Organizing for More Just and Inclusive Futures: A Community Discussion
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This Special Interest Group brings together researchers and practitioners to examine the critical questions, innovative methods and emerging possibilities that arise from an orientation toward disability justice within CSCW research particularly and HCI research more broadly. We will focus on how digital technologies influence the ways disabled people organize and advocate for their rights, and how disabled people influence and configure technologies as well. By attending to the intersections of technology, disability justice, and social movements, we aim to explore how HCI and CSCW research can support the organizing efforts of disabled communities. This SIG emphasizes the ways in which disabled people and communities have been organizing and are continuing to organize in response to various forms of oppression. The SIG will provide a platform for scholars and activists to engage in conversations around technologies, disability justice, and social movements. By centering disability justice as a framework, we hope to foster a deeper understanding of how HCI and CSCW research can support and amplify the efforts of disabled communities. Participants will share their insights, collaborate on research ideas, and contribute to a collective vision of a more inclusive and justice-oriented HCI and CSCW. Through these discussions, we aim to generate actionable strategies for future research and practice in supporting organizing efforts.
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Disabled communities use digital technologies to advocate for rights, reconfigure infrastructures, and build alternative futures.
“Fernandes et al. [14] further emphasizes disability justice as a collective organizing framework, demonstrating how disabled communities use digital technologies to advocate for rights, reconfigure infrastructures, and build alternative futures.”
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“Fernandes et al. [14] further emphasizes disability justice as a collective organizing framework, demonstrating how disabled communities use digital technologies to advocate for rights, reconfigure infrastructures, and build alternative futures.”
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- Fernandes, K., Alharbi, R., Sum, C., Kameswaran, V., Spektor, F., Thuppilikkat, A. A., Petterson, A., Marathe, M., Hamidi, F., & Chandra, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Companion Publication of the 2024 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- Pages
- 689-692
- OpenAlex
- W4404331237
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 0.46
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (publishedVersion)
- Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Keywords
- disability justice, disabled communities, organizing, social movements, digital technologies, advocacy, inclusive technology, human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, oppression, intersectionality
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