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Expanding and Refining Design and Criticality in HCI
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The term 'critical design' is on the upswing in HCI. We analyze how discourses around 'critical design' are diverging in Design and HCI. We argue that this divergence undermines HCI's ability to learn from and appropriate the design approaches signaled by this term. Instead, we articulate two ways to broaden and deepen connections between Design and HCI: (1) develop a broader collective understanding of what these design approaches can be, without forcing them to be about 'criticality' or 'critical design,' narrowly construed; and (2) shape a variation of design criticism to better meet Design practices, terms, and ways of knowing.
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The paper contributes to the ongoing effort in HCI to reflect on the orientation and nature of futuring work and takes on the criticism of Wong and Khovanskaya and Costanza-Chock of the ability of speculative design to challenge dominant practices in technology design, so that as generative AI becomes a technological reality, it does not have to calcify particular social realities.
“We thus contribute to the ongoing effort in HCI to reflect on the orientation and nature of futuring work [88] and take on the criticism of Wong and Khovanskaya and Costanza-Chock of the ability of speculative design to challenge dominant practices in technology design, so that, as generative AI becomes a technological reality, it does not have to calcify particular social realities.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pierce, J., Sengers, P., Hirsch, T., Jenkins, T., Gaver, W., & DiSalvo, C.
- Affiliations
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Goldsmiths University of London (GB)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2015-04-18
- Pages
- 2083-2092
- OpenAlex
- W2033067837
- Cited by
- 133
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 10
- FWCI
- 8.32
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- ERC (#226528.)
- NSF (#1217685)
- Intel STC for Social Computing
- NSF #1451465
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
- Keywords
- critical design, design criticism, criticality, design approaches, design practice, ways of knowing
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