Joo Young Park

schoolKTH Royal Institute of Technologybar_chart#772 Global Rank

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When Things Don’t Go As Planned with Digital Contraception.

We present a qualitative interview study that examines what happens when things do not go as planned with digital contraception. Through an analysis of 27 interviews with ongoing users of digital contraception at the time of the study, we convey participants’ accounts of their experiences regarding unplanned pregnanci…

CHI '265th+ AuthorHonorable MentionTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +3

Aesthetics of Felt Asymmetry

Our bodies mediate every interaction with technology, yet—as soma design and feminist HCI remind us—the body is not a neutral canvas. We introduce and examine felt asymmetries—somaesthetic experiences of difference in the body—as a site for generative and critical engagement in interaction design. Through an autobiogr…

CSCW '255th+ AuthorWomen & Gender

Shared Use of Intimate Technology: A Large-Scale Qualitative Study on the Use of Natural Cycles as a Digital Contraceptive

We present a large-scale, qualitative interview study that examines how an intimate technology within reproductive health comes to be chosen and trusted as a mode of contraception and how its use is shared between partners. We conducted 133 semi-structured interviews with \textit{primary users} of Natural Cycles, focu…

DIS '253rd AuthorHonorable MentionReproductive & Women's Health +1

Designing for Secondary Users of Intimate Technologies

Digital contraceptives are intimate technologies that support their users, and their partners, in preventing pregnancy. These technologies rely on basal body temperature data to predict ovulation and calculate a fertile window, where there is a risk of pregnancy if partners have unprotected sex. Although their use is…

DIS '254th AuthorLGBTQ+ Community Technology Design +2

Making Intimate Technologies Together

Feminist research highlights the urgent need to challenge the oppressive design of commercial intimate technologies, particularly how the FemTech industry restricts access to intimate bodily knowledge through paywalls and proprietary systems. Yet, for decades, women and marginalized communities have turned to Do-It-Yo…

CHI '251st AuthorHaptic Wearables +1

Designing Touch Technologies for and with Bodies in Menstrual Discomfort

Menstrual discomfort is a prevalent, diverse, and cyclical lived experience, impacting everyday lives. However, in HCI, it has been mostly approached as a data point, leaving much unknown on how technologies can care for these experiences. In response, we designed Touchware, a collection of on-body touch probes with p…

CHI '252nd AuthorHaptic Wearables +2

Becoming One with Kuddi: Touching Data through an Intimate Data Physicalisation

Kuddi is a haptic data physicalisation in the form of a soft pillow which combines 12 inflatable pockets to dynamically touch and be touched in relation to the changing menstruating body. This paper presents the soma design process that led to Kuddi's design, as well as Kuddi's evaluation through an auto-ethnographic…

CHI '253rd AuthorHonorable MentionCognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +2

Toward Feminist Ways of Sensing the Menstruating Body

Bodily fluids associated with the menstruating body are often disregarded in the design of menstrual-tracking technologies despite their potential to provide valuable knowledge about the menstrual cycle. We prototyped a finger-worn sensor that measures vaginal fluid conductivity, which fluctuates throughout the cycle,…

CHI '241st AuthorHonorable MentionReproductive & Women's Health

Critiquing Menstrual Pain Technologies through the Lens of Feminist Disability Studies

Menstrual pain or \textit{dysmenorrhea} refers to abdominal cramping or pain before and during menstruation, causing a spectrum of discomfort among people who menstruate. Menstrual pain is often regarded as `female trouble', as a nuisance that gets dismissed or as a symptom requiring medical intervention. While there…

DIS '231st AuthorReproductive & Women's Health +1

Ambivalences in Digital Contraception: Designing for Mixed Feelings and Oscillating Relations

The ‘intimate horizons’ of algorithmic, self-tracking technologies have become increasingly important. These applications are no longer perceived as distant, instrumental entities, but offer a more affective and intimate experience. In this paper, we address the long-term experience of living with a digital contracept…

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