Umea University

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Design for Dis/Ability: A Crip Inquiry into Personal Energy Tracking

This study explores the phenomenon of energy and self-tracking technologies, moving beyond the context of managing chronic conditions. Our approach to designing from the experiences of people with disability is informed by crip theory, which challenges societal norms of health and ability. We analysed 50 survey respon…

DIS '25Vibrotactile Feedback & Skin Stimulation +2

Lull: Designing Crip Pacing Technologies

Energy limiting conditions (ELC), such as long COVID and ME/CFS, require the careful monitoring and pacing of activity and rest to avoid over-exertion. Commercially available fitness tracking technologies are currently being “misused” to manage these conditions. Based on co-design research with people with ELC, we con…

CHI '25Best PaperCognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +2

Cripping the Co-Design of Pacing Technologies For Energy-Limiting Conditions

People with energy-limiting conditions, such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID, need to limit their activity levels and balance exertion with rest and restorative activities. This practice is known as “pacing”. There is an opportunity for technology to help people with this process, but conducting re…

CHI '25Honorable MentionCognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia) +2

The Centers and Margins of Modeling Humans in Well-being Technologies

This paper critically examines the machine learning (ML) modeling of humans in three case studies of well-being technologies. Through a critical technical approach, it examines how these apps were experienced in daily life (technology in use) to surface breakdowns and to identify the assumptions about the “human” body…

CHI '23Shape-Changing Interfaces & Soft Robotic Materials

Exploring Long-Term Mediated Relations with a Shape-Changing Thing: A Field Study of coMorphing Stool

This paper presents a long-term field study of the coMorphing stool: a computational thing that can change shape in response to the surrounding light. We deployed 5 coMorphing stools to 5 participants’ homes over 9 months. As co-speculators, the participants reflected on their mediated relations with the coMorphing st…

CHI '20Honorable MentionPrivacy by Design & User Control +2

"My Library Has Just Been Obliterated": Producing New Norms of Use Via Software Update

Software updates are commonly perceived as tools for fixing flaws and improving functionality. In this paper, we problematise this view by showing how software updates may also be used by vendors to create new norms of use that control user behaviour and reduce their agency. We explore the nature and aftermath of a co…

CHI '20Best PaperSurgical Assistance & Medical Training +1

Designing and Evaluating Calmer, a Device for Simulating Maternal Skin-to-Skin Holding for Premature Infants

We describe the design and deployment of Calmer, a technology that simulates key aspects of maternal skin-to-skin holding for prematurely born infants: its inspiration, approach, physical design, and introduction into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Maternal skin-to-skin holding can mitigate neonatal pain during med…

CHI '18Honorable MentionPrivacy by Design & User Control +1

Technology and the givens of existence: Toward an existential inquiry framework in HCI research

The profound impact of digital technologies on human life makes it imperative for HCI research to deal with the most fundamental aspects of human existence. Arguably, insights from existential philosophy and psychology are highly relevant for addressing such issues. Building on previous attempts to bring in existentia…

CHI '18User Research Methods (Interviews, Surveys, Observation) +1

The Meaning of Interactivity—Some Proposals for Definitions and Measures

New interactive applications, artifacts, and systems are constantly being added to our environments, and there are some concerns in the human– computer interaction research community that increasing interactivity might not be just to the good. But what is it that is supposed to be increasing, and how could we determin…

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Accessibility & Inclusive Design

Cognitive Impairment & Neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia)

Haptic, Force & Physical Feedback

Vibrotactile Feedback & Skin Stimulation

Health, Healthcare & Wellbeing

Mental Health Apps & Online Support Communities

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Technology Ethics & Critical HCI

Personal Informatics & Self-Tracking

Health Self-Tracking