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Caring about Care: A Meta-Narrative Review of HCI Research on Care

The number of HCI papers on care has grown rapidly in recent years. Despite growing interest in care both as an application domain for technology and as an ethical stance in research and design, our integrated understanding of the concept is limited. It remains unclear how various application areas of care relate to o…

CHI '26Explainable AI (XAI) +3

Beyond Precision: Understanding the Impact of Algorithmic Accuracy and Transparency on User Perceptions in Keyword-Driven Contextual Advertising

Algorithms frequently manage online advertising markets, aligning advertisements with article topics. Our work investigates how users perceive the relevance of ads to articles when ads are placed using different keyword extraction algorithms, including Large Language Models (LLMs), and how transparency about the place…

CHI '26Honorable MentionVR Medical Training & Rehabilitation +2

CoBreath: Designing a VR-Based Dyadic Biofeedback System to Support Breathing Exercise for Breast Cancer Survivors

Chronic stress and anxiety severely affect breast cancer survivors’ (BCSs) mental health and well-being. Peer support has been shown to enhance psychological empowerment, while biofeedback offers a promising approach to improve physiological relaxation through self-regulation. However, few studies explored combining b…

DIS '25Prototyping & User Testing +1

Prototyping with Uncertainties: Data, Algorithms, and Research through Design

Seen both as a resource and an obstacle to clarity, uncertainty is a concept that permeates many areas of design. As the concept gains prominence in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), this special issue specifically explores the interplay between uncertainty and prototyping in Research through Design (RtD). We first ou…

DIS '25Honorable MentionBrain-Computer Interface (BCI) & Neurofeedback +3

Searching for the Words that "Feel Right": Resonating with our Bodies and Felt Senses Through Haiku and LLMs

The role of our bodies in our meaning-making has been mostly absent in discussions concerning interactions with LLMs. Acknowledging this gap, this paper explores the use of ChatGPT as a tool for somatic introspection towards finding the words that "feel right" to our bodies and emotions. We document our three-month, f…

HRI '24Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) +2

More-than-human Perspective on the Robomorphism Paradigm

This paper proposes a posthuman perspective of the robomorphism theory. We propose to define robomorphism as the attribution of robotlike traits to non-robotic entities. Such a definition embraces the centrality of robots in two aspects. First, by assuming the target of robomorphism is not necessarily a human. Second,…

CHI '24Workplace Wellbeing & Work Stress +1

Bodywork at Work: Attending to Bodily Needs in Gig, Shift, and Knowledge Work

The concept of `bodywork´ refers to the work individuals undertake on their own bodies and the bodies of others. One aspect is attending to bodily needs, which is often overlooked in the workplace and HCI/CSCW research on work practices. Yet, this labour can be a significant barrier to work, consequential to work, and…

DIS '23Participatory Design +2

Sensing Care Through Design - A Speculative Role-play Approach to “Living With” Sensor-Supported Care Networks

Sensor networks are increasingly commonplace in visions of smart cities and future healthcare systems, promising greater efficiency and increased wellbeing. However, the design of these technologies remains focused on specific users and fragmented by context, overlooking the diversity of needs, wants and values presen…

DIS '23Design Fiction +1

Fabulation as an Approach for Design Futuring

Envisioning alternative futures and desirable worlds is a core element of design that must be cultivated, especially when a deep transition of practices, values, and power is necessary for vibrant and just future lifeworlds. In this paper, we contribute towards fabulation as an approach for design futuring that foregr…

CHI '22Honorable MentionUniversal & Inclusive Design +2

Diffraction-in-action: Designerly Explorations of Agential Realism Through Lived Data

Recent design research has shown an interest in diffraction and agential realism, which promise to offer generative alternatives when designing with data that resist treating data as objective or neutral. We explore engaging diffractively with `lived data' to surface felt and prospective aspects of data as it is entan…

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