Mark Blythe

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No Spirituality Please, We’re HCI: Challenges for HCI Research on Religion and Spirituality

Religion and spirituality (R/S) shape billions of lives, yet they remain marginal in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) research. Prior literature reviews mapped fragments of this space but missed key contributions and the lived realities of its researchers. We extend this picture through a review of 206 ACM and IEEE pu…

DIS '251st AuthorTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +1

Artificial Intelligence and other Speculative Metaphors

The paper proposes “speculative metaphors” as constructs for reframing and critically engaging with ideas of artificial intelligence. It identifies a broad range of AI metaphors in the wider culture and technical literature and discusses metaphor design in terms of explanation, persuasion and speculation. To explore d…

CHI '252nd AuthorTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +1

Design Courts: Workshops for Exploring Emerging Technology Ethics

Although it is now well recognized that HCI must take a greater account of ethics there is little consensus about which ethical systems are most appropriate or how to incorporate them into the design process. In this paper, we contribute a Design Court workshop method where opposing legal and ethical arguments are set…

CHI '245th+ AuthorDigital Art Installations & Interactive Performance +1

Grand challenges in WaterHCI

Recent combinations of interactive technology, humans, and water have resulted in “WaterHCI”. WaterHCI design seeks to complement the many benefits of engagement with the aquatic domain, by offering, for example, augmented reality systems for snorkelers, virtual reality in floatation tanks, underwater musical instrume…

DIS '202nd AuthorTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +2

Evaluating Design Fiction: The Right Tool for the Job

Design fiction has become so widely adopted that it regularly appears in contexts ranging from CEO speeches to dedicated tracks at academic conferences. However, evaluating this kind of work is difficult; it is not clear what good or bad design fiction is or what the judgment criteria should be. In this paper we asser…

CHI '20CorrespondingTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +1

Metaprobes, Metaphysical Workshops and Sketchy Philosophy

The intersection of philosophy and HCI is a longstanding site of interest for the field that has been attracting special attention in recent years. In this paper, we present metaphysical probes (Metaprobes) as a tool for design-led philosophical inquiry. A Metaprobe is a design artifact used to study a metaphysical id…

CHI '181st AuthorTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +2

Research Fiction and Thought Experiments in Design

Any design process involves an imaginative act, a picturing of the world as other than it is. Fiction has long played a part in design research in the form of scenarios, personas, sketches, paper based prototypes, simulations, prototypes and speculative design. The term “design fiction” has been recently adopted to de…

CHI '181st AuthorTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +1

Imaginary Design Workbooks: Constructive Criticism and Practical Provocation

his paper reports on design strategies for critical and experimental work that remains constructive. We report findings from a design workshop that explored the “home hub” space through “imaginary design workbooks”. These feature ambiguous images and annotations written in an invented language to suggest a design spac…

CHI '182nd AuthorHonorable MentionTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +1

Making Problems in Design Research: The Case of Teen Shoplifters on Tumblr

HCI draws on a variety of traditions but recently there have been calls to consolidate contributions around the problems researchers set out to solve. However, with this comes the assumption that problems are tractable and certain, rather than constructed and framed by researchers. We take as a case study a Tumblr com…

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