Articles Tagged: User characteristics
Articles & Features
SECTION: Features
Why you being WEIRD to me?
HCI researchers and practitioners of all backgrounds need to consider the role WEIRD-ness plays in HCI methods, research, and communities and the impact that has on marginalized communities.
By Leslie Coney, July 2022
DEPARTMENT: Pointers
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in computer science
By Tejas Morkar, July 2022
SECTION: Features
How data can support equity in computing education
Data has historically been a tool of oppression. But if we consider how its interpretations and uses affect minoritized groups, data-driven tools could support diversity, equity, and inclusion in computing education and beyond.
By Benjamin Xie, December 2020
Body-positive computing as a means to counteract normative biases in fitness trackers
Fitness trackers are rigidly defining what it means to be healthy and who "counts" as healthy. Body-positive computing can provide an alternative that allows people to engage with technologies more on their terms.
By Katta Spiel, July 2019
SECTION: Features
Computer scientists in action: Christina Harrington, inclusive technology design
By Christina Harrington, October 2018
DEPARTMENT: Labz
Meeting point: the computer lab
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
By Johanna Schacht, June 2016