Mirela Alistar

schoolUniversity of Colorado Boulderbar_chart#4604 Global Rank

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Understanding Cultural and Religious Values Relating to Awareness of Women’s Intimate Health among Arab Muslims

Women’s intimate health is a historically stigmatized topic in many cultures. Arab and Muslim values such as privacy and modesty can influence the extent to which members of these communities seek information or help regarding their intimate health. However, Eurocentric approaches to design and research for these grou…

DIS '23CorrespondingHonorable MentionOn-Skin Display & On-Skin Input +1

µMe: Exploring the Human Microbiome as an Intimate Material for Living Interfaces

Our bodies are home to an unseen ecosystem of microbes that live in symbiosis with us. In this work, we extend the “human” in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) to include these microbes. Specifically, we explore the skin microbiome as an intimate material for interaction design. Viewing the body as a microbial interfac…

CHI '23CorrespondingHuman-Nature Relationships (More-than-Human Design) +1

Felt Experiences with Kombucha Scoby: Exploring First-person Perspectives with Living Matter

Designing with living organisms can offer new perspectives to design research and practices in HCI. In this work, we explore first-person perspectives through design research with Kombucha Scoby, a microbial biofilm. We began with a material design exploration, producing digitally fabricated and crafted samples with S…

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