The anthropophagic studio: towards a critical pedagogy for interaction design

Amstel, Frederick M. C. van; Gonzatto, Rodrigo Freese

doi:10.1080/14626268.2020.1802295

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“…As researchers working in the field of HCI in an underdeveloped nation, we feel compelled to explore further this philosophical anthropophagy, as we have done in previous works (Van Amstel and Gonzatto, 2020, 2022). In this work, we aim at an envisioning type of conceptual contribution (MacInnis, 2011), hence, we structure our exploration with the five key elements of conceptual review papers [8] (Hulland, 2020): Phase 1 problematizes the user's concept in HCI.…”

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“…The perspective we are developing here rejoins these two threads under a third philosophical tradition: the postcolonial thinking of the third world (Fanon, 2007), which considers the implication of underdevelopment (Furtado, 1961; Prebisch, 2011) and the oppressed human ontology (Freire, 1987; Vieira Pinto, 1960). Vieira Pinto formulated his critique of human ontology by admiring, devouring, digesting, assimilating and celebrating existential phenomenology together with historical materialism, in what could be called an anthropophagic philosophical banquet (Van Amstel and Gonzatto, 2020). Based on this hybridization practice, Vieira Pinto developed a critique of ideology, consciousness, development, technology and education that made sense in Brazil (Vieira Pinto, 1960, 1969, 2005).…”

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“…We hope that future studies may capture the legitimacy of situations in which underprivileged social groups react to oppression and behave in unprecedented and unexpected ways concerning personas, psychographic profiles and user models embedded or implied by graphic or conversational user interfaces. By doing so, we believe it will be possible to include in HCI the counter-projects (Van Amstel and Gonzatto, 2020) of the so-called users, for example, the platform cooperatives designed by app delivery couriers and app drivers (Abilio et al. , 2021), or the mundane technologies appropriated by the Brazilian favelas (Nemer, 2022), to name just a few cases of users fighting for the ontological vocation of becoming-more.…”

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User oppression in human-computer interaction: a dialectical-existential perspective

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Amstel

2022

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PurposeThis research theorizes the condition of human beings reduced to being users (and only users) in human-computer interaction (HCI), a condition that favors them becoming objects or targets of commercial dark patterns, racialized profiling algorithms, generalized surveillance, gendered interfaces and heteromation.Design/methodology/approachThe reconceptualization of the users’ condition is done by confronting HCI theories on users with a dialectical-existential perspective over human ontology. The research is presented as a conceptual paper that includes analyzing and revising those theories to develop a conceptual framework for the user oppression in HCI.FindingsMost HCI theories contribute to the user oppression with explicit or implicit ontological statements that denies their becoming-more or the possibility of users developing their handiness to the full human potential. Put together, these statements constitute an ideology called userism.Social implicationsHCI needs to acknowledge its role in structuring oppression not just in sexism, racism, classism and ableism, but also the specific relation that pertains to HCI: userism. Similar to other fields, acknowledging oppression is the first step toward liberating from oppression.Originality/valueThe user is an existential condition for HCI theories, yet few theories can explain in depth how this condition affects human development. From the dialectical-existential perspective, the user condition can be dehumanizing. Computers may intensify existing oppressions through esthetic interactions but these interactions can be subverted for liberation.

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“…O potencial do entrelaçamento da pedagogia Freireana com o Design é reconhecido, por exemplo, no surgimento do próprio Design Participativo escandinavo no Norte Global (Ehn, 1988;Gregory, 2003). E, recentemente, essa relação também vem sendo reivindicada como grande contribuição de um pensador do Sul Global para decolonizar o Design (Smith, 2020;van Amstel;Gonzatto, 2020, Salazar;Huybrechts, 2020;Schultz et al, 2020;Serpa et al, 2020).…”

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Cartas (anti)dialógicas: politizando a práxis em Design através da pedagogia crítica de Paulo Freire.

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2022

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A pedagogia crítica de Paulo Freire pode contribuir para politizar a reflexão e a prática do Design, promovendo uma práxis voltada a desvelar os sistemas de opressão e produzir intervenções transformadoras. Freire nos ajuda a refletir sobre o porquê e para quem projetamos e nos provoca a questionar os processos de design como anti-dialógicos, reforçando as opressões; ou dialógicos, promovendo alianças com os oprimidos na luta pela superação de situações opressoras. Para auxiliar designers a debaterem e se apropriarem criticamente dessas práticas e conceitos, propomos um material educativo composto por 16 cartas reflexivas baseadas na pedagogia crítica de Freire. Ao longo deste trabalho, apresentamos as bases teórico-práticas que aproximam Freire e Design, o conteúdo das cartas, sugestões de utilização e um caso real de aplicação.

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Teaching speculative design

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2024

Int J Technol Des Educ

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Speculative design is an emerging form of critical material engagement with possible futures. Designers working speculatively call attention to current and future sociotechnical dilemmas, and aim to provoke debate about the moral, political and ethical implications of sociotechnical innovation. Despite the popularity of speculative design and its presence in a variety of domains, there are very few resources that address it as a pedagogical practice. We attempt to fill this gap by presenting the structure, reasoning and outcomes of a graduate course on speculative design we taught during the academic year 2022-3. The article describes class activities and outcomes, discusses the benefits and challenges of teaching speculative design (especially in a design-engineering program), and concludes by identifying the most considerable obstacles awaiting those who want to integrate speculative design into the curriculum. As such, the article provides a useful resource for those interested in understanding the benefits of speculative design as a critical pedagogical practice, and for those who wish to bring that understanding into the classroom.

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The anthropophagic studio: towards a critical pedagogy for interaction design

Cited by 10 publications

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User oppression in human-computer interaction: a dialectical-existential perspective

User oppression in human-computer interaction: a dialectical-existential perspective

Cartas (anti)dialógicas: politizando a práxis em Design através da pedagogia crítica de Paulo Freire.

Teaching speculative design

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