Blogs
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Design thinking around Covid-19: Focusing on the garment workers of Bangladesh
Nova Ahmed, Rahat Jahangir Rony , Kimia Tuz Zaman Posted: Tue, April 28, 2020 - 8:57:47
What’s going to happen to these garment workers? It was a question from my young colleagues Rahat and Kimia. We were working with garment workers in Bangladesh, where the garment…
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Entanglements
Christopher Frauenberger Posted: Mon, April 27, 2020 - 4:27:14
As people around the world try to make sense of a new normal, many commentators are saying that this global pandemic will change us permanently. Indeed, the shifts in the…
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Sustainable practices for the academic business sector: Publish in journals such as ToCHI
Kristina Höök, Rob Comber Posted: Fri, April 24, 2020 - 2:15:06
ACM Transactions on Computer–Human Interaction (ToCHI) is the premier ACM journal for HCI research. Founded in 1994, the journal has been publishing research at the cutting edge of HCI every…
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Workshops are now required to be conducted remotely—is this a bad thing?
Vikram Singh Posted: Thu, April 23, 2020 - 1:22:55
There's a palpable sense of anxiety in the recent global shift to home working. Both bosses and workers are feeling the loss of the benefits of in-person gatherings, such as…
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Insights from videochat research in the context of Covid-19
Danielle Lottridge Posted: Mon, April 20, 2020 - 3:16:25
Covid-19 has made videochat even more important than ever, with usage of Zoom and apps like Houseparty soaring. While at Yahoo Inc., my colleagues and I spent a few years…
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Coronavirus and the carnivalesque: What speculative methods can tell us about Covid-19
Cally Gatehouse Posted: Mon, April 20, 2020 - 9:31:01
Like many HCI researchers, I’ve found that the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences has made it almost impossible to continue doing research as normal. Not only am I suddenly remote…
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Hit by the pandemic, war, and sanctions: Building resilience to face the digital divide in education
Rojin Vishkaie Posted: Fri, April 10, 2020 - 4:15:21
Globally, education is being impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Many countries are issuing executive orders regarding the physical closure of schools—some for the entire year—to prevent…
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Mobile tracking and privacy in the coronavirus pandemic
Montathar Faraon Posted: Thu, April 09, 2020 - 9:08:59
The worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is putting pressure on and testing societies, companies, and citizens. Life, health, and jobs are at stake. In this critical moment, the HCI…
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Reflections on helping research partners who support those made vulnerable during the crisis
Angelika Strohmayer Posted: Tue, April 07, 2020 - 11:04:11
Over the past few days, I have had many conversations with friends and colleagues who work with charities, libraries, and other organizations who support some of the most vulnerable people…
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Feeding the futures of human-food interaction
Marketa Dolejsova, Hilary Davis, Ferran Altarriba Bertran, Danielle Wilde Posted: Fri, April 03, 2020 - 2:59:48
Human-food interaction (HFI) is a burgeoning research area that traverses multiple HCI disciplines and draws on diverse methods and approaches to bring focus to the interplay between humans, food, and…
