FeaturesDialogues: Feminisms in design

XXVII.6 November - December 2020
Page: 49
Digital Citation

Negotiating borders through feminisms


Authors:
Maryam Mustafa

Feminist HCI and feminist approaches to design have been celebrated and widely adopted for their potential to have lasting impact on issues of agency, fulfillment, identity, equity, empowerment, and social justice [1]. And in recent years, researchers and practitioners have sought ways to incorporate the feminist design qualities of pluralism, participation, advocacy, and embodiment in their research and technologies [2,3]. However, the impact this academic body of work has on the design and deployment of real-world technologies remains unclear. Particularly in the Global South, there is little evidence to suggest that the most widely adopted applications or newly deployed…




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