"I am just terrified of my future"  Epistemic Violence in Disability Related Technology Research

Ymous, Anon; Spiel, Katta; Keyes, Os; Williams, Anna; Good, Judith; Hornecker, Eva; Bennett, Cynthia L.

doi:10.1145/3334480.3381828

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“…(2) We apply surrogate body theory to a specific case study of interactive technology with the goal of reflecting on its design, demonstrating the epistemological value of adapting this theory as a lens to analyse interactive media. (3) We provide an example of the situation of accessibility research in disability studies [37], and highlight how its combination with the analysis of accounts of the testimony of disability can contribute to findings produced by empirical work [66], allowing us to challenge the fundamental assumptions based on which technology is designed.…”

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A Critical Examination of Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of the Minority Body

Gerling

Spiel

2021

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

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Virtual Reality (VR) holds the promise of immersing people in virtual worlds. However, initial work on the relationship between VR and disability suggests that VR is a body-centric technology that poses barriers for disabled users. We supplement this work with a theoretical analysis of immersive VR through the lens of Surrogate Body theory, a concept from media theory for the structured examination of interactive media in use. Leveraging Critical Disability Studies, particularly the theory of the Minority Body, we explore the assumptions about bodies inherent in VR, and we reflect on implications of these assumptions when disabled people engage with the technology. Our findings show that VR is an inherently ableist technology that assumes a 'corporeal standard' (i.e., an 'ideal', non-disabled human body), and fails to adequately accommodate disabled people. We conclude with implications for HCI research on VR, and discuss design approaches that foster inclusive technology development. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Accessibility theory, concepts and paradigms; Virtual reality.

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A Critical Examination of Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of the Minority Body

Gerling

Spiel

2021

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

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“…[59,75,81]), gender studies, and critical ethnic studies [33]; and has since grown in use in HCI research (for a review see [33]), allowing for generative views of sociotechnical systems and exposition of "the ways that contexts connect and even conflict" [41]. For examples, see [22,23,41,88].…”

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Materiality Matters in Computing Education: A Duoethnography of Two Digital Logic Educators

Mayhew

Patitsas

2021

LIMITS Workshop on Computing Within Limits

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Computer science needs to be sustainable, and CS educators have an important role to play in changing the discipline. Recent efforts have emerged to teach CS in ways that apply computing to mitigate climate change, but this alone is insufficient: we must also change what it means to do computing. We use duoethnography to interrogate our practices as CS educators to support the goal of integrating sustainability into CS. Despite being invested in these goals, we each realized that we had been nevertheless reinforcing the cultural norms that underpin the environmental and social damage caused by computing. We found five themes in the qualitative analysis of our reflections: (1) A lack of materiality in CS classes makes it difficult for computer scientists to scrutinize the environmental costs of hardware, (2) The discourse on "greenness" in computing neglects the role of embodied emissions, (3) The lack of context in CS education teaches students to perceive the status quo as "natural", (4) Those who have bought into the dominant ideology of CS can be resistant to innovating CS education, and (5) Materiality helps with teaching computing. We illustrate how changing CS to become more sustainable requires deeper thought than "add sustainability and stir" to the curriculum, and insights toward addressing the root ideology of CS education.

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“…Along gender, work has discussed how most health related technology research addresses almost exclusively white cis-male bodies [3] and how gender is reductively encoded and materialised along binary, immutable concepts [119]. Further critique has addressed how disabled bodies are systematically kept out of assistive technology research [76] instead of being attributed unique expertise [105] or just being acknowledged as colleagues [134]. These experiences are echoed by BIPOC 3 scholars regarding the systemic oppression of their research as well as their person, urging the field to adopt perspectives and epistemologies informed by Critical Race Theory [101].…”

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The Bodies of TEI – Investigating Norms and Assumptions in the Design of Embodied Interaction

Spiel

2021

Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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In the few decades since the first mainframe computers, computing technologies have grown smaller, and more pervasive, moving onto and even inside human bodies. Even as those bodies have received increased attention by scholars, designers, and technologists, the bodily expectations and understandings articulated by these technological artefacts have not been a focus of inquiry in the field. I conducted a feminist content analysis on select papers in the proceeding of the ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) since its inception in 2007. My analysis illustrates how artefacts are implicitly oriented on unmarked bodily norms, while technologies designed for nonnormative bodies treat those as deviant and in need of correction. Subsequently, I derive a range of provocations focused on material bodies in embodied interaction which offer a point of reflection and identify potentials for future work in the field. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → HCI theory, concepts and models; Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms; • Social and professional topics → User characteristics.

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"I am just terrified of my future" Epistemic Violence in Disability Related Technology Research

Cited by 81 publications

References 35 publications

A Critical Examination of Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of the Minority Body

A Critical Examination of Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of the Minority Body

Materiality Matters in Computing Education: A Duoethnography of Two Digital Logic Educators

The Bodies of TEI – Investigating Norms and Assumptions in the Design of Embodied Interaction

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"I am just terrified of my future"  Epistemic Violence in Disability Related Technology Research

Cited by 81 publications

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A Critical Examination of Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of the Minority Body

A Critical Examination of Virtual Reality Technology in the Context of the Minority Body

Materiality Matters in Computing Education: A Duoethnography of Two Digital Logic Educators

The Bodies of TEI – Investigating Norms and Assumptions in the Design of Embodied Interaction

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"I am just terrified of my future" Epistemic Violence in Disability Related Technology Research