academic communities, and (3) problems of social justice that exist within our academic communities. Building on our own experiences, practices and existing literature from a variety of disciplines we advocate for the possibility of an activist-academic practice, outline possible ways forward and formulate questions we need to answer for HCI to contribute to a more just world.

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Section: Relations Within Our Academic Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

On Activism and Academia

Leal

Strohmayer

Krüger

2021

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Others have also found that the needs of menstruators are not met with existing designs of menstrual trackers, 18 , 19 , 117 and the Human-Computer Interactions community has recently highlighted these topics. 118 Our findings and implications contribute toward the common goal of designing more inclusive FemTech that meets the multifaceted needs of menstruators.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 78%

The messiness of the menstruator: assessing personas and functionalities of menstrual tracking apps

Pichon

Jackman

Winkler

et al. 2021

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

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Objective The aim of this study was to examine trends in the intended users and functionalities advertised by menstrual tracking apps to identify gaps in personas and intended needs fulfilled by these technologies. Materials and Methods Two types of materials were collected: a corpus of scientific articles related to the identities and needs of menstruators and a corpus of images and descriptions of menstrual tracking apps collected from the Google and Apple app stores. We conducted a scoping review of the literature to develop themes and then applied these as a framework to analyze the app corpus, looking for alignments and misalignments between the 2 corpora. Results A review of the literature showed a wide range of disciplines publishing work relevant to menstruators. We identified 2 broad themes: “who are menstruators?” and “what are the needs of menstruators?” Descriptions of menstrual trackers exhibited misalignments with these themes, with narrow characterizations of menstruators and design for limited needs. Discussion We synthesize gaps in the design of menstrual tracking apps and discuss implications for designing around: (1) an irregular menstrual cycle as the norm; (2) the embodied, leaky experience of menstruation; and (3) the varied biologies, identities, and goals of menstruators. An overarching gap suggests a need for a human-centered artificial intelligence approach for model and data provenance, transparency and explanations of uncertainties, and the prioritization of privacy in menstrual trackers. Conclusion Comparing and contrasting literature about menstruators and descriptions of menstrual tracking apps provide a valuable guide to assess menstrual technology and their responsiveness to users and their needs.

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“…[44][45][46][47] Drawing from feminist theory, including feminist science, technology, and society's (STS's) ''attention to the inequities caused by technology's troubling relationship with gender'' (see p. 1303 in Bardzell 27 ), feminist HCI aims to develop more liberatory design qualities that can challenge sex and gender oppression. 27,48 Recent work by Almeida et al 49 has pointed towards the need for feminist HCI researchers to pay greater attention to genderrelated violence as a public health issue. Much of the genderrelated violence research in HCI has focused on the (extremely important) projects of designing safe and supportive digital spaces for women and LGBTQ+ people, on violence prevention, and on designing with impacted populations.…”

Section: Design Feminist Hci and Gender-related Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent work by Almeida et al. 49 has pointed towards the need for feminist HCI researchers to pay greater attention to gender-related violence as a public health issue. Much of the gender-related violence research in HCI has focused on the (extremely important) projects of designing safe and supportive digital spaces for women and LGBTQ+ people, on violence prevention, and on designing with impacted populations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%