Published inIX_ed·Jan 17, 2022(un)making democracyACM Interactions — This issue is a call for a careful consideration of the relationship between democracy and design. Rather than treat democracy as a universal good or moral value, what would it mean to examine it as integral to the complex ideological work of policymaking, practical reform, and dreams deferred? The (white)…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Published inIX_ed·Dec 3, 2021Engaging RaceACM Interactions How is HCI engaging with the topic of race? The past year has seen a broadened attention to this question. Black scholars in HCI and computing have called for accountability around racial equity and access not only in our research but also in our methods of publishing, conference spaces, and…Hci2 min readHci2 min read
Published inIX_ed·Sep 20, 2021Tech LaborACM Interactions — Visit a work site today and it’s hard not to find emerging technology. Networked cameras that monitor the activities of domestic care workers. Apps that trace the movement of ride-sharing workers and mobile shoppers. Smart soap dispensers that tally how often hospital employees wash hands. From warehouses to office parks…Hci2 min readHci2 min read
Published inIX_ed·Sep 18, 2021DisabilityACM Interactions — “Nothing about us without us.” When it comes to conversations on disability within HCI, few mottos seem to do more to honor the urgency for access. Long embraced within disability activism, the phrase captures something endemic to the field: that what it means to be innovative is tied up with…Hci2 min readHci2 min read
Published inIX_ed·Apr 13, 2021A Letter to ACMResponding to the 2020 Turing Award — We, the editorial team at Interactions magazine, stand with the many brave scholars, including Interactions contributors Niloufar Salehi and Ali Alkhatib, who have condemned ACM for its perpetuation of systemic harm. With the 2020 Turing Award, ACM has elevated someone who has sustained bigoted and racist views and consistently harmed…Turing Award1 min readTuring Award1 min read
Published inIX_ed·Mar 19, 2021Design in the pandemicACM Interactions — The impact of Covid-19, worldwide, is still hard to absorb. We have no doubt that our contributors and readers are feeling, like us, overwhelmed. Many are likely to have been significantly affected — by furloughs and layoffs, or experiencing friends, loved ones, and family fall ill or pass away. At…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Published inIX_ed·Mar 14, 2021Feminisms in designACM Interactions — This issue’s theme comes out of a shared interest in feminist critiques and positionings across HCI. As an editorial team, each of us has extended our own practices by engaging with feminist scholars and the conversations they provoke for design. Through feminisms (there are so many), our attention has been…Design3 min readDesign3 min read
Published inIX_ed·Mar 13, 2021AI ActivismACM Interactions — It’s debatable whether AI is in its ascendancy or decline. Over the past decade, artificial intelligence has captivated technoscientific audiences across the globe, especially in the Global North. Coverage has targeted everything from pedestrian versions of AI — the plumbing of technological infrastructures — to full-blown visions of the singularity…Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
Published inIX_ed·Mar 13, 2021Global MobilitiesACM Interactions — The global ubiquity of technology is a striking feature of both the 21st century and late capitalism. Yet when, in the early 1990s, Mark Weiser famously imagined computing everywhere, embedded in the objects and surfaces that surround us, he paid little attention to what this vision of ubiquitous computing might…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
