Feminist HCI: taking stock and outlining an agenda for design

TitleFeminist HCI: taking stock and outlining an agenda for design
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsBardzell, Shaowen
PublisherACM Press
Conference LocationAtlanta, Georgia, USA
ISBN Number978-1-60558-929-9
AbstractFeminism is a natural ally to interaction design, due to its central commitments to issues such as agency, fulfillment, identity, equity, empowerment, and social justice. In this paper, I summarize the state of the art of feminism in HCI and propose ways to build on existing successes to more robustly integrate feminism into interaction design research and practice. I explore the productive role of feminism in analogous fields, such as industrial design, architecture, and game design. I introduce examples of feminist interaction design already in the field. Finally, I propose a set of feminist interaction design qualities intended to support design and evaluation processes directly as they unfold.
URLhttp://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1753326.1753521
DOI10.1145/1753326.1753521