HCI Public Policy Activities in 2012: A 10Country Discussion

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2007

In this paper we investigate the problems and potential solutions to the effective establishment of HCI and usability in India and China. Our discussion is motivated by five years of collaboration with relevant bodies in both countries through EU-funded projects encouraging the development of a usability culture in academic and industrial sectors. In order to contribute to socially-responsible interaction in these countries the 'institutionalization' of HCI is necessary. For us, this involves three elements: firstly an appropriation of HCI concepts and methods to suit the local country / culture, secondly the forming of a national organization around the reshaped discipline that can actively promote HCI in industry and academia and establish links with local national organizations, and thirdly the roll-out of effective usability practice in industry. Some efforts made in this regard are briefly outlined.

Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

This is a time for solidarity. I mean it's like just because I-and I'm doing a theoretical "I" here, or a figurative "I"-just because I have health coverage here doesn't mean I shouldn't be standing in solidarity with those who stand to lose it under this regime. Just because I have a US passport doesn't mean I'm not supposed to be standing in solidarity with people who are undocumented. [...] Because that's how we win, and that's how we survive in the meantime. "-Barbara Smith, 2017 [24]

Interactions, 2003

All around us, information, knowledge, and the use of networked computing continues to revolutionize how we live, work, and play. Although this perspective is obvious to many of us and in danger of becoming hackneyed, important structural changes are indeed occurring. Driven by social, political, economic, and technological factors, these profound changes are having a significant impact on the organization of global society ([3], among others). This article explores briefly the implications of some of these changes. It argues that human-computer interaction (HCI) and user-centered design (UCD) principles are critical to ensuring that both developed and developing countries are able to meet the challenges posed by these changes and harness the opportunities of globalization and the emergence of an information society.

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

At CHI 2016, the Development Consortium titled HCI Across Borders (HCIxB) was widely attended by 71 participants from 20 countries and six continents. The goal of this workshop was to build community and invite collaborations "across borders" on themes of interest for the participants-researchers actively involved in international HCI research, with many of them working in parts of the 'developing' world. In 2017, our goal is to extend these conversations to fuel community building beyond the workshop. The question we ask, therefore, is how we might align our efforts to reach potential members of our larger HCI community, even those who do not or are unable to attend CHI, to work towards a more cohesive global community. Further, we ask, what might the format of these efforts be? We invite proposals along these lines with the intention of bringing people together to discuss and workshop ideas for research directions, venues, activities, and events that would be natural extensions of HCIxB 2016 as well as HCIxB 2017, that we propose herein.

CHI '00 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2000

Gerrit van der Veer VU Amsterdam Karel Vredenburg IBM Corporate UCD Willy Wong IPO This workshop will focus on methods of forging ties between industry practitioners and research communities. Furthermore the workshop focuses on the input that is required from government bodies to stimulate this collaboration. Participants will discuss enabling conditions for collaborative projects, based on the various practical research experiences of the participants.

XVI Simpósio Brasileiro sobre Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais, 2017

This paper presents a preliminary discussion about the Three Waves of HCI in consonance with the theory of the sociologist Bruno Latour to point out the tension and approximation between Social Sciences and HCI field of Computer Sciences. To inform our discussion, we presented Latour's theory along with some major names to Social Sciences field as Umberto Eco, Clifford Geertz, Michel Foucault, Gayatri Spivak, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. With this reflection, we aim to start a path towards a transdisciplinary approach for inquiries on technology design and use in HCI.

CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2008

This workshop explores the challenges in applying, extending and inventing appropriate methods and contributions of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) to International economic and community Development. We address interaction design for parts of the world that are often marginalized by the Global North as well as people in the Global North who are themselves similarly marginalized by poverty or other barriers. We hope to extend the boundaries of the field of Human Computer Interaction by spurring a discussion on how existing methods and practices can be adapted and modified, and how new practices can be developed, to deal with the unique challenges posed by these contexts.

CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems on - CHI EA '13, 2013

There is an increasing interest in the intersection of human-computer interaction and public policy. This day-long workshop will examine successes and challenges related to public policy and human computer interaction, in order to provide a forum to create a baseline of examples and to start the process of writing a white paper on the topic.

Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021

The HCI Across Borders (HCIxB) community has been growing in recent years, starting with the Development Consortium at CHI 2016 and the HCIxB Symposia at CHI since. This year, we intend to hold an HCIxB workshop that aims to foster the scholarship potential of student and early career HCIxB researchers across the world, particularly those from and in the Global South, engaging Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the owner/author(s).

Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Over the last 20 years, the Latin American Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community has been working to shed light on how the diverse populations in the region are adopting, using, and making sense of computational technologies. Latin America's tense socio-political context, plurality of languages, collectivist culture, and historical relationship with the Global North make it a unique and rich space for HCI research. Considering the growing number of studies about Latin American communities and the emergent efforts to contribute to the HCI literature, we propose to host a SIG meeting at the 2020 ACM CHI conference. Our goal is to consolidate these efforts to better promote HCI research in, by, and for Latin America, by (1) bringing together researchers, practitioners, and students who are interested in engaging with Latin America through their research and practice, (2) envisioning a shared research agenda, and (3) identifying strategies for making its contributions more visible and impactful in the international community.

Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction changing roles - NordiCHI '06, 2006

The focus of the research in human-computer interaction (HCI) continues to expand. One example of this is the growing interest in national and ethnic culture as a research topic. In this review, we examine the emerging field of cultural HCI by systematically analysing culture-related literature from five major HCI forums and past sixteen years. We focus on research methodology, technologies and cultures covered, theoretical underpinnings and referencing practices. We also discuss problems found on the basis of the review and provide perspectives on the future research into cultural issues.

Proceedings of the INTERACT

In this article we report the state-of-the-art of the HCI field in Brazil. We start with a brief history of the access of institutions and individuals to technology. After that we present some of the efforts done in academia in the 90's to establish the HCI field and to organize the HCI community. We briefly describe the personal profile of the participants of this community and how the field stands in relation to the Brazilian industry and government. Finally we expose our view on how to pursue our goals in the near future. The information here presented reflects mainly the work and experiences done by the participants of a recently established HCI group of interest, whose main interactive medium is the internet. This group has emerged in the academic millieu and has strong links with computer science departments.

2009

New connections between research and practice are necessary to address human information behavior in an increasingly technologically mediated world. Socio-technical systems for encountering, finding and sharing information have become sophisticated enough to blur the boundary between human and computer, and transform important design and research questions in human computer interaction (HCI) to questions for which human information behavior research (HIB) offers a deep tradition. We sought to understand present connections between these two progressively more interrelated research areas by performing a citation analysis of prominent HIB research with the most prominent publications in the HCI field. While the conceptual affinity between the two research fields is increasingly strong, the production of ideas and the exchange of research agendas between them is weak in the citations we analyzed. We propose a number of explanations for this gap, and suggest a more activist research age...

Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020

We seek to engage a broad and diverse audience in discussing emerging challenges in HCI technologies that have potential for significant social impact. In a town hall forum, members of the ACM Technology Policy Council will introduce four emerging challenges for discussion: ethical HCI in global contexts; privacy protection in human-AI interaction; accessible interactions in HCI design; and the environmental impact of HCI. Discussion will be launched with a question from the panel; additional questions will be posted and ranked from the audience. The session will support digital and remote audience participation, and participants will have access to a summary report when the session concludes. These discussions provide an opportunity for CHI members to contribute to emerging policy and governing environments to facilitate ethical, accessible, and environmentally sensitive HCI research, design, and development.

Foundations and Trends® in Human–Computer Interaction, 2016

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