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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…

Cristina Bosco et al.Indiana University Bloomington

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…

Alice C Haynes et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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…

Airi Lampinen et al.Stockholm University

Women & Gender

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…

Alejandra Gómez Ortega et al.Stockholm University

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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…

Nadia Campo Woytuk et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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…

Joo Young Park et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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…

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Guðrún Margrét Ívansdóttir et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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,…

Nadia Campo Woytuk et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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…

Joo Young Park et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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…

Joo Young Park et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Tactful Feminist Sensing: Designing for Touching Vaginal Fluids

Observing the texture, color, and conductivity of cervical mucus has the potential to support menstrual cycle and fertility tracking, generating a layer of rich bodily, tactile/haptic knowledge in addition to other collected data, such as cycle length or body temperature. This pictorial presents design explorations, f…

Nadia Campo Woytuk et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Paper Title	Authors	Research Topics
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…	CB Cristina Bosco et al.Indiana University Bloomington
emoji_events 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…	AH Alice C Haynes et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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…	AL Airi Lampinen et al.Stockholm University	Women & Gender
emoji_events 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…	AO Alejandra Gómez Ortega et al.Stockholm University
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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…	NW Nadia Campo Woytuk et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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…	JP Joo Young Park et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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…	GÍ Guðrún Margrét Ívansdóttir et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology
emoji_events 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,…	NW Nadia Campo Woytuk et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology
emoji_events 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…	JP Joo Young Park et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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…	JP Joo Young Park et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology
emoji_events Tactful Feminist Sensing: Designing for Touching Vaginal Fluids Observing the texture, color, and conductivity of cervical mucus has the potential to support menstrual cycle and fertility tracking, generating a layer of rich bodily, tactile/haptic knowledge in addition to other collected data, such as cycle length or body temperature. This pictorial presents design explorations, f…	NW Nadia Campo Woytuk et al.KTH Royal Institute of Technology