Humor and stereotypes in computing: An equity-focused approach to institutional accountability

V Borsotti, P Bjørn - Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 2022 - Springer
We propose equity-focused institutional accountability as a set of principles to organize
equity, inclusion, and diversity efforts in computer science organizations. Structural inequity …

Intertextual design: The hidden stories of Atari women

P Bjørn, DK Rosner - Human–Computer Interaction, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
“Are they all mostly Dave? I'll just call everybody Dave”(Dona Bailey voice in cut scene no. 1,
Remixed Pac-man, AtariWomen. org) Public narratives of computing often render its gender …

Diversity in software engineering: A survey about scientists from underrepresented groups

R de Souza Santos, B Stuart-Verner… - 2023 IEEE/ACM 16th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Technology plays a crucial role in people's lives. However, software engineering
discriminates against individuals from underrepresented groups in several ways, either …

FemTech: Broadening participation to digital technology development

P Bjørn, M Menendez-Blanco - … of the 27th ACM international conference …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
In the digital age, the fields and professions related to computing are having an unprecedent
impact on our lives, and on societies. As computing becomes integrated in fundamental …

Makerspaces on social media: shaping access to open design

M Menendez-Blanco, P Bjørn - Human–Computer Interaction, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Open Design is an emerging area of research that seeks to connect and extend the culture
of making, social innovation, open-source software, and open-source hardware. A …

Bamboo Agents: Exploring the Potentiality of Digital Craft by Decoding and Recoding Process

P Gao, T Gao, Y Yang, Z Liu, J Shi, J Li - Proceedings of the Seventeenth …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
As an emerging field in HCI, Digital Craft is often involved in debate on its concept that leads
to distinctive practices. In this paper, the authors argue that the hybridization of digital power …

Accountability in Brazilian Governmental Software Project: How Chat Technology Enables Social Translucence in Bug Report Activities

N Tenório, D Pinto, P Bjørn - Computer Supported Cooperative Work …, 2018 - Springer
Fixing software bug is part of the daily work routine in software engineering which requires
collaboration and thus has been explored as a core CSCW domain, since the early …

Introduction to this special issue on open design at the intersection of making and manufacturing

DP Green, V Fuchsberger, N Taylor… - Human–Computer …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
What is 'open design'and who gets to say what it is? In the emerging body of literature on
open design, there is a clear alignment to the values and practices of free culture and open …

DOREEN: A Game of Provocations Creating New Ambitions for Equity in Computing through Intertextual Design

JM Vej, V Borsotti, V Savage… - Nordic Human …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We introduce DOREEN, a norm-critical story-telling game of provocations that displays
women's invisible experiences in computing to challenge barriers to inclusion. Following the …

[PDF][PDF] Balancing Advocacy and Equity Research in Computing: Notes from the Field

V Borsotti - 2021 - activatingacademia.community
ABSTRACT1 In this account I present my reflections as an early-career researcher in HCI
and CSCW with a focus on equity in computing. Using ethnography and action-oriented …