A method to the madness: Applying an intersectional analysis of structural oppression and power in HCI and design

S Erete, Y Rankin, J Thomas - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
With increased focus on historically excluded populations, there have been recent calls for
HCI research methods to more adequately acknowledge and address the historical context …

I can't breathe: Reflections from Black women in CSCW and HCI

S Erete, YA Rankin, JO Thomas - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, three Black women in HCI and CSCW share their experiences of being Black
women academics enduring a global pandemic that is disportionately impacting the Black …

Flourishing in the everyday: Moving beyond damage-centered design in HCI for BIPOC communities

A To, ADR Smith, D Showkat, A Adjagbodjou… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Research and design in human-computer interaction centers problem-solving, causing a
downstream effect of framing work with and for marginalized communities predominantly …

“All that You Touch, You Change”: Expanding the Canon of Speculative Design Towards Black Futuring

CN Harrington, S Klassen, YA Rankin - … of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Traditional approaches to technology design have historically ignored Blackness in both
who engages and conceptualizes future technologies. Design contributions of groups …

On the grounds of solutionism: Ontologies of blackness and HCI

J Cunningham, G Benabdallah, D Rosner… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Why is the solution the end point to a problem? While many in HCI and design have
examined the impulse to solve problems–the solutionist or techno-solutionist mindset–we …

Real talk: Saturated sites of violence in CS education

YA Rankin, JO Thomas, S Erete - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Despite numerous CS education pedagogical interventions, the pipeline of Black women in
Computing has not increased, which illustrates the need to address structural issues (such …

No! Re-imagining data practices through the lens of critical refusal

P Garcia, T Sutherland, N Salehi, M Cifor… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Critical refusal is an active process; an informed practice of investigating power differences
in order to generate more just and equitable alternatives to the status quo. In this paper, we …

Healing justice: A framework for collective healing and well-being from systemic traumas

B Bosley, CN Harrington, SM Morris… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the United States demanded police reform and
legislative action. Data-driven policing is just one technological intervention designed with …

You keep using that word: Ways of thinking about gender in computing research

O Keyes, C May, A Carrell - Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
CSCW researchers have long inquired into the ways that identity informs, and is informed
by, the design of technological systems. Gender is a regularly considered aspect of identity …

Conversations about crime: Re-enforcing and fighting against platformed racism on reddit

Q Wu, LK Williams, E Simpson, B Semaan - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
With the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), people are
being exposed to an increased volume of crime-related information, which induces fear …